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erika gonzalez joins us live with the growing backlash. erika? >> reporter: i hey, doreen. when you think of king street you think of a pretty expansive piece of roadway. but what we're talking about zeros in on a few blocks. reaction is mixed, to say the least. >> we don't think this is the best decision. >> reporter: up for review tonight in alexandria, the decision to remove parking along king street in order to add bike lanes. >> every day i ride king street. >> reporter: and the difference in residents' opinions is very clear. >> if you go up and down the strip, all you're seeing is anti-biking signs. >> we're not anti-bike. we just think it's not a safe plan. >> reporter: if the city approves, the area directly impacted would be between west cedar and highland place. the plan adds four and five-foot bike lanes in either direction, but narrows lanes by one foot. aaron eastman asks what about emergency vehicles on that road? >> if the vehicle is 10 1/2 feet wide and the lane is 10 1/2 feet wide, it's an accident waiting to happen. >> reporter: a cyclist all his life, he

. >> here's erika. >> hi. >> hi. >> i'm marcus. >> i'm erika. >> how are you? >> good. nice to meet you. >> are you accounting? >> i'm the operations manager here, so i do all the accounting, all the finance. >> do you have a financial statement for last month? >> um, the books are in your office. >> sure. i'll get it. >> i could print you one, i think. >> you do the books but you're not allowed to keep 'em. >> everything stays in pete's office. >> but not because she can't get it, it just stays in my office. >> i don't think i've ever seen a business where the accountant doesn't have control of the books. pete needs to give erika the tools to do her job and not hide them in his office. right now you're losing $150,000 a month, you're selling ten cars. you're 50 cars short from breaking even. in order to make up for the $150,000 in monthly losses, athans would have to sell 60 cars at $2,500 profit per car. in order to sell 60 cars, you need at least 120 on the ground. today you have 20. you're 100 cars short. since the average used car sold in this area is around $15,00

erika? >> reporter: vance, you know, the first takeoff and landing didn't happen here until after 5:00 this evening. and then even after that, it has been a snail's pace to try and get things back on track. busted. >> i can't wait to get back home. >> reporter: your travel plans from the roads to the skies. >> well, it's not every day that you get to stand in front of a board where everything is canceled. >> reporter: the word for tonight is wait. >> i never seen snow really before. >> reporte grant and his dad are from florida. they're driving down to charlottesville, virginia, slowly. >> we're planning on four hours today. >> reporter: nearby hotel employees are working overtime. >> just nonstop, grabbing for the keys. >> reporter: at dulles, one of four runways is cleared. where are your traveling to? >> paris. >> reporter: but international flights have virtually gone off without a hitch. >> i'm one of the lucky. >> reporter: domestic flights are the problem. >> i travel a lot. >> report

erika pitzi tells us why consumer confusion seems to be playing a role in this. >> reporter: the listsf side effects in drug commercials sometimes seem to go on -- >> other risks include weight gain >> reporter: and on -- >> seizure, and impaired motor skills. >> reporter: the food and drug administration requires drugs to carry carrying of side effects. but now the fda is looking to fine tune those lists that regulators say are often too long. the agency is starting a study to measure consumer comprehension when presented with less risks. the lesser ones could be covered by simply adding a line at potential additional risks. the hope is to better protect people by improving their overall understanding of the drug. >>> that is erika pitzi reporting. >>> it has been five years since president obama signed that economic stimulus package. the white house says it saved america from the brink of another great depression, but not everyone agrees. >>> plus tensions boiling over in bangkok, as clashes between protesters turn deadly. said, h you to ask... what did th what did they require on th

lisa spark is in washington, erika pitzi is in philadelphia, where it all began, and that's where we began, and has the snow started to fall again? >> reporter: not quite yet, del, we are still in a little bit of a lull. it was really coming down earlier this morning, now we just have the rain, and the wind. although this rain does help the workers kind of catch up to clean the streets here. if you take a look, you can see how earlier today, well, it was snow covered streets, and now it's just wet and slushy and nasty, but this is their biggest concerns, the roads. they want people off of them, which is why you're seeing a lot of people taking advantage of the steps at the philadelphia museum of art, sledding down the steps here, because a lot of kids are off of school. public schools closed, government offices closed, as well as the courts. if you do have to travel, it is going to be tough. the trains along the amtrak lines, going north and south, a lot are canceled, and at the airports, really taking a huge hit. 5,000 flight cancellations nationwide on top of 4,000 flights canceled

