through a side door. >> working with the crime prevenon unit. making sure clients are locking their doors. >> reporter: neighbors say the burglar likely gained access to the community on foo these crimes have them concerned. to have a burglar in this area is quite unusual. and our understanng is, one of the families was home, and a purse was taken and some things, and then the other one, golf clubs and things were taken out of a car. >> reporter: police say there are similarities between these four cases and burglaries in fairfax county. where police believe one person is responsible for 84 incidents. the burglar strikes while residents are in bed, sneaking in through unlocked doors and windows, grabbing cash and purses. in one break-in he stole two guns. >> at this point our investigators are contacting their investigators, they're in communication with each other,

learning about the incidents they had. >> reporter: this burglar is very ilusive, no one has even captured a glimpse of this burglar who's gone into so many people's homes. also we should note here in prce william county, police are saying in some ofhese cases there were home security systems, home alarm systems, unfortunately, they were turned off. reporting live from manassas, darcy spencer, news 4. back to you, wendy. >> thank you. the balstan mall in arlington was evacuated for a time. after several shoppers were overcome by pepper spray. five people were treated at the scene and taken to the hospital for reactions to the spraying. arlington police are investigating whether a shoplifter sprayed the contaminant on the third floor of t building. the fire department checked the mall and reopened it once the air was cleared. one in 20 adults in d.c. are hiv positive. city officials took an unprecedented step today to stop the spread of this virus.

they started testing at dmv's in exchan for a break on the fees. >> reporter: this is the first of its kind in the country, a pilot program offering hi testing only at one branch this one in southeast washington. if successful it could be available at all the dmv's throughout the city and other states as well. thepenn branch dmv in southeast washington is providing the office space. the d.c. department of health supplies the hiv test kits and a private partner is giving a quarter of a million dollars for the year-long program that could screen 3,000 people who might not otherwise be tested. >> we really base the need on the current statistics in the district that show an increase of hiv in the wards in the district. i think it's the place where we

need to try innovative programming like hiv testing in community sites like the dmv. >> money orders for up to $15 are used as an incentive to get people to consent to the hiv sting. >> i'm going to test it, i want to know my status, so i can identify where i am. how to better myself. >> why at the dmv? >> is convenient. >> i had to come register my car, and they actually pay you, basically, or giveyou mney toward whatever service you're getting in order to get tested. if you get tested you get 10, 15 $toward your service. >> reporter: a lollipop siz swab is used for the oral test. >> in 20 minutes you will learn of your hiv status. >> reporter: if a test comes back positive,ed mmunity education group located right across the street from the dmv offers immediate help. >> the first thing that we do is go over and we literally escort the person over here to begin the counselling process.

what we will then do is make an immediate link to medical care. >> reporter: at the end of business today at the penn branch dmv. they had tested 75 people. at's more than organizers had ticipated. so the pilot program appears to be off to a fast start. we're live in southeast washington, back to you in the studio. >> chris gordon, thanks, chris. >> if mary chay has her way, c. public school students would spend more time in the classroom. she introduced legislation that would add 90 hours of academic instruction per year. in the plan, students would be in school for 30 hours. other public school districts have found success by increasing the amount of time that students are learning. for the first time in 39 years, the number of children enrolled in d.c. public schools is up. student enrollment increased 1%

this school year, that's a gain of several hundred children over last year. the school's chancellor and mayor fenty made the announcement this morning. they said it's good news because annual enrollment had been eadily decreasing. this year schools in every ward saw a boost. >> i hope that this momentum wi continue and that will public will continue to see that we do provide great programming for kids in our buildings. and we're ready to have your students in the d.c. public schools. >> 14 of the systems 123 sools had waiting lists for the first time this yer. a search is underway in yellowstone national park for a missing maryland man. 48-year-old stewart isaac is from burtonsville. his abandoned lexus was found during a routine patrol sunday night. parkrangers have been searching from the ground and air for him. so far they haven't found any clues of his whereabouts.

