good morning, everyone. welcome to news 4 midday. i'm barbara harrison. it's monday, may 14, 2012. today the guardian angels will be patrolling the northwest did dk mabd. the patrols are in response to a savage beating behind a condo building at 14th and w streets. megan mcgrath is live near the building with more for us now. good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning, barbara. it was a vicious attack that left a northwest man very seriously injured, and people who live in this neighborhood have been asking for added security since it happened. well, beginning today the guardian angels are going to

start walking the streets around 14th and w. it was a brutal attack captured on tape by a surveillance camera. the victim saw the suspect throw a beer can to the ground. he asked the man to pick it up, and that's when things took a violent turn. the victim was kicked to the ground, knocked in the face. his attacker at one point stood over him taunting him, the suspect in the video is still at-large and residents are calling for more security in the neighborhood. in response, the guardian angels have added 14th and w it to their round of patrols. >> it can't hurt. as long as they know what they're doing and they're not putting themselves in danger and causing more problems, i think the more help you have out there for the police the better. >> people loitering, kind of taking over the sidewalk, acting so somewhat in a threatening manner to people walking by especially girls i know don't like walking down this street. they come over the next block and come down.

>> reporter: the guardian angels hope to run patrols two to three times a week. and the suspect who is seen in that surveillance video is still at-large. anyone with information about his identity or where he might be, you are asked to call police. reporting live in northwest, megan mcgrath, news 4. >> thank you, megan. and turning to the weather now, a rainy morning out there. the first forecast, no sunshine today, huh, tom? >> no, but we need this rain. we are happy to have it. the gardeners and farmers are cheering every raindrop. about 0.2. parts of the shenandoah valley nearly half an inch. and you can see all those areas of moving color, the green, that's light rain. look at the area of red and orange down 0 in southern virginia, north carolina. that is some very heavy rain. a pretty large area of it, too. that's advancing to the north-northeast and taking a bead along the i-95 corridor that may be into the metro area.

out ahead of that temperatures are beginning to warm up now. it's near 70 in richmond. 73 around havevirginia beach an norfolk. closer to washington. we've been holding steady in the low to mid-60s through much of the morning and we will until around noontime but we should be warming up during the afternoon hours into the upper 60s to low 70s with occasional showers and maybe a little bit of thunder and lightning, but i don't think we're going to have any severe weather but some much-needed rain off 0 and on that will probably continue into tonight. we'll look at big changes on the way here for the rest of the week and a new app pour your phone. all the latest on that in just a couple of minutes. barba barbara? >> okay, tom. come on in here. we'll see you in a few minutes. part of new hampshire avenue is closed now as police investigate a miss it tearous package. police say the container is along the 600 block of new hampshire avenue near the saudi embassy. they've closed the street between f street and virginia avenue. the bomb squad is on the scene at this time. and things are back to normal in

chevy chase after a giant tree fell in the middle of traffic at connecticut avenue and quincy street. luckily no one was hurt, but it backed up traffic big time blocking all the southbound lanes for more than an hour. there were also delays on wisconsin avenue this morning. did that mess up the commute for some folks. good morning. thank goodness that is cleared, barbara. we still have some trouble areas but it's so much better early today. it was a mess. now traveling on the inner loop of the beltway, the american legion bridge is looking a lot better. moments ago i did see a lot of volume in the area. you're still just a bit slow from georgetown pike and head on the inner loop to the american legion bridge. 57 miles per hour your travel speed. not bad at all. barba barbara, back over to you. >> thank you so much. and right now maryland lawmakers are getting back to

business in annapolis, they are tackling the state's budget in a likely three-day special session. they will consider an income tax hike for people making $100,000 or more or households making $150,000 or more. tax exemptions could also be cut for those taxpayers. a plan that shifts most teacher pension costs to county governments in four years beginning with a 50% shift in july will also be discussed. gambling is not on the agenda, though, but governor martin o'malley is laying the groundwork for another special session. the governor wants lawmakers to study the potential effects of expanded gambling before he considers another session in july. supporters of a casino at national harbor or two other sites in the county say the plan would generate much-needed money for them. virginia lawmakers are also back in session today considering dozens of governor bob mcdonald's amendments to the two-year $85 million budget. among the 88 proposed amendments are changes on the bonus payout for state employees. the restoration of economic incentives for virginia ports.

