. while most of us were sound asleep, devastating storms blew through. post office buildings damaged. glass from dozens of vehicles blown out. roofs ripped off buildings and poles and trees bent. we have complete coverage of the overnight storms and we begin with that windy and while weather. good afternoon. i'm jim handly. >> i'm pat lawson muse. porful storms blew through leaving a lot of damage in their wake. several home and businesses were damaged including the a.j. wright store off rhode island in northeast where a huge air conditioning union was tossed from the roof to the ground. as the post office distribution center on brentod avenue, the back wall was literally knocked out. one worker inside that she heard a loud boom while it was happeng and 50 or more vehicles parked beside the building are also damaged. news4's megan mcgrath has more on the mess left behind in the northeast. >> reporr: roofing material wrapped around a light pole. a huge air conditioning unit

once up on the roof of the a.j. wright store, now smashed into pieces in the parking lot. it was quite a storm. >> it sounded like another train wreck or something like that. i could hear things blowing. >> reporter: inspectors used a ard truck to look at a damaged rowhouse. the strong winds ripped off sections of the roof and smashed windows. at the home depot, the outdoor garden display was leveled. tom was awakened by the terrible racket. >> it woke me d my wife up. we got up and heard the windows begin to rattle and we got up. we were going to stay in the basement and lay on the floor. it only lasted, less than ten minutes. i got up and heard something fell. and it was trees falling in my yard. >> repter: as the sun came out association did the wo chippers. crews began chopping up fallen

trees, carefully working around downed power lines. residents on tenth street surveyed the damage. >> this old, 100-year-old tree uprooted and fell on my husband's truck. >> that does not look good. >> no, it does not. he will come home to th on monday. >> i stood on my por when the first tree fell. and when, it was like the wizard have oz. reporter: while there was quite a bit of damage in northeast, fortunately there were no reported injuries. in brentwood, megan mcgrath, news4. parts of arlington look like a disaster area today. strong winds toppled trees that brought down power lines there, too. but kim her by found some folk who are thankful thing were not worse. >> reporter: people in arlington describing this as a quicknd powerful storm. the most dramatic image we found in arlington county right here at the corner of george mason and north 16th. a utility pole snapped in half.

the top half, daling perilously for anyone traveling below. before police arrived, news4 spotted a few drivers paing right underneath the suspended spear. >> it was a mess. the winds came up. it went completely insane. >> reporter: thr lines ran to this pole. altogether, 60,000 volts. the equivalent of a bolt of lightning. >> we heard crashing down on the roof. crashing and rolling and hitting in the yard. and it was incredible. it goes to show you you can't mess with mother nature. >> reporter: the explosion woke upmost people trying to sleep in theeighborhood. >> the sound and the wind was incredible. about 1:00, leaves swirling and a complete whiteout in my backyard. >> reporter: even his so call weather dog. aurora fur-ealis was in bed and knew something was wrong. they never lost power but did transfer from one energy source to another.

although physicians' offices on property did go dark. >> before canceling our patients for the morning, got off the phone with my boss. we're going to see what happens. i'mrying to get some information to see if we can open up later. there is a chance of power later on. >> reporter: around the corner, split tree after split tree. we're fairly certain toyota never intended this kind of electric car. an enormous oak tree used to stand here. when it fell it took a huge chunk of the road with it. it ao happened to fall the right way. >> we had a big almost freight train. we tried to get out and run outupstairs. the next thing the tree was laying that way. >> reporter: the pilot who owns this house took one look at his shattered shingles and declared it a micro burst. a violent down burst of air just shy of a tornado. just enough to tangle morning traffic. >> reporter: the detour catching some off guard. at one point, virginia dominion

customers, at least 40,000 of them with no power. news4. >> and at last check crews were still on the scene at 16th and george mason. trying to restore power to the customers. fewer than 500 virginia dominion customers are still waiting for power. >> the storm damage is even worse in baltimore where there have been some injuries reported. more than 200 homes were damaged. windusts ripped off roofs. a number of them. one roof was found a block away from its house. trees were uprooted and caused massive power outages. the injuries were record from residents in the dutch village townhome communicate. an emergency shelter has been set up to help those displaced by the storms. baltimore's mayor that it is a miracle that no one was killed. >> another stormy night in store for us or are we in e zpleer. >> veronica johnson is in the storm center. >> the word is that we are in

