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doreen gentzler is there live with special athletes. we have great guests all over the place, doreen. >> reporter: we do. one thing really good about the nbc4 health and fitness expo is the opportunity to try some things you might not otherwise have an opportunity to try. this is the booth for the national rehab hospital. our friends from rehab have made it possible for people to come down here and try out wheelchair basketball, whether you're able-bodied or not. you can see, it's a bit of a challenge. these are folks who work for national rehab hospital, who are giving us a demonstration. but you can come down and try it yourself. you can also check out something called the zero gravity treadmill. this is amy davis. you're with national rehab hospital. tell me what people can do if they come and visit you. >> sure. right now, we're showing people wheelchair basketball. you can get in the chair yourself and try it out. we also have a demonstration with the quad rugby team coming down at 1:00. it's a contact sport they're in wheelchairs
doreen gentzler is there live with special athletes. we have great guests all over the place, doreen. >> reporter: we do. one thing really good about the nbc4 health and fitness expo is the opportunity to try some things you might not otherwise have an opportunity to try. this is the booth for the national rehab hospital. our friends from rehab have made it possible for people to come down here and try out wheelchair basketball, whether you're able-bodied or not. you can see, it's a bit...
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>> reporter: that's right, doreen. imts a big detour and happens in about 15 minutes. the decision to reroute motorists trying to get to i-95. the major north-south traffic artery on the east coast even for a few hours is not taken lightly by virginia transportation officials. >> part of the 495 express lanes, tonight's activity in this area will be the hanging of a sign across the roadway. we have to get it up. >> reporter: in addition the inner loop of the beltway is affected from 9:00 p.m. to midnight, the left lane of-94 west before the springfield interchange will be closed. after md night all lanes will also be closed. all lanes will be re-opened by 5:00 a.m. wednesday. drivers we spoke to say they're learning to live with it. >> i usually look at my phone to see where the construction is, and i avoid it all the time. >> it's so hard to get through. for now if i want to go through for a seven corner, i have to go to 395 and go around instead of 495. >> reporter: the detours are wellma well-marked, but it would add about half an hour for the trip through here toni
>> reporter: that's right, doreen. imts a big detour and happens in about 15 minutes. the decision to reroute motorists trying to get to i-95. the major north-south traffic artery on the east coast even for a few hours is not taken lightly by virginia transportation officials. >> part of the 495 express lanes, tonight's activity in this area will be the hanging of a sign across the roadway. we have to get it up. >> reporter: in addition the inner loop of the beltway is...
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. >> reporter: doreen, witnesses explain the scene as chaotic, and the police officer shot the dog. this man describes how he was waiting at the bus stop when two dogs rushed at him. he said one was a german shepherd and the other a small white dog. when he ran across the street, they ran after him. witnesses say that at one point the german shepherd ran toward a day care center and bit a man in a wheelchair. neighbors say they could hear children and adults streaming from a block away. >> officers got flagged down, and he noticed he had a victim that was bitten a few times by the day care center, and he notes the dog a block away and had to intervene with the dog who continued to attack other people. >> reporter: police say three people were taken away to the hospital by ambulance. the dog's owner did come to the scene, and she was upset, and it's a very unfortunate situation. back to you. >> thank you. >>> now we go to italy where tonight there's word the captain of a sunken cruise ship may get out of jail and be put on house arrest. as we learn more about why he made that turn cl
. >> reporter: doreen, witnesses explain the scene as chaotic, and the police officer shot the dog. this man describes how he was waiting at the bus stop when two dogs rushed at him. he said one was a german shepherd and the other a small white dog. when he ran across the street, they ran after him. witnesses say that at one point the german shepherd ran toward a day care center and bit a man in a wheelchair. neighbors say they could hear children and adults streaming from a block away....
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>> reporter: hi, doreen. if president obama isn't officially in campaign mode, this will do fine for now. president obama hit the road with his state of the union message, a blueprint for what he calls an economy built to last. >> it is an economy built on american manufacturing with more good jobs and more products made right here in the united states of america. >> reporter: iowa was stop one in a five-state, three-day tour, stressing jobs, energy, education and changing a tax system that gives breaks to millionaires. >> if you make more than $1 million a year, you should pay a tax rate of at least 30%. >> reporter: he is giving the gop presidential hopefuls a whole new set of talking points. >> the president last night proposed doubling the tax on capital gains, which is the engine which drives job creation in the united states. >> reporter: with the florida primary just six days away, newt gingrich and the mitt romney are polling neck in neck. >> this is a president who talks about deregulation even as he
>> reporter: hi, doreen. if president obama isn't officially in campaign mode, this will do fine for now. president obama hit the road with his state of the union message, a blueprint for what he calls an economy built to last. >> it is an economy built on american manufacturing with more good jobs and more products made right here in the united states of america. >> reporter: iowa was stop one in a five-state, three-day tour, stressing jobs, energy, education and changing a...
