good morning and welcome to "news4 midday," i'm haley barbour. it's wednesday, march 28th, do you 12. we begin an overnight abduction that ended with gunfire in prince george's county. police say it started at a home on 59th avenue in riverdale. tracee wilkins is live at police headquarters in palmer park with more. ripe this was a strange incident this morning. an unbelievable crime spree. and at one point, there was actual gunfire. where one of the suspects did shoot at a prince george's county police officer. but luckily, the police officer

was not hit. now, they have one suspect in custody. and are looking for a second. the front end of this navigator truck was smashed into pieces when thieving kidnappers crashed their stolen suv into it. >> my wife was saying that she saw some cops running through the yard chasing someone. she heard a gunshot. >> reporter: this man says his truck got involved near the end of what was a strange crime spree. he says his neighbor, who lives a few houses down, was the actual victim. the victim's wife did not want to be shown on camera. but told us her husband had just returned home from church, when two armed men approached him. it all started after 10:00 last night in the 5200 block of 59th avenue in riverdale. >> and they said you have to give me the money. and they said if you don't give me the money, i don't know where your home and i know where your family. >> we have the call of an

abduction. the victim attempted to enter in his home when he was approached by two males at gun-point. >> the carjacker forced the victim to drive them to an atm on kenilworth avenue where they withdrew cash and strangely enough turned around to bring the victim back home. but the victim's wife had called police and when the thieves saw the cops, they tried to speed up, crashed the suv and took off on foot. >> we had canine respond to the scene, conduct a track. >> one suspect was found hiding near some nearby buildings. >> we made one apprehension and we still have one suspect outstanding. we also recovered the weapon as well. >> how is your husband doing now? >> he's very nervous. >> reporter: while he may be nervous, the victim's wife tells me her husband was not seriously injured. something everyone in this community is grateful for. >> well i mean it's unfortunate. the main thing is that no one got hurt. >> reporter: prince george's

county police are still looking for the second suspect. they're asking anyone with information to give them a call. in palmer park, i'm tracee wilkins, news4. thank you, tracee. well today is the third and final day of oral arguments at the supreme court over the obama administration's health care law. justices have already questioned whether congress has the power to require every american to buy health insurance. justice anthony kennedy, who is considered a pivotal vote appeared to compress doubt yesterday. >> when you are changing the relation of the individual to the government in this, what we can stipulate is, i think, a unique way, do you not have a heavy burden of justification to show authorization under the constitution? >> today, the justices will consider if the health care law can survive. if the insurance requirement is struck down. the high court isn't expected to make a final decision until june. and turning to our weather now, and a warmer day ahead.

there's also a chance of a severe storm perhaps? let's talk to tom kierein about that. tom? >> our chances are increasing, barbara. that we could get some strong thunderstorms beginning perhaps around 2:00, 3:00 in the afternoon for our viewers west and north of washington. let's take a look at what's been happening over the last 12 hours, a few clouds coming through this morning. look at the line of showers there. the area in color is the radar showing some fairly strong thunderstorms, one of them is a severe storm just to the east of pittsburgh, norm of somer set, pennsylvania, passing north of washington for now. there's another trailing line of storms farther west over ohio. that is the line that may be impacting our region. but not until as i mentioned, perhaps for another three or four hours. all of this area in yellow, though, is under the threat for some of the storms that may produce some damaging winds and hail. and that includes much of northern virginia, much of maryland, north of washington west and into west virginia. three to 7:00 p.m.

it looks like the primetime for that. right now temperatures are climbing to around 60 or so. mid 60s to our south. hitting 70s in west virginia and we may hit the 70s here, too, before the storms awe rife and the storms coming through mid to late afternoon. ending tonight. we'll look at that and changes on the way for friday and the weekend and a couple of minutes. barbara? >> tom, thank you. we'll check on the midday traffic with danella sealock, who joins us with the latest. >> good morning, barbara. well if you're crossing over the 14th street bridge, bridge work continues today. and blocks the right lane. actually two of your right lanes. you are able to pass just half to stick to the left and you're traveling under speed at 395 northbound, right now at about 33 miles per hour, taking 19 minutes to get from the beltway to the 14th street bridge. now over to i-270. no issues to report here. this is a live look at shady grove, traveling southbound, as well as northbound, your travel lanes are open. as you connect to the beltway,

