. >>> this comes from wrc, news 4 in washington, d.c., newlyweds said i do in ikea.heir nuptuals in the furniture store, where they ran into each other after 30 years, they rekindled relationship over meatballs, needless to say meatballs were on the menu for the wedding reception. as for the honey moon, the couple are planning to go visit another ikea, this one in brooklyn, new york. >>> that is the one i attend. kids eat free on tuesday. >> good for you. i'm lynn berry this is "early today," just your first stop of the day, today on your nbc station. >> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news today. >> good morning. we're off to a quiet start on this wednesday. the clouds will be thickening up and there's a possibility we could get some sprinkles. 60 at the airport right now. 53 in taneytown. we will add a couple of degrees and we could see some rain moving in from the south. we have a chance for a rain shower today, 30%. we'll come back and check the seven-day forecast going into the weekend. >> 57 degrees on tv hill. >> no need to return to annapolis.

. >>> this comes to us from wrc news 4 in washington, d.c., where protesters hope their view will win out by a hair. they call it the million mustache march. those with real and fake facial hair came together to call for a tax break on mustache grooming supplies. the so-called american moustache institute claims mustache americans earn more than those with a clean upper lip. but if you are wondering if they may be shaving the truth, keep in mind the rally was yesterday, which was april fools' day. there you go. there you go. i'm lynn berry, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day, today on your nbc station. >> live, local, late-breaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news today. >> good morning. we are working up to a few clouds across the area. we had some showers overnight. it did not bring more than 1/10 inches of rain. it is going to beat breezy. -- to be breezy. we do expect high temperatures around 60 degrees. more details on the forecast. >> we will see you in a bit. the time is now 4:57. >> a gop presidential candidate makes his second stop in maryland today. plus -- p

. >>> this comes from wrc, news 4 in washington, d.c., newlyweds said i do in ikea. they held their nuptuals in the furniture store, where they ran into each other after 30 years, they rekindled relationship over meatballs, needless to say meatballs were on the menu for the wedding reception. as for the honey moon, the couple are planning to go visit another ikea, this one in brooklyn, new york. >>> that is the one i attend. kids eat free on tuesday. >> good for you. i'm lynn berry this is "early today," just your first stop of the day, today on your nbc station. you >>> good morning. 4:28 on this wednesday, april 18. tom will be along with the forecast, don't worry, it will get better. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. >>> there's a homicide investigation going on at 14th place in washington, d.c. a man with gunshot wounds was found. police aren't saying what led up to the shooting or if they are looking for a shooter. we'll bring you updates on the story as we learn more throughout the morning. >>> and this developing story. today is most likely the last chance

. >>> this comes from wrc news 4 in washington, d.c. newlyweds said i do at ikea. will and julie went and held their nuptials in the cafeteria of the furniture store. that's where the high school classmates ran into each other after 30 years. they rekindled their relationship over swedish meatballs. that tends to happen. needless to say, meatballs were on the menu for the reception. for the honeymoon, they're going to visit ikea in brooklyn. >> it's great. that's my favorite one. i get all my wife's gifts at ikea. that explains a lot. >> i'm not going to say anything about that. i'm lynn berry, this is "early today," your first stop of the day on your nbc stations. >>> one anker in chile won't let anything stop him from delivering the news, not even monday's magnitude 6.7 earthquake that rattled the set but not the anchor, apparently. he kept on reading, giving announcements and updates unaware that his mike had been turned off. >> we would have ran out of the building. >> yes. there was no significant damage done, however. >>> japan's newest attraction isn't for t

. >>> this comes to us from wrc news 4 in washington, d.c., where protesters hope their view will win out by a hair. they call it the million mustache march. those with real and fake facial hair came together to call for a tax break on mustache grooming supplies. the so-called american moustache institute claims mustache americans earn more than those with a clean upper lip. but if you are wondering if they may be shaving the truth, keep in mind the rally was yesterday, which was april fools' day. there you go. there you go. i'm lynn berry, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day, today on your nbc station. >>> welcome to april, everybody. for some of us that's meant rain, showers, i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. welcome to "news4 today" on this monday, april 2, 2012. >>> police are on the lookout for a man who stabbed a woman. it happened before 1:00 in the 4200 block of massachusetts avenue in northwest washington. no word on the circumstances surrounding the stabbing. the victim was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. police have made