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hey, v.j. >> hey, pat and doreen. the mix is going to bring us everything from snow to sleet to freezing rain and then eventually rain as the system tapers tomorrow. but for the late part of the night here, latter part of the night we are going to be seeing flurries. in fact i think in the next couple hours some of that moisture will start reaching the ground. that's the white you see just north of washington down to the south more moisture. that's going to be funneling into the system allowing our temperature to rise a bit. we'll see a change over then from snow, a little sleet mixing in and
hey, v.j. >> hey, pat and doreen. the mix is going to bring us everything from snow to sleet to freezing rain and then eventually rain as the system tapers tomorrow. but for the late part of the night here, latter part of the night we are going to be seeing flurries. in fact i think in the next couple hours some of that moisture will start reaching the ground. that's the white you see just north of washington down to the south more moisture. that's going to be funneling into the system...
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i'm doreen gentzler in for wendy rieger. >> i'm jim handly. we begin at 5:00 with the death of a woman right outside a prince george's county elementary school. a van belonging to the school apparently ran her over. it happened late this morning that samuel chase elementary on fisher road in temple hills. pat collins is live on the scene with details. pat? >> jim, sources tell news 4 police are looking into the possibility that the victim here was a woman from the neighborhood. they say when she was hit, she was using a cane. a fatality here in the parking lot of the samuel chase elementary school in temple hills. police say this prince george's county school utility van backed into a woman. they say she was pronounced dead at the scene. mark sanders was across the street at the time. he said he saw three workers trying to push the van but he said he didn't realize there was someone beneath it. >> how unfortunate. a sad accident. here's a laidy and now she is laying on the sidewalk over there deceased and here's three workers who certainly, or
i'm doreen gentzler in for wendy rieger. >> i'm jim handly. we begin at 5:00 with the death of a woman right outside a prince george's county elementary school. a van belonging to the school apparently ran her over. it happened late this morning that samuel chase elementary on fisher road in temple hills. pat collins is live on the scene with details. pat? >> jim, sources tell news 4 police are looking into the possibility that the victim here was a woman from the neighborhood. they...
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>> doreen, a local veteran we talked to says that the marines you see in the video do not represent the marine corps values. the youtube video has been shown around the world, u.s. marines standing over what appears to be dead afghans and urinating on their corpses. we're showing you a still image and blurring out offensive parts. >> you can't justify. it's just wrong. >> reporter: richard is is a u.s. marine who fought at vietnam. he said it appears the ma roons in the photograph are not under attack and there's no excuse for their behavior. >> once the fight is won, it's time to stop. >> condemning the deplorable behavior. >> secretary of state hillary clinton. >> it is absolutely inconsistent with american be values. >> pentagon officials say they know who is in the video, marines from camp lejeune. now the white house describes the video in three words. >> deplorable, reprehensible and unacceptable. >> the video comes at a bad time when parties are stepping up efforts to establish a peace agreement. >> any time something like that happens, you always get a little tarnish. >> pentago
>> doreen, a local veteran we talked to says that the marines you see in the video do not represent the marine corps values. the youtube video has been shown around the world, u.s. marines standing over what appears to be dead afghans and urinating on their corpses. we're showing you a still image and blurring out offensive parts. >> you can't justify. it's just wrong. >> reporter: richard is is a u.s. marine who fought at vietnam. he said it appears the ma roons in the...
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wendy, doreen, back to you. >> all right. thank you, steve. >>> two veteran metro employees have been accused of stealing thousands of dollars in coins from fare machines. investigators say they then took the money and tried their luck with lottery tickets. we're near the metro yard in alexandria with details on what led to their arrest. >> reporter: we're at the yard where you might say this is the other end of the coin slot. when you put your money in the machine eventually it will end up in a facility like this to be counted and deposited. what got the investigation going was a merchant who became suspicious what he regular customer showed up buying lottery tickets with bags of coins. while sochlt peopme of the peop center of the scheme hit the lottery several times with each winning it turns out the luck was running out. it was december 13th according to court documents and metro revenue techniques horace mcdade and police officer john hale made a call on the fare card machines here at the do yupont station and collected
wendy, doreen, back to you. >> all right. thank you, steve. >>> two veteran metro employees have been accused of stealing thousands of dollars in coins from fare machines. investigators say they then took the money and tried their luck with lottery tickets. we're near the metro yard in alexandria with details on what led to their arrest. >> reporter: we're at the yard where you might say this is the other end of the coin slot. when you put your money in the machine...
