good morning, everyone and welcome to "news4 midday," i'm barbara harrison. it's wednesday april 18th, 2012. we begin with a developing story out of afghanistan. the "l.a. times" has released several photos showing u.s. soldiers posing with the bodies and bothdy parts of taliban suicide bombers. the pictures were taken in 2010, by members of the 82nd airborne division during missions to gather forensic evidence. secretary of defense, leon panetta, released a statement condemning the photos. it reads, the images by no means represent the values or

professionalism of the vast majority of u.s. troops serving in afghanistan today. anyone found responsible will be held accountable. and new today, in the district, mayor vincent gray and d.c. schools chancellor kaya henderson are working together on a plan they hope will increase student achievement and graduation rates. melissa has more on this for us. >> reporter: good morning, barbara. we came out and signed this pam enter t pamphlet is what they're handing out, a capital commitment, a five-year plan with five different goals over the next five years. d.c. schools chancellor, kaya henderson was joined by mayor vincent gray inside the wilson building to mr. deuce the program. it lays out spending and planning decisions through 2017. last week, dcps announced a $10

million grant program for schools with a large group of students in need of academic help. take a look at the outline of the 5.5-year plan. they want to increase math and reading level and improve the proficiency rates for the lowest schools and insure that 90% of dcps students like the school they attend and also increase enrollment. >> because while every child will benefit, those children that will benefit most are those children who are in the most socially and economically challenging circumstances. and unfortunately, are disadvantaged substantially by the time they get to school. >> they're ambitious. but we know that we have to be aggressive and urgent if we're going to insure that our young people are ready for college, career and life. >> now, they're also looking at

something that might make any students listening or watching right now cringe. extending the school day possibly even extending the school year to improve school performance. live in northwest washington, melissa millay, news4, back to you. well right now, crews are preparing to take the space shuttle "discovery" off the back of a jet. "discovery" is parked object the tarmac at dulles airport. tonight crews will use two cranes to remove the shuttle from the boeing 747. then tomorrow, the smithsonian will offer an official welcome ceremony at 11:00 a.m. at the udvar-hazy center in chantilly. the shuttle arrived yesterday from the space center, kennedy space center in florida. it took several spins around the nation's capitol. a lot of you saw it before it landed at dulles airport. turning to the weather we have a cloudy, cool morning out there right now. storm 4 meteorologist tom kierein joins with us the first forecast for midday. hey, tom? >> what a dramatic change from earlier this week. remember monday?

we were almost near 90 degrees monday afternoon. today, it's still only in the 50s throughout much of the region thanks to the low clouds and to the rain. and a northeasterly wind. and look at the rain, all of that moving color, storm 4 radar is rain that's advancing out of the carolinas into virginia, west virginia, the district and into maryland. we have not had a lot of rain with this. right now, getting just a few sprinkles in the areas in lighter green around washington, montgomery, arlington, fairfax, prince george's counties, in yellow in southern maryland they're getting more moderate showers in southern calvert county, northern saint maries and across the potomac into the northern neck. fredericksburg getting light rain as well as over towards warrenton, culpepper and faster west into the shenandoah valley. and the hometown locations that have had not much rain, gaithersburg, only about .04 of an inch, la plata, .18.

and chantilly, just .02. right now it is still only in the 50s, much of the region, 57 now at reagan national. not much of a warm-up on the way for the rest of the afternoon. might have a few showers coming through. it may briefly get into the low 60s just to our south. but most of the region will stay in the 50s the rest of the day. we'll look at changes on the way for the end. week and weekend in a couple of minutes, barbara? >> thank you so much, tom. a man is in serious condition following a school bus accident in odenton, maryland, anne arundel county police say a car and a bus collided near the intersections of route 175 and 70. no students were on the bus and the bus driver was not hurt. the driver of the car was taken to shock trauma with life-threatening injuries. police are still investigating how this accident happened. going to take a look at midday traffic now and see how things are moving on the roads around here right now. here's danella sealock with the

latest. >> good morning, barbara, let's start with the rails, taking the metro on the orange or blue line, expect delays, because track work is happening on both lines, you're going to see delays in both directions. now onto the roadway here, good news, there was an accident taking up three of your right lanes on the outer loop, you're still feeling the effects. in fact jammed on the outer loop of the beltway. take a look at river road, the accident on the american legion bridge is clear, but you're seeing delays as far back as i-270, just eight miles per hour to get from i-270 to the clara barton parkway, a 42-minute drive. back in a little bit with another look at traffic. back to you. right now, metro is trying to figure out why buses have been bursting into flames. the agency removed nearly 100 metro buses while it's investigating this. the latest incident happened yesterday morning on route 50 near bowie, the second metro bus to catch fire in five days. the other caught fire on i-66 in fairfax on thursday.