i'll have your commute coming up. for the second time this month, d.c. firefighters are investigating a fire at fbi headquarters. firefighters responded to the ask j. edgar hoover building in the northwest about 1:45 this morning. a fire was burning in the trash closet on the sixth floor. firefighters found a similar scene there three weeks ago. smoke from a fire burning in a trash can set off sprinklers then. no one was hurt in either case. and there was no major damage. montgomery county police are trying to figure out what provoked a pit bull to attack two teenagers. police say the pit bull bit a 15-year-old boy several tiles on his arms and legs on boulder ridge way last night. the dog also bit a 13-year-old girl on her neck. rescuers took the teens to the hospital. a montgomery county sheriffs deputy tried to tazer the aggressive dog twice to subdue it. when that didn't work, the deputy shot the dog. killing it. a jetblue pilot is in the hospital and under arrest for causing chaos in the cockpit.

yesterday on a flight bound for las vegas. the pilot's actions forced it to be diverted to amarillo, texas. this is a cell phone video of the scene on board. police say about two hours into the flight, the pilot, clayton osbon began pushing buttons and flying the plane erratically. his concerned co-pilot persuaded him to leave the cockpit. then changed the security code and locked him out. witnesses say that's when the captain lost control. >> he was now in a complete uncontrolled near rage quite frankly. he started ranting about you know, iraq and iran and afghanistan. and then he started to say that we should be saying the lord's prayer. i think at that point we just, without thinking, quite frankly, just tackled him to the ground. everybody grabbed a different body part and we just sat on top of him quite literally until we were on the ground in amarillo. >> that situation, as it played out, what really the training that took place with the

co-pilot who became the pilot in command, the entire cabin crew and working with the customers, i think that's the follow-up to this story. just consummate training and a call to action. >> osbon is a 12-year veteran of jetblue. he's been removed from active duty. eight minutes after 11:00 now and coming up, newt gingrich is downsizing. what the move means for the future of his campaign. and the story that everyone will be talking about -- the jaw-dropping jackpot that is now up for grabs. stay with us.

right now, pope benedict xvi is celebrating his final mass in cuba, wrapping up his three-day trip to that island country. the mass is happening havana's revolution plaza. sometime today it's expected that the pope will meet with former cuban leader, fidel castro. yesterday the pope met with raoul castro in a closed-door meeting. the pope asked him to recognize good friday as a holiday and the pontiff parade for more religious freedom and renewal in that country. today's decision 2012. two republican presidential candidates will speak at schools in our area. decision 2012 around here, anyway. newt gingrich will speak at georgetown university, talk about privatizing social security when he speaks to

college republicans on campus. the former speaker of the house is shaking up his campaign. he laid off one-third of his staff and replaced his campaign manager in a new strategy, heading into the nominating convention. gingrich remains a distant third in the delegate count at this time. texas congressman ron paul will attend a town hall meeting at the university of maryland in college park tonight. paul is in last place in the delegate count for the republican presidential nomination. the maryland republicans will hold their primary on april 3rd. meanwhile, front-runner mitt romney appeared on the "tonight show" with jay leno. he talked about how he would change the tax code if he were elected president. >> what i want to do with the tax code is create more growth. that creates more jobs and puts more people in a position to have a rising income and to pay their taxes. how do you create a tax code that encourages small businesses to hire? and the answer is you bring down the marginal rates, the same time you get rid of some deductions or exemptions or

limit them so that you stay with a code that's progressive. but you bring down those top tax rates, you get rid of the special deals and by doing that you encourage investment in hiring of american workers. >> romney also joked about rival rick santorum. he said santorum could be his press secretary. over the weekend, santorum cursed at a reporter, accused him of misinterpreting his remarks. well close, but no cigar, no one matched all five megamillions numbers, and the megaball. the estimated jackpot will grow do $476 million on friday's drawing now. it's the largest lottery jackpot in u.s. history. that number could still go up. depending on how many tickets get sold. and just in case you were wondering, last night's numbers were 9, 19, 34, 44, 51 and the meganumber was 24. a few people in our area actually matched the five numbers. one person in d.c., two in maryland, one in virginia and one in west virginia will each

