doreen. oh, thank you not to interrupt, young lady. sorry.ou about your plans for after you graduate. what about them? now, don't get excited. i was just discussing your college plans with your mother and-- discussing what? your plans, where we're sending you for college. but we know where we're sending me. chico state's already accepted me. if you graduate. i will. god. all i've got to do is get through geometry. you will, sweetheart. but that's not the point. i think that chico state maybe isn't the best place for you after all. what? i was thinking that-- no, no, i wasn't thinking. i decided to send you to a more suitable school. where? now, i don't want you to get upset over this. i've given this a lot of thought. i've weighed your educational needs and i've also considered what you want, but i've also got to consider your spiritual needs. oh, no. now, i know you don't understand my concern for your spiritual well-being. nobody in this family does. but i've got to follow what the lord says, and he tells me that you'd be perfectly happy in

coming up, doreen gentzler reports on why they fear most women are not being treated effectively. >>> and i'm tracy wilkins in bowie, where the first lady will deliver the commencement address here. some are upset that the ceremony wouldn't happen at the university. i'll explain coming up. >>> and i'm meteorologist doug kammerer. taking a look at the frontal boundary making its way our mov and what to expect from the front coming up. b . >>> you're watching news 4 at 5:00. >>> tonight, there are mixed feelings over first lady michelle obama speaking at bowie's graduation. but it is not about the first lady. more from the controversy by tracy wilkins. >> reporter: have you written your speech? >> i am working on it. >> reporter: the senior class president, jimmy robinson, will have the honor of delivering a speech to his bowie state graduates just moment before the first lady takes the stage. >> it will be an honor. >> reporter: but for some, the excitement of delivering the commencement address has been cooled since the ceremony will be held at the university of maryland's comcast cen

doreen and jim? >> thank you, to other news tonight, long, frustrating lines for american airlines passengers at reagan international. and in fact around the country tonight. the airline grounded all the flights for a couple of hours this afternoon after the reservation computer system went down. tonight, the computers are working again, but a lot of people had to change or rebook their cancelled flights. >>> new video tonight, a spectator from our area captures the explosion while watching his wife run the boston marathon. we'll also go back live to boston with new details on how the bombs were made. >> extra security along the parade route for emancipation day along the route. spectators weigh in. >>> a somber day as virginia tech marks the mass shootings there. how a local person came up with an app to help college students. >>> the grief was staggering. one hundred days after us senate starts to act are coming together background checks the second amendment hands of dangerous criminals. ninety pe

recently, doreen gentzler talked to the family as they continued to work on his rehab. >> i feel like three times my age, most days. but it really has made me so much more aware of other people going through difficult circumstances like this. >> i just focus on it. i just want to do it. i have a long ways to go, to be honest. so i am not worrying about that. and i am just going to move forward keep working on it. >> reporter: one of the prosecution's key witnesses, one of the robbery suspects who agreed to testify against branch. now, the defense says this cooperating witness is lying just to save himself. those deliberations, they continue tomorrow. live at superior court, pat collins, news 4. >>> pat, thank you, the idea of a tax on restaurant meals is being floated around in fairfax county again today. the board of supervisors agreed to discuss the idea of a possible meals tax. the public gets a chance to weigh in on tuesday at the board, economic advisory commission meeting. the idea of a meals tax has been suggested in the past, including just last year. if it gets that far it wo

liz: doreen and phil, i guess this question is a random one. cell in may and 08. getting very close. can anyone afford to do that? this market is so fluid. >> well, you know, we really have not had retail investors involved. everyone makes the assumption that everyone got in the top and now they're losing. not necessarily a bad market. it's an opportunity for many people that have a lot of cash on the sidelines and are waiting to get in. >> earnings are mixed. not have a lot of good news. in the economic data front in the united states and certainly everybody is very, the bombings. liz: hold on. we will fix your microphone. let me throw it to you, phil. that same question. cell in may and go away at your own peril if. >> i think so. it is definitely in the cards. think we ran up too far in the s&p, on the verge of a breakdown. earnings are going to confirm that. the jobs market will start sliding, especially of the next few months. qe is not helping, so i could definitely see that come back later in the year. a consulting stabilize, and we will get bargain prices.

