. >> reporter: but the gag gift derek lawson made for his brother has piqued the interest of millions. >> we started out by making one, we took that money, made two. then four, and now we can make upwards of 3,000 a day. >> reporter: weighing five pounds and standing almost a foot tall, the world's largest gummy bear, which calls raleigh, north carolina, home, certainly lived up to its name. >> it's unique in and of itself. even if it was just the giant gummy bear. i say just the giant gummy bear. that's huge compared to a small one. but the world's largest is completely over the top. >> reporter: lawson and business partner michael horwitz launched their company ggb of raleigh in 2007 with the world's largest gummy bear as their signature item. >> we knew we had a good idea and there's a market for this. >> reporter: since then revenue surpassed $1 million a year and the number of year-round employees is up about 20. while the majority of business is wholesale, anyone can buy the bears online and check out the company's own laboratory, a candy store in raleigh. >> we test out flavors

i didn't know who the reverend james morris lawson jr. was or that i was-- in the background was one of the great teachers in america, a man who really was a great disciple of gandhi. but this was the cream of young black southerners, and they clearly were making a statement. and yes, i think i knew intuitively that something very powerful was happening and that there was a dynamic there. what i found out later was something jim lawson taught them when they were all scared and they said, "how can we do this? "i mean, we're just a bunch of young black kids, "and we don't know anybody. "we're not rich. "our parents-- "we're taking on this powerful hierarchy of politicians and businessmen." and jim lawson taught them two things. he said, "yes, you're anonymous. "yes, you're powerless. "but the people who run this city "will have to make one of two choices. "they will either accede to what you want "because it is right, in which case you've won. "or they will have to deny you what you want and arrest you, "in which case you are no longer anon

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i'm pat lawson muse. today we're going to show you some of the more interesting stories making news in our area this week. among them, life in the white house. former college basketball star reggie love gives us an inside look at what it's like to be the president's righthand man. classroom or time machine, the unique lessons that have earned a local teacher one of the most prestigious education honors. and we'll show you one of the defense department's sweetest secret, but first today, news that could keep extra cash in your pocket. two out of three consumers are pressured to buy an extended warranty. that's according to "consumer reports," but are the warnt wars worth the extra money? >> maybe you should have a home warranty because a renter is not going to take good care as you would as the owner, and i thought, well, okay. >> pam owns and rents out this townhouse in florida. she decided to buy a home warranty for peace of mind because she resides in springfield, virginia. so she went online and found

i'm pat lawson muse. >> and i'm jim handly. it has been almost ten years since the september 11th attacks at the pentagon, the world trade center and in pennsylvania. this afternoon dna tests came back and confirmed osama bin laden was killed yesterday in a fire fight in pakistan. >> officials say cia interrogators in secret overseas prisons kick-started the effort find bin laden. he was shot and killed in a bat bad, pakistan in a $1 million mansion. steve has the latest from the national mall. >> good evening from the national mall in washington where there have been a scattering of celebrations by tourist, local residents and of course, they're celebrating down at the white house where we have now learned that president obama first heard in august of 2010 that the founder of al qaeda, osama bin laden might be using that mansion not far from the pakistan capital of islamabad, the evidence mounted up, we are told. the president gave the green light to go last night. it's page one worldwide, america kills osama bin laden. this p

. >> i'm pat lawson muse. this afternoon, president obama met with his cabinet where loud applause could be heard outside by the media. also today, the obama administration says it's weighing the pros and cons of releasing a picture of a dead osama bin laden. >> we're also learning new details this afternoon on how the al qaeda leader was killed. news 4's steve handelsman starts our coverage at the white house. >> reporter: president obama made the call to send in the s.e.a.l.s. now he's got to decide what if anything, to send out to proof bin laden is dead. should he release photos of the terrorist's corpse or videos of bin laden's burial at sea? team obama is cautious, concerned about inflaming the muslim world. >> the additional release of information or any type of photographic evidence is something that we have to take into account in terms of what the reaction might be to it. >> reporter: in 2006, when musab al zarqawi, al qaeda's leader in iraq was killed by u.s. forces, the bush administration released

