now on midday, new information coming into our newsroom about the london attacks, an american one of the dead. we'll have the latest from london. all eyes on capitol hill as lawmakers prepare for a vote on president trump's health care, the last push for more republican support. >> and it is cold outside, we're still in the 30s right now but we have a big warm j-up on the y for the weekend. i'll show you those numbers coming up. >> thanks for joining us, i'm erika gonzalez. >> today is the day, the vote to repeal and replace obamacare is set to take place in

the white house. >> nbc's analysis shows republicans may not have the votes to make this happen. tracie potts has the latest on the battle to pass the plans. >> a three-hour meeting overnight with the house speaker pitching possible changes, aimed at convincing reluctant republicans to support their party's health plan. congressman charlie dent emerged as the latest no vote. >> i think it's important we get this vote rather than get it done fast. >> president trump on the phone with lawmakers all night meeting with the con sefb tif freedom caucus today. in a last ditch effort to flip six no votes to yes. >> this is going down in flames. >> what's it going to take to save it? >> our count now shows 29 republicans likely lined up against it. still, the house speaker is confident. >> we feel we're getting really close. >> the white house admits there's no plan b if this

>> this is the only train leaving the station. >> reporter: support looks less likely in the senate, lawmakers are worried about the impact back home. >> it would have a significant impact on my state of arizona. so i don't know how it's going to turn out but i do know this, obamacare as it is is imploding. >> during his long awaited meeting with the congressional black caucus, president trump talked about the next step, lowering drug prices. >> we're going to bring down drug prices and have the lowest prices anywhere in the world. >> reporter: that's part three. first -- he has to get through part 1, today's vote which at this point looks iffy with just hours to go. now questions have been asked whether republicans might cancel this vote all together if they see they don't have the support to save faith. staffers tell us, no, it's happening today. we don't know exactly when. tracie potts, nbc news, washon

education in montgomery county right now, betsy devos, and larry hogan spent time reading to kids at carter ox springs elementary in bethesda and rallies formed for and against them. chris gordon saw people rallying for public schools saying they are against devos' push for school choice. >> new this morning, someone was just arrested for making bomb threats against jewish community centers all across the country. the suspect lives in israel. the fbi says a u.s. and israeli citizen living there was taken into custody this morning. he's only 19 and is jewish. he's the primary suspect in the wave of bomb threats against community centers and schools, including several in maryland and virginia. officials say he made all of the calls from his bedroom. >> and breaking news right now, in the last hour, we learned that an american died in the attack in

his brother-in-law said he was celebrating his 25th wedding anniversary and his wife was also hurt in the attack. this morning we're learning more about the man police say was behind the attack and the terror investigation. here's nbc's bill neely. >> reporter: terror outside parliament. this car a weapon used to kill and dozens others on westminster bridge. the brutal attack caught on cctv, accelerating in a cycle lane and woman diving into the river thames and car swerving on the sidewalk. the attacker was known to them but his name has not been released. overnight police in birmingham north of london made arrests. homes in london were raided too. >> we continue to go after our investigation, and was inspired by international terrorism. >> reporter: he had driven his suv across the bridge towards big ben, mounting the sidewalk to

students and tourists. he reached one of them as heavily protected buildings in europe and parliament and crashed before stabbing an unarmed police officer. armed police then open fire. running as shots rang out. the attacker was surrounded and disarmed. at least one knife clearly visible on the ground beside him. fearing another attack, parliament was in lockdown for hours. this morning, parliament got back to work. >> we know that the victims include three french children, one italian, one american. >> in london today, more police on the streets but defiance too. >> the prime minister, theresa may, said the attacker was british born and that years ago he was investigated by the internal security service mi5 over what she calls concerns about violent extremism but it was concluded he was a