the clear. no srm for us tonight. in fact, the windwill b settling, too. i'll take you back to yesterday. late last night between midnight and 2:00 a.m. all this is squall line forming ahead of the main weather front. there are some powerful down drafts. imagine thought racing eastward. at 50 miles an hour, the individual thunderstorms at 30. so in some instances, some locations, there were winds around 80-mile-an-hour. take a look at the dots. that's where the damage was to pick it apart. trees down again around chevy chase, prince george's county, baxter rad and also in baltimore county. the parkville area down into virginia, fairfax county, too with lots of damage. mother nature's alarm clock. we have some drier air that has been moving in. we'll see some mostly clear skies for the early part of the night. then on the other side of that, a few clouds back by tomorrow

morning. only a few. gusts to 38. that was at 11:00 a.m. we're seeing our winds dying down. the temperature will drop to 48 degrs by 11:00 p.m. by the time we get to tomorrow morning, down to about 41 degrees. so some early sun for tomorrow. we'll get some clouds back tomorrow and we'll talk about the possibility of some sprinkles and of course we'll take an early look at the upcoming weekend. jim? pat? >> thanks. right now germany is stepping up transit security because of concern about a possible terror strike. germany's interior minister told reporters faye that police are increasing security measures at train stations and airports. german officials say a foreign intelligence service provided them with conete information about a planned attack at the end of ts month and they stay intelligence matches leads they've gathered on their own. this is the first time concrete intelligence has been mentioned in connection with possible terror attacks in europe. one of washington's most

notorious murder cases is now in its final chapters. juror in the chandra levy murder ial are now deliberating in d.c. superior court. ingmar guandique is facing murder charges in the 2001 disappearance and death of levy. the jury is now weighing three options. guilty of first-degree murder, guilty of second-degree murder, or not guilty. in closing arguments yesterday, prosecutors said levy's deat fits the pattern of other crimes committed by guandique in rock creek park. his defense lawyer argued there is no hard evidence and that there were no eyewitnesses linking guandique to levy. we have developing news in politics. late this afternoon nbc news has just declared alaska senator lisa murkowski the winner in her re-election bid. she ran as a write-in candidate after losing the republican primary to a candidate backed by sarah palin and the tea party. sources tell nbc that she will

declare victory tonight. in other developments, house speaker nancy pelosi was reelected to a leadership position despite opposition from some democrats w argued it was time for a change. and john boehner was elected speaker of the house. we'l head out to the roads and find out how the rus hour is going. >> ashley is behind the wheel. how are we rolling on this wednesday, ash? >> we're starting off with delays. we can't catch a break out there. we do have a lot of traffic signals due to last night's storms. most of the major branches and things like that have been cleared. we don't have any trouble spots as far as that's concerned. let's dive into the capitol beltway. inner loop and outer loop. the inner loop begins along the toll road and it will continue. let's take a trip along the beltway headed towd river road. headed away from us toward the top of the screen. continue that slow traffic and then headed around, approaching 270 and then past 270 as you

make your way. connecticut avenue, unfortunately, the inner loop continues to be slow. the outer loop is nearing those delays. were rolling accident-free. at least we have that. jim and pat, back to you. >> thanks. we have some breaking news from the entertainment world. desperate house wives star eva longoria filed for divorce. she cite irreconcilable differences. she filed in an l.a. superior court room. she is an all-star basketball player for the san antonio spurs. they were married in 2007. they don't have any children gether. if you're wondering, the couple did have a prenup. there are new details about the royal engagement between princewilliam. and johnny depp was sexiest man of the year.

