today in a murder investigation south of the border. good afternoon, everybody. >> breaking news now, a stning development in the mexico border murder. nbc news has learned that the lead investigator in the case has been murdered. and his severed head delivered to authorities in mexico. >> we've been following this story of david and tiffany hartley, they were jet skiing last month on a lake. they were set upon by pirates and david hartley was shot in the head and apparently killed. tiffany hartley escaped but the family and u.s.fficials have been pressing mexican officials hard to investigate the case and recovered david hartley's body. the dangers of teen drivers, car accidents are the leading cause for teenagersged 15 to 18. so the nonprofit aaa foundation wanted to see how well parents are teaching their kids who are driving with permits. to do that they put cameras on

the dashboards. tom costello reports what they found. >> reporter: it's a split scre look at teenagers' first few months behind the wheel, from a missed drive way -- to a confusing intersection. >> you have a red light. >> and the pents who are supposed to be involved. >> there's a siren. >> you need to pull over. you need to pull over to your right! [ siren blaring ] >> sorry. >> reporter: aaa followed 50 families looking at how well parents teach teenaged drivers. >> it's a little bit of a blind corner. >> reporter: among them, chuck and leah who he may have saved from a very serious accident. >> stop, hit the brakes. they completely ran a red ght. >> i didn't see it coming.

it was there all of a sudden, it snuck up on me. >> reacting quickly,nd a lot of it is just plane practice. >> reporter: the studies' results were disappointing. while some parents offered lots of coaching. >> sometimes what you need to do is look two or three cars ahead of you to see what's going on. >> okay. >> reporter: many others were themselves distracted. >> most teens had hardly enough time behind the wheel with mom or dad. on average, we saw that the supervised driving experience was actually less than two hours a week. with just 20% of the driving occurring at nig or in bad weather. hardly enough says aaa. and as this family discovered. >> whoa! stop! hit the brakes. >> most states require 50 hours

with parents before children can get a driver's license. aaa would like to see that increased to 100 hours. police are investigating another pedestrians crash in montgory county today around midnight. a woman was stru by a car and a bus on southbound 270 near route 124 in gaithers berg. investigators tell us a car and a ride on bus hit the woman. there were no passenger as board the bus at the time. right now they're not sure why the woman was walking on the highway. four people were stabbed outside of a bar near the university of maryland campus overnight. three of those vctims were students. those students were under age and shouldn't have been in the bar in the frst place. news 4's tracy wilkins is on the scene with the latest. >> reporter: police are still questioning witnesses and sorting out exactly what happened. they say from what think understand so far.

it all started with an argument inside the thirsty turtle. the argument continues down route one and police are looking for suspects. this was the scene last night. how a bar brawl ended with three university of maryland students and one other man stabbed. >> we're in the process of doing interviews with the victims and everything. hopefully we'll be able t get a description of the suspect to get that out to you guys soon. >> reporter: it all started around 1:30 this morning. a fight that began inside the thirsty turtle and moved down the street to the cornerstone grill. it left three university of maryland students injured. two of them were 19 years old, one was 20. a 23-year-old man was also injured. police say all of the injuries were nonlife threatenin >> we're going to look at all avenues the incident. we're going to try to get witness accounts. we're going to check and see if there's any video of the event and run the investigation from there.

>> there's been a number of violent incidents surrounding the university of maryland campus this school year. first, a series of violent robberies. d now, o incident of multiple stabbings. >> we got a bad reputation for stuff like that. but stuff hpens, kind of out of our control. >> reporter: the three students who were inside of the thirsty turtle were underage and weren't supposed to be part of that facility. according to the university of maryland police, about a third of their calls have something to do with alcohol and students. they're also assisting in this investigation. in college park, tracy wilkins, news 4. >> university of maryland police just wrapped up a news conference where the chief says he wants to shut down that bar where the fight began. pat colins is there right now. he'll have a live report coming your way at 5:00 tonight. the big apple is getting a big cleanup after a blast of wicked weather tore up trees and flooded streets.