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and as a results from florida come in, doreen gentzler will give us updates. >>> mitt romney met with nbc after they asked him to stop running a clip from 1997 featuring then-anchor tom brokaw. romney said his campaign would consider pulling the ad but argued the footage was not from a secret file. >>> the republican presidential candidates may not be spending money at levels in 2008, but new political action committees are making up for it. according to "usa today," so far super pacs have spent more than $44 million this primary season, compared to nearly $11 million at this point in the 2008 race. presidential candidates will report their own fundraising and spending today. >>> breaking news. at least 11 al qaeda militants are dead in an overnight air strike in yemen. residents say a drone targeted a caravan east of the city of lawdar in yemen. at least four militants were al qaeda leaders. no civilians were injured. al qaeda has attempted to use political unrest in yemen to gain influence among the people and government there. >>> today president obama will send a proposal to congr
and as a results from florida come in, doreen gentzler will give us updates. >>> mitt romney met with nbc after they asked him to stop running a clip from 1997 featuring then-anchor tom brokaw. romney said his campaign would consider pulling the ad but argued the footage was not from a secret file. >>> the republican presidential candidates may not be spending money at levels in 2008, but new political action committees are making up for it. according to "usa today,"...
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doreen? >> thanks, veronica. >>> regulations regarding student school lockers in prince william county schools is nothing new but tonight, the school board there will vote on a new policy that gives parents access to their children's lockers. the proposed policy would apply to students younger than 18, give access at reasonable times to their children's locker. if passed, the superintendent will implement the policy countywide. >> this is a situation where we want the parents to know that safety of students is a very, very high priority for us and that the parents have a role to play. >> tonight's school board meeting and vote getting under way in about half an hour. >>> we have an update to a story we told but yesterday. doctors believe they have a diagnosis for a bizarre illness that is plaguing 12 teenaged girls at the same tie school. the girls all attend le roy high in upstate new york. all of them suddenly began suffering from uncontrollable body movements, tics and verbal outbursts. on
doreen? >> thanks, veronica. >>> regulations regarding student school lockers in prince william county schools is nothing new but tonight, the school board there will vote on a new policy that gives parents access to their children's lockers. the proposed policy would apply to students younger than 18, give access at reasonable times to their children's locker. if passed, the superintendent will implement the policy countywide. >> this is a situation where we want the...
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. >>> doreen, thomas stole money intended for children. he is gone but some are asking shouldn't there be more outrage? even the d.c. government directory shows no sign of harry thomas jr. or his ward 5 office. and the d.c. elections board meets wednesday to set a replacement special election in may. thomas left federal court friday a convicted felon for stealing more than $350,000 in city funds intended for youth organizations and tax evasion. he'll be sentenced in may to as much as four years in prison. mayor gray who for months urged citizens to await the judicial process did call for thomas to resign but declined to comment on his crimes. news 4 monday first showed gray the 21-page court document detailing thomas's many thefts from children's programs. >> i think we are trying to figure out how to move fron this. >> are you personally also outraged? >> oh, yeah. >> knowing him and his whole family? >> i know tommy and his family well and i have a lot of compassion for them in this situation but at the same time this is something that n
. >>> doreen, thomas stole money intended for children. he is gone but some are asking shouldn't there be more outrage? even the d.c. government directory shows no sign of harry thomas jr. or his ward 5 office. and the d.c. elections board meets wednesday to set a replacement special election in may. thomas left federal court friday a convicted felon for stealing more than $350,000 in city funds intended for youth organizations and tax evasion. he'll be sentenced in may to as much as...
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boy, we have got everything going on down there and doreen gentzler is once again shepherding the big convenient. you got any plans this weekend? >> just a few. >> a few? >> lots of maps this weekend. i don't know how many of us made a new year's resolution to get more fit? yeah. >> always. >> you want to find a different way to do that, 'cause the same old thing gets boring, right? >> stop eating the christmas stuff, that was my resolution. >> that's right. well, we are going to build on that wendy, the expo is a great place to learn about jump starting a new fitness regiment. new this year, going to make it fun and says to get your workout started, having the first ever zumba extravaganza. >> oh, my. >> yeah. yeah. yeah. >> going to be leading that? >> i think not. zumba is a latin-inspired dance workout that uses moves based in dance like salsa and meringue, hip-hop. enthusiasts say the classes are so much fun, down the realize you are working up a sweat and burping a lot of calories. recently, i had a chance to talk to a instructor at fitness first and she gave us the scoop on the
boy, we have got everything going on down there and doreen gentzler is once again shepherding the big convenient. you got any plans this weekend? >> just a few. >> a few? >> lots of maps this weekend. i don't know how many of us made a new year's resolution to get more fit? yeah. >> always. >> you want to find a different way to do that, 'cause the same old thing gets boring, right? >> stop eating the christmas stuff, that was my resolution. >> that's...
