picture of osama bin laden dead. the white house says the president does not want to encite violence by showing the picture. good afternoon. i'm pat lawson muse. i'm jim handly. it's our top story. there is a decision today on the death photos of osama bin laden. those pictures won't -- won't be made public. president obama has decided that no proof is needed. >> and he said presenting the photos as a trophy would be in his word, not who we are. steve handelsman reports the president's decision is being met with unity even from his opponents. >> reporter: president obama made the decision. his press secretary quoted the president exactly. >> there is no doubt that we killed osama bin laden. it is important for us to make sure that very graphic photos of somebody who was shot in the head are not floating around as an encitement to additional violence or as a propaganda tool. that's not who we are. >> reporter: big-name

republicans backed the decision. >> i don't see any point in the macabre picture. >> i think there's ample proof that this was osama bin laden. >> reporter: attorney general holder testified it was legal for s.e.a.l. team 6 to kill bin laden even though he was unarmed. >> if he had surrendered i think -- attempted to surrender, i think we should obviously accepted that, but there was no indication he wanted to do that and therefore his killing was appropriate. >> reporter: u.s. officials say they're already getting usable information from the computers and hard drives and five cell phones seized at bin laden's mansion and flown back to the u.s. cia is putting out an urgent call for more arabic translators working 24/7 to get al qaeda secrets. hoping to find the names of bin laden's big donors and the details of any attacks or after-death reprisals okayed by bin laden. homeland security officials

testified. no special alerts so far. >> that could change. that could change tonight. that could change tomorrow. >> reporter: analysts say bin laden's followers don't need to remind them al qaeda lives on and they say this could be an image of bin laden's success awlaki. >> he's fiery, he's facebook savvy and based in yemen, but born in new mexico. and anwar al awlaki is american, but at the top of america's hit-list. i'm steve handelsman, news 4. some new details are emerging about the compound that was osama bin laden's final hideout. the pakistani doctor said he sold the land where the compound was built to mohammed arshahhed. arshad is a fake name believed to be used. he said he was buying the lan

for his uncle. coming up at 5:00, nbc's jim miklaszewski will give us more on this and what the pakistanis knew. >> someone renting a home tried to switch the dryer from gas to electric is what caused that house in rockville to explode overnight. tracy wilkins talked to neighbors who heard the blast. >> the first order of business after daylight was to move debris from out of the treetops near the home so that investigators could work without the threat of large chunks of roof falling from overhead. out in investigation is under way. >> at 2:55, boom, just a huge boom. >> the neighbor says that when she and her husband heard the crash overnight they thought that maybe it was a thunderstorm. they got out to check. >> my husband came running out and the house across the street's on fire, and i came out and i said the house across the street is gone. >> hundred of personnel and utility workers scrambled to the

11200 block of ashley drive just after 3:00 a.m. >> we received several 911 calls for either a fire or explosion in the house. >> everything was in flames. i -- i'm still just kind of in shock. >> there was debris in the trees and the neighbor across the street, was there roof in their yard. there was roof on the roof. there's insulation all of the way down to this intersection right here. >> the wife was found behind on the other side of the fence behind the neighbor's house and her husband was, like, blown out to the side and was -- that's where they found him in the side yard. >> neighbors say the man and woman who were blown out of the home had just moved in this past weekend. the house been vacant for years. >> they literally just moved in. i didn't even realize there were people in the house yet. they had been unoccupied for a while and it was a good thing and lise knew there were people

in there. >> the man and woman are in their 30s while the man is responsive. the woman's condition has been downgraded to life-threatening and for now, there are plenty of people who don't have power or gas and it will remain that way until they know for sure what caused the explosion. i'm tracy wilkins, news 4. >> at least nine elementary students were hurt in a bus accident this morning and it happened at 9:00 on stringtown road in route 355. and the mirror of another bus traveling in the other direction and it went off the road and hit a tree. no students were seriously hurt. >> senate majority harry reid's recovering today from a spill he took in rainy downtown d.c. reid leaned up against a wet surface and fell and dislocated his shoulder and after a trip to the hospital, reid was on the hill with his arm on a sling.