there was a hail storm in parts of new york city and long island last night. the weather was so bad, suay service was interrupted. practically the entire area was soaked and lightning lit up the night sky. a taste of november's on its way to us. >> calm but cooler weatr on the way? >> we're going to have a little bit of october tomorrow. the cooldown really comes tonight. we're going to drop so 10 to 15 degrees lower than we we last night this morning. meanwhile, there is a weather front up to the north of us. 's not doing a lot today. up around pennsylvania and -- that's the front that's going to come on thrgh, through the southeast in the overnight peri. we're in the low 80s, our high temperatures in many neighborhoods. so running about 5 to 8 degrees cooler than where we were yesterday. we check out se of the temperatures across the area right now. can you see it's 82 degrees right now, right in the district. silver spring and maclaine all at 82 degrees. mitcllville and prince georges

county, up to 80 degrees, and lorton at 83, leesburg too at 83 degrees. raliegh, north carolina at 87 degrees, can you see the cooler stuff just up to the north, those are the contours that are in yellow and orange. right around 76 in columbus, ohio. 69 in pittsburgh as well as in new york. that is where the front is. and at's what's going to be moving through overnight. i don't think we have much of a chance of getting a shower. we've been under a west-northwesterly wind today. we're going to see the mercury drop by 7:00 p.m. 66 by 9:00 p.m. 62 by 11:00. so i hearast forecast. we're going to be cooling down in a hurry. tomorrow is in. it's going to feel like november around here. not only is it going to cooldown, plook for a little bit of riwind and rain by the time e week is over. a major affic alert in

northern virginia begins tonight, folks. the area centers around the intersection of route 123 and the beltway in tyson's corner. crews are working on the new phase of the high occupancy toll or hot lanes project. here's a breaown of the series of lane shifts and ramp closures. tonight crews will shut down the ramp tohe beltway. drivers will have to move to a left turn lane. crews will shift all four northbound lanes of the beltway when approhing 123. this weekend crews will shut down all four lanes of route 123 under 495. that happens friday night through early monday morning. officials warn drivers to add at least 20 minutes to their commute, could take a couple years. > officials have given the green light for filming to resume on the transformers 3 movie. filming had been suspended after yesterday's ash involving this d.c. police cruiser and bumble

bee, one of the main transformer vehicles. thesponding to an emergency call at the time of the collisio after review of safety procedures, word came this afternoon that filming can continue. crews are setting up for a scene involving pyrotechnics pennsylvania avenue between third and constitution avenue will be closed starting at 6:30 tonight. >>the clock is ticking until the first trapped chilean miner is pulled to freedom. the rescue mission is just hours aw now. the first miner should reach the surface today. kerry sanders is in chile tracking the progress. >> reporter: today is the day 33 trapped miners, one by one are expected to make their way to the surface. what a celebration is already planned. mily members today who have been up here holding vigil for 69 days grinning ear to ear.

>> translator: they were extremely light hearted when asked how theyfelt being a few hours away of the rescue. >> reporter: they've waited for this, the fact that all t pieces are now in place, the only tng remaining is for one final test with the equipment. make sure that the concrete they poured, which is an anchor holding the equipment in place has l cured, it's rock solid and hard. and for the president of chile to show up, se this all in motion, and then on a trip to the surface, the capsule will bring up miner after miner after miner. what a ay, what an experience. and a big piece of history. the hope is here that everything goes as planned. kerry sanders, nbc news, chile. we have morereaking news this afternoon in the debate into openly gay americans serving in the military. a federal judge has issued an injunction ending the don't ask,

don't tell policy. department of justice attorneys will have 60 days to appeal the decision. legal experts say it's likely no one will challenge it, and the ruling will stand today's landmark ruling is being praised by gay rights groups who credit the judge with accomplishing what president obama and politicians here in washington could not do. news 4 at 4uk 00 is just getting started. the final airline offering free food. the signs of time changing. coming up at 45, the must see video. what happens when a dog sees a

no more free food on continental airlines flights, the new menu started today. you can get a grilled chicken salad for 8 bucks or chips for $1.50. passengers flying firstlass will still be able to eat free. the gap says it's new logo isot cutting it. the clothingiant has gotten negative feedback since quietly replacing its logo online last week. they didn't go about the change in the right way. and the big blue box is back to

stay. the world's largest retailer is about to begin selling apple's ipad. walmart says the tablet pc will be available starting this friday in some of its stores. it expects all its stores to havehem by the holiday season. there are 6 models of the ipad. the base model will start at $499. student who is go abroad are likely to drink twice as much researchers from the university of washingto study their own student who is went abroad and found most increased their weekly consumption of alcohol from 4 to 8 drinks. students who wento europe and australia did the most drinking. it's unclear whether the students were just taking advantage of the younger legal drinking age abroad. police in washington state want to know if college students attending an offcampus party were ientionally served tainted drinks. a grouof eople, mostly women got sick and had to go to the hospital.

