>>> maddy and tay are being praised for bringing a new voice to the vocal music.ic awards but why they want some of their fellow stars to sound more respectful. >> reporter: maddy marleau and tailor dye could be any other duo trying to make it in country music. they have the look and the talent. but these 19-year-olds aren't just another new group because of this song. their first single "girl in a country song" went straight to the top. >> but it's the message that makes them breakout stores and puts nashville on notice. >> you guys are taking on what's big in nashville. two teenagers. >> go big or go home. >> go big or go home. >> that's definitely the motto. >> you're calling only sought of the biggest names in music. >> we're calling out the trend rather than the artist. >> what they call unrealistic and irresponsible covers much of today's country music. a sound called rogue country. tight main game in town with songs that glorify big trucks beer and beautiful women. >> we're huge country fans but we're so sick and tired of how women are portrayed in songs. t

. >> jan crawford meets maddie & tae. they're opening up to their voices of change.f this morning's headlines. "the detroit news" looking at a possible link between shrinking airlines seating and health problems. >> it's gone down from about 19 inches to 17. last summer flyers were squeezed into the least amount of personal space in the history of flying. the flyers say the closely packed assets could make it harder to evacuate a plane. let me tell you, not 30 minutes ago charlie was saying how small the seats are. >> sitting in the back. >> and you're 6'3". >> exactly. >> i was going what are you doing sit back there? that's what i want to know. >> took you to place you've never been hasn't it? >> tee hee hee. >> they're searching for a cat burglar caught on cat camera. a new york city woman installed her camera. it caught a suspected thief breaking in through the window. somebody knows this guy. it's believed that he climbed up the scaffolding. he didn't steal the cats but he allegedly took an ipad a laptop, jewelry and digital cap rah before walk out the door. >>

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maddie raised in texas by a mother working in oil and fwas.grew in in oklahoma with older brothers. they took voice lessons in dallas where teacher introduced them. they moved together. >> we were 17-year-old move to nationville completely on our -- nashville on our own trying to make it on our old all these grown up things. and it was hard. we're trying to make a name for ourselves in nashville which is not easy. >> that experience inspired their second single fly. >> running down dreams in a dirty dress now her heart's a mess. >> an uplifting song that encourages people to hold on through the tough times. >> so keep on climbing. keep on dreaming. >> this is a lot of pressure because you came out with huge hit and now what. >> for us it's mainly to tell our stories. if we can tell a story true to us and our fans recall, if it doesn't get high on the charts, it's not that important to us. >> as long as we get to say what we want to say we're passionate about it and it matters. >> another message that they hope resonates. >> you can learn to cr

. >> maddie may only be in the first grade at west town school this 6.5 years is wise beyond her years nothing the positive impact she's having. >> unbelievably we have a lot of working for us in west chester. we serve probably close to 800 families a month. i don't think, you know, a lot of people could survive if they didn't have a food cupboard like this to come to. >> what's the best part about this? >> everything. >> reporter: by the way maddie donates a portion of her allowance and some of her birthday money to help buy the food she then donates. that's how important this is to her. dawn timmeney, fox 29 news. >> paddy my new heroism true homecoming for a veteran in burlington county new jersey. it happened today. army staff sergeant mario murray and his family just got the keys to their new home. they gave the keys to show it's thanks to all those wounded warriors who serve our country. murray suffers from a number of physical injuries sustained during his deployment to afghanistan. now once inside, what they saw blue murray and his family away. >> oh wow! >> look at the living

meet 6.5-year-old maddie wiley.e is only in first grade the west town school and this is she a little girl and her parents uncloud loading several car loads of food this afternoon afternoon. the pint size volunteer hopeing to help feed hungry people who she knows might otherwise have no food on the table. maddie and her mom volunteered at philabundance when she was just five years old when the two of them together decided to make it a new year's resolution to do a giant food drive helping lots and lots of people. >> how do you get all this food? >> some people drop it off on our porch and some people give us money went go buy it. >> what's the best part about this? >> everything. >> she's naturally a generous kid when she out gross her clothes she wants to give them away and same with her toys. i think it's just important that we all -- we're all here together to the extent that you can help it doesn't take some herculean effort. everyone can do something. >> reporter: everyone can do something. and this food bank h