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doreen gentzler is here with details. >> reporter: this was new to me. our health and fitness expo is coming up this weekend offering lots of free medical screenings. one of them is testing for hypertension. but if you're a woman who is being screened there is recently a new risk factor identified, a common condition that could double your chances of developing high blood pressure. >> my hands and my feet started to swell. again, i had shortness of breath. i couldn't really walk far. >> reporter: about three months before she was due to give birth, 29-year-old michelle fenwick developed pregnancy induced hypertension, a condition that put her at risk for major complications including premature delivery. >> i was extremely scared. i didn't want anything to happen. i was close to the end. >> reporter: doctors say it's a common condition about 6% to 8% of all pregnant women will develop hypertension. typically it goes away once the baby is born. but now studies are showing that it's actually a risk factor for developing high blood pressure later in life. dr
doreen gentzler is here with details. >> reporter: this was new to me. our health and fitness expo is coming up this weekend offering lots of free medical screenings. one of them is testing for hypertension. but if you're a woman who is being screened there is recently a new risk factor identified, a common condition that could double your chances of developing high blood pressure. >> my hands and my feet started to swell. again, i had shortness of breath. i couldn't really walk...
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i'm doreen gentzler. >> i'm wendy rieger. jim vance has the night off.
i'm doreen gentzler. >> i'm wendy rieger. jim vance has the night off.
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i'm doreen gentzler. >> i'm jim vance. deplorable, reprehensible, and unacceptable. those are the words being used to describe a video that appears to show four u.s. marines desecrating the corpses of taliban terrorists. steve handelsman is on capitol hill now with where investigators have already identified two of them. >> reporter: that only helps part of the way. you put something out on the internet it's out there forever. so even if the u.s. marine corps now has some or all of the so-called low level perps in this ugly case what they did is still being done.
i'm doreen gentzler. >> i'm jim vance. deplorable, reprehensible, and unacceptable. those are the words being used to describe a video that appears to show four u.s. marines desecrating the corpses of taliban terrorists. steve handelsman is on capitol hill now with where investigators have already identified two of them. >> reporter: that only helps part of the way. you put something out on the internet it's out there forever. so even if the u.s. marine corps now has some or all of...
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>> we could see a lot more coming our way this weekend, doreen and jim. to the west, some snow. a little bit of light snow around western maryland, potomac highlands. i'm wuching flurries around thurmornt, around middleburg and hagerstown. this is going to last a few more hours, but we're talking about a bigger system that's going to be moving in for friday night and saturday morning. already concerns of icing and some problems on area roads so there's a winter storm watch for right now. washington county, areas of jefferson and morgan in west virginia. and we could have more concerns saturday morning. more details on that coming up. back to you. >> tlanhanks. >>> neighbors in d.c.'s ward 5 came together to remember an infant who died after being abandoned in the cold. the baby girl was found sunday night on the steps of a home on channing street wrapped only in a thin towel. tonight's vigil was aimed at preventing another tragedy. some say they empathize with the mother. >> i don't know why. i don't know what they're going through. i don't know what made them do that. but i ima
>> we could see a lot more coming our way this weekend, doreen and jim. to the west, some snow. a little bit of light snow around western maryland, potomac highlands. i'm wuching flurries around thurmornt, around middleburg and hagerstown. this is going to last a few more hours, but we're talking about a bigger system that's going to be moving in for friday night and saturday morning. already concerns of icing and some problems on area roads so there's a winter storm watch for right now....
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. >> news4's doreen againstler -- doreen genzler will be hosting. >>> park police stop bid mcpherson square to talk to occupy protesters and the police told the protesters they must take down their tents hanging over the statue on the square. the move comes after u.s. park police said that they will start enforcing the no-camping rule almost that 24 hours ago. news4's tracee wilkins is following these developments and joins us live now from mcpherson square. what's the mood out there now? >> reporter: well, good morning. we have been here all morning long. of course expectation is u.s. park police entered the cam and would be doing so to tell the protesters they had to leave. but that wasn't the message they came with. as u.s. park police entered the mcpherson square occupy camp, occupiers checked tents to make sure no one was sleeping. the u.s. park police started enforcing the no camping rules at the sites monday and are threatening to ray rest anyone found sleeping. occupiers have been waiting for the park police to try to evict the en masse but when police entered the camp this m
. >> news4's doreen againstler -- doreen genzler will be hosting. >>> park police stop bid mcpherson square to talk to occupy protesters and the police told the protesters they must take down their tents hanging over the statue on the square. the move comes after u.s. park police said that they will start enforcing the no-camping rule almost that 24 hours ago. news4's tracee wilkins is following these developments and joins us live now from mcpherson square. what's the mood out...
