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that's the big question. another person leaving, another huge name in broadcasting. glenn beck. >> he announced yesterday he would be leaving going to form some new partnership. a different sort of show, he says, but he announced yesterday he would be leaving his show. he didn't give a date but basically he's saying he's going to wrap it up. >> he's leaving his fox news channel show but he still has a syndicate road show program but he was hemorrhaging viewers on fox news channel for a long time and a lot because he's been really polarizing even more so than before. >> you love him or hate him. >> and he's sort of off the wall on a lot of these conspiracy theories. i'm sure he won't be gone for long. tina fey, we love her and know her. and now we have breaking baby news. she's going to be a mother again. >> exciting. >> she announced yesterday on oprah that it was -- taped yesterday -- on the "oprah winfrey show" that will air sometime soon. the "30 rock" star said she's expecting her second child. she said she realized after she became a mom she should be a better boss. other people in the workplace are dealing with the same thing. when you're single you're like let's work until 10:00 because you don't care. once you have a kid, you can understand a little more. >> that's absolutely true. once you have kids you realize you really need to get home. there's stuff to be done but i love it she's having her second baby. she's 40 years old and promoting. book "bossypants." >> and alec baldwin says he believes that "30 rock" will actually end next season. >> right, and he says they're wrapping it up. >> a lot of things are changing in the world of television right now. >> "hangover," who didn't love that movie? 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"hangover 2" recently wrapped up filming and it turns out the trailer is so naughty that theaters are saying they can't run it. you are looking at the trailer that's being pulled from theaters across america. >> apparently the motion picture association of america says that there's a scene at the end, which we're not going to show -- >> you should get a tattoo. >> i thought about it the other day. >> i would look good on you. >> you think? >> you think the shots would be believable if a had a tyson tat? >> it's the same thing. the trailer is supposed to follow what you see as far as the movie on the ratings. >> but this will make people go online to watch the trailer to go to the movie which is -- apparently the monkey that's in the movie is also very spicy. >> memorial day weekend is when the flick comes out. stay with us. coming up, an accident on the highway. you don't want to miss it. us. coming up, an accident on the highway. you don't want to miss it. and if you wake up often in the middle of the night... rest is here, on the wings of lunesta. lunesta helps you fall asleep and stay asleep, so you can wake up feeling rested. when taking lunesta, don't drive or operate machinery until you feel fully awake. walking, eating, driving, or engaging in other activities while asleep, without remembering it the next day, have been reported. abnormal behaviors may include aggressiveness, agitation, hallucinations or confusion. in depressed patients, worsening of depression, including risk of suicide, may occur. alcohol may increase these risks. allergic reactions, such as tongue or throat swelling, occur rarely and may be fatal. side effects may include unpleasant taste, headache, dizziness and morning drowsiness. ask your doctor if lunesta is right for you. get lunesta for a $0 co-pay at lunesta.com. sleep well, on the wings of lunesta. i may be mud, but i have standards. mops? please. some of them have bacteria. ♪ and they try to pick me up? ew. i'm really hard to get. uh! ♪ what about love?! 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off and it begins at 3:00 p.m. eastern on espn. >> one of the most expensive events that you could ever attend, but it looks like fun. have you seen this video? it's a horrific incident from the nation's highways and this accident happened when a 2 x 4 came crashing through a windshield. >> debris cause accidents all the time apparently and our john berman takes a closer look. >> reporter: this is as shocking as anything you'll see on the road. it looks like this car gets hit by a missile. what actually happened, the woman in north carolina was filming two trucks she said were playing around and suddenly, the truck ran over a 2 x 4 and it came out and smashed into her window. amazingly, she was okay. in seattle, this woman maria, was not as lucky. she was blinded and suffered severe facial damage when a piece of furniture fell off a u-haul truck and pulverized her windshield. >> it doesn't make these glass eyes work. it doesn't allow me to smell things. >> reporter: there are nearly 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saying. >> and even if the government does shut down this week, by the way your taxes are still due april 18th. >> come on. >> i know. we'll have some look at tax-filing tips to save you money. and the late-night meeting that took place at the white house aimed averting a government shutdown. the president emerged after 90 minutes saying no deal had been reached. >> but the president said he's optimistic that an agreement can be reached before the deadline. >> i remain confident that if we're serious about getting something done, we should be able to complete a deal and get it passed and avert a shutdown. but it will require sufficient sense of urgency from all parties involved. >> now a meeting in the oval office with the president were the two top congressional leaders. >> democrat harry reid and republican, john boehner pledged to work around the clock towards a deal. >> we've narrowed the issues significantly and we'll continue to work. our staffs