bus stop safety. a new report is out on drivers passing stopped school buss in parts of our region. we're live with the surprising number of times that it happens. good morning. welcome to "news4 midday." i'm barbara harrison. today is monday march 9, 2015. new this morning, we've learn add woman died in a crash in montgomery county ris thorng. chopper 4 shot this video. the road is closed in poolesville. firefighters say there were several crashes in montgomery county this morning because of slick conditions on roadways. we're working to find out the woman's identity. caught on camera. drivers whizzing by school buses

despite flashing red lights and stop sign. one police official called a number of tickets issued a wake-up call. news 4 richard jordan is live from the roads. tell us about this. >> reporter: hi, brasharbara. more school bus tickets handed out than any other part of the area. more than 1,000 tickets issued and the offenders could soon have to pay more. state lawmakers are considering increasing the penalties. these bright yellow school buses are hard to miss but new numbers show hundreds are missing the point of the red stot sign that comes out when children are getting on and off the bus. bill jacobs walks his daughters to school and says he sees it all the time. >> you know when the lights are on you shouldn't drive by. simple as that. >> reporter: more than 1,500 citations issued in the region

by the bus stop arm cameras. montgomery has the highest number of cameras and highest number of tickets. 1,024 adding up to $129,000 in fines. in prince george's county only ten drivers caught passing illegally but few buses are equipped with cameras there. washington county buses, busted 170 drivers over one year from the school bus cameras and frederick county 18 citations issued in the first two years of the program. parents are onboard with the camera fines. >> they should take the picture who pass the bus without stopping. >> reporter: aaa says few drivers challenge the tickets in court. maryland legislators may help change passing a bill bumps up fines to $500 each in an effort to crack down on the alarming number oaf fenders. >> you see a school bus, the lights don't pass them. that's it. >> reporter: maryland is not alone in the initiative. several northern virginia communities are also adding cameras to their school buses.

reporting live in rockville, richard jordan news 4. >> thank you, richard. taking a look outside now. the temperatures are rising. storm 4 meteorologist chuck bell has your first forecast for this mild monday. it is nice out there today. isn't it? >> certainly is barbara. nice dplangchange from our cold pattern locked into the last couple of months. now the sunshine starting to get back out through the morning clouds we had and the warm-up is well underway. the view from our national harbor camera. most of the ice is out of this part of the potomac. out towards the tidal basing still frozen solid. a chance for rain and the next one a rainmaker for us. rain across parts of texas, the carolinas and georgia now that will follow the jet stream in our direction and bring us our next chance for rain arriving tomorrow. so only one more dry day before we get into an unsettled pattern. 50 degrees at the airport. 50 towards manassas. waiting outside for the bus ride home this afternoon, partly

cloudy, 57 degrees between 3:00 and 4:00. 59 the high between 4:00 and 5:00 this afternoon and staying mild and pleasant through the early evening hours. back down into the 40s by later this evening. when i see you in a few, barbara, we'll talk about the next changes coming our way. milder air here. rain not snow tomorrow and worried about the weekend. tell you why soon. >> okay chuck. thank you. see you in here shortly. a missing teen found just in the last hour. police in prince george's county tell us the 13-year-old axel moralityeris morales found and in good health. we'll tell you how it all unfold. new information about the moemtsds moments leading up to a crash that killed a police officer. officer rabain was taking her girlfriend her apartment after 3:00 in the morning saturday. rabain turned on his lights to pull someone over for speeding. smug went wrong. he lost control and smashed into a backyard fence on green belt

road. minutes before the crash a traffic camera catches rabain's cruiser passing through an intersection. police want to speak with the driver of the van also caughtat video. >> we'd like to speak that people in the minivan, because they appear to be close proximity to the vehicle at the time of the accident and we'd like to speak with them and see what they know. >> the police chief says weather could have played a role but it's unclear what caused rabain to lose control. meanwhile he leaves behind a 3-year-old daughter. fill oh officers set up a gofundme site for donations. if you'd like to help a link is on our nbc washington app. and we're working to learn the identity of a woman who was murdered in d.c. around 8:00 yesterday morning. police got a call about an unconscious woman lying in the street. this happened on sherman avenue near lamont street in columbia heights. police say she'd been stabbed several times. and we now know the name of a man killed in a different part of columbia heights. police say saturday night someone shot and killed dionte

