the streets of baltimore are packed with ravens fans right now, celebrating the team's super bowl win. a parade of purple will move from city hall to m & t bank stadium. let's get to our coverage. news4's chris gordon among the fans at street level, he joins us with the latest. hey, chris. >> good morning, this is the super bowl celebration and parade and let's start with the fans. they have lined up. they have been here for many hours. they're climbing the flagpole to get a view of the ravens.

we are told that the team will be here in about 15 minutes. the super bowl champs will be marching from city hall where they'll be introduced by the mayor. they will get in vehicles and they will march behind marching bands, ravens cheerleaders, baltimore police and fire honor guard and the police motorcycle unit. and we want to show you the humvees. we have ray lewis right next to us. suggs behind me. ed reed, joe flacco. we have the maryland national guard behind me, where the players, the coaches, will be on flat-bed trucks behind baltimore ravens cheerleaders. they'll go all the way to the stadium. where people began lining up hours before the doors open there. we talked to some of them. here's what they're saying.

>> this is the perfect day. sunday night was the perfect night. this is the just a celebration, it will be great to see our team come out across the stage and enjo i that. and we want to see the lombardi trophy. >> or touch it. >> i want to represent the ravens for winning the super bowl with my new hat, my new gear. i have all kinds of ravens gear. go ravens. >> this is history for them and i hope that they remember, this championship. >> who is the biggest ravens fan here. >> me. >> yeah? who is your favorite player. >> ray rice. >> and ray lewis. >> i'm hoping they remember that this is a time where everybody got together. there's no problem, we're just cheering on our city and on our team what are you guys excited for? >> the ravens! >> those were some of the fans young and old, at mnt stadium. we're at baltimore city hall

where the celebration will begin. we're told the players will begin arriving in 15 minutes. as we finish with the fans. the 12th man. and there are so many of them. we w that part of the celebration is for 52, the retirement of ray lewis. and some of them are not only wearing his jersey, but a new jersey. 52, on the back it doesn't say lewis, it says, thank you. and we'll go out with their cheer, the super bowl champs, the baltimore ravens fans. reporting live in baltimore, chris gordon, news4. 12 years between super bowl titles. you can tell it was worth the wait for those fans. >> a lot of excitement, we continue to follow this parade throughout the morning. we have breaking news in the district, firefighters on the scene of a two-alarm row house fire. the d.c. firefighters union tweeted out this picture showing flames shooting from that row house. it's apparently happening in the 1700 block of "r" street

southeast. news4's tony tul is live with more. >> reporter: well we're going to show you right now, you can see firefighters are just now about to make entry into the home only moments ago flames were shooting out of the center apartment building. they just got them out. now i'm being told that it started in this abandoned apartment building. it held about four apartments inside. it spread to the adjacent apartments as well. so here they were fighting three building fires when they got on the scene. we're told that's two alarms, there are about 75 firefighters. i talked to a p.i.o. here, a firefighter, and he said there were no injuries. there was one firefighter with a broken ankle. but no civilian injuries. nobody was inside. i want to bring in george, he lives across the street. he saw what happened. he shot some video, we want to look at some of the video you have on your ipad. as you're showing us, tell us what you saw here? >> i saw everything. i mean i was making a call by my

window. i always make my calls by my windows upstairs. suddenly i saw large flame and that's the first, the police, police car, a police truck and the first ems truck that came. they were starting to hook up to the water system. it wasn't easy. you see the big flame over there. i've never seen anything like this. this is outrageous. the funny thing about this is we don't have many people living around here. >> do you know if anybody else lived in those adjacent apartment buildings? >> no, this middle section is actually abandoned. the wooden thing? the ems was struggling to pull it out to get at the fire. i don't know what caused the fire. but over here, i saw about three or five adult ladies, i mean two of them were actually looking really old. the other three were just average age. >> reporter: george, thanks a lot. the 1700 block of r street and south, the firefighters are just

