good morning, everyone and welcome to "news4 midday," i'm barbara harrison. it's wednesday, april 25, 2012. we begin with breaking news -- newt gingrich is ending his white house bid. nbc news has confirmed the former house speaker will suspend his campaign next tuesday here in washington. his campaign says he's waiting to make the announcement so his family has time to join him. he will then likely endorse mitt romney for president. gingrich's decision comes a day after mitt romney swept all five primaries held yesterday. the former massachusetts governor won in connecticut,

rhode island, pennsylvania, new york and delaware. he won by 30 points in delaware. a state that gingrich had campaigned in. heavily in the past month. romney is spending the next couple of days raising money for his campaign in new york and new jersey. right now, firefighters in paramedics are going door to door to test carbon monoxide detectors in oxon hill. the canvassing comes after five people died of carbon monoxide poisoning at a home on shelby drive. news4's melissa malay is live with more. >> reporter: good morning to you, barbara. they've been canvassing this neighborhood fr a couple of hours. they've hit a couple of dozen houses, they're generally canvassing neighborhoods that have older homes and perhaps some pipes that are more dated and may need assistance. they're handing out smoke detectors and literature about carbon monoxide.

prince george's county firefighters walking the neighborhood where five people died of suspected carbon monoxide poisoning tuesday. warning residents about the gas, answering questions, handing out information sheets in spanish and english and checking smoke detectors. >> is it all right if i come in and check yours? >> family and friends mourned outside the house tuesday, and more family arrived early wednesday morning. all five victims were from el salvador. they were found inside this house in the 700 block of shelby drive. a married couple, the woman's sister and two renters lived here. fire officials say carbon monoxide levels inside the home were 100 times the acceptable limit and that a broken exhaust pipe on the furnace might be to blame. a company is now donating 200 corbin monoxide detectors to the county for them who hand out as needed. >> coming around to check to make sure your furnace is okay,

i think it's great. they should after that, it was tragic. >> this is not the department's first time in the neighborhood. they say it's not uncommon when you're dealing with older holes. the fire department says everyone should have a carbon monoxide detector. >> you know, i didn't sleep very well last night. i don't think any of the people that were here that responded to this slept very well last night. it is troubling any time we lose a resident to any type of fire or in this case, hazardous materials type of situation. but in the end, this is what we do. and we're here today to try and avert another one. >> the gas can be generated by any appliance that burns coal, wood, charcoal, grass or propane. firefighters say installing a detector is the only way to sense the presence of the odorless, colorless gas. but they also recommend annual furnace and chimney inspections. carbon monoxide poisoning symptoms are similar to symptoms

of the flu. >> they say it's a sad situation, really sad. >> now, prince george's county firefighters say anybody who might be watching this perhaps this afternoon and wants their home inspected can call the number we're going to put up on the screen, 301-864-safe. and they can come do an inspection at your house. in the meantime, the chief told me a while ago that he wants legislation next time lawmakers meet, that would actually require carbon monoxide detectors in every home in prince george's county just like a smoke alarm. live in oxon hill, maryland, news4. barbara, back to you. and we have a traffic alert for drivers in the district. crews on the scene of a partial road collapse in foggy bottom. right no, the 800 block of 22nd street in northwest washington is closed. d.c. department of transportation crews are on the scene right now. drivers may want to avoid the area around 22nd and h streets. smooth sailing on the orange

and blue lines following a train derailment that frustrated commuters, full service was restored at the rosalyn station at 4:30 this morning where the set of wheels on a blue line train jumped off the track around 7:00 last night. it took about five minutes to get the train back on the tracks. but metro officials tested the track for cracks, multiple times, forcing trains to single-track. riders complained that metro once again lacked good communication during the delays. well the shuttle "enterprise" is going to be in washington in our area until at least friday. nasa once again delayed the shuttle's trip from dulles to new york. it's going to try again on friday. nasa originally expected to fly the shuttle on the back of a modified jet on monday. but that flight was postponed until today. then it was rescheduled over concerns of a large region of low pressure on the east coast. once in new york, a tugboat will move the "enterprise" to the