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live in northeast, erika gonzalez, news4. >>> now to our weather. power companies are telling customers it could be saturday or even sunday until the lights and heat are back on. pennsylvania seems to be the hardest hit area with more than 350,000 customers still in the dark after this week's ice storm. one company called this the second worst storm for them just behind hurricane sandy. here in our area, potomac edison has about 10,000 customers without power across frederick county. >>> out to our west, slick roads caused hundreds of accidents around dallas, texas. check out this near miss as a speeding car almost hits woman and then smashes the door of another car after an accident. about 40 miles away a news photographer almost became the story when a car slid dangerously close to him. temperatures here continue to be on the cold side, but we have more than one storm that could impact us over the next week. doug kammerer has more on that from storm center 4. what's the word, doug? >> rather chilly across the area. you step outside right now, and

erika pan, director of communicable disease control and prevention for alameda county. before we get into the discussion, scott schaefer went to visit a nearby vaccination clinic. here's his report. >> reporter: since september the adult immunization and travel clinic in san francisco has been encouraging people to drop in for a visit. >> irene? hi, how are you doing? >> reporter: even if it may sting a little. >> you ready? >> yep. >> okay. just a little pinch. >> reporter: about 40% of californians get vaccinated during the flu season. which runs from october through march in the u.s. this year, even young adults are at risk for severe infection from the flu. in fact, 202 californians under the age of 65 have already died from h1n1. that's the main flu virus circulating this season. when h1n1 first appeared in 2009, it infected up to 80 million people around the world. so i headed to the san francisco department of public health to talk with dr. cora hoover about h1n1 and why getting vaccinated makes good sense, even if you're young and healthy. >> we've been hearing

maryland, virginia, and all of them are shuttled out from the harrisburg, pennsylvania airport. >> erika gonzalez, thank you. >> thank you so much, guys. >>> a sherman says he spent more than a year as a castaway at sea. now his family in silver spring is overwhelmed to hear his voice. they all thought jose salvatore alvarenga was dead. he says he left mexico in december 2012 on a fishing trip. he washed up on the marshall islands on thursday, 6,000 miles away. alvarenga claims he ate fish and birds and turtles. he says a friend that was with him died early in the trip. investigators are now trying to verify his story. >>> back with more details about this weather forecast. it sounds like it's already getting ugly out there. >> it is getting ugly out there. we're really in the critical time right now. probably around midnight, 1:00 around the d.c. metro area. then we'll see things improve right this. up to the north and west, this is go to go a while right on through early tomorrow morning. watch out and give yourself a lot of extra time. at the airport we'reeeing light rain. you see tha

erika gonzalez weighs into a fierce debate. >>> 70 sit up, 42 push ups and eight minute miles.e . >>> breaking news now. >> the plane is taxiing headed for the gate at dulles airport after a scary landing. chopper 4 is still over the scene. going to show you these live pictures. this was a united airlines flight. flight 3370 heading to dulles from st. louis. again, we're hearing that what happened was a door earth came off the plane or opened beneath this plane. the plane did land safely as you can see. no one was injured. we will keep an eye on this and keep working to find out exactly what happened. flight 3370 from st. louis has landed safely at dulles airport with something wrong with the door. we'll keep working anthony story and get the latest. back to you. >>> a dispute over a massive landfill in fairfax county is coming to a head tonight. >> folks in lorton say this is an eye sore. they want it gone. >> but contractors for the landfill say they are introducing a proposal to stay until 2040. >> news4 erika gonzalez has the story. >> reporter: it's a dump. the lorton land

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número de niños que son díagnosticados con déficit de atención y someten a diferentes tratamientos erika déficit de atención , e hiperactividad dice que la llevó a un centro de salud por recomendación de una maestra . >>> ella se le llevó a un cuarto por 30 minutos y cuando miro hacía atrás dijo que tenía eso un médico sin hacer examen fisico le receto ritalin un médicamento para tratar stefany recibe . >>> le hicieron muchos examénes desde los 3 años después de varias visitas y cuando su comportamiento no cambiaba también le recetaron ritalin un estudio concluyo que entre el 2001 y 2010 el díagnostico de niños , ha aumentado un 10 % la depresión ansiedad , y hasta el autismo es complejo cómo expúlica el neurologo el niño debe ser evaluado . >>> nos habla de las alternativas de los padres y los efectos que tienen los farmacos en los pequeños . >>> (♪ ♪) . >>> en el mundo de los deportes vamos gustavo ortiz con la acción deportiva ñ. >>> buenas tardes tiempo de deportes baloncesto y cambios de la nba mañana fecha límite para que se refuerzen . >>> el joven bateo , 17 cuadrangulares durant

