[ female announcer ] and best of all, it keeps getting better. no wonder rre people choose xfinity over any other provider. ♪ love can be so mystical ♪ ♪ ♪ captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> from devastation tonight there is hope. >> determination even with the grim news that more victims are being uncovered from the rubble. one of the hardest-hit towns was and kentucky. >> with daylight came reality.

>> the only thing left is my back porch. >> returning to where their homes once stood still upset by what they saw friday. the severe weather. -- carol across much of the united states, from texas into indiana, kentucky, and georgia. >> people were crying, please let us get through this. >> and the hours later came stories of survival. >> we had about 40 students and staff in the core of the building when the tornado hit. nobody was injured. that is something to be thankful for despite the devastation. entire neighborhoods flattened schools and ruins but the spirits are strong. , a lot of good friends, we still have our family. what more can we ask for? >> the people who live here are resilient, god-fearing tough

and we are not down but not not doubt. >> -- but we are not knocked out. >> and henryville, combing through the debris looking for survivors. in kentucky, equipment to clear away with the storms knocked down. small on population, but big in their determination to come back from this disaster. the rebuilding process will take a long time. president obama expressed his condolences to the hard-hit areas and fema is dedicating resources to cities in need. >> at home, two maryland lawmakers want to make every person in the car where seat belts, not just drivers. right now drivers are required by law to buckle up, but virginia and maryland did not require passengers in the backseat to wear seat belts. lawmakers say the bill would save lives and prevent hundreds

of injuries. d.c. already requires all passengers to buckle up. >> council members have racked up $61,000 in cell phone bills. one council member has the highest bill each month at more than $250 per month. the council has renegotiated its at&t contract. >> people are split over whether a casino should go in at national harbor. lottery officials say a new casino would be bad for their business. sam ford explains why. >> with a casino at the maryland at national harbor, five minutes from the d.c. line, with that hit. the city's lottery business? this lottery seller says yes. >> taking it to maryland. >> which go to a casino if it was down there? >> yes, sir. >> the executive director of the d.c. lottery thinks it would be

rough. >> it would be a challenge to our ability to continue to raise additional revenue. we have to be as innovative as possible to maintain our own position. >> he said the d.c. lottery suffered a big drop in sales in recent years, accept credit when d.c. lost exclusive rights to powerball. last year, it moved out. now there is talk of a casino. p.g. county executive said he would like to see casino gambling at national harbor, but there is widespread opposition. it is by no means a done deal. after the winnings are paid, about $65 million per year goes to the d.c. treasury. about half of the d.c. lottery players are from maryland and virginia. this lottery player said he was like to see a casino at national harbor. >> i am for it. i am not getting anything in d.c. anyway. >> in northwest, sam ford, abc 7

news. >> dulles international airport a showing off an electrical charging station. wednesday, that activated the green parking spots. electric car owners can pull up and charge up. the charging stations are free for the first year. >> still to come 7 on your side investigates the fine print on travel club memberships that could affect your vacation plans. >> social media trends. how some use this for their hobbies and business. >> steve rudin and the belfort furniture weather center, the skies remained cloudy over night. are you ready for a chance of

>> 7 on your side with a disturbing study on sleeping pills research from the british medical journal. it's just they are linked with an early death. bridget it suggests that their link with an early death. people who took just 18 prescription-strength pills per year are 3.5 more times likely to die early and to be diagnosed with cancer. >> 7 on your side, a new report shows kids are getting more at it sugar from food rather than drink. 59% of extra calories comes from food 41% from beverages.

