ft. lauderdale. the ft. lauderdale air show had to be cancelled today because of the wet conditions.d call but kind of a bummer. things are calming down but we do think things are going to continue to fire up tonight and tomorrow. storms in parts of colorado and new mexico. this is the general area for severe weather tonight. many of the same areas that got hit this weekend, up towards kansas city and up toward st. louis. that frontal boundary remains parsed so you're going to remain hot and sticky in the south and near record in atlanta and sultry in new orleans. >>> a crime alert on the university of south alabama, their website, you can see there, there's an armed individual, there's been reports of somebody on campus who has a weapon, last seen in the housing area, anybody on campus is asked to remain inside, we're told they're giving more notice, all students are asked to take shelter and remain inside. that will do it for me, cnn newsroom continues at the top of the hour with don lemon. have a great week. recently, students from 31 countries took part in a science test. the top

ft. lauderdale you want sing your way to fame in the senior idol contest. ♪ >> they're good. 150 contestantsall 65 and older, showed off their golden voice in their golden years. the winner won't get a trip to hollywood, california, but they will get a year-long pass to ride the local commuter chain which does stop in hollywood, florida. close. i'm lynn berry and this is "early today." just your first stop of the day today on your nbc stations. >>> a live look outside on what will be a cloudy day. a little bit warmer than what we dealt with yesterday. tom kierein will be along in a minute with a look at our full forecast. first, good morning, i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. welcome to "news4 today" for this wednesday, april 4, 2012. >>> in decision 2012, still too close to call for one race in the district this morning. about 540 votes separate the top two candidates for an at-large council seat. incumbent vincent orange is clinging to a narrow lead. the final decision may come down to nearly 4,000 absentee votes. the tally of the votes aren't expected until next friday, april 13. othe

ft. lauderdale you want sing your way to fame in the senior idol contest. ♪ >> they're good. 150 contestantsall 65 and older, showed off their golden voice in their golden years. the winner won't get a trip to hollywood, california, but they will get a year-long pass to ride the local commuter chain which does stop in hollywood, florida. close. i'm lynn berry and this is "early today." just your first stop of the day today on your nbc stations. >> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news today. >> good morning. we have increasing clouds as we had throughout the morning hours. temperatures will be much warmer. we're starting off today in the 40's. you see it all the clouds building in from the west. there are some green blips. those of the rain showers around ocean city. there will be some isolated showers this morning. they should be shifting south as we move into the afternoon. more details on the warm weather coming up. >> 50 degrees on tv hill. >> tornadoes touched down in dallas causing damage. >> mitt romney scoops up three more wins. >> did you vote on primary tuesday? we wi

ft. lauderdale you want sing your way to fame in the senior idol contest. ♪ >> and they're good!50 contestants, all 65 and older, showed off their golden voice in their golden years. the winner won't get a trip to hollywood, california, but they will get the second best thing, they'll get a year-long pass to ride the commuter train, which stops in hollywood, florida. perfect. >> perfect. >> i'm lynn berry, this is "early today," just your first stop of the day on your nbc station. >>> spring has sprung in berlin. and so have some young tigers at the zoo there, pouncing out of hibernation and taking in a little sun, growing quite a bit since the four were born last august. the zoo has been preparing their newly restored outdoor enclosure. the tigers enjoyed some exercise, chasing each other and playing a little in the pool. >>> researchers in spain have unveiled one giant find. the skull of a plant-eating dinosaur believed to have once measured up to 125 feet long and weighed as much as 80,000 pounds, the 145 million-year-old remains were found in 2005 and took paleontologists sev

ft. lauderdale next week? i'm like, dad, really? really, dad? but janice sat there and she not only told him the forecast for ft. lauderdale, but she did every single city in florida. ♪ ain't no mountain high enough ♪ >> it's all sunshine and blue skies. >> you are a true professional and a really great friend. >> that is why janice huff is my screen saver. >> going to miss you on sunday mornings, janice. >> i'm really going to miss you. >> we wish you the best on your finally, a five-day workweek. good for you, janice. we'll miss you. >> i hope you stay in bed on saturdays and sundays and just relax. we love you. >> janice huff is the best, and i will miss you. mwah! >> thanks for everything. we love you. ♪ baby, there ain't no mountain high enough ♪ >> aww. >> aww! >> that was great! >> you know what, you do a lot of those sometimes when you see how people -- it's been 16 years! >> well, the hair has changed a lot. >> the smile has not, though. >> but who knew that the highlight of my career would be dressing up as a kardashian? >> i know, rig

