reporter: the doctor sent the meteorite to the smithsonian where it will be studied under microsco microscopes. how do you know it is a meteorite not just a rock? >> we can tell because there is a brown coating called fusion cust. a little bit melts and forms this coating. >> reporter: everyone wants to know how much is it worth? >> it would have a financial value of whatever the dealers are willing to pay for it. there is a market for meteorites on the street. >> a patient of mine this morning said there is a one in a billion chance this could happen in this area. it is amazing it did happen and happen so close and nobody was hurt. >> reporter: tom sherwood, news 4. >> a lot of people contact the smithsonian about rocks, but few of the items have any real value. >>> still to come on "news 4 this week" -- a surprising new study on cell phones. and how they affect our health. the d.c. born teacher is showing students how hip-hop and >>> so if you've ever flown out of dulles you probably had that long walk to the main terminal to the gate. there is rest for the weary. the airport unveiled its ne

pollen is highly microscopic.put them under the microscope or until you get the levels after he had recently. >> when you think about how much you've seen on your windshield. when you can turn on your windshield wiper and it just blows. this gives me a chance to publicly thank susan. she blow advisory us if our information. she i mails me every day thank you for the work you do out there she e-mails me every day. >> with the rain we had last night, we are cautiously optimistic that the readings for trees and tone way will tell you which trees they are, i know it is oak and a few other trees, will only be medium high over the next couple of days that. will be greatly improved over very high that we had the last few days. grasses and molds still not a factor. thing make their present known a little later in the spring. the primary trees, the problems are oak trees for the most part around here, mulberry, willow are also factors. i was going to say something else about those numbers. but generally speaking, this is a

it's a flexible microscope inserted into the body during routine procedures like colonoscopies. it can magnify tissues up to a thousand times allowing doctors to instantly detect whether there are any cancerous or precancerous cells. >> here we can decide immediately if we can do something, sample more, take it out. >> that can save patients from unnecessary procedures and the stress of waiting for test results. >> knowing this all right at the time is great for one's mind and also great to find out you don't have to go back in. >> eric still needs to be screened regularly. but for now he's resting a little easier. >> you feel better. any thoughts of dieing too young disappear at least for a while. >> right now doctors are using cell vizio to look at growths along the gi tract, the stomach and esophagus. they open to start using it in other areas of body including the lungs. >>> new census figures show that washington has passed atlanta in population. almost 5.5 million people, the d.c. metropolitan area is now the eighth large nest the country. fueling that rise in the area of

we did public safety and people with microscopes and chemists on staff. service in that context meant we were protecting the public's mood and making it sure was not adulterated. even with this very quirky portfolio, we did some public safety and food safety, one of the bureau's early leaders was prescient about the future unique role the irs would play in a growing nation and the increasingly complex economy. in 1901, one of my predecessors who had a big long beard and a different outfit that i have today, he had a " that the bureau is a business touching closely the interests of thousands of our citizens and coming into your nest of contact with great and small commercial and financial transactions of the nation. even back then, he said this is an agency that touches the economy and people. although he did not get to see is full vision implemented, over the next 40 years, the irs possible changed dramatically during two world wars and momentous pieces of tax legislation. the most famous is the 16th amendment to the constitution, which gave congress the

we had people with microscopes, we had chemist on staff, and so service in that context meant we were protecting the public's food and making sure it wasn't adulterated. even with this quirkily portfolio, stamp taxes, public safety, food safety, one the bureau's early leaders was about the future unique role that the irs would play in the growing nation and the increasingly complex economy. in 1901, one of my predecessors who had a big long beard and different outfit than i have was john w.yerkies. the bureau is quote a business touching closely, the interest of thousands of our citizens and coming into nearless of contact with great and small commercial and financial transactions of the nation. so even back then, the commissioner said, this is going to be an agency that touches lots of parts of the economy and lotting of people. although he didn't get to see his full vision implemented, over the next 40 years, the irs role changed dramatically during two world wars and some momentous pieces of tax legislation. the most famous, which most people know about, was the 16th amendment to t

