body found, the police confirm the body of a 23-year-old missing man was discovered in a ventilation shaft. what the investigators think happened to him after a new year's celebration. good morning and welcome to "news4 midday." i'm barbara harrison. >> and i'm keith russell. it's thursday, january 3rd, 2013. the police identified the body at 23-year-old michael powe. his body was found in an apartment building on built more street in nort the police are trying to figure out how he died. megan mcgrath is live with more of what happened. >> reporter: you can see the flyers on the windshields of

these cars. this was a part of the effort to locate michael powe who went missing after ringing the new year in with friends at an adams morgan bar. the took a tragic turn when investigators discovered powe's body at the bottom of a ventilation shaft at a apartment building here and they believe he fell to his death through an opening in the roof. a sad close to a missing person case. the police confirm the body of a man found in a ventilation shaft on built more street is that of 23-year-old michael powe. powe has been missing since new year's eve when he parted ways with his friends at shenanigans bar. friends say at around 2:45 a.m. new year's day poe powe called a friend and said he was celebrating on a rooftop which they thought he meant he wassen a rooftop bar. that was the last they heard from him. a 911 call from a resident brought investigators to this building late wednesday night located a block from the bar

where powe had been with friends. what he was doing on the roof and how he fell down the shaft is still under investigation. and you're looking at the roof of the haddington, the building where it happened. a resident described the shat as being three foot by two feet and says thrice a lightweight grate that goes across the top, something to keep out squirrels but nothing that would be able to sustain a lot of weight. exactly what michael powe was doing up on the roof on that new year's evening is still part of the investigation. reporting live in adams more dpan, megan mcgrath, news4. >> thanks, megan. a major traffic alert in chevy chase. a water main break could cause big delays on wisconsin avenue, blocks from the friendship heights metro station. tony is live with the situation. tony? >> reporter: barbara, good morning. crews putting the finishing touches on the water main break

you see behind me. they say it will be fixed in the next few minutes but that's just the beginning to get this road back opened. you can still see they have two southbound lanes closed on west avenue and traffic is getting by. this morning it was a very different story. it started last night around 6:00 p.m. a water main break along wisconsin avenue at dorset avenue. by 8:45 the cut off but they were waiting on repairs so they could dig which led to a horrendous morning commute and a massive backup. >> i was surprised they're doing this work during most of the condensed time of the day. >> reporter: once crews were able to dig through the unusual amount of concrete, they began to remove the old pipe but by 7:20, the backup stretched for miles at one point, many passengers ditching transportation and opted to walk. >> massive traffic is backing up pretty much past the bethesda

side of it so i got off the bus to walk. much quicker. >> reporter: not everyone was feeling the pain. some folks didn't have to travel that far. >> not too bad. just a quarter mile to go. >> reporter: with large amounts of water throwing down the street and freezing temperatures it wasn't long before ice formed and for these drivers, it add add stress woes to an already long morning. >> this ice patch i did a 180 and my car endnd up here. the initial salt came from this guy and he almost got killed after my accident. he was leaning behind his truck and his truck hit. >> by 9:15 if new pipe was on its way in but not in time for many commuters. >> very frustrated. i'm just trying to get to where i'm trying to get to. >> reporter: and barbara, once these crews finish, that truck with the gravel will dump it into this hole and they'll have the paving company come through and pavin the road. but that will not happen until later on this evening so the two lanes here on wisconsin avenue are set to be closed for quite some time.

that i the latest, barbara, we'll toss it back to you. >> what a mess with these freezing temperatures. hopefully, it will start to warm up and the ice will melt. thank you very much. and turning to our weather, very cold start to this morning. storm team4 meterologist tom kierein join us with the first forecast. >> hey, barbara welcome back. we're just now beginning to get above freezing. it has been a frigid morning. much of the region has been holding steady and low and mid 20s for the last several hours and teens farther north and west. quite a bit of high cloudiness drifting through and clouds are moving off to the east but they're just thin, high clouds getting sunshine trying to shine through the high clouds. right now looking at the temperatures, they're just now struggling to get above freezing throughout much of virginia. much of maryland is a little below freezing near 30 degrees. in prince george's county and montgomery county, howard county and points north and west, only in the 20s. still, out in washington county and western maryland and garret