and using certain budget surpluses for transportation projects. the governor's amendments must receive approval in both houses by a simple majority to be adopted. well, today serious repercussions from jpmorgan chase's $2 billion loss. egg on our face, that's how the head of the bank is describing the huge loss. the bank, one of those taxpayers bailed out four years ago is preparing to accept three resignations this week. now with more on that $2 billion bet gone bad. melissa? >> reporter: well, good morning. they admit they took too much risk. it backfired. we now know the company's chief investment officer is retiring after a $2 billion blunder. ina drew had been with the company since 2005. two other top executives are also expected to step down after one of the company's trading groups lost, yes, $2 billion in just a couple of weeks. now this loss failed a hedging strategy.

the company ceo jamie dimon shrugged off mounting concerns last month that something was terribly wrong with a $100 billion hedge investment. now he says it was a terrible mistake that will tarnish his firm's reputation. the bank is now putting together a team of senior executives to investigate the huge losses. >> we made a terrible, egregious mistake that there is almost no excuse for. we took far too much risk. the strategy we had was barely v vetted, barely monitored. it never should have happened. >> reporter: drew will be succeeded by matthew zane as part of the company's global fixed income group. the blunder has been quite costly for jpmorgan stock that fell 9% in friday trading. barbara? >> thank you so much, melissa. a change in leadership at yahoo! this morning, but not for reasons many expected. late last night the ceo, scott thompson, stepped down after announcing that he has thyroid cancer. his resignation comes in the middle of a controversy over his academic background. his owe potion bio stated that

he had a computer science degree which he did not have. thompson said he didn't know about the error until someone pointed it out to him two weeks ago. and the founder of best buy is stepping down as chairman. richard schultz is stepping aside after an investigation revealed that he knew about an affair between the ceo and a female employee. an outside law firm was brought in to investigate the ceo who re-signed in april. the investigation also showed schultz did not alert the law firm and acted inappropriately when he discovered the relationship. 11:08. coming up on news 4 midday, an horrific discovery. new signs of an increasingly violent drug trade just miles from the u.s. border. plus, an american university student got more than just her diploma on graduation day. the surprise of her life as she crossed the stage. that coming up. and today we kick off baby week on news 4 midday.

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along the highway in what appears to be the latest in fighting between drug gangs. the 43 men and six women's bodies were severely mutilated, their heads, hands, and feet cut off. the bodies were dumped on a highway near the city of monterey, that's just an hour's drive from the texas border. tough questions expected next week for the secret service during a senate committee hearing. chairman of the senate home lapped security committee joe lieberman says he believes the agency has done a thorough investigation. however, he wants to know if there were warning signs about agents' behavior. the committee wants to know how a similar incident will be prevented from happening again. secret service director mark sullivan is expected to testify. and right now in north carolina the defense in the john edwards trial is beginning to present its case. the form er presidential candidate is accused of using more than a million dollars of campaign money to hide his affair. lawyers have not said if edwards or his mistress, rielle hunter,

will testify. edwards has admitted he did wrong, but he did not violate any campaign finance laws, he says. former federal elections commission chairman scott thomas is first on the witness stand for the defense. he once said in a sworn statement that money given to edwards was not a campaign contribution. george zimmerman's defense team expects to go over the evidence against him today. but the information will not be released to the public. flo florida's special prosecutor says they will not make the information public for safety reasons. they're worried witnesses won't cooperate out of fear of being pressured by either side during the trial. zimmerman is currently free on bail for shooting and killing trayvon martin back in february. he says he acted in self-defense. and we're getting new pictures from arizona this morning where several wildfires continue to burn. a total of five wildfires in the state have burned through more than nine square miles. one has grown to more than foursquare miles. another north of phoenix has led