intrepid sea, and space museum on the west side of manhattan. lots of sunshine but a cold start to our day. storm 4 meteorologist tom kierein joins us with more. >> this morning, we were flirting with freezing temperatures. but it has rapidly warmed up since then. look at the temperatures around the region. we're climbing into the 60s, those areas in the light green, in the 60s, richmond up to 65. here in washington, reagan national is at 63 degrees. suburbs west and north of i-95, upper 50s it near 60. a few of the locations in the highlands of west virginia, still in the 40s. as we look at what's been happening over the last 12 hours, we've had a lot of sunshine this morning and we have weak high pressure over the region moving in in the wake of the storm that came through on monday. and that storm is on up over northern new england and pulling away. but we'll still get a bit of a breeze from that as the afternoon progresses with the temperatures climbing to around 70 degrees. and the wind is gusting up to

around 20, 25 miles per hour. and we'll have lots of sunshine, just a few clouds coming through from time to time by later this afternoon. it looks like rain on the way. coming in tomorrow. we'll look at that. and look at the end of the week and the weekend, in a couple of minutes, barbara? >> we'll see you in a minute. this morning there's a question of mental competency of the german man accused of killing his 91-year-old wife. police say he strangled and beat her to death. she was a well-known journalist and d.c. socialite. the case has been delayed because of questions about muff's mental health. last month, he was deemed temporarily incompetent to stand trial, pending further evaluation. and right now, we're working to get more information about a deadly shooting in district heights. prince george's county police say a man was shot in the head along addison road shortly after 8:00 last night. his name has not been released. so far, no word on a motive or

an arrest. and new from overnight, police are trying to figure out what happened to a man found bleeding in the middle of georgia avenue. we're told the victim suffered some sort of head trauma. he with as taken to the hospital in serious condition, his name has not been released. as a precaution, the road was closed for about an hour and a half. a d.c. man opposed to speed camera tickets is sending a message to mayor gray and the rest of the city council. earlier this year, mark mueller started an online petition asking city leaders to lower the fine. he gathered 722 signatures. miller just sent the petitions to the city council, and the city police as well. the department said it chooses locations for speed cam ras based on past accidents, proximity to schools and areas known for chronic speeding. and new today, the supreme court is questioning arizona's

tough, show me your papers law. it requires police to check the legal status of a person while investigating another violation. the offersers must suspect the person is in the country illegally to do so. the obama administration argues that states have laa limited ro in immigration policy. five other states passed similar laws that are tied up in courts pending this decision. today is the final day the supreme court will hear oral arguments for its current session. and we're following a developing story in england right now. police say madeline mccann, a little girl who vanished during a family vacation five years ago, may be still alive. this is a new age-progression image of mccann. she would be nine years old now if she were alive today. mccann disappeared shortly before her fourth birthday while in portugal in may of 2007. portuguese police closed their investigation in 2008, but scotland yard in england says it wants the case reopened.

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today the defense lawyers for john edwards are expected to question a key witness in his campaign corruption trial. the former presidential candidate is accused of six counts of campaign finance violations, long-time aide andrew young testified that edwards told him to ask for money from wealthy supporters, to give to edwards' pregnant mistress. they wanted to give her a monthly allowance, young testified that edwards made the request after rielle hunter threatened to go to the media and expose their affair. edwards pleaded not guilty to the charges. the senate is taking a closer look at the secret service prostitution scandal.

homeland security, janet napolitano, is in front of the committee charged with oversight of her agency. 12 agents were accused of misconduct in connection with a wild night of partying and prostitutes in colombia two weeks ago. napolitano says all 12 have been dealt with. >> let me be clear. we will not allow the actions of a few to tarnish the proud legacy of the secret service. i have nothing but respect for these men and women. many of whom put their own lives at risk for the president and many other public leaders. >> of the 12 agents implicated in the scandal, napolitano says eight have been forced out and the security service is moving to permanent i revoke the security clearance and three others face administrative action. president obama is on the road again this morning trying to win the college vote. he's going to speak at the university of iowa today. he campaigned yesterday at the university of colorado and the university of north carolina.

where he stressed that we need to keep student loans affordable. he made his argument in a rather unconventional way. >> well we what we said is simple -- now is not the time to make school more expensive for our young people. [ applause ] >> oh, yeah. you should listen to the president. or as i like to call him, the preezy of the united steezy. >> if you were up late last night, you saw the president's slow jam the news on "late night with jimmy fallon." he also discussed without any background music mitt romney and the recent secret service prostitution scandal. he even answered questions that were submitted on twitter. >> if mitt romney was in the room with you right now, what would you say to him? >> i would say, hey, mitt.