now getting ready to make entry into the building to see what they can find inside to find some clues what happened in this apartment building fire, the latest from the southeast. we send it back to you. >> we look forward to getting more information. turning now to the weather and a cold, but snow-free start to the day. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein joins us with the first forecast. hey, tom. >> we had snow passing just north of the metro area last night. it didn't leave any accumulation this is what our map looked like at 11:00, the area in green, some sprinkles of rain, southern eastern suburbs of washington. since then it's been all cloudy. a few breaks in the clouds. you can see it is quite cloudy all across west virginia, maryland and into virginia and the eastern shore. then we will have our temperatures that right now are in baltimore, now, mid 30s. upper 30s in washington. the nearby suburbs south of washington, were around 40 degrees. north and west in montgomery county, it's in the mid 30s. it's all above freezing, just about everywhere except

aggerstown. they're below freezing, so is cumberland and alleghany county. and martinsburg, towards winchester, just a little above freezing. look at stanton, southern shenandoah valley, they're at 50 degrees. prince george's, upper 30s and in arlington, fairfax, upper 30s, with light wind and a lot of cloudiness. seven-day outlook is coming up in a few minutes. barbara? >> come on in here and tell us about it, thank you, tom. speaking of how we're looking. let's check the midday track now. danella, how are we looking? >> here's the situation, we just saw tony on the scene of a fire in that area in the southeast and i want to let you know that the 1700 block of r street is shut down in the southeast while the fire department is working on that house fire. let's head over to 395, this time as you make your way northbound past duke street, you can start seeing a couple of barrels are up. but crews are going to work today and fix some of the potholes on 395. so that should be a relief to you.

but just use caution as you make your way northbound. now, crossing over the 14th street bridge heading into the district, you are nice and clear. keith? >> thanks, danella. whether i week day or weekend, traffic is just part of life around here. but a new report out this morning shows you're spending the most time and money sitting bumper to bumper here than anywhere else in the country. news4's transportation reporter adam tufts breaks it down. >> ranking on just who has the worst traffic is out and the d.c. region comes in at number one, ahead of traffic-choked l.a., san francisco, and new york. >> it's pretty bad. i think most of the time is pretty bad. so i mean i have a short commute, but i've been in a lot and don't like it. >> texas a&m's transportation institute urban mobility report says d.c. drivers waste 67 hours a year stuck in traffic. almost two full work weeks and all that sitting around wastes about 32 gallons of gas.

overall the congestion costs per commuter per year around here, almost $1400. the report says we have the most unreliable roads in the region. for instance, a trip that would take you 20 minutes in the middle of the night, you would want to budget almost two hours for during a rush hour. drivers have their own thoughts about why the ride is so tough. >> too many people driving and not enough highway bandwidth. that's the reason. >> others try to avoid the main roads, like the beltway. >> it's a couple miles and i end up stuck in traffic there. i go all the way around. >> reporter: and still others are resigned to the slow roll. >> it's pretty bad, but i think it's something you deal with, living in the area. just suck it up. >> reporter: in the district, adam tufts, news4 today. this is a crucial day in efforts to generate billions of dollars in transportation funds for virginia the state senate will vote on an amended version of governor bob mcdonald's plan. the new legislation would impose a sales tax on gas in place of virginia's current gas tax.

and eliminate the sales tax increase mcdonnell had proposed. the amended bill scraps hundreds of millions of dollars in fee increases that mcdonnell wants. today is the deadline for legislation to win approval from either virginia's senate or house of delegates. d.c. mayor, vincent gray is expected to make housing his top priority during his state of the district address later today. according to the "washington post," gray wants to use some of the projected $240 million budget surplus on affordable housing. in recent years, the city has only been able to keep rent down for low-income families. instead of building new housing options. he may also call for raises for city employees. his address something held at the 6th and i historic synagogue. right now, d.c. police need your help to find this girl. let's have a look at her picture. take a good look. this is 6-year-old arianna burts, last seen thursday night in the 2000 block of e street

