she was in the nicu for four 1/2 months. >> reporter: four months later, they wanted to be here to thank the staff >> the nurses. they were like their second moms, you know, they are at home and they are the ones holding your baby and putting them to sleep and consoling them. >> reporter: four stories up in the nicu, this four day old baby boy is opening his eyes, born 11 weeks early, his parents saying he is so strong, they gave him the middle name hercules >> he is knocking everyone's socks off. if he can continue to do this, -- >> she was 14 inches from her head to her behind, the size of my palm. >> reporter: her mother's wedding ring once fit around her foot. now -- >> i was a little smaller first starting out than most kids, other than that, i'm a perfect 15-year-old >> i would say to the parents, hang in there, keep the hope and your child is going to be okay. >> reporter: this marks the 20th year for the niccu reunion >> >> betty ford's casket is in grand rapids michigan in preparation for tomorrow's funeral. the casket arrived late this afternoon at the gerald ford museum. a sma

she was in the nicu for four 1/2 months. >> reporter: four months later, they wanted to be here to thanktaff >> the nurses. they were like their second moms, you know, they are at home and they are the ones holding your baby and putting them to sleep and consoling them. >> reporter: four stories up in the nicu, this four day old baby boy is opening his eyes, born 11 weeks early, his parents saying he is so strong, they gave him the middle name hercules >> he is knocking everyone's socks off. if he can continue to do this, -- >> she was 14 inches from her head to her behind, the size of my palm. >> reporter: her mother's wedding ring once fit around her foot. now -- >> i was a little smaller first starting out than most kids, other than that, i'm a perfect 15-year-old >> i would say to the parents, hang in there, keep the hope and your child is going to be okay. >> reporter: this marks the 20th year for the niccu reunion >> >> betty ford's casket is in grand rapids michigan in preparation for tomorrow's funeral. the casket arrived late this afternoon at the gerald ford museum. a small gro

this is an annual event, some of whom come back many years later because the nicu is part of their extended family. >> we have adopted them, they adopted her. so she is for ever going to be indebted, so am i. they really did take great care of her. >> can i hold her right now? sharyl says her four month old also has her big brother looking out for her, letting mom know if something isn't right. >>> now maryland's most powerful doppler radar and the forecast certified most accurate by weather rate. >> all right, big storm moving into baltimore here, some hail on the east side. let's get a pan to the left if we can, jim, and i tell you, this is an interesting storm. it started in hartford county. it got into i-95 and then it starts back building into the city and when it hit the heat core that sits over the city, it really blew up impressabley so. it's going to be nasty here next couple of hours. let's get you into maryland's most powerful radar and give you the radar perspective. it comes in from the north and back builds, reaches down through dundock and extending further into the harbor it

nicu looks after nearly 600 babies every single year. >>> frederick mayor wants you and more people to visit the city. his city and the director of economic development agrees with that. and this evening, city leaders will ask the board leaders for $30,000 in a grant to be used to study to see how big the hotel would be and what businesses they could bring in for certain conferences. >>> it's time for five things to know before heading out the door. just about two hours, a judge will sentence casey anthony. a jury found her not guilty of killing her daughter caylee. they did find her guilt every lying to authorities. she may be released this morning for time served. >>> and democrat and republican congressional leaders will be on the president's front doorstep later today. they are supposed to take up a budget impasse. some republicans hinted they could go along with ending corporate tax loopholes. >>> house speaker john by aner will host a bipartisan meeting with the dalai lama. nancy pelosi will be present along with other house members of congress. a photo opportunity and remarks on

we all look at this baby and say how cute, but i want to say that he is in the nicu, the neonatal intensives that are not easy to control. he's doing fine. breathing on his own, but special care does have to be taken with babies that size. . >> bless his heart. are doctors seeing these kinds of big babies more often? >> they are. because mothers are obese more often. so that makes them more likely to get gestational diabetes. i have to say, i spoke to a doctor who's a diabetes specialist. i said could this have been prevented? this is huge. he said i do wonder how that diabetes was being managed. she said she was on medicine. she said she changed her diet, but you really have to wonder what was going on. because usually this doesn't happen. usually they know the mom has diabetes and they give her drugs and change her diet. you kind of have to wonder what was going on here? >> mom's okay? >> mom is doing well. >> elizabeth cohen, thank you. developing rig . >>> developing right now, a mob is attacking in syria. we have some brand-new information next. better than ev! right now, go to priceli

. >> i would like a very brief -- >> when nicu signed off the payment, did you see or were you made aware of the transcript? >> no, i was not aware of that time. >> an astronomical staff and every reason to settle the case given the likelihood of using the case and the damages of the council or prepared to release their obligation to the confidentiality so that we can get those. >> i cannot comment on the matter. i was not involved in that matter. as for the tayler matter, it is a confidential agreement. i don't think it's worth exploring how difficult. >> this case helps us get to the truth to an obligation he would be an online to be released. >> the hypothetical scenario i'm happy to respond about what specifically more you would like to know about the settlement in the testimony that i've given you today. [inaudible] >> we have respect mr. murdoch to what do we owe this [inaudible] >> mr. murdoch i know you did ask if you could make a closing statement and the committee would be for deutsch to do so. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and members of the committee. i would like to read a shor