betheyia. one person killed in a roof collapsed at coal mine in west virginia. it happened near morgantown. at least the two other miners hurt. state and federal mine officials will work with the owner of that mine to determine the cause of that a a fraternity at the university of oklahoma is closed and all of its members suspended after the group reportedly made a racist video. the video posted online shows members of sigma alpha epsilon singing a racist chant. shortly after the video appeared onlike someone vandalized the fraternity house. the group's national headquarters release add statement saying it was embarrassed by the unacceptable and racist behavior. news 4 eun yang following breaking news at the live desk. what's happening? >> this justice in. the fbi just increased the reward to $5 million for information leading to the safe return of one of the

longest-held americans in history. ate years ago today robert levenson retired fbi special agent disappeared from a resort i'dened in iran. the fib has been working find levenson since he disappeared. anyone with information should contact the fbi. more on this story on nbcwashington.com. from the live desk i'm eun yang. barbara? >> thank you, eun. today montgomery county police taking steps towards equipping officers with body cameras. the police chief meets with montgomery county members this afternoon. the cost of the cameraing and your privacy are the major concerns here. you could see office wearing cameras sometime this year. well from the live desk we have been monitoring a firefighters' association forum going on right knew. what d.c. mayor muriel boughs her to say about the d.c. firefighters. plus a team is expected to inspect the d.c. streetcar project. why the system could be seriously scaled back. stay with us.

i'm eun yang at live desk. any minute vice president joeed by been speak to firefighters at a bipartisan forum with possible presidential candidates. the international association of firefighters is hosting this two-day event in northwest washington washin. d.c.'s own fire department facing criticism for poor service and staffing shortages. the chief stepped down in july.

gregory dean is expected to take over in may. d.c. mayor muriel bowser says the d.c. fire department is ready for a fresh >> we know that the national union was with us and we know that you're going to make sure we have the information and resources we need as well to work with our chief to work with our command staff and to work with our f >> the forum continues tomorrow with speeches from florida senator marco rubio and former virginia senator jim webb. jeb bush pre-recorded his speech. more throughout the day on news 4. i'm eun yang at the live desk. >> thank you. right now street sweepers on the roads in falls church south of broad street today and tomorrow. later on the north side. want to double check where you're parking so you're not in the way. in d.c., you have one more week before you have to worry about parking in the sweeper's way. street sweeping was supposed to start last week but dpw says

it's waiting for the snow to melt first. you'll have to follow the red and wine signs march 16th or face towing or a $45 fine. a station on the penn line is closed today. how long will you have to make changes to your commute? right now we're keeping an eye on former secretary of state hillary clinton. she's expected to speak on women's rights but many people want to know about her e-mail controversy. we're looking at that too. stay with us. yeah and i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. filtered sunshine coming through. as result, another nice mild day for the meltdown of the snow. how long can we

iran says it's willing to give international nuclear inspectors access to a site where purported experiments on high explosives may have taken place. this offer comes as team from the u.n.'s nuclear watchdog committee arrived in tehran. the site in question is near iran's border with iraq. meanwhile, iraq troops and shiite militia are marching to retake towns captured by isis. this offensive is near fallujah. isis took control of the city last january. isis currently holds about one-third of iraq and one-third of syria as well. right now the fbi is investigating the hacking of several u.s. websites by someone

claiming to be affiliated with isis. this is the home page of a bank in montana. it looked like this over the weekend. the bank is just one of the handfuls of businesses across the u.s. that was hacked. at this point, security analysts say they haven't found an official link to the terror group, and that it's likely to be a hoax. new this morning, u.s. ambassador mark lippert could be released from a south korean hospital as early as tomorrow. lippert was injured last week when man attacked him with a knife in seoul, he needed 80 stitches. this morning doctors removed 40 of those stitches and will remove the rest tomorrow. the suspect is in custody. he told police the attack was a protest against the annual u.s. and south korean military exercises. and right now you're looking at a live picture of an event featuring former secretary of state hillary clinton along with her daughter chelsea and melinda gates. they'll speak on a report on the status of women in the two decades since that high-profile