. >>> this comes to us from wrc news 4 in washington, d.c., where protesters hope their view will winut by a hair. it's called the million mustache march. those with real and fake facial hair came together to call for a tax break on mustache grooming supplies. the so-called american mustache institute claims mustached americans earn more than those with a clean upper lip. but if you're wondering if they might be shaving the truth here -- get it? keep in mind that their rally was yesterday. of course, that was april fools' day, so everyone's having a good laugh. didn't take it seriously. >> a-plus for creativity. >> absolutely. i mean, they got maybe some people. not us. >> i could grow a mustache. >> i don't know if i want you to. i'm lynn berry. this is "early today," just the first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> a wildlife ranch in south africa gave a big welcome to a little friend. weighing in at just 11 pounds and totally adorable, harry the hippo caused a big stir when he arrived. the pygmy hippo has been on the critically endangered list with fewer than 3,000 sti

because typically at a conference, i mean, the wrc was not a one-time thing where certain people got these very extravagant accommodations. does that sound familiar at all? >> yes, sir, it does. >> and the witness also said that, and i quote, the intimidation factor is pretty large, end of quote. mr. peck, let me return to you. were you aware that mr. neely intimidated employees who reported to him? >> mr. conductings, i didn't know he intimidated employee, but i did, in fact, tell him on more than one occasion that i heard in his headquarters, as opposed to some of his field offices, there were people who were -- can who might be reluctant to give him bad news because he wouldn't take it well. >> what did you mean by that? >> i meant that -- this was hearsay, it's the kind of thing that as a manager you want to pick up, and i reflected it in his performance evaluation that i heard there were some managers who when people sit in a meeting and say gee, i don't think that's the way we ought to be operating, to be honest, i thought that we were talking about policy issues. i dependent b

the gsa failed to follow contracting regular laces in.of the procurement associated with the wrc. and wasted taxpayers' dollars. the gsa encouraged excessive and expenses for food, $146,000 on catered food. $5,600 on semi private catered innen-room parties. it goes on and on. i think that i do want to have the whole statement. this has already been aired throughout the media. it's kind of interesting this morning, madame chairman, i was on the 7:00 cnn. it was supposed to be on this subject. and we went through about a 12-minute interview. they never even mentioned this. so i think people are getting a little tired of it already. nonetheless, it's real, it's a problem. we're going to have to deal with it. since the release of the report, the gsa administrator martha jackson has resigned and head of the public building service and the administrator's top adviser were fired. further, there are ten career employees have been placed on administrative leave. these dismissals highlight the seriousness of the findings of the report. i want to thank our counterparts in the house for their

but when a reporter from nbc's washington station wrc caught up with her monday night at her baltimore home, she wouldn't show the ticket to him. >> where is the winning ticket? is it here? >> i cannot show you. >> reporter: if mirlande does have that $200 million ticket, her coworkers at mcdonald's say they're entitled to a piece of it. 15 of mirlande's coworkers pooled together and asked her to go buy tickets for them. she says she did, at this 7-eleven. and she says she gave them all copies of those tickets. >> the winning ticket is not one of these? >> no, no. it's not one of these. they all have the copies. she says later on she sent a friend back to the 7-eleven to buy a ticket for her and she said that's the one with the winning numbers. >> -- and know about it. it's by itself. >> so far no winner? >> no winner. >> reporter: maryland lottery officials say until someone comes to them with that ticket in hand, it's all just speculation and rumor. >> we've heard it's somebody who works up the street, the guy who mows the lawn, the ladies in mcdonald's. it doesn't matter until -- >>

the gsa failed to follow contracting regular laces in.of the procurement associated with the wrc.ted taxpayers' dollars. the gsa encouraged excessive and expenses for food, $146,000 on catered food. $5,600 on semi private catered innen-room parties. it goes on and on. i think that i do want to have the whole statement. this has already been aired throughout the media. it's kind of interesting this morning, madame chairman, i was on the 7:00 cnn. it was supposed to be on this subject. and we went through about a 12-minute interview. they never even mentioned this. so i think people are getting a little tired of it already. nonetheless, it's real, it's a problem. we're going to have to deal with it. since the release of the report, the gsa administrator martha jackson has resigned and head of the public building service and the administrator's top adviser were fired. further, there are ten career employees have been placed on administrative leave. these dismissals highlight the seriousness of the findings of the report. i want to thank our counterparts in the house for their own res