i'm pat lawson muse. >> and i'm jim handly. here's what's making news.l qaeda confirmed that president obama has what he's been saying since sunday that bin laden is dead. the terror network called on muslims to avenge the death of their leader. >> police say they have recovered an additional ten suspicious letters sent to d.c. public schools this morning. they're all similar to the 29 letters delivered yesterday. investigators say they contain a white poweder that turned out to be harmless. all of them appear to be postmarked from dallas, texas. the fbi is working to identify a suspect. a rousing sendoff into retireme retirement. gary williams officially announced his retirement today. he cold the crowd the time is right for him to make the move. williams says he'll stay with maryland as an assistant athletic director. we have student reaction and a one-on-one interview with coach williams right here at 5:00 tonight. you don't want to miss it. >>> an unexpected surge in hiring sent stocks higher. the labor department reported that private employers adde

they made their way to an offer floor were been lawson had been living. if a woman later identified as the youngest wife, rushed and was shot in the leg. the white house crack in an earlier report that been lot and had been using her as a shield. they then shot osama in the head and chest. if the woman confirmed the body was it osamas. to make sure the raiders' loaded it onto a back up helicopter, flown back to afghanistan where military doctors to dna samples. then the body was flown to the carl vinson for burial nc in the arabian gulf. if the white house says it was treated with far more respect than outside it showed to the victims of 911. today attorney-general said he has serious concerns about what might happen next. >> i have ordered the department's prosecutors and law enforcement to be mindful that his death could result in retaliatory attacks. >>catherine: osama was unarmed when he was shot by u.s. officials say he did have weapons in the room including an ak-47 automatic rifle. stay with kron 4 for continuing coverage of the death of osamas. co

i'm pat lawson muse. >>> i'm jim handly. it's our top story. there is a decision today on the death photos of osama bin laden. those pictures won't -- won't be made public. president obama has decided that no proof is needed. >> and he said presenting the photos as a trophy would be in his word, not who we are. steve handelsman reports the president's decision is being met with unity even from his opponents. >> reporter: president obama made the decision. his press secretary quoted the president exactly. >> there is no doubt that we killed osama bin laden. it is important for us to make sure that very graphic photos of somebody who was shot in the head are not floating around as an encitement to additional violence or as a propaganda tool. that's not who we are. >> reporter: big-name republicans backed the decision. >> i don't see any point in the macabre picture. >> i think there's ample proof that this was osama bin laden. >> reporter: attorney general holder testified it was legal for s.e.a.l. team 6 to kill bin laden even though he was unar

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training with not one lawson insider trading statistically having a quarter without one day of tradinglosses as was the case of gone with j.p. morgan and bank of america i think between the three of them they had one down day in trading losses statistically is that really possible is this is possible is jumping off and priced people living in london some brain california with just a broken. it's a possibility but the chances of ever happening you know very slim you know in general you know i have children and i tell my kids very simply when it sounds too good to be true chances are it's too good to be true i would want to do business with somebody who had done trading the last. three quarters you know it's i when it's not with the jets just not worth the risk or let's talk about the stock market for a sec it is it appears almost as if washington and particular ben bernanke and working through the c.m.e. and other regulators they're trying to corral people into equities they keep raising the margin requirements on commodities but they don't raise margin requirements on trading on equity

tim lawson is your son in law, married to are daughter? >> yes. tim is a painter, a very good painter. >> what did he do? >> he went with me to see this painting of the gallery of the louvre when it was in storage in chicago. he went with me to see the st. goddens work in new hampshire. he went with me to the metropolitan. he went with me often to the museum, particularly the museum of fine arts in boston. >> you said your daughter, melissa read it all? >> i marshalled the whole team. my son, david jr., teaches english in high school, and he went over all my grammar and punctuation. rosalie reads everything allowed for me. i try to write everything for the ear as well as the eye. it is wall all the great writers i have admired so much of my life did. >> what book is this for you, what number? >> this is number nine. >> are you going to do another book? >> i don't know. >> the last time we talked about this business was 2005 up in the knox home in maine. >> yes. >> you said you had 12 ideas for a book, and this is the book that came out of those? >