take home $250,000 each. and tom joins us with a look at our forecast. we hope we'll be lucky today with some sunshine. >> hopefully we won't get storms, but unfortunately it does look like we have a pretty good chance for seeing some strong storms coming our way. the pollen, dust is coming down. that signals we're getting into storm season and also sneezing season, no doubt you're suffering the pollen count has been up. look how things are greening up along the potomac river. a live view from our city camera. you can see the clouds are beginning to increase from the west. right now, partly sunny, 61 at reagan national. we've got a breeze out of the south that's beginning to pick up a bit. it may get gustier and gust to around 30 miles per hour. that will be ahead of a cold front coming our way that may trigger some strong storms. all of these areas in yellow, including most of west virginia, western maryland, areas north and west of washington, the rest of northern virginia, all under this threat for some strong storms. some of these storms could

produce some damaging winds and hail. the timeframe for that, 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., mainly around the metro area. maybe in western maryland, northern and west virginia, perhaps by about 1:00, first sometimes arriving there. how are the temperatures doing? they're climbing into the 60s off to our west, martinsburg up to 67 degrees. 75 petersburg, west virginia. some of the warm air coming in ahead of the front of the it will likely come our way. right now still on the cool side, we're in the low 60s around washington, the bay and eastern shore. charleston, west virginia, the mid 70s, into jackson, kentucky, and some of the area of mildness coming in ahead of the front will likely make its way in here perhaps over the next cull of hours. now here's what's happening. the view from space. quite a bit of cloudiness coming in here now. look at the line in color, that is a zone of some thunder and lightning and heavy downpours stretching from north central pennsylvania back into southern ohio. this line is advancing to the east and a bit to the southeast. it looks like this line of some heavy storms, right now east of

pittsburgh is probably going to pass to our north. over the next couple of hours. then this is the line i'm concerned with farther west. may enhance and develop and get stronger as it gets closer to us. that would be perhaps around 2:00, 3:00 at the far western viewing area. and later in the afternoon, closer to us, here's the timeframe. it looks like 7:00 p.m. most of it will be gone to our south and we'll begin to clear out after that. and we'll have cooler weather moving in for tomorrow and friday, as we get high pressure moving in behind the front and bringing in more pleasant weather and no more storms. but we do have the threat for the rest of the afternoon. we'll have temperatures before that climbing into the 70s. may get near 80 degrees in parts of north-central virginia, from fredericksburg to warrenton, manassas, charlottesville, culpepper. that area may get to around 80. areas closer to washington, around the 70s. we'll drop from near 70 around

sunset to near 60 by midnight and it will bottom out near 50 by dawn tomorrow. and then during the day on thursday we'll get some sunshine back and the winds maybe a bit blustery tomorrow, too, they could be gusting over 30 miles per hour tomorrow afternoon. highs reaching the mid 60s. chillier on thursday night. down to the upper 30s starting off friday morning. but probably no freeze. then friday afternoon, highs back into the mid 60s, with lots of sunshine. and then as we get into saturday, it does look like we could get some rain, maybe in the morning, perhaps through midday. just a small chance. otherwise partly sunny saturday, high around 70. and on sunday, sunday looking nice for your weekend plans. sunny, up around 70. and then monday, small chance of some rain as we get back to work and school. >> thanks, tom. and out to the roads we go to see if there any problems you should know about. here's danell >> if you're taking the beltway things look good, here's a live look. the beltway at montgomery county. colesville road, inner loop, no

issues, as well as the outer loop. you're in the clear right now. give awe travel speed, if you're traveling on the outer loop of the beltway, 58 miles per hour. taking ten minutes to get from i-95 to i-270. taking beltway in prince george's county, no issues there,s crossing over the wilson bridge heading into virginia, a live look at van dorn street, very light volume. not seeing any accidents, and your travel speed actually from the wilson bridge to van dorn street, 59 miles per hour. barbara, back to you. >> thank you. 18 after 11:00 now. still ahead on "news4 midday," how to cope caring tore a stroke victim. cutting your hair, overanxiety and worries about your spouse's mental health. those are some of the issues that dr. winer will focus on in today's ask the doctor segment. ♪ get your kicks on route 66 >> and coming right up, we welcome lynda carter to talk about her latest stage show and how she stays in wonder woman shape. she'll be with us in a minute. first a look at what's hot on