no one was hurt in either of these cases, both buses are models known as the owe rhiyan as of now, all 94 are in the shop. new from overnight, a deadly shooting in southeast washington, shots rang out around midnight in the 3300 block of 14th place. when officers arrived, they found a man shot in the head and back. that man died. police have not made an arrest in this case. a grandmother fended off a would-be robber with a toy horse in her hand on capitol hill. katherine turten moved into this home to take care of her three grandchildren last year after her daughter died in a bizarre garage fire. she said one of her grandkids spotted the intruder yesterday morning and ran to her for help. turden went downstairs and saw the burglar with an armful of her belongings, she grabbed the kids hobby horse and stood in

front of him. i held my hobby horse up and said, you aren't going. he grabbed my hair and pulled my neck. pulled my head over. and shouted obscenities at me. and i, recovered and said, now, put the stuff down. >> turten pushed the man out of the house and yelled for police. capitol hill police officer showed up and found the man hiding behind a car around the corner. and arrested him. she tells news4 she's keeping her front door locked from now on. new on "news4 midday," prosecutors charged a woman with a murder and kidnapping of a newborn baby. police say vernon mclean, attacked kayla golden yesterday afternoon as she left a doctor's office in a houston, texas suburb. golden was there for a checkup for her 3-day-old baby boy. mclean got into an argument with the mother, shot her, and took the baby. investigators say mclean's plan was to kidnap that baby. the victim was not specifically

targeted for any other reason. police found the newborn unharmed. eight minutes after 11:00 is our time right now. coming up, the outrage is growing over lavish spending at the gsa. we're going it take a look at man at the center of the investigation. plus the looming deadline for virginia lawmakers to come up with a budget agreement. and what is causing the delay.

the clock is ticking for virginia lawmakers to agree to a budget and avoid a partial government shutdown. late last night, senate democrats recessed without coming to an agreement on a two-year budget. they've requested and additional $300 million to help keep dulles toll road rates low while the dulles metro project continues. republicans argue that there is no more money available as the state is trying to rein in spending. governor bob done don blasts senate democrats, saying their requests kille deal at the last minute. >> to say historically disappointing day for our commonwealth. to still hold the budget hostage for an 11-mile railway at the very last minute is just not responsible. >> rail to dulles is going to be an economic bow nanza because of

the job growth it's going to bring. and somehow there is no money available for it. >> the current budget expires in two months. the senate is already in a special session and if they adjourn without a budget, a partial government shutdown is likely. and right now, there's another hearing on the gsa spending scandal. the man at the center of the scandal is facing allegations of taking more lavish trips with taxpayer money. >> i guess the only way we'll get to see him is on a video in the hot tub. >> jeffrey neely was a no-show yesterday during a house committee testimony. during yesterday's investigation, it was revealed that neely took trips to hawaii and california, these trips came even as he was under investigation from the department of justice. the gsa's inspector general spoke yesterday and said there were multiple instances of mishandled funds. >> he turned over every stone and every time we turned over a stone we found 50 more with all sorts of things crawling out from under them. >> neely is currently on paid

administrative leave. the head of the gsa, martha johnson, resigned earlier this month. there are new developments in the scandal rocking the agency charged with protecting the president. nbc news has learned that a prostitute at the center of the scandal complained to local police after two agents wanted to split the bill rather than pay the full price. that's what led officers to call the u.s. embassy in colombia in south america. 11 secret service agents and ten u.s. service members are accused of bringing at least 20 prostitutes back to their hotel in cartagena, colombia after visiting a strip club. this morning investigators are in colombia again to interview those women. jury selection in the perjury case against roger clemens could take longer than the trial itself. choosing jurors for the retrial has already gone for two days and might not be done by the end of the week. 11 jurors were quickly dismissed yesterday. but it took all day to approve eight other prospective jurors