ft. lauderdale. kevin, you're a president obama supporter. correct? >> caller: well, i wouldn't say a supporter, but at this point, yeah, i have to support president obama. >> why? >> caller: well, first things first, i don't have any party affiliation so it's not that. it basically goes on what you're saying. listen, i'm an educator. i've got three jobs right now. i'm in financial services. i've taken a look at romney's past record. i've lived in idaho and utah. and even though i don't think president obama's doing a great job right now, i think he's got a grasp on what's going on. >> we're going to break-away from this portion of this morning's "washington journal" and take you back live now to that hearing room on capitol hill. we see secretary panetta making his way back to the witness table. live coverage resuming now on c-span3. >> this meeting has come to order. mr. bartlett. >> thank you. mr. secretary, in your oral testimony you noted that the administration is publicly committed to sending communications equipment to syrian opposition groups

ft. lauderdale and many other places. community groups, schools, volunteers and parents are working together to make sure elementary and middle school students succeed. >> now, in these communities, this is working very well. big brothers, big sisters, united way and the schools are working together so that when a child actually is acting out in school or fails a test or skips class, a big brother or a big sister is there to work with the family and the teacher to make sure that that child gets back on track. and it's not just about the bad things. when good things happen, they celebrate that together, too. >> that's the kind of synergy we want to create in every community. we hope to come back here in a few years and report that all 1,200 united ways and all 355 big brothers, big sisters chapters are doing the same. we hope that you'll all join us and together we'll all work to make sure that every community helps all of our children go far in school, work and life. >> thank you. and please enjoy this fantastic video cap

ft. lauderdale, florida, jason, democrat, on for christopher matthews. good morning, jason. >> caller: good morning. you know, i guess i have a question and a comment. my first question is, what does it direct -- or how does it directly affect americans if companies like walmart are making bribes in foreign countries? and then my comment is, are you basically just answered it earlier you said if we don't do it, the chinese and russians will. it just puts us on a level playing field and i can understand where you say that bribes are bad for business, because one person pops up and then ten more do, but i mean, i guess if you can answer that question, thank you. >> sure. i think that that's a difficult question for the justice department to answer sometimes. you know, when they go to trial, they often have to prove there's a victim, and the victim is frequently overseas. i think congress's intent was to project a good image of america abroad and that's one of the large reasons for the law. the other thing i would say in terms of the level playing field is

ft. lauderdale. you're about to get extra rain up to the east coast. maryland, everyone, new york to boston, getting heavy rains. >> this weather report has been brought to you by sargento. >> thank you, ginger. >>> now, we're going to look at bad behavior that ginger and sharyn would never engage in. coming up here on the broadcast, three fourths, too much alcohol and one cute, little penguin. if it sounds like a sequel to the movie "the hangover," you're not too far off. and we have the video to prove it. >>> and is justin bieber shopping for an engagement ring fofofofofofofofofofofofofofofofo >>> we voted. we've taken a straw poll. and we all agree this is the best story of the morning. we are calling it "the hangover" for real. >> three guys go out on the town for a night of partying. and they wake up with what else? a penguin in their hotel room. of course, they did. how did it get there? abc's john muller has the story. >> reporter: their first bad idea, allegedly breaking into seaworld after drinking. the next bad idea, going swimming with the d

ft. lauderdale, they're trying to evaluate this controversial law which is the law that prevented policearresting george zimmerman. florida's stand your ground law says you have the right to kill if you feel you're being threatened, and it seems to not matter who is the instigator. it does protect people who are the agressor. remember this call zimmerman made to 911. >> are you following him? >> yeah. >> okay, we don't need you to do that. >> okay. >> all right, many believe zimmerman instigated the situation. because of that, he was told not to follow him. it's important to note that his attorneys have told us that they're using self-defense, not sandra brown as defense. justifiable homicides have doubles since 2005. senator, i know earlier this week you and i talked, you talked about this commission you're putting together to evaluate. what's happened? >> well, we met today and we're still meeting behind me. the state attorney, public defenders, law professors and criminal defense lawyers and former prosecutors and actually former judges, we're going through the statute line by line an

ft. lauderdale, florida.y afternoon and a busy day on the intercoastal waterway. 11 people, including three children, ages 7, 9 and 12 are out for a pleasure cruise. they rent this bayliner motor boat, but something goes wrong. a large wake from another vessel has washed over the side and now the partially submerged boat is caught in a 12-mile-an-hour current. the man who is steering guns the engine, but has no control. the passengers know they're in trouble, but the real danger isn't immediately obvious until, suddenly, it's too late. they're on a collision course with the construction barge that's tied to the bridge. an adult onboard tries to push them away from the barge, but he's no match for the weight of the boat and the power of the current. the bayliner is forced under the steel bow of the barge as passengers jump for their lives, a man tosses this young girl overboard. she's wearing a life jacket, but some of the others aren't. as their boat smashes into the barge, it's crushed and in less than 30 se