>> everything. >> reporter: by the way maddie seen donates a portion of her allowance and some of herirthday money to help buy the food that she then donates. that's how important this is to her. dawn timmeney, fox 29 news. >> flames break out in an suv. a man trapped inside. how officers risked their lives to save him. >> a nasty fight between two girls, teenagers caught on tape. a parent was there. instead of break it up she did the unthinkable so she ended up in handcuffs. >> convenience or a crushing below. google rolls out a new search formula. why small business owners fear it will shut them down. >> now with tomorrow's traffic here's bob kelly. >> good evening everybody. a brand new detour in effect route 23 valley forge road shut down over the pickerring creek here part of that long-time reconstruction. the problem is the detour puts everybody on to an already crowded route 422. so give yourself ask a time during the morning and afternoon rush hours and they'll be working all through the night here on the pennsylvania turnpike between philly bensalem and the willow grove inter

take maddie. >> it is to the pointed toe thing. >> reporter: they are a few of the young self-made celebritiesho are famous for literally bragging about their scores on you tube in a phenomenon known as haul videos. racking up millions of views. stores like h and m, forever 21 and zara have made shopping a euphoric, almost addictive experience for many creating a multibillion dollar industry. on average americans buy more than one item of clothing each week. take a peek in alex's closet. you shop often. this is your sport? >> it is. >> reporter: so you have tags on them? >> yes, i do. >> reporter: buying as fast as you can wear it. >> yeah. i feel so excited and pumped up when i do go shopping. kind of like a drug. >> reporter: so is shopping really like a drug? to find out we followed alex as she hit up her favorite stores. a new technology called facial tracking should tell us if alex is experiencing a high-like euphoria while shopping. first stop zara. >> i love this. this is amazing. it is 169, which isn't bad for a jacket. >> reporter: immediately alex says she starts to feel like she has

you'll remember maddie's performance in sia's smash hit "chandelier." the same. the video racking up more than 3 million views in just one day. now, what's interesting about that new video she's interpret interpreting things that no 12-year-old could have felt. i always find that fascinating. >> captivating to watch. >> you can't stop looking and when it's like weird, but i still want to watch. >> to see what she's going to do. wow. >>> just in time for easter "pop news" becomes peep news. you're probably familiar with those peeps, those tasty little marshmallow chicks. you might have a pair of earrings like this. >> do you need help? >> you dress me lara. >> with help from some of our peeps at peeps we were able to peepify the wardrobes. kick it off with that evil duo. drizella and anastasia. cinderella's evil stepsisters are here. let's bring them out. welcome cinderella's peep sisters. >> wow. >> watch out peep charming, these two mean business. i love it. thank you, ladies. >> oh my gosh. >> evil looking but delicious. up next -- >> they are amazing

. >> jade received this anonymous letter in the mail about posting too much about maddie on facebook. she is 6 months, big deal. >> i read it, and i thought it was a joke. i felt i was being bullied. >> reporter: this aussie mom is not buckling, instead she posted a letter on facebook that has gone viral. >> littledy know it would go all around the world. >> reporter: she has been flooded with words of encouragement. you have every right to show off your baby continue being the fantastic mom you are by being present in your baby's life. >> paula ferris, abc news, new york. >> if you don't like, unfollow people. >> that's exactly right. >> reporter: a baby nice to look at. >> reporter: that baby is cute. >> we'll be right back. >> children and adults dressed as their favorite story book characters at the please touch museum. guests were transported to enchanting villages and make believe land for the stories there's our sarah bloomquist she was on hand. she read stories dressed as cinderella's wicket stepmother. >>> an auction was held in chicago where oprah taped her shows for years.