riveral figure and wasn't part of the current picture. he did act alone. so far eight people being questioned about links to this attacker. we have new video this morning of a baltimore man accused of a racially motivated murder. this is james harris jackson, he went there with the soul purpose of killing african-american men. police say jackson stabbed timothy coughman in the back with a sword and happened earlier this week. they say he turned himself in after seeing security footage on tv. according to investigators, jackson stated that he has hated black men for a decade. nurses and doctors are working to keep a child alive after being hit by a car in upper marlboro. this accident happened on route 301 and queens court. state police tell us the juvenile was hit by a car and medevaced to the hospital. the child is listed in critical condition and we'll update the store requiy as we

at rockville high school a day after receiving a series of threats. justin finch live outside the school now. justin? >> reporter: erika, good morning, montgomery county public schools say security is stepped up at all of its schools but here at rockvale, montgomery county police remain on the scene patrolling as rockville works to keep the students safe from threats and violence. on foot police could be seen circling the campus here at rockville, a direct response to a wave of threats that began coming in on wednesday. calls threatening violence to the campus from bomb hoaxes to a report of a threat to shoot undocumented immigrant students. this comes amid the report of a rape of a 14-year-old girl in the school bathroom on thursday. suspects two, male suspects ages 18 and 17,

be an undocumented immigrant. in recent days there have been protests as well as parent meetings. the main concern is student safety and officials have made drastic improvements since. >> our hearts and prayers are with this victim, we're going to support her in every way we can. it's a tragedy and it's horrible and that our students that are here, we are going to take good care of them. >> reporter: here on campus now we're told teachers are taking me tick house attendance record with every class period and also timing how long students are out of class with hall passes. in rockville, justin finch, news 4. time for a check of the storm team 4 forecast, a cold start this morning. but we've got things warming up for the weekend. that's always good news, sheena. >> we're always concerned about the weekend weather and we'll be warming up nicely in time. we're currently in the 30s outside, 36 in the district 34

gaithersburg and 37 in lorton. i think by noon today more areas will be right around 40s, still chilly outside but nice and sunny through the day today. 4:00 p.m. near 50 degrees, that's where we're going to top out today. by 7:00 p.m., chilly if you're going to be out and about but at least we'll be nice and dry. we'll talk more about the big warm-up for the weekend and next chance for rain straight ahead. at this hour, metro school board is set to vote on a plan to raise fares and cut service. if approved here's what that could mean for you an extra quarter and metro rail will cost an extra dime during peak hours and 25 cents more during offpeak. new fares will take effect in july. a religious discrimination case involving a virginia move is going before a judge. the islamic center of culpepper wants to build a new mosque on this land outside culpepper. yesterday a federal judge in

hearing. the justice department and sclus have filed a hearing against the board of supervisors, the board denied the sewage permit. their decision was based on land use issues. earlier this month it filed its own lawsuit against the county. the search continues for a missing teenager who is believed to be with her teacher. we'll have the very latest on the investigation.

>> all right, this morning we are joined now by virginia governor terry mcauliffe. we thank you for joining us this morning on "news 4 midday". >> we want to right off the bat get your thoughts about what's happening on capitol hill, the expected vote on the president's health care plan. do you think this is going to end up passing tonight? >> i don't. first of all they should not have a vote until the cbo comes out with numbers and cost as well as what these new amendments will mean and who will get care and who will not get care. i can tell you, this bill would be a disaster for the commonwealth of virginia. between 2020 and 2026 i would lose $708 million. we have a lot of individuals, 400,000 folks who signed up on the federal marketplace and their premis

for the country and needs to go down. conservatives and liberals hate it. i even had one of our moderate members republican, we've had three republican members from virginia have come out against it, including rob whitman and i would hope others member of our delegation. i briefed them and met with our entire congressional delegation, if you love virginia, then you cannot vote for this piece of legislation because this will do ir rerep perable harm to our commonwealth as well as our citizens. >> governor mccalliffe, what do you think of the idea that able bodied medicaid recipients should have a work requirement in the legislation? >> well, we'll see what comes out at the end of the day. let me tell you what we have in virginia, right now two-thirds of the cost of it are those who are elderly and long-term facilities and disabled. so those are the individuals that take two-thirds of the cost thate

we have a very lean medicaid program in virginia. right now if you're a single mother with two children in certain parts of virginia you have to make less than $6,700 a year. now i'm open to looking at any reforms that we can do but if you look at our lean medicaid, unfortunately we're only a 50% match state and also a state that did not expand medicaid which is very unfor natd. we lost $10.4 billion of our taxpayer money that my republican legislature would not bring the money back and it hurt us and hurt our hospitals and workforce and those 400,000 folks we paid for them to get it. we're a nonexpansion state and looking at this bill, those nonexpansion states are going to be hurt in perpendicul pid tudd. millions of americans have health insurance because of it. it needed to be tweaked. we're in agreement.