and allegheny counties and much of the highlands of west virginia it was in the teens earlier and right now 20 degrees there and shenandoah valley near freezing. south, into the mid 30s and pred risk burg up to 36 and through central virginia and southern maryland, our viewers to the south may have highs reach near 40. elsewhere we'll stay in the 30s. how much longer will this cold pattn last? we'll look at that and the seven-day forecast in just a couple of minutes. >> we'll see you in here then. thank you. sand hook elementary school students and staff return to class this morning. this is their first time back since last month's deadly shooting spree. melissa mollet is here with more on the return to the new school with the same name. >> reporter: good morning. no doubt an emotional return for students, staff and parent this is morning. classes started a few hours ago at 9:00 this morning in a revamped middle school building. we have some video of buses headed there earlier. the building has been renamed sandy hook.

dozens of volunteers have been working for weeks transforming the nearby middle school into a new school for the students. they have been cleaning and refurbishing and even moving the students desks, backpacks and jackets from their old classrooms. the new classrooms here were made over to look just like the ones at their old elementary school. >> at one point there were 80 people in the building cleaning up the building, doing the kinds of things, painting, to make it really look cheerful and happy. we'll go to our regular schedule. and do the kinds of things we know are good for kids. >> teachers, students and parents were allowed to tour the building on wednesday. some of those parents are actual hi in class for today and they are being allowed to stay with their kids, probably with what the kids need. maryland governor will use the panhandle recommendation for the new gun package. they released the report yesterday giving police authority to take weapons from

mentally ill people that make specific threats. they could also be blocked from buying a gun. the panel said mental health professionals should be required to report tret threats to law enforcement. and relatives of people killed in last summer's colorado's theater shootings rejected an invitation to attend a memorial. the theater invited family members to an evening of remembrance at the aurora theater when it re-opens. relatives of 9 of 12 victims released a statement angrily rejecting the invitation and the mother called it, quote, a disgusting offer. >> they want the public relation's ploy of having us there to support their grand reopening when none of us are interested in ever stepping foot in that theater, that killing field, ever again. >> prosecutes in prosecutors will outline their case against james holmes at a preliminary hearing next week. virginia's attorney general is trying to block the release

of a death row inmate do you to be released today. justin wolf scheduled to be released by 5:00 this evening. he was sentenced to death for the death of a drug dealer in prince william county. prosecutors say he hired someone. he testified in exchain for a lighter sentence but in july a judge threw out the conviction saying barber lied. the attorney general's office says that judge overstepped his authority and ask asking an appeals court to block the release. time right now, nine minutes after 11:00. dozens of freshmen being sworn in to the 113th congress. we'll look at what makes this congress so special. plus immigration and customs enforcement agents minutes away from a press conference. talking about the rescue of exploited children. we'll bring you

a new at mid day, police charged five men in the gang rape and death of a 23-year-old medical student in india. the men were charged with rape and murder. they're accused of raping the woman for hours and beating her friend while on a bus in new delhi. the woman died in a hospital from massive internal injuries. the prosecutors will likely seek the beth penalty in the case. a sixth suspect is expected to be tried in juvenile quart. pakistanian intelligence

leader say two u.s. drone strikes killed at least 13 people including a senior militant commander. the overnight attacks happened into the tribal region near the pakistani/afghanistan border. the senior taliban commander was reportedly among the nine people killed in a missile strike on a house there. he was responsible for several attacks against us troops in afghanistan. however, he had a truce with the pakistani military. it is hard to independently verify his death. the u.s. rarely comments on its secretive drone program. the measure to prevent the devastating effects of going over the fiscal cliff is now law. president obama signed the bill in hawaii where he's back on his family vacation. the legislation raises taxes on the wealthiest americans and extends long-term unemployment benefits and delays billions of dollars this spending cuts for two months. now, the deal could save you hundreds of dollars if you use pretax income to pay for your commute. included in the legislation is a provision that allows you to put