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a controversial alcoholic energy drink is losing its added jolt. >> yeah. caffeine is coming out of the four loko drink. meanwhile the fda has sent warning letters to four manufacturers of the energy drinks staying caffeine added to these beverages is an unsafe food additive

they said the government could seize the drink if t companies continue to make them. the drink has been banned in four states after several young drinkers were hospitalized. "people" magazine has released its sexiest man alive. >> if you guessed ryan reynolds, you're correct. i'm not sure how many peopl guesd that one though. it is a big week all around for the proposal star. the trailer for his super hero flick the green lantern hit the web today, sendingomic book fans into a stir. he is one half of what you would call hollywood's sexiest couple. his wife charlotte johansson was just name gq' babe of the year. the sexiest issue hits stabs on friday. we'll be aring a lot more in the coming months about the royal wedding. 1 billion people will be watching the wedding al over the world of prince william and te middleton. >> wow! that's a far cry from the way their relationship has been so far,ial though there have been some headline making moment.

the vast majority of their eight-year friendship of, relationship, eight years of friendship and relationship, have been played out in private. "dateline"bc has some new details from behind the scenes. here's kate snow. >> reporter: it's official. prince william has chosen his bride. kate middleton. >> very, very happy. >> reporter: tonight intimate details about the couple's courtship. >> i think she just liked him originally. >> reporter: they met at st. andrews university where they lived in the same dorm and develop a casual friendship. then at a studt fashion show, kate modeled a slinky see-through dress. >> she got up there and she did her stuff and looked fantastic. >> reporter: they quietly started dang. once the relationship went public, the spotlight on kate grew white hot. at 25 years old, kate was facing the same pressure from the paparazzi that diana did at the age of 19. to make matters worse, william had been spotted out at

nightclubs without kate. >> kate basically got fed up and she didn't want to be made a full of. she pushed him into a corner and said, william, you can have this fun. you can go and dance at nightclubs and meet girls but you can't have me at the same time. >> reporter: in 2007, came a shocking announcement. prince william and kate middleton were splitting up. >> he said i think we need a break and she gave him that break. >> reporter: it was short-livedful less than three nths later, they were back together. then william whisked kate away to a private island where he made a pledge >> william said to kate, you are the one. this is going to happen. i want to make you my wife. but at the moment my focus has to be my military career. so will you wait? >> reporter: she waited. and now she has a very special ring. kate snow, "dateline" nbc. >> and there a special prime time edition of "dateline" nbc coming one even more details about the royal engage. . don't miss tonight on nbc 4 at

8:00. football player chad ochocinco is off the market. the reality show star proposed to his girlfriend. he gave evelyn from the basketball wives a ten karat ring. e tweeted accident i'm no rabbit but ten karats looks good on me. the pair dated for the past ten months. bristol palin has a new partner. >> as she gets voted in, she is in a new public service announcement with the situation. they're promoting abstinence. >> be serious. you're not going to hook up before you're married for real? >> for real. >> for real for real? >> for real for real for real. >> i want to make sure that you are situated. if you do getnto situation with your situation, you may end

one a situation and you may not like that situation. >> not a pairing we would expect to see on a public service announcement but there you have it. they have a fan base out there. >> and a message. >> and a message. if you play golf, even once, you're probably used to theerm four. you had to yell it because yo ball almost hit another golfer on the course. >> believe it or not the highest court in snork hearing a case between two go buddies. one guy said the shot hit him in the head causing him to go blind in one eye. the defendant said it isn'his responsibility to look up while taking a swing to see if someone was walking ahead of him. a ruling is expected next month. still to come, congress questions th tsa chief about passenger privacy. and privacy taken away from them during pat-downs and body scres.

i want to know why 0 other people in this room don't find th need to do that. >> ouch! plus what did a college student do in class that got this professor so ticked off?