isaac was reportedly on a cross country trip ahead, news about the intercounty connecter. once it finally opens, you're going to need an easy pass to use it. if you don't have an ez-pass, you will find a bill in the mail along with a $3 service charge. the toll is $1.15 during offpeak hours. it costs $46 to open an ez-pass acunt. are you si of the clouds and the wintery looking weather out there? well, hang on, we have a break coming up. >> kind of lt like winter out there for a spell today doug. >> it did. i was just looking at some of the numbers, manassas this morning, 37 degrees. >> whoa! >> how about that? the first temperature of the 30s

we've seen so far this year. we're going to p the 30s away and go back to the 70s the next couple days. any time you saw that sun, it just felt that much better outside across the area. live digital stop letter radar, we're all clear right now, that's the way we're going to stay dry at least for the next several hours. 57 in sterling, 57 in manassas, 61 at the airport down toward d.c., 58 in maryland and 58 as well toward baltimore. satellite and radar showing an area of disturbed weather, continuing to sit and spin across the area, that means more clouds, more cool air. tonight 54 degrees by 9:00. temperatures falling into the 40s once again as you wake up tomorrow morning. very good news in the full forecast. i'll have it for you later on. the pakistani immigrant who became the times square bomber was sentenced to six life tes in jail today. faisal shahzad pled guilty

over the summer attempting to set off an explosion. >> pete williams joins us now. >> he didn't show remorse today, for several minutes talked to the judge and predicted more attacks and said the defeat of the u.s. was imminent. the judge said, you appear to be meone who's capable of education, a i do hope you'll spend some time in prison thinking about whether the koran wants u to kill lots of people. shahzad said the koran gives us the right to protect and that's all i'm doing. he was asked by the judge if he had any final words. shahzad said i'm happy with the deal that god his given me. his truck was found on may 1st. it turned out that he studied internet videos trying to find the best place in times square, the most crowded area, and the most crowded times of day to do

the most damage. accord together government, he predicted that his device would kill at least 40 people, he also said if he hadn't been arrested he would have tried to do it again two weekslater. today the police commissioner in new york ray kelly says it's only right that shahzad forfeit his freedom for life for trying to forfeit the life of new yorkers forever. >> what have we learned from this? i know we can't trace it back to pakistan and make other arrests. have we gotten some good intel from him? he sounds like he was bragging and talkative. >> from the beginning, the fbi has told us he was very talkative. wanted them to know what he did. told them fully he went to pakistan. took this mb training from the taliban there. gave a lot o intelligence information that the u.s. and pakistani authorities said they followed up on. the trick isoing into those tribal areas and trying to arrest the people he was conspireing with. the pakistanis claim they've

made several arrests, we've never seen any indication that anyone has been convicted for their role in his. >> very interesting. big day. pete williams, thanks so much. french police have arrested 12 terror suspects in raids in southern france. police say they recovered guns and ammunition when they arrested nine men in and near marseilles. three other suspects were arrested in a separate operation. the new york times reports that the suspects are believed to have ofred housing and false identity papers to foreigners trying to enter france. all the suspects are thought t have ties to radical islamic groups. when we come right back at 5:00 tonight, remembering grandphuggette. raising the bar on safety, find out how the feds are channg vehicle testing. and which cars received top marks coming up.

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starting today, getting tested for hiv is just as easy as a trip to the dmv. the city partnered with a nonprofit group to off testing. it's a cheek swab test and results come back in20 minutes. anyone who gets tested will receive up to $15 off their dmv costs. prince william county police are investigating the series of burglaries at the piedmont estates. a gated community in haymarket. four homes were robbed there overnight sunday into monday. they're also trying to see if there's y connection to a recent rash of robbery in fairfax county. the man who tried to set of a car bomb in times square, gets six consecutive life terms in prison. he has no regrets and no remorse for trying to set off a series of blasts during a crowd saturdayight back in may. he pleaded guilty to terrorism and weapons of mass destruction