who made the cut. the court is trying to trim a pool of 90 people down to 36 jurors. storm 4 meteorologist tom kierein joins us to talk a little bit about our weather. we've had the threat of rain out there. has it come down at all? >> a little bit. a little bit. we'll take every drop we can get. what a relief it is for allergy sufferers to get some of this pollen washed out of the air and the rain has been doing that, off and on, since around dawn this morning. moving in from the south to the north. here's a live view if our city camera right now showing the gray sky over capitol hill. and we have had a lynn bit of light rain around washington, but less than .05 of an inch and it's not been falling much elsewhere, either. it's now 57 at reagan national, but enough to really keep things cool. in fact, what a dramatic change from earlier in the week and for those of us who like cooler weather in spring, we're getting it today. 57 at reagan national, and the wind out of the northeast and is

also bringing in cooler weather. the bay water temperatures are in the upper 50s and the ocean off the atlantic coast is only in the low 50s. so any wind coming in off of the atlantic or off the bay is certainly cooler an looked a all the rain that's moving color. the storm 4 on radar is rain. south carolina, north carolina, into virginia, west virginia, the district and maryland. we've got one band here in yellow, you see this band, southern maryland, northern neck. near fredericksburg. this is a band of some more moderate rain. it looks like it may hold together, move into washington, perhaps in about another half hour to about hour. so right now just getting a few sprinkles in prince george's county, the district, montgomery and fairfax. but perhaps by about 1:00 or so, 12:30, around then, we may have the rain pick up a bit and get things very wet. and that will make the roadways slick. right now temperatures are chilly. only near 50 degrees in montgomery county. fairfax, loudoun, frederick county, much of the panhandle of

west virginia, winchester, 48, stan to be is 49, charlottesville at 50 degrees. southern maryland a bit warmer, charles county, calvert, saint mary's, they're get getting more of the moderate rain, fredericksburg at 58. as we look at the last two or three hours, you see not much rain falling to our north. there's the band of moderate rain that is just now advancing north and east. as we go forward over the next 48 hours, these areas in yellow and green, these are the zones of potential rain as we get into the afternoon hours. we'll have much of the advancing north of us. and we'll have probably tapering off for a while, probably a few more springles this evening. after midnight, we'll have lot of it advancing east, pulling east of the bay and moving out and drying out tomorrow. lots of sunshine returning on thursday as well as into friday, but then another big change for the weekend. after that. so for the rest of the afternoon, we will have the low clouds, maybe an occasional shower. light rain, less than a quarter of an inch, we'll have it only

reach the upper 50s, maybe low 60s in southern maryland. generally around the metro area, we'll stay in just the 50s today. about 40 degrees colder than monday. and sunset is at 7:49, chance of a few more showers this evening. we'll drop out of the upper 50s early evening down to the low 50s by midnight. by dawn tomorrow we'll be starting off temperatures near 50 degrees. we'll have some clouds in the morning, but some sun back in the afternoon. highs reaching upper 60s. on friday, we'll have it a bit milder, partly cloudy, afternoon highs climbing into the low 70s. on saturday is when another area of low pressure comes in. this time bringing more rain, more than certainly we're going get today. it looks like by saturday midday, during the afternoon is the latest timing of when the rain may begin for the weekend and into saturday night, off and on sunday. maybe even through midday monday, occasional showers through that time. maybe even a little thunder and lightning. drying out and getting cool after that. sun back tuesday, high only near 60. that's the way it looks. >> it's going to be up and down.

>> yeah, it's spring. >> thank you, tom. we're going to check on the midday traffic now. hey, danella. >> i still got my eye on the american legion bridge. had an accident on the outer loop. it was blocking three of your left lanes for quite some time. that accident is cleared, but you're still seeing some delay. here's a live look right now at river road, traffic is flowing a little better than what i've seen. it was pretty much stopped, only 8 miles per hour a minute ago, still at about 8 miles per hour as you make your way from i-270 to clara barton parkway. so still seeing some delays, but it's getting better on the outer loop. construction right now heading over to i-66, this is eastbound at gallows road, blocking just the left lane here, you are seeing some delays in fact here's a live look at nutley. you can see these cars are getting pretty much bumper to bumper. travel speed in the area, is 28 miles per hour, about 21 minutes to drive from fairfax county parkway to the capital beltway. barb remarks back to you. thank you. 19 minutes after 11:00 now. and still ahead on "news4