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lynda carter returns to the kennedy center this week with her "body an soul" show. the singer and actress, famous for her role as wonder woman will entertain the audience with everything from rock classics to jazz standards. lynda joins us with more on what people can expect from her show it's so great to see you. you've not changed. how long have i known you? 25 years? >> about. jamie is 24. we met when you were still dating your husband. >> 30 years. >> you look fabulous and i hear your show is unbelievable. >> thank you. >> and i want you to talk a little bit about it. tell us about your passion for music. a lot of people don't even know that part of your life. >> i started singing professionally at age 14 in arizona. and i was in a lot of bands. and then i traveled across the united states. to singing and then i moved, when i moved to l.a. i did studio singing there.

and then i got famous and that sort of kicked it all up. and i did specials and just took some time off to raise my family, as you know. >> and now you decided you're ready to go back. >> i've been back since 2006. >> your mother told me once that she always thought of you as a singer. she said you used to go away and come back and every time you would come back, you had a different persona. >> was i going to be rock and roll, or was i going to be, you know, very much a co--ed looking. >> now you've kind of rolled all of those styles into one big show. because you do quite -- >> a variety. >> let's have a listen. ♪ it don't mean a thing ♪ if it ain't got that swing ♪

>> look at you, you look wonderful. are you having a fun time? >> i am. i've got a great band. so many of them are music leembers of the musicians hall of fame. so it's really, it's we have a lot of fun on the stage. >> tell me about some of the songs you're going to do.little. and what else? >> i'm doing a few things from the two albums that i released in the past four years. and i'm doing a lot of new material. so it's everything from you know, jazz and some old rock and roll and, it's just a wide variety of music. and we sort of put our own, because of the quality of the musicians, we put our own spin on just about everything. >> well what about acting? have you thought about going back into acting again? >> that's so funny. no. what's so funny is that in the last several months i've gotten

offers to do some amazing acting roles and they all fall, they were falling right in the middle of this tour. because we do the kennedy center, i just finished san francisco. we are here on friday night. and then i go to l.a. and then jazz at lincoln center at the end of next month. and all of those acting jobs fell right in the middle. darn. >> what kind of roles are people asking you to play? >> older women. >> older women. you mean they haven't asked you to come back and do -- >> my ingenue days are over. the thing is that you know, i just have always tried to play roles that were of my age. and instead of trying to play younger or whatever. i've always liked to bring an

audience along with where i am. >> well, there you are -- haven't changed much at all since then. you look great still have the same incredible body and a lot of people want to know how you keep that body in shape as you have. >> i have to sit up straight. you know i think that i'm a little less crazy than i was. used to work out you know, three hours a day or some ridiculous thing. now i'm much more moderate with, i really try to zip the mouth when i'm eating. you know. >> that's not easy to do. >> portion control, try to do the portion control. and exercise in a moderate way. in a healthy way so that i'm not overdoing it. as well. >> whatever you're doing, it's working for you. how are your children? >> they're wonderful. my son jamie is in law school here at gw. so he's home. he's a first-year law student

and just burning up the place, he's doing really well and my daughter, jessica, is in london for her junior year abroad. >> do they support this new career that you have? >> they do they're happy i'm out of their hair. that i'm not just waiting in the wings. all kinds think that you're just, you know, that you -- you do drop everything for them. but it's like that your life revolves around them. and it kind of does. >> well at least one them is here to see you and we want to tell everybody that you're going to be at the kennedy center terrace theater this friday, march 30th, the show starts at 7:30. i hear it's a great one. we had a little taste of it. can't wait to see you on the stage. >> thank you, thank you. i'm glad that you're coming. i'm thrilled and i want everyone to make sure that you come because it's kind of like a party. we really just -- we just, a lot of talk -- >> a lot of people consider you a hometown girl. >> i've lived here longer than i've lived any place else.