kristen welker reports. >> reporter: news spread that an offcampus party got so out of control, nine students, six of them young women were rushed to the hospital. >> it was just literally pandemonium everywhere. >> this freshman wanted to remain anonymous. but she also wanted people to know what happened friday night. she went to an invite only party at her friend's house. at first the gathering was small. only about 15freshmen, and there was alcohol. >> i chose not to drink just in case we had to drive home. in casanything happened. >> little did she know how important that decision would be. as the night wore on, the crowd swelled to more than 50 people, faces she didn't recognize. and then something went terribly wrong. >> all of a sudden, this girl was sitting on a bench outside and literally fell off. at that point i w helping her. >> reporter: certified in cpr,

the freshman put her skills to work. >> it was the scaest thing having a girl fall limb it in my arms. at that point i looked up and there we ten girls laying down. reporter: some were awake and vomiting, others unconscious. police were called tohe scene. they suspected drugs but found none. and now suspect someone y have secretly drugged the students. >> officers were talking to people that were severely intoxicated yet said they only consumed one or two drinks. >> reporter: underaged drinking is against the law and violates campus policy. students who attended the party, even the ones who got sick could face consequences. >> we will meet individually with each students, assess their behavior, listen to them, try to understand what happened, and for some students nothing will happen. and some students may face suspension or expulsion.

a man arrested for streaking near president obama is out of jail now and waiting to see if he's a millionaire. it happened sunday at the president's rally up in philly, juan rodrigez got as close as he could to the stage and then took all of his clothes off. naturally, he was arrested within minutes. when he got out of jail, he told reporters that a website called battlecam.com offered the prize to the first person to streak i front of the president with the web site written on his chest. >> i didn't do anything to hurt anybody. i didn't do anything that destroys property. i didn't do anything bad that was actually that bad at all. >> now, rodriguez is from staten island, new york. the billioire behind the website that sponsored that contest said he expect to have a decision soon on whether the challenge was met. we can only hope for mr. risque

rodrigez, that he does cough up the cash. >> he got within 10 feet of the president. no word if the president actually -- >> they could see he wasn't carrying any -- he wasn't packing. >> right. we don't know. shall we move on? >> i think we should. a florida couple who described themselves as yard sale junkies came across an unusual finds. three weeks ago, judith and mitch fletcher went to a tampa yard sale and stumbled across a box with a skeleton inside it. when they took a closer look, they realized it was no halloween prop. >> it had a lot of loose bones and they were wired like. i asked him, i said what are you going to do with it, i brought it out and took a good look at it. i said, i think it is the real mccoy. >> it was. the human skeleton most likely came from a medical school or

university. the couple called the sheriff's offi who turned the bones over to the county medical examiner's ofce. >> interesting. >> i want numbers on my beones when i go. next at 4:00, veronica is back with a much colder forecast. also ahead, kim kardashian poses nude on the coveof a magazine. the new tv that hit i'm bob ehrlich.

i'm not the kind of guy who likes to hang on theidelines. today maryland's in trouble. we're worse off than we were four years ago: dangerous debt, higher taxes, not enough jobs. we need real leadership to turn this state around. fix the budget -- honesy. grow small businesses -- really. excellent schools -- everywhere. protect the bay -- finally. it's why i'm running -- to make the state we love not just good, but great. now let get down to work.

veronica tells us the end of the week we should be feeling windshield? >> by the end of the week, i want everyone to get tough. >> we can do it. we've been spoiled, it's so warm today. >> i'm ready for fall, i think it's time for it to come. >> tomorrow will be the transitional day f us. where we get to fall. sunshine around the area. thsday and friday, it's going to be raw around here with win and much, much lower temperatures than what we've seen already this week.

especially friday morning. i have us going down below 50 deees, which we have not done yet this season. under 50 with the wind and a high on friday of only 60 degrees, talk out rain too for friday morning. kind of ugly. let's head out and tal about what's going on right now. this was last night. i shot this out my back dor. we had lightning around the area, storms moving right along areas of i-29 and around i-95, heading off to the east. frequent lightning, and now that same front that's moving to the south. well, it's not producing any thunderstorms today. we'll talk about why in a second. 82 degrees is your current temperature, the air dry, we've had a westerly wind today, can you see it's out of the north-northwest now at 8 miles per hour. where do we go from here? the clouds, a few coming with that front up until midnight. then it's clear skies after that. 66 degrees by 9:00, 2 by 11:00 p.m. 54 and 52 for the early part of the day tomorw.