because of political rhetoric, we cannot throw these people on the streets. people will die. we got elected to office to help people not hurt people. >> governor mccalliffe joining us from our news partners at wtop. tell us where this idea comes from, sir? >> it comes from because i've had enough. we've had enough in virginia. we need answers to metro, we have to make sure the system is safe and reliable. and there's been too much conflict and information coming out. yesterday we decided that we were going to go out and ask for an independent review from someone -- a noninterested party outside. so i called secretary lahood who served four years as secretary of transportation and republican member from illinois and said i wanltd you to come in and i want management and look how we're spending our money and know our governance. pu

community, independent review, not interested top to bottom review. we're losing our funding next year which is $150 million from the federal government. the feds are not interested in reauthorizing this money until they know what we're doing we need to do at the local level and reached out to mayor bouser and hogan. i've been able to speak to governor hogan, 100% in. if you want to help pay for it, great, we're going forward by the end of the year i want recommendations, we keep getting xtd for more money and they can't tell me how it is going to be spent. this review will give us a blue print of transportation experts what we need to do for the metro system. i'm sick and tired of not getting the actions i wanted so we're now going to do it. >> governor mcauliffe thank you for joining us. >> great to be with you. >> we're learning more about the case of that tennessee teen who police say was

former teacher, nbc's tammy whitener explains more about the girl's troubling past. >> reporter: new signs this morning that 15-year-old elizabeth thomas had a troubled home lifelong before she went missing. her mother kimberly thomas was arrested last year, charged with child abuse and neglect of her children in 2014 and 2015. according to court records, elizabeth and three sisters were allegedly beaten by their mother. in some cases until they bled. elizabeth told investigators her mother threw her down the basement stairs and locked her down there. >> do you know that elizabeth had a hard life at home? yeah, she did have a hard life. she would break down sometimes and sometimes she couldn't stop herself from crying rmt ashley knew her best friend elizabeth was in a secret relationship with a guy she said was amazing and perfect. ashley now believes that relationship was with 50 idea tad

school. >> i never thought that a girl i had known for 12 years would go and fall in love with someone like that. >> the truth is, tad is a manipulative person, narcicisstic. >> reporter: chandler anderson worked at cummins at two different hospitals where cummins was a respiratory therapist before becoming a teacher. >> i felt it was a dangerous situation, here's someone that craves authority and now they'll be in an awe authoritative role in people who can't say no to him. >> reporter: the worried heightened by elizabeth's chilling last words before she disappeared to her sister sara. >> she looked at me and said i'm going to be back by 6:00. if i'm not back by 6:00, call the police. >> by now you've probably seen this incredible video of a woman in alabama jumping out of a trunk to save her own life. now britney can sleep

the trunk is behind bars. towns is charged with kidnapping and fraudulent use of a credit card. he kidnapped digs and drove around to several a.t.m.s trying to withdraw money from her account. diggs is isgrateful for the qui work in arresting her attacker. >> it definitely gives me some piece of mind, like, i still have a lot of hearing to do but at least knowing he's not out there is a better feeling. >> diggs says everyone should know where to find the release latch in the trunk of their car. the cherry blossoms are probably washington's most famous attraction. >> i would agree with that. we'll have an official update on journey. and the peak bloom after

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y2ay0y y16fy harry potter fans are going to love this one. a pennsylvania ice cream maker has a flavor based on butter beer. >> characters drink the bench in the movies and books. it's made by ying ling's they combined butter cream and butterscotch ice cream to make the famous flavor. >> i don't know. >> i think that sounds good. >> it's worth a try.