northeast. police believe arianna may have left the district with a parent that does not have custody she was seen wearing purple pants, a purple jacket and silver boots. if you have any information about her, please call police. today the fbi will search for explosives in an underground bunk anywhere alabama after saving a boy who was held hostage. federal agents say the 5-year-old boy yesterday afternoon. after almost a week of negotiations. the man holding him hostage, 65-year-old jimmy lee dykes died during the rescue. it's not clear how dykes died. the fbi says it was able to camera inside the bunker to monitor the situation. though they won't say how, law enforcement sources say they decided to raid the bunker when they saw dykes holding a gun. the boy is reportedly doing fine this morning and that is the best news of all. and our time right now, 11 minutes after 11:00, coming up, breaking news an olympic skier rushed to the hospital after an accident on the slopes. plus why dog owners are rallying in annapolis this

morning. and we'll have more from the ravens championship parade, we're still waiting for it to get started in baltimore. the team will make its way from city hall to m & t bank

breaking news, olympic skier lindsay vonn suffered a serious accident while skiing in a competition in austria. had to be airlifted to the hospital. it's unknown now the extent of her injuries. the 28-year-old won gold in the 2010 vancouver olympics in downhill skiing. we will keep you posted on this story. more breaking news, this is coming from the white house. in just about two hours, at 1:15, president obama will make a statement from the white house asking congress to act now to avoid sequester and reduce the deficit. the president will ask congress to reduce the deficit in the short-term before automatic cuts kick in march 1st. and right now, the president is meeting with labor leaders and immigration reform groups to discuss his plan to fix the nation's immigration laws, he'll discuss the issue with some of the country's most prominent

ceos. the house committee is holding the first in a series of hearings on immigration reform. the committee's chairman said he hopes the hearings help house lawmakers come up with a bill on this issue. a bipartisan group of senators unveiled their own immigration proposal last week. and maryland dog owners will rally in annapolis this morning in hopes of earning more protection if their pet bites someone. right now pit bulls and their owners are singled out for punishment even if the dog has no previous evidence of being dangerous. today's demonstration supports a new measure that would hold all dog owners responsible for a bite. but it also allows the owner to prove in court that the dog was not dangerous. wait until you hear the next story. it turns out daredevil felix baumgartner was going faster than previously thought. the official numbers are in. he reached speeds of 843 miles per hour. or 1.25 times the speed of sound. originally it was thought he

only fell at 834 miles per hour. what's the difference in nine miles? baumgartner set the world record for highest space jump last october when he fell from more than 24 miles above earth. 843, 834 -- wow! >> it's great that he didn't pass out and forget to pull his parachute. >> well he was tumbling out of control there. the fact that he gained control is miraculous. >> he was a lucky guy. >> let's talk about our luck, are we going to get some snow or no? and which one would be lucky? >> snow lovers have been doing a lot of laundry lately, washing their crying towels. you're going to have to continue to do that, i'm afraid. it doesn't look like much snow at all in the next ten days in the foreseeable future. we're in the middle of february, for crying out loud. at least we've got some nice sunsets like this one taken last night from rockville by one of our viewers sent in to weather@nbcwashington.com. gorgeous sunset there with the

sun pillar. and then, this photo was sent in from berkeley springs, west virginia. emily sent this in to my twitter, she's one of my twitter followers. you can post your pictures there. they got snow there in berkeley spring, west virginia and the panhandle of west virginia. too. there's the gray sky over washington, reagan national at 38 degrees, a light northeasterly breeze. and we have temperatures in prince george's county now, the upper 30s, most of montgomery county is generally in the mid 30s to upper 30s. and arlington and fairfax, upper 30s to near 40 degrees. farther south it's near 40 from southern maryland from huntingtown in calvert county to charles and st. mary's and west across the river to prince william, stafford and spotsylvania. here's the view from space, we had the storm system come by last night. it didn't leave any accumulation to our north. since last night we've had a lot of cloudiness, the cloud cover