will work through the night and 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reporter: leo's mother moved him from mexico to the u.s. when he was 12. he came here illegally speak no english with no stable place to stay. project heart, a program through the manatee county school district, that helps homeless students stepped in. >> they helped me even with food and with school supplies. >> reporter: but it was up to leo to do the rest. in the last six years he's not only mastered english, he's also learning french. he's duel enrolled at state college of florida and he's on schedule to earn both his high school diploma and associate's degree in may. >> i want to show people that even though you may be poor or may not have parents or -- you might not have the support you need, that those things don't matter. >> reporter: leo says despite all the obstacles he faced he wouldn't change a thing. >> our thanks to wwsb for reporting. >> incredible story and a good reminder not all students have homes. very cool. all those people coming together. looking at your thursday 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newest trend in extreme parenting. >> reporter: are we looking at the next hulk hogan? this is steve poulin, an 8-year-old wrestling superstar. his viral video is among thousands posted on youtube by moms and dads boasting about their potential superstars and they're getting younger and younger. companies are taking notice of these future phenoms cashing in on parents' hopes and dreams. videos like "baby goes pro" say they help give your child an athletic edge. there's "gym tricks" a video series that trains babies from 6 months old. >> they're never too young. we read to babies. put them on our laps and read to them because we know that translates into interest in literacy skills. physical literacy is exactly the same process. >> reporter: angela hardy says her 20-month-old has gained a world of confidence because she's now athletic. >> she loves it. i'm not trying to make her a professional athlete, i'm just trying to give her the skills she needs to be successful. >> reporter: she says she doesn't guarantee elite athletes but playground superstars. >> a playground superstar is a child who can navigate everything on the playground very confidently. and earns the respect of his peers. >> reporter: she claims the secret to super stardom is not achieved by devoting everything to just one sport. but try telling that to tiger woods. his dad, earl, first put clubs in his hand when he was 2. glenn lines is following that path. he actually quit his job to support his daughter, mia's budding tennis career. at the tender age of 4, we watched the sensation train for three hours in 95-degree florida heat. >> i want to win all of them. >> you want to win a grand slam? >> yeah. >> reporter: her dad introduced her to the game, literally, in the hospital, the day she was born. you hear about so many parents in sports pushing their children. wanting them to be the best. >> i just -- people might say three hours is too long, but a lot of people let their kids play six hours at the playstation, eating junk food, drinking cans and cans of soda. >> reporter: mia wasn't she -- shy about giving me some tips. my shots aren't going over the net. >> hit it harder. >> i've never seen anybody bring this genetically to the table. >> reporter: her coach says she still gets to be a kid but she's a kid with an agent who is already a veteran of interviews. >> what do you think of rick? >> he likes me -- i've asked that question. >> what do you like most about rick? >> he makes me a better player. >> reporter: but does the dream of big winnings and endorsements have some parents pushing a little too hard these days? >> the parents' job is to expose the child to a bunch of sports and activities and let the child feel what seems best to them. >> very controversial. >> what do you think? your 5-month-old twins, you want them out on the court? >> i haven't enrolled them in anything yet. andre agassi says he hates tennis so much. tax tips next in a moment. es tennis so much. tax tips next in a moment. the dreaded tax day is almost here and millions of you haven't filed. if you don't know where to start you're not alone. the u.s. tax code contains 7 billion words, if you can believer it. no wonder it's confusing. here to help you figure it out is deborah sweeney, a tax expert. thank you so much for being here. you must be very popular this time of year. it's very confusing to do your taxes and lot of people get totally overwhelmed about it. what should people do if they haven't filed. >> look back at their tax records to make sure that they have everything organized. sometimes people think of working on november and december, but they need to go all of the way back to january of 2010. >> most people keep it throughout the year but if they have to go back that far what should they look for specifically? every single expenditure? >> things they sold, things they bought. things they donated. making sure you have your tax documents to support that, your receipts. >> how do you know specifically what you can deduct? it seems like for certain professions you can deduct some things and other professions other things. how do people know where to start? >> mostly things done in the line of your business. you typically can deduct business expenses but there's a whole other realm of deductions. for example, deductions for your children or purchasing a home or starting a new business. there's lots of different deductions that can be taken that people need to pay attention to. >> and we're getting close to the final day that you can get your taxes in. what if people don't have it together? they're way behind. what do we do now? >> file an extension. it's not a problem. sometimes people think it's negative, but filing an extension is not a problem. you just