how you doing. >> that's pretty good. >> do you know mitt romney? >> i've met him. but we're not friends. >> first lady, michelle obama appeared on "late night" earlier this year to promote her campaign against childhood obesity. storm center 4 meteorologist tom kierein is here with a look at our forecast. you stay it's going to warm up out there today, huh? >> it is already rapidly warming up. we needed it. another morning with very cold temperatures, we had a front and freeze warning out. of all things here on april the 25th. we had that throughout much of the region right around dawn. but since then, it has warmed up dramatically. and thanks to the strong late-april sun, it's continuing to pour down on washington. that's a live view from our city camera thanks to that sun, it is warming up nicely. now 63 at reagan national and the wind hasn't been too blustery yet. only around 5-15 miles per hour. but the wind may pick up a little as we get into the

afternoon. may have gusts up to around 25 miles per hour. around the hometown network, right now, fairfax, up to 57, rockville, montgomery county near 60. and winchester, still chilly, only at 45 degrees. st. mary's city, southern maryland, they're up to 64 in st. marys county, a little breeze off the water, a little cooler in cambridge at 61. but gaithersburg is near 60 degrees and it's now beginning to climb throughout much of the region into the 60s. and it will continue to climb all the way to around 70 by mid afternoon. the view from space showing the clear sky. we've had a few puffy clouds popping up over the last hour. and that won't stop the sun from warming things up. now as we go forward over the next couple of days, big changes on the way. lots of sun this afternoon, but then overnight tonight, we'll have some clouds increasing. this area of color on the left of the screen, well that's a zone of some potential rain that will be coming into the mountains. that will be around midnight or so and then around dawn, we could have some showers coming through. and then mid morning, maybe some

moderate showers, this area in green and yellow. and the area in orange, just to our south, that's a zone maybe there could be some thunder and lightning. a slight chance of thunder and lightning, mid to late morning, around the metro area. by the afternoon, late afternoon hours, we'll begin to clear out. by dawn on thursday, we will, or i should say, friday, we'll have a clearing sky after late thursday night. we will clear out. after midnight, and start off with some sunshine on friday. so for the rest of this wednesday, enjoy. lots of sun, afternoon highs around 70 degrees. just a delightful day. and we'll have the wind out of the west-northwest, 10-25 miles per hour. and then after sunset, which today is at 7:55, we'll have some of the clouds rolling in. but a pleasant evening, it will be cool, we'll drop from the mid 60s around sunset to the mid 50s by midnight. and the winds will shift into the south and they will diminish. we'll have the southerly flow for a time tomorrow morning. and shifting into the northwest as a front comes through tomorrow. and that will trigger the showers and maybe a little thunder and lightning again.

the timing would be from late morning and off and on through middle of the day, into the middle of the afternoon and temperatures warmer tomorrow, into the upper 70s. after that, it looks like cooler weather moving in for friday and the morning on friday, we'll probably be down in the upper 40s. and afternoon highs into the mid 60s. and a few clouds developing back in again on friday afternoon. saturday, it looks like a mostly cloudy day, much cooler. afternoon highs around 60 degrees. and there is now a chance for some rain. it looks like for the weekend on saturday afternoon and evening. and it's subject to change. we'll keep an eye on this. you know, it might linger into part of sunday. right now, it looks like any rain for the weekend will be saturday afternoon, perhaps saturday evening. and then drying out sunday. and first part of next week. and back to near 70 again on monday and tuesday. >> all right, tom, thank you. >> all right. >> it's 19 minutes after 11:00 -- still ahead on "news4 midday," adhd medicine for adults, overscheduled children

