good afternoon. i'm pat lawson muse. >> i'm jim handly. we begin today with breaking news. a terror plot has been foiled on u.s. soil targeting embassies here in d.c. the justice department is accusing iranian agents of plotting to assassinate the saudi ambassador to the united states. >> two people have been charged in this case. news 4's brian mooar joins us live from capitol hill with more on this breaking news. brian, how much do we know? >> reporter: what we know in the indictment which has just been unsealed, let me tell you, it's chilling. the plot was to unfold here in the nation's capital at a well-known restaurant which isn't named but attended frequently by the ambassador to the united states from saudi arabia. as well as numerous u.s. members of congress. one of the plotters was supposedly told that if this bombing took place in this restaurant, then more than 100 people could be injured or

killed. he supposedly let loose with an expletive and said that so be it, that's what has to be done. we do know that one of the suspects is being held in new york at this hour. he was arrested last month. while going from mexico back to the united states. apparently what he was trying to do there was set up a deal with a mexican drug cartel. the drug cartel member that they were trying to pay to carry out this bomb plot, he turned out to be an informant for the u.s. drug enforcement administration. authorities say that they've been following this plot for many, many months. u.s. officials say that they have a lot of evidence here including from this suspect who's being held in new york. they say he's been talking. they say the evidence leads straight back to tehran. >> the complaint alleges this conspiracy was conceived, sponsored and directed from iran and constitutes a flagrant violation of u.s. and international law including a convention that explicitly protects diplomats from being harmed.

in addition to holding these individual conspirators accountable for their alleged role in this plot, the united states is committed to holding iran accountable for its actions. >> reporter: one of the suspects, the one who is still at large, is said to be a member of iran's elite par military unit. a sort of special force. authorities are not naming names. they're not saying how far up this goes in the iranian government. they are pointing the finger at iran saying they will be held responsible for this. as for iran, their official state news agency just responded. they say it's all u.s. propaganda. pat and jim? >> brian, one we understand was, in fact, a u.s. citizen with an iranian passport. is that right? >> right. monsoor. he is a u.s. citizen, 56 years old. he does hold an iranian passport. the other is said to still be at large. he's based in iran. right now u.s. officials say they do not have any idea

exactly where he is. >> brian, do we have any idea when this plot was supposed to take place? >> reporter: yeah. it started out apparently in the spring with talk of a kidnapping. and then it started sort of evolving over the months, especially those since u.s. officials have been involved. at least back in july. apparently these two suspects made $100,000 downpayment on a $1.5 million bounty that they were ultimately willing to pay for this. this does point in many ways to some sort of state-sponsored activity. if they're able to come up with $100,000, if they're willing to pay $1.5 million, this certainly seems to go beyond a couple of home-grown guys trying to threaten someone. >> the magnitude could have been tremendous right in our own backyard. brian mooar live on capitol hill. thanks so much. one witness took the stand in day one of the trial against a nigerian man accused of trying to blow up a plane on christmas

in 2009. mike zanto was a passenger onboard that flight. today on the stand, he described hearing a loud pop and another passenger saying, hey, dude, your pants are on fire. umar farouk abdulmutallab is charged with trying to bring down a plane with a bomb in his underwear. prosecutors say abdulmutallab was on a martyrdom mission. a suspect is in custody in montgomery county. 52-year-old victor mckeechen is accused of attacking a driver at the wheaten metro station shortly after midnight. the confrontation began when mckeechen exposed himself to other riders. when the bus arrived in wheaten the suspects started fighting with a woman passenger. the driver tried to break it up and was stabbed several times in his torso and left arm.

the driver is expected to be okay. the suspect faces a number of charges including assault and possession of marijuana. the occupy d.c. protests continue to cross the district today. for the first time since the movement began, protesters were arrested. six protesters were led away in handcuffs after demonstrating inside the hart senate office building. the video shows up unfurling a banner that read "tax the rich" on one of the interior balconies of the building. the six arrested were charged with unlawful conduct. news 4's tom sherwood will have a live report at 5:00. a major endorsement today for republican presidential candidate mitt romney. today new jersey governor chris christie endorsed romney for the gop presidential nomination. christie said romney has the perfect mix of private sector and executive experience in government. meanwhile, president obama says he's ready to break his jobs bill into a bunch of different pieces. news 4's steve handelsman has

more on the jobs bill showdown. >> how you guys doing? >> reporter: in pittsburgh, to push republicans to pass his jobs bill, president obama announced moves he's making on his own. that he says will create jobs. expediting the permits to replace a bridge in new york. expediting faa approval to build the next air traffic control system. cutting the red tape for wind power projects. and for oil and gas drilling in the dakotas. 14 infrastructure projects on a fast track tonight. >> people are out of work right now. they need help right now. >> reporter: in a second move to pressure republicans, the president got the report of his jobs council shared by ge's ceo jeff immelt. >> i think on infrastructure we're in agreement. >> reporter: the council recommending more spending on roads, bridges, airports, ports, electric grids and water systems. cutting red tape to streamline approval.