authorities to order evacuations and a historic mining community. smoke from both of those fires are visible from phoenix, arizona. tom is with us now to talk about our weather. he says we've got rain but it's muc much-needed rain, so we should be happy about that. yeah, and it's happening during the workweek. it's not ruining our mother's day weekend. thankfully we did have a fabulous mother's day weekend. and now we had rain falling in the metro area since about 6:00. lack at those skies, the clouds coming through producing light rain over capitol hill. that's a live picture as flights arrive pretty much on time at reagan national. we don't really have any flight delays around the region because of our local rain. and the temperature at reagan national now is at 65 with some light rain, and we have a wind coming in up the river out of the south at around nine, ten miles an hour or so. and we will hold steady in the mid-60s here for another couple of hours or so. well, look at this. this will brighten your mood.

this is a fphoto sent in to weather@nbcwashington.com of a gorgeous blossoming tree in liz's yard. we have beautiful spring colors around even under this gray sky. we have a new app for your iphone or ipad now available. go to the app store and search nbc washington. get all the latest radar data. a great day to have that on your phone or ipad and get the latest forecast, any weather alerts, any watches and warnings that come out. all of that is available with our new storm 4 weather app. search nbc washington, and it is only available now for iphones and ipads but will be available for android foins comiphones co days. there is this batch of rain that continues to advance southwest to northeast but there's a big area of heavy downpours here. all this area in orange and yellow, this is a big area of some very heavy rain that's now

advancing north and east. this is kind of taking a track along i-95 heading to washington perhaps. holds enough together here for the afternoon commute to certainly have problems. we've had so many problems for our morning commute from some light rain. north and west of washington, we are getting more moderate showers right now in central montgomery county near gaithersburg. further north and west of leesburg getting moderate showers there from hillsborough, that area is going to continue to move into washington county and frederick counties in maryland where temperatures right now where that steady rain is falling just around 60, closer to washington just a few sprinkles, we are in the mid-60s. but it's pushing 70 now in fredericksburg, southern maryland. as we go forward over the next 48 hours, all of this moving color and areas of rain, moderate showers coming through this afternoon and this evening, maybe with a little thunder and lightning and then a lot of them will taper off and then more showers likely developing from time to time tuesday and into wednesday by late tuesday night,

though, a lot of it should be over. by then, though, here are some of the rainfall totals expected around for our region by the time it all tapers off on tuesday evening. this area in lavender and red, this is a zone of the heavier rains west and northwest of washington. this zone here could have two to four inches and closer to washington we might have an inch and a half to two and a half inches by the time it all ends. not enough to cause any flooding but some of the creeks and streams may start running high out here in loudoun county, shenandoah and the blue ridge. that would be by perhaps late on tuesday and into wednesday morning. so for the rest of the afternoon, gray clouds, maybe a few flashes of lightning and temperatures reaching the low 70s around the metro area. overnight tonight a few more showers, a few more flashes of lightning and we'll have temperatures drop to the mid-60s by midnight and then by dawn tomorrow down to the low 60s and perhaps more of those showers off and on tuesday, highs may be warmer tomorrow. wednesday some sun comes back. a passing shower in the afternoon as a weak front does

move through. that will usher in some beautiful weather for thursday, friday, saturday and sunday looking nice. sun comes back. highs in the 70s. morning lows 50s. so the end of the week and weekend looking terrific. i'll be back in a few minutes with another update. we'll take a look at the radar. >> we ought to enjoy that rain today and we have some nice sunshine coming. thanks, tom. thank you. and we're going to check on the midday traffic. well, checking the outer loop of the beltway, my camera is on the fritz, outer loop not looking so bad. you're still under speed, you're at with about pa minutes. 16 minutes. over to route 50, delays at 202 but looking better now. you're clear as you make your way on to new york avenue. your travel speed in this area 56 miles an hour. just six minutes to drive from the beltway to 295. barbara, back over to you. >> all right, thank you. it's 11:18. still ahead on news 4 midday,