>> if he thought it was chilly this morning look out, bundle up. >> meteorologist veronica johnson is here with the forecast. >> folks, it's been chilly today, on the cool side, it's been and yesterday we were in the 80s. today we've got highs just around 60 degrees, but the morning, this morning we started out in the low and mid-40s and of course, it is wet. now the rain is gone and we're left with cloud cover across the area and here's a look at the satellite loop. you can see the clouds go all of the way back to the west. in fact, there's still a little bit of a disturbance that will continue making its way in the area and it's triggering a few light showers. those you can see on the radar and they're coming down to loudoun county right now and may last into fairfax county. spots are on i-66 as well as the western side of the beltway and wet and a brief shower and a spritz or sprinkle there. it's 58 degrees right now in the district.

it's 59 in greenbelt, 60 degrees in alexandria and around quantico. >> it will be another chilly one tonight. in fact, there are frost advisories for western maryland and freeze warnings for the extreme eastern portion of west virginia. our forecast tonight, we clear out i think late evening and we'll drop to 49 degrees by 11:00 p.m. and a breezy, clearing evening for us and mild, bright sunshine coming our way tomorrow and we'll talk about the prospects for rain, jim and pat, before the week is over. >> thanks, veronica. thousands of people in western tennessee are dealing with massive flooding after weeks of heavy rain and it could get worse. several communities are being warned to evacuate before the mississippi river crests. hundreds are already staying in shelters after several feet of water rushed into suburban neighborhoods. leaders in six states are considering blowing up more levees to help divert rising rivers the force behind

devastating -- battery-operated cameras, tell the story and you can see the parking garage cover and debris flying through the air here while the police chief and others were waiting inside the storm's fury played out and it stopped -- everyone in the building survived. the year-long battle to reach a contract agreement with nurses may finally be over. officials for washington hospital center representing 1700 nurses announced a deal today. the nurses have been working without a contract for about a year. you may recall the one-day strike back in march after negotiations broke down. it ended with them being locked out from work for an additional four days. nurses will hold an official vote friday and saturday on whether to ratify the contract. turning to traffic now it's been a messy day. let's see how the rain has impacted the rush hour.

>> let's begin with the beltway and ashley linder. how are we looking? >> good afternoon. the early-morning rains proved to be a good thing for afternoon driver was because we didn't have road construction crews. all lanes were open. especially headed to 270 we're starting off with a cleaner slate than we typically would that the hour. you can see headlights coming toward us and that will be the inner loop leaving virginia, no problems. on the approach to river road, wide open. this is something we haven't seen for a little while. you see the far left of the screen and that's to continue up 270 and if you're continuing around the beltway, this is what you have past georgetown and you do hit the brakes on the approach to silver spring and here's the pace west of connecticut and right at it, you are on the brakes and fortunately, no accidents to report and see that one disabled over on the left shoulder and that's about it. pat, back to you. >> thanks a lot, ash. honey bees are taking over a school in northwest washington. today students and staff at walker jones elementary installed a beehive to promote

urban beekeeping. the beehive will teach students about bees and lifecycle and honey production. unlike rural areas honey bees thrive in rural areas due to the lack of competition. last week they started a farm to teach students about ecology. >> any where you find them they still sting, though. >> that's right. >> the feud between nene leaks and star jones is playing out on "celebrity apprentice." >> she's live in the studios on news 4. we'll ask her about the feud plus her performance on stage here in washington. a special visit from the prince as local college students twiet just get a glimpse