temperatures are going to be running about 10 to 15 degrees lower than this morning. here's the front, can you see it dropping just below the pennsylvania line. the front producing clouds, and no rain again because of more of dry wind for us today. here it is on the northeast corner of the country. there's the front and we have more spin here. that's a low pressure system around missouri and arkansas. not going to bother us. behind our weather system today, it's northwesterly wind and dry wind. once the front moves through, clear skies, calm winds. where the winds will be settling, temperatures will be dropping. lees burg, virginia, 86 down south. fredericksburg, virginia, this is one of our warm spot as cross the area, and 82 in fairfax, virginia, with a very light wind. next 48 hours, here's your future cast. we start with tonight at 8:00, there's the front making its way off the coast. clear skies coming in around pennsylvania. areas of maryland, that's high

pressure wch will stay wh us at least through tomorrow. tomorrow's a sunny to mostly sunny kind of day. we'll start to pick up a chance of rain with this system moving up along the coast chance of rain for thursday, and also for fday morning. your lows tonight dropping into the low 50s. 30s around buffalo during the overnight here. just in the 60s for tomorrow. but again, it's that november weather that will be coming our way by the end of the week. sunshine for the evening, continued warm, this is really the last nice evening fors as we drop from the upper 70s to the low 70s. tomorrow morning, cool, 42 to 52 the range in temperatures. a nice fall day tomorrow. i believe some of us are going to be hang lunch outside, it's a good thing we're not having that lunch outside at the end of the week. we have wind too th's probly going to continue for the first half of the weekend. we will talk about the extended forecast in a little bit. a little ugly for the end of the

week. nice for the weend. >> see you tomorrow, our big tailgate luncheon. still to come, the obama administration makes a decision on the six-month long moratorium on deep water oil drilling in the gulf of mexico. a local family feeling the blues today from home foreclosures.

welcome back to news 4 at 4:00, i'm barbara harrison. >> and i'm jim handly. here's what's happening in the news right now, four people stabbed outside a bar nea university of maryland's campus overnight. three victims were students. those students were under age, and should not have been in the bar in the first place. police tell us it started as an argument inside. one bar, then the stabbing happened down the street in front of another. all of the victims are expected to be okay. so far there have been no arrests on the case. filming on the transformer's three movie is back up again. it was suspended after one of the main transformer's vehicles collided with a d.c. police cruiser. the scene tonight will shut down pennsylvania avenue between 3rd and constitution around 6:30

p.m. ozens of chilean miners are just hours away from freedom. they're set to be rescued one by one. the rescue is expected to last up to two hours. taking a look at wall street. stocks made moderate gains after losing ground toward the end of the trading session. the dow gained about 10 points. the nasdaq picked up about 16 points. and the s&p 500 up about 4 points. the white house has lifted its moratorium on deep water oil drilling put in place after the gulf oil disaster. jay gray reports the decision comes afr new rules were put in place to tighten safety. less than a month of after crews capped the well after the worst oil spill in u.s.story, work

will resume in the gulf. >> this was part of the dlibtive policy process that just got done me quickly than the original time line. >> initially the moratorium was supposed to stay in place through november 30th, but intense pressure from the oil industry and gulf coast lawmakers combined with new regulations designed to improve safety, oversight and environmental protection, aprently convinced the white house the time was right to lift the ban. analysts say the end of the moratorium will not likely lead to an immediate start to new drilling. companies must first work to meet new requirements for well casing and cementing, blowout preventers and emergency response. all ars that investigators say were a problem when the deep water horizon rig exploded and collapsed. the obama administration now confident the new regulations will help prevent the tragedy like this one from ever happening again. jay gray, nbc news.

a military hearing in the ft. hood shooting rampage was over almost as soon as it started. nadal hassan is charged with murder in the attacks that killed 1'3" people at ft. hood nearly a year ago. the goal of today's hearing was to determine ihe should go to trial. once the trial got underway, hassan's lawyers asked to delay the proceedings for a month. a defense was given until tomorrow to explain the request in writing. hassan was paralyzed fromhe chest down when he was shot at ft. hood. he made no comment in court today. today marks the tenth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the uss coal, the cole is on a refuelling stop in yemen when it was rammed by suicide bombers in boat. 17 sailors were killed. the blast tore a 40 foot hole in the ship. the navy mar the somber