get the extension but you have to know when you file your extension you actually still have to pay your taxes. people sometimes think they file extension and they don't have to pay. that's not the case. they still have to pay estimated taxes and then they can have their paperwork within six months. from the date they filed the extension. >> so it's not viewed as negative to file late and to do the extension? a lot of people think it's negative. >> and a lot of businesses use it as a tax-planning strategy. they're not prepared and don't have all their documents in order so they make sure they take advantage and file their extension. >> something i know you know a lot about is it's been a tough economy and a rough couple of years for lots of folks and many people unemployed. they started up their own business in order to get income from somewhere. what about those folks? >> starting a business is a great idea. you can protect your assets and save on taxes. buying a company or incorporating an llc. you can save on taxes and decrease the rate of your tax rate. and the risk of audit. so your risk of audit goes down from about 2.7 on average to 0.3% when you're in an incorporated business. >> if you form a llc or incorporate? >> an s corporation is common type of entity when most people start a new business. that's got a low risk of audit so it's a phenomenal way to keep yourself from getting audited. >> that's kind of an added bonus to do that. >> exactly. >> can you get more write-offs if you're incorporated? >> a lot of small businesses can have a significant write-off. the biggest one is the $10,000 deduction you get for starting a business. >> talk about that. >> it just increased from $5,000 to $10,000. in the year. so that's when a small business start and they incorporate and then they can write off $10,000 of their start-up expenses. you buy a computer or you lease a car because you have to travel. all of those are considered start-up expenses that can be deducted from your business. >> $10,000 worth, not bad. last, but not least, the worst mistake people make when filing their taxes. >> people don't save receipts and don't write off their children at a deduction and they don't make sure they talk to an accountant. talking with a professional in the area, you can get all sorts of tax benefits from degree that. >> it's possible to file your taxes without an accountant. it seems so difficult because it's so complicated. thanks so much for being here. >> appreciate it. >> you can find all this information and more on our facebook page. you're watching "world news now." we'll be right back. go to wnnfans.com. you're watching "world go to wnnfans.com. if your racing thoughts keep you awake... sleep is here, on the wings of lunesta. and if you wake up often in the middle of the night... rest is here, on the wings of lunesta. lunesta helps you fall asleep and stay asleep, so you can wake up feeling rested. when taking lunesta, don't drive or operate machinery until you feel fully awake. walking, eating, driving, or engaging in other activities while asleep, without remembering it the next day, have been reported. abnormal behaviors may 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bower, he created the can and he fell so in love with this invention -- is that the regular flavor or the barbecue spice? the regular flavor? mr. bower said when he died he wanted to be buried in a pringle can which he was. his ashes were put in the pringle can. i'm a fan of the regular but the cheddar and the blooming onion flavor isn't going over so well with the staff here. just letting you know. >> continuing on with the pringles. there was a guy in new york, you heard about this? >> it's really true. >> this really happened. a guy in new york was fed up with the bus that moves across town very slowly. infamous bus. a very slow bus. so he decided to ride a toy tricycle across town and see who would win and he won. >> he beat the bus by a good -- what was it? like three minutes? >> i used to take the 23rd street bus. you needed a day to get where you needed to go. >> he's a comedian or something? >> yes. if you come to new york you might think you're looking at several house cats just running around on the side of the road but they are actually rats. and new york right now has a really bad rodent problem and the city officials are saying that rats are damaging new york city tourism because they're everywhere. and, in fact, they're getting on the subways. have you seen this video? people riding the subway. this is what you see if you need to get somewhere in new york. >> look at that. i've seen them before when the blizzard happened, there were all these piles of trash all over the place and there was a group of people taking pictures of the trash and i thought, what are you doing? and there were rats scurrying from the trash. i'm serious. >> you know what i love about the video? the rat is like, i need to get off on 42nd. i didn't feel like walking the whole way. >> did he pay the 2 bucks and 50 cents. so, anyway, the city of new york is really trying to do something about the rats because it's become a problem with the tourist. >> i'll have a pringle to that 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we'll talk about an 8-year-old boy who was pepper sprayed. did police go too far? or did this little boy deserve it? a very interesting story getting a lot of attention. >> and you might be shocked to hear what the little boy says. we'll have that coming up. but we want to begin with that breaking news out of the white house. president obama met behind closed doors with top congressional leaders late last night of course, trying to hammer out some of sort of agreement. >> the president emerged and said the two sides are coming closer but still, there's no deal. >> i remain confident that if we're serious about getting something done, we