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well, we first met her on "the real house wives of atlanta" and now she's turning everybody's heads in donald trump's boardroom on "celebrity apprentice." nene leaks is taking a break from all that and taking the stage "loving me is killing me" and nene is right here in our studio. >> great to see you. >> welcome. >> thank you. let's start with the past episode this past sunday of "celebrity apprentice." we didn't see the end, but we saw what happened before the end. >> yes. >> so tell us about what was

going on there between you and star. >> well, star and i will have differences and opinions. i felt that when we started things, she manipulated who was project manager and who would go home and i felt like the other girls weren't willing to stand up to her, and i felt that i would be the only one to stand up to her and nobody had my back. she intimidated the girls by saying she was more educated and that didn't scare me at all. >> you don't look scared. we have a clip for those of you that haven't seen it, each if you have a it's a good thing to watch. >> you did not say that. >> no, no, no, you can -- >> i know how you think. yes, i do. i know how you think and how you play the game and you are not playing with the right one. >> this is not the real housewives. >> you're playing with the right one. >> you don't have to be the real housewives. >> you talked a good game now bring your street game because

that's what i'm bringing. now where's barbara walters. miss i'm so educated. how educated are you on the street. >> there's some smack talk. >> okay, nene, describe your relationship off-camera with star jones. as trump has asked would you call her after the show? >> before -- during this process me and star would go to dinner together, we would go together, we double dated with my husband and her boyfriend her sxb my son kept her dog pinkie, and i was very upset when i saw that star didn't care about her friendship. i understand that we're doing the show, but if we're friends, we're friends on the show and off the show. i just don't think you have to be back stabbing to raise money for your charity. you are raising money for a charity, so do you need to cut everybody's head off? >> she office "was on "ellen." she had something to say. >> let's take a look because i haven't seen her.

>> i heard that she said something like a caged animal. >> she did say that that she was intimidated by you. >> if i was star i would pull that card too. she pulls the education card. she's going do whatever at this point to be intimidated or be scared, but as much mouth as she has i don't see the purpose of her being scared. >> you see you two making up? >> i don't have grudges. i'm the girl who can tell you what i think and i'm not going hold a grudge. i'm good. i got into star and we went right into working. >> we were asking people to tweet us some questions and somebody asked how tall you were because you were toiring over her. >> i'm 510 1/2 and i wear a good 6-inch heels. >> we'll see what star has to say about nene. >> let's see what she's wearing, too. >> when you're confronted in the

wild when with an uncaged animal you're supposed to retreat. that was tv, but do not the po-po would have been called. we were not friends before, we clearly are not friends during a and we are not friends after. >> she said she needs to get it together. you wanted to see what she was wearing. >> yeah. i love fashion so i just wanted to see what she was wearing. she got it, too, but nonetheless, i'm not a caged animal. some people don't like when you call them on their b.s. i called star on it. obviously, she didn't like it. obviously, she thinks she's more educated than everybody. she might have more schooling than i have as far as going school for ten years, because it didn't work for her because we're getting the same check. >> you brought star and hope back into the courtroom. hopes fired and that was surprising to a lot of us.

>> why would it be yourself on the reality show "the real housewives of at larnta" before celebrity apprentice. a lot of folks wanted to know is the nene we see on tv the real nene? >> no, all of this is a part of who i am, you just get to see it more than it actually happens. certainly, it's a part of me to tell me what i think and there's another side very kind, very gentle and i have a very good hart and those things come through even when you're watching the show because when i watch it i see it. >> tell us about donald trump. he's been in the news of late. would you like to see him run for president? what do you think of him. >> i'm a fan of barack obama and i never knew he had any of these feelings about our president and i have a lot of respect for him, so i don't know where all this is coming from. >> let's talk about why you're here in washington. you're in the play "loving him

is killing me" at the lincoln. what's that all about? >> i'm playing a character called pinky bell. she's a kept woman and i would have to say she's walked the streets a couple of times. i'm plague alongside angie stone, kenny ladermore, teeny barino, fantasia's brother. oi oh, my god, i can't think of all of the people. christopher williams and lots of actors and actresses in the play. it's a great play. we're here until sunday. we have two matinees on saturday and sunday at 3:00 and we play in the evenings at 8:00. >> how did you land that role? >> before i was a reality star i was acting. i love acting and i love all those things. >> and you love washington? >> a little chilly here in washington. i came from, likes 80-degree weather. >> you're used to atlanta. new york was warm. what happened? >> i have to ask you this. we sent out messages on the