ceremony. the head of the u.s. fleet forces command spoke of the valor of the cole crew as they battled to keep their ship from sinkinand stood vigilant against another possible attack. they had little water, less food and no light bew deck. the cole has since been repaired and is bac in service. it's been a lo road to recovery for a florida teenager brutally attacked by classmates. now michael brewer wants his ordeal to serve as a lesson to others. three teen threw alcohol on brewer and then set him on fire. he was severely burned over 65% of his body, but has recovered quicker than expected. he talked to matt lauer about why he believes he's recovered so well. >> yeah, i think it's mostly prayers, belief and family. >> i want us to love the man in the street, everybody. we are showing them how to behave. and if we don't care about each

other and love each other, how do we expect them to. >> when they said it, i think they meant. >> the teens whottacked brewer accused him of ratting on them for trying to take his father's bike. >> that is one strong man and a stro family behind him too. there' more to come at 4:00, kim kardashian bares all. a hollood couple cars it quits. the huge i don't believe it moment at a wedding.

hollywood splitsville, an a-list celebrity bares all and victoria's secret. joining us to dish it all is danella. who is going to perform on the catwalk? this is victoria secret's annual fashion sh, right? >> yes, katy perry is set to take the stage. it's interesting, because she's been getting a lot of flack about her revealing outfits. now she can wear her cute bustiers a everything because she'll be amongst angels. >> that will look tame for victoria's secret, rit? >> yes. she said she wants to get to the

gym so she can fit into some of the outfits. i was like katy perry, please. it's been a busy day, courteney cox and david arquette announce their separation yesterday. he says he hasn't been intimate with his wife in four months. on their 11 year anniversary she said to him, i'm tired of being your mother andanted a separation. isn't that crazy? he's also been linked to -- this is funny, because i'm like who is this woman. she's an actress in a was also with ryan seacrest. do youemember when lindsay got punched in the face by a waitress? this is that waitress that allegedly punched lindsay in the face. jasmine says i didn't punch lindsay, but i wanted to.

now she's dating david, and david said he was never intimate with herntil after the separation. >> telling on howard stern, that's never good. >> he says he hopes that things work out between him and his wife. >> and christina too, al a breakup there? >> yeah, she broke up with her husband, they were married since november 2005. word if they're going to get divorced. both couples are officially separated. >> and she has children, christina does, right? >> yes, she has a son. >> what about kim kardashian? >> yes, take it all off. she's ing to be on the cover of w magazine. i've seen the cover, imagine a fully naked kim kardashian. you see her entire backside. somehow the lower half ofer body is painted in silver. you see her backside and like a

side profile of her. you see a lot, i think that's going to be one of w's most sellingopies. >> it's coming out later this month? >> it is. >> the cover is so revealing we couldn't show the cover. >> no, you can't show the cover, but encourage you to look online. just google. >> for the curious. >> yes. >> de nell larks always a pleasure, we'll be tuning in tomorrow morning. >> thank you so much. coming up on news 4 at 4:00, much more ahead. what makes this barbie doll so special and worth hundreds of thousands of dollars?

could have been a wedding nightmare. she took it all in stride, this bride. >> a d decides to leave its mark on the bride's wedding gown? >> good boy. >> look! [ laughter ] >> this i do turned into an i don't believe it moment. some may have had a bridezilla

reaction, this bride was all laughs. >> those other dogs had not been there -- he was trying to impress them, leaving a mark, that's what he was doing. >> well, one thing's for sure, that groom kws he has a wife with a sense of humor. >> that's true. >> i guess the wedding was over by the end of the ceremony, she didn't have to walk down the aisle like that. >> it's good luck, isn't it? >> yeah. >> what's talk about what's going on around here, another warm one, that is it, after the evening during the overnight, we have a co front that's going to move through. what are all those boats doing there about are folks at work d they can't take them out? is that the problem? >>well, i don't know if mine will fit there. >> here's a look at temperatures ross the area, where we're in 82 degrees right now downtown.