this was good news for doreen.s a member of 24-hour fitness of and brings her children here regularly. as for the proposed legislation? >> i love the idea. >> reporter: the bill is now beginning to make its way through the state legislature. >> randy paige reports that senator yee says the catalyst for the bill came from a toddler who suffered a cut on his forehead when he fell in the child daycare area of an unlicensed california family fitness center. the family is suing the fitness center saying it created an unsafe environments for the child. >>> seven of the ten most blued zip codes are in the central valley. that's according to a new study of pollution by cal epa. scientists looked at a range of data including pesticide use, traffic patterns and ground water threats. three of the worst polluted zip codes were in stockton. >> information about the community whether or not there's a lot of children present, adults, whether there's high incidence of asthma. >> the other three zip codes in the top 10 are in los a

doreen gerber, patient: i certainly feel so much better after these treatments. i didn't lose all my hair. i'm not bloated any more. so far, the results of this experimental genetic study are encouraging. dr. pegram: we see no evidence of recurrence of the ovarian cancer following her gene therapy treatment. but patients will continue to be monitored to determine the long-term results of this new treatment technology. another class of drugs, known as angiogenesis-inhibiting drugs, also hold great promise in the ongoing battle with cancer. these drugs cut off the blood supply to tumors, depriving them of the nouriment necessary for growth. dr. glaspy: the angiogenesis-inhibiting drugs... there are a lot of them out there. some of them have exciting pre-clinical data. they're in early clinical trials, and they may sort of change this gameboard a lot for us. then we... get into the realm of experimental treatments, drugs like herceptin, which... attack something that's different about a cancer cell, and make that cell either stop growing, or make it more sensitive t

liz: bye, doreen, good to see you. >> thank you. you too, bye.t 16 minutes and change before the closing bell rings on this first day of the second quarter. and, of course, it's april fools day. even big companies got in on the joke. we're going to wrap up some of the best april fools' corporate jokes. yes, they do have a sense of humor at some of these companies. and buying one stock may be as good as selling shovels during a gold rush. ooh, what's that company? and will it help your portfolio shine? we'll tell you about it after the break. ♪ what's droid-endurance ? the longest 4g lte battery in a razr thin profile. with 32 hours of battery life that turns an all-nighter, into a two-nighter. the droid razr maxx hd by motorola. droid-endurance. droid-powerful. you are gonna need a wingman. and my cash back keeps the party going. but my airline miles take it worldwide. [ male announcer ] it shouldn't be this hard. with creditcards.com, it's easy to search hundreds of cards and apply online. creditcards.com. liz: i have not come up with one single

i know our city administrator and the project director are here to join doreen and monique and supervisors for the free samples, keith. on this kind of day, we were actually looking forward to the old distillery, the potrero ride, that will keep us warm. but it's unique. when you look at the history of those years with fritz maytag in the 70s. and i was in law school during that time. i won't tell you how much beer i drank, being a cal-berkeley guy. but larry, i compare what the giants went through in their history and anchor, and you see similarities. we almost lost both companies and then that he:-- then they rebounded. and they are in fantastic growth. and they are both in my opinion, you are made in san francisco, you are the anchor of this. a large manufacturer. but i also associate with you giants. because they are the manufacturer of the world series championship. that's a great combination. you will be able to create additional jobs here in the shed and pier. and again monique and i talked about how to get investments on the piers. if you know the history of this pier and along wit