. >> couric: finally, the president acknowledged his personal life is always under the microscope. it must get slightly annoying. >> ( translated ): you know, madam, if you don't want to be annoyed than you have to choose another job than my job. having said that, it's a wonderful job. it's part of modern life, it's part of the system, the way it is, it's not really worth wasting one's time on or ones breast on. in any case, there's not much we can do about it so we try to deal with it as calmly as possible. >> couric: mr. president, thank you very much. >> thank you very much. you speak french very friendly. is. >> couric: hardly. in other news, one week after the explosion at a west virginia coal mine, the last of the bodies are now being recovered. now the focus is shifting to how the disaster happened and who might be to blame. jim axelrod is in charleston, west virginia. >> reporter: at a memorial this afternoon, west virginia's governor tried to soothe the spirits broken by the nation's deadliest mining disaster in 40 years. >> when someone you love becomes a memory, the memo

developed not long before this and so doctors could take the cells from the cervix and look under a microscope to diagnose cancer but they didn't know what they were looking for some there was widespread misdiagnoses so they were taking cervical cancer cells specifically so they could establish what they were looking for with the papsmear, so that's why cervical cancer cells specifically but more generally they were trying to prove any cancer cells they could because at this point they didn't know anything about cancer. they didn't even know what dna was. they had no idea how the cancer cells beau differently than normal cells and how they spread so fast so part of it is they wanted to grow cancer cells savitt figure out what cancer really was. >> what is the medicinal value of cancer cells? >> i often get this question accounted cancer cells help the polio vaccine. it seems like a complete disconnect so there's a lot of different ways. one of them is that they do have a lot of things about them that are normal. the have abnormal dna. but they still metabolize and produce protein, energy and a

developed no one before this and doctors could take the cells from the or look at them under a microscope to diagnose cancer, but they didn't really know what they were looking for so there was widespread misdiagnosis. and they're sticking cervical cancer to cells specifically so they could establish what they were looking for with the pap smear. so that's why cervical cancer cells more specifically, but were generally to return to grow into cancer cells that could because, you know, at this point they didn't know anything about cancer. they didn't even know it dna was. they had no idea how cancer cells behave differently than normal cells and how they spread so fast. and part of it was that they wanted to grow cancer cells so they could figure what cancer really was. >> what's the medicinal value than of cancer cells? >> yeah, i often get this question. how did cancer cells get the polio vaccine? it seems like a complete disconnect. one of the ways is that they do have a lot of things about them that are normal. they have abnormal dna, but they still metabolize and they produce proteins,

a fatal crash, work accident and derailments, federal regulators have put metro under the microscope and now there's a hen proposal for even more oversight. the governors of virginia and maryland and the mayor of d.c. spent much of an hour discussion metro state of issues and agreeing they want to personally intervene. >> we feel that changes must be made. we need to have more ability to have accountability in that system. >> reporter: the board that oversees metro is selected in different ways. in maryland the governor appoints. in d.c. the mayor appoints half, the city council appoints half. in virginia, the governor has no say. local board members are appointed by the various virginia cities and counties that metro runs in. these three executives want more power over the metro board. >> it's time to be a little bit more hands on and we'll be working to either legislate it or -- >> reporter: the three executives also want inperson periodic meetings with metro's interim general manager and they want to strengthent tristate oversight committee. metro riders are dubious about increase

forest animals are a reservoir of viruses, microscopic patho n pathogens living in animals' blood. >> individuals have been infected with these viruses forever. what has changed is in the past you had smaller human populations. viruses would infect them and go ekts tingts. viruses need population density. >> dr. nathan wolf is a virus hunter, he works tracking zooanatic viruses. it is these viruses that scientists think could trigger the next pandemic. >> when i look around in this forest part of what i'm thinking is what is the diversity of viruses out there. >> it may sound farfetched but it already happened, hiv is the deadliest example. it was in a forest not too far from here in southern cameroon scientists believe hiv was born. they say it started with a chimpanzee infected with strains of viruses from eating small ir monkeys. an infected chimp's blood came in contact with a human being, a hunter or someone cutting up the chimp for cooking. that simple transmission set off a global epidemic, a pandemic that has killed tens of millions of people. scientists believe hiv crossed in