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one of the biggest tv hits of the summer is back. "america's got talent" premieres tonight and shock jock howard stern will join the judges' table. critics expect him to calm down his abrasive personality for the family friendly show. you can see if that holds two in the two-hour premiere beginning at 8:00 tonight here on nbc 4. a new graduate at american university walked across the stage and immediately got a new title. f fianc fiancee. that was sam miller proposing to his girlfriend, sarah cooper. he got permission from au to be on stage for the surprise and was pretty sure she'd say yes. the two met in the first week of school their freshman year. sam said he knew he wanted to spend the rest of his life with sarah about three months into their relationship. a new york janitor has an

inspiring story. he overcame several life obstacles and earned an ivy league degree this weekend. nearly 20 years ago he left his family in what was yugoslavia back then during the war. he came to the u.s. with no money, no job, and could not even speak english. he got a job at columbia university as a janitor, then started taking classes. he was accepted into columbia's school of general studies back in 2000 and took advantage of free courses for employees. >> i got home after midnight. i studied during the night. sometimes got even two hours of sleep. sometimes i had no sleep at all. sometimes i got more sleep. all the time like that. except the summertime when i didn't take classes. >> well, congratulations to him. the 52-year-old now wants to go on for a masters degree and possibility even a ph.d.. 11:23 the time.

the man with the golden voice says he's come a long way since his homeless days. ted williams once worked in radio but lost his family and home after years on drugs. you may remember a reporter discovered him on the side of the road back in 2010. williams recently wrote a book about his rocky recovery and talked about it this morning on the "today" show. >> all through that journey, i never stopped praying. i never lost hope, matt. i never did. i would ask, god, please, let my mother and myself stay alive one more year, lord, please. let a life changing turnaround happen in my life so that my mother would not close her eyes saying, i did a bad job raising this child. and every year it would get more and more difficult to accept, as i mentioned to you a year ago, that i was going to mark 2010 as another year wasted. but it actually was the year that i found christ in my life. >> that's some voice, isn't it? williams admits he had setbacks with drugs and alcohol. since his bout with fame in

2010, but says he's been clean and sober since may of last year. 11:24 is the time now. coming up news 4 midday, he was one of the first people to to get a call from the president after his historic endorsement of same sex marriage. what a local pastor is saying about that conversation? plus, options for infertility. baby week kicks off with how to plan for pregnancy and how to handle fertility problems. and don't expect the rain to go away anytime soon. a[ male announcer ] are you paying more and more for cable

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right now on news 4 midday, lawmakers in maryland are back at work trying to solve the state's budget shortfall. they will push plans to raise income taxes on maryland's top earners and eliminate tax exemptions for them. more fallout at jpmorgan chase,

the company's chief investment officer, ida dean, has resigned following the bank's $2 billion trading loss last week. two other high-ranking executives are expect ed to resign in the next few days. and new today, we're hearing from a minister contacted by president obama after he publicly acknowledged his support for same sex marriage. the endorsement set off a divisive rumg debate and now a maryland pastor is giving us his take. tracee wilkins has more now from clinton, maryland. >> reporter: after president obama announced his support of same-sex marriage, he then made a call to african-american pastors around the country, there are only a few involved in that conversation. one of those pastors is the pastor here at mt. eden baptist church. we sat down with a conversation asking about that call and same-sex marriage. delmon coates turned heads within the african-american

church when rights were pass ed within maryland. that's because unlike most black pastors in prince george's county, he supports gay marriage. >> i am unapologetic in my support for equal rights for same-gender couples. >> reporter: coates, who is a graduate of moore house and harvard universities, pastors the baptist church. this congregation of 8,000 is well aware of his views. >> the question is not what do i believe or what does our church or denomination believe about same-sex marriage, but the question is do my neighbors? if they happen to be gay and lesbian, do they deserve equal rights? >> reporter: a few hours after president barack obama endorsed same-sex marriage, there was a conference call with eight african-american pastors from around the country. >> he shared with us how he arrived at this conclusion, and he was very clear to underscore the fact that he understood that there are many different