chargethis past december. 61 degrees, feels colder these days. >> 61 with sunshine and no wind. actually feels pretty nice. 61 with cloud cover, dampness in the air and wind feels a lot cooler. that's the way you're tlking about. still seeing tse windy conditions. a lot of cloud cover out there as well. the good news is, we didn't see any rain today. and we did actually see a couple of peakand pokes of sunshine. but that was about it. that's the current temperature outside right now, 61, humidity at 52%. winds out of the northwest at 13 miles an hour. the winds are gusting upwards of 20 miles an hour, that's what makes it feel cooler. ve digital doppler radar, i don't think we'll see any rain throughout the night tonightr most of the day tomorrow. a slight chance of a shower during the day tomorrow. most of us should remain on the dry side. we were very cool, 50in

washington, d.c.. still we haven't been below that 50 degree mark since may 11th. 37 in massas early this morning, that was at 6:00 in the morning. if you're waking up, sending the kids off to school, you needed the coats, and i think we're going to see similar numbers tonight. temperaturesround that 40 to 46 degree mark, you'll probably need the coat again tomorrow. 61 in dinchts .c., 70 in sterli. upper level low continues to sit and spin here, the closest rain is up in philalphia all day today. that's going to move off to the north and east as our area of low pressure does the same thing. it will take the cool air, clouds and rain all to the north and east, and in behind it we have nice weather. high pressure will start to build, in it's going to get very nice as we head into the holiday weekend. mostly cloudy on the cool side this evening, continued breezy, 56 to 60 degrees. tomorrow morning, cool once

again. you'll need the coats and maybe even the hoods hoodies out ther. maybe a quick shower tomorrow, that's about it. 61 to 64 degrees, here we go. 73 on thursday. beautifu a fantastic friday. a super saturday. it just does not get a whole lot better than that forecast. >> it's going to be great this weekend. >> loving it. >> we thank you. >> you're welcome. higher standards announced today to make the cars we drive safer. and you might start paying more for some of your forite things. frito-lay has that ecofriendly sun chips bag, they're pulling them off the shelves because of nse pollution. >> we begin with the tougher safety tests on vehicles. the federal government has made changes to its five-star safety rating making it harder for vehicles to earn top scores. the transportation department is starting with 2011 models. for the first time the crash

tests include a female dummy and create crash scenarios involving women not just men. it also includes more sizes of dummies, also, new a side crash test into a pole. the national highway traffic safety administration tested 33 2011 models and only two received five stars in its overall score. bmw five series and hyundai sonata's later release received the best marks. the toyota camera received three sts. and the nissan versa received the lowest overall score with only two stars. in response, nissan says it will be making adjustments to meet the new standards. another 21 vehicles will be tested later on this year. in the coming year you may find you're going to be paying more for different products. our list comes from wallet pop.com. you may want to start biuying

cotton clothing soer rather than later. china is the world's largest cotton producer, other countries making cotton pakistan. it was devastated by floodig, and india is restricting its imports. watch out forhose utility bills. the u.s. energy information administration is predicting electricity and natural gas will cost more. and it's already costg more to bring home the bacon, literally. pork farmers are producing fewer hogs, the price of pork bellies whicis where the bacon is cut from went up 200%, which is an all time high. bacon retail prices are up nearly 16%. it all comes down to supply a demand. you know those noisy sun chip bags? most of them are going away. we spoke with frito-lay today who told us five of the sun chip flavors will leave its

mpostable bag and return to the traditional bag. this comes after complaints that the bags make too much noise. the original flavor is going to stay in its sustainable paaging because the company got positive feedback about its 100% compostable bags. the noise islamed on the bag's molecular structure. frito-lay is working on the ecofriendly bags. people got tired of the noise and they said, we don't like it, so they're goi to put them back in the olds bags. >> but the other ones biodegraded. when people throw them away, they went away faster. >> you need a quiet chip bag? >> i think it has to do with getting the chips in the middle of the night or something. >> stealing them om your roommates. >> sorry. still to come at 5:00, remembering one of the redskins biggest fans, grandpa hoggette. he's buried at arlington national cemetery with full military honors.