standard check for things like anthrax mean growing cultures in the lab and studying them under the microscope. tests that currently take 24 hours. at the hopkins applied physics lab, the sampler and its software are tied into a laser spectometter. >> we're actually looking at intact proteins and other molecules that fly out of microorganisms when you shine laser light on them. >> reporter: what's been developed here doesn't just identify bacteria. it also identifies what drugs would be effective. >> it's very important to be able to figure out as early as possible, whether a particular microorganism would be affected or not. >> within half an hour, the organism and the drug to treat it are revealed. much like matching a fingerprint. >> i think it's a very good analogy. and it means that we potentially have all of those fingerprints in our database. >> reporter: including the ones that can kill. alex demetrick, wjz eyewitness news. >> tests on the hopkins invention will be conducted by the cdc, using pathogens like anthrax in a secure biohazardous lab. >>> back on earth. discovery lands in flo

standard check for things like anthrax mean growing cultures in the lab and studying them under the microscope. tests that currently take 24 hours. at the hopkins applied physics lab, the sampler and its software are tied into a laser speck tromenter. -- spectometter. >> we're looking at other things that fly out of microorganisms. >> reporter: what's been developed here doesn't just identify bacteria. it also identifies what drugs would would be effective. >> it's very important to be able to figure out as early as possible whether a particular microorganism would be affected or not by a particular drug. >> reporter: within half an hour, the organism and the drug to treat it are revealed. much like matching a fingerprint. >> i think it's a very good analogy. and with me, we potentially have all of the thousand fingerprints in our database. >> reporter: including the ones that can kill. alex demetrick, wjz eyewitness news. >> tests could be conducted by the cdc, using pathogens like anthrax and a secure biohazard lab. >>> still to come tonight on wjz's eyewitness news. a tv producer's wife fou

. >>> corporate paychecks are back under the microscope. the treasury department announced salary limits at the five biggest companies that are still living off of federal bailout money including gm, chrysler and aig it applies to mid-level executive and the majority limited to salaries below $500,000. >>> retirees and others who get ready for federal benefits get ready for direct deposit. most payments will be made by direct deposit. it will eliminate 136 million paper checks sent by the social security administration, the department of veteran affairs, railroad retirement board and personnel management. they are shifting away from paper-based payment and transactions. this should save $400 million. >> wow. that's a lot of money. >> good idea. >>> saving money is what you are talking about in the next half hour. >>> people are thinking of vacation. one-stop shopping for the best airfare deal you can possibly find. >> very good. and no overhead luggage fees hopefully. thank you, jessica. >>> no word on the cause of a fire in annapolis which

that answer will be taken as candor by a lot of folks wlchlt he's in the microscope or not, sure he ist of people believe president obama was when will first ran. there are few high-ranking african officials in the republican party. that adds a dimension to anyone looking at -- >> what a wonderful thing you said, john. candor gets you a long way. saying what you believe is what got you in trouble. thank you. when we return, we're going to have final thoughts about this tradition of the president's throwing out the first pitch and the tradition to recognize the guy in office is our president -- all of our president. if you have high cholesterol, high blood pressure or diabetes, you may also have very high triglycerides -- too much fat in the blood. it's a serious medical condition. lovaza, along with diet, effectively lowers very high triglycerides in adults but has not been shown to prevent heart attacks or strokes. lovaza starts with omega-3 fish oil that's then purified and concentrated. it's the only omega-3 medication that's fda-approved. you can't get it at a health food store. lo

microscopic pathogens living in the animals' blood. some are harmless but some are potentially deadly when passed to humans. >> individuals have been infected with these viruses forever. what's changed, though, is in the past you had smaller human populations. viruses would infect them and possibly go extinct. viruses actually need population density as fuel. >> dr. nathan wolff is a world renowned epidemiologist, a virus hunter. he works in these forests, tracking what he calls zoanotic viruses, ones that can jump from animals to human. it's zoanotic viruses that scientists say could trigger the next pandemic. >> when i look around in this forest, part of what i'm thinking is, what's the diversity of viruses out there? >> it may sound far-fetched, but it's already happened. hiv is the deadliest example. it was in a forest not too far from here in southern cameroon that scientists now believe that hiv was born. they say it started with a chimpanzee, infected with several strains of viruses by eating smaller viruses. an infected chimp's