aside $240 a month. the cap had been just $125 last year. according to politico, this could provide transit riders nationwide with as much as $190 million in incentives. and in less than an hour the 113th congress will be sworn into office and they're hitting the ground running. nbc's kelly o'donnell has more on the issues the new congress will tackle starting this afternoon. >> reporter: day one on the job for 82 house freshmen and a dozen senate newcomers. the record books take note, 20 women, the most ever, will be called senator. a changing america means 28 hispanics hold seats in the house. today marks the return of the kennedy family. rfk's grandson, joe, becomes a congressman. >> it is my honor to be here with all of you this evening as your next congressman for the fourth congressional district of

massachusetts. >> reporter: and a return to work that meant a year of hard-fought recovery for illinois senator mark kirk, after his devastating stroke. >> i wanted everybody to say, you know, that depressed moment you can have when a stroke hits, say look, kirk is even walking up the capitol steps as an example to patients. >> reporter: but this new congress faces leftover problems. >> absurd! absolutely absurd! >> reporter: billions in emergency funding for super superstorm sandy did was abruptly stopped by john boehner at midnight on tuesday. >> i think it's inexcusable that we did not have this vote. >> reporter: setting off anger and disbelief among democrats and republicans. >> we cannot believe that cruel knife in the back was delivered to our region. this is time to stop the debating. >> it's time to stop debating

and take the gloves off jersey style. >> new jersey gop governor chris christie pulled no punching. >> this is why the american people hate congress. >> and then came damage control. a private meeting with the speaker. aides say boehner decided the house could not demand fiscal cliff spending cuts and vote on the same day, to spend billions in disaster relief. but boehner promised the new congress will vote on sandy help starting tomorrow. >> it was extremely positive meeting. >> reporter: but more proof that in this political environment, every kind of issue can veer off into another crisis. >> the country is fractured. conservatives and liberals, republicans, democrats, have very different views of how to deal with issues of taxes and spending and entitlements. that's not going away. >> that was kelly o'donnell reporting. and ceremonies are happening right now in the district to welcome the 113th congress. the morning started with a prayer service at st. peter's catholic church in the southeast. a number of lawmakers responded

making their way inside the church now under renovation. the service was a bipartisan event shortly after the congressional black caucus hosted a ceremonial swearing-in for its 42 new members inside the congressional auditorium. house democratic leader, nancy pelosi spoke at the event and helped to lay out the agenda. >> fighting to have equal attempts at ballot and end voter suspension to make sure everyone that's eligible to vote can vote and their vote is counted. we're fighting for fairness in the workplace, growth in the economy, opportunity for every family no matter where they live or what their race. >> returning lawmakers and new members elected in november, officially convene at noon with swearing-in ceremonies happening throughout the day. good news for secretary of state hillary clinton. she's recovering at home after spending four days in the hospital because of a blood clot. clinton was seen smiling inside a van as it pulled away from new york's presbyterian hospital

last night. doctors believe the blood clot developed after clinton fainted and hit her head in december. clinton is expected to make a full recovery. storm team4 meterologist tom kierein is here and can tell us is it still at 32? >> right near freezing, still. here we are pushing noon and it's barely getting above freezing over the next hour or two. but areas to our south ought to make it to near 40. if you looked up at the sky earlier this morning you saw this. you saw many trails zipping through the sky coming from jet airlines passing over us. we have a busy air route over us. you don't realize how busy it is until you see the trails. we have enough moisture aloft. this photo taken by carol sadler at nih. and another great photo of a sunset. this is on the eastern shore. this was taken near bethany beach by donaldson. look at this gorgeous view from clarks landing, maryland, st.