pint but a half cup serving. >> maybe a few spoon fulls. >> the cherry blossom buds that survived last month's cold and snow are getting ready to bloom. >> and they have to make it through today's cold blast and hopefully they will. the park service tweeted the blossoms have reached the fifth of sixth blooming stages, the puffy white stage. they expect the trees to reach peak bloom over the weekend. >> it was a cold start for folks across the metro area but -- we hear there's a warm-up on the way. >> great news, hopefully everything goes well with the cherry blossoms and they bloom and the weekend weather will be warm enough to go see them. we're going to be in the 70s this week and that is fantastic weather on the way for now we're cold outside, we're still in the 30s but the good news compared to yesterday, we're not as windy. it doesn't feel as cold. we do

into tomorrow. tomorrow will be warmer. there's a small rain chance to start the day and into the weekend, 70s are on the way. it's also national puppy day. get out there with your dog if you can and walking the dog the forecast looks really good. that's my dog by the way. 4:00 p.m., near 50 degrees and sunny skies and you'll need sunglasses and jacket but we do stay dry all day today. temperatures are currently in the 30s and feeling like the 30s because we don't have much wind out there but eventually we'll get to near 50 degrees, nice and sunny and nice and dry. tomorrow morning that's going to change a little bit. here's future weather, for the rest of the day today, we'll keep the sunshine in the forecast, clouds move in early tomorrow morning. this is 9:00 a.m. and see this pink on the computer model trying to pick up on maybe the potential for a brief period of freezing rain. that is certainly possible if temperatures way north of the district stay at freezing once the rain moves in. we'll watch that very closely.

of the area. by lunchtime a lot of that starting to clear out and going into the weekend, the warm air will be here and you'll definitely notice it. hopefully you're making outdoor plans already. sunny and cold today then we go into tomorrow after the early shower chance, we're going to be near 63. nice warm-up starting tomorrow. by saturday, 76 rain comes late sunday but sunday still looks good. we'll look at the ten-day coming up. >> if you enjoy an after work drink, you'll want to hear this next story. >> why some experts say a few

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house republicans are hoping today is the day the house is expected to vote on a repeal and replace plan for the affordable care act but the chances are up in the air right now. a group of conservative hardliners are leaning towards voting no although president trump is trying to flip them right now. virginia senator tim kaine talked about what will happen if the bill moves onto the senate. >> and then our job is to take it seriously. it's health care for god's sake, most important expenditure anybody makes and largest sector of the american economy. >> kaine

committee. no official word from the speaker's office on when or if the vote will happen today. we'll have updates in the nbc washington app. there's also confusion over new claims about surveillance on president trump. >> house intelligence committee chair devin nunes has read documents that would suggest president trump and his transition were part of a quote, incidental collection. this apparently happened for three months between the election and the president's inauguration. n nunes spoke to reporters after meeting on wednesday. while none of the reports have anything to do with russia, some of the findings appear to be inappropriate. president trump said he feels somewhat vind indicated. >> president trump's pick for the supreme court is back on capitol hill. witnesses testifying at neil gorsuch's hearing in the senate judiciary committee there. today leader chuck schumer siz he's refusing to vote in favor

democrats to join him in opposing the nomination. that sets up the likelihood of a filibuster and the chance that mitch mcconnell uses the nuclear option, changing the rules so that gore such could be approved by a majority vote instead of the 60 he would need right now. >> in news 4 your health, having a few drinks a week may lower the risk of some, not all, types of heart disease. british researchers studied the link between alcohol consumption and 12 cardiovascular diseases, moderate drinkers only had a lower risk of developing three conditions, chest pain, heart failure and stroke compared to nondrinkers. experts say increasing exercise and quitting smoking are safer and more effective ways to protect against heart disease. don't feel guilty forgiving your kid their favorite juice box. new research shows that a small amount is unlikely to cause any weight problems.