religious and theological views about this, and he was very sensitive to that and realized that people with different theologically with him on this. >> reporter: in the end coates says the majority of the ministers on the call vowed to stand behind the president. coates says he hopes the president's stance on same-sex marriage had will further open the doors of understanding. or at least tolerance. >> can have diversity within our unity and that it's critically important that we protect the equal rights of all citizens of our state because the denial of rights to some provides the precedent for the denial of rights for all of us. >> reporter: reverend coates says that during that conversation with president obama there were a few ministers on the call who had issue with what he was saying and told him so during the conversation. but he's saying that his hope is that those ministers and others will understand that there is a difference between being the president of the united states and the pastor of a church. in clinton, i'm tracee wilkins,

news 4. just days after president obama publicly endorsed same sex marriage, today the gay and lesbian community will support him in new york. a lesbian, gay, and transgender group will have a fund-raiser tonight. the event comes as "newsweek" releases as controversial cover. it features a picture of president obama with a rainbow halo entitled the first gay president. president obama will deliver the commencement address at an all women's school in new york city connected with columbia university. people in one of northwest washington's neighborhoods are upset after a man let his dog attack a smaller dog, then walked away. yates says her 4-pound chihauhau was sitting on a stone fence in their yard when a large dog being walked on a leash snatched her small dog. she rushed to save her dog but by the time she pride her from

the other dog's mouth, she was dead. neighbors say the man and the dog calmly walked away looking back at the scene only once. >> to have something that sudden is hard enough, but then to not really have any closure behind it is worse. and to know that this dog is out on the streets. >> d.c. police and animal control are investigating the attack while a civic group has posted fliers in the neighborhood hoping someone with information will speak out. she and her neighbors say that they hope the man will step forward. well, in just a few minutes d.c. will complete a project that makes the city a little bit greener. crews will finish replacing more than 1,300 incandescent light bulb s with l.e.d. lights in the city. they predict these new lights will save the district around $65,000 a year. it's expected to cut down on carbon dioxide emissions. but it could take days to figure

out what cause add massive three-alarm fire in prince george's county. it happened at a car dealership in marlow heights. it happened yesterday morning. firefighters battled the blaze for about two hours and they say the loss inside the building is significant. no one was hurt but crews can't go into that building yet because the roof is not stable enough. crews will be back at an arlington grocery store this morning cleaning up from a sewage spill. the harris teeter near potomac yard in arlington has been closed since friday. it's being cleaned and restocked. they blame a sewage leak on a problem at the arlington county water pollution control plant. some families in alexandria may be forced to look for a new place to live. over the weekend city lawmakers approved the small area plan that includes major redevelopment around landmark mall, vandorn street and bow regard street. nearly half of the apartments will be demolished and replaced

with more expensive rentals. families living there now should not worry. >> there has to be a process in place to provide for dislocation and relocation. >> families will have until 2014 to move out. he says the city will use at least $4 million to help those families relocate. montgomery county schools are mourning the loss of one of the system's legendary principals. marco died on wednesday. he was montgomery county's longest serving principal leading walt whitman high school in bethesda from 1975 until he retired in 2004. marco was known for his accessibility, emphasis on extracurriculars, and crement of special education programs. he also implemented the zero tolerance, alcohol and drug policy there. the whitman community is planning a service in his honor.

we're going to check in now with tom kierein for the latest on our forecast. tom? well, this morning we've had about 0.2 of rain around the metro area. some higher amounts around the shenandoah valley. all of this coming from the southwest to the northeast, associated with an area of low pressure riding along a front up the appalachians. that area of orange and yellow at the bottom of your screen is a zone of very heavy rain pulling out of north carolina now and just coming into virginia. that may make its way to the metro area by later this afternoon. but right now just a few sprinkles around washington. further west and north, though, some moderate showers, frederick county into washington county, northern loudoun, and that's pulling up into pennsylvania. around the region, it's been in the cool and low to mid-60s. now up to 66 at reagan national. fredericksburg at 69. the eastern shores is at 70. they may make it into the low to mid-70s there. high only in the upper 60s around 70 with these occasional showers coming through. maybe a little thunder and lightning this afternoon

overnight tonight and perhaps off and on on tuesday. some thunder and lightning and highs reaching the upper 70s tomorrow afternoon. by the time it tapers off tuesday night, we could have an inch and a half, maybe a lingering shower wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday, sunday, sun returns. high 70s. morning lows 50s. a nice pattern end of the week into the weekend. barbara? >> all right, tom. thanks. and, again, we take a look at traffic and see if there are any problems heading out. well, we have some good news, barbara. we had new hampshire avenue shut down. now it's reopened at f street. police were investigating a suspicious package. they didn't find anything hazardous. good news for your commute. over to i-270 at shady grove. very wet pavement f. you're about to head out on the road, please give yourself extra time. it is slick. accidents on i-270 and volume is very light.