mary's county. and here's another one, a great shot of the washington monument. this one was set in by george and adrianna from arlington, virginia, the beautiful picture of the washington monument. and capitol hill, under a partly cloudy sky and temperature at reagan national, 33, it's very dry with dew point down to 15 and wind from the south at around 6 miles an hour. right around the metro area, it is just now getting above freezing in fairfax, arlington, prince george's county, montgomery county, few places soush part of the county near freezing. northern part of the county still only around 30. around the chesapeake bay and eastern shore many location there is, too, just near freezing and farther west out of the mountains where it was in the low to mid teens this morning, just now beginning to climb to only near 20 degrees. it was much colder farther nortnort north. upstate new york, the edge of the super cold air mass with a

few high clouds drifting over. over the next couple of days, high pressure moving in this cold, dry air mass that will be us for today, the tonight and tomorrow and saturday looks like we'll be starting off with sunshine in the morning and clouds move move in as the front approaches from the west by saturday evening. that will sweep in on sunday. only give us a few scattered flurries on sunday but probably not interrupt the game. here's how things look for the rest of the afternoon. increasing sunshine and highs only in the 30s. most of the region, mid 30s and near 40 south of the metro area by the next couple of hours. we'll have a gentle wind and then overnight tonight, clear sunsets at 4:59. a light wind and temperatures from the mid 30s early evening to up you are 20s and near 30 by midnight and continue to drop tomorrow morning all the way down to the low mid 20s again and afternoon highs should make it to the low 40s tomorrow afternoon with lots of sunshine and then on saturday, it's looking increasingly cloudy.

some sun in the morning with temperatures in the mid 20s. afternoon highs on saturday, it should make it to the low, maybe, briefly mid 40s. another cold start on sunday and clouds around and again, maybe just a scattered flurry or two with a weak front. ahead of that with a southwesterly flow we should make it to the mid, maybe, briefly upper 40s and game time for the skins and seahawks is at 4:30 at fedex field. we should be at about 40 degrees. pretty cold but a light wind and no precipitation. a dry start to next week and maybe a bit milder by midweek up near 50 degrees. that is the way it looks. see you in a few minutes. >> keith is going to be out there in the parking lot partying before the game. >> and with the seven-day forecast, all i was doing was staring at the logo and looking at the redskins' logo. >> he's have to take a beaver skin coat, isn't that what they used to wear?

>> yeah. >> faux fur, i'll be ready. it is 11:21. still ahead on "news4 midday", a pop star pushing for laws to change after an accident that killed a photographer. plus, proof you can do it. our exercise guru steve hayes with a little show and tell. he shows us a woman who tells us how she transformed herself through exercise. first here's a look at what's hot on nbcwashington.com. [ male announcer ] when your business is powered by verizon,

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verizon. justin bieber calls for a crackdown on paparazzi after a photographer was killed trying to shoot pictures of the pop star's car. the accident happened tuesday night. los angeles police say he was hit by a car shortly after taking pictures of bieber's white ferrari on the side of the road. bieber was not inside the car at the time the pop star released a statement saying he hopes the tragedy will lead to a new law to protect the lives of celebrities as well as photographers. if you don't get al jazeera are in your house right now there's a gooz chance you will soon. the arab news channel bought al gore's "current" tv and plans on relaunching the al jazeera are america. it will reach 40 million american homes. al jazeera are plans on opening five to ten more bureaus in the u.s. it already has five.

most of its content focuses on u.s. news. too many vultures in a virginia town are causing concerns now wildlife experts are trying to get rid of them. take a look. nearly 200 of the birds have set up nests around may fair drive around plaza street in leesburg. the police say the waste they leave behind is a health risk. they can damage homes and businesses. next week, the wild life expert also try to the vultures by settise using lasers and noise makers. >> take a little bag of food and drag it along until you get them to where you want them to be -- >> and set a cage somewhere? >> and they're gone. >> keep them free somewhere else. >> yup. >> let's see what happens. we had that problem around here before. it's 11:26. coming up in the next half hour, a major announcement about the rescue of sexually exploited children worldwide. and the latest on this year's very unusual flu season. and why it's not too late to