should be able to complete a deal and get it passed and avert a shutdown. but it's going to require a sufficient sense of urgency from all parties involved. >> attending the high-stakes meeting with mr. obama in the oval office, senate democratic leader harry reid and top house republican, john boehner. >> both lawmakers pledged to keep working around the clock to avert a shutdown. >> we've narrowed the issues significantly. and we're going to continue working. our staffs are going to work through the night. the speaker and i will get back together tomorrow morning and see how they did and continue. >> nut i want to reiterate, there's no agreement on a number and there's no agreement on the policy. but there's an intent on both sides to continue to work together to try to resolve this. no one wants the government to shut down. and we're going to continue to work throughout the night and tomorrow. >> if those talks fail the effects of a shutdown could be far reaching from the u.s. military personnel to national parks and zoos. >> affecting a lot of different groups and businesses. jake tapper reports on who might feel the pain beginning in the early hours of saturday morning. >> reporter: at camp pendleton, california, marine michael goodwin is about to ship overseas. he and his wife live paycheck to paycheck, but a government shutdown would mean the military paychecks also stop. >> there won't be enough for food. >> or for rent. >> or rent or the car insurance. >> reporter: the shutdown will stop new funding for medical research and hope for desperate patients. dr. robert comas, an oncologist in philadelphia may have to cancel his federally funded clinical trial for a promising new cancer drug. >> every minute we wait risks the opportunity for patients and if this new treatment is better it risks their survival. >> reporter: doctors at the national institutes of health would be forced to stop seven new clinical trials. four involving children next week. and stop admitting new patients at 640 ongoing trials, 60 of them involving children with cancer. as happened during the shutdown of 1995-1996, national landmarks will close. the liberty bell in philadelphia, the washington monument, the national gallery of art. the national zoo as well as federal office buildings and passport offices. for 20 years, sixth graders in western massachusetts have traveled to washington, d.c., to see those landmarks. >> the government is mean. >> it's not really fair they get to choose how and when stuff doesn't open and stuff. >> reporter: for those that sent in their taxes by mail, tax refunds may not arrive. >> the cheetahs and other animals here at the national zoo will be fed even if the zoo is forced to shut down next week. and even if u.s. troops do not receive their paychecks, president obama and congressional leaders will continue to be paid on time. jake tapper, abc news, washington. >> we'll have more insight into the high-stakes budget talks with george stephanopoulos's exclusive interview with the republican leader boehner later on good morning america. and in other news, fbi chief, robert mueller, says that his agency is on guard against libyan agents who may be operating here and told a congressional committee the fbi is interviewing libyans in the united states including libyan citizens with u.s. visas and also students studying here. the agency is looking for information about potential acts of terrorism and espionage. workers at japan's troubled nuclear power plant are battling a new threat this morning. a possible hydrogen explosion inside a reactor. the news came hours after they finally stopped the leak of highly radioactive water into the pacific. we have this report from tokyo. >> reporter: workers at the fukushima nuclear plant are injecting nitrogen inside reactors to prevent a hydrogen explosion. three explosions rocked the plant in the early days of the crisis and plant operator tepco says the latest is a precaution to avoid a repeat. >> a new hydrogen explosion could happen. there could be a failure of one of the fuel -- spent fuel ponds that could cause a fire. and if so, there could be a major release of radiation. >> reporter: earlier, tepco announced it had plugged a leak of highly radioactive water spewing into the pacific. the toxic water may not be gushing out but the spread of radioactive seawater has raised questions about food safety. officials announced tiny fish caught south of the nuclear plant measured for unsafe levels of iodine 131 and cesium 137. at tokyo's fish market with fish mongers say they are concerned the contaminated water could hurt sales and fishermen in the u.s. are urging the government to test their fish. they're worried that the tuna might be contaminated as they make their way from japan to the u.s. coast. >> some of these fish that are feeding there may be picking up radiation and we don't want to be harvesting them here in the united states if they do. >> reporter: concerns about contaminated seafood come amid more troubling news from the reactors. "the new york times" reports a confidential assessment by the nuclear regulatory commission found fragments of dangerous nuclear fuel were blown a mile from the reactors early on and they were bulldozed over as a make-shift barrier. abc news, tokyo. and the trial of italian leader silvio berlusconi on sex and corruption charges. will resume at the end of may. he doesn't seem too concerned. he skipped a hearing in the case yesterday which lasted less than 10 minutes. the prime minister is accused of paying an underaged prostitute and then trying to cover it up. george clooney is among the a-list celebrities who could be called to testify. after an explosive run, glenn beck and fox news part company bringing his controversial daily show to an end. >> the announcement comes as viewers turn away in droves. but beck has no plans of vanishing al