but we begin in pennsylvania, erika pitzi in downtown philadelphia, and tell us how bad it is where you are. >> at this point right now, dell there is a little bit of a low. we went from light and fluffy snow to heavy snow to freezing rain, and right now we have a little bit of wind and a little bit of rain right now. and this is going to help some of these street workers clear these roads. we're already hearing about accidents. an ambulance turned over at a nearby highway. they have really hunkered down trying to get these roads together and trying to keep as many people home as possible. they canceled schools, go offices, and the courts are also closed today. if you have to travel, it is going to be tough. amtrak has many cancellations, at the airports, really taking a huge hit, nationwide, 5,000 flights canceled just today, and on top of that 4,000 flights canceled yesterday, and that's really going to have a ripple effect across the nation, because even if you are in sunny california on the west coast, if you are headed east, it's quite possible your plain could be grounded. certain

now to be clear the benefits of mammograms have been debated time and time again, but as erika pitziws us this study takes thing to a new level. >> guidelines for women have changed quite a bit in recent years from if you are 40 get a mammogram every year, to no need until you are 50. now this is being called one of the most comprehensive studies ever done on mammograms following 90,000 women over 25 years. the bottom line, there was no benefit for the women who were randomly selected to get mammograms compared to those who were not. researchers compared canadian women 40 to 59 years old. there were about 45,000 separate women in two groups. yearser both has roughly the same number of women diagnosed with breast cancer, of those in the mammogram group, 500 women died which was virtually the same as those who did not get the exams. one in five cancers detected by the mammogram were harmless, and did need to be treated at all. and 1 in 400 women who had mammograms ended up undergoing unnecessary cancer treatment. >> the american cancer society responding to the study saying it's data s

sa but erika jenssen with contra costa public health says it's also highly preventable.ricans receive their measles shot twice before kindergarden and are then immune to the virus. the student in question, however, was not vaccinated prior to this trip overseas. health officials say symptoms don't start showing until sometimes up to three weeks after being infected. the student recently returned from asia and last week used bart to travel from the el cerrito del norte station to downtown berkeley to get to and from class. sot- erika jenssen, m.p.h/contra costa public health the virus is airborne and contra costa public health says it could have remained in the bart trains for up to two hours after the student disturbing video from late last month. a passenger on bart is tased by bart police. not just once. but twice. the man was reportedly defying police orders to leave the train. and now we know the man in the middle of the incident. which is raising questions about how it was handled. his name is robert asberry. he was arrested and released on the same night -- january

next weekend, high temperatures will likely be in the low to mid-50s, erika and chris. >> thanks amelia. >>> hats off for the usa hockey team. >> that's right. >>> plus, a new man in town for ♪ ♪ turn around ♪ every now and then i get a little bit hungry ♪ ♪ and there's nothing really good around ♪ ♪ turn around ♪ every now and then i get a little bit tired ♪ ♪ of living off the taste of the air ♪ ♪ turn around, barry ♪ finally, i have a manly chocolatey snack ♪ ♪ and fiber so my wife won't give me any more flack ♪ ♪ i finally found the right snack ♪ ♪ >>> this is the xfinity sports desk, brought to you by xfinity, your home for the most live sports. >> well, i guess not every hockey game can be an instant classic. >> no. i mean, this is just so incredible, because unless you zoom into this video, you don't see it. you don't. >> as far as i'm concerned, when it comes to the russian game, united states versus russia, there was no controversy over here. the united states won the game. the controversy is over there with russia. we're fine. >> very good play. >> they're keeping this momentu

that is where we find erika. this city has been slammed by snow and ice over the last couple of weeks. were they prepared to handle this lateliest storm? >> well, good morning, del. you've got public schools, government offices and the courts all closed today and hopefully that will keep some people off the streets, but the city street department working overtime. 700 workers are using 400 pieces of equipment to combat this storm. you can see this car coming along here, and you've got a plow, so many different plows. they are not going too fast. the salt and sand spreaders have been coming by every half hour. within the past hour, the precipitation went from snow to this, where you can hear the snow hitting my glove here and i can feel it on my face. it is starting to turn into some more freezing wet snow here. really the idea here from officials is stay off these roads. you might as well stay home. >> this has been a pretty bad winter for philly. are you standing at a rather iconic location? >> i am. i am absolu