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right now on "news4 midday", the medical examiner is trying to determine how 23-year-old michael powe died. he va nirned while celebrating new year's in the district. the police found his body last

night in a ventilation shaft in an apartment building on built more street northwest in adams morgan. it appears he fell down the shaft from an opening in the roof. expect delays along wisconsin avenue in chevy chase right now. an eight-inch water main break has lanes closed a few blocks from the friend ship metro station. crews hope to be finished by late this afternoon. and lawmakers new and old, are streaming to capitol hill for the start of the 113th congress. it officially convenes in about a half hour. faces new and old make their way to capitol hill for the start of the 113th congress. more than 90 new members will be sworn in throughout the day and john boehner is expected to be re-elected speaker of the house later this afternoon. new today, federal agents announced a major online child porn bust that rescued sexually exploited children worldwide. the director of the united states immigration and customs enforcement just wrapped up a news conference. >> our effort named "operation sun flower "culminated in five

weeks of intense searches, arrests and interviews in 47 states across the united states and six countries around the world. the results were significant but grim. >> agents arrested 245 people on child exploitation changes. -- charges, i should say. they rescued 13 children throughout the world including 110 children in the united states. however, investigators still need your help solving three cases. if you recognize these people wanted in connection with child abuse, call police. tonight, prince george's county police will add more officers on patrol. 125 additional officers will help several police units. the officers will focus on certain areas as part of its transforming neighborhoods initiative. the police hope the program will cut crime and get guns off the county streets. also tonight, family, friend and colleagues pay respects to a prince william county police officer killed in the line of

duty. a weak for officer chris young will be held from 6:00 to 9:00 at the hilton memorial chapel in woodbridge. his funeral is at the chapel tomorrow morningal 10:00. he died monday afternoon when colliding with a mini van and responding to a call. he leaves behind a wife and three children. the virginia supreme court reversed a judge's ruling on negative online reviews. they threw out the injunction issued in fairfax county circuit court last month. they're suing jane perez over comments she made on yell 'and angie's list. she said he stole items from her home and did subpar work. simply put what the reversal heaps business owners have to prove libel in court instead of temporarily getting critical comments taken down off websites. and meantime, a new continue very surrounding a speed camera in the district. d.c. police sergeant mark robinson got two camera speed

districts while rolling through the tunnel in his car. he said the speed camera in the tunnel is not accurate and says the camera is still set for the normal speed limit of 45 miles an hour. the posted speed loirnlt dropped to 40 miles an hour because of construction. >> i'm outrages because the mpd, even thousand i brought it to his attention, did not do anything. >> robinson took his case to the dmv which agreed there were discrepancies with the ticket and it should be tossed out. if that's the case, it could be the same with thousands of other tickets costing the district almost $2 million! if you were out overnight you may have seen a few meteors. the annual meteor shower happened overnight. this is video of the meteors caught by nasa cameras earlier this morning. the shower happens every year when the earth pace passes through a stream of dust created by an asteroid that may have once been a comet. we'll check in with tom kierein for the latest on the forecast. he's outside.

did you see the meteor shower? unfortunately, no. >> it was cloudy here and we've had a vail of high, thin clouds passing over the metro area since dawn and we still have it. in this live view from the news4 hd city camera. there's the washington monument and we have sunshine shining through the high thin cloud cover which has been passing over us from the southwest heading east. and we'll have this continuing to on through with another couple of hours and go all clear by later this afternoon. lay gan national at 33. into the mid-to-upper 30s to our south. fredericksburg at 37. it may get near 40 but elsewhere, highs only in the mid 30s by mid-afternoon. and then tomorrow, another cold morning right back down to the low to mid 20s under a clear sky tomorrow morning. friday looks brought and sunny and high pressure over the region getting this cold pattern. highs and low 40s tomorrow and mid 20s on saturday morning. may make it briefly saturday

afternoon with increasing clouds. a weak front coming through. looks likes on sunday with clouds. there's a slight chance of a few scattered flurries from that as it moves through. but before that, ought to climb into the mid or briefly, upper 40s in the early afternoon. for the skins' game at fedex field. by 30 on dawn on monday and a clear start to next week but a bit milder by midweek and we may see highs tuesday and wednesday up near 50 degrees. it will feel like spring. right now, it's cold. that's the way it looks. barbara? >> sure is cold. and if you're home from work today because of the flu, you're not alone. we're currently in one of the worst flu seasons we've seen in a few years. doctors say the flu season started early and there's no relief in sight. >> we've seen a continuous spike so not only early but a lot. that's probably because it's been isolated to this influenza ahpn 2 which is a technical term.