and over to the dulles toll road, you're driving at 56 miles an hour, just a six-minute ride right now. barbara, back over to you. >> thank you. a college student who has already lost her leg because of a rare bacterial infection is expected to need more amputations. the father of 24-year-old aimee copeland says doctors expect to amputate her fingers in the next few days. she was kayaking with friends about 50 miles west of atlanta. she fell from a zip line and got a serious cut on her leg. she eventually had to go to the emergency room where she was diagnosed with a rare flesh-eating bacterial infection. her family was on the "today" show and talked about how they're dealing with this devastating situation. >> we have just taken each day at a time. my daughter is strong. she really is. and i think it's through that shared family strength that we have that's really keeping us propped up right now. the other thing is just the overwhelming response from the

community and our common faith that's been a very important part of this. >> to help her get through these difficult times, aimee's friends have started a donation fund at a local bank. they've been setting up donation jars around town to try and raise money for her medical bills. doctors say parents aren't doing enough to protect their kids from the hazards of those tiny but tton batteries. research by children's hospitals across the country show the number of cases of kids swallowing the batteries has doubled over the last 20 years. doctors say the batteries are dangerous because they are small and shiny, making them appealing to children. they also claim the batteries can cause major internal damage within hours of being swallowed. 11:39 is our time now. still ahead, heading back to work after giving birth. we look at how well our area treats working mothers. and baby week begins with how to prepare for pregnancy. getting yourself ready both mentally and physically for the biggest event of your life. [ male announcer ] are you paying more and more for cable

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a new report suggests most parents in our region could get better treatment when it comes to family support. the national partnership for women and families graded states based on things like paid leave, flexible sick days for child care and support for nursing mothers. d.c. got a b-plus for its practices. virginia scored a "d." maryland a d-minus. and west virginia, one of 18 states that got an "f." authors of the report says the u.s. is one of few development countries that does not have an adequate system for working parents. big losses this morning to start the week on wall street. let's check in with cnbc's eamon jafrs who joins us with more on that and the rest of the business news. >> reporter: the dow is coming back from some earlier losses, now down about 93. the nasdaq down 18 and the s&p 500 is down ten. but it has not been a great day

for executives across the business world today. ina drew, one of the highest ranking women on wall street, the first casualty of jpmorgan's surprise $2 billion loss announced last week. drew, who reportedly earned more than $14 million a year, headed the unit responsible for the loss. the ceo jamie dimon issued a statement saying drew's vast contributions to jpmorgan should not be overshadowed by these events. and best buy's founder, richard schultz, is stepping down as chairman after an investigation found that he knew former ceo brian dunn had a relationship with a female employee and did not alert the audit committee of the company. yahoo! announced ross levenson will step down to replace -- will step in, rather, to replace scott thompson who stepped down sunday after allegations that he did not have a computer science degree that was listed in his official biographical materials. this is the third ceo switch in three years at that company. but one corporate executive is having a good day today.

