right now in alexanderdryia, activists are showing their support for the second amendment by bearing arms at a rally. many of them with holstered handguns and unloaded rifles. students are back in class right now at shaw middle school just days after their principal was found murdered in his home. and it's a no go for the space shuttle "discovery." the shuttle was expected to land this morning but will spend another day in orbit. "news4midday" begins right now. good morning, everyone. welcome to news4 midday. i'm barbara harrison.

it's monday april 19th, 2010. new at midday, students who attend one d.c. middle school are in class without their beloved principal. brian betts was shot and killed on thursday night. this morning, his students and colleagues at shaw middle school at garnet patterson in northwest have been left devastated. megan mcgrath has more. >> reporter: good morning. this is obviously going to be a very difficult day for the students and grief kerls are on hand to help. this is the first day of classes since students learned of the murder of their beloved principal. students and teachers comfort each other prior to the start of school. this is the first day of classes since students heard about the murder of their beloved principal, brian betts. for ninth grader demon ta brown, it is quite a blow. >> mr. betts was something like a father to me. you know, he's always been there he helped me when i needed help with work, problems, anything.

you know? he was there, someone that i could talk to if i needed, you know, just to talk to somebody. >> reporter: using colored chalk, a student drew a picture of a broken heart on the front door of the school. cork boards lined the stale rail. on them handwritten notes. one reads because of you we became a family. there will never be another you. you will forever be in my heart. another reads, missing you and your amazingness. students and colleagues are still in a state of shock. >> he was 100% engaged. not just with the kids but i think the staff and everyone that he ever knew. that's how brian was. i know he personally helped me with some -- at a tough time. he's a dad. a mentor, a friend. >> person fally, he was my own mentor my second year, and he hired me and he led me through

my first couple years. i can't imagine the school without him. but being around the kids makes it easier and i know he would want us to just be with them and we're going to make it. it's going to be okay. >> concerns were first raised when principal betts failed to show up for work last thursday. the grim discovery was made by a colleague. police say there were no signs of forced enry. betts' nissan xterra missing from the crime scene was found over the weekend on fourth street? southeast. in terms of the investigation, nothing new. it still remains a mystery. no suspects have been identified. no arrests have been made. back to you all in the studio. >> investigators are now searching betts' sub for any clues or evidence that may lead them to his killer. right now, gun rights supporters are holding a rally. the so-called restore the constitution rally is in the first time people are able to

bring guns to the national park. that's what's happening today. this is just one of two rallies going on in the washington area today. tracie potts has the story now from the national mall. >> today's march follows pro gun rallies all over the country, supporters say just because they're armed doesn't mean they're dangerous. >> don't put us in a category with butties and thugs. we are not. we are everyday citizens protecting our reitz. protecting our families. >> we're not coming here with guns. >> the organizer says this rally will be peaceful, respecting d.c.'s ban on handguns but promoting their constitutional right to bear arms. >> the second amendment has nothing to do with guns. nothing do with guns. it has to do with freedom. >> but one constitutional expert says the wrong group is benning washington's ear. >> it should be gun control voc who have not gotten a lot of the movement from this administration or congress. >> the obama administration's

allowed guns in national parks and on trains. the supreme court is expected to rule soon on whether states and cities have to follow the second amendment, but in d.c. where guns just led to the city's biggest mass shooting in nearly two decades, there's concern about fewer restrictions. >> our child barely weighed 100 pounds, shot o shot in her temple with an ak-47. net wide open. bullets all in her body. it's senseless. >> now today is the anniversary of waco and the oklahoma city bombing. but the organizers of this rally say that had nothing to do with why they picked this date. they are actually commemorating the 235th anniversary of the start of the revolutionary war. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. planes are finally flying again in europe as the volcanic ash that brought air travel to a standstill begins to clear. airlines in europe expect to fly more than a quarter of their