jacksonville, florida at 83 degrees. 90 in phoenix right now. if you're looking for the warmth, that pocket ofarmthn the southwest, they are going to be heating up, here's our current pattern that is the jet stream or jet pattern, what controls our weather, giving us very warm days that we've had all week long. what's going to be happening over the east as the jet stream is going to be dropping south starting tomorrow, that's gng to be cooling us off, we're going to be in the 60s tomorrow, upper 60s, thursday, friday and saturday, highs in the low to mid-60s. so that will have us feeling awfully chilly and more like november around here. speaking of temperatures elsewhere, let's take a look at what's going on in the caribbean and gulf of mexico right now. still plenty warm, low to mid-80s for water temperatures. we he another system that formed, that is ula, that we've been telling you about, it is a hurricane, and right now the latest with it is that it's hanging out, ju north and east of honduras, producing very

heavy rain, flooding in the area as well as the yucatan peninsula, heading toward the northwest, and eventually recurving and making its way toward the east-northeast with some rain for southern florida. you can see the radar is quiet, despite the fact that we have that front dropping through. if you look right there, there's a drop around the area. downnto the 50s tonight, your four-day forecast, sunshine tomorrow. rain and wind for not just thursday, but friday too. moing rain. and then windy for saturday, the high 65. sunday right now, highs going about 65, 66 degrees. sunshine. so beautiful weekend. chilly. >> sounds like it, thanks a lot. the long expected marriage between tv and the internet are getting a bit closer to being realized. >> the first of what's expected to be tv's designed to search the internet hits stores today.

chris clackum has our report. good if the web is so smart and our tv's are so fun to watch, whdo we have to chose? introducing google tv. >> people will be able to watch shows that they search for on google, and they can go on the internet while they're watching television and see it all on one screen. >>eporter: some tv's already offer access to specific online favorites such as net flicks and youtube. but after smart phones, google's looking to bring the entire internet to the television. >> right on your tv screen, you type in what you're looking for and google tv will find it. >> if it catches on, it's going to change the way business is done. in ways that we're not fully aware of yet. >> reporter: logitek's making google tv available through a

settop box available through dish network. it's also being offered as a factory installed option on a new line of sony tv's. next year more manufacturers may join in. >> most tv sets going-forward are going to beinternet ready, that will connect you directly to the web and enable you to watch shows streamed over the web. >> it seems coach potatoes will have more reason -- >> you can browse photos or update your status. >> totay right where they are, chris clackum, nbc ns. >> pretty smart machines out there right now. >> indeed. coming up on news 4, barbie gets decked out in diamon for an expensive auction. plus, a debate on whether to put a moratorium on home foreclosures. coming up at 5:00, they' calling a sex test, it was given to local middle schoole, some as young as 12. wait until you see some of the things they were being asked, parents are outraged.

new details in that local murder for hire plot. court documents revealing something about the man investigators say myrrhed a hit man to kill his estranged wife. it was destroyed by fire three years ago, now historic local landmark has been restored and we are going to go inside. those stories are new in a i'm bob ehrch.

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demanding a moratorium on foreclosures. families have been forced out of their home without proper proof that they defaulted. steve handlesman reports. >> reporter: lisa howard's home where she grew up in falls church, virginia was foreclosed on, for failure to pay a second mortgage, just $29,000. her dad had just died. a few payments were missed. lisa says she found out when one day in september of '08 eye woman showed up in the drive way saying she bought the home from the bank. >> i mean, my heart stop. it was so fright anyone, just horrifying to think tt we didn't have power. power to stop people from doing something that was unfair. >> reporter: some call it fraud, bank of america and twother big mortgage servicers, none of them lisa's lenders now admit loan officers sign thousands of court filings without vifying the facts. >> the servicers just want to foreclose as fast as they can,

make their own money as fast as they can. and they haven't been following the rules. >> as many as 40 states will team up to investigate. >> we're trying to take as an aggressive approach as we can. >> reporter: some politicians want a foreclosure moratorium, but experts worry it could set back the recovery. >> that means houses in neighborhoods remain empty even if there are buyers ready, willing and able. >> lisa howard, her family had ignored one payment and moved too fast to foreclose. >> i was so angry, because it was unjuified. >> lisa saved her home, and hopes hers will be as lucky. >> the states will announce their joint investigation tomorrow, hoping to force the banks to go back and be sure that every foreclosure was and will be legally justified. i'm steve handlesman, nbc news, washington. that news 4 at 4:00, news 4 at 5:00 starts right now.

tonight university of maryland officials a pushing to shut down a popular bar after a stabbing involving several underaged students. good afternoon, i'm wendy rieger. >> and i'm january handily. it began as an argument inside the thirsty turtle, a popul bar next to the university of maryland campus. four people were stabbed and now police want to know why underaged students were allowed in the bar in the first place. pat colins is live for us a college park with the latest on the investigation. pat? >> university of maryland police chief david mitchell says he wants to shut down the thirsty turtle bar. this after he says some underaged maryland students went into the bar. got drunk inside the bar, got into a fight inside that bar,