that's facebook ceo mark zuckerberg. it's his 28th birthday today. the social networking company is expected to be public in a blockbuster ipo that could value the company at almost $100 billion. barbara, back to you. >> okay, thank you. >> reporter: you bet. we begin baby week here on news 4 midday on a special anniversary for nbc 4. it was 25 years ago that our station started an outreach campaign called beautiful babies right from the start. during that series designed to help decrease the extremely high infant mortality rate in the district, i made a television journal of my own pregnancy. even allowing a camera into the delivery room as i gave birth to my daughter. the district's infant mortality rate fell to an historic low. much of the reason prenatal care. you see there i was in the delivery room ready to deliver that baby. planning for pregnancy allows women to get that prenatal care

early. it also allows to you get emotionally ready to start a family. dr. michael levy at shady grove fertility center is here to help us kick off baby week along with joy who turned to an egg donor for help in starting her family. welcome to both of you -- welcome to all three of you. jade, how are you? we're so glad to have you with us. >> can you say hi? >> it's such a pleasure and always such a joy what happens with the work that you do, so we're glad that you came. but let's begin by starting, when a person is even thinking of having a baby, what's the first thing they should do? >> well, they should try -- they should relax. not that relaxing improves pregnancy rate but most people are going to get pregnant without a big struggle. they should have realistic expectations. it can take some time. >> and is there an average of how long it takes even if a person isn't having fertility problems? >> 70% of women under the age of 35 will get pregnant within six months. 90% within a year. >> so they should really take the time, not get worried after

the first month? >> correct. >> so then, when we hear about the biological clock, when is that clock going to go off exactly? >> we are talking about egg quality. as women get into their 30s, into the later 30s, there's a rapid decrease in egg quality. so we see a significant decline in the chances of getting pregnant per month over the age of 35. by 40 there's only an 8% chance of getting pregnant in one month and for a 25-year-old it's about a 30% chance in one month. and then it rapidly declines beyond the age of 40. >> and what are the chances that a couple is going to encounter infertility? >> again, i focus on 0 the age of the women so there can be male factors and other factors as well. but pour couples under the age of 35, about one in eight are going to have a fertility problem. at 40, about one -- about half of all women are going to have a fertility problem. >> we're looking at some pictures you loaned us of

fertilization, right at the point that it happens. is that right? >> right. so we're seeing an embryo there and the embryo -- working with the embryo under the microscope. >> a lot can be done. i want to start with the first option or one option. it may not be the first that one would go for but it's the one that joy took. she was one of your patients and she chose to have after some time of trying to have what? >> we wound up doing egg donor ivf. my egg, my husband's sperm. we did get pregnant once but i wound up having a miscarriage and we did several more treatments of that and couldn't get pregnant again. we did one round with my own eggs but it turned out that was our challenge. so we wound up realizing after a great consult with dr. levy that egg donation is what we would have to turn to. >> how hard is it, doctor, for a patient to find someone to donate an egg? >> it's fairly difficult. we screen many, many women. we talk with many women.

it's not the right thing for all young women who are thinking about it. i think it's important for us to recognize that they need to be well prepared. they're our patients as well in this process. we have hundreds of applicants every month and of those about 1 in 20 will make it through the screening process and be selected. once we've selected them and completed the screening, then our recipients have the opportunity to screen those profiles and pick a dounor that they're comfortable with. >> how did you choose the person that you wanted? did you see a lot of photographs? >> we did. and we did something untraditional and used an egg donor outside of the shady grove practice. we were looking for something very specific. religious connections were important to us. there were health issues in our family and we wanted to make sure that we had none of those issues with a donor. it was important for me to see the pictures of the donor, older, as a grown woman, and that was just something i needed to get past, but i realized that

was something that was important to me. we had a lot of factors that we took into consideration when we selected our donor. >> now having a donor egg or even donor sperm may be the ultimate choice, may be the last thing -- there are a lot of other things. can you quickly tell us what the others are? >> clearly the best treatment is the easiest treatment. so sometimes simply telling patients keep trying, you know, have relations at the right time of the month, and then the simple treatments joy alluded to, doing inseminations, controlling with tablets or injectable fertility drugs and then try ivf with the woman's own eggs with a partner's sperm would be the next step. only if there's a significant egg problem would egg donation be a consideration. >> and what would you say, your last words for us to a woman who is having problems? >> don't panic but be proactive. if it's not happening on your own, don't wait. see a good fertility specialist and have a proper investigation and know what your options are. >> dr. levy with shady grove