together. >> reporter: with his black board and booming voice, glenn beck used his 5:00 p.m. show on fox to fuel the case against big government. >> does the president really think we're this stupid? >> reporter: and build an army of fans that marched on washington last summer, a crucial boom in the conservative grassroots. >> it is time to start the heart of this nation again. >> reporter: but for fox news, it might have been just too much. >> this divorce was inevitable. beck had proved two radioactive, even by the opinionated standards of fox. >> this is he said about the president. >> reporter: this is what he said about the president. >> reporter: and beck became a punching bag. >> this is his show so we have to follow. >> he will do specials for fox, the internet and radio and rest assured although he goes off the air at 5:00 p.m., he isn't going silent. john berman, abc news, new york. >> we were just talking about whatever your feelings are on glenn beck politically, the guy is a talented personality and broadcaster. he's able to become a magnet for people on all sides. >> and he's -- he's got just about every corner of media covered. books, radio, television, speeches, the whole nine yards so i doubt he'll back away slowly. i think he has a lot more coming up. let's talk about your thursday forecast. >> let's do it. showers and storms from denver to chicago. heaviest around kansas city and northern missouri area as well. and des moines. up to a foot of snow in the rockies and cascades and sierra nevada. heavy rain and a few sprinkles down to l.a. >> and wet 58 in sacramento. phoenix, 81. 60s for minneapolis to kansas city and 80s in dallas. new orleans and miami, 52 in new york and 46 in boston. some pint-sized entrepreneurs are offering up top-notch service with a smile after learning the abcs of fine dining. >> that's right. we're talking about 40 fourth graders in sacramento who worked hand in hand with local chefs to transform their entire school cafeteria into a five-star restaurant. check him out. little pint-sized bartender there. this is a combination of a ten-week program that had kids doing everything from purchasing the field, serving the meals and decorating the dining room. >> they even had to interview for their jobs and some of them have already decided to get into restaurant business when they grow up. so much for a lemonade stand. >> looks pretty good. that's big talent. they're not messing around. we'll be right back with more "world news now." ♪ it all depends on your appetite ♪ ♪ it all depends on your appetite ♪ back to our top story. the possible government shutdown which got us thinking about the last time it happened because it's happened once before. >> about 15 years ago, it was late 1995, when president clinton faced off against congressional republicans. the shutdown lasted three weeks. >> let's look at our coverage. this is from "world news now" with peter jennings, 14th, 1995. >> millions of americans have had their lives disrupted today because thousands of government workers are off the job and there's very little indication this evening that the white house and the republicans in congress are going to resolve their differences about how and when to balance the federal budget. first, beyond the beltway. here's abc's john martin. >> reporter: washington's bureaucratic army drove bumper to bumper to work this morning. the vanguard of 2.1 million federal workers nationwide. within hours, all around the country, 800,000 of them would be heading home, deputies, clerks, managers, secretaries, at the labor department, word of the shutdown. >> 1:00, everybody has to lock up at 1:00. >> reporter: and at housing and urban development. >> this is not like closing down for the night and clearing your desk. or even for a weekend because we don't know how long this will last. >> reporter: federal tourists sites were closing down across the country. in philadelphia, the liberty bell. in atlanta, martin luther king home. in springfield, illinois, abraham lincoln's home. in san diego, the historic national monument. nationwide, many federal workers who deal with claims and applications by the public were also going home. in chicago, from this social security office, the people who operate the national debt clock in new york stopped it as a symbol of what has happened. in many areas, the federal government is at a standstill. john martin, abc news, washington. >> as we said this affair measure of disgust from politicians of all parties but as of last night, the public appeared to be more sympathetic to mr. clinton's position. when our polling unit asked -- if the government shuts down who is at fault? 46% blamed the republican and 27% blamed mr. clinton. that was yesterday. the political struggle to resolve it all today from brit hume. >> reporter: late today, on the senate floor, democrats tried to bring up measures to fund the government with no other provisions. republicans rejected, leaving matters as they had earlier. earlier republicans talked about passing a new short-term spending measure to re-open the government with no medicare premium increase, but which would commit both sides to a balanced budget in seven years. sensing that republicans might be trying to make him appear opposed to a balanced budget the president this afternoon read a tough statement saying he favors a balanced budget but not like theirs. >> we can balance the budget without doing what they seek to do. we can balance the budget without the deep cuts in education. without the deep cuts in the environment. without letting medicare whither on the vine. >> reporter: republican leaders were furious accusing the president of misrepresenting his plan and theirs, especially on medicare. >> it's very hard to understand how you can have an honest dialogue with somebody who refuses to admit that we increased medicare spending to just