relaxing immigration laws for the highly skilled to keep job creators in the u.s. plus, business friendly tax changes. controversial moves. but 25 million reasons to make them. >> those are the 25 million americans who would like to have a full-time job and do not have one. >> reporter: president obama buys the plan. >> there's no doubt about the fact that it would have a significant marked impact on job growth right now. >> reporter: his jobs bill is a similar plan. senate republicans are set to block it. >> passing another stimulus and tax hike is a lousy idea. >> reporter: republicans called the obama jobs bill, his jobs panel and his red tape cutting all stunts. the president calls this a moment of truth and says every senator who votes no ought to explain why. i'm steve handelsman, news 4, capitol hill. it's been a mixed day on wall street. the dow jones industrial finished down about 16 points. the nasdaq closed up 16.

and the s&p 500 remained basically unchanged. up by less than one point. it is week three of the conrad murray trial. today we are hearing michael jackson's former doctor talk about the shock and grief that broke out the moment jackson's family realized the pop star had died. jinah kim reports. >> reporter: moments after katherine jackson arrived at court this morning, she became the subject of witness testimony. dr. conrad murray described her state of disbelief when she found out her son michael had died. >> the doctor tried to tell her that her son came in and was having difficulty breathing and they tried everything. how is he? he is not dead, is he? the doctor said yes. and she broke down. >> reporter: the account is part of dr. murray's two-hour interview with detective scott smith of the los angeles police department, recorded two days after michael jackson's death. the recording began playing in

court last friday with jurors hearing for the first time how much pressure murray said he was under to give jackson nightly injections of propofol and how the singer's body showed multiple signs of long-time use. >> your veins are all being sclerotic. his veins were becoming cords, like, filled with clots and dried up. and you could barely find sites for an iv. >> reporter: the next witness was the deputy medical examiner with the coroner's office who testified that despite his frail appearance, jackson had no major health issues. >> mr. jackson did not have any buildup of this fat or cholesterol on the walls. is that accurate? >> yes. in the heart. >> in the heart. and that was unusual based on his age? >> yes. >> was that a factor that led you to conclude that generally speaking he was a healthy individual for his age? >> yes. >> reporter: dr. murray is

charged with involuntary manslaughter and could face up to four years in prison if convicted. jinah kim, nbc news, los angeles. >> during the cross-examination of that police detective, the defense tried to suggest that investigators were sloppy in their evidence handling and left jackson's home unsecured for four days after his death. well, it's already raining in parts of the washington area. and we're going to get a lot more of the wet stuff. >> that's a different sight out there. get used to it, folks. a whole lot worse. veronica johnson joins us with the storm center. >> for sure. guys, our nice streak of weather, it's come to an end. now we've got the gray skies across the area all through the area and even some sprinkles falling some neighborhoods. light showers in other neighborhoods. there see the washington monument in the distance. this doesn't look anything like what our weekend looked or even columbus day. we're at 70 degrees right now. at least it's still pretty mild. northeast wind at seven miles

per hour with a dewpoint temperature of 62 degrees. there will be more and more moisture coming up from the south tonight and even by tomorrow morning. it's moisture in the form of rain and even some fog. take a look at the satellite and radar review. you can see some heavier showers and even some thunderstorms sitting down in southwestern virginia, right around roanoke there. extending down southward toward just down over the border of north carolina, around winston-salem. baltimore and annapolis and down toward calvert beach, mainly light showers. that's what we're going to see here for the evening and for a good portion of the overnight as we settle down to the low 60s by 11:00 p.m. so not at least a chilly night. on your fast-4-cast, the possibility of some thunder coming our way for tomorrow. and how much rain we could get out of this next weather system. actually, two of them. in a couple of minutes. back to you. we're just getting started here on news 4 at 4:00. coming up, a little girl's rap

video goes viral ♪ you got my heartbeat running away, beating like a drum that is pounding away ♪ >> you go. coming up, the video rendition of nikki minaj's song. plus, "access hollywood"

well, at first glance she's just a little girl in a princess costume. but one kindergartner is surely making headlines around the globe for rapping like a big-name star ♪ you've got my heartbeat running away, beating like a drum that is pounding away, did you hear that boom baa doom doom ♪