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four years ago, bob ehrlich got fired as governor of maryland. for good reason. first, he protected tax loophos for giant cable cable companies. then, he let utilities jk up our rates 72%. and for the last four years, he worked as a hired gun for big corporations, even bank that took billions from a taxpayer and for funded bailout.ears, he worked as a hired gun for big ehrlich sides with corporate executives again and again and again tell bob ehrlich big banks and billionares don't need help. middle cde do. one of our area's moved loved redskins fans was buried today at arlington national cemetery. his name, ralph campbell, but

you probably knew him best as grandpa hoggette. jane watrell joins us with more on this devoted skins cheerleader. >> h spent 27 year as a hoggette. but he also spent three decades in the navy, servingis country in theietnam war. ♪ >> it was a solemn burial with full military honors. ralph campbell channelled his devotion for the sea into a devotion for the washington redskins. on game day donning a hat and dress. >> his navy background gave him the ability to be around people. when you're on a ship, have you your ship mates, your ship mates really -- these are all ralph's ship mates.

>> reporter: at arlington national cemetery his ship mates joined family members to witness the burial of the man known as grandpa. complete with full military honors. at first, fellow hoggettes thought about wearing hire snouts grave side. but they decided against it. >> we wanted to be rspectful of the family and all the fellow peop buried around him. we can do pig snout stuff sunday at fedex field. >> he was part of dozens of hoggettes. bringing in over an estimated $100 million over the years for children's charities. >> he did magic tricks, made balloon animals, he did all kinds of things. he had a rope that was laid over. that was incredible. >> this was a grea celebration

of some wonderful years of contributing to making children's lives a little bit better. so we love you, ralph. >> thehoggettes say it's not the end of an era, ralph isow in hog heaven. >> he was buried wearing a redskins tie. and all those attending the burial today left burgundy and ld roses on his casket. >> hog heaven, i love it. thanks, jane. still ahead on news 4 at 5:00 tonight, investigators believe they kn what started this morning's fire that displaced nearly three dozen residents. the salahis talk to us about the night at t white house dinner. and the health condition that's plued mikhail for decades. the greatest horse race of l time.

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of hundreds of students over last year, and the first up tick in enrollment in nearly four decades. adrian fenty, and michelle rhee made the announcement this morning, saying they hope the momentum will continue. the man known as the ultimate redskins fans buried today at arlington national cemetery. ralph campbell was affectionately known as grandpa hoggette. the group of men that dressed up in drees an pig snouts to red skins games. he died unexpectedly at the age of 73. the weather today cloudy and a little on the cool side during the day today, with the winds gusting upwards of 15 to 20 miles an hour, it felt cooler. 61 degrees with the winds out of the northwest rht now at 13 miles per hour, we're seei heavier gusts. 46 degrees overnight tonight, down toward the d.c. area, 42 up toward frederick, it's going to

be another cold night tonight and a cold start to tomorrow morning. we will see temperatures rise a little bit more tomorrow, to around 64 in washington, 65 in warrenton, 65 toward fredericksburg. martins berg, west virginia around 62 deees. this cool air was all because o a deep trough in the jet stream dipping all the way down toward the southeast. the good news, that is going to move out ohere, we have much warmer weather in the forecast, my four-day coming up once again in ten minutes. if you have ever had squirrels or raccoons invade your attic or basement, you know what pests they can be. they could get special protection on a bill working its way through the d.c. council. tom? >> reporter: wild animals are more than pests, they can cause thousands of dollars in damage, and you'll have to get rid of them now humanely. exterminator john adcock is going about his work, going up

to a home in northeast, and coming down with a possessingy squirrel that's invaded a home. and probably do severe damage to the roof. >> the squirrel and raccoons are so destructive, they create, make the holes, rip the slates or shingles off of somebody's home to try to get back in. >> reporter: the adcock company also caught a raccoon recently. the new bill would require licensing and restrict lethal use of tools common in the industry, requiring more costly preventative efforts. >> it regulates tho people who deal with wildlife, says that they have to be licensed, they have to use humane methods. >> reporter: mary chay modelled her bill after ongoin recommendations. >> they leave animal s writhing in pain for hours and hours. >> we feel itill dramatically