u.n. conference back in 1995. it was at that conference in beijing clinton famously said "women's rights are human rights." clintons remarks today come as the firestorm continues to rage over her use of private e-mails while in office. critics are saying even louder that she needs to speak up. democrat senator, one of them a senator, says clinton needs to step up and explain her reasoning. and nbc's tracie potts is on capitol hill with a look at the fallout. >> reporter: at this hour the big question barbara, whether hillary clinton is going to address this publicly for the first time beyond the tweet urging the state department to make her e-mails public. she hasn't said anything hasn't issued a statement, and now even her supporters are saying she needs to get out there and start explaining things. why she use add personal e-mail address, only a personal e-mail address, and not her state.gov. why she stored everything on a

server at home and why after two years of secretary of state after asked that she turned over those e-mails and whether she thinks this will have any impact. everyone else seems to have an opinion. dianne feinstein said she needs to come out, it may hurt her chances if she decides to run for president next year. chuck schumer, another big democrat saying he thinks it's a bump in the road and president obama is glad she tweeted about it but still lots of questions about whether and when she's going to speak. barbara? >> thank you very much, tracie tracie. joining us a political writer for nbc news. good morning. >> good morning. >> so what do you think? is she going to talk about it? we know she'll speak today, but that hardly will come up ap this conference. will it? >> the clinton strategy so far to try to ride this out. i think that those close to her believe this is something theyn get past.

clearly she doesn't have democratic opponents willing to come out and say within her own party, to come out and say she needs to speak up because this is going to be a long-term problem for her, although you're hearing from democrats including dianne feinstein, a highly respected democratic senator from california saying she needs to come forward. but the bottom line is that beyond that tweet, i think she still needs to speak up in person on camera. republicans are going to keep talking about this for the next year. >> so do people think she will come out and make a speech about this or maybe incorporate it in something else like her speech today? >> right. i'm not sure she'll come out and give an entire address about this but an additional statement, whether at an event or press conference to answer questions. one problem clinton sometimes has with the electorate sometimes people think clinton is not transparent and this is feeding into that very much. >> and possibly damaging possibilities for 2016? >> no. damping her reputation in the long run and could be hurtful in

a general election but with democrats she's still got very high approval ratings. polling, while this controversy was going on have not shown her to be hurt within her own party very much. >> speaking of polls, nbc has a new poll looking at republican potential candidates. tell us about that. >> right. we can't reveal everything about it, because they'll be details at 6:30 tonight. here's something we released over the weekend we thought was particularly interesting. when you ask republican primary voters who they could support versus who they couldn't jeb bush has a narrow advantage with those who said they could support him. 49% said they could support jeb bush whereas 42% of republicans say they can't imagine supporting him. chris christie only one-third of republican primary voters say i can imagine myself supporting him for president. majority 57%, say they can't and donald trump, always see in headlines, three quarters of republicans can't imagine voting for him for president. >> interesting. can't wait to see the rest of the poll. >> tune in at 6:30 tonight.

>> thanks. and for more from the rest of the nbc news political team check out first read on nbcnews.com. a team to inspect the d.c. streetcar project due in the district today. they're going to deliver a report sometime next month. d.c.'s transportation director says the project could be seriously scaled back after hundreds of millions of dollars in funding and numerous delays. you'll hit big problems on mark for the next few days. at least through wednesday we're hearing. the bowie state station is closed and service at the odenton station seriously delayed. a wheel on an amtrak train lost contact with the tracks friday causing big damage to the tracks in that area. no one was hurt. i'm sure we'll hear more about that. our time right now is 11:21. the list is out. we check out the safest most affordable used cars for your teen drivers. then what you can do to help your kids ease their test-taking

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be prepared to pay even more for gas this month. aaa says prices are heading even higher. the national average is $2.46 for a gallon of regular. that's up 29 cents in just a month. in d.c., a gallon cost about $2.55 on average. in maryland you are paying around $2.49.

for gallon of regular. in virginia a gallon is averaging about $2.30. experts do say, however prices won't rise above $3 a gallon this year. well some of you are already sharing this story on our facebook page. consumer reports released a new list of the safest most affordable cars for your teenager to drive. if you're in the market remember these brands. chevy, vole wagon, kia, mazda and ford. there are ten cars on the list. all under $10,000. consumer reports picked them based on safe speeds and stopping distances and how they handled in an emergency. we put the full list on our nbcwashington.com page. check it out. it's normal for you, for your son or daughter to be nervous before taking a big test but some students develop severe anxiety they can affect performance. nbc's monica robbins has strategies to help your kids cope with testing.