i'm pat lawson muse. another bag tax.y county residents will have to cough up a nickel if they go shopping and get paper or plastic bags. the council has put on the 5 cent tax to clean up rivers and streams. the only exceptions are bagged food from restaurants and pharmacy bags containing prescription drugs. the bag tax supporters say this tax will generate $1 million a year for the county. some of that will fund reusable bags for low income and elderly shoppers. what do you think about this? d.c. already has it. it's been tried in virginia. there's an effort to get it passed statewide, even nationwide. >> it's not going to happen nationwide. you can forget that. i have mixed feelings about t i do like the environmental reasons for it. you do get into the habit of carrying around reusable bags. we must have about six or seven in our car right now as we speak. but i've talked to merchants who have said it costs more to implement it than it actually is worth. >> i think there was some concern, when the district went to the

let's go to pat lawson. us in the newsroom with a look at things to come. >> coming up at 4:00, reactions a president obama visits ground zero today. also coming up, the story of a woman who underwent routine surgery and came out speaking with a foreign accent. tonight on news 4 at 5:00, bubble trouble. craola has a new line that has parents fuming and we'll tell you why. after being swept by the tampa bay lightning, we want to know which changes you think the caps need to make during the off season. weigh in on that on nbc washington facebook page. we'll share some of the results. barbara? >> i can't wait to hear about that, the lady waking up with the foreign accent. >> called foreign accent syndrome and this is not all that rare. >> amazing. thank you so much, pat. >>> we have time for a final check of our forecast. here's tom. >> you have a beautiful blue sky over us now and a bit of a blustery wind and cameras bouncing around and live picture there and lots of sunshine and that warm may sun will warm us

i'm pat lawson muse. stay with us now. "news 4 today" continues. >>> the death toll from one of the deadliest storms in recent u.s. history may be about to soar even higher. that's as rescuers continue the search for hundreds of people still missing. good morning and welcome back to "news 4 today." i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm kimberly suiters. it is sunday, may 1st, 2011. the death toll this morning stands at 342, but this morning rescuers are quickly shifting their focus to the missing. >> nearly 600 are unaccounted for in tuscaloosa alone, and as the hours pass, the chances for survival in the rubble left behind is quickly diminishing. nbc 4's chris clackham has more on the relief effort in alabama. >> reporter: the massive relief effort to help tornado victims in alabama is matched only by massive need. >> we have some of the greatest people that care about their neighbors, and it was evident today. every place that we went, we saw so many volunteers. >> reporter: with the tattered flag recovered from the rubble of

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pat lawson muse joins us. what's coming up. >>> coming up at 4:00 this af r afternoon nene is a reality tv star now and her feud with star jones is creating quite the buzz on "celebrity aprprentice." nene is in town. today she will join us live in our studio. on the set coming up at 4:00 this afternoon. some drivers are having to dig way, way down in their pockets to pay for gas. some places have hit $9. that's $9. barba barbara? >> oh, my goodness. >> $9. >> i'll be watching. thank you very much. >>> time now for a final check on the forecast. here is tom. >> the sky that was showing blue and some sunshine is now beginning to fill back in with clouds. a live picture from the sky watcher camera. the radar showing some lingering showers, the northern neck of virginia and on the eastern shore but those showers are continuing to advance off to the east and temperatures where there's been more sun now breaking out into the mid and upper 50s just to our west and north but where the rain is still falling it's only a

i didn't know where we were going edgers followed and then i got pulled over by john lawson.unk driving. it's an extremely powerful tool that they can use and it cost me my kids. even today three years later i don't get over night with my kids. she ended up with $300,000 and i ended up with 30,000. i was a little suspicious, all little apprehensive they're professionals at this stuff. they got me. >>catherine: arm and related have been arrested since march of this year. norman welch has pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy, selling drugs and possession of drugs. the sheriff's deputy steven tanabe is accused of selling steroids. private investigator christopher but there is accused of coordinating the sales of drugs. " tanabe and butler are facing charges related to that security drunk driving scheme. a fourth man involved in the task force was arraigned in the court today. louis lombardi was charged in several felonies including conspiracy to sell drugs session of the legal assault rifle. if he is an officer with the san ramon police department and is now on the admini