>> sophia grace bowenly of the united kingdom can nail every word. her mother recorded this rendition on her cell phone. no surprise this 5-year-old's pipes have made her a youtube sensation. get this. more than 6 million viewers, pat, are singing her praises. three, two, one, go! >> first lady michelle obama is leading an attempt to break the world record for the most people doing jumping jacks in a 24-hour period. she launched the attempt this afternoon with the help of national geographic kids and hundreds of d.c. stupdents. they performed jumping jacks on the white house south lawn for a solid minute. this effort is part of her let's move campaign to fight childhood obesity. former olympic figure skater michelle kwan and nbc meteorologist al roker were out there on hand to serve as witnesses as well as cheerleaders. they did their jumping jacks as

well. >> that's a tall order. sometimes it's tough to get five kids on the same page at the same time. >> energetic. >> it is. we all know her. she co-anchors "access hollywood." today she's in washington for a special visit. >> joining us again, shawn robinson. >> good to see you all again. >> we're glad to see you. >> i was here a couple years ago when my book came out. and you talked to me and it was great. great to be back here. >> you came to our health and fitness expo, too. you love washington. >> i do. >> today you got to go to the white house. >> i did. i wasn't doing the jumping jacks. i should have been out there. i tell you, what i did today, i was invited -- it was such an honor. i was invited as a group of women who are trying to get the white house to increase their initiative for -- for media -- the way the media influences the images of girls on television. the organization that i was with is i am that girl. i was joined by the co-founder of -- rather the founder of i am that girl and actresses kristen

bell, former punky brewster, sophia bush. it was a group of us. we talked to the white house about our efforts to kind of change the way girls see themselves on television. it's interesting. we just played that video of the young girl who was doing the nicki minaj song. we know that girls today are influenced by everything that they see on television. i was part of the group because i wrote my book on girls and self-esteem. we want girls -- even though they're looking at things as entertainment, we have to realize they are actually ingesting those images and seeing -- and seeing what they think they're supposed to be, look like, how much they weigh, how tall they are. >> a big challenge. >> it definitely affects their self-esteem. it does. >> you, on the other hand, "esquire" magazine has named such a woman. >> yes. >> playing into the culture. the sexiest woman alive. >> exactly. this is just what we're talking about. rihanna was named the sexiest

woman alive by "esquire" magazine. that's great. i love rihanna. obviously there she's very, very sexy. you know what? girls look at those images and they think do i measure up to that? am i not that size? not that shape? whatever. while it's fun to report like we will be doing on "access hollywood" tonight, we have rihan rihanna, more on kim kardashian's wedding. all those things are fun for girls to look at. we have to make sure there's a balance in the media. making sure there are very positive images and letting girls know beauty comes in all different shapes and sizes and smart is beautiful. nothing else. smart is beautiful. >> all right. >> remember that out there. great to see you, shaun. we're tuning in tonight, 7:30, "access hollywood." >> right here on nbc 4. another hollywood news

today. no free ride for lindsay lohan. a transportation limo and security service claims the actress owes them $90,000. the company says lohan reserved limos for herself, friends and family and had been doing that since 2009 but hadn't been paying. >> you can't do that. >> you can't do that. coming up next on news 4 at 4:00, would a woman stick with a man if he gains weight? cane from hot 99.5 is in the house with today's hot talk. plus, horror for some

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well, we were getting some rain fwen. >> yes, we are. we've gone from this winning streak we had from days to now. a little bit of a rainy streak. i don't think you're going to complain too much. the rain's going to be kind of broken up into two different systems that you'll see in just a moment. out there now a little bit, too, in the way of damp weather. drizzle or at least sprinkles falling across the area. in southern maryland actual light showers. there we are looking out over the potomac. we've got the gray sky now.

sunshine calling. we've got 70 degrees for a temperature. 62 degrees your dewpoint temperature with a northeast wind at seven miles per hour. easterly wind for at least the next 24 hours. again, kind of in between systems, we'll be. 70 degrees in mt. erie and frederick. down into leaseburg, 70. 72 in cullpepper. on the radar, look at these little pockets of light blue. all of that light showers scattered about the area. heavier around charlottesville. as we open it up even further, roanoke, win ststonwinston-sale rain. all associated with that same low pressure system that's been spinning down around the southeast since this weekend. and now that low is finally tracking northward. so we may see some pockets of moderate and even heavy rainfall

coming our way at times tomorrow. not during the overnight. here's 9:00, 11:00. 64 and 63 with light showers. by tomorrow morning pockets of moderate rain. there will be some fog around the area. we'll be in the mid to upper 50s. most locations right inside the beltway 60 to 62 degrees. the next 48 hours, any areas in green, that's where it will be raining. here we are as we get into tomorrow morning, purple, dark red, that's where there will be some moderate and maybe even heavy rain showing up. there's the area of low pressure tracking up to the north and off to the northeast. so i-95, by the time we get to the afternoon, any breaks we have in that cloud cover could be looking at some thunder and even some heavier rain coming our way for tomorrow afternoon. then we clear out. we've got a partly sunny sky coming our way for thursday. then there's the next cold front that will bring some rain and maybe even some more thunder to