28,000 scheduled flights today. air space in southern europe is now open. british officials, however, say their air space will remain closed till at least tomorrow. meanwhile, those officials are warning that the ash could reach the east coast of north america sometime this afternoon. and it isn't volcanic ash but rain and clouds keeping the space shuttle in orbit for another day. nasa decided to post phone today's celled landing. the weather is expected to be better tomorrow in florida. the shuttle could also touchdown at the taerlt landing site in california. this is "discovery's" second 0 last flight. nasa only has a few shuttle flights left before retiring the entire fleet. let's take a look outside. a nice day out there. it's cold. chilly. 54 degrees. not cold. let's find out from tom kierein. welcome back. we missed you last week. >> good to be back. it was cold this morning. scattered frost through central virginia and the central

shenandoah valley all melted off quickly. now with the bright april sun, a beautiful blue sky. live view from the sky watcher camera. temperatures into the 50s now and it's in the low to mid 50s not only in washington but prince george's county, arlington, montgomery counties into the mid 50s. it's cooler right on the bay where there's a bit of a breeze on the bay, especially on the eastern side. winds making it feel quite chilly there. inland well into the 50s. the mountains bottomed out in the 30s there this morning. mid 50s throughout much of virginia and southeastern virginia. mid 50s. a clear sky will be with us throughout the rest of the day with high pressure over the region. so a sunny mild afternoon, not as breezy as it was over the weekend. still a bit of a blustery wind out of the northwest as highs climb into the mid 60s. we'll look at the weekend coming up in a few minutes. barbara. >> thank you. and now steve hirschhorn has

an update on our midday traffic. steve? >> we're going to start with the map. you can see three cones. two cork zones on the inner loop of the beltway on either side of the wilson bridge and inner loop at van doren street. in the other direction on the outer loop, also have roadwork there. let's switch you over to montgomery county. there's a work zone here. this is river road near bradley boulevard where you're alternating traffic one lane at a time. springfield not too bad. southbound 95 building back into that work zone. back to you. >> thank you, steve. toyota agreed to pay a record $16.4 million for failing to properly notify the government about those sticking gad pedals. the government says toyota knew about the defect last september but didn't issue a recall until january. a recall that involves some 2.3 million vehicles. the law requires any defect to

be reported in five days. transportation secretary ray lahood said "toyota put consumers at rick by failing to report the safety problems." this fine is the largest ever required of an automaker by the u.s. government. authorities are investigating other toyota disclosure practices that may have violated federal law as well which could result in further fines. a charles county community is in mourning today after a college student from waldorf was shot and killed. the shooting happened at an off campus party across the street from fosburg state university yesterday morning. police say tyrone hall shot and killed 20-year-old brandon carroll during a dispute. both are students at the university. carroll's friend of southeast d.c. was also shot and wounded. carroll grew up in waldorf and attended high school at thomas stow where his friends, family and former copes remembered the basketball captain last night. >> a good kid. going to school, doing the right thing.

sad and tragic. >> brandon didn't have an evil bone if his body, and if you were mad at him, you couldn't stay mad at him long. >> police have arrested hall and he's being held without bond. officers recovered the shotgun that was allegedly used in the shootings. the second student who was wounded is expected to survive. and family and friends are mourning the loss of a college student from our area killed over the weekend. 18-year-old joshua mcmackal of front royal, virginia, was shot and killed near texas southern university in houston early saturday morning. he was a freshman there. police say mcmackal was hit in the back while standing with a group of students at a party. police are still looking for the shooter. his dad flew from virginia yesterday. his mother is on her way from japan. the quint convince orchard high school was evacuated this morning after a gas leak was reported. firefighters closed the school to investigate the odor of gas in a third floor room.

officials didn't find anything there, and students and teacher were able to reenter the school. no injuries have been reported. our time right now ten after 11:00 on this monday morning. remembering 15 years later. survivors and family members of those who died in the bombing of the oklahoma city federal building are gathered this morning to commemorate the attack. plus, do people trust the government? we have the results of a new poll. and an update on the teen who was nearly beaten to death by another teen. the girl is awake but will un

quince. thousands of people gathered in poland as the president and first lady were laid to rest. after an elaborate funeral, they were buried yesterday in a crypt we beneath a 1,000-year-old cathedral. it bes as a final resting place for many polish kings and statesmen. they were among 96 people who were killed last weekend in a plane crash. president obama had planned to attend the funeral, but his plane was grounded due to iceland's volcanic eruption. today pope benedict marks the fifth anniversary of his selection but the child sex abuse scandal facing the church overshadows the occasion. the pope expressed shame and sorrow to a group of victims of abuse yesterday.