increase the cost for consumers to pay for pest management services. >> we don't think any rational has been given for the banning of all these tools. >> reporter: the bill faces a final vote in two weeks. the bill would apply only to exterminating companies not individual homeowners or commercial property owners. rats and mice are not covered in th bill. can you kill them humanely or not. wendy, back to you. >> thank you, tom. we now know the cause of an early morning blaze that left5 people homeless today. fire officials tell us a faulty furnace sparked a blaze in oxon ll. it happened in a ft. washingt apartment building. megan mcgrath was there. >> reporter: firefighters spray water on sections of the burning roof, no longer ontop of the building, but now ornt ground below. dirk smith just moved in 12 days ago, he spran out of the bathtub when a neighb began

banging on his door. >> everything, i.d.s, mey, all my clothes, all my money, i just got my social security check, that been burned up. thank god my daughter got out this morning before this occurred. >> reporter: investigators believe the aze broke out in one of the top floor units on corning avenue. residents watched as the flames sh up into the air and began to spread. >> really bad. probably like 50 feet, i guess in the air, is where it wa my building is over there, we could hearhe heat from the fire from over here. >> everyone got out okay, there are no reported injuries. but it will be a ng time before residents will be able to move back in. >> we have most of the fire damage in the apartments. two on the front, two on the rear side of the building. tolly gutted by the fire, no roof. the rest of the building will have heat, smoke damage as well as water damage. we've had to terminate utilities, so they won't have

utilities, therefore we'll have to displace the residents. >> as for what started this blaze, investigators are focusing their attention on a utility closet that houses a heating and air conditioning unit for one of the apartments. it appears the fire may have started there. in oxon hill, meg mcgrath, news 4. >> residents will be relocated to vacant apartments within that complex. damage is estimated at $250,000. president obama says community colleges are the unsung heros of america's education system. this mourning the president he the first white house summit on community colleges, talking about the role they play in educating workers, was joined by dr. jill biden the vice president's wife. she teaches at northern virginia community college. mr. obama sid he's counting on community colleges to help produce an additional 8 million college grads in the next decade. >> by 2020, america will once again lead the world in producing colleggraduates.

and believe the colleges will play a huge part in meeting this goal. >> just yesterday thpresident announced a new initiative that brings large corporations together with community colleges to create trainin programs. bill and melinda gates foundation donated $35 million to this effort. >> and the white house is going to open its garns for a special tour, the public gets a chance to check out the fall garden and grounds tour this month. visitors will be able to look at the jacqueline kennedy garden, the rose garden, the childn's garden the kitchen garden and the south lawn. the national parks service will hand out the free timed tickets on th and e streets starting at 8:00 october 16th and 17th. after the break on news 4 at 5:00 tonight, feeding the family on a budget. the economic downturn has led to a boom for one food industry. who goes willingly into an active volcano? these guys did and they lived to

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baby are doing great. this is pat's second grachild and his first boy. congratulations, pat. >> she's beautiful, his daughter. willingly going into an erupting volcano? scare crowshat look just like michael jackson. and jesus' likeness showing up in an mri. all stories that make you say what? >> lowering into the mouth of a volcano turned six daredevils into supersts. the team of six said they nted to see fumbling, roaming lava up close. at's why they descended into the markam volcano. they likened the situation to doing laundry. they say it's the noisiest washington machine you've ever heard in the hottest laundromat. a milk salesman in taiwan is showing his love for the king of pop. he's created somescarecrows in the likeness of michael jackson. he madehe scarecrows to scare

away the birds in his parents field. he loves jackson, and he couldn't miss the chance to honor his idol. a south carolina woman is showing off an mri she recently had that she believes shows the image of jesus christ. she sees his eyes, nose, mouth even crown of thorns. tammy coors prayed before going in for the scan, and she believes her prayers were answered. she says this is proof he was with her when she needed him the most. still ahead, mikhail salahi talks to news 4 about her multiple sclerosis and why she chose to keep it a secret. >> the illness was alys something private, when the media after the white house started digging. it was time i beat them to it. >> they alsoive us insight into the season finale of the real housewives of d.c. coming up in sports, the