>> reporter: chronic worries and perfectionists tend to struggle with test anxiety more. >> because of the marketing of the tests. more publicized i think the uncertainty of the new testing standards and their implications for what they mean for graduation. >> reporter: test anxiety symptoms include butterflies, stomach ache tension headache feeling shake our sweaty and fear of passing out or throwing up. how do you know if your child is struggling? >> your kid seems especially irritable or not sleeping maybe not eating maybe over eating. procrastination. any change in behavior that's typical from what you normally see. >> reporter: teach your child relaxation techniques such as deep breathing, visualization and positive thinking. reduce stress at home having no extra plans test week. encourage good study habits so they're prepared and mistakes will happen. teach your child to accept and learn from them. make sure they're getting enough sleep, exercise and brain-boosting food. on exam day consider

protein-rich foods such as eggs nuts yogurt or whole grain cereal with low-fat milk. fresh fruit helps with energy and mental alertness. avoid foods made's white flour and sugar such as cookies, cakes and muffins and drink enough water before and during the exam. dehydration can affect concentration. >> that was monica robbins reporting. if it's going to be a long test it might be a good idea to pack a snack like trail mix or protein bar along with a bottle of water. from the news 4 live desk we are monitoring a conference for president obama, he's expected to announce new efforts for high-tech training. we'll bring that to you live. plus what you need to know to prevent a gas explosion at your home. some tips to keep your house standing and your family alive. taking a look outside on this mild monday. the bitter cold gone. at least we hope it's gone. meteorologist chuck bell will tete let us know if we'll see more of that stuff and maybe rain too. we'll talk to the boston bombing

trial is going on right now today. survivors of the attack on the boston marathon are testifying. another two dozen survivors are in court to watch what's being said. three died and hundreds hurt from that bomb that went off at the marathon's finish line two years ago. dzhokhar tsarnaev lair says he did it but that his older brother who recruited him is actually to blame.

after facing all of those feet of snow new england states now face billions of dollars in losses. analysts from ihs global insight say every lost workday took millions of dollars out of the regional economy. fewer people shopping for big items, or dirning out, led to plummeting sales and wages. estimates for the overall economic impact range froms 15ds billion to $50 billion with a b dollars. and chuck bell joins us with how long this mild weather will last. we were just talking how long he sat in the 4x4. was it friday? yeah. >> thursday. >> yes. >> tons of fun, but, man, oh man, 11 hours in the back of a 4x4 is a long time to sit there. but it was fun nonetheless and now all of the snow that we've had over the past couple of weeks is on the rapid meltdown across the area. we haven't been below freezing since saturday morning now in washington. and our spring thaw is in full swing around here and that's

the way we like it. so it's been a while since we've had any real extended period of time without reagan national getting back down below freezing. the last time at reagan national we went a week or more without a freeze at the end of december. 21st to 29th of december. that nine-day stretch. no more than two or three day ace bov freezing since then. important to continue thinking spring. our hash pag today. think spring. i wrote it on the side of our storm team 4x4 and a fochlt correct misspelling from earlier today. send great pictures of your snowman or change of seasons, @chuckbell on twitter or social media. 50 degrees under a mostly cloudy sky in washington but that's not holding down the warm-up too much. we'll see hourly temperatures up into the low to mid-50s here over the next couple hours, and upper 50s to near 60 degrees for highs today. that is really going to feel

nice. if you have a chance to get outside this afternoon, enjoy it. right now though temperatures still in the upper 40s to around 50. pretty much all over the area. hometown forecast beautiful front royal, virginia. today mild and 57. cloudy tonight with temperatures staying above freezing and for tomorrow rain spou showers likely. temperatures in the 50s. rain in the forecast a good chance to remind you to have our storm team 4 weather app ready to go. lots of rain around oklahoma and texas. this one won't bother us. raindrops in texas are coming our way. they'll start to arrive here pre-dawn sprinkles possible tomorrow morning. here's future weather through receipt mander of the day today. nothing to worry about. clouds thinning out. more and more sunshine temperatures near 60. overnight clouds starting to come back in. could have a couple sprinkles in the early, early morning hours tomorrow but i think on the whole most of the steadier rain holz off until during the afternoon tomorrow. so here we go. rain showers, all you'll need is the umbrella.