men said they were molested by priests when they were children living in a maltd tease orphanage. one said the pope had tears in his eyes. >> this experience going to change my life. you know? now i can do good. i believe, you know. >> pope benedict has met with abuse victims in years past but yesterday's meeting marked the first time is he personally addressed the recent scandal since it broke. thousands gathers in oklahoma city for a public memorial marking the 15th industry of the bombing of the alfred p. murrah federal building. ♪ >> 168 people died in that attack. their names are being read one by one at this vigil. timothy mcveigh was convicted of plotting and detonating the bomb laettnerer executed. the bombing was the deadliest

terrorist attack on u.s. soil till 9/11. today marks the 17th anniversary of the fiery end of the standoff at the branch davidian compound near waco, texas. the fbi stried to end the standoff between the buildings are cult and the government. the government claims members of the cult started the fire. four atf agents and 80 branch davidians were killed during the ordeal. david koresh was among them. with all the economic troubles this country has seen, it seems fewer people are putting their trust in the government. a new survey found that public confidence in the federal government is at its lowest point in a half century. nearly 80% of those surveyed said they can't trust the government and have little faith it can solve our nation's problems. only 22% said they felt that they could trust washington. almost always or most of the time. and nearly half said the government negatively affects their daily lives. take a look at our forecast

now. let's go to tom key ryan. we can trust him with the weather. >> good morning. live view from our city cameraing a beautiful blue sky over washington and over the potomac river at this hour. there is capitol hill backing in the strong april sun that is warming us up after a very chilly start. it was down right cold this morning through parts of the shenandoah valley where they had scattered frost. right now at reagan national airport, the temperature is at 54 degrees. the april rainfall at reagan national about .8 so far this month. that's about .9 inch below average to date for the month of april. now a look at the lows we had this morning. dulles 37. manassas down to just 30 degrees. into the mid 30s northern montgomery county and parts of frederick and loudoun county. madison and green and rap pa han nick did dip into the 30s, as well. harrisonburg got down to the

frosty low 30s there. bottomed out in the low 40s around the bay. right now it's warmed up there. pax river up to 58. it has hit it the 50s all around the region now. quite a quick warmup from the very chilly temperatures from earlier this morning. right now prince georges county in the mid 50s. arlington mid 50s as is the district of columbia. the pollen on the high side around 1300 now for mostly oak tree pollen. there is sick more, mulberry and birch mixed in. on the eastern shore, temperatures in the mid 50s. out of the mountains it's in the low 40s, now it's hit the 50s into the carolinas and north and east of us as well up along the atlantic seaboard. in the 50s from eastern pennsylvania up into southern new england where they are having a mostly sunny day. high pressure nosing down from the north and east that's going to be over us here throughout the day today. that is going to be exiting after tomorrow afternoon as we

do have an area of low pressure forming over the mid-mississippi valley. this low is going to be tracking just to our south. it's a very weak disturbance and it may give us some clouds with a cans of rain throughout the day on wednesday but just maybe some sprinkles or light rain. so as we look at the temperatures, we're not alone with the cool air mass over muff of the eastern half of the country. only in the 50s from atlanta all the way to boston and the upper great lakes down through the central plains. for the anxious sunny and mild. not as breezy as it was over the weekend but winds gusting to around 20 miles hour out of the northwest as highs reach the mid 60s this afternoon. then overnight tonight by mid evening, we should be down into the upper 50s. by midnight under a clear sky down into the low 50s. sunset today at 7:49. dawn tomorrow at 6:25, we should be in the mid 40s. then a few high clouds in advance that have disturbance arriving on wednesday. tomorrow afternoon upper 60s to