if you're like me, one of your favorite thing that's definitely going to be on your thanksgiving table in one form or another is the sweet potato. th are low in fat, actually they're fat-free. they are low in calories. they have half your vitamin c, twice your vitamin a that you needn a day and they're delicious. i'm gointo show you an incredibly easy way to enjoy sweet potatoes in a way you may not have thought of. a sweet potatobutter. it from this cook book. you want to take your sweet potato and put in it boiling water. and we're going to let it cook for about30, 40 minutes until it gets nice and tender. i'll take it outnd let it cool. once the tato is cool enough to handle, you're going to peel it with your hands and squish it

into the foodprocessor. so once it is pureeed, you will put the butter in. now i will sason it a little bit with some freshly ground nutmeg. then i'll take a little salt. blend that up a little more. this is my sweet potato butter. let taste . happy thanksgiving. >> bo does that look good. you can get the complete recipe for sweet potato butter spread and a whole lot of other thanksgiving recipes at washingtonpost.com/food. let's talk weather and wind. >> throughout the day today, more wind hopefully you didn't get any damage.

>> we heard it. >> downed trees and limbs. >> and hopefullyhe folks have gotten a chance to clean up a bit despite the wind. the wind will be decreasing during the overnight period. right now a pretty nic looking sky. 59 is the temperature. the dew point at 34 degrees. current winds at 1 miles an hour and earlier today. we had a gust that was close to 40 miles per hour. here, some of the gusts came through withn actual line. that squall line last night. 57-mile-per-hour gusts. langley air force base and right at 54, right near d.c. 48 degrees by 11:00 p.m. and then into the low 40s by tomorrow morning. down to the mid 30s and a little wind. for the most part it will be decreasing. same thing with the cloud cover. it should be some pretty good viewing for the leonid meteor

showers. what settings to put your cara on. here's a look at the northeast cornerf the country. some slightly cooler air. and low presre off to the west. this guy around oklahoma and it is going to be coming off to the east. it will be weakening as it heads off to the east. for us, here's what you can expect tomorrow. first, the winds will decrease toght and we start tomorrow with a bit of sunshine. and then clouds will fill back in where it will be mostly sunny and partly sunny and mosy cloudy and could puck up a sprinkle between 4:00 and 7:00 p.m. high pressure and sunshine to friday. it is looking like a really nice weekend coming up. turning cooler here. 57o 54 for the evening forecast. again, the wind, a little bit for the evening. then it will be dropping throughout the overnight.

46 to 43 wth mostly clear skies. for e afternoon, it could get a sprinkle. 54 to 57. that's coming seasonally cool. between 55nd 60 degrees. right now, saturday is looking like the day with the most sunshine. at least it will be dry for the next couple of days. coming up later, the leonid meteor showers and we'll talk about what settings to put your camera on. coming up, an admission by the head of the tsa about the pat-downs now in effect at the nati's airports. plusthe police chase reach speeds of 90 miles an hour. see how this drama ended.

welcome back at 4:30. >> i'm pat lawson muse. parts of the washington area are cleaning up after severe weather that blew through. winds damaged home and stores, knocked down power lines and

trees. at last check, fewer than 500 customers in northern virginia and about 5,500 petco customer are thout power. the jury is deciding the fate of ingmar guandique, the man on trial for the murder of chandra levy. the panel could come back with a murder verdict or he could be found not guilty. we'll have a live report at 5:00 from pat collins. nbc news has named alaska senator lisa murkowskis the winner of the alaska senate campaign. she ran as a write-in candidate after losing the republican primary. meanwhile house democrats have reelected nancy pelosi as their leader. it was not a slam-dunk, allow. a significant percentage of house democrats felt it was time for new leadership and voted again her. stocks ended the day mixed with the dow dropping 15 points. the s&p 500 will closed up by less than a point. the debate over new airlines

security procedures is heating up. the biggest complaint is that they are too invasive. however, tsa official said the screening is necessy to keep passenger safe and that those who refuse won't be allowed to get on board planes. for million of traveling americans, and those who represent them in congress, the issue over airport security has taken a personal turn. >> i wouldn't want my wife to be touched in a way these folks are being touch. >> at a hearing on capitol hill, john said he and homeland security secretary janet napolitano have themselves undergone the new more invasive pat-downs. >> do i undetand the sensitivity of people, yes. am i going to change the pocies, no. >> reporter: pointing to the attempted christmas day underwear bomb, she maintained the searches are necessary. germany today upped the airport security amid concrete information about a planned attack there at the end of november.