no super soakers out there. no torrential downpours. into the day tuesday, rain chances arriving during the morning but steadier rain getting into the afternoon eechkd. so the ride in to work and school tomorrow may be dry. the ride home most certainly wet. rain showers continue. here we are now wednesday, 7:00 a.m. rain showers continuing into early wednesday at the very least. here's your seven-day forecast now. mild today and dry. showers moving in and lasting much of the second half of the day tomorrow. should have the rain out of here before lunchtime on wednesday. leaving wednesday afternoon and thursday as more dry weather, but then unsettled, chilly and rainy friday on into the weekend. barbara, i'm worried about the weekend. no sun. >> oh all right. well we got nice weather out there today. >> okay. we're going to eun yang following break nugz at the live desk. what's happening? >> barbara, breaking news out of calvert county one person hurt in a house fire there. chopper 4 over the scene. you can see the smoke coming out of that house and the top of

that roof looks completely destroyed. firefighters tell us this fire broke out just before 11:00 in the 7600 block lake shore drive in owings maryland. firefighters arrived to heavy fire and smoke. still on the scene working there and apparently extensive damage to the house right now. of course there's investigations continuing as to what caused this fire. more on news 4 and nbcwashington.com. i'm eun yang at live desk. back to you. >> thank you, eun. more protests expectsed in madison, wisconsin today after an unarmed black teenager was shot and killed by a white officer. family and friends held a vigil for 19-year-old tony robinson last night. robinson was shot and killed saturday morning. the officer who shot robinson says he tried to attack him. the wisconsin department of justice is taking over the investigation. parents in madison are turning this shooting and the protests into a teachable moment. over the weekend, moms and dads gathered to educate their children about the black lives

matter campaign. parents said it's never too early to teach your kids rabs. about race. >> i think in particular it's important for white parents to talk explicitly about race with their kids. oftentimes we tend to shy away from that. that's a deficit for our children because we live in a very racially diverse word. >> feelings matter and every life matters. president obama is about to announce a major new program to boost the economy. eun yang is following that from the live desk. >> this program involves focusing on high-tech jobs to drive up employment and wages. any minute now the president is expected to introduce the initiative called tech hire the national league of cities. more than 300 employers and local governments nationwide have committed to train and hire high-tech workers. the white house is putting more people in those jobs it will increase wages. one part of the economic

recovery lagging behind. the white house there says that there are half a million jobs in software computers and programming today. more on that the president says later tonight and on nbcwashington.com. eun yang at live desk. back ta you that. >> sounds like a nightmare becoming all too familiar. house explosions caused by natural gas leaks. jeff rossen joins us with more on what to do if you smell gas in your house. >> 911. where's your emergency? >> reporter: terrifying moments caught on camera. >> please hurry. oh my god it blew up my house. >> reporter: families running from their homes as flames shoot in the air. >> smelled something and oh my gosh the house -- lots of flames. >> reporter: natural gas blowing houses to bits. >> the ambulance and people running around then a big flame coming from the house. >> reporter: just two weeks ago police dashcam rolling at this

home in new jersey explodes after a gas leak. injuring 15. official rees leased the tapes to show you how dangerous it can be. >> it's terrifying. you see it all time on the news and stuff. now when it's down the street from you >> reporter: and the happening from philadelphia where this explosion killed a teenager -- to indianapolis where this entire street was leveled. see what do you do if you hear that hiss or smell gas inside your home? a. few things can you do. >> reporter: james olin is captain of the santa monica fire department. >> straightaway what's first? >> if it's safe walk over to the stove and make sure all burners are off. >> reporter: common mistake? leave it on. >> bumps it leave it on. free-glowing gas. >> reporter: stove off, still smell gas. >> dark out, don't turn on the lights. >> that could lead into a spark causing an explosion. have a flashlight handy. >> reporter: that won't cause an