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>> doreen, no sleeping, no cooking, no camping. the park service is acting after high level complaints that it has been too soft on the protesters. >>> occupy protesters have since october camped out mostly peacefully on federal parkland but that's about to end. park service rangers and park police descended on both camp sites friday attaching bright green notices to any tent or structure in sight. the notice warns that the federal park service will begin enforcing no camping rules as of monday, noon. no tent stakes in the ground. no cooking. no sleeping. and any tent must always have one flap open for officers to see inside at any time. >> i need a definition of camping. >> reporter: the tougher government response comes just days after members of congress complained that park service officials were allowing illegal camping and demanded action. >> it's another signal that we are pushing hard enough for a change that we are getting some resistance or pushback. >> the loosely organized protesters friday suggested some are ready to r
>> doreen, no sleeping, no cooking, no camping. the park service is acting after high level complaints that it has been too soft on the protesters. >>> occupy protesters have since october camped out mostly peacefully on federal parkland but that's about to end. park service rangers and park police descended on both camp sites friday attaching bright green notices to any tent or structure in sight. the notice warns that the federal park service will begin enforcing no camping...
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wendy, doreen, back to you. >> jackie benson. thank you. >> new show of support for the soldier accused of handing over thousand of classified documents to the website wikileaks the a group put up a billboard on new york avenue in northeast washington asking for bradley manning to be freed. manning faces two dozen charges for leaking the documents. a military hearing was held fort mead. >> there is a traffic alert tonight in the tyson's corner ayeah could cause significant delays through early morning. right now all lanes of northbound route 123 closed from andersen to great falls street. exit ramp east dulles connect irior to 123. closed. all part of a bridge construction for dulles metro rail project. >> it has a key role in our national security. fairfax county is frying to lure the fbi out of the nation's capital. jane watrell reports. >> reporter: a concrete fortress at ninth and pennsylvania. the fbi has been headquartered here for four decades. but the g-men have outgrown the building and must relocate. fairfax county is r
wendy, doreen, back to you. >> jackie benson. thank you. >> new show of support for the soldier accused of handing over thousand of classified documents to the website wikileaks the a group put up a billboard on new york avenue in northeast washington asking for bradley manning to be freed. manning faces two dozen charges for leaking the documents. a military hearing was held fort mead. >> there is a traffic alert tonight in the tyson's corner ayeah could cause significant...
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. >>> and news4's doreen gentzler and aaron gilchrist will be watching the results from florida come in and hosting a live web chat at the same time. you can join the conversation on nbcwashington.com. >>> 6:04. breaking news. at least 11 al qaeda militants were killed in an overnight air strike in yemen. witnesses say a drone targeted a caravan just east of the city of lawdar in southern yemen. at least four of the militants were local al qaeda leaders. no civilians were hurt. al qaeda is attempting to use political unrest in yemen to gain influence among the people and the government there. >>> today secretary of state hillary clinton will meet with united nations security council to talk about syria. clinton says she will support a plan that condemns the syrian president's regime, demands the regime stop cracking down on its citizens, and implements an arab league peace plan. the measure calls for the syrian president to transfer his power to his vice president and allow elections. the u.n. says the regime has killed more than 5,400 people since the uprising began in march. >>> 6:
. >>> and news4's doreen gentzler and aaron gilchrist will be watching the results from florida come in and hosting a live web chat at the same time. you can join the conversation on nbcwashington.com. >>> 6:04. breaking news. at least 11 al qaeda militants were killed in an overnight air strike in yemen. witnesses say a drone targeted a caravan just east of the city of lawdar in southern yemen. at least four of the militants were local al qaeda leaders. no civilians were...
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>> hey, doreen. rafael nidal, roger federer putting on a show at the aussie open. a two-time all star takes the trip down i-95 to sign with the nationals. and hear what maryland's head coach has to say about his team's loss to duke last night. not necessarily a bad thing either. >>> people are still talking about the tense exchange on the tarmac yesterday in phoenix. arizona governor jan brewer handed president obama a note asking for a meeting but he fired back saying the last time they met she wrote an unflattering account in her memoir. she was asked whether she thinks a photo snapped of her on the tarmac shows her being disrespectful to the president. >> you know, i probably have better photographs of me than that but i hope people will take it into context that i was talking and i talk with my hands and i was trying to explain to him of course why i believe that i wrote the book the way that i did because it was factual and it was truthful and we were just going to have to disagree. >> governor brewer wrote in her memoir that in her first meeting with the pres
>> hey, doreen. rafael nidal, roger federer putting on a show at the aussie open. a two-time all star takes the trip down i-95 to sign with the nationals. and hear what maryland's head coach has to say about his team's loss to duke last night. not necessarily a bad thing either. >>> people are still talking about the tense exchange on the tarmac yesterday in phoenix. arizona governor jan brewer handed president obama a note asking for a meeting but he fired back saying the last...