in particular, left are maddie what with saw was within a period of a couple of days more than 100,000 people left town, they took what they could and ran. the world food program has distributed food to 80,000 people. we have distributed kits, emergency kits that contain a little bit of food and buckets and the things you feed when you are running. >> they are all terrified people, they are lucky to have found shelter. there are 106 families living in the this camp. conditions are quite tough and many people here feel they have an uncommon future in other effort pas of baghdad conditions are not much better for the displaced. mosques are packed and people are almost squeezed in. al jazeera, baghdad. >> despite it's rich oil fields the economy in northern iraq is struggling to cope against the on going battle against the levant. the kurdish government has been trying to convince oil firms to help invest and develop the region. >> with the governor in town, exhibitors at the oil and gas fair punt their best feet forward, it is a chance to network and take stock of what has been a rocky f

. >> maddie thompson is at clemson university. sorority and fraternity members who lobbied congress on wednesday. on tuesday they practiced their pitch. advocating more tax advantages for the housing. >> what we want to ask for you is to see the housing efforts. >> reporter: but some of their positions are drawing criticism. putting campus investigations of sexual assaults on hold until a criminal case is over. barring schools from making fraternities and sororities coed. prohibiting the campus-wide life when one house is under investigation. >> and from coming forward and reporting. >> so you believe that they may not come forward because they are fearful of being known as the one who would let all license be suspended? >> definitely. >> i took an oath. >> i took an oath. >> reporter: they recently unveiled this sexual assault video. and training for 100,000 members. the senator of missouri says it is not enough. >> and what they should be advocating for is not that their university should not be doing that investigation, but ban

you'll remember maddie's performance in sia's smash hit "chandelier."racking up more than 3 million views in just one day. now, what's interesting about that new video is she's interpreting things that no 12-year-old could have felt. >> right. >> i always find that fascinating. >> she's captivating to watch. >> you can't stop looking and even at times when you're like it's a little we recall, you're like but i still want to watch. >> to see what she's going to do, wow. >>> just in time for easter, "pop news" becomes "peep news." you're probably familiar with those peeps, those tasty little marshmallow chicks. i mean, you might have a pair of earrings just like this. >> do you need some help? >> yeah, i do. >> you keep talking. >> you dress me, lara. >> i will. >> with help from some of our peeps at peeps we were able to peepify the wardrobes of some of our favorite characters. so, let's kick things off with that evil duo from "cinderella," drizella and anastasia. cinderella's evil stepsisters are here. they are here this morning. let's go ahead and brin

today joint chiefs chairman martin dempsey conceded that iraqi forces may very well lose ra maddie to isis. >> i would much rather than ramadi not fall, but it won't be the end of a campaign should it fall. we've got get it back. >>. >> reporter: coalition forces on thursday cut routes used by isis. tens of thousands having fled the city in just two days. ramadi is in iraq's sunni heartland. today the new defense secretary, ashton carter, expressing concern that iraqi government is still relying too much on shiite dominated militias. >> lasting victory over isul, includes gov urnance in baghdad and respect for local populations of all there is liberated from isul control. >> as isis pushes on the oil refinery, important piece of infrastructure for the economy, they released new pop began da video, showing their rapid assault on the city. >> once the iraqis have full control over beijing, they will control all of the infrastructure, north and south, and deny the ability to generate revenue through oil. >> u.s. chief calling for immediate cease-fire in yemen's civil war. travel together