the last time wesa it was in the 2003-2004 flu season which was notoriously bad. so i don't expect this one to have a lull right now. especially with the cold snap that we're seeing in the northeast. people are coming in and closing their doors so we're passing germs more readily back and forth. so i suspect that this is going to continue through the winter and into early spring. >> and dr. snyderman adds the strongest cases of the flu are in the south and eastern states. still time to try to protect yourself. doctors say everyone six months old and up should get a flu shot. we're all hoping rg3 can make the seahawks sick, very sick. robert griffin iii takes question after question every single week and now he can say he knows what it's like to be on the other side. >> coach, we just wanted to know -- good game plan together.

i wasn't sure without you calling me. >> sometimes those are the questions asked in a press conference. that was he and the rest of the skins will control what flag flies over the wilson building next monday. d.c. mayor get this, vincent grey, made a bet with seattle's mayor ahead of the redskins/seahawks game this sunday amp. the city that wins the game gets to three the flag over city hall in the losing team's hometown. grey lost a similar bet to st. louis's maier when the nationals played the cardinals in the major league playoffs in october. it will remain the field of dreams for years to come. an investment group has bought the iowa farmland made famous by the kevin cost her movie "field of dreams."

they blanton transform it will 200 acres into a sports complex including 24 baseball diamonds and 60 clubhouses. that's not just the field of dreams. it's going to be a field of teams. they bought the land for $3.4 million and received a blessing of cost hner who calls it his favorite place on the earth. it should be done by the spring of 2014. if your new year's resolution is to get in shape or lose weight, proof that you can do it is right here this morning. steve hayes is here with success story that can help motivate you and good morning, steve. >> good morning, barbara. happy new year. >> happy new year to you and welcome to your guest. >> angela and barbara harrison. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> so glad to have you with us. we understand that you lost a significant amount of weight and what made you decide you wanted to do it? what was your motivation? >> my motivation was basically, being diagnosed with post partum depression and looking in the mirror every day and dreading looking in the mirror.

i didn't want to take pictures or want anyone to see mend i knew i had to make a change. >> we have a picture of the way you looked before. let's take a look and see. >> i did not change ni diet and i focused on exercise. i didn't want traditional medicine and pills thrown at me so i went to my favorite gym and worked out with a trainer and start taking classes. >> you're going to share with us some of the exercises that she did to lose weight? >> right. >> we'll start with the squat, is that right? >> yes, we are. we have the -- one of my favorites. we'll go side ways so she can actually -- we can see it. barbara, this is a great exercise. this is the one that allows you to tone your quads, abs and she's pulling up the shoulders. >> okay, now you're telling me that she does not have to change her eating habits? it is all from exercise? >> well, you know --

>> is that what you're telling me? >> we have this modified somewhat. if kblur not eating unhealthy, food can turn into energy fuel. that's one thing. and here you have a woman in her 40s who looks great who is just taking it upon herself to do this. >> that looks like a really good exercise. it seems to be working. >> it works everything. >> you have another one that you want to show us? >> another one that's key? >> ready? >> key to changing the body. >> lunge to the side raise. this works the hips and the shoulders. and also, too, the way we're doing this it allows the body to burn body fat for energy fuel. >> lunges are an important exercise? >> it works the hips and quads and it stabilizes those parts of the body that allows you, as we get older and we fall down our hips are weak. the lunge strengthens the hips and the third one is the shoulder press. this is the one that works -- i love this one. you know how we have these muscles right here and this part

sticks out? all it is the taking the weighs and spinning it and turn it. it makes you work the side part and as you can see -- >> one of my favorites. >> how long each day do you exercise. >> one hour a day. >> every day seven days a week? >> four to five days a week. >> all right. everybody needs a little time off from their exercise routine. come up up here steve and tell us what is our tip of the day. >> we have five tips for the day. the first tip is exercise. eat healthy. and start every day with breakfast. you have to be active. color your plate meaning you have different colors, red, green, so it gives you different fruits and veg tanls and make sure to get rest. when you rest you burn body fat even more and you manage your stress. and laugh more. laugh more. >> i like that idea. i can do that a lot. >> barbara you look great. whatever you're doing keep it up 123450 i've been eating my way through the holidays so i need

to get on your routine, so thanks for coming on. >> she's a great example of what a new year's resolution will do, too. >> happy new year to both of you. our time, 11:42. still ahead, numbers on wall street after yesterday's huge gains. plus, fun options for watching this weekend's big redskins game. keith has ideas. [ male announcer ] when your business is powered by verizon,