still over the entire region. a little sun trying to break out now in southern maryland and in the northern neck. these are the highs expected this afternoon. fredericksburg ought to get up to 50, as well as culpepper and southern maryland. most locations peak in the mid and upper 40s. here's the temperature graph for the afternoon. a lot of clouds through the afternoon. then this evening, too. still cloudy, slight chance of a flurry this evening. by 11:00, our temperature will be down into the upper 30s. and we'll probably be near freezing starting off tomorrow morning. now going forward, we have a small chance of a few flurries passing to our north late this afternoon and early this evening. after that, maybe some snowshowers out of the mountains. but otherwise, clearing out after midnight and during the day on wednesday. we'll have plenty of sunshine. and we'll have increasing clouds as we get into thursday. and it does look like maybe some rain on friday. but highs tomorrow with a blustery wind with the sunshine in the upper 40s. thursday, a bit cooler. friday, mid 40s with rain likely

moving in. >> over the weekend, saturday, sunday, we should get some sunshine back. mid 40s, upper 40s, 50 on sunday, on monday, we could get more rain with highs near 50. no snow. >> we'll talk about that later. it's 11:20, still ahead on "news4 midday," what's triggering your pain? four causes that may surprise you. >> plus the alvin ailey dance troupe is in town.

the alvin ailey american dance theater returns to the kennedy center tonight for its annual engagement. the dancers will entertain with a new combination of new works and enduring classics.

the artistic director, robert battle joins us this morning. just the third artistic director since the company's inception. you have to be proud. >> i'm very proud. my mother is even more proud. >> now alvin ailey has toured here annually for the past 20 years. do you get a lot of support from d.c. >> absolutely. we love it here. i mean the audience dances along with us. this is a very special place. and of course, the kennedy center is so special. we were a part of the opening of the kennedy center in 1971. so we love it. >> robert, what have you done with this dance group since you've taken over? like what's the biggest change that people can expect to see if they come see the show? >> i think the wonderful thing you can expect with me the unexpected. we have a working repertory tonight with the gala that's called minus 16 that i brought to the repertory. where at one point, the audience ends up dancing with us. so for a second there are ailey

dancers and we send them back down. >> for a second they look like something and then you send them back down. >> it's fun. we have a good time with our audience. >> how do people get involved? you have a way of getting people involved with masters classes. explain that. >> yes, we often, we like to engage the community, not just on the stage, but off the stage. we have auditions for the ailey school. we have several dancers in the company that had scholarships and went on to become dancers in the company. so that's very important for us. that we engage the communities that we serve. >> i would like to engage you as we go out to break. can i get a tiny quick lesson? >> just a portebra. just boom and then boom. >> do i have to move my feet? >> a scholarship may be in the

making. i don't know, we'll talk to somebody. >> i didn't have to move my feet. that's what i'm talking about, thank you, robert. it was a blast. the time now is 11:25. coming up in the next half hour of news midday, we'll have more information on breaking news, the a fire in the southeast. we'll get the latest. plus, we could see more seasonal temperatures today. but will they stick around? storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein is back with an update. and the excitement is continuing to build in baltimore. what's going on with that parade? we hear voices, we see lots of people. what a time for the charm city.

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right now baltimore has become a sea of purple and black. this a live look at the ravens victory parade. two days after their super bowl victory over san francisco. the parade has actually been delayed right now because of traffic. we'll have a complete round-up

of today's activities. we're continuing to follow what's going on in baltimore right now. that's a live picture from chopper 4. >> new information about breaking news in the district. we've just learned two people have died in the fire in southeast d.c. that we reported on at the beginning of our newscast. news4's tony tull is live in the 1700 block of r street with new information. tony, what do you have? >> reporter: at the beginning of the hour we showed you firefighters just about to make entry into the apartment building. we just did confirm with d.c. fire, ems, they do have two people dead inside. a live look at the scene, you can see a lot of firefighters, it was a two-alarm fire, about 75 firefighters came on scene to this apartment building, that was fully engulfed. it spread to the two adjacent apartment buildings as well. i want to bring in deputy chief pearson from d.c. fire/ems, what did you find out when you made into the building. >> once the firefighters got inside, they were able to determine that we had two doas,