ft. lauderdale. this morning he joins us from ft. lauderdale.your ground line by line and they were going to come with action steps so what's the outcome this morning, senator? >> well we discussed some of those action steps near the end and we talked about the immunity parts of the statute as being a problem and to look at that, as well as other parts of the law, and what we did is give each other homework. we're going to come back within six days and everyone on the panel has homework to come back and after our discussion come up with some good points of how to amend the law, because i think we were all in agreement that people need the right to defend themselves, but we need to have people defend their actions when they take a life. >> before we talk about all those steps and two issues in, you voted against the stand your ground law in 2005, taken a little bit of criticism. some say the task force you pulled together are actually like-minded people. so can you share with us who is on the task force? >> on the task force we had four law profe

ft. lauderdale with my friends -- i was with my friend. [ light laughter ] no, i went with a -- but me and got in this cab, and the cab driver was a weird guy. i was -- something was off. and he was driving us to some dance club or something. and he drove, and he pulled over. and he goes, "hey, guys, can either one of you guys drive? i'm drunk." [ laughter ] the cab driver. so we walked to the club. it was crazy. wasted like three hours. tonight, i thought i'd share some of my favorite "spring break mistake" tweets from you guys. here we go. this first one is from @rileyfrandsen. he says, "during a layover on the way to florida, my friend got lost in the airport trying to find cinnabon and missed the flight. [ laughter ] hope it was worth it, buddy. what a mistake. that's the worst. a cinnabon, man. >> steve: i hope he wasn't overweight. >> jimmy: they are delicious. >> steve: oh, they are good. >> jimmy: this one's from @coltonwthomas. he says, "mom wouldn't let me bleach my hair so i used sun-in. my orange hair made me look like the dude from 'the hunger games.'" [ laughter ] which dude

ft. lauderdale.ou're about to get extra rain up to the east coast. >> i'm abcbc 7' steve r rudin w a look atthe dayme ghs of 75 to 79 degrees, shors andnd storms later thisis afteron. now tomomorrow itsgoing to be a tal washout.. one toto threeee incs of >> this weather report has been brought to you by sargento. >> thank you, ginger. >>> now, we're going to look at bad behavior that ginger and sharyn would never engage in. coming up here on the broadcast, three fourths, too much alcohol and one cute, little penguin. if it sounds like a sequel to the movie "the hangover," you're not too far off. and we have the video to prove it. >>> and is justin bieber shopping for an engagement ring for selena gomez? baban cajun raw seafood pizza parlor french fondue tex-mex fro-yo tapas puck chinese takeout taco truck free range chicken pancake stack baked alaska 5% cash back. right now, get 5% cash back at restaurants. it pays to discover. molly, ordinary soap. would they switch? ♪ notice a difference? it feels

ft. lauderdale trying to evaluate this controversial law that's the law that prevented police from arrestingzimmerman. florida stand your ground law says you have the right to kill if you feel your life is being threatened. it doesn't seem to matter who's the initial aggressor which is fascinating. state senator chris smith said the law is flawed because it does protect people when they're the aggressor. remember this call that zimmerman made to 911. >> are you following him? >> yeah. >> okay. we don't need you to do that. >> okay. >> all right. many believe zimmerman instigated the situation as a result of that. he said, he was told not to follow him and should be protected under the law. it's important to note his attorneys have told us that they are using self-defense, not stand your ground as a defense. justifiable homicide though have tripled in florida since the state passed the stand your ground law in 2005. senator smith is doing something about it. he's outfront. you were talking about this commission you're putting together to evaluate. what's happened? >> well, we have met today a

ft. lauderdale area. pick up an area that has been hard hit and you expected to grow from here i guess. yes? >> that's exactly right. it improves our market share in the greater miami area from 14 position to number 6 and clearly the greater market in the miami area has really turned. you know, the excess of condominiums has been exhausted. 93% occupancy rate. so we're there at a really good time. >> talk about briefly because i'm going to get some other things here in your business. loan demand in the mortgage arena, how is it doing right now? >> well, we just had a record level of mortgage income in t first quarter and -- >> was it origination or re-fis mostly? >> well, it's a combination. it's mostly re-fis. but actually in the last three months or so there's been a substantial change towards purchases. it's been a tipping point based on our feedback in the last 90 days where consumers have bottomed and it's time to buy and they are more confident. our purchase activity has gone up substantially. >> wo

