welcome to news4 this week. hello everyone. we are going to show you some of the most interesting local stories making news this week. among them, news for your kids health. how to prevent childhood obesity. when i play basketball, i don t think about anything. they live in iraq and they are overcoming huge obstacles on and off the court. and we re facing dire consequences because of the state of our oceans. find out what you can do to help in going green. but first, what would you do if you were forced to deliver a ban baby in your own home? her daughter called 911 and the dispatching talked her and the baby s father through the delivery. this is mariella born more than a week ago on her parent s living room floor. a special girl who came into the world in a special way. thomas went into labor at her home. they real laszed they couldn t make it to the hospital. it was one of my worst fears. something that i feared so much that i actually dreamed about. almo
this morning on early today, giving in. afghan president karzai concedes to international calls for an election runoff. on the run no more. a suspect in michigan does all he can to evade police but ends up being in for quite a shock. . and no crossing zone. an out of control bus nearly creams one lucky pedestrian in an out of control bus nearly creams one lucky pedestrian in russia. captions paid for by nbc-universal television hello and good morning. i m christina brown. today we begin with pressure paying off. this morning election officials in afghanistan are scrambling to organize a runoff vote for president after the incumbent karzai bowed to intense u.s. pressure to admit his reelection bid fell short of the required margin for victory. nbc s brian mooar reports. reporter: confronted with widespread evidence of voter fraud, karzai bowed to world pressure and agreed to a runoff ballot on november 7th. senator john kerry, chair of the senate foreign relations co
outside the bacard health center in rockville. anne fisher the first in line came around 12:30 this morning. i have three children in three different schools. there s quite a bit of swine flu already in the schools. so i want to protect my children. reporter: as the morning wore on, the line grew and grew until it snaked around the parking lot and around the building. then came the disappointing news. i want you to know is that we have a limited amount of injectable vaccine. reporter: only 1,200 doses of the nasal mist. only 200 doses of the shot form of the vaccine. erin martin is having her baby next week so she can t get the mist, only the shot. standing at the back of the enormous line she realized her odds weren t good. i work in a public school system. i m due next week. we have a small child. so we wanted the vaccine. reporter: what will you do if you don t get it today? cry. i ll call my doctor. reporter: like many jurisdictions, montgomery county is s
some even camping out overnight. they rolled out in drove early today. good afternoon, i m jim handly. i m pat lawson muse. it s your classical case of supply and demand. a lot of people want the swine flu vaccine, but right now there isn t enough to go around. this was the scene at the bacard health center in rockford today. by mid morning the line of vaccine-sneakers snaked around the parking lot and around the building. the county wouldn t be able to vaccinate them all. there were only 1,200 doses of nasal mist, 200 shots. officials tell us they don t know when they ll get more. we place orders daily, but we do not know what is going to be shipped out from the central supplier. a swine flu clinic held in arlington county today drew crowds. children under the age of 3 and pregnant women were allowed to get the vaccine. doctors say the wait was about an hour. as more people wait in the long lines, members of congress are trying to find out what can be done to ease
has our report. reporter: this is tarek mehanna in boston in february following charges that he lied about a suspected terrorist. authorities say he was up to much, much more. he desired to take some action in furtherance of jihad. reporter: that included attacks on american soldiers in iraq and afghanistan, the training for which he would receive at terrorist camps overseas. and for attacks on american shoppers at malls in the u.s., with training coming from the d.c. sniper case. it is alleged there were multiple conversations about obtaining automatic weapons. the planned activity inspired by the d.c. sniper incidents in 2002. reporter: the newest charges accuse mehanna plotting to attack at least two executives who once worked at the white hoe. neither of these government officials who were specifically identified by name are presently with the executive branch and neither were in any danger at any time. reporter: the 27-year-old meehana is a u.s. citizen and