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erika cabrera says she suffered after what she now feels was an unnecessary c-section. >> my incision did not heal. i wasn't able to breastfeed due to this. i also had a little bit of postpartum depression, i think it was increased because of this. >> reporter: among women giving birth, those who have planned c-sections have a three times higher rate of serious problems, including death. yet, doctors often turn c-sections early in the birthing process, hoping to head off a complication for the baby. >> we live in the reality of litigation, so, i think sometimes obstetricians are leading towards, if i do the c-section, you know, this is done and i'm okay. >> reporter: this is not always just a doctor's preference. >> i've had patients come in, say to me, i prefer to have elective caesarean section. >> reporter: today's report calls on doctors to exhaust all measures, to turn to c-section only when medically needed. reminding doctors and patients that the goal is a healthy birth for baby and mom. bazi kanani, abc news, denver. >>> and next, right here tonight, we head to sochi and the o

erika brown and craig brown. dubbed first family of curling.f fame. if you didn't know they have a curling hall of fame, they have one. >> and mom is involved, too. so between them, 26 national championships. also siblings in snowboarding, erin and taylor gold. >> so with sibling rivalry, the youngest ones want to keep up. that's what happened to me. my brother is younger than me but got better at everything. >> oh, but you were the trail blazer. >> announcer: this is abc's "world news now." informing insomniacs for two decades. ( cheering ) ( grunts ) ( buzzer sounds ) now they're beating us on the boards out there, guys. this is your territory, grimson. do your job. grimson. hello? hi, honey. what? now? all right. ♪ the itsy-bitsy spider - ♪ climbed up the water spout... ♪ - ( giggling ) ♪ down came the rain ♪ and washed the spider out ♪ ♪ out came the sun... - shh. - ♪ and dried up all the rain ♪ ♪ and the itsy-bitsy spider - ♪ climbed up the spout again. ♪ - ( rock music playing ) i love you, daddy. i love you too, sweetheart. - ( laughing

erika ferrari, al jazeera. >> earlier, i spoke with politico transportation editor about what this meansor detroit's auto workers. >> this was viewed as perhaps the uaw's best chance it will ever have to organize a foreign-owned auto plant in the south. they had a company, volkswagon, that was officially neutral. it was actually very accommodating, had agreed to let uaw organizers on the property, did not do what other companies in this situation have done like bring in anti-union consultants or candjole the workers. now, they can try again apparently in about a year at the vw plant, which they may do. it's just been a number of years since they had an election like this in a southern auto plant. those had not gone their way either. meanwhile, the total membership has been declining. >> the one and a half million numbers you just mentioned in 1979 dropped to close to 400,000 in recent years. auto makers paid the veterans $28 an hour. the new-hires make about $15 an hour. wisconsin, michigan have passed laws limiting union power. so, are we seeing the beginning of the end of the uaw? >> i

that was erika. again, the storm is hitting the southeastern part of the country. couple of weeks ago under sheets of ice. cars stranded on the highway for hours overnight in some cases. kids kept on school buses. the governor, who took heat in that situation trying to get the word out much, much earlier. >> a lot of people will be working home. warming centers are set up for those who do venture out into it. they've already got, i believe, half an inch of ice. no way as you're watching here that cars will effectively drive through that. >> it's coming here. >> there will be fewer of them on the roads. >> i don't know. steve would know better, is this the survey week, household survey week for the bls, obviously it affects going forward the labor port. if we were trading weather futures i think this is the bottom. >>> to get constructive on deere, income is up, but trading is down. one of our investor sincere pressing the sell button but another is hot on that. we'll discuss that. >>> doubling in 2014. why is one wall street analyst boosting his price target? he'll