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. >>> and as results from florida come in, news4's doreen gentzler and aaron gilchrist will host a web chat. go to nbcwashington.com. >>> breaking news now. at least 1 al qaeda militants are dead after an overnight air strike in yemen. a drone targeted forces in lawdar, south of yemen. at least four were al qaeda leaders. no civilians were injured. al qaeda has attempted to use political unrest in yemen to gain influence among the people and government there. >>> today, secretary of state hillary clinton will meet with the united nations security council to talk about syria. clinton says that she will support a plan that condemns the syrian president's regime, demands the regime stop cracking down on its citizens, and implements an arab league peace plan. the measure calls for the syrian president to transfer his power to the vice president and to allow elections. the u.n. says the regime has kilned more than 5 -- killed more than 5,400 people since the uprising began in march. >>> former prince george's county executive jack johnson will remain out of prison for two more weeks. johnso
. >>> and as results from florida come in, news4's doreen gentzler and aaron gilchrist will host a web chat. go to nbcwashington.com. >>> breaking news now. at least 1 al qaeda militants are dead after an overnight air strike in yemen. a drone targeted forces in lawdar, south of yemen. at least four were al qaeda leaders. no civilians were injured. al qaeda has attempted to use political unrest in yemen to gain influence among the people and government there. >>>...
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doreen gentzler and aaron gilchrist will be hosting a live web chat starting at 8:00 tonight. >>> if you stepped outside, what a lovely spring day we've had yet again. down in washington and the old dominion trail in fairfax county. there were a lot of people out taking in the lovely spring like weather. >> what do you think of the weather out here today? >> it's fantastic. i hope it stays this way. >> they love it. >> it's a great day, i wanted to -- late january, mid-60s, get outside and enjoy the weather. >> it was so nice to be outside, and our chief meteorologist went out to the front lawn to catch the last of the day's rays. hey, doug. >> i love how we sent our cameras to my home down in herndon, virginia. good afternoon to everyone out there. no matter where you were, everyone got above the 60 degree mark during the day today. we set a record of 66 at the airport. right now, 64 degrees at national airport with plenty of sunshine out here, winds out of the southwest at 15 miles per hour, the sun is going down, we're seeing mostly clear skies across the region. around the rest o
doreen gentzler and aaron gilchrist will be hosting a live web chat starting at 8:00 tonight. >>> if you stepped outside, what a lovely spring day we've had yet again. down in washington and the old dominion trail in fairfax county. there were a lot of people out taking in the lovely spring like weather. >> what do you think of the weather out here today? >> it's fantastic. i hope it stays this way. >> they love it. >> it's a great day, i wanted to -- late...
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doreen, back to you. >> there will be one empty seat at the state of the union address tonight. republican senator mark kirk of illinois will not be able to attend as he suffer he covers stroke he suffered over the weekend. joe manchun and mark kirk westbound planning to attend. >>> if you're going downtown tonight, the state of the union address could make it a bit difficult to get around. beginning at 7:00, police will block off every street within a two or three block radius of the capital. the entire capital square is also offlimits to pedestrians who don't have special credentials, all of the restrictions are expected to last until the state of the union concludes later tonight. >>> the man accused of firing shots at the white house pleaded not guilty to trying to assassinate the president. oscar ortega hernandez is accused of firing a rifle at the white house on november 11th. the president and mrs. obama were not home at the time. he was arrested several days later in pennsylvania. ortega hernandez also faces charges of assaulting federal officers and damaging federal pro
doreen, back to you. >> there will be one empty seat at the state of the union address tonight. republican senator mark kirk of illinois will not be able to attend as he suffer he covers stroke he suffered over the weekend. joe manchun and mark kirk westbound planning to attend. >>> if you're going downtown tonight, the state of the union address could make it a bit difficult to get around. beginning at 7:00, police will block off every street within a two or three block radius...
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i'm doreen gentzler. >> i'm jim vance. about one hour ago a judge in montgomery county sentenced an employee at the lululemon store for killing a co-worker in the bethesda yoga shop. her name is britney norwood. she is going to spend the rest of her life in prison. chris gordon is in rockville with more. >> reporter: judge robert greenburg said to norwood you are one hell of a liar, cold, malicious, deliberate. i have no doubt you are one troubled lady. brittany norwood who on march 11th killed jana murray with 332 blows using 5 to 10 different weapons and then lied about it, tried to cover it up saying that two masked men had broken into lululemon and sexually assaulted both norwood and jana murray. today jana murray's family came to court and they gave victim impact statements sin
i'm doreen gentzler. >> i'm jim vance. about one hour ago a judge in montgomery county sentenced an employee at the lululemon store for killing a co-worker in the bethesda yoga shop. her name is britney norwood. she is going to spend the rest of her life in prison. chris gordon is in rockville with more. >> reporter: judge robert greenburg said to norwood you are one hell of a liar, cold, malicious, deliberate. i have no doubt you are one troubled lady. brittany norwood who on march...