while just this week, a bill was introduced in congress required screening for 100% of cargo freight shipped to the u.s. after explosives were found hidden in toner cartridges last month. back at the airport, some passenger insist, body scanners and the alter national pat-downs on them are too much. while pilots claim they should be exempted. >> the tsa by applyingthese ridiculous standards to the crew members is wasting resources from the true threat. >> officials say they're open to relaxing the rules for crew and they'reesting systems li this one used in amsterdam that doesn't show bodies in detail. >> there is a high rate of false positives. >> reporter: for now, securi will stay as is. while the debate over privacy unlikely to go anywhere. now, she pointed out the pat-downare only for passenger who require extra screening or who refuse to go through body scan machine. since congressman dated use of

those body scanners is unlikely it is unlikely lawmaker will alter that. >> some rights group stay intense screening procedure violates civil liberties including freedom of religion. a case of air rage in europe. more than 90 french passenger aboard an air flight held a sit-in on the runway to protest what they called unfair treatment. the passenger were diverted to belgium on the way to france because of fog. flyers on three other planes left and board buses with no problem but it took belgium police five hours to coax thing passenger off the plane. at one point the crew left the plane leaving passenger in the dark with the cockpit door open and the bathroom door locke that will do it. that wouldncourage you to get up and get off. >> only so much time, right? when you get sleepy, you yawn, right? sometime it can be contagious.

we know that. whatever you do, do not yawn in a class at cornell university. >> not in this one. a professor at the ivy league school stopped hislass after he heard somebody yell loudly to try to find the student responsible. now check out this video posted utube. it has gone viral. >> who just did that? i want to know. stand up. i've been hearing it in this room like regularly. yawn outside. stay out of class. whatever it is you need to do to get over it. i want to know why 220 other people in this room don't find the need to do that. and you should be asking yourself, why am i the one lose per has to do that if 220 other people know better? >> whoa! th professor told the other students that if anyone wanted to anonymously expose the person who yned, that that would be

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we all know there are a lot of interesting and originals here in washington. >> jim vance recently sat down at the restaurant with local icon chu brown, the godfather ofgo-go. here is what he had to say. >> reporter: in terms of big name in warrick barack obama surely qualifies. but just as rely, so does the name chuck brown.

for almost half a century, the godfather of go-go has been not just making music but creating a genre. but it is decidedly not funk. that's on chuck brown's mind when he started this orny other. >> the thing on my smind to thank god for allowing me to wake up again. and to see another beautiful day, whether it is rainy, cloudy, snowy, whatev. and the next thing on my mind is my grand children. my children are grown now and they're doing well. i'm so proud of them. they had the opportunity to -- they had the opportunities i nevehad. there's no comparison. the kind of love they give me. there is no comparison. and i just thank god for them every day. then after that, i think about

what we do for the next show. >> now you are what? 70 what? >> 74. 74 years old. >> and every day, are you still thinking about your music? >> absolutel absolutely. and i thank god that he gave never energy to make a little noise, move around a ttle bit. and you know,ike in, when i hit that stage, if i'm -- i forget about my age. >> he's still at it at 74. that was jim vance reporting. chuck brown does have a new album. >> a three disk set call we got this and it jst hit store shelves. >> love that voice. a great voice. >> yeah. so listen, guys. we've got the leonid meteor showers to talk about. i think the viewing will be

pretty decent because we've had a few clouds today. those are continuing to move out of here. that's a look at our skycam. plus, talk about those meteor showers. they happen every year in november. so it is tonight and it is tomorrow night. okay? you should be able to see 15 to 20 miles an hour. the best time is after midnight. look toward the constellation leo. you don't need a telescope. just get away from the city lights if you can. some folks ask, what are the good camera settings to put your camera to? make sure the viewer is up, the shutter, put it on full. don't want your photos to come up too grainy. and expose for if i have or ten minutes. i want to see them. send them to us and we'll talk about it tomorrow. the temperature,5 insterling. one of our cool spots. same thing in mount airy. and it is 59 currently down in charlie county, la plata and indian head.