changes related to juice consumption. doctors still recommend only four to six ounces of fruit juice a day for younger children. on a different topic, when you think of would tox, you probably think about a remedy for wrinkles but it's actually also helping people who suffer from chronic migraines. doctors say the botox weakens the muscle that causes the intense part of the headaches. patients say they were skeptical at first. >> very skeptical at first. you know, i thought botox forehead aches, migraines have to do with blood vessels and stuff in the brain. how does injecting botox into muscles help with migraines? >> and botox ingestions are given 12 weeks apart from one another. stay with us, there's plenty more ahead on "news 4 midday". >> a fun way to refresh your cpr training.

an apple a day keeps the doctor away but soon we might be saying a probuy i don't thinkic a day keeps the blues away, here to talk about gastrointestinal health is joshua weiner. i was told i should be taking probiotics for a lot of reasons and i haven't been doing it as much as i should. >> you really need to because there are more and more studies coming out showing the benefits from both physical health and clearly as we'll talk about today a mental health perspective. >> you think it's a vitamin, if i skip it, it's

you're saying treat it as a medicine. >> we know more and more now that the health of your gastrointestinal tract has a wide range of effects on your full functioning. there was an interesting study that just came out of the university of virginia, which is added further clarification to the issue. one of the things we've been wondering about, which bacteria do you really need in order to feel better from a mental health standpoint. they looked at mice and subjected to the mice to extreme stress and created depressed mice. they measured the levels of bacteria prior to the stress and after the stress. what they found was that those depressed mice had lower levels of bactobacillu suxt and then the mice were no longer depressed. we're not mice but there are more and more studies done in humans that hav

this connection between giving probiotics and healthy bacteria and improvements in mental health. >> you're saying refridge rated, refridge rated, doesn't matter, you need to look for what? >> a wideterial train strains and lactobacillus and eanother one shown benefits with. with a large number of what are called colony forming units. he want one that has about 30 or 40 or 50 billion colony forming units. >> i've seen different numbers and i think i guess the higher number is better. >> you'd be right. >> what other ways can we increase that naturally? there a way? >> yogurt, look for live active cultures because that's got these bacteria. you want to eat fermented

things like kim chi, fermented -- >> i never do that. >> you're doing everything, you're good. >> and there's something called kifur. we make that in my house. that is incredible for your health as well. fermented milk. there are ways to achieve high levels of healthy bacteria through natural sources just by what you eat, not necessarily needing to take a pro biotic. >> is it something everybody should be think about doing? >> i think so. one of my patients is a dermatologist, she recommends to a lot of her patients because there are benefits from skin conditions with acne and rashes and hives and eczema, soer rye sis, there are those who benefit, irritable bowel syndrome and i recommend this to everybody in my practice. i think that everybody could benefit potentially to boost your immune system. peop d

if you're someone immune no compromised because of a condition with immune -- your immune compromised. you probably want to check with your doctor before that but chances are even for those people it's probably going to be okay. >> sounds good. >> thank you as always. i'm going to go take my pill. >> i won't be as tongue tied next time. >> thank you, doctor. >> this next story is one you'll want to tell your friends about, a firefighter was honored for saving the life of his best friend. phil martin talks on the phone almost every day but recently knew something was wrong during a call with a prince george's county police officer and turns out he was right. he was poisoned by carbon monoxide inside his cruiser. he called 911 and went right to his home to help save his life. the officer had claimed twice

but the tests had come back negative. prince george's county police say other cruisers are safe. >> when was the last time refreshed your cpr training? it's something many of us put off but we know it's so important. >> now a local group has found a way to combine it with time spent with friends. doreen gentzler explains how. >> for those people -- >> reporter: the people in this room are having a party. >> they are back. >> reporter: but it may not be what you think about when you think of party. >> if we had an incident where a small person under the age of 1. we'll support the head and put them in a dependent position. >> today we had a cpr party, hour to hour and a half cpr and aed awareness party. >> reporter: they are taught by a certified cpr instructor. each participant learns how to use a aed and perform compressions on a dumbmy. the cpr

laura after her young son almost drowned. i'll have more on her story and what cpr parties are all about tonight on news 4 at 5:00. >> thank you doreen. >> has it warmed up any? >> not really. well compared to 6:00 a.m. this morning it has. >> not much but still in the 30s but at least we're not feeling like the 20s, that's an improvement. through the afternoon we're going to be closer to 50 degrees and it's going to come with a lot of sunshine. actual temperature right now, 36 degrees in the district. at least we're above freezing and we are going to be warming up as we go into your weekend. if you're concerned about the weekend plans, well, make them outside because it's going to be really nice. current temperatures through the rest of the area, 36 in frederick and clinton is coming in at 34 degrees, nobody is up to 40 yet. we will be in just say little bit and closer to 50 later today. if you're exercising today, nice and dry for