schieffer said that car at lawson home runs, drove off hit jason drama. everyone tried to run from police, everyone was caught but only martinez faces charges. >> i hope, they learn and get punished for this. >> reporter: his grandmother died on the way the hospital neighbors have left flowers saying diana won't be forgotten. >> she's there for everyone. >> cards, cookies for christmas. >> reporter: is a memo was a good lady. even though he was born with physical disabilities, that did not matter around her. >> she took care of me, my mom passed. she helped me to learn how to weed, what, when the doctor said i would never be able to double-reed and walked. >> reporter: when i around around and found chards of the sidewalk--chunks of the sidewalk late all over the road. for now reporting in san s.a., kron4 news. >> james: of the island shooting ended in the murder in lake mary, it happened on seventh avenue. a few blocks away from the lake. the victim was killed just before reaching his front door. >> reporter: etc. this oakland from a 39 yd were shot to d

and joining us now with more, jeff farney at fight for children and emily lawson the founder of d.c.rep. >> good morning. >> let's talk about fight for children and give folks a bet every idea as to what you are able to do here in the client and how you work with d.c. school children. >> sure. well we're 21 years old and we've been fighting for 21 years to give low-income kids here in washington a great education and keep them healthy so they can learn. so schools are one of you are effort -- are one of our efforts. and we want to shine a spotlight on them and get other schools to use those practices. >> and you need to get grant money flowing out into the schools. emily the recipient of those. talk about what was in the process and what they did they receive? >> d.c. prep where emily is the founder and ceo is one of our champions of quality this year and we had an exhaustive process of schools apply and we have a committee made up of education experts visit the schools and talk to the teachers and they decide who is the most doing the academic achievement forward for low- income kid

got lost and then i was arrested by don lawson for drunk driving. d.u.i.ol that they use and it cost me my kids. three years later, i do not get overnight visits with my kids. i ended up with maybe $30,000. it was difficult. i was suspicious. i was apprehensive. professionals at this stuff, they got me. >> marty: addition to the dirty dui he is also accused of selling steroids. and coordinating the sale of drugs. the dirty-d.u.i. he pleaded not guilty the dirty- dui deeds lombardi was also charged with felony with conspiracy to sell drugs and possession of a rifle. he is a member of the police department who is now on administrative leave. >> joseph maso will not be represented by an attorney he chose to represent himself. here are the details from friday. haazig madyun is at the courthouse and explains. >> reporter:>> competent to represent himself against multiple murder charges. that is what the judge decided at the marin county courthouse on the joseph na yto case the may so taste. he is accused of killing four women between 1977, 1994. previously, the

get attorneys agreed not to dispute the findings of the doctors who evaluated 20 tiered year-old lawsonre accused of shooting, care when difference. indicted on 49 counts of murder and attempted murder in the january 8th shooting. >>anchor: we will be right back as the kron 4 morning news continues until 11:00 a.m.. tall hopes of some fresh snow and the 24 hours. there is on highway 89. z hoffmann- >>anchor: of the chief of neurosurgery at the hospital where the giants fan who was attacked as from receiving care of is supposed to give an update on cranston's condition. they should come in about 15 minutes. in the meantime the lapd is on hand as the giants play the dodgers and gloss angeles. it will be handing out fliers sedans hoping to get more leaves in the case. >>anchor: former governor are look schwarzenegger, the woman that he had a troubled supposedly goes by patti, a housekeeper for the family for more than 20 years. source never learned he was the father when the boy was a toddler. had retired in january after being housekeeper the family home. she lives outside of los angeles

federal statute of >> it does in the sense that the text goes further -- i was referring to the non-lawson aspects of it. -- non-lawsuit aspects of it. >> how would virginia and forced this statute other than by bringing this lawsuit? >> as i understand my friend, he says they could enforce it -- county employers -- i'm not sure if that is true or not. >> a county or city cannot do anything unless the legislature says he can do that, so they do not need this statute to prohibit -- nor full or newport news -- forced their employees to buy health insurance. i ask again -- how would virginia in forces that it other than by bringing this lawsuit wh? the solicitor general is the answer that question. >> i think the central point to you is as it chooses vs. mellon that cleared limit on the article 3 court and does not allow the entertaining of losses such as this, which injects federal courts in tuesday versus federal disputes, but rather state vindicating the rights of their citizens. [unintelligible] seizing on that language -- that the basis -- am i reading that correctly? >> that is, and tha