near 70. tuesday night clouding up. looks like it will be cloudy on wednesday with morning lows in the upper 40s. afternoon noon highs in the 60s. just a little bit of light rain. otherwise a cloudy day on wednesday a south eithererly wind. on thursday, afternoon highs in the mid 60s. a look at friday and the weekend should be partly sunny friday, as well. we'll have morning lows in the 40s. afternoon highs upper 60s. near 50 saturday morning. cloudy through the day saturday. a few light showers on day saturdays into the 60s. may have a little bit more light rain saturday night as well as off and on on sunday with highs in the sims. that is the way it looks right now. >> thank you. we're going to take a look at the roads with steve hirschhorn watching out for us. how is it looking? >> we're seeing slow traffic as long southbound 95 on the top of your screen. the springfield interchange, an accident just beyond camera

range down at newington. it is slow south of 644 now. heading south on i-95 to get past the accident scene. also noteworthy, there is no traffic in the middle of the screen. that means they're getting ready to turn the hovs around to the southbound direction. hopefully not too much longer and that will help those southbound delays. also out of camera range is the roadwork at newington blocking one lane. over to maryland, here we are in college park near route one, a very smooth ride on the inner and outer loop of the beltway. back to you. >> thank you, steve. it's 21 minutes after 11:00. still ahead, back in action tonight, the caps hit the ice for game three of the playoffs. plus, just in time for earth week. we'll have a lesson on kitchen composting and tell you why country superstar carrie underwood is celebrating this morning. first here's a look what's hot on nbcwashington.com.

>> the wash capitals hope to regain control of their opening round playoff series taking on the montreal canadiens with the series tied at one each. the caps won game two on saturdays with a thrilling 6-58

comeback win in overtime. the capitals have been the most dominant team in the nhl all season long. it's not clear who in goal for them tonight. varlamov relieved jose though odor in the middle of saturday's game. coach boudreau hasn't said whether the switch will be permanent. donovan mcnabb is finished with his first mini camp as a redskin. the camp wrapped up yesterday afternoon. mcnabb has been in town for two weeks now since the skins an choired him in a trade with the eeg ans. he's been trying to get to know his taem mates and new plays and says he's starting to feel comfortable here in washington. you can enjoy the outdoors for free right now. the national park service is waiving admission fees at nearly 150 seitz including those in the washington region. there's fun for the kids, too. next saturday is junior ranger day. kids can earn a badge, a patch or certificate. go to nps.gov tore a list of all

the activities. coming up in the next half hour, this morning, british airways says some of the restrictions on air traffic in europe because of volcanic ash have been unnecessary. latest on when flights will be getting back to normal. plus an update on doctors trying to get overseas is for a charity mission delayed because of that ash. and what some of the larger airlines are saying about fees ob carry-on bags. tom will be back

right now, on new"news4mid," pro gun reitz supporters are holding a rally at fourth hunt national park. many are carrying holstered weapons or unloaded rifles. it's the first time demonstrators have brought guns to national park since the obama administration listed a ban. they picked this day because it marks the 235th anniversary of the revolutionary war and say just because they are armed doesn't mean they are dangerous. counselors are visiting a middle school today to talk about the sudden death of their principal. brian betts was found shot to death on thursday night. police still have no suspects. betts had been the principal at garnett patterson in northwest since 2008. and the crew of the space shuttle "discovery" will remain in orbit for at least another day. rain and cloudy skies prevented the shuttle from returning to

earth today. forecasters expect better weather over florida's kennedy space center tomorrow. nasa could also turn to its backup landing site in southern california. in iceland, a double threat involving volcanic eruptions. there is a concern that the rumblings underneath the volcano will set off another larger volcano. meanwhile, the ash cloud that settled down activated again overnight. chris jansing as the latest.çó for 400 years, generations of the family have lived in the shadow of the olaide berragan-avilesñi volcano, the farm sfik the last big eruption in 1821. but now explosions have blanketed miles of countryside in a cloud of volcanic grit turning day to night. >> i felt like american horror movie. >> it's a story being repeated again and again. as mothers and children evacuate while farmers stay behind to rescue animals from the choking