. >>> welcome back, all the big banks under the microscope as more people start too ask the question -- does the fraud spread beyond just this little accusation at goldman sachs. the firm hired former white house counsel greg craig, hoping his role will come in handy as wall street's biggest bank takes on the big, bad federal government and the revolving door between the federal government and wall street turns again. meanwhile, across the pond, british regulators launching a formal investigation into goldman, they say a direct effect of the s.e.c. lawsuit. and back here at home, democrats saying the s.e.c. hasn't gone far enough. congressman peter defazio and elijah cummings analyzing a criminal investigation of goldman and there are indications that this could happen as early as this week. all of the news breaking on the same day that goldman reported record first quarter earnings, $3.46 billion. led by a huge spike in you guessed it, the trading division, largely driven by fixed income and of course, instruments like these -- well, cdos. today's earnings news, not surprising, when

very small, with microscopic sculptures made from fibers that fit inside the eye of a needle, including he called "micro- shaq." >> there is an old saying, less is more, and i sort of wanted to bring that to this exhibition. "micro-shaq" took me about seven weeks to complete. the painting was very difficult because i had to pull out one of the very fine eyelashes from the corner of my eye and i had to place onto the end of a needle with a piece of superglue. i have to slow down my heartbeat to do it. i had to paint so gently without making a mistake. >> when i first saw it, he told me how he did it, i was like, there's no way he did that. i mean, if you think about a little pin, a little pin is very small. a lot people have to lick the thing. and put it through so you know, he had to-- you know, that's art right there. >> brown: not the language an art critic might use, perhaps. but chuck close, for one, says shaq scored as a curator. >> i am really very pleasantly surprised. i think he put together an interesting selection of work and he did a whole hell of a lot better figuring out wh

long way and i think the answer will be taken as candor by a lot of folks, whether he's in the microscope lot of people believe president obama was when he first ran. there are very, very few high-ranking african-american officials in the republican party and so certainly that adds a dimension to anyone looking at his stewardship. >> what a wonderful thing you said. you said candor gets you a long way. i always thought saying what you really means gets you in trouble. thank you jonathan allen from pret politico, thank you, lynn sweet. >>> when we return, final thoughts about this tradition of presidents throwing out the first pitch and tradition of recognizing the guy in office is our president. all of our president. for me to breathe. but with advair, i'm breathing better. so i can join the fun at my family barbeque. (announcer) for people with copd, including chronic bronchitis, emphysema, or both, great news. advair helps significantly improve lung function. while nothing can reverse copd, advair is different from most other medications because it contains both an anti-inflammatory and

we've got to get the microscope. >> all right. my question is about the relationship between the author and the reviewer actually. specifically, thank you notes. [laughter] >> i was lucky enough -- i recently published a book and was lucky enough to have -- >> who are you? >> my name is kristin swanson and the book is "bible babel." >> you've been pitched for the book studio, too. >> it has been? >> it's come to you? so i read this review. wow, this is amazing. and he got the book. and so i wrote to my publicist and i said can i thank him. and she said, well, that's not usually done. yet, i feel this -- my mother raised me to write thank you notes. and i thought this is just so nice. so there's this awkwardness, i feel, and i wonder if that -- and then another publicist said no it's a really nice thing to do. so i don't -- i don't know where we are with that. >> i want to start with rebecca because she's had so many wonderful reviews. and she's probably wanted to write some thank you notes. >> i've been in that same quandary with

> reporter: it checks for anthrax means growing cultures in the lab and studying them under the microscoperrently take 24 hours. at the hopkins applied physics lab, the software is layed into a laser spectrometer. we're looking at organisms that fly out of organisms when you shine laser light on them. it doesn't just identify bacteria. it identifies what drugs would be effective. >> very important to be able to figure out as early as possible whether a particular microorganism would be affected or not. >> reporter: within half an hour the organism and drug to treat it are reveled, much like matching a fingerprint. >> i think it's a very good analogy and we potentially have over a thousand fingerprints in our database. >> including the ones that can kill. >>> tests will be conducted by the cdc in a secure biohazard lab. >>> coming up on eyewitness news saturday morning, punitive damages, a jury decides against the boy scouts of america. how much the organization will pay to a sex abuse victim. >> why baltimore residents have one of the worst communities in the country. >>> come out and have