>> we've been friends for a long, long time. >> thick and thin. >> half a century? >> quarter of a century. i've got some people out there waiting to see you. one of our people in the news room is just thrilled that you're here, so i'm going to let you get out there while i tell everybody that it is 11:28, coming up in the next half hour of "news4 midday." we're learning more about the former police officer accused of killing his daughter and himself in annandale. plus the nationwide effort to find jobs for veterans and tom kierein is back with an update on the evening storms we may be getting. i was paying too much with cable.

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right now on "news4 midday," the final day of arguments is under way at the supreme court over the health care law. protesters showed up in force again today. one issue being debated today is whether the law can survive at the requirement for people to purchase health insurance is struck down as unconstitutional. police have one man in custody and they're looking for a second man who carjacked a homeowner from his house and forced him to drive to an atm machine and withdraw money. it happened on 59th avenue in riverdale. when the abductors returned the plan to his house, police were waiting. the two gunmen fired at

officers, police arrested one of them, the other one got away. the victim is okay and no officers were hurt. family and friends want to know why a father and daughter were killed in a murder-suicide. the bodies of 40-year-old john jackson and 13-year-old alexis jackson were found in a parked suv in the sleepy hollow area of annandale early yesterday morning. john jackson worked for fairfax county police for 16 years before leaving the force in 2010. one neighbor says he heard the gunshots. >> bang-bang-bang three times, i've devastated. >> my goodness, that's terrible. i never heard of something in this neighborhood. >> grief counselors will be available all week at glascow middle school where the girl went to school in fairfax county. prosecutors hope voice analysts will help 911, from the 911 calls will help them understand what happened moments before florida teenager, trayvon

martin, was shot to death. the prosecutor investigating the case says they are looking at two crucial aspects of the calls. first, if george zimmerman muttered a racial slur while talking to a dispatcher and second, if screams in the background of several calls are that of martin, or of zimmerman. meanwhile, nbc news has learned that zimmerman was arrested in 2005 for assault on a police officer. and resisting arrest. those charges were later dropped. parents have taken their fight to congress. they testified before a house committee on capitol hill yesterday, to speak out about racial profiling. they say they believe trayvon martin was targeted because of his race and they asked the panel that their son not die in vain. afterwards, we spoke with martin's father who is asking supporters to remain calm. >> we're looking for a peaceful resolution. we're not looking for any violence. trayvon wasn't a part of violence. we're not a part of violence,

we're certainly not a part of violence. we commend the protests. we just want a peaceful protest. >> there are multiple reports this morning that the lead homicide detective originally recommended zimmerman be charged with manslaughter. that was overruled by the state's attorney. the case goes before a grand jury on april 10th. new developments in colorado this morning. federal fire crews are preparing to take over battling a dangerous wildfire that's threatening 6500 homes near denver, colorado. the fire damaged 28 homes and may have caused the deaths of two people. crews evacuated 900 homes already. firefighters think strong winds caused a controlled burn or caused by a controlled burn and that controlled burn rekindled and began to burn out of control. and tom, the pollen is getting to my voice as you can hear. tell us about what's going on with the weather out there and how high is the pollen county right now? >> it's getting into the high

zone for tree pollen now. and you can even see it the light yellow dust covering everything. it's going to be with us here for the day today. but some rain coming through, it will wash quite a bit of pollen out of the air by later this afternoon. but unfortunately it will be coming at the expense of maybe some damaging winds and hail from strong storms. the yellow zone is the zone that could get the strongest storms. in the zone you can see in much of northern virginia, maryland, north and west of washington, into west virginia. southern pennsylvania, that's where three to 7:00 p.m., there could be some strong storms. there are storms producing some hail and some gusty winds. right now into pennsylvania, you can see the line, the color in red and yellow and green. that's the rain and the reds are where it's coming down harder. getting clusters and some scattered storms now coming into southern pennsylvania from the west. there's another line stretching back into southern ohio, that will be approaching the metro area. ahead of that, temperatures are warming up. we're in the 60s around the region. its hitting the 70s in west