facebook and twitter message to ask you questions. one of the questions was there. are you concerned at all of the stereotype of the angry black woman that you portray well on housewives -- >> why is it the black woman? why isn't it just women? >>ch i'm sure we have angry white women and angry korean women. they always say the angry black woman. i'm not worried about it at all. the people that know me know who i am and it's not affecting any of us. it certainly is not affecting me. everybody has an opinion. if i was quiet everybody would have something to say. i think that people have an opinion of you no matter what. as long as i'm okay with who i am and that is all that matters. my husband and children and my family is okay, so i'm okay. >> okay. >> i think they're proud of me. they probably want me to, you know, maybe you could do it a little bit different and maybe your delivery don't have to be so hard, maybe all of those things, but it is what it is. >> you have a lot of people

watching. >> are you working on your own reality tv show some day? >> i'm not sure. there are a lot of offers -- >> there are a lot of offers out there. we'll see which one works for me. i've been doing very, very well, and i'm blessed. >> you have taken off like a rocket. >> i'm really blessed and happy with the things happening to me. >> congratulations. nene leaks, thanks so much. see her sunday night or in person at the lincoln theater through the 8th. >> look at mr. trump. >> there he is. and coming up at news 4 at 4:00, charlie sheen's plan to help the victims of the deadly tornadoes in the south. ♪ ♪ ♪ and why shania twain can no longer sing. we'll hear from her coming up. >> she's one of the most

well, veronica, are we done with the rain? >> how about some sprinkles? we're not done with those. there are a few of them out there right now. the good news is at least by tomorrow, and i do mean all of tomorrow, really, we'll have nice sunshine across the area. so you will like it and it will be much warm, but as far as our

evening goes, a sprinkle here and a light shower there. you can see the clouds outside right now and the clouds are at 58 degrees and a wind out of the northwest and it's at 20 miles per hour and it is going to be another breezy day coming up tomorrow. 60 in quantico, feeling like early april, than early may. our temperatures overnight we'll drop to 49 by 11:00 p.m. and 43 by 5:00 p.m. we'll have clear skies late tonight and early part of the day tomorrow. we'll have lots of sunshine around the area tomorrow. let's talk about where showers are right now. let's zoom in, we've seen light showers making their way through prince georges county. most of them are sitting just to our north and west, coming through leesburg and coming through loudoun county to fairfax county and they're moving southeast ward down through the area. all of this associated with this upper level disturbance. you can see it right there.

it's been spinning into west virginia. we'll get a few more light showers and clearing out by late tonight early part of the day tomorrow when the area of high pressure moves in. so, cool tonight again. there will be some locations well to the west our area around i-81 in the valleys that can be dropping down into the 30s. for friday, the return of some showers and maybe even a thunderstorm, but that will be during the afternoon and during the evening. there's friday at 8:00 p.m. your forecast for the evening continued cool, breezy, dropping from 56 to 52 degrees. a look at your morning, breezy. start again and it will be pretty chilly, 38 to 43. so at the beginning of the day tomorrow you're likely to need a jacket again, but much nicer by the afternoon. it will be warmer and more like may, 67 to 70 degrees. dry for tomorrow. the rain returns on friday during the afternoon around 3:00, 4:00 or so. saturday and sunday right now,

yes, mother's day is looking dry. we'll talk about some of the activities going on this weekend coming up in a little bit, but at least right now mother's day is looking dry. >> it's a big day. thanks, veronica. >> still to come, students in the district get a visit from the prince. you know, i can't say what i miss most, but i just miss him period. i just miss him for not being here. katherine jackson's exclusive interview about how she's doing it's the little things in life that make me smile. spending the day with my niece. i don't use super poligrip for hold because my dentures fit well. before those little pieces would get in between my dentures and my gum and it was uncomfortable. even well-fitting dentures let in food particles. super poligrip is zinc free.