we have maddie's pet adoption day.have so many puppies and great dogs available. >> if you find these ladies cute and adorable, come over to the shelter, if you go to oakland animal shelters.org it tells the hours and come on in. >> very good. we put more information about oakland animal services . >>> tomorrow on kpix this morning. a political insider dish on the super bowl l week long party. >> you know, i'm so glad that the city leaders are handing over the key to the city to the nfl, but would they do that for any other employer who's workers suffer a one in three chance of getting alzheimer's and dementia? workers have a greater chance of getting park sans? -- parkinsons. >>. the presidential race is a year and a half away but too early for a candidate to throw a hat in the wing. we'll be joined by the former chairman of the republican party. he has a big announcement to make. that is tomorrow at 7:30 a.m.. >> let's take one final check of the weather forecast today starting with our doppler is that what we're loo

academy of country music awards nominated country stars maddie and kay are bringing a different voicenre. why they're fighting back against what they brookside chocolate now has a crunch. brookside crunchy clusters - crispy multi-grains and sweet fruit-flavored pieces dipped in rich dark chocolate. discover brookside crunchy clusters. >>> tax day, the 150th anniversary of abraham lincoln's death. there's certainly a lot going on. >> plus, we can celebrate some things on this day. it's national rubber eraser day. i love this. national spiral glazed ham day. who thinks of these things? >> news you need to know. >>> we've got one of these signals. we're not going to lie to you, got one of these. if you've watched anything, that means to stretch. we're going to go to cbs this morning eventually but right now allyson rae is waiting patiently so let her do her thing. >> i want to talk more about spiral glazed ham. >> you had me at spiral glazed. >> let's talk about how nice it is this morning. a temperature increase from yesterday into the near 07 range. there it -- 70 range. there it is. a

-led coalition are viewed as abandoning ramadi allowing ram dad maddie to fall to isis it will have a devastating blow to the need to win the sunni population and exactly why making sure ramadi does not fall to isis is so important at this same. the pleas for help from the civilians, from the commanders and from the officials in ramadi cannot be ignored, er.. >> obviously what you are saying heard martin dempsey wouldn't be the end of the camp pip pain should it fall. you are painting a picture of a city much much more important than he portrayed today. as you know, arwa president obama says the united states is making in his words, "serious progress against isis." you have seen the fighting over ramadi as you made your way to that key city. what did you see? >> reporter: i saw a population that was traumatized as they were fleeing, children completely shocked in the arms of their parents, the elderly being pushed out by carts. speaking to officials inside ramadi a description of an enemy barrelling down on them that they are barely able to keep at bay, threatening the center of the c

. >> awakening dormant yet viable neurons best suited for the job could make maddy's paralytic hand more active and nimble. >> we're finding out what areas of the brain respond better for what function. can we move better because we're doing this think better speak bet center i think what we're doing now is the tip of the iceberg. >> but there's still much to learn. back at this lab. they're studying rat brains to try and determine exactly what's happening to the neurons and synapses while they're stimulated with electricity. it's important research, but i would rather not wait for it. i want my venti voltage now. miles o'brien, the pbs "newshour," new york. >> woodruff: now, a time of pain but one shared openly with an unseen audience. gwen ifill recently recorded this interview. it's the latest from our "newshour bookshelf." >> ifill: you may recognize scott simon from his public voice, as host of npr's weekend edition saturday. but it is his private voice that brought him a different kind of attention, as he chronicled his mother's final days in an unusually public way, on twitter. hi

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a vaccine for maddy -- money low income and middle income families which is a critical public healthand one of the most critical public health initiatives we have taken in the history of public health. somewhat disappointed your budget will cut this program by $50 million next year particularly disconcerting and the outbreak of some contagions we thought were in my youth like the measles and section 317 is used to track that response. looking at all these issues. >> like you we agree and are concerned about the vaccination issue in special in the context of the measles outbreak we have seen and although it seemed happening around that. with regard to 317 there's additional complementary programs the children's vaccine done. when you combine the two programs together there's a net increase of 58 million on the budget overall. with regard to 317 is where implementing the affordable care act parts of 317 are use for those that are underinsured. when ac was past it is required that all plans do no cost-sharing. when i take my child than for wellness visit that vaccination doesn't have a