40 degrees, sunglasses also, temperatures near the upper 40s by 4:00 p.m. normal high this time of year is 58 degrees, we'll stay below that today. tomorrow we're going to get above normal, 63 the warm-up begins and look at saturday. 76 degrees for a high temperature and it's going to be dry most of sunday is going to be dry too, near 70. we have rain in the forecast for sunday but it looks mostly like evening rain and late night rain. we have a small chance tomorrow too before the weekend gets here. here's future weather. there's hey chance for a very brief period of time close to 8:00 or 9:00 in the morning we could have a little freezing rain but that would have to get here before the temperatures warm up. watch out for that and small chance as the rain moves by as we go through the rest of the morning. overall your weekend is looking fantastic. there are the 70s and look at next week, we're going to stay pretty mild. >> that looks good. thank you. >>

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easter is just a few weeks away and many families have traditions they pass on through generations and eat family meals and favorite among children of all ages, getting an easter basket of course. joining us is the pastry chef to make beautif

so much for joining us. congratulations on the new gig. i love the woman power over there. that's awesome, what a great combo. who doesn't love to get one of these baskets, right? >> tell us what you put in yours. >> this is one of my favorite traditions as a kid. i go for the sweets being a pastry chef and having a sweet tooth. this year we'll be offering some pre-made baskets for customers here are a few treats, we have decorated sugar trees and these are so pretty. >> you make these yourself. >> i did make these and milk chocolate bunny, you have to have the bunny. we also have pizelles dipped in white chocolate. dress it up with a little ribbon and nice little touch. marshmallows and more chocolate eggs and then we finish it

market. i love this idea, when i think of easter baskets i think just for kids but you have ideas for adult easter bag kets. >> we carry a lot of specialty italian products and if you're going to see someone who is maybe not a sweet tooth -- >> i don't understand you if you don't have a sweet tooth. >> i don't know. we have bloody mary mix or maybe some special sausages or maybe a meat and cheese matter. there are a lot of different options. >> everything by gordie's is so good. >> rosee, very nice, if you only want to do kids you have a smaller option. at the market this year we'll have three options of sizes with different prices and few different products and also we'll have the treats available a la cart as well. you mentioned you grew up. what is

favorite things to put in your basket? >> we used to dye the eggs together as a family and i love getting the peeps in, all of those favorite candies as a kid. hunting for the easter eggs around the house, yeah. >> is there a secret to when you're crafting these at home to make them special if you don't want to try the stuff at home? >> if you want to make your own, don't forget the filler, that helps so you can present at the nice angle and makes it look nice and full. little touches like maybe ribbons and don't get decoration too, maybe some eggs that will pull it all together and any wrapping like a nice cell lo fain wrapping. >> you can also add flavor, i love the gift ideas as well, you have to order in advance. >> yes, go to the website for more information and we'll take

easter is coming in try weeks so we'll have pickup the weekend before. >> the time goes by so fast. >> very fast. >> very nice, thanks so much. >> thank you. >> thanks. a long with spring time comes more sunshine and warmer temperatures and allergies. >> don't we know. relieving symptoms could come with a little tidying up. >> the start of spring may have those with cabin fever rushing to enjoy the outdoors. others are preparing for a fight with the blossoming world -- >> we know a lot about cleaning. >> sharing the spring cleaning secrets, folks say allergies starts with spring cleaning. >> you may be blowing more pollen or dust into the home. >> avoid getting rid of the mustyness by opening the windows and it's a good idea to change out the air filter on sta