byis usually accompanied doreen of the bill for the call to prayer. a day of mourning after least 10 people killed by flash floods. most victims were trapped in their cars near the capital. the island has been experiencing heavy rain since saturday. the president says he will release of political prisoners. the president called for talks with of political parties, including armed groups. we have more from the sudanese capital. >> on the face of it, it could be dismissed as simply political rhetoric. over the last few weeks, we have seen a shift in direction of the government. it has started implementing the peace agreement itself. in recent weeks, it announced it will hold direct talks with a rebel group on the southern border. there is a clear reason for this. ever since south sudan separated from sudan in 2011, it has taken a huge economic shock to the economy. it lost the oil dollars from the south. that means the government is facing in on the economic future. economic future. it seems is trying to avoid a bumpy political future as well. >> there'

doreen mogavero is on the floor of the new york stock exchange.re if you listened to the conversation with charlie gasparino and breakdown in gold and perhaps the stock selloff is perhaps a vote of no confidence on the federal reserve and monetary policy? your thoughts? >> i'm not sure that is exactly what is happening here. i'm hearing a lot of things in the gold market things like margin calls and stops and forcing the price down more than if it were just people selling it because they didn't like it. it is more of a forced selling situation it is than people turning their opinions. but i do think that the stock market although this morn it held up pretty well seems to be selling off more and more in the afternoon. i'm not convinced that this is not a buying opportunity. the market, the american stock market is the only place to you put your money still regardless what is going on in gold. a lot of traders i'm talking to are looking at this as a buying opportunity. lori: that's interesting. you're confident and bullish, doreen. where do we end u

even doreen who we walked with earlier today the trend remains to the upside.rt yet they're buying them back. david: even when the market looked gloomiest today. jcpenney was on a comeback as well. 5% gain in jcpenney. it has trimmed its gains by the way as the market has come back, jcpenney has come down but still a big day for jcpenney. >> one analyst is speculating there may be more traffic and sales in the current quarter. we'll see if some of the changes that ron johnson has been making will finally be lucrative from the company which has been a loser. david: another loser was hewlett-packard. the chairman is leaving. they worry about hewlett-packard without him. how is that doing now? >> hewlett-packard is the biggest loser on the weak for the dow jones industrial average. we're seeing if a change in the board there is a little more shareholder friendly.

who made the sweaters for the ponies and, doreen, we talked about this last time, everybody wants toe got to lie on the ground -- >> you lie on the ground, there's buttons underneath and we are very, very excited to have you and everybody with you, and we want to say, happy national tartan day, happy scotland week. sam, where are you? it's now your time for the weather. >> wait. you really confused me there. i wasn't ready for the live like edition of pony "pop news." but thank you so much, lara spencer. good morning, everybody. say hi to america. where are you from? >> bedford, virginia. >> and what's your first name? >> rhonda. >> rhonda, welcome in. wait a minute. are we making a movie, taking a picture? what are we doing? just come here. just come here for just a second. tell everybody who you are and where you're from. >> my name is jenny from nyu transplant. >> all right. awesome. okay. thank you very much. let's get to the boards. one or two things going on this morning we want to share with you. we want to start with a picture out of new york city, wabc-tv showing us this pic

recently, doreen gentzler talked to the maslins as they continued to work on his rehab. >> i just focus on it, that it it. i just want to do it. and i got a long ways to go, too, to be honest. so i am not worrying about that. and i'm just going to move forward, keep working on it. >> reporter: the jury deliberations, they continue tomorrow. live at superior court, i'm pat collins, news 4. >>> and an emotional day for family and friends and colleagues of a fallen officer from prince william county. officer chris yung, his name was the latest added to the law enforcement memorial in northwest d.c. officer yung was killed on new year's eve while he responded to a call after the mini van crashed into his motorcycle. >> brought back -- emotions that i had. when i found out that i lost my brother. >> the call that he responded to the day he was killed, he volunteered for. it spoke to the kind of commitment and sacrifice that he made every day. >> reporter: the driver accused of hitting yung was indicted for reckless driving in february and is due in court in july. >>> there is a new effort un