former olympians themselves, their daughter erika competing in sochi and their son craig an alternaten's team. have you had a chance to talk to your kids? have you talked to them and gotten reaction? >> yes. we have talked to both of them, actually. throughout the entire week. actually, they're really upbeat. they got their chins up. the team chemistry's been fine. we're really proud of their accomplishments so it was a tough week but, you know, that's sports. you know? one week tiger woods wins a golf tournament. the next he misses a cut in the majors. that's what happens in sports. >> diane, how tough is this for you to watch your kids? more stressful to watch your kids compete at this level? >> it's terribly stressful, especially with a ten-hour time change. we're up all night every night and working all day and living and dying with every shot that they make or miss. so yes. it's very stressful. >> you all have been at this for a while and got generations in the family now literally taking up the sport. have you all -- when did the sport start to explode quite frankly? years ago,

libby. >> thank you, erika. >> we want to switch gears now to sports, the u.s. adding to its medal count in sochi. tough to talk about sports when so much is unfolding elsewhere. >> indeed. they do call it the toy department of the news, though. ted legty doesn't need any document to move he owns the giant slalom. he came into the olympics having won nine of 14 slalom events. he has brought that dominance to sochi. bodie miller fell out of the medal conversation early for the g.s. after his opening run was only good enough for 26t 26th place. he is saying he's not sure he can compete in saturday's slalom competition. >> u.s. men's hockey takes on czech republic. canada takes on latvia. those are elimination games. another one's going on right now. that would be fourth seeded finland and fifth seeded russia going at it. right now, late second period, it is 3-1 finland is on top. we'll switch gears now, moving on to other parts of the olympics. one game is already in the books. the scrappy slovenia squad took on the top ranked swede and kept it close. slow vain i

. >> aljazeera's erika pitsie joins us now. >> the department of health is involved. >> they are workinge c.d.c. in atlanta to investigate what they call an emerging infection. these infections possibly caused by a virus are suspected of paralyzing nearly 25 young children, all within a single year. public health officials do not know why. some of the symptoms include sudden severe weakness that comes on sometimes after a mild respiratory sickness. in at least five cases, the children lost the ability to move their arms or legs, which dangle like empty balloons. scans of the patient's spinal cords show patterns of damage similar to those found in polio sufferers, which is disconcerting to doctors, because polio's been eradicated for decades in the u.s. a neurologist said what we are seeing now is bad, the best case scenario is complete loss of one limb, the worst all four limbs with respiratory in sufficiency, like the old polio. they know definitively that it is not polio, because in all cases, the children were vaccinated. he said whatever it is, it is very rare. they urge parents if t

erika pity is at st. george's catholic church in new york city in the heart of what is known at little ukraine. >> this situation has many people in this community concerned. more and more are showing up for services. this church has been the spiritual epicenter for years and are helping support people especially those with family and friends still living in the ukraine. one parishioner we talked with said her heart hurts when she watches the news, knowing her loved ones could be in harm's way. >> why? why, you know? i don't know, i hope and i truly believe it couldn't happen one day then we come back here and say we did it, they did it. >> it is so emotional for so many people especially those with a direct connection in the ukraine. in fact, she actually has family in kiev as we speak, and so many people that we have talked to, whether they're ukrainian nationals here in the u.s., parishioners here at the church all say they are with the protestors and they are truly hoping and operating that the bloods

joining us now, erika harold, herself. good morning. >> good morning.ct the dots a bit. from miss america you then went to harvard and it was there, oddly enough, that you found your own republican roots. true? >> when i was a student at the university of illinois, that's when i knew i was a conservative. then when i was at harvard law school, i had the good fortune of studying constitutional law and developed an appreciation for our country's constitutional framework. >> so how are you now going to get around, in your mind, the chicago style of politics? i know you're outside of that, but certainly there is a perception to be avoided, some would say. >> it's so true. one of the things that's helpful is that i come from outside of the political establishment. so i would be able to go to washington, d.c. with a sense of independence and be able to challenge and speak to power when necessary. speaking to people throughout the district, people are really tired of politics as usual and i think that we can do a lot better. >> let me ask you, as a woman and a

erika. >> that's right, del, her accused rapist is in jail this morning on $5 million bail.aptly title a call to my childhood rapist. the young woman never talked about the sexual abuse before she posted the video lasted month. now that she has children of her own, she wanted to confront her alleged abuser. she called the teacher directly, recording the call on you tube. >> you should be so ashamed and so disgusted with yourself. >> i am. i am. >> in a confrontation on you tube, 28-year-old jami called her accused rapist on the phone years after the alleged abuse at a southern california middle school. >> i was only 12 years old when i met you. do you realize that you brainwashed me and you niche lated me and that what you did was wrong? >> yes. and i regret it. >> the video went viral. within hours, it got more than 100,000 hits. within minutes, the current california school district fired the teacher turned assistant principal. while she lost her job in january, she still had her freedom. >> she shouldn't be on the streets at all. >> but so much time had passed since the a