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we continue wedding week now with a look at the flowers. the average bridal couple drops almost $2,000 on flowers or more. and decor, according to the website, the knot. rick davis of am ril is designs joins us this morning with a look at how you can get the most for your money. good morning. >> good morning. >> so glad to have you here, what a beautiful setting you've created for us here, thank you so much for bringing all of these gorgeous things. tell us first, how can you plan to get the biggest bang for your buck with flowers? >> what i tell a lot of couples when they come in and do consultations is that focal point, big impacts when guests arriving. not to take your money and spread it out all over the reception. escort card tables or big impacts when guests arrive. bridal bouquet, always important. and centerpieces can be a little less. >> that's very important thought. this is something that brides should ask when she's having a consultation. what are your thoughts seasonal

flowers? should you try to get something? is it cheaper if you buy something that happens to be in season? >> flowers aren't necessarily cheaper when they're in season. the quality is better. yes, there are certain things that become less expensive when they're in season. but for us, quality is always the issue. i think when you're shopping for flowers, or doing flowers yourself, you should look for the freshest and prettiest things. >> you've brought some beautiful bouquets that you've made for us. are these mostly seasonal? or are these flowers that you can get all year-round? tell as you little bit about them. >> the garden roses, those are hot right now. they're coming into season, they're at their prime. we can also buy them locally. the lily of the valley is in season. the calla lilys at the front are always in season. those are available all year long. with the seasonal flowers, things are, much more quality and prettier when they're in season. >> something like a daisy that you have over there on the end, a lot less expensive, wouldn't it be than the roses? >> this is actual allot less

expensive and possibly one of my favorite bouquets, it's fresh, perfect for that country wedding. the barn wedding that's so popular right now. >> it's just gorgeous, absolutely gorgeous. >> and something that you can do yourself. >> yeah, this is something you could do yourself, isn't it. >> should you stay away from flowers that are not in season? that's what the follow-up of that question is. >> you should, if you're ordering flowers that are out of season, likelihood of something not coming, quality being bad is very high. and expense. >> if you want to incorporate certain colors, and a lot of brides do, because they pick out their colors for the wedding, do you do that with the flower itself? or in some other way? >> well it depends, it depends on what the color is, blue and gray are hot color right now. it's a very limited color in flowers. so sometimes we suggest that it comes as a table linen or a glass or something else besides flowers. >> and what are the trick force keeping the flowers fresh?

you've got to make the flowers ahead of time. anything that you could do make them stay as beautiful as they are? >> conditioning is a little trick for the trade. but as if you're doing this yourself, to make sure you prsh flowers that are fresh, make sure that you're prshing flowers and keeping them in water to until the last possible minute. >> tell us what we're looking at right here? >> this is a modern design and here we're using the container more than the flower. there's less flowers being used, but you're still getting a lot of impact because of the container. which is a good cost-saving measure. >> and does the location of the wedding make a difference for the type of flower that you're going to use? >> it does, i think if you're looking at a traditional space, you should use flowers that are more traditional. a modern space -- you'll get more bang for your buck basically if you're working with the space that you're in, or the venue. >> rick davis, you've brought us the most beautiful flowers, the

bouquets are different and so wonderful. other ideas for making set look just perfect, the set of the wedding. >> thanks for having me. >> rick davis, thanks for coming. and it is 11:26. coming up in the next half hour -- some of the most dangerous driving habits in northern virginia, what police want you to stop doing behind the wheel. and the message from the government about the first u.s. case of mad cow disease in six years. plus, a winter-like morning, but the afternoon, ooh, wow, it's going to be like spring. [ male announcer ] does your cable company keep charging you more... and more... and more?

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right now, we're following breaking political news, newt gingrich is ending his white house bid. nbc news has confirmed the former house speaker will suspend his campaign next tuesday here in washington. his campaign says he's waiting to make the announcement so his family has time to join him.

he will then likely endorse mitt romney for president. right now, prince george's county firefighters and paramedics are going door to door passing out testing carbon monoxide detectors in oxon hill. it comes after five people died of carbon monoxide poisoning at a home on shelby drive yesterday morning. investigators say the exhaust pipe from the furnace had holes allowing the deadly gas to seep into the house. scotland yard says madelyn mccann may still be alive. she vanished during a family vacation in portugal five years ago. this is a new, age-progression image of mccann. she would be nine years old if she were alive today. new numbers out today from the ntsb show how big of a problem distracted driving in work zones really is. the issue is particularly alarming in our area, where crews are working around the clock on the 495 express lanes and other major highway projects

we have more from tyson's corner. >> reporter: according to the new survey being released today, it's not speeding or aggressive driving that's causing most of the accidents on this stretch of roadway. but it's distracted driving. folks who are texting and using their cell phones while driving. and officials say, they want it to stop now. you don't have to watch for long before you see it. drivers engaged in cell phone conversations while driving through the 495 express lane construction zone. it's impacting everyone. >> a guy that hit me years ago my other car, he was texting. >> everybody is on their cell phone. and i don't like it. >> reporter: according to a new survey released by aaa, police are reporting that 40% of drivers operating their vehicles in construction zones are using cell phones. resulting in more accidents. >> work zones are not static. you know, one day they will move the barriers and they will move the lanes.