that were found in the building of origin. >> now i saw that this, we were talking earlier and there was some information that this might have been a vacant apartment building. it holds four apartments inside. you say it was partially vacant. but that two bodies were found inside, people were living in there? >> that's correct. the location where they found the two bodies. that particular unit was occupied by the occupants that we determined to be deceased at this time. >> we should mention you did have a firefighter that's being treated for a possible broken ankle. as far as damages here, we see that this middle apartment building is heavily damaged. what about the two that are beside it? >> the two exposure buildings at this point, we haven't been able to determine if we had occupants living in each one of those. but once we determined that we'll have a number of how many people that were displaced. but as it stands now.

the building, the building of origin hads two fatalities and that building was, that particular unit inside the four-unit building was occupied. >> deputy chief, we appreciate your time. thank you very much. keith and barbara, at the beginning of the hour, we showed you the firefighters making entry. we did confirm with them that they did have two bodies found inside at the 1700 block of r street and southeast. the latest for now, we'll check in with you guys a little later. >> all right. tony. new this morning, a search for an armed robber near the university of maryland. the hold-up happened just after midnight in the area of paint branch parkway and rhode island avenue in college park. not far from some student housing and fraternity row. it's not clear what the robber took or if there were any injuries. police do not believe the system is still in that area. and students could have to reveal some pretty personal information when applying to colleges and universities. students hoping to get into george washington university law

school are now being asked about their sexual orientation. administrators say they want to track the number of gay applicants to set up better support services. the story was first reported by the gw hatchet campus newspaper. right now only four of the top 20 law schools in the country ask students to disclose their sexual orientation. the princeton review rank it was virginia schools as the best value when it comes to public schools in america. those two schools are the university of virginia in charlottesville. ranked number one with a total cost of $22,243 for in-state students a year. the college of william and mary in williamsburg came in fourth with a total cost of $23,900 for in-state students a year. now the princeton review came up with the ranking based on more than 30 factors, including tuition, room and board and financial aid. we're getting another check on our weather now with tom kierein who is out on the weather deck. hey, tom. >> hey, barbara, we have a gray sky, just a very light breeze

here now and really not too bad. a pleasant winter afternoon here in early february. there is the sky over the potomac refer, a lot of cloud cover around most of the region now. and at 11:33, we've had just the cloud cover coming and going all morning long. there have been a few spots, a little sun is trying to break out along the blue ridge and in southern maryland, lower part of the eastern shore, eastern part of the northern neck, elsewhere it's all cloudy and temperatures are all above freezing, all around the region. except up in northern, western maryland. it's still a little below freezing. but elsewhere, climbing to the mid and upper 40s south of washington. right around the beltway, in montgomery, arlington, prince george's, fairfax counties, we're in the mid to upper 30s. highs in the afternoon. reaching the mid 40s, up near 50, southern maryland to fredericksburg to near charlottesville and upper 40s farther north and west. sun back tomorrow, breezy, highs 40s, 40s on thursday and highs in the 40s through the weekend.

might get rain friday and perhaps on monday. near 50 sunday and monday. that's the way it looks. let's check the midday traffic with danella. who is tracking some problems. >> as we just saw tony report from the scene of the fire in the southeast, now minnesota avenue is closed. your closures between 16th street and 19th street. please avoid the area. let's head over to this time route 50 in maryland at 301. as you make your way inbound. we'll see construction, you can see on camera, it's blocking your left lane. but your volume, pretty light. not bad working around this road work. continuing towards the beltway and connecting to the beltway, pasting 50, nice and clear, a live look of the beltway at 50. as continue towards the wilson bridge, this is what the trip looks like, no issues to report. in prince george's county, inher and outer loop, you're clear. and in montgomery county as well, no accidents to report. barbara, back to you. well, if pain is something you deal with on a daily or