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♪ ♪ i'm going to take the town ♪ turn it upside-down >> the show is being described as a sinatra fest. "come fly away" combines choreography, from twyla thorp, and we have more on the show that opens tonight at the kennedy center. welcome. >> thank you. >> there are a lot of us who can't wait to see this. because twyla thorp is a kennedy center honoree and the great frank sinatra's music. how can you lose with this? >> you can't. >> tell us about the show. >> the show is based in one evening it focuses on four very different types of relationships. and it's all told through dancing.

by the brilliant choreography and direction of twyla tharp, as you said. and classic frank sinatra tunes with a live band on stage with us, it's an amazing evening. >> i've read that this is actually about the ava gardner/frank sinatra connection. do you know anything about that, that they had this very steamy relationship that wasn't always copacetic? >> i don't know anything about that. but twyla, i'm sure she's incorporated so many different concepts and you know, things that we aren't even aware of. >> what's your favorite sinatra song thaw get to dance to in this? >> i love "my way." it's just such a great song itself and the way that she has staged it, with the movement and all, it's a moment in the show where the entire company is on stage. and it's just beautiful. i get, i still get emotional watching it. and i've been doing this for about two years. >> you've traveled all over the country doing it. >> yes.

>> what do people come for, the dance or the muse snik. >> i think for either. everything combined. our show is so unique in that the dancing is the dialogue. nobody speaks. we're telling the story with our bodies. and that makes for a very unique electrifying experience. >> how many different stories are there? >> it's based on four different relationships, four couples. and some people walk in and end up with somebody else. and it's -- yeah, it's very, you have to come see it. >> it sounds like it. and where is it supposedly set? just anywhere, usa, huh? >> yes, that's pretty, it's just a nightclub, that would be, yeah, anywhere. >> from what we just saws it's a pretty physical show. >> yes, very. >> a lot of jumps, flips, everything. how hard is that for to you do every night? >> our company is extremely disciplined. we have to be. we have company class three times a week which includes classical ballet and yoga and you know, people go to the gym,

people you know, take additional types of classes to you know, cross-train and prepare our bodies for what we do eight times a week. >> now people don't think of the frank sinatra music as ballet music. i mean it has to kind of change the way you're thinking to dance to this, right? it's more of a jazz type dance? >> sure. the movement, the, there's so many various styles of dance in the show, there's obviously the classical ballet based. everybody is classically trained in the show. there's a theatrical element to it. there's acrobatics, ballroom. there's a little bit of everything. it's pretty versatile. >> we're excited to see it. it opens tonight, as we said at the kennedy center's eisenhower theater. and it's there until april 29th. we understand. >> yes. >> ron, thank you so much for coming to tell us about it. are you excited about tonight? >> i'm so excited. d.c. audiences are amazing.

>> a lot of folks love dance, lot of folks love sinatra's music. good luck tonight and through the whole run of it. >> thank you very much. now 11:26, coming up in the next half hour, a donation that could help feed 200,000 people in need of our area. plus the countdown to the olympics. going to hear from some u.s. athletes on their chances of going to london. and a cool day ahead, tom kierein is back to tell us if the warmer weather will return any

right now on "news4 midday," fallout from new pictures of u.s. soldiers posing with the bodies of taliban suicide bombers. the pictures released by the "l.a. times" were taken in 2010 by members of the 82nd airborne division. the military and department of defense have condemned the pictures. president obama will be arriving at andrews air force base in the next few minutes and flying to ohio. the president will visit a successful job training program

in ohio that would be threatened under the gop budget that passed the house. later mr. obama raises campaign cash in michigan. well, thanks to a generous donation by walmart, volunteers for the capital area food bank can now deliver another 200,000 meals a month to those who are less fortunate. news4's tracee wilkins was there for the unveiling of the mobile food pantry earlier today. every year the capital area food bank delivers food to those who are less fortunate. after 26 years of caring for the handicapped, james fox became disabled. >> i had to stop working because i need knee replacement in both knees along with a whole bunch of health problems. >> reporter: now that he and his wife are caring for their family on a a limited budget, every little bit helps and that's where allen chapel a.m.e. comes in.