so they change all the time. so thinking that you've got this area down pat, that you know it and you don't have to pay full-time attention, that's a real problem. >> reporter: while being surrounding jurisdictions have banned all cell phone use while driving, virginia has not. even though a number of government agencies, including the national transportation safety board, suggests it. >> the ntsb issued a recommendation last december, recommending to states that they ban talking or texting on the phone while behind the wheel. except for an emergency situations. >> reporter: virginia's secretary of transportation says virginia has chosen education over strict penalties and fines. >> we do not have the resources to put somebody in every single car and look and watch everything you're doing 24/7. you've got to get people to start to break some of these bad habits that we've gotten ourselves into. that means education to the individual, to make people understand how dangerous this is. >> reporter: construction on the kpe lanes expected to wrap up

later on this year. so if just a few months of construction left, officials want to make sure that it's done as safely as possible. in tyson's corner, i'm tracee wilkins, news4. the charges will stand against the army private accused of leaking classified information to wikileaks. a military judge refused to throw out the charges against private first class bradley manning. his attorneys had filed a motion requesting the charges be dismissed. they claim prosecutors have been slow in sharing information. the charges against their client should be thrown out, they said. the prosecution said it's providing information offand beyond what's required by law. george zimmerman's attorney wants more protection for his client if the death threats get worse. george zimmerman's lawyer says he's considering asking the judge for a body guard to protect zimmerman. taxpayers would have to pay for it. zimmerman is receiving death threats now that he's out of

jail. he pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder in the shooting death of unarmed trayvon martin in florida. he posted bail this week. his attorney said he will ask for a trial by jury. martin's family will be in d.c. tonight for a service in his honor. professional athletes, entertainers, community leaders, policy-makers and advocates are expected to attend. they're seeking justice for the 17-year-old shot and killed. the service is happening at shadow room on k street northwest at 6:00 tonight. two baltimore brothers accused of a beating that closely mirrors the trayvon martin case are in court this morning. elihu and avi wardshim are accused of beating black teenager on a neighborhood watch in november of 2010. the brothers, who are white and jewish, claimed self-defense. they had asked that the trial be postponed because of publicity comparing it to the trayvon

martin case. they've since dropped that request and are now appearing before a judge rather than a jury. they face 15 years in prison if they are convicted. a loudoun county woman got quite a surprise when she found a wild bear in her back yard. elizabeth lepofsky found a black bear rummaging through her trash in leesburg on sunday. she said she stayed calm and snapped these pictures. she wasn't hurt. wildlife experts say bears hibernate in november through march or april. so they're getting up about now. let me check in with tom kierein for the latest on our forecast. is this bear waking up season, tom? >> it sure is. we've had into the wildlife really getting more active. got to watch out for deer in the morning and the evenings, too, they're getting active, too. a live view from the sky watcher camera, a few puffy, fair-weather cumulus clouds rolling through a blue sky. that's a live view looking towards tyson's corner. american university in northwest

washington, all the areas in green are in the 60s, that's much of have a ra and maryland, eastern shore. the darker green and blues to our west and north, in the 50s and 40s in a few locations. reagan national at 63 and later this afternoon, with lots of sunshine, here what's been happening over the last 12 hours, we'll warm up to 70 degrees by mid afternoon and the winds maybe gusting up to 20 miles per hour. then they'll diminish tonight and shift into the south. we'll be in the 40s by dawn on thursday, tomorrow, cloudy, might get a mid-morning, midday or afternoon shower. some of which, some of those showers could produce thunder and lightning, that could be generally perhaps around noon time. early to middle part of the afternoon. after that we'll dry out on thursday night, sun back on friday, but over the weekend, a chance of rain. right now it looks like it would be saturday afternoon and evening, drying out near sunday, up near 70 with sun back on monday and tuesday next week. barbara? >> tom, thank you. the federal government wants you to know the meat that you have in your freezer is safe