ft. lauderdale, former prosecutor, thanks both ever you for joining me tonight.en, in your eyes, what is the biggest development from this afternoon's pros pres conference with zimmerman's former attorneys. >> i'm amazed by the entire pro press conference. you would have to hold me down and scare into the noon day wide-eyed sun before i would make one of my clients look back on national television. when they got on national television they made their client or former client, mr. zimmerman, look bad. they took away credibility. they chastise him in public for calling the prosecutor. quite frankly, i'm amazed at this turn of developments. i don't believe that what they did was necessarily professional. there may be some questions as to how they brought about this news conference. clearly it casts some credibility issues on mr. zimmerman. >> now, russell smith, you've been h a defense attorney and in fact headed the association there in jacksonville. does this not really impact the case and credibility of mr. zimmerman? >> well, i think it certainly causes people to

ft. lauderdale, and we were pretty much telling the audience and the viewers how dangerous it is out heren the beach. >> while setting up, romano notices several kite surfers taking advantage of those strong winds. he admits it looks like tremendous fun. >> you know, at the time i was like, man, i would love do that. i would definitely like to try that. >> but romano never imagines that in just seconds, one of those kite surfers is about to become the story of the day. >> we saw him go up about 40 feet at least and then slam into the ground. that i'll never forget. i remember just seeing him slam straight into the ground. and then i thought that was the end of it. i thought he would land on the sand and that's it, but then it pulled him again. >> the wind catapults the kite surfer as he flies past romano and his crew directly across a busy highway, about 200 feet. >> did you see that parasailer? >> yeah! >> in a matter of seconds he it literally right over there up against that wall. and he pretty much just stayed right there and just wasn't really moving. >> romano and several others run

ft. lauderdale beach had to be rescued after they were dragged away from shore.tims a 15-year-old girl and a 65-year-old man were both taken to the hospital. the weather service says strong rip currents are expected all week. swimmers, beware. 'tis the season. hit the water. got to be careful. >> you like to swim? >> i do. >> a good swimmer? i like a pool. i like chlorine. at the beach, i like to be in the sand with a nice drink and i'm good. whales, rip currents. that's not fun. >> pina colada. >>> here's your wednesday weather. >> thunderstorms, hail, gusty winds from the carolinas to atlanta. cloudy in the northeast with scattered showers from d.c. to philadelphia. showers around chicago. green bay, minneapolis and the dakotas. snow in the northern rockies. you have me all weird now. >> welcome back. mostly 60s from wills to salt lake city. phoenix 93. albuquerque, 77. 65 in the twin cities. 75 in omaha and 80 in the big "d." 623 68 in the big apple. >> i did miss you the last few days. >> people think you are disappearing. she's getting promoted. she's doing

ft. lauderdale work may have affected hundreds of people.t shows examiners at the fbi lab did sloppy work. >>> britain's telegraph has a story of a promising new treatment for prostate cancer. it involves heating tumors with a highly focused camera. nine out of ten patients are cancer-free after that treatment. so far there are no side effects. >> as more of us switch to cell phones, the united states say landlines may no longer be available in some areas. they're passing requirements that land lines have to be required to everyone. >>> "the boston globe" says heat caused some big trouble at monday's boston marathon. 2,100 runners were treated for dehydration and other ailments. >>> and the aniston star reports that national football team trophy was shattered over the weekend. a player's father tripped over it and broke the crystal ball. it's worth thn this national weather report sponsored by citi bank. write your story with the citi simplicity card. in paris. the uprising of her friend pointing a gun. is this an issue for the royal family

ft. lauderdale, to illinois, to aspen, colorado, to san diego and then back to aspen.d bizarre moments with rielle hunter. when edwards pregnant mistress arrived at her house in north carolina, mrs. young said ms. hunter took a spin in the industry way and announced, i'm here. at another point, she said hunter ordered a ruben sandwich from a restaurant in colorado and when the dressing on the sandwich wasn't right, rielle hunter picked up the cell phone and called her spiritual advisor in california to ask him to fix it. she also asked for several thousand dollars to pay the spiritual advisor for his expenses. she's clearly looking forward to the cross-examination because they want to attack her testimony as unreliable, because so much of it came secondhand. >> joe, we'll check back with you tomorrow. meanwhile, let's turn now to some stunning new revelations about secret al qaeda attack plans, hidden inside a porn video. the digitized coded files give us some details of future threats. they're all tied to a pair of al qaeda suspects on trial for allegedly plotting for