i'm doreen gentzler. >> and i'm jim rosenfield. our top story, terror in boston. a couple of explosions going off during the marathon. >> counterterrorism officials tell nbc news that multiple explosive devices were found timed to go off at the height of the marathon. we're expecting to hear from the president at 6:10 in just a few minutes. d.c.'s mayor and police chief -- police officials are also holding a news conference shortly. we will have live coverage of both. first news4's aaron gilchrist has the latest on what we know right now from our live desk. >> let me start with this talk about a potential suspect in this case. we have been reporting earlier from nbc news that officials in boston are guarding a wounded man at a boston hospital as a, quote, possible suspect. the commissioner in boston saying no one is in custody per se and they are questioning several people. one of our reporters in boston at our affiliate whdh reporting that there is a heavy fbi and atf presence at brigham and women's hospital. police with automatic weapons guarding the entrance at

. >> you know, teddy is echoing what doreen mogavero said all session. that, you know, we're coming down a little bit. we are pulling back but this is nothing to be nervous about and in times like this we do hope that is true. but this is the worst selloff of the day, is liz. worst selloff of the year. liz: lauren simonetti, teddy weisberg, as we go back to the pictures of the boston marathon what appears to be two bombs exploded. there is now a report, if you put more validity into reports coming from people like boston pd or state troopers a state trooper from rhode island was running the race. he has been interviewed. he said he heard the first blast. started running toward it. there were people all over the floor. and i quote the 35-year-old state trooper from rhode island, we started grabbing tourniquets and started tying legs. a lot of people amputated. at least 25 to 30 people have at least one leg missing or an ankle missing or two legs missing, including a boston police officer who was wheeled from the course with a leg injury. so even, the poli

doreen, big selloff in stocks and gold.e the money is heading. >> i think it's heading back into cash for the moment. i think people have taken a lot of profits off the table. when we spoke earlier, market seemed to be holding up well relative to the news but as you can see, we're deteriorating. something to look at, volume has gotten lighter so it seems we're not getting any support here on the buy side. gold, you know, i think gold is off the close but still around the lows of the day. dennis: i thought the biggest clue is headed for a tumble is that i was about to buy the gdletf. >> i'm not a gold trader and i'm long gold so i'm not having the greatest day but i don't know. i think that it depends on why you buy it. if you're a gold trader, you have to look at technical levels, if you're buying it to leave to your children, then you pick your price. dennis: gotcha. thank you for being with us. tom cruise is top gun again at the box office. overseas, anyway. new sci-fi thriller "oblivion" raked in over $60 million. jackie

. >> 8q so much doreen.like that term but if you see the pullback you can say this is what i should have bought a 14,500. >> a lot of people were waiting for it. ashley: is it a buying opportunity? an interesting story and a massive plan has reached critical status that some companies are pushing employees to withdraw from the fund. gerri willis is here with the story. >> if they do that then they will only hasten the demise of the fund. it has $0.60 for every dollar of obligations with pension benefits in what is going on during the of meltdown they lost money in virtu heavily invested and now they pay the price. as you know, , people don't have pensions any more than half 401k and put up hour own money for retirement and without the care it would be more difficult to get union workers. this is the pension it gets people to join the union that we cannot afford at the end of the day. the pension benefit guaranty corporation stands behind the and and if they go belly up we will pay the price. ashley: how clos

so, for these reasons in doreen values and increasing military power, the united states can and will succeed in rebalancing to the asia-pacific in the years to come. they keep. [applause] >> secretary carter. thank you very, very much for those remarks. also welcome you. is great to have you here. you can see, the turnout, a great audience. i think the members of the press in the back. of know if you can see them, but this is on the record. did you know that? okay. good. did you also know that we are doing a live tweeting? >> everybody. >> do you? >> i don't. >> well, usually the moderator is asked to give a quick summary. i do not tweet either, but if i were, if i were i would say, the lead of what we just heard is, u.s. rebalance to asia lasting and sustainable and not in jeopardy. you can use these, by the way, if you want to use them. now, to others that i would give, and then we will go for q&a. the second would be, rebalance primarily a political and economic forum or primary a political the economic concept one of the military went to lots of detail. finally, rebalance. that i