today the d.c. council gave preliminary approval to the wildlife bill, companies must use humane efforts to trap and release anals. they fear the new rules will drive up the costs for customers. mice and rats exem. fairfax county firefighters say a faulty furnace sparked an electrical fire in oxon hill this morning. no injuries, 35 people do not have a home now. the blaze gutted four

apartments, left several others with severe smoke and water damage. the damage is estimated at a quarter of a million dollars. it turns out they're just too loud, sun chips is dumping most of its ecofriendly bags in favor of quiet irones. customers have complained about the loud noise they make, so they're returning to the old bags that don't compost for five of their sun chips flavors. let's go to doug for a check of the weather. no rain across the area today, that's the really good news, still on the cool side with all tse clouds. live digital doppler radar outside. temperaturewise you can we're at 57 in sterling. annapolis coming in at 59 degrees, down toward quantico and fredericksburg. right now your curnt temperature, 58 degrees. how about a warmup, 64 tomorrow, with a slight chance of a shower, and then i think, just some spectacular weather moving in thursday, friday and saturday.

plenty of sunshine and highs moving up to the mid to upper 80s -- s, sorry. not e 80s. those may be gone for a little while. >> all right. >> thank you. >> either way -- by the way, here's the bag, and here's -- >> here's the sound. >> incredibly noisy. but it did compost. so we love the bag, we don't like the noise. >> it was a lot noier before we ate half of the contents. >> that helped. this thursday night as we know, bravo airs the season finale of "the real housewes of washington, d.c.." today one of the six housewiv joined me on the set of news 4 at4:00, along with her husband. shetalked about her fight with multiple sclerosis, an illness she revealed only recently. >> it's been revealed in th book -- >> 17 years ago i was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. keptt a big secret. a personal thing. often i saw people in their jobs

lose it for less. having less than that. the illness was also something very private. when the media after the white house kind of started digging, it was time that i beat them to it, and got out there ahead of them. and decided to share it, and maybe be able to do some good for someone else. >> the salahis said they don't plan to sue their castmates for referrg to them as party crashers. however, their attorney sent them a courtesy letter asking that they stop referring to them that way. the salahis also saidhey've seen the final episode, and were shocked by some of the painful thgs the women said. the final episode airs thursday night 9:00 on bravo. it's tuesday, that means it's time for lunch with lindy. >> that's right. this week, lindsay sat down with a virginia native whose behind a new movie opening this week. >> reporter: yes. randall wallace is known for

producing movies that inspire like "braveheart" and "we were soldiers." his latest challenge is directing "secretaria"secretari" he recently sat in on a screening in georgetown, he met me after for lunch at the ritz fahrenheit lounge. >> i don't look at it. >> there are certain risks that goes alongith doing such a well known story. what kinds of things did you find were the most challenge something. >> for one thing, you can't be factually inaccurate with a story that occurred 30 or so yearago. you have to be right. in the racing scenes, the gaps between the horses are precisely accurate. >> really? >> precisely accurate. >> even the final scene? >> in every race. >> have you everseen that? >> what? >> colt stand up that fast?

>> race horses are amazingly magnetic characters. and they relate to human beings in a unique way, at least in my experience. you never know if the horse peoplere putting you on. >> how do you mean? >> well, they would say to me, that you can't get a stallion around a beautiful woman. if a beautiful woman is staing at the rail, they'll start acting up and competing with each other more. >> you didn't know if they were pull your leg? >> they're just like guys. i think that these horses were kind of like that, they -- the one that plays secretariat, we scoured the country for. ♪ >> what do you think? >> i think he's 1100 pounds of baby. he eats too much. >> does it meananythi more to you to be from the lynchburg area and to have done this film?