. >> microscopic. >> this may be the most important one of all.inancial cat clichl, americans started saving like crazy before our parents saved 10%, and then it went way, way down. it's starting to creep down again. >> you won't have a recovery unless people are spending, but we won't have financial security unless people are saving. do live below your means. never it you can possibly avoid it live before your means. to borrow for a lifestyle is insanity. save, save, save. there is nothing better than a good wonderful dog or a good wonderful wife than savings. saving a dog and a wife are the best things in life. and all -- >> wait a minute. all of that other stuff is irrelevant. a good dog, good wife and saving money. keys to life. >> do have a reserve fund. don't play games with the irs ever. they have 5u78 the power. don't spend a single second in jail. >> i was audited once in my 20s. never happen again. >> it's horrible. audited is the least of it ifcht you in prison, you won't like it. not funny at all and some nights are worse than others.

microscope, we said let's do something lively and engaging and tells a star about women in science, because, we know that everyone likes a good story. not just, you know, those of us who are publishers, for instance. so, julie's book came along and it is within we are just delighted to have, because it is all those things. it is lively, and it is accessible but it tells incredibly important story about the role of women in science and the heart of it is something that we rarely think about or acknowledge, but, it is that women's way of doing things is often different than men's. it is not necessarily biological. i don't think it is at all. but, our experience of the world and the way we inhabit the world, and the things we see and do, as women, are -- make a very big difference for how women do science. and that means that when women are excluded their way of doing things and their experiences and their understanding of how to conduct an experiment is lost. and what is so fabulous about julie's work is that she really explores what women have contributed to the scientific field, by

it's the microscopic pollens that make the allergy sufferers suffer.house. look at the extreme amount of real estate in the high category. mid atlantic down across the south of the mid plains and even in through the southwest. the west coast getting a break because of rainfall. you know, we had a lot of rain, pretty much got rid of the drought because of the heavy rainfall. we had a cold winter, long-lasting winter. that almost delayed spring. but when spring sprung it did so in a hurry. lots of folks in the 80s and 90s. that got the trees doing their whole thing. west coast getting a break with the rainfall. that's the place to go. good living out there, kyra, as you know. their pollen counts are relatively low compared to everybody else. give it a week or so. maybe we'll get rain here, but it looks dry for the next several days across the eastern third of the country. >> need a good rain to get it out of here. thanks, rob. for more information go to cnn.com/health. >>> not in my backyard, a town with toxic chemicals. the fed stepped in and we have ne

. >> it's fascinating what looks through a telescope is what looks like through a microscope. it looks amoeba-like. >>> another way to celebrate earth day, is to go to weather with sam champion at the epcot theme park. good morning, sam. >> good morning, juju. we're at epcot this morning. we'll talk about the health and the beauty of the oceans from here this morning. let's get to the weather. we have a long line of storms that's developed today. it's a two-day event. we haven't had a lot of tornados. but in this episode of the next two days, we'll see tornadoes popping up here. stay up to date with your local abc stations. it's east of denver, to oklahoma city. west of dallas, tomorrow, from houston to little rock, all the way to kansas city. big southern warmth today. new orleans at about 80 degrees today. atlanta, at 79, almost 80 degrees today. >> good morning, maryland. it does not going to be good driving out there. we have thick fog across the area, and visibility is cut down, and we have the advisory to 9:00. still fog on the eastern shore as well, but it will burn off

top brass at goldman sachs under the microscope.is, did they help push wall street over a cliff by betting against main street? >>> plus, we're minutes away from hearing from president obama. he's on twoday swing in the midwest trying to persuade people jobs will come their way. will he believe them? >>> you think technology is only for the young? think again. i'll show you a story that proves you are never too old to be a pioneer. >>> back to why we're here. on capitol hill, we're up to our mortgage-backed assets, and we are waiting for a senate vote to push forward two bills on wall street. it combines partisan politics and 21st century capitalism and raw emotion. at issue on the senate subcommittee, are mortgage-backed investments that goldman sold a lot in and eventually lost faith in and made a lot of money betting against. some have called the apparent conflict of interest unseemly at best and fraudulent at worst. here's how democratic senator claire mccaskill put it -- >> all of you were loving life. you were chasing each oth