virginia. we ought to hit the 70s over the next couple of hours and the storms coming through between 3: and 7:00 p.m. and there's a possibility some could produce damaging winds and hail. after that, we clear out, sun back on thursday and friday, highs mid 60s. maybe a blustery wind tomorrow. might get some rain on saturday. that's the way it looks right now. >> tom, thank you. nbc is teaming up with the organization hiring our heroes to help american veterans returning home to find jobs. well today job fairs are being held across the country. nbc's richard lewis standing by live on the "uss intrepid" has more for us. tell us, richard, what's going on today? >> reporter: a lot is happening this morning. as you can see behind me, it is absolutely packed here. when we take a look at what's behind me, the intrepid, there are pro bely more jobs available, barbara than there are veterans to fill them right now.

however, there is a perception problem when hiring veterans. it is said by the society for human resources that about half of employers believe when they consider hiring a veteran, that they're concerned about post traumatic stress. now, that dynamic only translates to about 13%, though, when the veterans actually get into the workplace. in other words, the employer only sees a problem in one out of eight cases with post traumatic stress. this does hurt veterans. i've brought in here medal of honor recipient, colonel jack jacobs who can tell us more p this dynamic. and how should employers think about post traumatic stress? >> they shouldn't think about it very much at all, quite frankly. i can't think of anybody who has gone to war and come out of it without some stress. but there's no better qualified group of people it take on authority and responsibility as veterans. i can't think of any place you can get 20-year-old people who have been responsible for

everything, the lives of 20 to 40 other people. all employers should look at veterans as absolutely cream of the crop. the best they can possibly find. >> medal of honor recipient, colonel jack jacobs. thank you so much. just a number, at least 80% of veterans returning do not have post traumatic stress. and some employers have realized that is the case. like general electric, general electric in one of its jet engine factories, hires 40% veterans. they have 10,000 right now that are veterans and they plan on hiring 5,000 more. some more success stories for you right here. i've been talking to some of the employers. let me get to antonio over here. antonio, how many people are you going to be hiring based on what you're seeing today? >> trying to get to 50, about ten, 15. >> a what have you got here? >> we've got 25 applications right now, resumés we're going to sort through them.

we actually just hired someone. >> you already hired someone? >> yes. >> thank you very much antonio, i've talked to others, barbara. there's somebody to my right that's got 1100 jobs, they've got four or five offers already. a lot happening and hearing right here on the aircraft carrier "intrepid." >> richard liu, thank you so much. to be part of the virtual career fair, log on to monster/military.com. going to take a check on the traffic now, let's say hello once again to danella sealock. >> still checking things out on the 14th street bridge. bridge work continues. taking a i way two of your right lace, and your travel speeds slow, northbound on 395, just 39 miles per hour. about 17 minutes to get from the beltway to the 14th street bridge. now, crossing over the american legion bridge, different story. nice and clear. traveling on the outer loop or the inner loop of the beltway, no issues to report at this time. and in d.c., thinking about heading to lunch?

why not go to 7th and 8th street in chinatown. volume very light, not seeing any accidents in the area. barbara, back to you. closing time for bars in the district could be pushed back an hour if mayor vincent gray gets his way. his 2013 budget says allowing bars to stay open an extra hour, 3:00 a.m. on week days and 4:00 a.m. on weekends will raise an extra $300 million a year. some council members say the move might create a bourbon street atmosphere in some neighborhoods. the bar hour proposal will take weeks to work out. if the measure is approved it wouldn't take effect until late this year. another item in the budget, mayor gray's traffic camera initiative. his budget calls for spending $5 million to add more speed and red light cameras all over the city. he said the cameras will generate $30 million more in fines. and one council woman says the proposal goes overboard and

upsets residents. last year, d.c. collected $63 million from red light and speed cameras. still ahead, a doctor joins us to answer viewer questions. plus the actress feeding her look a