increase it more. >> mr. president, you make things very difficult with the speech you made today. half-truths, misstatements, statements that you're making in it that are absolutely your version. but don't happen to be the version of other experts including the congressional budget office. >> reporter: this evening, senior administration officials came out of a capitol hill meeting with house and senate budget chairman saying each side had rejected the other's proposals to break the dead locke and no progress had been made. for months top administration officials told reporters privately that when the crunch came on all the budget issues the president would stand firm even if that meant closing down the government. well, here we are and it appears tonight we could be here for a while longer. brit hume, abc news, the white house. >> we don't want to be trite. we're talking about a government shutdown. it happened in 1995. did you notice the mug over brit hume's shoulder in the white house? 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"world news now" right after this. grab your mugs. ab now to the question, how much force is too much when you're dealing with an outraged child? >> this stems from an incident when a youngster in colorado was pepper sprayed by the police. here's the story. >> reporter: at first glance, he appears to be an energetic kid eager to win his wrestling match. it was his behavior in the classroom that led the 8 year old to be handcuffed and pepper sprayed. actions police say were necessary due to his threats. >> he said i'll -- until you mother f-ers. he told the teachers if they came out they would die. >> reporter: aiden doesn't deny it. >> i said i'm going to kill you once when you get out of that room. >> reporter: he's in a class with kids with behavioral problems. they said that he was throwing chairs and threatening his teachers and that's when the police arrived and decided to pepper spray the boy. on "good morning america" he blamed his teachers. >> did you mean it when you said you wanted to kill them? >> a little. >> and when you took a piece of, this board from the wall, did you have any intention of using that as a weapon? >> kind of. >> aiden's mother says police used excessive force on her son. she blames the school for his behavior. >> does it happen with babysitters, family members. it's only at school. >> reporter: the school says if aiden improves his behavior he's welcome to return. this is the third time police have been called to the school to deal with aiden. his mother says she plans to file a complaint over the way the situation was handled. abc news, los angeles. >> and what do you think? tell us what your thoughts are on the story on our facebook page. ook page. on the story on our facebook page. 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>> come on, it's a big deal. everybody will be watching. it will be cool. >> we have wedding stuff on our facebook page on wnnfans.com. follow us on twitter. stay with us, more coming follow us on twitter. stay with us, more coming up. today on "world news now," federal budget face-off with the government shutdown looming, congress tries to meet with leaders and the white house late last night. president obama is telling lawmakers that they need to start acting like adults before it's too late. it is thursday, april 7th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." good morning, everyone. i'm mike marusarz. >> and i'm peggy bunker. in less than 48 hours the federal government could possibly be shut down. what the politicians are doing to avoid that and what a shutdown could mean for you. and then the extreme case of road rage that led to the shooting of a 4-year-old child. why someone opened fire on a minivan and the update on the toddler's condition coming up. >> just a shocking story. and imagine this. also shocking, driving down the highway when this happens. a 2 x 4 came came crashing through the windshield of that car. this happens more often than you would think. but first, the high-stakes drama at the white house. after a late-night meeting president obama says there's still no budget deal. >> but the president says that the two sides have come closer to an agreement that would avert a government shutdown. john hendren has more with what's at stake. john? >> reporter: good morning, mike and peggy. later today republicans are expected to offer a plan that would extend government funding for one more week and cut $12 billion in spending. there's only one problem. president obama has already rejected it. after a late-night meeting, there is still no deal. >> i thought the meetings were frank, constructive and what they did was narrow the issues and clarify the issues that are still outstanding. >> reporter: but the president held out hope. >> we should be able to complete a deal and get it passed and avert a shutdown but it will require a sufficient sense of urgency from all parties involved. >> reporter: the senate majority leader and house speaker agreed that a deal is still possible and that they did not close it in the late-night meeting. >> we'll continue to work. the staff will work through the night. speaker and i will get back together tomorrow morning and see how they did and continue. i have confidence that we can get this done. >> reporter: not everyone is concerned. in the shadow of the capitol, these tea partiers dared them to shut it down. but with a possible shutdown days away, president obama warns american there is is plenty they stand to lose. >> it means that small business owner that's waiting to get a loan, suddenly there's nobody there to process it. >> and for you spring breakers. >> the people planning a vacation to yellowstone, turns out, national parks are closed. you're out of luck. >> reporter: but it looks stronger than ever. >> nothing is agreed to until everything is agreed to. >> every