did that come into it at all? just the virginia connection? or does it man more to you to be able to show the film in thi area, because it is so close to where you're from? >> really, it's both. secretariat was born about 100 miles from where i grew up and went to school about my family was not wealthy. and the idea of owning race horses was well beyond us. my father used to say, rich people have a canopy over their beds. we have a can of peas under our beds. we'rsort of poor folks. >> unbelievable, no horse can take this pace. ♪ >> for you seems like big moments, you seeto have such a gift for creating big moments, when did you realize that that's what was important to yo >> when i was growing up both my grandfathers were dead before i was born. one grandfather was dead before

my father was born. my grandmother was a widower before she was a mother. and so i had a hunger to know who these men were, who were my blood and my name and my ancestry. it is that same hunger that led me to "braveheart." i wanted to know whaty roots were. that's the way randall wallace found the story of william wallace. andrew wallace's son was about to be born, and i wanted to tell him who his people were. >> i left that interview and i needed to be alone for like an hour. was so incredibly inspiring. two things, ifou go to our website. we're going to put the longer version on tonight. there are so many stories he tells that are poignant and emotional. the other thing is, i had a chance to go downto the farm in virgia where secretariat w born. that story will be on friday

before the movie opens. >> the movie is spectacular. it is that good. >> and he sounds like he's one great guy. >> he is. >> i love listening to him even just in that little bit. >> yeah, absolutely. >> what a cool, cool director. >> his father was a cay salean in virginia. >> with no canopy over his bed. jim vance joins us with a look at what's coming up at 6:00. >> the midterm elections could change the balance power in washington. in favor of republicans. but there's a new pll that reveals a bit of a comeback b democrats. we'll tell about that. and a man drove from virginia to michigan to settle a customer service bf. we'll tell what you that was about. rt of our area has more millionaires than anyone else in the continental u.s. it's not whe we live. those stories and more comng up toght at 6:00. >> all right. you got our curiosity.

we'll see you then. thank you. coming up at 5:00, the frozen meal revolution. >> why more and more

families here at home and across theountry are facing a dinner dilemma. they're trying to put food on

the table with less money in their pocket. >>the grocery store aisles that become many shopper's saving grace. >> the answer is not in the meat case or a deli counter. it's in a part of the store many shoppers once avoided. >> ice cream used to be the only thing worth craving in the frozen food aisle. >> the old image of frozen food was the hard tv dinner with the ice crystals on it. >> reporter: that's all changed and frozen food has come in from the cold. >> we're seeing an explosion in frozen food sales. >> new research from npd group proves it. >> reporter: consider what the research revealed about lasagna. for the first time last year, ericans ate more frozen

lasagna than homemade. >> reporter: and more of o aisles are coming from the frozen food aisle. >> i usually get my chicn, fish all frozen. >> it's fast, easy to cook. >> it lasts forever. >> reporter: variety is better than ever. prompting stores like kroger to make changes. >> when we were remodelling or building a new store, we're expanding frozen food by 20 to 30%. >> reporter: many people are scovering they c have restaurant quality without the restaurant price. >> as much as i love going out to eat, it is way cheaper. >> i just ate out a few minutes ago folunch, ipent $10. i was like man. >> reporter: these days without the freezer, it seems many people would have a big problem. >> go hungry. >> reporte or even worse, they'd have to cook. >> imagine that. >> save us. >> yes, the research also found moreeople dine out as the economy bounces back, of course. that's it for news 4 at

5:00. >> stay right there, news 4 at 6:00 srts right now. a guilty verdict tonight for the man who terrorized a connecticut family before killing a mother and her daughters. >> reporter: police wt to know if the man behind a crime spree in fairfax, virginia is extending hisreach. and farewell today for the man known as grandpa hoggette. a man who became a u.s. citizen just so he could help the taliban kill american citizens. >> he was sentenced to life in prison today for trying to set off a car bomb in times square at christmastime. he pleaded guilty to ten terrorism and weapons counts. as michelle franzen reports, he told a judge that a defeat of the united states is imment. >> reporter: in federal court,

faisal shahzad remained defiant and showed no remorse for his failed times square bomb plot. instead, he said he welcomed the six life sentences handed down and claimed the defeat of the u.s. was imminent. the sentencing comes after the pakistani erican pleaded guilty in june to 10 counts of weapons charges. shahzad admitted to authorities he packed his suv full of explosives and left the vehicle on busy street in times square with the intent to kill as many people as possible. precutors entered two publicly releed videos for evidence today. one shes the fbi test blast. the force of the explosion demonstrated how deadly the bos could have been in a bustling times square. in the other, shahzad apars in a taliban produced video. >> it is