ash. >> we did not expect it in our life it would happen. >> the volcano put on a show of dramatic intensity on saturday that created a billoing is plume 30,000 feet high. but by sunday, a surprising shift. at 8:00 a.m., clouds moved in. the plume diminished but size nick activity increased. the question is, what does it all mean? >> what we do is we just do a simple measurement. >> armond and his team of volcanologists are gagering hundreds of measurements in the debris. >> we are trying to estimate the volume coming out of the volcano. that allows us to foresee what the volcano is going to do. >> as experts evaluate weather eyjafjallajokull is going to show the massive power, inside raises a bigger concern that

they could travel across eight miles and trigger a much larger volcano that has a potential to be 1,000 times more powerful. >> what are the chances the seismic activity could trigger katla? >> this one has gone off three times and in all cases katla has done so, as well. >> that was chris jansing reporting. in an decision to the seismologists working on the ground there is a team in the air with a team of vol canologists checking on the plume and later today will move over north america. but it's not expected to hit the u.s. a team of doctors and support staff from howard university hospital left today for nigeria. their flight was po postponed on friday because of that vol cane nick ash. the group plans to spend two weeks in nigeria providing free health care to thousands of peel there. that trip may be shortened because of the delay in getting there. a 4-year-old girl and a

woman have been pulled arrilive from the rubble five days after the earthquake hit china. the woman is in critical condition and the little girl is suffering from heart trauma. meanwhile, there are signs of recovery there. buddhist monks helped set up tents for many of the survivors. many had been sleeping on the gold ground for several fights. it killed nearly 2,000 people. time for us to take another look at our weather for today. tom kierein will bring us up to speed. >> a chilly start this morning. now the april sun getting high in the sky. there's the live view from the sky watcher camera. national cathedral in the middle ground. you can see the washington monument there in the distance. in the far distance out there is and cos costia and an prince georges county. lots of sun, now to 57 in reagan national. in prince george's, the mid 50s. arlington and fairfax counties now into the upper 50s. southern, northern neck of

virginia, eatern shore well into the 50s. after a frosty start in the central shenandoah valley hrkac too have warmed into the mid and upper 50s. a view from space slowing clear sky thanks to high pressure coming down from the north and for the afternoon, it should be sunny and mild. not as breezy as it was over the weekend. those blustery winds gusting over 30 miles an hour yesterday. they are now down to 10 to 20 and we'll have highs in the mid 60s by mid afternoon. then by sunset today at 7:49, we'll be back down into the 50s. should be good weather for tonight's nationals/rockies game at national park and overnight, clear. by dawn tomorrow, down into the mid 40s. sunrise tomorrow 6:25. clouds rolling in tomorrow afternoon. highs upper 60s. then tuesday night we'll have a weak disturbance coming through wednesday that may give us a few sprinkles. then for thursday sun back with highs in the 60s.

a chance of more light rain on saturday an sunday for the weekend. morning lows 50s. that's the way it looks right now. >> all right, tom. thank you. let's get a final check on traffic with steve hirschhorn. >> we have midday construction on the inbound 14th street bridge. the map in the center of your screen will show you where that is as you head from arlington into the district and stay to the left to get by. a belief delay so far to get by it. springfield not too bad. the hov leans are now open to southbound traffic. the accident that was on southbound 95 near newington was poofed to the shoulder and looks like the delays have cleared out very nicely. over to montgomery county, still pretty slow on river road near bradley road where there is a work zone with only one lane getting by at a time. when they stop the traffic, it is bad for a to you minutes. back to you. >> great, thanks. have a great day. are you tired of sitting in gridlock on i-66 for hour after