time we agree to meet in the middle they move where the middle is. >> reporter: if they can't find a middle by midnight on friday the clock runs out leaving only so-called, essential workers on the job. >> what would be affected should the government close up shop starting saturday morning? tax audits would be suspended. welcome news to some, no doubt. but returns filed on paper would pile up at the irs and refunds would be delayed as a result. >> and also, military personnel at home and abroad would receive one week's pay instead of two weeks in their next checks. among those affected would be troops in iraq, afghanistan and the region around libya. this might make you mad. members of congress would continue to be paid. a nationwide investigation into air traffic controllers sleeping on the job has uncovered another serious case. it happened in february in knoxville, tennessee. >> the faa says that controller working the midnight shift intentionally took a nap for several hours leading a controller with a different job to help seven planes land. the agency is taking steps to fire that air traffic controller. and now to a disturbing road rage attack outside atlanta where the victim turned out to be a preschooler. >> just horrifying. police are looking for a gunman that opened fire on a car filled with children, all because the mom behind the wheel of that car was too slow to take off at a stoplight. here's eric phillips from wsb. >> we're truly blessed. that's all i can say that god was in the car today. >> reporter: the bullet went through the back of the minivan, through the back seat, through the child's car seat striking this 4 year old. police would later found the bullet with the mother still coming to grips. >> he could have been dead and gone just that fast. i thank god he's okay. >> reporter: it happened around 4:20 tuesday afternoon. the mom says she and her four children were stopped at the intersection in dekalb county. she didn't notice the light turned green and apparently the guy behind her got agitated. >> i blew my horn back and that's when he took off beside me and tried to, i guess like chase me down. he got behind me and once he got behind me that's when he so the my son. my baby was in his seat and he was hollering and i heard the gunshot. >> everything, that's when i was like, it hit him in the back. >> reporter: the mother continued driving home, too nervous to pull over for fear of more gunfire and then they called for help. the shooter is still at large. >> i want him caught and serve time in jail. he could have killed my baby today. why would you shoot an innocent person? i don't care how mad you get. >> so obviously very shocking right now. the dekalb police are looking for the driver of a newer model of a white chevy suv. that was apparently the car that fired the shots. >> if you happen to see it contact local authorities. the battle over union rights in wisconsin is now being felt all the way to the state's highest court. a little-known assistant state attorney backed by the union is now poised to unseat a supreme court justice. and a recount in the races likely since the margin of victory is just a few hundred votes but the close results are still seen as a referendum on the governor who pushed laws limiting union rights. next door in minnesota, nfl football players ask a judge to end this owner-imposed lockout that's keeping them from going to work. >> that hearing was just a sideshow to the ongoing standoff over new collective bargaining agreement. tj winick joins us with the very latest. >> reporter: good morning, mike and peggy. since the first time since the owner-imposed lockout over two weeks ago the two sides faced off in court. the only nfl action you'll find these days is in court. officials from the league and players met before a judge in minneapolis, st. paul. >> we hope that all our fans continue to have patience with us. keep rooting for the players. keep rooting for football. >> these kinds of matters ought to be settled at the collective bargaining table and not a federal court. >> reporter: attorneys for the players argue the owner-imposed lockout should be lifted because it's causing them irreparable harm. the league countered that it shouldn't be heard until they rule on whether the player's union acted in bad faith. >> the judge pushed back on the owners. the irreparable harm argument that 800 players without contracts would be negatively affected. tough to read the tea leaves but right now it seems a slight leaning toward the players. >> outside of lambeau field, in green bay, wisconsin, thoughts of not having a football season hits hard. the packers fans still visit and take pictures but say something doesn't feel right. >> we never thought this would happen. football makes so much money, go ahead, so much money, it's so much like you can't believe this is going on. >> reporter: in a letter to season ticket holders the packers' president was optimistic saying -- we know we'll have a collective bargaining agreement with the union at some point. >> i'm hoping it will get settled and everything else but -- >> the number one disagreement between the league and players? how to split up the nfl's annual revenue of about $9 billion. mike? peggy? >> when they talk about this, blah, blah, blah is all i hear. just play football, guys. let's get on to it. >> there's a lot of money at stake. some people wouldn't notice but most americans would. they love their football season. >> give us $9 billion and we'll divvy it up. no problem. let's check out your weather. still stormy out west. rain in the pacific northwest and northern california. 6 to 12 inches of snow in the sierra nevada. showers and thunderstorms in denver, omaha and des moines. >> 54 in detroit and 64 in the twin cities. 84 in dallas. 