from mad cow disease. but a case of the disease was just discovered in california. the usda says the infected dairy cow was found at a transfer station, before it could have entered the food supply. nbc news's kurt gregory has more on why the government insists you're not at risk. >> reporter: the first case of mad cow disease in the u.s. in six years has surfaced in central california. the dairy cow was found at this recycling plant for dead livestock in hanford, california. operated by baker commodities. they identified the infected animal during routine sample testing. authorities say there was never a threat to the food supply. >> so the animal did not enter the food supply at all. >> reporter: mad cow disease, or bse, is fatal to cows and can be fatal to people who eat tainted beef. the disease gained public attention after 175 people in

britain contracted a form of the disease after tainted beef got into the food chain. over four million cat headline to be destroyed in that country to control the outbreak. monitoring and surveillance systems were set up in the u.s. to prevent a mass outbreak in this country. in 2006, the usda monitoring program was cut back. because it found so few cases. but that random testing worked in this case. >> we have a very robust surveillance system. and in fact, our food our cattle population is very safe. and our consumers should not be concerned about this case. >> clifford says the california cow did not get the disease from eating infected cattle feed. and is a random mutation that can occasionally happen. kirk gregory, nbc news. the usda says it does not expect this discover i to impact beef exports. tragedy in stafford county, a young boy is dead after drowning

in a pond. police tell the free license "star" it happened just before 5:00 last night in the somerset landing subdivision. the 11-year-old autistic boy slipped out of his home unnoticed. when his mother went looking for him. she saw the boy in a retention pond. a man walking his dog helped pull the boy from the water and started cpr. but the boy died at the hospital. >> a rite-aid manager shot during a robbery tells court that he's paralyzed from the waist down. surveillance video captured the crime in northeast washington. you can see the robber approach the manager albert mcduffy and demand money. when he didn't move fast enough, the robber shot the father of two. mcduffy spoke to news4 exclusively over the phone from his hospital bed. >> i was like, man, i can't believe you just shot me. i can't believe you shot me. maybe i didn't move fast enough. i mean, you know, stuff like this, it happens.

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20% of pork from friendly producers. as the president continues his college tour to press for student loan fix, the amount of student loan debt outstanding is hitting a record $1 trillion today. senate democrats are readying a bill it try to freeze interest rates on popular stafford loans, set to double to nearly 7% in july. the freeze, if passed, would last for just one year. the big fight is how to pay for it. it comes to about $6 billion. democrats want to boost payroll taxes for some small businesses. barbara, as you can imagine, republicans oppose that move. 7%, i think that's what i paid way back in olden times as one of my nieces likes to call it. >> back in the day. that takes care of a lot of years. i don't remember what mine was. but we'll see you later, have a great day. >> you, too. >> okay. dr. joshua winer is answering questions today on

everything from overscheduling children to suicide. and good morning. >> hi, barbara. >> we should get to this, we've got quite a few questions today. great to have you with us. our first question reads my 24-year-old brother is still living with my parents, he graduated from college a year ago and had no job since then. as far as we know. he just plays computer games all day. i think it's likely that he has depression, but there's no chance that he would actually ever go to see someone and get treated. any advice? >> this is unfortunately a petty common problem. i think that what the parents need to do is they need to get tough with their son. i think that they should really encourage him to go seek some help. if he refuses, i think they should make an ultimatum. say we're not going to let you continue to live here unless we as a family go and talk to somebody about this. more importantly i think they have to start making life a little less comfortable for their son. i think, they might have it resort to some extreme measures, turn off his phone. take away his computer games. maybe shut down the internet and maybe use their ipods or go get an ipad.