weekly basis, it's important to figure out what's triggering that pain. dr. raymond salano joins us this morning with some common pain triggers. that may surprise you. and good morning. >> good morning. good to see you. >> you say there are some things that we do or have or work with every day that could be the cause of some pain. maybe not even in the places that you would expect them to be. so let's begin. first of all. what are pain triggers. >> a pain trigger is a result of an overuse. it's an overuse injury. >> let's start with the first one. let's start with a wallet. this is your wallet? a lot in there. is that causes you some pain? >> right we're talking about wallet pain and we're not talking about a lack of cash in the wallet. what we're talking about guys wearing these wallets. carrying them around their back pockets. over time irritating that piriformis muscle. producing back pain, hip pain and pain shooting down into the

foot. >> guys carrying something back there would not necessarily know that's what was causing it. >> a lot of times they don't. they sit in their car and they drive and they have it at work. the simple solution is to remove it from your back pocket, put it in your front pocket. better yet, put it in the coat pocket. >> or how about a man purse? a lot of people are wearing those these days. now let's move on to the work station pain. you say a lot of work stations can cause headaches and back aches and all kinds of things. >> with work stations, you want to make sure that your work station is adjustable to you. since we all built a little bit differently, you want to make sure your monitor is at eye level, you want to do something as simple as take your keyboard and make sure you use these legs on the back of the keyboard to keep it at an ainge toll reduce the stress on your wrists and you want to make sure your chair is adjustable. important to ease the stress off the back, nell and shoulders. >> where should the chair be and

how high should it be? >> you want to make sure your chair is adjustable to appropriate levels so your thighs are parallel to the floor and your feet, your feet are flat on the floor. once you're in the proper position, you can adjust your monitor to put it at eye level. bend the levels to 90 degrees. >> an adjustable chair with lumbar support, arm rests, even high back chairs support the neck and upper back. >> mattress pain. is one mattress better than another? >> a firm mattress is the way to go. something to support the natural curves of the spine. we talked about sleeping on your side and how important that is. if you have a firm mattress, even better, a pillow between the knees while you're sleeping on the side is the ideal position to sleep in. >> how do you know if it's the mattress causing the pain? >> if it's a mattress pain, the number one thing is pain as soon as you get out of bed. a lot of times if it is your mattress, it's lower back pain. >> texting, hand pain.

>> i'm included, we're all gu t guilty. you can develop arthritis in the thumbs. the thumbs are a concern. because over time, that can develop hand pain, thumb pain and the best thing to do, to strengthen that area of the hand, is to take a tennis ball and just squeeze it throughout the day. what a great exercise, what a great way to strengthen those thumbs and prevent things like osteoarthritis. >> i hear that from people who have even developed little bumps at the base of their thumb. i'll have to get one of those tennis balls. >> thanks a lot, dr. solano. it's 11:39. still ahead, information coming in about changes for computer maker dell. we'll tell you about that and how to pick the best shampoo for your hair.

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as we celebrate black history month. news4's the grio.com revealed a

list of 100 making history. among the honorees, susan rice, rg3 and ken strickland. washington bureau chief for nbc news, news4's ken hanley spoke with him about how he got to his leadership role. >> we're getting a new truck. >> he oversees the nbc news bureau and the nation's capital, feeding history out for the number one network news, "the today show," "nightly news," msnbc and more. it's round the clock in this room. >> all the assignments get doled out from here. so who's going to go where, where the crews are, what correspondent to what story. it all happens right here. on a big day, this is the place you want to be. you want to sit out here and see all the activity. it gets your blood going. >> ken strickland wore a lot of hats before he took the helm here last fall. he's been in the tv trenches, editing, producing, giving on-air analysis. >> and i think it all works together. that you can appreciate what everybody else does. television is a team sport. i always kind of feel like my job is to make sure, i work for