hour each morning? tonight is your cans to find out what v dot is doing to make that commute easier. head to the government center for a town hall meeting on solutions for easing traffic on 66 being held from 7:00 till 9:00 in the board auditorium. you can hear more bay number of traffics including hov use and bus ramps actually. a presidential motorcade mishap led to the exchange of some dirty looks over the weekend according to a white house report. president boll was aheaded to his doctor's soccer game over the weekend when a motor bike slid into the last police car in the motorcade. the rider that have bike reportedly dusted himself off and then glared at the police officer. according to the report, the officer then glared back and the man on the motor bike got on his bike and rode away. maryland governor martin o'malley will begin his re-election campaign next week in baltimore. his complain manager says he will kick off a three-day tour

of the state a he can from tomorrow and visit 11 locations including hassers town, columbia and waldorf. this year's election will likely pit the same candidates as the 2006 race although their roles will be reversed, o'malley is expected to face former governor robert ehrlich in november. o'malley beat ehrlich four years ago. and new at midday, former boxing champion edwin valero is dead. place say he killed himself in his jail cell in venezuela just hours after he was arrested for killing his wife. her body was found in a hotel room and investigators say va layer role told hotel security that he was the one who killed her. the 28-year-old valero was a former lightweight cham charged last month with harassing his wife and threatening a doctor and nurse who were treating her in a hospital. the florida teen who was nearly beaten to death over a text message is now out of her medically induced coma.

her family is sharing video from her painful road to recovery. michelle kosinski has more from miami. >> reporter: 15-year-old josierately has a constant careful attention of her mother in the hospital where she's been now for a month. >> feels good to get out of bed, doesn't it? >> she's sitting up, responding. though unable to speak or communicate and in intense i be care. still, a remarkable change from only a few weeks ago in a medically induced coma, her brain so swollen she needed two surgeries to remove part of her skull. not from a car crash or tragic accident, but a beating by another teenager. a boy police say became so enraged over a text pessage josie had sent him making reference to his older brother's recent suicide, that they say wayne treesy rode his bike three miles to her school, asked her kids to point her out because he didn't even know her and kicked and stomped her in steel-toed

boots till a teacher pulled him away. >> i do find probable cause based upon the arrest warrant. >> in court over the weekend, he was charged as an adult with attempted premeditated murder. he moved into an adult jail. through his family and his attorney, wayne treescy has said he's sorry. they tell us the boy who is devastated by the loss of his brother is now devastated by this. on today, they described him as a caring young man who must have just snapped. >> he's real remorseful about it. >> now, josie who had dreams of being an artist can barely move her right arm. she can't walk. >> fine, okay? >> it's day by day and today for josie will bring another surgery. the doctors say her brain injury at the hands of a boy who is beak a stranger will be a long-term struggle. both families changed forever by a text message.

michelle kosinski, nbc news, miami. and josie is undergoing a third brain surgery today. thousands of people are expected to gather this weekend for a walk athon to raise money for her and her family. 11:409 time right now. should happy meals be banned? plus, today wall street will attempt to recover from friday's selloff. we'll have the latest numbers. and president clinton talks about his role his daughter's upcoming wedding. we'll hear about that. stay

well, most kids just love those kids meals at fast food restaurants and they're ease for parents, too. one california politician thinks shows meals are helping to make kids fat. ken yag ser asking county staff to draw up a law that would limit their ability to offer a toy as an incentive to buy a less than healthy meal. >> the industry is spending hundreds of millions of dollars on advertising campaigns to get kids to go into the restaurants. they have no idea about the contaminate of calories and poor nutrition in these meals. >> yager believes unhealthy food is just as much a threat to children's health as col and cigarettes and there are laws which prevent people from

marketing those products to children and he want the same for fatty foods. air traefrls, you can still take on a carry-on for free on major u.s. airlines. chuck schumer says five airlines is agreed not to charge carry-on fees. those are american, delta, jet blue, united and usairways. the issue began earlier this month when sxirt airlines announced a $45 carry-on fee. schumer plans to meet with spirit this week. there's only a handful of people who know what it's like to live in the white house and this morning on the today show, two of them got together. jenna bush haiger, daughter of former president george bush sat down to interview former president bill clinton. the two talked about everything from his global projects to lighter subjects like his daughter chelsea's upcoming wedding. >> your daughter is getting married this summer. so are you helping with any of the wedding planning? >> absolutely. not the planning. i do -- i don't help the planning, just to pay the bill. >> you sound like my dad. >> i am participating.