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welcome back at 4:30, everybody. i'm jim handly. >> i'm pat lawson muse. here's what's happening at this hour. president obama has decided to not release any death photos of osama bin laden. white house officials say the president talked with other officials about whether to release the graphic photo, but ultimately decided there's no need to do so especially amid concerns that the pictures could be used as a propaganda tool. >> fire officials say someone renting a home in rockville trying to change the dryer from gas to electric is what caused the home to explode overnight. it left one of the two people inside with life-threatening injuries. two school busses collided in montgomery county injuring nine elementary children. it happened around 9:00 at stringtown road and route 3 55

in maryland. it sent it off the road. no injuries were serious. stocks took a tumble today. the dow dropping more than 83 points. the nasdaq losing 13 and the s&p 500 lost nine points to close at 1347. prince charles is busy making the rounds in his three-day trip to washington. this morning he spoke at a conference about sustainable agriculture at georgetown university. as news 4's megan mcgrath reports students put studying on hold for a chance to meet a prince. >> reporter: not exactly the huge crowd that gathered for will and kate's wedding, but these georgetown students braved the cold and rain in order to catch a glimpse of prince charles. >> i've been obsess with the royals for a really long time and especially with the hype from the wedding and i want to see prince charles and let him know i'm here for prince harry. >> i want to see prince charles. i don't know when i'll see him again in my life time.

it's a once in a life time experience. >> he's promoting one of his favorite causes, sustainable, organic al agriculture. he came to the campus to deliver the keynote speech at the future of food conference. >> if we do not work within nature's system then nature will fail to be the durable, continuously sustaining force she's always been. only by safeguarding nature's resilience can we hope to have a resilient form of food production and ensure food security in the long term. >> reporter: despite the dreary weather, prince charles did stop to chat with the students. vanessa doorsman talked to him and snagged several photos. >> he was very polite. really nice, like, he was just really talkative and everything. almost as if he wanted to get ton us. >> very dignified. i would expect nothing less from him. he's royalty, prince, he's been around for a while. it was nice to see that.

>> the georgetown student are going into final exams. one student i talked to said prince charles apparently seemed to than and was concerned that student were outside waiting for him and not in the library. from the georgetown kauchlts, megan mcgrath, news 4. a five-time grammy award winner is turning her life experiences into page turners. now shania twain was on "the today show" promoting her new autobiography "from this moment on." in it she talks about her troubled childhood and the infidel they ripped her marriage apart. the infidelity also stripped her of her singing voice. she hopes writing about her obstacles will be emotional cleansing for her and her readers. >> i felt sharing and giving testimony to the things i've experienced in life will do more good for others than it would do keeping it to myself and it forces me out of my comfort zone which is a necessary part of this healing. >> there is a happy ending to

twain's story. she is now happily married and hopes to be performing again soon. four teenagers in florida are accused of using counterfeit money to buy lunch at school. the bank notified the school about the funny money after a deposit. cafeteria workers were given a counter fit detector and spotted fake $5 bills. it was made using a student's home computer. the students are facing felony charges for using bogus money. nintendo is slashing the cost to just under $150. the $50 price cut starts may 15th. this game system won't come with wii sports any longer, but will be bundled with the hit game mario cart instead and a steering wheel. pretty cool. well, there might be something behind nba player lebron james' explosive plays. the miami heat star is a

co-founder of a company unveiling a new brand of energy strips. sheets energy strips claim to have the caffeine comparable to what's found in a cup of coffee and dissolve on the tongue. several celebrities are involved in this launch. the strips are expected to be available by the end of the year. steven spielberg plans to shoot a new movie in the commonwealth of virginia. mariah carey and nick cannon reveal the names of their twins and they're unique. >> you know that bacon that's, like, maple -- >> the maple kind, yeah. >> i took that out. >> dogs love to eat and this video has gone viral. we'll show you the rest of it. stay with us.