erika. >> good morning, libby. are few airports across the country that were not affected by yesterday said storm. some 6,500 flights were canceled yesterday. now today, that number is down significantly. last we checked, it was just under 1400 flights. now here at laguardia airport in new york, there is movement happening. last i checked, there were about 10 canceled flights and a few delays but for the most part, flights were getting off the ground. >> how have things been in the airport this morning so far? >> fine, except for this very long line. yeah. so, but i mean, it's usually moving along. you kind of take the understanding that they have a lot to deal with, so just sort of be patient and wait. >> considering we still have two whole weeks left in february and all of march to get through, travelers will likely have to hold on to that patience. here's an interesting fact. the snow and ice storms this winter have led to the most flight cancellations in 25 years. >> live in laguardia airport in new york, thank

. >> erika striven cells to pass a -- eric hasarish at driven south to paso robles. >> i will be back right now, i am still taking a close look at what is going on here in california. the state has bigger agricultural industries. but what is more important than wine? i am here with neil collins, the executive one maker and vineyard of california's most prestigious wineries. whatus out by explaining you are dealing with right now. and your fellow winemakers. >> it is the area and the state in general. a massive lack of rainfall over the last couple years, particularly this year. we are hanging around at about 2.3 inches since july. normally we hope to be in the mid 20's by now. >> you're getting 1/10 of the normal rainfall. >> really insufficient. normally, we would be knee-deep in clover top green right now. >> it is dry. what does that mean? you're the head winemaker. what does that mean for the grapes? >> normally we do not irrigate here that much. we have been here getting already for over a month because we have seen this coming. the grapes need some moisture to grow. long-term, w

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thanks, erika. >> thank you very much.king up and it's so easy. it sounds too good to be true. abc's nick watt is here with the details on that. nick, where are you? >> there he is. >> reporter: good morning, guys. well i'll start with the bad news, which is that nearly 25% of marriages will end within the first three years, but don't despate because there is this rather fun potential solution on the horizon and you can eat popcorn while you're doing it. ♪ jenna lee and adam herb are demonstrating what could be a revolution in couples therapy, watching a movie then talking. >> it's just nice to not only to spend the time together but then to also talk about it a little bit. it's not a conversation that we would normally just sit around and have unless we were kind of directed into it. >> reporter: in a bona fide scientific study in rochester, new york, 174 newlywed couples were told to watch five romantic movies. among them, "love story." >> love means never having to say you're sorry. >> reporter: among this group of movi

as erika hill reports, the team is led by a woman with an impressive resumÉ before the team even steppedsee coached the u.s. national women's hockey team since 2010, all while continuing to head the women's program at harvard. >> middle, middle, middle. >> where he set ncaa records with more than 400 win bus, but coaching this team is different. >> it's a little crazy, i got to be honest. but it's awesome. it's getting a little bit more exciting every day. >> team usa prepared for sochi by playing practice games like this one against the northern psy cyclones, a men's hockey team. >> we may or may not win these games, but when we get to sochi, we'll know that we played better teams. >> you're the first woman to coach a u.s. hockey team. does it feel different? >> it seems different. there are different conversations to, have difference ways of motivating them and connecting with them and that's important. >> there's never a time i step on the ice i don't feel prepared. every instance in a game in split seconds they have a prepared for. i've never been coached like that before and i love

erika, we're talking about preschool kids. >> that's right, del.re talking about toddlers, kindergarteners. this new report shows progress for that age group in the past 10 years. >> the rate dropping more than 40% among america's youngest children is called the most significant decrease in the epidemic. children ages two to five years old went from nearly 14% obese 10 years ago to about 8% between 2011 and 2012. food and health activists praise the progress. >> it seems like some of the initiatives happening across the country to reduce childhood obesity are actually working and whether that's parents really changing the way they buy and serve food or some of the programs in early intervention, it seems things like breastfeeding and the reduction of sugary drinks are actually working which i also great news. >> much of the drop has come in the past few years and it's probably not a coincidence that this week marks first lady's michelle obama's fourth anniversary of her gain designed with this in mind. she is thrilled at the progress. other parts o