chelsea has been good enough to include me in the decisions they're making about how to do it. so i've loved that. >> how do you think you're going to feel when you watch her walk down that aisle? >> proud, grateful. wistful. i'll be thinking about the day she was born. i'll be thinking about the first day of school. i like and admire my pro spectortive sawn-in-law. i feel grateful they have been such close friends for half of chelsea's life. i look forward to what they do together. and i'm happy about that. but that doesn't mean it will be all that easy though. i just hope i can keep it together till i walk her down the aisle and do the handoff. that's what i'm supposed to do. like your dad was telling me when did he it with you, you know it problems you've done what you were supposed to do but it doesn't make it entirely

easy. >> an exact date has not yet been made public. stocks have rebounded some after friday losses. let's check in with courtney reagan with more on that and the rest of the day's headlines, as well. good morning. >> good morning to you. stocks posted some small gains right at the open. we've pretty much erased most of those. the dow now down nine points. the knack is down. the s&p was up just marginally last time i looked over. we could be feeling selloff pressure on friday when shares -- but more on that story in a minute. asian markets fell overnight. bank stock leading the way down. europe also lower at this hour. we're not getting a lot of help from oversea trading partners to give us the kick start into the green. it is a lighter week for economic data. the big reports aren't in till thursday and friday. citigroup did report earnings of

14 cents per share and $25.4 billion in revenues. both headline numbers beat street expectations. eli lily posted better tan expected profits but did more on that costs of the health care bill will probably crimp results for the year. back to saks. the sec did file charges on friday for fraud. they say goldman worked with pahlsson and company top sell subprime mortgages knowing the value of those investments called abacus would drop. aig insured $6 billion of them and has taken $2 billion in losses. aig is on the hook to u.s. taxpayers for billions of dollars in bailout money, too. and treasury secretary tim geithner won't comment directly on the s.e.c.'s case against goldman sachs but appearing on "meet the press," he says he's confident there will be enough votes to pass the reform bill

which will bring complex deals out of the dark. republicans claim the measure will lead to more taxpayer bailouts. the senate could start debating the bill this week. >> back to you. >> thanks. have a great day. we'll see you. corrupt superstar carrie underwood has anothertrophy. last night, she took a coveted entertainer of the year award, the first woman to win the entertainer of the year twice. she was up against several big names including kenny chesney, brad paisley and keith urban. underwood is also celebrating her 12th consecutive number one single, a sellout tour and her upcoming wedding to nhl player mike fisher. our time right now 11:48. coming up, a lesson in kitchen composting. meteorologist tom kierein will meteorologist tom kierein will be back with another

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thursday will mark the 40th anniversary of the earth day and the commonwealth of virginia will recognize a full earth week. govern bob mcdonell will move forward with effort to conserve open space, help protect the chesapeake bay and establish virginia as a green job zone. several state agencies will hold activities every day this week. well, it is green week here at nbc, as well. we've come a long way since we first started thinking about the impact on our lives on the

planet. but environmentalists say americans are still the most wasteful people in the world. jinah kim shows us how you can green your kitchen waste. >> if you're like most americans, after you do this, you do a lot of this. multiply that by 300 million people doing it three times a day, and you have 31 million tons of food each year going straight into a landfill. what's worse this food waste emits methane gas, something more danger dangerous for the earth than carbon dioxide and that is why composting is the new recycling. >> we've gotten used to recyc recycling cans, bottles an paper but now it's time to recycle our food. >> all do you is you simply drop it in here. >> gone are the days when composting meant smelly inconvenience taking up yard space. now there are colorful compact airtight composters for your kitchen that turn this into