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doreen joins wuss a preview. >> tonight at 6:00, the cruise ship disaster in italy is raising questions for many of you about your safety on vacation. we will tell you the three things you need to look for before you book your next cruise. >>> and a condition that has baffled health officials, 12 students from the same high school sick with a mysterious malady. tonight, doctors think they know what's responsible. >>> and there is backlash tonight over a plan to make d.c.'s chinatown look a little more like a smaller version of new york's times square. the reason why tonight on news4 at 6:00. see you then. >> all right. >> the lights going, if you squint, you could see it. >> trying to drive through it, you feel like you're in times square. >> just cross the street. >> true. >>> after the break, tracking down deadbeat parents who owe millions in child support. nbc rid ♪ i'm feelin', feelin' a sunny day ♪ ♪ sunny day ♪ i'm feelin', feelin' the taste i crave ♪ ♪ subway ♪ i'm makin' it, makin' it how i like ♪ ♪ it's meant to be ♪ i'm feelin' subway ♪ i'm feelin' subway
doreen joins wuss a preview. >> tonight at 6:00, the cruise ship disaster in italy is raising questions for many of you about your safety on vacation. we will tell you the three things you need to look for before you book your next cruise. >>> and a condition that has baffled health officials, 12 students from the same high school sick with a mysterious malady. tonight, doctors think they know what's responsible. >>> and there is backlash tonight over a plan to make...
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doreen? >> thanks, veronica. the baltimore ravens are just one win away from going to the super bowl and now some redskins fans are turning in their burgundy and gold for purple. pat collins is in laurel, maryland with more on the team's new fan base. >> i'm a ravens fan. >> did you used to be a redskin fan? >> once upon a time. >> reporter: are you a ravens fan? >> absolutely. >> reporter: did you used to be a redskin fan? >> once upon a time. >> reporter: welcome to the city of laurel. you might think of it as middle town. you see, it's 20.8 miles from downtown washington. it's 20.6 miles from downtown baltimore. but when it comes to football fan loyalty these days, it seems less than 50/50. in our unscientific survey along route 1, honk for the ravens. honk for the redskins. we got three times as many honks and beeps for the ravens than we did for our poor old skins. >> this is all about the ravens. i did right. >> reporter: it doesn't stop there. a number of redskin fans here are crossing that purple ravens l
doreen? >> thanks, veronica. the baltimore ravens are just one win away from going to the super bowl and now some redskins fans are turning in their burgundy and gold for purple. pat collins is in laurel, maryland with more on the team's new fan base. >> i'm a ravens fan. >> did you used to be a redskin fan? >> once upon a time. >> reporter: are you a ravens fan? >> absolutely. >> reporter: did you used to be a redskin fan? >> once upon a time....
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>> i'm doreen gentzler. we begin with the fight for florida. there are 50 delegates at stake in tomorrow's republican presidential primary. newt gingrich is battling to keep his candidacy afloat. mitt romney is doing everything he can to sink it. steve handelsman is in tampa, florida, with the latest. steve? >> reporter: good evening from tampa. this is the city of the republican national convention come next august. but in this big state tomorrow mitt romney figures he can lock up this race. mitt romney is sounding like he's already won florida and the nomination. >> people realize if they want to see change in washington you can't just select the same people to take different chairs. >> reporter: the 5 million floridians have voted early. romney leads, 2-1 in exit polls. at a cigar bar in tampa today was bill rexford who voted early last week for newt gingrich. now he regrets it. >> reporter: i don't know if it's the tv ads that romney put out or whatever but i just don't think that he, gingrich could really take the votes needed to win the p
>> i'm doreen gentzler. we begin with the fight for florida. there are 50 delegates at stake in tomorrow's republican presidential primary. newt gingrich is battling to keep his candidacy afloat. mitt romney is doing everything he can to sink it. steve handelsman is in tampa, florida, with the latest. steve? >> reporter: good evening from tampa. this is the city of the republican national convention come next august. but in this big state tomorrow mitt romney figures he can lock up...