. >> thanks so much, erika. it's a tough story. >> very disturbing details.d not guilty for the murder and if convicted could face the death penalty. >> a weekend ski trip ends tragically in colorado. two people were killed in a large avalanche on saturday. the city is 100 files southwest of denver. the bodies were found sunday. a group of skiers triggered the slide, two others hurt maced to make to it safety. six people have died from avalanches in colorado so far this year. >> people in cape cod and massachusetts are digging out. ten to 15 inches of snow fell over the weekend. more than 20,000 people lost power. about 5,000 are still waiting for the electricity to come back on, and more snow is expected to hit the area tomorrow. as one storm moves out, another moves in. >> more winter weather headed for the northeast. meteorologist nicole mitchell has the forecast. good morning, nicole. >> you sound a little weary as you say that. i think a lot of people are weary. it has been storm after storm. this week, they'll move through quickly. the broader pattern,

erika explains pop how could losing jobs be good? >> it seems strange, job loss is usually bad for the economy, that is unless those millions of americans choose to leave those jobs on their own, which is what the non-partisan report actually says. that's why the bam that administration is calling this a good thing. >> critics are constantly attacking obamacare. now a new report fuels the fire. >> the bad consequences are worse than anticipate anticipated. >> that's not exactly accurate at least according to the study. the congressional budget was a said it will be the equivalent of 2.5 million full time workers by 2024. rather than an increase in unemployment, the reason there will be millions of fewer workers is those people will choose to work less, meaning some will find they can afford to work less because they still qualify for the subsidized or free health care. >> they are making a choice about their overall quality of life. >> those workers who feel trapped in a job will no longer have to keep a full time position just to ge

. >> erika joins us this morning.ion seems to be playing a big role in this, because you hear so many different -- >> exactly. you know these commercials, you see these happy people doing so well on whatever drug is being advertised, then about halfway through, you hear the announcer in the ad start listing several possible side effects ranging from headaches to death. critics say the list are so long in those ads consumers get confused, tune them out entirely which is dangerous. government regulators apparently agree. >> common sides effects. >> the list sometimes seem to go on. >> other risks include increased cholesterol, weight gain. >> and on. >> seizures, trouble swallowing or impaired judgment or motor skills. >> of course it's all in the interest of full disclosure. the f.d.a. requires drug companies to carry warnings of side effect in television ads, now the f.d.a. is looking to fine tune those list that is regulators say are often too long and confuse viewers, start ago study to measure consumer comprehensio

erika joins us now.ory is similar to the story in texas, but this husband wants to keep her on life support. >> he cannot give up the chance of possibly saving his son so machines have been keeping the mother alive in hopes the baby gross enough to be delivered by c-section sometime next month. the husband spends every day sitting next to his wife, holding her hand and talking to his unborn son. >> in late december, 32-year-old robin benson of british columbia canada collapsed on her bathroom floor, a brain hemorrhage caused irreversible damage. since she was five months pregnant, doctors told her husband they could keep her object life support and try to deliver the baby. he decided to do it. dylan benson named his unborn baby boy, deseating a blog to his progress while divulging his own thought process. my wife would want me to try to give our child the best life possible. after he wrote about the tragedy, friends started raising funds for him and the unborn child. donations have poured in from around

on that note, for erika, i wanted to give you these. these are from baltimore. >> are they better than the potato chips you had a few years ago? >> yes. >> but you're coming back tomorrow. you've earned your right. "way too early" is over and "morning joe" starts right now. ♪ >>> good morning. it's thursday, february 20th. i'm mike barnicle, alongside the ununbelievable great donny deutsche, america's sweetheart. also with us at the table msnbc political analyst and visiting d forme democratic congressman, harold ford jr. you look spiffy as always. >> thank you. >> former communications director for president george w. bush, nicole wallace and then thomas roberts. >> i didn't want to mess up q(d nicole's shot. >> jeremy, how are you doing this morning? >> marvelous. >> spiffy group of guys up here. >> a%zj shot of the ford baby? has that been published yet? >> oh, absolutely. >> she is cute, man. >> she is a sweetheart. >> every cliche they tell you about being aed dah, it doesn't live up to it. no matter what anybody tells you. >> expo