ft. lauderdale, florida and say hello to lee. hey, lee. what do you say? >> caller: good morning.l, what really infuriates me is how quickly the democrats eat their own. still waiting for repudiation for west. still waiting for repudiation of limbaugh from a mainstream republican. i tell ya. >> bill: i'm so glad you said that lee. here's alan west who says there are 80 known communists in the house of representatives. he ought to be run out of the house of representatives for making a remark like that. >> caller: not a peep from boehner or romney. we just turn on our own so quickly. >> bill: you're so right. they may have defended alan west but they didn't throw him under the bus the way every top democrat did yesterday. well dammit, i'm here to defend hilary rosen and so glad so many of you are too. >> announcer: this is the "full court press," the "bill press show," live on your radio and on current tv. hd er granholm joins current tv. this former two term governor is politically direct. ♪ >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." live on your radio and current tv. >> bill: h

ft. lauderdale area. take a look at the chop on this surf. and know that this is going to go on. you see the rescues going on there. this is going to go all week long. a strong flow up the eastern seaboard. and the pattern we'll see today. then a break. and we'll get another rain system like this over the weekend. the rip currents from palm beach to miami-dade county, likely today. before you step outside the door this morning in the northeast, to the great lakes, be prepared for a brisk chill. these numbers have been very different than they have been in the last couple of days. new york about 49 degree, philadelphia, 55. they don't go very far today. >> all of america's weather coming up in the next half hour. robin? >> okay, sam. >>> now, to the new trend that's truly unlike anything we've ever seen. it's the technology that has some of us unable to believe our eyes. and who better to bring this to us than abc's john berman. >> good morning, robin. imagine i could be on the set right now, without ever having to get out of bed? how awesome would that be? but, that's nothing. be

ft. lauderdale area. and know that this is going to go on. you see the rescues going on there. this is going to go all week long. a strong flow up the eastern seaboard. and the pattern we'll see today. and a break. and another system like this over the weekend. the rip currents from palm beach to dade county, likely today. before you step outside the door this morning in the northeast, to the great lakes, be prepared for a brisk chill. these numbers have been very different than they have been in the last couple of days. they don't go far today. we have some areas of rain moving for the washington area, o the beltway, in about another hour. some light rain moving to the screen we have ready toers getting move within view. taurus warrenton and manassas, the first rain drops. often on areas of light rain are innd temperatures 50's and not moving much for the rest of the day. tomorrow back to sunshine >> all of america's weather coming up in the next half hour. robin? >> okay, sam. >>> now, to the new trend that's truly unlike anything we've ever seen. it's the technology that has

ft. lauderdale home. narcy said, i don't believe she was killed. not on my so-called orders.y narcy ordered both hits to collect a $10 million estate. and to get revenge for a string of her husband's affairs. she denies it all. and narcy novack's brother will also go on trial next week. he's accused of helping his sister hiring the hitmen. now, they both face charges of racketeering, conspiracy and other crimes related to the murders of the millionaire husband and the mother-in-law. >> bizarre cases. >> so bizarre. >> thank you, cecilia. >>> we have another one. a case of shoe rage out of san francisco. police are pounding the pavement in search of a woman who pounded a man with one of her stilettos, landing him in the emergency room. it's not the first time that designer shoes have been potentially deadly weapons. and rob nelson is on the case. >> reporter: wanted. this morning, the search is on for this woman. her alleged crime, shoe rage. >> she's a white female in her 20s with blonde hair. >> reporter: the alleged victim, matt meidinger, said that he was beaten repeatedly

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ft. lauderdale as well. >> talk about flying off the handle. the tsa screener at j.f.k.is, arrested after she hurled a cup of hot coffee at an american airlines pilot. she was apparently upset after the pilot told her to tone down a profanity laced conversation. another screener told the pilot to mind his own business and she tossed her coffee at him. >> mr. kilmeade? >> brian, come on in. >> oh, great. where are you -- >> brian? >> hi, everybody. welcome out. talking to jennie finch here, legendary athlete and aut -- author of this book "throw like a girl." you have an important message today. i want to do something unique. can we walk around the bases? let's say we hit a single. let's go here. first off, with you writing this book "throw like a girl" the message is what? >> dream big in yourself, believe in yourself and be the best you. >> be the best you. >> but people look at you and say how could jennie finch relate to me? she's an' let's athlete and one of the best softball player in history. what message do you have for people who don't have your talent? >> it was