nutrient-rich soil in about two weeks. >> this should never be be destined for the landfill because you can actually put this in the cop post pile. >> all of this right here. >> all of this. >> the downside, you have to chop everything up into small pieces, add pellets and nature mill composters cost about $300. if you don't have to have it in your kitchen, you can still get the outdoor one. >> this is kind of fun because you twirl it around and it speeds it up. >> for about 50 to 100 bucks. >> this is a warm composter. you put it in here and the worms go to town on it. >> if you cringe how much food we throw away. >> this is what i accumulated over about 2 1/2 days. >> consider putting it back to where it came from. jinah kim, avs news, los angeles. >> and right now on the national mall, gun reitz advocates are holding a big rally and a march but no guns thanks to a restricted gun law. earlier today in alexanderdryia,

some protesters brought guns to a national park as part of a rally. washington once had the toughest law in the nation but it was struck down nearly two years ago by the supreme court. now it is grds over the right to bear arms. we'll have more tonight on news4. and we want to take a look at some of the other stories we're going to be following this afternoon. pat law sou muse joins us with a preview of things to come. >> good morning. we're working on several new stories coming up this afternoon. first at 4:00, many young people are head together tanning bed to prepare for spring break or prom that is. but a recent study suggests that some youngsters are drawn to indoor tanning for deeper reasons and actually show signs of an dix to tanning. we'll have that story. then tonight at 5:00, it's earth week and we'll share with you the delicious benefits of some of your local farmers road side stands. those stories and all the days news coming up tonight on news4 starting at 4:00.

back to you. >> thank you, pat. we're going to get a final check on our forecast for hood it here's tom. >> beautiful day under way i've chilly start. we've got a bright blue sky right now. live view from the sky watcher camera. yes, this is green week and things have really greened up, too. the pollen count, thankfully, has dropped from what it was over the weekend. this coming thursday, at the national science foundation from 10:00 to 2:00, they'll be holding green day festivities. national science foundation fuel club will be bring agall-electric car to that event. look at the temperatures this morning. we were down into the 30s and low and mid 40s. it's climbed back into the upper 50s to near 60 doigs on this monday. and the winds have been a bit blustery this morning. the last hour the peak gusts around 20 miles hour coming in out of the northwest as high pressure is moving in over the

region. right now in the mountains upper 40s. eastern shore the mid 50s. into the carolinas, that high pressure has cleared us out and we have lots of sun for the rest of the afternoon and it should be a clear night tonight. now, the wider view showing a weak disturbance moving out of the southern plains into the mid-mississippi valley coming up over our region here on wednesday that may give us a few sprinkles and clouds. for the afternoon sunny and mild. highs reaping mid 60s. overnight tonight should be clear, cool, sunset 7:49 down into the 50s by then. the mid 40s by dawn tomorrow. sunrise tuesday at 6:25. off to a clear start tomorrow. a few clouds developing tomorrow afternoon. highs reaching upper 60s and cloudy tuesday night and wednesday. we may get a few sprinkles during the day wednesday. highs in the low 60s and sun returns on thursday and friday. highs in the 60s both days. another batch of light rain perhaps over the weekend for saturday and sunday.

we'll see you tomorrow morning. that's the way it looks right now. >> see you in the morning, tom. a golf game turned ni huge celebration for two cousins in ohio. what they accomplished on the course literally defied the odds. cousins william and cody robbins average day on the green added at the par 3 5th hole. after much debate what iron to use because of the winds, william hit a 5 iron and nail aid hole in one. after the celebraon, cody was nervous how he was going to follow. >> but i hit it and i strike it pure to the middle of the green just like i was trying it. >> next thing we will hear it hit the flagstick. >> i was praying my ball was in the hole. obviously i would have been disappointed if it wasn't. they were sitting just like that. >> this is something we'll never forget. 50 years down the road, we'll be like remember that day we was at pinnacle number 5? >> we've always kind of considered each other brothers. >> the evidence you can see where cody's ball chipped the cup.

plus, four witnesses shared in the celebration. the odds of an average golfer making a hole in one are about 1 in 12,000. but golf digest says for consecutive holes in one, one in 17 million and they did it. that's news4 midday. we invite you to tune in for the daily connection at 2:00. and i'll be right here for you tomorrow morning waiting for you at 11:00 a.m. have a terrific day and we'll see you in the morning.