>> they provide fresh vegetables and food to families in need. 20 volunteers, serve about 600 people a week. working 25 to 30 hours a week. >> when you see grandmothers raising great grandchildren, they're on welfare and they're trying to make it, that's a great concern. and to see one person come up and smile and say, thank you. >> reporter: having people to do the work is just the beginning. you have to have the food. and that's where the capital area food bank comes in. providing food for this church and more than 40 other agencies in the area. and now, getting the food there has been made a little easier, thanks to a new food truck donated by walmart. >> this $90,000 food truck is serving 200,000 meals every month to washingtonians. it's a small investment for huge impact. >> reporter: the truck is part of walmart's $2 billion pledge to end hunger and the food bank is reaping the benefits. >> it's almost flexible way to get food out as quickly as possible to the areas we really

need it. >> reporter: so are countless families like the foxes. >> it's nutritional, it brings a the although of good food. it, it helps plenty. >> reporter: spokesman of the capital area food bank says because of the truck they're going to be able to serve more people and get more food out to the communities that need it. but they're always looking for donations and help. if you're interested in making a donation, you can log on to capital area food bank.org. in southeast, i'm tracee wilkins, news4. you can also help out the capital area food bank by calling them at 202-526-5344. a firefighter in prince george's county could finally be leaving the hospital after three months and will be getting a hero's ride home. kevin o'toole sustained second and third-degree burns to about half of his body while fighting a fire at a vacant home in riverdale back in february. six other firefighters were injured in the blaze that has now been ruled an arson.

but o'toole will be the last to leave the hospital. doctors say that could happen as early as friday and his fellow firefighters will be at the hospital to bring him home. o'toole will leave the burn unit in the same ladder truck that he rode in that night that he was injured. d.c. already has a lively night life. now neighborhood leaders are pushing back against mayor vincent gray's plan to allow partying to go into the wee hours of the morning. the mayor wants to extend bar hours to raise revenue in the 2013 budget. the proposal would allow bars and clubs to stay open an extra hour until 3:00 a.m. on weekdays and to a little later on weekends. depending on who you talk to, the extra hours could make for a better bar scene or a more dangerous city. >> according to police chief kathylinear, it won't be any problem, we'll be fine. there will be plenty of officers to handle any issue. >> they park in our neighborhood, they slam their car doors at 3:00 in the

morning. it's very disruptive. sometimes it gets out of control. >> council member jim graham says it's possible individual neighborhoods could choose whether or not they want to adopt the later closings. the fill council will vote on the budget and extended hours in late may. the washington humane society is offering a reward to find the person who set dangerous and illegal animal traps here in the district. earlier this month, someone found a raccoon wandering around cleveland park with a snap trap on its leg. several days later, the humane society tracked down the raccoon. officials say the raccoon had to be put down and they warned that the situation could have been worse. >> hover set this did it irresponsibly. well first of all, these are illegal, but second of all, any animal, any child, anybody could have gotten caught in this trap. we don't know where it came from, who set it, what they set it for. it wasn't done in a way to keep animals safe. obviously they had the intent to do harm. >> the humane society is

offering a $1,000 cash reward for information in this case. and we go to check in with tom kierein for the latest on our forecast. tom? >> we have a gray sky over washington now. here's a live view if our sky watcher camera showing the national cathedral in the foreground. you can see the monuments downtown near the potomac river and we've got the cloud cover over our region with a northeast wind and some light rain falling. it is much cooler. there's the radar over the last number of hours, you can see there's quite a bit of rain rolling out of the carolinas into virginia. maryland, the district and there's one band of more moderate rain right now in the area in darker green, yellows and oranges crossing out of the northern neck, the potomac river, southern maryland. we've not had much rain so far today. winchester and the northern shenandoah valley, about .2 of an inch. around the metro area, we've had less than .1 of an inch. southern maryland has had .1. leesburg has only had .02.