a heads up if you have personal information on file with howard university hospital. the facility sent letters to more than 34,000 patients about a stolen laptop. the personal computer belong dodd a former contractor and was stolen back in january. the laptop had medical information and social security number on it. howard university hospital says as of now there's no evidence that the information was used illegally. the president is now on pinterest. the obama 2012 campaign revealed

a barack obamap interest. five of the boards are lighter like obama-inspired recipes which shows the family's chili recipe and cupcakes with images of the president on them. the others focus on the president's campaign points like job growth and the health care act. stocks are down this morning, we check in with cnbc's sue herrera, who joins us with more. >> hi, you know there are a lot of concerns about the consumer today, aaa says the national average for regular gas stands at $3.91. but demand for oil and gas is lower last week according to the latest energy department numbers. oil prices down 2% and stocks also a little bit negative after weaker-than-expected sales of durable goods, big-ticket items

like cars, washing machines, 2.7% increase for new orders of electronics was the biggest since december 2010. some of it fuelled by apple devices. a new day, a new all-time high for apple stock it's now worth $575 billion. on pace to take out microsoft's record for the most valuable company of all time it closed up 1999 worth $605 billion. not every household in america pays income tax. but the average home now has 1.6 apple devices, according to the cnbc survey data. read more on cnbc.com. twilight zone now in an eerie coincidence on the day that amazon started selling "harry potter" e-books, the buy buttons disappeared. by early afternoon the store was up and running again, amazon not

commenting, but a post on the kindle publishing forum says there was a website issue and that's what was to blame. back to you. >> no twilight zone? no mystery, huh? >> no mystery. but i couldn't resist the twilight zone music, if we had it. >> all right. at least you didn't do the music with it. >> that's right. exactly. >> thank you. you're welcome, see you soon. >> today dr. joshua winer is here to answer your questions dealing with disability and obsession with cutting your hair and help for a stroke victim. we like these sessions when you get to answer things that folks have written in and we've got some interesting questions for you today. are you set? >> ready. >> the first question comes from a 45-year-old man from maryland. he wrote i spend most of my days laying in bed alone in my bedroom. it's difficult for me to do the things in life that are fun because i have terrible back and leg pain. i don't think people understand how desperate i am to get out of this deep dark hole.

how can you help this man? >> well i think this guy clearly needs to seek out some mental health treatment as well as some pain management treatment. it's very common for people dealing with colonic pain to suffer emotionally. a lot of people who have chronic pain need to be on antidepressants to help them deal with the chronic pain. this gentleman also is under a lot of financial stress and feels like he doesn't have the money to get the help he needs. i would suggest he contact his county mental health clinic. sometimes they offer services on sliding scale. or look for schools in the area that are training therapists, psychologists or psychiatrist and oftentimes they'll have trainees that will see you for free. >> if someone is in pain and depressed over the pain, just solving the pain problem is not enough. >> solving the pain problem can often make a huge difference. you should probably start there. treat the pain and then see what happens. but oftentimes treating the pain requires an antidepressant as well. >> here's the next question from

a woman who writes, i have reason to believe my husband may be a sociopath. he doesn't seem to pose a threat to our family, but he fits many of the characteristics i've read online. can you please tell me more about this disorder and what steps we should take to get help? >> a sociopath is more of a layman's term. the term used in psychiatry is anti-social personality disorder. and people with this disorder have little regard for right or wrong. they're man patelipulative. this person probably doesn't show that much affection towards his wife or care how she feels about the marriage. i think she absolutely needs to number one, seek out some help with a marriage counselor. if he's willing to get treatment. unfortunately, people with anti-social personality disorder, they don't think there's a problem with them. they think there's a problem with everybody else. and unfortunately, the data isn't very good. there's not much help out there for people with this disorder.