explosion. >> this won't. >> next step ventilate the house opening all doors and windows. >> reporter: do that immediately to get gases out. >> ventilate the house. >> open the door leave, keep it open. >> yes. >> another great tip, know where your gas meter is on your home. >> reporter: when there's not an emergency, like now come outside of your house and check to see where this is. >> know where it's at and how to operate it. this valve, up and down on. perpendicular means gas is off. >> can i shut it off if i smell gas? >> absolutely. you have a wrench. put it on quarter turn it until it's off. finally, make sure you evacuate your home. >> reporter: how far away do you need to be to be safe? >> a safe distance. across the street somewhere where you feel is safe. once you get there, dial 911 from there. >> reporter: simple tips to keep your family safe, and your mope standing. home standing. [ explosion ] >> jeff rossen reporting. and here is another thing that you should know from this report.

if you suddenly notice your grass or the shrubs have changed color suddenly if they look brown or rusty, that can also be a sign of a gas leak outside your house. if you see any of these things call 911, and then call the gas company. maryland representative donna edwards is expected to announce that she will take a bid for that senate seat. according to "the washington post," edwards hopes to fill the seat vacated by barbara mikulski. a sign maryland voters are in for a heated battle. the "post" included several other possibilities including a former television news anchor interested in mikulski's seat. parents may sue stafford county schools over its redistricting plan. the school board drew up a plan to solve overcrowding at three middle schools. according to the free lance star parents say it makes low-income families travel further while wealthier families get to stay closer to home.

road to recovery. we meet a young man from prince george's county seriously hurt after a drunk driver hit him. what he says about that experience right now a team flying a solar powered plane making a trip around the world. how that plane is able to fly, day and night.

a young man in prince george's county is on the road to recovery right flou and says

he hopes he can walk again. kaelin hayes maimed by a drunk driver a little more than a month ago. the driver drove off. hayes was left without a leg, his arm to be surgically reattached. at a service at his church in fort washington he tells us how he feels about what happened. >> he kept going. you know, but it's all -- things happen. you know? i'm not -- i can't get mad at him. i've got to get used to my life. >> hayes doesn't have insurance and his home isn't wheelchair accessible however he said the crash has brought him and his family closer together. well tonight you can learn more about a major utility project along virginia's route 1. vdot is hosting a pardon our dust meeting at 6:00 this evening. crews are making changes to utilities ahead of a huge interchange project that begins in 2016. that project includes a new bridge raised medians and better pa dress treen access to the wood bridge vra amtrak

station. tonight's meeting at the volunteer fire department station two. well a lot of people will be pushing for the purple line in annapolis today. meeting with maryland lawmakers tonight. the advocates are worried new governor larry hogan will cut funding to the light rail project. it would connect prince george's and montgomery counties between new carrollton and bethesda. am expectpple expected to make a big announcement today. >> would you want the boys to ever play football? is that a conversation you've had -- >> no. you say, no? >> no. i don't know if i have a lot of control over that though. i think it's difficult when the father of your boys plays football to say that you can't do that. >> maybe you recognize her. reality star kristin cavallari, caulking to meredith there. you can see the rest a

a plane is flying around the world without fuel. the swiss solar powered plane successfully took off from abu dhabi today. hoping to fly around the world and return to the middle east in june. three stops planned in the u.s. during the journey. the plane can fly day and night, and uses more than 17,000 solar cells in the wings and four lithium polymer batteries as

well. home shoppers ashes new report confirms you need a lot to bay home in d.c. hsh.com krunchd numbers for 27 metro areas to afford a medium priced home in d.c. you need to earn around $77,000 a year. in baltimore, you need a salary of about $53,000. of the 27 cities that looked at pittsburgh the most affordable. a sal riff $50,000 can buy you a home. in san francisco, the most expensive place to buy a home. annual salary of around $142,000 a year. you might have guessed that. to bay home in san francisco. and apple is holding its next event just a few hours from now, and it's expected to say a lot about the new apple watch. we have "washington post" technology brian fung with here on -- are you there, brian? going to give a preview of what we can expect today at that event. good morning. >> good morning. thanks for having me. >> tell us what you're expecting