research shows 55% of those calories are consumed at home. >> you may have seen the mailers that promise air fare and hotel stays, and all you have to do is listen to a sales pitch. >> does it sound too good to be true? and probably is. 7 on your side went undercover to investigate, and we discovered a catch you may not see. >> the offer of seemingly free travel gets attention. >> a boarding pass to my choice of destination. >> there was a list of four prizes. there was no obligation. show up and win one of these for prizes. >> that got him to show up. both two informational meetings like this in d.c. our hidden camera captures the promise of huge savings on

vacations. but only if you pay the steep price to join the full sale -- wholesale travel club. a slick travel pitch got this woman to pony up five grand for a lifetime membership. >> that before attending, go where you want to go. it does not work that way. >> to get the prize, you have to go to the meeting and there is a catch. >> 5 $5, transfer fees, processing fees, and taxes. >> this woman is the director of administration for the travel club memberships. it is not the same company that lisa bought from. she says the fees are in the fine print of their mailer and disclosed repeatedly at their meetings. >> there are lots of people who expect to get something for nothing. nothing is completely free. >> it has been extremely difficult, a nightmare. >> since 2008, global services

has withdrawn 3500 from her account. but when she tried to cancel -- >> the person said you never get out. that is to close the account and creditors moved in. >> they called three times a day. >> howard county said they violated the law and a company with the same name has a stack of complaints filed with the attorney general's office. >> in retrospect, i wish i never signed that contract. it was really too good to be true. >> we are working with lisa, the creditors, and the travel club to try to help. but rather than try to fight to get out of a contract after you have signed it, read it to know what you sign up for before you purchase. kris van cleave, abc 7 news. >> still to come, what is all of the interest in pintrest?

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>> it has been nice, but we have some changes on the way. >> it will feel more winter- like look winter-like on monday. the talk of snow flurries, nothing major. it has been relatively quiet only 2 inches of snow this season at reagan national airport.

outside, mostly cloudy skies at this hour. the clouds to around with it showers moving in the early morning. 63 was the high, sunshine, the average this day is 51. the record, 79 degrees. the wind increasing out of the north, northwest 15. herndon, 43 degrees. the high today 56. george washington university, 50, 45 potomac, high near 60. 45 gaithersburg, the same in frederick, winchester 43. manassas 46. the cold air off to the north and west, 31 chicago, 18 minneapolis. the wind chill factor makes it feel like 7 degrees. 7 blow sault ste marie. the colder air arrives on

monday, of well below average this time of year. this is what it looks like with the heavier thunderstorms across eastern georgia, into south carolina, north carolina, moving to the east. it will have no impact on the immediate metro. clouds hang around overnight the temperatures fall into the 30's, 40 in the district. this system arrives early monday morning. that will give a shot of much colder air. the future-cast, the next 48 hours, the clouds, southern maryland st. mary's, charles calvert counties may have showers in the morning. showers during the day but only 20% chance of anything. the bigger story is the conversational snow flurries on monday. enough cold air in place to allow the development of the snow flurries, but no accumulation expected. the temperatures well above

freezing, not expecting any accumulation. tonight will be cold, 32-40 partly mostly cloudy, tomorrow near 50. the highs jump to about 65-70 wednesday, thursday, friday. the evening lows will go from the 20's to just about 45 degrees. we are turning that corner. >> bad news for allergy sufferers? >> and another week or two, it will be rough. everything will have that nice yellow glow. >> pintrest is the social media site everybody is talking about. >> they launched in 2010. we asked breanne carter to find out what is behind the excitement. >> this woman noticed the trend as soon as she saw the wedding board on pintrest.

>> she kept scrolling through. sure enough, every other picture had that. >> she said the website significantly frees up the time it takes to know a bride's dial. >> have a window into the are and what they want for their wedding. their style is clear. >> on the website, they can pin any interest they have online on to their digital board, and also put the mother run from other users. even met ronnie's wife puts insider campaign focus. this social media guru says it is all the rage, especially with women. >> one estimate is is high as 97% women. it is probably lower, but it is clearly female-oriented. >> at the start of the year, 800,000 people used it. in just a month, it was 2

million per day. this person uses it to find new local artists. >> i found somebody i had never seen before. >> now he plans to set up a pintrest account for the arts center. >> artists want to be seen and connect people with their work. this is a great way to do that. >> using the site has sparked enormous growth. anytime somebody clicks on the image, it can expect to website or blog. >> when i checked google analytics, it is bringing an net tons of traffic. that is not just helping small businesses, it is sending 6000% more traffic to cooking websites compared with six months ago. >> who do. i guess i am to 1%. stil to come --

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