outlying areas down into the 30s. warrenton and around sudley. fredericksburg down to 40 degrees tomorrow. we won't have the wind. just getting the sunshine. we should hit a high tomorrow, not of 62 but 56 degrees. 57 degrees. it will be a mostly cloudy afternoon. might get a sprinkle in the afternoon. look at that. for friday, sunshin is back. 60 on saturday. 55 degrees on sunday. right now it looks like we could get some rain on dnesday, i know, the day before thanksgiving. >> a big travel day. >> and still turning cold afterwards. coming up, a wild street chase through the streets of miami. plus a reality tv producer now charged with killing his wife. the latest on this case as news4 at 4:00 continue.

a local teacher brutally beaten on her way to work. see had several surgeries. what are police doing to track down her attacker? three police officer arrestn connection to the prince george's county corruption scandal. they face the judge. we're live with what happened in court and the mounding evidence. what really happened behind the cockpit door? some pilots are speaking out. what they say may change the way you fly. ♪

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a reality tv producer is due in court in los angeles today. he was arrested last night accused of killing his wife at a

resort in cancun seven months ago. meanwhe, new informi has emerged about this case. must go he will almaguer has the latest. >> reporter: for months, he's been free in this country spending time in los angeles with his children, but now he's under arrest for his wife's murder. in april, monica's nude body was found dumped in the sewer in cancun. in new court documents, authorities are now outlining the murder case against him them say evidence shows he was having an affair. on the night of monica'smurder, hotel guests heard screaming for help from the couple's room. forensic teams later found bloodstains on pillars in e room, sheets on the bed and the raing on the balcony. when questioned by police, investigators say bruce had scratches or abrasions on both his hands. behind his ear, on his left shin original his right ankle. before monica's body was found,

bruce claimed his wife had gone missin but mexico an prosecutors say after monica vanished, bruce found a friend as though he was reading from a script and was ve calm as if he had just lost his dog. a producer of tv shows like "survivor," bruce was the only suspect named the case. but mexican prosecutors took weeks to file charges, and by the time they did, he had left the country. om day one, monica's family has blamed bruce for their mur and went to mexico to try to get them arrested there. >> we love my sister and want justice. >> reporter: monica's family that they're relieved by tuesday's arrest but bruce's lawyer has vowed to fight extradition backo mexico. saying he is an innocent man being wrongfully accused by a foreign government. >> the odds are that he probably will be extradited. because they're going to have to show that it would be a gross miscarriage of justice for him to be extradited back to mexico.

that's a pretty tough standard. >> meanwhile, the coup's chdren remain in the custody of bruce's parents. after the arrest tuesday night, a confrontation between the two families. bruce's father that his major concern is with his granhildren. >> the children will be protected. as long as we live. >> and las week the suspect's parents were granted permanent guardianship of the couple's 5-year-old daughter and 3-year-old son. the victim's sisters had challengeded them for custody. that's news4 at 4:00. news4 at 5:00 starts right now. it was fas and furious. severe storm overnight toppled trees, knocked out power, caused widespread damage across our

region. from virginia to maryland and d.c., tonight the clean-up is underway. good afternoon. i'm wendy rieger. >> i'm jim handly. more on that wild weather in a moment but first, beaten and robbed. a d.c. public school teacher nearly loses her life after being attacked near hool. >> tonight police have one crucial cl that could help them find her attacker. craig melvin has the exclusive story. >> a teacher to teach little kids. to talk about beating the teacher up. >> reporter: chuck jackson has lived in this southeast neighborhood most of his life and sa he has never heard of anything le this happening. the d.c. police say around 11:45 monday morning, a 46-year-old elementary schooteacher was rob, beaten and left for dead. we're not identifying her because she is a crime victim. >> the teacher parks here, she gets out, crosses the street. she is right across