them. i tell them all the time. i work for you, my job is to make sure that keeps you from doing your job. >> it's a long way from his early days, local tv in birmingham and nashville and then on to the network in 1995, his third day on the job for nbc -- >> they said we're going to send you to oklahoma city. and here's a pen and here's a notepad and there's some plane tickets waiting for you at the door. i think what it speaks to is just a notion of news, you always need to be ready and be prepared. >> strickland covered the final years of the clinton white house, from there his front-row seat to history found him at the florida school where president bush learned of the 9/11 attacks. strickland would 39 aboard air force one to produce coverage at ground zero, for the world to see. >> when you see the president at the bullhorn that was all shot by nbc news. to see all that destruction firsthand and try to navigate that balance. try to make sure you're there professionally but you can't turn off there being

emotionally, it was a very, very meaningful experience. one that i'll never forget. >> before barack obama was president obama, ken strickland was working the halls of the senate, too, and today a big part of his job is recruiting and mentoring the next generation of journalists. >> trying to understand how to get people to work together well and it starts with learning how to navigate personalities and getting along with people. >> that requires what comes naturally with ken. a sense of humor. take this moment at a correspondents' dinner. he can live it down and laugh it off. >> it's a town of politics and egos, you strike all of us who know you as someone who doesn't really take himself too seriously. >> i love what i do. >> we have sweet gigs. i mean to some degree you wonder, do they know that they don't have do pay me? i don't want to get crazy. >> and his reaction to the salute from grio, the notion that i have the job that tim russert held to me is so humbling. i'm honored and humbled by it.

>> congratulations to ken and amazing man with an amazing career. you can see the full list of this year's 100 at the grio.com. apple is bringing out the big guns today, the new bigger ipad 4, 128 g went on sale today. the price is pretty steep, though, it will cost you $800 to $930. the new version is twice the size of the current ipad 4, makers say it's aimed at professional architects, photographers and doctors who could benefit from the bigger screen. dell, the makers of personal computers, bowing out of the stock market. let's check in with cnbc with more on that and the rest of the day's business headlines. julia, good morning. >> well stocks are trading higher. reaping from yesterday's 1% drop. after a report showing that the services sector grew in january. the dow is now more than 100 points higher.

hovering around the key 14,000 mark after retreating from the key benchmark in the prior session. the s&p 500 and the nasdaq are also trading about .9 of 1% higher. all key s&p 500 sectors are in positive territory. led by health care and energy. big news for dell, the computer maker agreed to be taken private in a $24.4 billion buy-out deal by a consortium led by michael dell. dell shareholders will receive $13.65 per share. this is the biggest leveraged buy-out since the 2008 financial crisis. the u.s. government launched a civil suit against ratings agency standard and poor's for its wrongdoing ahead of the 2008 financial crisis. it sent shares of mcgraw hill, which owns standard and poor's, as well as moody's, it's rival. lower. and boeing filed a formal request with the faa to allow test flights of its 787

dreamliners to resume. its shares are trading high they are morning. keith, back over to you. >> thanks, julia. picking a shampoo can be hard, with so many choices out there on the market. dr. sheryl burgess joins us with advice. good morning. >> good morning. >> there seem to be so many specialized shampoos, tell me the truth. does it really matter? >> there are some special ingredients we need to take note. particularly a few weeks ago we talked about dandruff shampoos and even those use different ingredients, but when you're talking about specific shampoos that make the hair grow or that are used for say color-treated hair, relaxed hair or perms, then it does, it does matter. >> all of these specialized sham poos, you think they do direct

themselves, the dandruff sham poos work? >> they do work, if you use them consistent consistently. the problem is people don't shampoo as often as needed when you use those type of shampoos. there are preparations you can get at the dermatologist to supplement these type of shampoos. >> are there shampoos for hair loss? >> there are some out there that are labeled specifically for marketing. whether they do anything or not, they have not been proven. in any clinical research to show that they grow hair. particularly nioxin is one that i get a lot of questions about. it does not grow the hair. it's just a shampoo that was pretty much first promoted to patient who is were on chemotherapy and losing their hair. >> but does it work or not? >> well the hair is going to grow back regardless if you use