in loudoun county. the temperature is only 50 degrees, only 50 north and west of washington, low to mid 50s in washington and the nearby suburbs in fairfax, arlg ton and prince george's counties. southern maryland in upper 50s. and tomorrow we'll be down near 50 degrees, any rain activity ending after midnight. and during the day on thursday, a little sun in the morning, then sunny in the afternoon, upper 60s. and into the 70s on friday and saturday. but saturday afternoon could get some rain as well as saturday night off and on. and sunday and perhaps monday, too. some needed rain. we are running about five inches below the average. for the year so far, so we could use that rain, barbara. >> okay, well then we hope we'll get it, thanks a lot. tom. we'll check the midday traffic. danella daniel joins us with the latest. >> the left lane is blocked by road work in gallows, delays, you're driving at 31 miles per hour, that trip taking about 19

minutes at this time. now over to i-270, if you're driving along i-270, your commute is great. here's a live look at father hurley boulevard, southbound, in the clear. same thing northbound, no issues to report. and over to 395, crossing over the 14th street bridge, you're clear heading into the city. yesterday we had road work along the bridge. and some delays today, no problem at all. your travel speed, 54 miles per hour. only a 12-minute drive to get from the beltway to the 14th street bridge. barbara, back to you. we're now just 100 days away from the 2012 summer games. a little more than three months from now, the olympic torch will be lit in london. london is still prepping for the millions expected to descend on the city. crews are putting the finishing touches on the event venues, insuring athletes and spectators will enjoy the games. 14-time gold medalist michael phelps says he's even better than he was in 2008.

>> i'm in a lot better spot now than what i was the any time over the last three years. physically and in better shape, mentally in better shape. you know, really since beijing. >> phelps is just one of the many olympic veterans that will be vying for more gold in london. but they're also some newcomers, like 16-year-old swimmer, missy franklin. olympic experts are tabbing her as the break-out star of the games. she was on the "today show" earlier today and talked about those expectations. >> you know what, for me, i just don't even pay attention to it, i love what they're saying, i appreciate it. >> doesn't it put the pressure on you? >> new york city because i love what i do and i have fun with it and that's the most important part. to be able to represent my country at an olympics would be the most incredible honor. >> you'll be able to catch her, michael phelps, usain bolt and the rest of the olympic stars on july 27th with the opening ceremonies, you can watch the entire 2012 summer games on the nbc family of networks. redskins fans have big hopes

for the 2012 season. a new quarterback, the return of london fletcher and new talent on the receiving squad. redskins fans also know now what teams will be testing the new and old talent. the washington redskins will kick off the 2012 season on the road in new orleans. the home opener will be september 23rd against the bengals. in week seven, the team heads north to visit the defending super bowl champs, the giants. to weeks later, the game is expected to feature a meeting between the last two heisman trophy winners, panthers quarterback, cam newton and the redskins, robert griffin iii. the redskins will spend thanksgiving day in dallas, one of two nationally-televised games scheduled for the team. the following week gives the redskins a monday night game at fedex field and they take a short drive to fedex field on week 14 and it season ends with another matchup against the

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not paying your taxes could keep you from traveling the world. congress is considering a bill that would allow uncle sam to stop people from unpaid taxes from leaving the country. the bill would prohibit anyone with more than $50,000 in irs debt from getting a passport. those who owe would still be able to travel as long as they're making regular payments. you can have it your way without even stepping out of your house. you don't have to go to the restaurant. you will have to step out of the house. today burger king is rolling out food trucks, the trucks will be out in 40 cities today, burger

king has not said which cities. the goal is to get people to sample the new menu items and win customers back. burger king lost the number two fast food sales spot last year. to wendy's, so keep an eye out. you might see one of those burger king trucks around here. >> after a strong start to the week, stock prices are down this morning. we'll check in with cnbc's brian shaktman he joins us with more on that and the rest of the day's headlines. brian? >> we're down across the board. although not by a lot. the dow is down by 65 points, the biggest drags are ibm and intel. they reported earnings after the close yesterday and beat expectations on profits, but are there some things inside their reports that were a little bit disturbing to investors and expectations have been running a little bit high. so those two names are the biggest drags on the dow. and want to talk about warren buffett, the news broke late yesterday, he told people and released it publicly, that he has stage 1 prostate cancer. it is not life-threatening for the 81-year-old, but it is a big

deal because he's one of the world's richest men and he presides over a company, berkshire hathaway that has 270,000 workers worldwide. this prostate cancer news is not life-threatening and he is expected to get treatment for it. finally, you know, barbara, a very fascinating, i'm always tracking about shareholders, whether they can have an impact with their vote, right? they have voting shares. well usually they don't have much power because there are the huge companies that have big blocs of shares. but shareholders voted down citigroup's $50 million pay package for their ceo, a rare instance you abobut they said t company is not doing well enough to justify the $50 million, and they said no, he will not get that amount. >> i read that, were they voting against a higher pay package or they didn't think they were being paid enough. i guess you answered that. >> yes, absolutely.