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the myth of the white iphone continues even though it actually exists now. >> yeah, the new obsession is over. how big it is or is not, the white iphone certainly appears to be a fraction thicker than the black one. tech sites are reporting it's 2 millimeters thicker and some customers are complaining their white i phones are too big to fit in their cases so "consumer reports "pulled out a measuring

device called a caliper and both are 2.7 inches thick and cases fit the white iphone just fine. it all seems to be an optical illusion. a new steven spielberg movie will be filmed in virginia this fall. a biography of abraham lincoln will star daniel day lewis as lincoln and sally field as mary todd lincoln. it will be filmed in richmond in petersburg. the movie is based on the book "team of rivals" it includes depiction of the final days of the civil war when lincoln walked the streets of a smoldering richmond being cheered by black virginians. it's scheduled for release next year. you know that bacon that's, like, maple? >> the maple kind, yeah. >> yeah. >> yeah? >> i took that out, and i thought -- >> yeah. >> i know who would like that. me! so i ate it. >> oh! no -- you're kidding me?

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charlie sheen is using his star power to hospital victims of last week's tornado outbreak. sheen toured the damage in alabama and now he's begun the website torpedos against tornadoes. the site is accepting tax-deductible donations that are helping victims in alabama. sheen wrapped up his violent tor peaed over truth tour in seattle. from washington to washington. >> at least he's doing something good, right? >> yeah. so what are we doing in the weather department? is the sun going to shine again in the sun will shine tomorrow at least for the next couple of hours and still cloud cover around the areas and it's still damp on the wet side with light showers moving through.

we have to look at the dark, fuzzy clouds with us and the temperature at 59 degrees and overnight we'll lose the wind and pick back up. ernight with the wind dropping down and the skies clearing out, it's going to be another chilly one. so starting off tomorrow you'll need the jacket and even in some areas far to the west. 59 is the temperature here. 60 degrees at quantico and frost advisories forral fwen county in maryland and a freeze warning around el kins, west virginia. by 9:00, we're at 51 degrees and i do think we'll see clearing taking place before midnight, 43 to 46 degrees early tomorrow morning. your high temperature as we go in the 30s. look at that, 37, 38 degrees to a high tomorrow just shy of 70, but folks, that's better than today. we have a lot of sunshine throughout the area and if you

have something to do on saturday, partly sunny skies and west to great meadow, the plains virginia for the virginia gold cup races could have an isolated shower and i'm thinking all of the day it will be dry. in the 07s on saturday. the next couple of days will be around 70. mother's day, 70 degrees with a mostly cloudy sky and next week it looks as though it will be unsettled. there will be a front that comes through the area on friday, it will stall out, we'll have a northeasterly wind, cooler temperatures in the 06s to low 07s. we're talking about showers for monday, tuesday, wednesday, a good possibility. >> get used to it. thanks, veronica. it's been nearly two years since paramedics rushed to the home michael jackson and found the pop star dead. >> jackson's mother katherine spoke to matt lauer about howe what life has been like and how she's become a parent to his children and why she's on every second of dr. conrad murray's

trial. >> i just felt i had to be there. i was there with him every day when these last trial was, and i just -- i wouldn't feel right if i wasn't there. >> it was difficult, though, for you to be in the courtroom with someone who in some ways is being responsible for your son's death? >> yes, it is very difficult. very difficult listening to him lying and very difficult knowing that he was there to see after my son, and he died under his care. >> in the last several years you have become the principal guardian of michael's children, prince, paris and blanket. are they curious? are they interested in following the trial or are they off doing things that children their age typically do? >> they're off doing things children should do. i don't talk about it with them. they're young, and i want them to be happy. >> can you give me an update on

them? how are they doing? >> they're doing fine. >> what is prince like? >> at 14 years old that's sometimes a turbulent age. >> it really is. i hate to say, but it's the age they start watching little girls or get a girlfriend or something like that, but just puppy love, and then paris is fine and the baby is still playing and he's doing just fine and all of them are. >> what is it you miss most about michael, mrs. jackson? >> you know, i can't say what i miss most, but i just miss him, period. i just miss him for not being here. i miss -- i miss his voice. i miss his singing. >> no parent is supposed to lose a child. it's not the way it's supposed to go and yet it seems to me, mrs. jackson, that you have found some strength and solace