that. >> the sulfates are what's bad in the shampoos, that strip the hair. so you want to use a sulfate-free type of shampoo. and there are a lot of them out there. the moroccan oil and the moroccan products were one of the first sulfate-free sham poos. but now pretty much the whole gamut of shampoos are in line with not having a lot of sulfates in their products. >> lot of the drug store shampoos are out there. not that expensive. that say sulfate-free as well. what about with children? with children, it's more of an alkaline shampoo. they don't want them to tear if it happens to get in the eyes. when we look at acid, think of acid kind of burns, more alkaline preparations actually help. to decrease the tearing. so we do see that.

it's not something you should use every day. now keep in mind, a baby's head does not get oily. if it's oil, it's because we've placed it there. so shampooing a baby's scalp is not necessary as often as we do adults. >> could you use soap as you use on their skin? >> you possibly could, yes. and the key to shampooing with adults is you don't really want to sha poo more than once or twice because you don't want to alleviate any of the essential oils that you have. >> ounceor twice a week? or once or twice when you actually shampoo the hair. some people will overshampoo two and three and four times in a setting. trying to remove oil. but you really don't want to do that. you don't want to shampoo more than five minutes. >> tell me about the shampoo you brought that said doesn't -- >> this is wen. a lot of people have heard about it. i've had a lot of questions about it. it is a soapless shampoo. it's a cream base. it's a soy-based. there's a children's product

that's a rice-based. >> who needs to use that? >> i recommend it now for a lot of my patients because it cleanses the hair just enough that you can style it very well. without drying the scalp or drying the hair out. >> dr. burgess, thanks so much for coming and talking about shampoos, a lot of folks have questions about them. coming up, what smash fans can expect in the new season. plus meteorologist tom kierein will be back with another check on the midweek forecast.

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ed reed has got two tickets to paradise. >> you're listening to ravens head coach, john harbaugh. he's calling on safety etd reed. trying to pass the lombardi trophy off to somebody. joe flacco is standing there with a hoodie on, you can see

him. in the background. the ravens holding their super bowl parade. it hasn't officially started yet. but this is the starting point. and that's tyrell suggs, the defensive end putting his two fingers up. two days after their super bowl victory over san francisco. thousands have packed the streets to see the players and that trophy. a complete round-up of the day's festivities later today on news4 at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. tonight the drama and intrigue of broadway returns to nbc as "smash" is back and better than ever. ♪ ♪ jennifer hudson joins the cast of smash. playing a broadway star who helps katherine mcfee with the ins and outs of show business. mcphee says her character has changed a lot. >> it was karen's first you know her story in the first season which was all about her

overcoming being green and little, not being so much nye e eve. it's exciting to see her take the initiative and she's now marilyn and she's going to be hopefully going to broadway. >> there will also be tons of star power this season in addition to hudson, liza minelli, jesse l. martin and sean hayes will make appearances. season two of "smash" starts at 8:00. we have more on "smash" coming up on news4 at 4:00. let's go to pat lawson-hughes with more. >> we'll have more on "smash" -- and also, coming up at 5:00 today, tools to help you stay fit. we will show you these tools in the palm of your hand, we take a look at the best smartphone apps to help you stay healthy. joining for the latest at 4:00. >> thank you, we'll be looking

forward to seeing you later. >> and tom is here with a look at the forecast. i bet folks in baltimore are glad they didn't get any snow. >> and there's not a lot of wind. there's some clouds, but oeshz, it's a good day for a parade, that's what's been happening here for the last six hours. a little patch of green east of baltimore, maybe a few sprinkles over the bay. temperatures now in the mid to upper 30s in baltimore and throughout most of the metro, here around washington, highs 40s each day into the weekend. maybe some rain on friday. that's the way it looks. >> all right. tom, thank you. >> thanks for watching "news4 midday." we'll see you tomorrow. don't forget to join us at 11:00 a.m. for "news4 midday." we'll see you in the morning.