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. >> reporter: doreen, if you take a look behind me you see the lights of a playground and just beyond that a field and near that an elementary school. that school was just getting into session about 9:30 when gunfire broke out. three men were injured but hundreds of parents had tense moments. three victims all teenage males all shot within proximity to each other and for authorities way too close to some elementary schools. two people were picked up by police though they weren't called suspects immediately. martin luther king elementary school was among those locked down during the incident. >> two different groups were pursued by officers. >> reporter: of the victims one was reportedly hit in the abdomen the most seriously wounded and with the school day just beginning there were concerns about unattended lessons for young students. >> especially shooting in front of an elementary school, you know, some of these kids could have been harmed. obviously psychologically this has an impact. >> reporter: a spokesperson for the d.c. public schools says parents of children at the affected sc
. >> reporter: doreen, if you take a look behind me you see the lights of a playground and just beyond that a field and near that an elementary school. that school was just getting into session about 9:30 when gunfire broke out. three men were injured but hundreds of parents had tense moments. three victims all teenage males all shot within proximity to each other and for authorities way too close to some elementary schools. two people were picked up by police though they weren't called...
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. >> hi, doreen. thanks. good evening. >>> tapping into voters' feelings is often a winning strategy. the u.s. electorate is angry. plenty of anger down in florida where the housing crisis remains severe. campaigning down there today in advance of tonight's debate and next tuesday's florida primary the former speaker let florida voters know he's mad, too. newt gingrich is outraged. >> we're not stupid. >> reporter: talking to tea party activists near orlando. >> the message we should give mitt romney is, you know, we
. >> hi, doreen. thanks. good evening. >>> tapping into voters' feelings is often a winning strategy. the u.s. electorate is angry. plenty of anger down in florida where the housing crisis remains severe. campaigning down there today in advance of tonight's debate and next tuesday's florida primary the former speaker let florida voters know he's mad, too. newt gingrich is outraged. >> we're not stupid. >> reporter: talking to tea party activists near orlando. >>...
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if that's you, doreen againstler repor genzler will tell what you to do. >>> final check of the forecast now. tom, what do you say? >> lit feel like spring another couple of hours. it is only going to last for a couple of hours. it is going to be colder tonight, i know. look at the dark spots will on the satellite image. that's where the sun has been beginning to break out across northern virginia. sprinkles and we will have them perhaps a little more later this afternoon and this evening after we reach near 60 degrees. windy and colder tomorrow, though. near 40 in the morning. down to near 30 after sunset. then cold weather after that. thursday, friday, and into the weekend. >> thank you so much. that does it for us for "news4 at midday." be sure to tune in to "news4 at 4:00" for the day's news. i will be back at 4:30 tomorrow morning. hope you will join us. until then have a great day. we will see you tomorrow. i just had it with cable. it just got more frustrating and frustrating. a lot of times, the picture would break up. for the amount of money that i am paying, my cable company sh
if that's you, doreen againstler repor genzler will tell what you to do. >>> final check of the forecast now. tom, what do you say? >> lit feel like spring another couple of hours. it is only going to last for a couple of hours. it is going to be colder tonight, i know. look at the dark spots will on the satellite image. that's where the sun has been beginning to break out across northern virginia. sprinkles and we will have them perhaps a little more later this afternoon and...
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. >> i'm doreen gentzler sitting in for jim handly tonight. a winter weather advisory is issued for the entire metro area. snow, sleet, freezing rain. we're likely to see it all. >> veronica johnson live in storm center 4. what's heading our way? >> the whole bag. everything for wintry precip, right? here's the deal. roads are going to be a little snow covered tonight but they'll be more icy spots and more problematic tomorrow morning. take a look at the radar. i've been tracking it here on storm 4 doppler our weather system. we have snow off to the west. that's the white you see across western maryland. indeed, i do think we could see some flurries starting a little later in the next couple hours, 7:00, 8:00, 9:00. just some flurries. but the bigger batch of snow is going to come and moisture is going to come when all that stuff that you
. >> i'm doreen gentzler sitting in for jim handly tonight. a winter weather advisory is issued for the entire metro area. snow, sleet, freezing rain. we're likely to see it all. >> veronica johnson live in storm center 4. what's heading our way? >> the whole bag. everything for wintry precip, right? here's the deal. roads are going to be a little snow covered tonight but they'll be more icy spots and more problematic tomorrow morning. take a look at the radar. i've been...
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jim and doreen have the night off. we'll begin with the deadly cruise ship disaster in italy. six people killed when the ship ran aground friday night and the search continues for 16 others still missing. among those an american couple from minnesota. >>> the ship's captain remains in jail on
jim and doreen have the night off. we'll begin with the deadly cruise ship disaster in italy. six people killed when the ship ran aground friday night and the search continues for 16 others still missing. among those an american couple from minnesota. >>> the ship's captain remains in jail on