came away victorious for the par theoretical and looking at things through a microscope we said let'sthat is lively and interesting and engaging and tells a story about women in science because we know that everyone likes a good story, not just those of us who are publishers for instance. so, julie's book came along and it is one of we are delighted to have because it is all those things, is lively and it is accessible and it tells an incredibly important story about the role of women in science and the heart of it is something that we rarely think about or acknowledge but it's that a woman's way of doing things is often different than men. it's not necessarily biological. i don't think it is at all. but our experience of the world and the way that we inhabit the world make a big difference for how the women do science and that means when women are excluded, there we of doing things and their experiences and their understanding how to conduct an experiment is lost it was fabulous job julie's work is that she explores what women have contributed to the scientific field by bringing that

specimens and even the we have moved into a molecular age 160 years later we're still using the microscope definition of cancer that is why we desperately need molecular tests were i think is where it will come from mr. smith you have prostate cancer but it needs to be watched buy mr. jones you have prostate cancer read to treated aggressively because if we don't it will bother you. >> the american cancer society has put out figures in both breast cancer and prostate cancer and they're relatively interesting in the sense of the similarity. breast cancer 192,370 cases of invasive breast cancer. in hundred 90,280 new cases of prostate cancer i noticed there is a word missing half the deaths today after all of the work from breast cancer 40,170 from prostate cancer 27,000. to understand the statistics and balance, if i understand correctly 192,000 prostate cases if you took out the bonds that were likely not to kill you in hindsight, you're probably not talking about 192,000 or 19,000 but 10,000 cases new cases and then use a way 22nd have a right end up with 27,000 deaths? a one to understan

look at women and science and a different way instead of theoretical looking at things through a microscopewe said let's do something that is partially and interesting and engagingly and toes a story because we know everyone likes a good story. not like the publishers for instance julie's book came along we were delighted to have all of those things. lively and accessible but tells an incredibly important story of the role of women in science. the heart of it is something we really think about or acknowledge but the fact the women's way of doing things is often different than men. not necessarily a biological i don't think it is that all but our experience of of world and to make a very big difference so that means when women are excluded their experiences and understanding of how to conduct an experiment is gloss. what is greater but do these were kids she explores what women have contributed by the bringing you that i want to make a few announcements first of all, thank you adrianne and brian also on the board for the science and arts programs that is sponsoring this tonight and i want to

doctors did was put a little brush down into the lung and they got little cells and they looked microscopically cells and tried to figure out in which smokers were those cells starting to be abnormal and could they stop a cancer from developing. that's where this is a big break-through on a genetic basis. >> it is exciting in two areas. one, that they've identified these cells. and, two, that they may have come up with a drug that can reverse the activity in these cells. >> and a drug that's already on the market, and this inositol, found in fruits, beans and grains which sort of tells you, yes, there is a compound on the market, but perhaps what we eat can also have some anti-cancer protection. >> when we talk about 10% to 20% of people who smoke getting lung cancer, i want to make sure i get this right. are those only the people who have activity or excess activity in these cells? >> let me turn that number upside down because i don't like that number. it is only 10% to 20% of smokers get cancer. they die of emphysema, heart disease, colon cancer -- >> they're dying of other things. that's wh

. >> reporter: initially it was this couple that was under the microscope after admitting they had takenof baby gabriel, at least for several days. tammy smith insists she has no idea what happened to gabriel. >> i am innocent. >> reporter: police believed her on that count. but arrested her anyway, accusing her of custodial interference. now the only person who knows for sure where gabriel has been these last four months is elizabeth johnson. >> i invoke my right to remain silent. >> reporter: she's pleaded not guilty to all the charges and has refused to talk to investigators leaving baby gabriel's trail growing colder by the day. for "today," lee cowan, nbc news, los angeles. >> gabriel's father logan know joins us exclusively along with his attorney, timothy maloney. good morning. logan, we're now as we just heard from lee cowan, less than two weeks away from gabriel's first birthday. what do you want to say about your boy and what you've been going through? >> i just been going through a lot. this whole thing's just been up and downs for me an for my whole family. everybody around m