in taking over care of his children. would that be a fair statement? >> yes, it would. and having the children around helps me a lot, and a lot of times they always say well, daddy used to do it like this, daddy this and daddy that, and it brings a smile to my face because i know they're not forgetting him. >> quite an interview this morning. we should let you than dr. conrad murray's trial now has been delayed until september. >> coming up news 4 at 4:00, mariah carey and nick cannon's baby names. >> we'll be right back. i'm wendy rieger. coming up at 5:00, osama bin laden on the run for a decade. it turns out some college students knew where he was hiding years ago. we'll tell you how. a mother's crusade against crime. pat collins spoke to her and tells us what she's doing to

track down her son's killer. paying the price at the pump. believe it or not, some drivers in our area actually shelling out 9 bucks a gallon. coming up at 6:00, senate majority leader harry reid took a hospital ride

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girl over the weekend, the boy's name is moroccan scott cannon, moroccan comes from a room in the apartment that has moroccan-themed decor and that's where cannon proposed to her as well and the girl's name is monroe after the famous marilyn monroe. both got the middle names. carey doesn't have one and neither does baby monroe. the guinness world record holder for rolling the longest cigar broke his own record today. it took jose castelar more than 400 pounds of tobacco to roll this monster, measuring 268 fetal most doubling his last record. he's been rolling cigars since he was a teenager. he previously set the record in '03, '05 and '08. he is on a roll with that roll. >> still ahead on news 4 at 4:00, a mother relives the horrifying day when her husband

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incredible bravery in the face of unspeakable tragedy. amber carter survived horrendous shooting rampage that kill herd husband and young son in 2009. now she's talking to nbc's janet shamlian about the heroic effort that saved her own life and the life of her unborn child.

♪ >> reporter: this is the rural louisiana home where amber carter lost what was most precious to her. in a horrific murder-suicide that made national headlines. her husband dennis and their 2-year-old son mason. >> on a scale of one to ten, ten being the worst, this was the absolutely worse i've ever seen. carter senior separated from his wife donagh had been threatening to kill her. he stormed the home where amber and her family livered with donagh and lived good on the promi promise. >> and then in the next second he fired the gun again and shot her in the head. >> you saw it? >> we saw that. >> carter then came after dennis, jr., his own son and amber's husband, plugging the young father full of bullets. amber was holding mason in her arms and they were next. >> i'm thinking, this is it. that this -- he's going to kill us. >> dennis fired round after

round into her and into mason, his own grandson when amber, 6 months pregnant, summed up enough courage to save her children, jumping out of a window. >> that is the window that i had to jump from. >> her father-in-law fired one more shot into amber's back as she lay on the ground where mason died in her arms. >> when it was over amber had lost her mother-in-law, her husband, and her 2-year-old son, but there was still one life that could be saved. that of her unborn child. >> reporter: doctors performed an emergency c-section and miraculously baby girl aubrey is just fine. >> give mama kisses. >> amber is partially paralyzed and must depend on her mom for much of aubrey's care. >> so a year and a half later, amber is still struggling. >> oh, yes, ma'am. not just the physical hardship, but the emotional hardships.

>> like the memories that amber cannot erase as her little boy closed his eyes for the very last time. >> i was the first one to hold him when he came into the world, and he died in my arms. so that -- that brought me some comfort after everything. >> amidst a mother's heartbreak and loss, a beautiful new life. >> can you say bye-bye. >> and hope. >> bye. >> janet sham mri an, nbc news, springfield, louisiana. and that's news 4 at 4:00. news 4 at 5:00 starts right now. tonight at 5:00, the debate over a decision to release pictures of a dead osama bin laden comes to a head today.

why the white house is refusing to make them public. high drama on the water and the worst isn't over. what residents along the mississippi river are being told to do before the storm hits. but first, a maryland home reduced to rubble. the big mistake blamed for this destructive blast. good evening, everybody. i'm jim handly. >> i'm wendy rieger. . a do-it-yourself electrical project sparked an explosion in a home in rockville. this happened on the 1100 block of ashley drive, sending two people to the hospital. the home's renters were trying to convert a dryer from gas to electric and that caused the house to explode. here's what the fire fighters on the scene first heard. >> i've got a house that has blown up. >> we have what