>> you'll open the gate and take down the filter. if you want you can clean out the inside but you'll be able to see quickly whether or not it's dirty. >> make sure you wife any dust on ceiling fans and use a system of starting from start to bottom, left to right and back to front. >> if you follow that system you'll make you clean everything in one shot around the room and do it in the right way so you maximize your time and make sure that everything gets cleaned accordingly. >> and wipe down services use gs antibacterial solutions and make sure your vacuum cleaner is empty when using it. >> you'll save the floors to the very last. that's going be last thing you're going to do then the idea is it's a walk out of the room with it be super clean. >> super clean andaler general free. >> imagine finding this guy in your backyard. folks living in cape coral had to call trappers, they were worried

lizards would make a meal out of small pets. experts think there was another reason it was attracted to the area. >> it is a predator with a toxic bite and kill and danger owls. >> they are glad the lizards is top. >> i'm worried about my family. let's look at your forecast when we come back. stay with us, you're watching news 4 midday. it's time, america.

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starbucks is going on a hiring spree, the coffee chain plans to add 440,000 nationwide and 65,000 in the u.s. of those 68,000, starbucks will hire around 25,000 veterans and military spouses and this move comes as a company plans to open 12,000 new stores by 2021. johnson & johnson's ver size zon at&t are pulling all ads off the youtube amidst the growing controversy over extremist content on the site. the company spent a combined $4.5 billion on digital ads in the u.s. each year. others are upset that their ads have popped up ahead of video promoting hate and violence and terrorism. i'm susan lee with your cnbc morning report.

gadget -- >> here's a device to check out. someone from montgomery county invented it and it got a look on the "today" show this morning. she invented the tip and split because she had trouble reading small print on menus. if you're splitting a bill it tells you how much each should pay in tips and taxes and she was a teacher at the university of maryland and she's retired now. >> how many conversations have you heard in restaurants like that? >> sounds like a really helpful gadget. >> if you have started to dream about retirement, you may want to rethink your plans. >> jane welsh tells us why the new retirement is not retiring. >> bring in the camera close right here. >> veteran assistant director jason roberts is giving a class to aspiring background actors at burbank's legendary central casting. one of his students is 67-year-old abe

>> he's pursuing his love of acting full-time, partly because he needs the money and says he's not the only one onset who does. >> a lot of them are working now because they have to pay the rent, social security is just not making it. >> the employment benefit research institute found 42% of people working for pay after retirement need the money to get by. that is the same time, almost all of them also do it for fun. 77-year-old walt retired at age 60. now picks up odd jobs as a background actor, not for money but to keep busy. he even did a scene can cameron die as for bad teacher when she washed his cadillac. >> i didn't wash my car for two months after that. >> we are living longer and healthier lives, a hive of activity. the ebri survey says at least half of americans expect to live until age 85 and more are

retiring earlier than expected but we're not sitting around. people like sherry goodlow. >> i had breast cancer six years ago and i looked at between 62 and 65 and i thought, do i really want to stay there another few years or do i want to start really living? >> good low ran the numbers and realized with down sizing she had enough retirement to quote start livering. now through a website called trusted housesitters she house sits and pet sits around the world for free. >> i plan to do this as long as i can. i love it. >> retiring is a lot less retiring than it used to be. >> and temperatures today if you're wondering, not going to be too warm just yet. around 50 degrees and tomorrow we're in the 60s, 70s on saturday. that's going to be the big warm-up and it will be dry. 68 on sunday. tomorrow morning though we have an isolated shower chance we'll watch that closelyit

>> already, sheena, thank you. >> that's news 4 midday,

♪ >> stand by, everyone. we're live in five, four, three, two, one. >> let's get it on. sex in their 70s. that was hollywood talking about all of that last night. >> look at that great picture. the legends out. jane fonda, lilly tomlin, martin sheen, sam waterson. i love this show. grace and frankie" they cover everything. >> nothing off the table. these are gorgeous ladies. lilly is 77, jane fonda is 79. what i love, this show is dealing with something that a lot of seniors are