dr. lawrence of mainline health says we are the victim of a successful campaign since the '60s that wipedut measles in this coverage but the rest of the world is ravaging the disease which sometimes makes its way to the united states. he supports vaccinations for children. coming up next hour we'll explain why he is taking that position. live in university city jesse gary "nbc 10 news." >>> 4:16 now. music producer shug night is facing charges for last week's attempted murder outside of los angeles. a judge revoked his $2 million bail after he was told he's a flight risk. the founder of his record company turned himself in on a movie set. >>> whitney houston's daughter is fighting for her life at a georgia hospital. bobby christina brown's husband found her face down in a bathtub on sunday. brown is surrounded by her family and they are asking for privacy. >>> well, the u.s. justice department has closed its investigation into news corp's phone scandal and won't file charges. this announcement was made after a three-year probe into rupert murdoch's phone. he was working for british compan

dr. lawrence n. doyle thinks so, he has lived and this mail park neighborhood for 14 years and has seen the problems get worse. >> as i understand it several people died here at every year. >> reporter: wahl today i stood out at the intersection up old-growth avenue and elm street for a couple hours is just one block down from where a train struck a and and killing the driver in the short time i was out there i saw several cars stopping on the tracks including this lady. when she saw it may she tried to get all around the tracks by driving and to coming traffic he says something needs to be done before the tragedy like this happens again. >> this last accident was needed is we need some kind of safety device. >> reporter: caltran is continuing to investigate the crash for a woman was killed in mellow part where her car stopped on the track and riven with ave hit by a trend. trained >> according to witness statements thinking that that traffic would start moving as she made her way onto the track at i

dr. lawrence recommends vaccinating your children and adds 3% of adults hospitalized with this have not been vaccinated. >>> and 50 world war ii veterans will receive the prestigious congressional medal of honor. they were part of the special services force known as the devils brigade. their heroism in combat became the stuff of legends and led to a hollywood movie. >>> heading out the door bundle up. it is cold outside. we're going to see a good deal of sunshine today. right now the skies are mostly in the clear. a view of the moon there from skyforce 10. there you can see the scattered clouds out there, too. right now we're watching temperatures, a and /* the rain is here with improving conditions as the day goes on. right now heading outside, 15 degrees in reading. 20 in philadelphia with scattered high clouds. cape may is at 21 degrees. there, nothing falling from the sky. a clear view across the delaware of center city which is going to be as strong as the wind gets. the winds will be dying down but just enough to give us windchills this morning of 5 degrees in reading and pottstown. fe

dr. lawrence rosen believes it can help children fight the symptoms of a cold. >> elderberry contains chemicals that have flavonoids, anti-inflammatory agents. >> reporter: one study suggested the supplement can shorten the duration of the flu but parents are cautioned to talk to their doctors before giving elderberry. >> there's not enough research about whether it works in children and there's not enough information about the proper dose in children. >> reporter: the family says elderberry is working for them. >> the duration and the severity of how they get sick is much less and they get healthy quicker. >> reporter: they say so far this season, everyone has stayed healthy. >> experts say pregnant women like me should not take elderberry. thanks for watching wusa 9news at 5:00. wusa 9news at 6:00 starts now. >>> silver spring residents come outside to this chaotic scene only to find out there's an armed man barricaded. i'll have to details coming up. >> montgomery county students and parents want later school start times and they're pushing the school board to make that change tomorrow. >> p

dr. lawrence court on a recent paper, "defense budget deja vu," published last week and available here on the website. i also know that in a former life, kate was the senior budget analyst for defense at the library of congress, but the pesky sequester has impacted some of the most capable and rising stars on the federal side, and here we are lucky to have kate as our defense budget expert. let me more formally introduced william cohen, currently the chairman and chief executive officer of the cowen group in -- officer of the cohen group in washington dc, but with an inbox that extends to almost every capital of the globe. we know he serves on the judiciary committee in 1974 during the nixon impeachment hearings is a very young man but interestingly, as a house member, in 1974, he traveled to thailand to reestablish an ally following withdrawal from me in from vietnam. it turns out the policy for exiting the policy for exiting worst is every bit as complicated as getting involved so dealing with an ally in the war zone is trickier than it seems. case today. in 1978, he was sent to the sen

dr. lawrence miller a clinical psychologist. doctor. >> esteemed task force members fellow panelists and guests. good morning. on a cold morning in washington dc. as i look around the room i see we have at least a few brass with us today, so i'd like to begin with the question that applies to law enforcement leaders. and that is as a law enforcement supervisor, would you send one of your officers on patrol with an insufficiently maintained vehicle? would you send one of your officers into a crime scene with an unserviced duty weapon? what about radios that didn't work? or just an illfitting utility belt or uncomfortable pair of shoes? and of course the answer is, for liability reasons and safety reasons, of course not. yet we know the tools of law enforcement get banged, bruised and worn out and they need continued assessment and repair. yet ironically, far less attention is often paid to the care and maintenance of what is arguably a police officer's most important resource and that is his or her brain. so to provide effective

dr. lawrence miller, a clinical psychologist. doctor? >> esteemed task force members fellow panelists, and guests, good morning on a cold morning in washington, d.c. as i look around the room, i see we have at least a few brass with us today, so i'd like to begin with a question that applies to law enforcement leaders, and that is, as a law enforcement supervisor would you send one of your officers on patrol with an insufficiently maintained vehicle? would you send one of your officers into a crime scene with an unserviced duty weapon? what about a radio that didn't work? or just an ill-fitting utility belt or uncomfortable pair of shoes? and, of course, the answer is for liability reasons and safety reasons, of course not. yet we know the tools of law en enforcement get banged bruised and worn out and they need continued assessment and repair. ironically, far less attention is often paid to the care and maintenance of what is arguably a police officer's most important resource and that is his or her brain. so to provide effective and sc

dr. dunn's testimony and how you think it landed in terms of the legal requirements for an insanity defense? >> well, dealing with the second part first, lawrenceainly gets them there. all they have to show by a preponderance of the evidence, the fancy legal term for more likely than not, at the time he pulled the trigger, eddie ray routh couldn't comprehend the difference between right and wrong. but the sound bite but dr. dunn's testimony that really impressed me was the notion that he told the jury, folks, insanity is not like you think it is in the movies. i think that's something this jury can certainly understand. turning to the first point, lawrence, it kind of was a rookie mistake for their expert to pretty much get bounced before he had a chance to talk to this jury. it's not like anybody can walk in and say hey, i'm a doctor. i play one on tv. it's like mark twain said, an expert is just some guy from out of town. and before you get to testify, your credentials have got to past the smell test, and in this case, the judge decided not quite close enough for this jury to hear with this psychologist. >> dr. zaff, talk about the difference