brought up things concerning the conferences and the suites specifically at a conference, i mean, the wrc, it was not a one-time thing, but certain people got very extravagant accommodations." does that sound familiar at all? >> yes, sir, it does. >> and the witness also said that, and i quote, "the intimidation factor is pretty large," end of quote. let me return to you, mr. peck. were you aware he intime date -- intimidated employees who reported to him? >> i did not know he intimidated employees, but i did, in fact, know on more than one occasion i had heard that in his headquarters opposed to field offices, there were people who were reluctant to give bad news because he wouldn't take it well. >> what do you mean by that? >> i meant that this was here say. it's the thing as a manager that i think you want to pick up, and i reflected it in his performance evaluation that meant i heard there were some managers that when people sit in a meeting and say, gee, that's not how we should operate, and to be honest, i thought we were talking about policy issues. i didn't know it was issues of r

the gsa failed to follow contracting regular laces in.of the procurement associated with the wrc.asted taxpayers' dollars. the gsa encouraged excessive and expenses for food, $146,000 on catered food. $5,600 on semi private catered innen-room parties. it goes on and on. i think that i do want to have the whole statement. this has already been aired throughout the media. it's kind of interesting this morning, madame chairman, i was on the 7:00 cnn. it was supposed to be on this subject. and we went through about a 12-minute interview. they never even mentioned this. so i think people are getting a little tired of it already. nonetheless, it's real, it's a problem. we're going to have to deal with it. since the release of the report, the gsa administrator martha jackson has resigned and head of the public building service and the administrator's top adviser were fired. further, there are ten career employees have been placed on administrative leave. these dismissals highlight the seriousness of the findings of the report. i want to thank our counterparts in the house for their own r

he built his career at nbc starting as an intern for the local station here wrc while he was attending american university. he is also a producer of notable coverage from across africa, including reports from darfur for in the congo. including interviews with president bashir al-assad. please join us in welcoming into one. >> antoine, let me start with you. let me ask you something that was mentioned in the very last panel we had. it had to do with race and media in an unusual way -- which was athletics. the star of this moment was a new york knicks player, jeremy lynch. when he became the focus of "linsanity", there was so much attention that there would be this asian-american superstar of basketball, the question was how do you cover him and let's look at this. even espn has managed to offend him with some racially charged language. look at what this commentator has to say about stereotypes dealing with asian americans. how do you, as a news person, cope with racial stereotypes in this age. >> the challenges to defy the stereotypes. it begins, first and most important way, with the d

so he must testify on monday at 1:30 because he is "deeply qualified to answer questions about the wrcited to appear with the specification the testimony will advance the committee's investigation of wasteful spending by the gsa and the committee requires his appearance because of, among other reasons, the possibility that he will waive or not assert the privilege." the $822,000 las vegas conference featured a $3,200 mind reader. a clown. and a phony $2,700 awards ceremony, designed to get workers a free dinner and the awards were presented by this man who was subpoenaed, and we will hear from him, first, not video praising the best of gsa. >> amazing. was this anyone in region seven that wasn't in that? thing? >> if they didn't work on friday that changes things for saturday morning. >> congressman issa makes clear that six witnesses were invited to testify and the other five have agreed to appear voluntarily. back to you. >> one thing that hasn't gotten a lot of attention is the hat's off rewards program. in your office you determine who is worthy, who gets points and you cash in the

he started out as an intern for nbc news station, the local station, wrc, while he was attending american university. he's also been a producer of notable coverage across africa including reports from darfur, the eastern congo and an historic interview. he's a documentary photographer, please, join us in welcoming antoine. [applause] antoine, let me start with you and ask you about something that was mentioned in the very last question we had in the previous panel. it had to do with race and media and an unusual theater which was athletics. and the star of this moment was the new york knicks' player jeremy leadership. jeremy lin. when he became the focus of what was called lin sanity because there was so much attention to the extraordinary idea that there would with this asian-american basketball superstar, the question was, well, how do you cover him and, oops, look at this. even espn has managed to offend him with some racially-charged language. or look at what this commentator had to say or look at what this columnist had to say about stereotypes dealing with asian-americans. how do yo

the gsa failed to follow contracting regular laces in.of the procurement associated with the wrc. and wasted taxpayers' dollars. the gsa encouraged excessive and expenses for food, $146,000 on catered food. $5,600 on semi private catered innen-room parties. it goes on and on. i think that i do want to have the whole statement. this has already been aired throughout the media. it's kind of interesting this morning, madame chairman, i was on the 7:00 cnn. it was supposed to be on this subject. and we went through about a 12-minute interview. they never even mentioned this. so i think people are getting a little tired of it already. nonetheless, it's real, it's a problem. we're going to have to deal with it. since the release of the report, the gsa administrator martha jackson has resigned and head of the public building service and the administrator's top adviser were fired. further, there are ten career employees have been placed on administrative leave. these dismissals highlight the seriousness of the findings of the report. i want to thank our counterparts in the house for their