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turning tv on its head. samsung is teasing a revolutionary flat screen they plan on unveiling at the consumer electronic's show next week and it could be vertical. this priblt ad appears to show a portrait-style tv but a teaser video shows other tv's flocking to see the new samsung had the tv in the normal wide screen shape. there's speculation the screen could be transparent when off, like a picture frame hanging on a wall. this is not a plenty picture coming up. more americans seeking unemployment benefits last week. let's check in with cnbc julia borstin. >> keith, stocks are traded mixed around the flat line as investors take a little bit of a breather after yesterday's sharp 2% rally on the heels of a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff. today, there is more uncertainty, fierce politicians will fail to raise the federal debt ceiling next month. right now, the dow is trading down just a handle of points.

a percentage of one point and the nasdaq and s&p 500 are both trading up fractionally. the private sector created 215,000 jobs in december, far more than expected and planned layoffs at u.s. firms in december declined for the first time in four months. this positive news comes the day ahead -- the important governmenter none farm payroll report which is expected to show new jobs added. so how does a spam and skippy sandwich sound? hormel shares a rally, the deal worth nearly $700 million. in starbucks is jumping on the green bandwagon and introducing a $1 re-useable plastic cup in the u.s. and canada today. it will offer customers a dime discount for each refill so the cup pays for itself after ten uses. the idea is to cut down on trash by trying to break people away of their though-away hadn't. seems like a good idea. i'll definitely be trying one.

>> you know where you got me? at the spam. i love fried spam sandwiches. i thought i was the only one. >> spam and peanut butter now. >> julia is like, you're on your own. thanks, julia. in this week's wednesday's child, some children are starting off better. some children found forever families in 2012. >> look at that. >> this was a georgetown cupcake in 2012. the business has grown a lot, just like demarcus has since we met there two years ago. >> are you ready to bake cup occasion? >> yeah! >> demarcus at just 7, impressed us with his personality. >> i may need to pull up my sleeves. >> he told us that day he wanted a forever family and now, two years later -- >> you've grown up a lot since i saw you the last time. >> i know. >> and you brought some folks with you this time. >> yes. >> who is that?

>> my mom and dad. >> so alive and joyful and so full of. >> katy was another of our wednesday's children, a 2012 success story. her new mom and new big sister, joined her for tea in the same place katy was introduced. the ritz carlton in pentagon city. her mother says it's been wonderful. >> she's been an amazing daughter and amazing sister. >> and katy told us about an adoption she made herself of a new kitten. >> i adopted cat named harper. >> she said now i understand adoption. you can love something this much and not have given birth to them. >> a mom found out you can feel safe and secure with a family. even when you've never felt that way before. when you know they're going to be your family for always. >> my dad, my mom, we have to keep assuring him that he was safe. that no one was going to harm him. >> that this was going to be a permanent home. >> a permanent home and loving family was what he wanted and

needed. and now, he, like katy and demarcus, are home and very, very happy in 2013! >> and if you have room in your home and your heart for another child who's waiting call our special hotline, 1-88-to-adopt-me or go to nbcwashington.com and search wednesday's child. >> it's going to be a magical year for those children. >> it certainly is and we have a lot more kids still waiting as we showed you last week. so we hope folks h call and take one or two, three, whatever, home, not just for the holidays but home forever. >> we hope the best for all of them into time, 11:49. meteorologist tom kierein has a check of your forecast.

moms to-be, here's the reason to talk to your babies before they're born. a new study says babies begin learning the sounds of their native language before birth. researchers in washington state studied 40 infants from the u.s. and 40 infants from sweden. the newborns were tested on vowell sounds in 17 languages. when babies heard a vowell in their own language, they paused. and researchers believe that means that they recognized those sounds. today's "weekend scene" a plan for your weekend. we have highlights.