infertility, thanks for coming. joy, great to see you again. >> same here. >> and beautiful daughter jade. congratulations to you. >> appreciate it. >> thanks for kicking off baby week. a new study shows common baby items could be more dangerous than parents think. res researchers from ohio see thousands going to the emergency room with cuts from their bottles, sippy cups or even pacifiers. most of the incidents involved kids around the age of 1 which is right when little ones stop crawling. >> that's really the age when children are just starting to learn to walk. they're unsteady on their feet and maybe more likely to trip and fall. >> researchers say most of the injuries involve kids using products beyond their recommended age. that means 6 months for a pacifier. that's 6 months for that pacifier. a year old for bottles. and we are going to tell you coming up later this week all of the things that you need for a new baby coming home and the things that you really don't need as well. so be sure to tune in for baby

week the rest of this week. we have lots of information for you. the social security administration is out with the top baby names of 2011. let's begin with the boys. for the 13th year in a row, jacob tops the list followed by mason, william, jayden and noah. for girls, a new name tops the list, it's sophia. also on the top, isabella, then emma, olivia and ava. 11. 1 11:52 the time. the nats let a lead slip out of their hands with one swing of the bat. plus meteorologist tom kierein will be back with another check on the rainy forecast. stay with us. [ male announcer ] are you paying more and more for cable and enjoying it less and less? stop paying for second best.

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that ball headed for center field. and cincinnati wins on a walk-off grand slam by joey votto. >> ouch. that one hurts. the nationals blew a ninth inning lead against the cincinnati reds with two outs. the reds' joe y votto hit his third home run of the game finishing off a 9-6 win over the nats. the nats are now a half game behind atlanta for first in their division. adding salt to the wound, the

nationals announced catcher wilson ramos is done for the season. ramos tore his acl saturday night in cincinnati while chasing down a ball. he'll have to have surgery. ramos becomes the 11th national so far this year to be placed on the disabled list. this has been a difficult year for ramos in the off-season, you may remember, he was kidnapped in his native venezuela and freed in a daring raid. well, you've probably take ann spill while skiing, but this is one that you would not want to take. check this out, a skier fell more than 100 feet into the crevasse while skiing. he walked away without a scratch. ni can kolai, the gay uy on the right decided to check out a small trench but it collapsed beneath him. he plummeted near ly 160 feet. luckily another skier noticed that he was missing. it took more than four hours to find him and pull him out. going to take a look at the

stories we're following this afternoon. here is pat lawson. good morning. coming up at 4:00, e.r. visits have doubled because children are swallowing more and more batteries. a warning to parents coming up today at 4:00. the sun and surf can destroy your favorite tech toys. tonight at 5:00 in an all new tricks of the trade, liz crenshaw tells us how to protect those tech toys all summer long. and stick around for news 4 at 6:00 this evening for a speed camera gotcha. we'll tell you about an unexpected extra cost for some drivers who lease their cars. all the day's latest news starting on news 4 at 4:00 this afternoon. barbara? >> all right, thank you, pat. time for a final check on the forecast, tom. keep up with all the latest weather 24/7 on your mobile device on your ipad or iphone with our weather app. just go to the app store and search nbc washington. you'll get all the latest weather information, the latest warnings and watches and the y

radar. here is storm 4 radar. we do have more rain about to come into the area. it's pretty much stopped now, a few sprinkles now. some more coming in later this afternoon. right now we're climbing into the upper 60s throughout much of the metro area and more off and on rain tonight, tomorrow, and into tomorrow night. drying out after that. we'll see you tomorrow morning. >> thank you, tom. that's news 4 midday. thank you for joining us. tune in for news 4 at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. at 11:00. i'll be back tomorrow morning. we'll continue baby week. here is more of my video diary 25 years ago as part of beautiful babies right from the start. i shared my experiences giving birth. there she is. we hope you'll join us tomorrow for more. for more. never in my lifetime did i think i could walk 60 miles in 3 days. 60 miles in 3 days is-- is huge. if my mom can fight and beat breast cancer, i can walk 60 miles. you just put one foot in front of the other, and you know that you're walking for such a great cause that you just keep going. (man) that you have all these people coming together for one common goal.

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