50s from seattle to portland and 49 in boise, 69 in albuquerque and miami climbs to 83. atlanta, 75, and baltimore coming in at 61 degrees. >> i'm calm now, all good. >> you got it out of your system? >> i do. dreams really do come true and a little boy from new jersey now knows that all too well. >> you may remember this 4-year-old from the wildly popular viral video showing him in tears because he was -- take a listen -- >> i want to be the governor but i can't. >> why can't you be the governor? [ toddler whining and crying ] >> look at that. new jersey governor, chris christie allowed him to be the honorary governor. just for the day. his twin brother was made the honorary lieutenant governor. >> that's the way you do it. and the big lesson from his one day on the job? he said that the governor told him if you raise property taxes you won't be governor for long. >> good thing he knows that. >> look at that? very cool. ♪ brought to you by peachtree funding. >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by peach tree funding. hó strawberries, specifically strawberries, specifically the freeze-dried kind may hold the key to preventing esophageal cancer. a new studies says that strawberries may slow the lesion growth. slowing was observed in most of the studied patient who ate 60 grams of strawberries a day for six months. esophageal cancer caused 14,000 deaths last year in the u.s. alone. >> no problem there. i love strawberries. add those to the menu. another medical story involving hormone replacement therapy, or hrt. the risks have been a mystery to menopausal women for generations. >> a new study finds that if the hormone replacement drugs are taken at the right age they could be safer than originally believed. deborah roberts reports. >> reporter: for years women enduring the ill effects of menopause have been confused by two schools of thought. take hormone replacement therapy to ease symptoms of low sex drive or night sweats or run the risk of getting breast cancer. or heart disease. as some doctors caution. eight years ago, this woman was taken off a combination of estrogen and progesterone, fearing dangerous risks. >> it was mean-spirited. that's what it was like. taking away something that made things all better again. >> reporter: evans, along with many doctors and parents thought the debate was over but now a new women's health initiative study fired it up again. >> for the first time we know now for a women that had a hysterectomy with estrogen may not only be safe but quite beneficial. >> reporter: the study applies to a specific group. the more than one-third of american women over 50 who had hysterectomies. researchers found that those who took estrogen experienced a 23% drop in breast cancer risk even after they stopped taking it. but for menopausal women with a uterus the news isn't as promising since they must take estrogen along with progesterone to guard against uterine cancer. researchers found no benefit for them. their risk for breast cancer increased. >> they are very different. women should be counseled differently about hormone therapy depending on whether or not they have a uterus. >> reporter: still, some menopausal women are hopeful that the study opens the door for a new conversation with their doctors. deborah roberts, abc news, new york. when we come back, the exciting thursday morning "the skinny." >> comings and goings on tv. stick around. you're watching "world news now." goings on tv. stick around. you're watching "world news now." i like how the photographers are taking a picture of each other. >> i know. very paparazzi. we can't talk about that right now. yesterday we talked about maybe meredith vieira would be departing "the today show" and i don't know if it's people that care in tv or the world at large. here's a update. it's speculative. now we're hearing that maybe, matt lauer could be departing as well which would basically leave al and willard, right? there wouldn't be a lot of people. matt lauer has one year and eight months left and according to sources meredith vieira could leave in september when her contract expires. who would take over? that's the big question. another person leaving, another huge name in broadcasting. glenn beck. >> he also announced yesterday he would be leaving going to form some new partnership. a different sort of show, he says, but he announced yesterday he would be leaving his show. he didn't give a date but basically he's saying he's going to wrap it up. >> he's leaving his fox news channel show but he still has a syndicate road show program but he was hemorrhaging viewers on fox news channel for a long time and a lot of it because he's been really polarizing even more so than before. >> you love him or hate him. >> and he's sort of off the wall on a lot of these conspiracy theories. i'm sure he won't be gone for long. on television, that's for sure. tina fey, we love her and know her. breaking baby news. she's going to be a mother again. >> exciting. >> she announced yesterday on oprah that -- it was taped yesterday -- on the "oprah winfrey show" that will air sometime soon. the "30 rock" star said she's expecting her second child. five months pregnant. she said she realized after she became a mom she should be a better boss. other people in the workplace are dealing with the same thing. when you're single you're like let's work until 10:00 because you don't care. once you have a kid, you can understand a little more. >> that's absolutely true. once you have kids you realize you really need to get home. there's stuff to be done but i love it that she's having her second baby. she's 40 years old and promoting her book "bossypants." >> and alec baldwin says he believes that "30 rock" will actually end next season. >> right, and he says they're wrapping it up. >> a lot of things are changing in the world of television right now. >> "hangover," who didn't love that movie? 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