where do we begin? i know where we begin. >> of course, we'll start with the redskins. we want january to be all about the redskins and of course, things are kicking off this weekend with the big playoff game against the seattle seahawks and a lot of locals have tickets. lucky them. a lot of them don't and there's a lot of cool bars hosting events this sunday around the redskins. a great one to try is this bar that is give all its money to charity. all the proceed goes to charity. they're doing rg3 $3 beers. >> that's what i'm talking about. >> another great one is the arlington cinema and draft house. hosting an event with the ghost skins and they have a huge movie screen and you can watch the game on a movie screen and also, penn social in china town. they have an underground basement bar with games, ski ball and all kinds of things you can do passing time waiting for the game. >> rg3 $3 beers. >> where are you watch

something. >> at coz bar. they donate all their proceeds to charities. >> see the skins beat up on the seahawks and all for a worthy cause. let's move to february and the nordic cool festival. what's that about? >> we all know wintertime is cold but the kennedy center is bringing this gust of cool. every couple of years they host this fantastic nation festival and it's all centered around a particular country. we've seen them do japan and india and this time around they look at denmark, iceland, norway and all the countries of sort of the iceland area. >> cool countries but do you have to be cool to be a part of it. >> you'll feel cool after you go. so many events like jazz, theater, dance, performancers from artists who rarely come this side of the world and we'll get to experience all of the cultures from over there and a lot of the events are freeway is who it's one of my favorite events of the year. >> cool event. finally, whaps happening in

march? >> the cherry blossom festival and also, the environmental film festival. lots of movies and movies all across the city in theaters. it's a great chance to see fantastic documentaries about what's happening with the world. this year the festival focuses on the theme of rivers and there will be a talk about the an costa river right here in washington and that's march 12th through 24th. >> march is also a time for march madness. lavonia, thank you for your tips getting ready for the winter months. we hope the winter is long for the washington redskins. >> absolutely. >> hope they're playing in february. >> see you at the coz bar in my dreams. i'll be at the game, actually. for more ideas on your weekend, logon to nbcwashington.com for the going-out guide or on washington post.com. here's a look at stories we're following on news4 this afternoon. coming up on news4 at 4:00, a teenage girl accused of

drugging her parents milk shakes. what police say she did while they were passed out. >> what's wrong with you? >> ew! do you believe in zombies? the serious message the u.s. navy is delivering with an unusual psa. at 5:00, time the get rid of your christmas trees but instead of just throwing them away why not put them to good areas. liz crenshaw has ideas on what you need to know to recycle your tree. >> those zombies were ugly. >> yeah. you'll have to listen to that message. here's a check on your forecast one last time. here's tom. it is still cold. much of the region, we're still just gradually getting above freezing here as we approach the noon hour. a few wispy high clouds are passing over but they'll clear out later this afternoon. these are the temperatures now at noontime. 35 at reagan national. it may warm up to near 40 as well as to our south over the next couple off hours but west and north h only make it into the mid 30s for highs this afternoon.

so quite a chill in the air. average high this time of year is 43. as we get to tonight, another cold night, clearer down to the low to mid 20s and tomorrow morning, afternoon highs and low to mid fieshts and lots of sun and increasing clouds on saturday. morning lows, mid 20s. afternoon highs low to mid 40s. a front coming through bringing those clouds might trigger a few isolated in your ris mainly up in the mountains, saturday night into sunday but good weather for the skins game sunday afternoon and then the dry pattern continues to the midweek and milder by tuesday and wednesday. see you tomorrow morning. have a good afternoon. >> tom, thank you. now that the holidays are over we learn add unique proposals that happened over the past few weeks including a huge redskin fan who worked the burgundy and gold into his game plan. [ screaming ] >> he proposed to his girlfriend, laura, on new year's eve with a redskins jersey that said, marry me, on the back.

the surprise proposal came during a gift exchange with a dozen friends and she said -- what did she say, keith? >> many the midst of that winning streak she couldn't say anything but "yes." >> she said "yes." >> lucky him and lucky her. hopefully with redskins will have just as much like. tune in to news4 as 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00 later today for all the news. >> we'll ba back in the morning. join us. until then have a terrific day [ male announcer ] when your business is powered by verizon,

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