to surf the internet. so that they can take away that opportunity for him to feel like he can just sit down in the basement and do his thing during the day and feel kind of comfortable. this he need to make him uncomfortable to push him to change. >> because it's what's really in the long run going to be good for him. >> absolutely. >> let's move to the next question. i'm concerned that my wife has been overscheduling my elementary-age kids, she wants them involved in several sports, learning how to play an instrument and pushing them to be top-notch students, i'm concerned that this is too much for them. do you have any advice? >> this is a big issue, i think for a lot of families. now there are a lot of kids out there who are spending way too much time just surfing the internet, spending seven hours a day on average on screen time. but then there's a whole other set of population where the kids are overscheduled, overstressed and they're feeling it they're coming in with depression symptoms, anxiety symptoms, i see it fairly frequently in my practice. i think there a few things that

parents need to do. number one they have to ask themselves, is my child getting enough sleep. sleep is absolutely critical if you're overscheduled, one of the first things to go is sleep. that's not good for anybody. number two is is my child happy. and number three, how is this inimpacting our family. having your kids overscheduled and involved in all of these activities, it's not only stressful for the kids, it's stressful for the parents and it can cause relationship problems. sometimes families need to take a step back, take a deep breath. look at why are we doing this? are we hoping for a scholarship? i think parents need to step back and take a deep breath. >> let's get another question in, i recently had a teenaged family member commit suicide. it came as a complete shock to her family, her therapist, her psychiatrist, too. she didn't have a suicide note or any indication she was planning to do this. do most people that make suicide attempts leave notes or provide some warning about what they're

thinking about doing. >> studies seem to indicate that most people do make some sort of warning. they say something or write notes, start giving things away. my own experience in my practice has not been that. what i have found after having spoken with dozens of people who have made serious suicide attempts, most of them, it's a very impulsive act. they did a study in austria that found most people only thought about the suicide attack for ten minutes before they made their suicide attempt. >> one last question, my husband has had problems with drugs and alcohol in the past, but has been sober for many years. he was recently diagnosed with adhd and is considering going on medication, since his adhd really impacts his ability to be productive at work. is it a bad idea for him to go on an adhd medication, given his abuse history. >> you need to be careful with this. because adhd medications, the stimulants do have potential for abuse. although they are the most effective. there are several nonstimulant medications that can be used. those would be the ones it try

first. >> thank you so much, dr. winer, always great to see you and we love to get your answers to our viewers' questions. our time now is 11:52. coming up, one woman's whoops moment when she met the president, plus meteorologist tom kierein will be back with a check of t

this morning on the "today show," "people" magazine revealeded world's most beautiful woman. police selected 30-year-old pop singer, beyonce. a spokeswoman for the magazine says beyonce is on the top of her game right now. beyonce is married with a newborn baby. they say she's gorgeous and flawless. beyonce is gearing up for her first concert after the birth of her baby girl, blue ivy. the concert is scheduled for next month in atlantic city. imagine getting to meet the president of united states. imagine getting to meet the president and then accidentally spilling your yogurt all over him. one poor college student doesn't have to imagine that. [ cheers and applause ] >> look, you got me, you got me. >> i'm so sorry! >> colby's yogurt spilled on president obama's pants when he made an unexpected stop in

boulder, colorado last evening. it got on his secret service detail, too. colby admits it was her yogurt, but this morning on the "today show," she blamed the paparazzi for kicking it from the curb onto the commander-in-chief. colby says most of the yogurt actually got on her, and the secret service agents. we're going to look at some stories we're following for news4 this afternoon. pat lawson-muse joins us in the newsroom with more. >> that was messy for the president. coming up this afternoon on news4 at 4:00, get healthy for life. why your doctor should not be color-blind when it comes to treating your allergies. the correct treatment for you could depend on your gene pool. and at 5:00, what's your workout. we'll show you how melt works as you shed the extra pounds. and stick around for news4 at 6:00, losing your isight could be scary, but there's a new drug that could save some patients' vision. we'll tell you about the new

tool in the fight against macular degeneration, tonight on news4 at 6:00. a last check on the forecast? >> beautiful day under way. we're climbing into the 60s, we'll hit 70 later. we could get rain. and into the weekend, might get some showers saturday afternoon and evening. have a great afternoon. we'll see you tomorrow morning. >> thank you, tom. and that's "news4 midday" for today. we thank you for being with us. we invite you to tune in for news at 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 and tonight at 11:00. and we're continuing wedding week tomorrow. 11:00 a.m., we'll be here, hope you plan to join us. until then, have a terrific day and we'll see you in the morning. [ female announcer ] with xfinity,

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