she's in a very rough spot. she needs to think about whether she can stay in this marriage with this person. >> we've got another question. it's i have a problem with cutting my hair when i am upset. i'm taking symbalta which seems to be the only antidepressant that i can stand. i don't know which direction to go in next. >> i've never treated with people with this condition. i've treated them with a similar condition that they'll pull their hair out. generally, what's needed is cognitive behavioral therapy with some relaxation training to help people have alternate coping skills and also she should probably try a number of different antidepressants, because sometimes one antidepressant won't work, but others will and it seems like there's. and people with ocd-like behaviors, generally need very high doses of the antidepressants before they get a response. maybe she needs to try some of

the medicines she's used in the past, but at higher doses. >> talk to her doctor about that one. >> yes. >> last question here, my friend suffered a stroke almost three years ago and has suffered multiple problems after that i often feel like i'm dealing with a 5-year-old. what coping strategies should i be utilizing? and what can i do to modify his behavior? >> well some things that a lot of people are not aware of is that after anyone has had any kind of traumatic injury to their brain, either from a trauma or a stroke, they develop person algt and behavioral changes very often. sometimes these can be permanent behavioral changes. this is not all that uncommon. i think what this person has to do is seek out the help of a network. a group therapy support group. they can go to the american stroke association website, which is a very good website. in there you can put in your address and you can find support groups locally in the area. that might be of some assistance. >> it sounds like good advice, dr. wiener, thank you so much. we look forward to another

one of these ask the doctor sessions next week. it's 11:51. coming up, justin bieber is in trouble for a tweet. plus meteorologist tom kierein will be back with when we can expect the severe weather today. i'm aaron gilchrest, tomorrow morning on "news4 today," joe krebs has just two more days on the anchor desk here at "news4 today." he retires on friday. tomorrow, some well-known washingtonians will say good-bye and wish joe well. tell you how joe has impacted their life over the years. and weather and traffic together on the 1's. wake up with us tomorrow

they said justin bieber? and i said, no. >> two people in texas are considering suing pop star justin bieber over a tweet. earlier this month he tweeted a phone number to his 19 million followers, missing the last digit. bieber fans tried to guess the last digit and two people in dallas received quite a few phone calls. two residents say they want some sort of compensation or at least an apology. alicia silverstone is causing a zir with parents over a video she posted online. the clip shows the actress

feeding her 10-month-old son named bear. but the technique is what some consider questionable. silverstone chewed up vegetables from her soup and used her mouth to feed it to her son. nbc's dr. nancy snyderman wayed in on this unusual feeding style. >> certainly there are no health benefits from all of this and a couple of down sides, there's nothing dirtier than the human mouth. there's nothing good about the viruses and bacteria that live in the adult mouth and a child's immune system may not be ready for those in his or her mouth. so it's not a great idea and you hit on the social parenting aspect. toddlerho toddlerhood. learning the skills of how to sit in a high chair and eat foods with your hands and eat on your own, those just are really born adaptive skills. >> snyderman said the method could put a child at risk of contracting a virus. silverstone posted a note with the video that said the veggies from the miso soup are her son's favorite.

we're going to take a look at some stories we'll be following this afternoon. coming up at 4:00, a congressman gets thrown out of the house today, while supporting trayvon martin. plus, how many hours of sleep should you get to limit your chances of a heart attack? a new study is out on that today. then tonight at 5:00, "the hunger games" workout. how the blockbuster film is inspiring a whole new fitness routine at a local gymnasium. and a final check on the forecast. >> we're just now entering spring storm season. occurring a little bit earlier this year. just like everything else occurred earlier this year. our chance for severe storms on the 28th day of march and the yellow zone that include us much of northern virginia and west virginia and north and west of washington and up into pennsylvania. we've had a line of thunderstorms rolling across pennsylvania and ohio this morning. that area in red. s that where the strongest storms are now. and they are drifting a bit to the south now. and maybe entering the metro

area. perhaps in another two or three hours. ahead of that it's warming into the 70s in west virginia and the shenandoah valley. sun back tomorrow and over the weekend. might get a shower on saturday. sunny saturday and sunday. stay tuned, any severe weather threatens, we'll let you know what's going on. >> we thank you for being with us and invite to you turn to us for more news at 4:005:006:00 and 11:00 and back at 11:00 a.m. for "news4 midday." we'll see you in the morning. i was paying too much with cable.

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