you know what, sometimes they have outsized returns and they get paid a lot of money. but coming off the financial crisis, he did earn like $1 for salary for a little while. but they're not ready to give him millions. >> all right. well thanks so much, brian, have a great day. you, too. this is autism awareness month and today we continue our discussion on that disorder. our focus, early signs of autism and treatment options, dr. joshua winer joins us with what parents should be looking for. let's remind people, what is autistic spectrum disorder. >> so autistic spectrum disorder is a term to describe three general disorders, autism, asperger's disorder and pervasive development disorder. kids with a spectrum disorder are going to have problems with language development, social skills and having very ritualized, routine behaviors that they have a hard time breaking. >> what is the earliest age that a parent should be able to recognize that there could be a problem? >> i think one of the earliest

warning signs can be picked up in kids as young as six months old. >> what would that be? >> at six months old, you should be able to get eye contact with your child, maybe do peek-a-boo and have the child respond to your smiles and seem to be interested in you. kids who go on to have an autistic disorder don't do that. other things, kids up to the age of one, if they're not babbling or pointing for things, that can be an indicator that they may go on to develop this disorder. certainly kids should be using one word spontaneously by the age of 16 months. kids should also respond to their name by about ten months of age. so if you call the child's name and they don't look to you, that's a problem. also if you point to something and your child doesn't follow your eyes, and follow your finger to point to something, all of these things need to be taken seriously as potential warning signs that your child may be developing an autistic spectrum disorder. >> a lot of people just think that speech is the one thing that they are looking for.

do autistic children lack the ability to speak? >> well kids who have autism lack -- they have language delays. so some of them will actually go on their whole lives and never be able to speak. some will be able to speak, but they have a great delay. kids with asperger's, which is thought of as a more mild form of autism. those kids have normal language development. but at some ages they may show some of these signs. >> what should a parent do if their 6-month-old is not relating to them, following their finger, playing peek-a-boo? >> they should see their pediatrician, particularly if their child is a boy. autistic spectrum disorders are five times more common in boys. so be aware. take it more seriously if you have a son. the other is don't allow your pediatrician to take watch-and-see approach. say, look, this is something i'm very concerned about. what should the next steps be. i think you need to be especially if you have had family member with the history of an autistic spectrum

disorder. you want to jump on these things early. get a referral to a facility that specializes in early diagnosis of autism. >> there has been some controversy surrounding the proposed changes in criteria for diagnosing autism. what do you think about that? >> it remains to see what the final criteria would be. what's in the plans is that they may make the criteria more strict so that some of those kids who are currently described as having an autistic spectrum disorder will soon no longer meet criteria and that has some serious implications for a lot of people and families. in that if they don't have that disorder, they won't get funding within the school for the services they currently may be receiving. >> dr. winert, thank you so much. i want to remind people, that next wednesday dr. winert is going to be answering your questions, he is a psychiatrist and can answer a lot of different questions, a wide range from treating depression to parenting advice and help with a troubled relationship. so if you have a question, email us at news4midday@nbcuni.com.

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went, the more they matched. so -- after i looked at it for a couple of minutes, i turned to my wife, who was with right there with me, and i says, we won. and she kind of looked at me funny. and i said, no, we won. and then she started giggling. >> red bud is about 40 miles southeast of st. louis, missouri. the other two winning tickets for the record $656 million jackpot were claimed in maryland and kansas. and we're going to take a look at the stories we're going to be following for news4 this afternoon. tonight at 4:00, could a cure for acne be on your kitchen cabinet? or in your kitchen cabinet? the herb that might be better for your skin than a face wash, we're going to tell you about that. plus why a man decided to go through airport security naked. then, coming up at 5:00, wonder if your workouts are making a difference? a new class is pushing people to

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