to see. in addition to the watch. >> well, so you know the watch is clearly the primary focus of the event here. it's something that apple has be teasing for a long time. there was an event in september where e formally introduced the watch, and you know i they this is apple's probably biggest play in years ever since the iphone came out, and certainly since the ipad. and it will be a big question as to whether or not consumers will take to this new device. i think there are a lot of questions about its potential applications. you know both what software will be available for the smartwatch but also you know how people will wind up using them in the field. >> and, brian, of course the big question for a lot of people because some just like to own anything that's new and just out. how much is it going to cost? >> so the basic version costs abouts 3ds 50. $350. but it's a big question whether or not, what prices apple will charge for its higher-end smart

smartwatches. there are two additional tiers above that. and you know, estimates i've seen for the gold-plate the apple watch ranged from $1,000 up to as much as $10,000 and it will be an interesting, really interesting to see which one, which price apple decides to go with and tell us a lot about what market apple has in mind. >> a lot of dick tracy look-alikes walking around i guess, after it comes out. thank you, brian. good to see you. >> thank you. >> great to have you with us. this month we're celtebrateing women'y month. i'll introduce to you my mom coming up. >> at this point, doesn't care. ah mom. >> madonna opens up about her family and her new album. then storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell will have your final forecast. you're watching "news4 midday."

more than 1,500 tickets issued in two years to drivers that whiz by stopped school buss. aaa did the math. montgomery county highest number of cars whizzing by. more than 1,000 tickets issued a adding up to nearly $129,000 in fines. president obama just announce add new plan to give the economy a boost. the tyke hire program designed to prepare for people for

high-end tech jobs. the white house says there are half a million jobs in software computers and programming today. we're celebrating women's history month here at nbc 4. we women anchors here spotlighted our mothers. on my mother's 80th birthday my broersz and i thought it was about time we showered our mother with the kind of attention she always gave us. for our birthdays each year she let us choose what kind of cake we wanted. i always chose a lemon meringue pie and my mother and ip often spent time cooking in the kitchen together. i remember the things she taught me through things like just . >> the crust, she said was the foundation. it didn't have to be beautiful, although hers always was. next came the wonderful inside. the best quality ingredients were important. slow tedious stirring was a must and exact timing for adding each additional ingredient, had you to be patient. then of course came the topping. the heavenly meringue. it had to be made like mountain

tops ready to climb, like the snow-covered ozarks in winter in her native arkansas. her life began in plummerville. a boarding school meet curtis wood and they would later marry. over the many decades that followed they had one two, three -- that was me -- then four five and six children in all. she always managed to make holidays and especially birthdays memorable events for her children. and always for her husband. sadly, she lost him in 1987. i still think of her every time i take the time to make one of her lemon meringue pies. i think about the importance of a good foundation and reaching for the mountain tops. for the sunshine. but look at this. i did it just the way you said. i made all of the mountain tops. sadly today her memory is failing. but i can tell by her smile that at 96 she may not say it but

she knows i learned the lessons she taught me. ♪ when skies are gray ♪ you'll never know dear how much i love you ♪ please don't take my sunshine away ♪ >> well in spite of all of her work of taking care of six kids and a household, she finished college, got a matters degree and then taught and never overlooked the things important to her family. time for a final check on forecast. one more economic of the final forecast indeed. rain coming our way tomorrow wednesday and over the weekend, no freezes in sight. this morning, a special "today" show exclusive madonna sat down with carson daly. her daughter lola a freshman ap the university of michigan now. when it comes to her kids she's just like every other mother out there. >> do you go visit. >> of course. >> go to games? >> no. i'm not allowed at games. >> all right. >> no. you think my daughter wants me

at game? >> i don't know. wondered what it was like being a mom visiting your freshman daughter at school? >> a mom. very worried, getting enough sleep. eating right. set up a humid fightifyierhumidifier didn't have enough towels, kwmpltq-tips. >> madonna's new album hits store

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