our area at the end of the workweek on friday. so, again, two different weather systems. here's the rainfall, though, for the next one coming up. it may be a lot. again, primarily during the afternoon tomorrow. in the purple an inch and a half. more than an inch and a half. in the red, about 2 1/2 inches of rain. areas of gaithersburg towards fredericksburg, heavy. winchester and charlottesville, too, tomorrow may be one of those days where we have a handful of flood warnings coming our way. for your evening, mainly light showers. 68 to 62 degrees. for tomorrow morning, early morning forecast, might want to get an early start hitting the road. 54 to 60 degrees. again, some pockets of moderate and heavy rain. for the afternoon, same thing. sloppy rush heading home. 66 to 69 degrees. here's a look at your four-day forecast. take you through wednesday through saturday. by the time we get to the end of the week, that second system, right now we've got a 60% chance of showers and maybe even some thunderstorms posted. right now saturday, we'll start

to see some clearing. boy, is it going to be windy. and we'll start to cool down. so some wind coming our way for the weekend. weekend right now not looking wet. >> okay. >> that's good. >> thank you. >> thanks, jer ron ka. still to come on news 4, a consumer alert. a recall of a popular brand of strollers. >> also ahead, a pregnant woman accomplishing two of her goals on the same day. ♪ you belong with me, you belong with me ♪ another top honor for taylor swift.

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welcome back, everybody. at 4:30. i'm jim handly. >> i'm pat lawson muse. the saudi ambassador to the u.s. was the target of a foiled terror plot. that announcement was made today by the department of justice. two people, including a member of an iranian special operations unit, have been charged. attorney general eric holder says the iranian government is involved and will be held accountable. we'll have more live team coverage of this story tonight at 5:00 and 6:00. the dr. conrad murray trial resumed today in california with a confrontation of what we heard -- continuation from last friday. a never before released interview conducted with dr. murray himself. he maintains he was trying to wean the singer off of propofol,

but felt pressure to give him his nightly injections. jurors also heard testimony today from the deputy medical examiner with the coroner's office who testified that despite jackson's frail appearance, he had no major health issues. mitt romney now has the support of new jersey governor chris christie. today the governor endorsed romney's campaign for the republican nomination. christie says romney has the perfect mix of private sector and executive experience in government. stocks were seesawing between small gains and losses today while investors were awaiting word on the first of the third quarter earnings reports expected after closing. the market closed mixed. the dow down about 16 points. the nasdaq up about 16. and the s&p 500 was up less than a point to end the day at 1195. you could say she ran for two. the mother who gave birth hours after running the chicago marathon is explaining her decision to go through with the race even though she was 8 1/2

months pregnant. here's natalie martinez. >> reporter: this is a very pregnant amber miller before the chicago marathon. here she is afterward. and here she is 12 hours later with baby june in her arms. >> this was actually my eighth marathon. my third marathon pregnant. >> reporter: matter of fact, this is little june's second marathon. amber ran 17 weeks pregnant with june in the womb in wisconsin. >> i wasn't real determined to run it. i kind of thought i would have already had the baby. it comes to the night before. i'm still pregnant. so i -- you know, i paid for it. i'm going to run it. you know, attempt to do as much as i can. >> reporter: amber was planning to run half, then skip to the finish line. with her husband joe beside her she found it easy enough to finish. she decided to walk half and run half. >> i don't feel anything from the marathon. but as you would expect after giving birth. >> my biggest concern was going to be getting out of downtown,

obviously. but i just trusted in her judgment. >> reporter: believe it or not, amber's doctor, who was also son caleb's ob/gyn gave the 27-year-old his medical blessing to run through her 38 week, 5 day pregnancy. >> he said don't do anything out of the ordinary. i've been running marathons for many years. coming into pregnancy it was very normal for me to be running this many miles a week. >> reporter: the head of central dupage hospital's pediatric unit says june at 7 pounds, 13 ounces is excellent. >> this is obviously an extreme circumstance. we don't recommend women routinely run marathons. but obviously mom is very experienced runner and in excellent shape. >> amber miller finished the race in 6 hours and 25 minutes. ♪ you belong with me, you belong with me ♪ another honor today for

country music superstar taylor swift. she has been crowned woman of the year by billboard magazine. swift is just 21. she is the youngest artist to win that award. previous winners included beyonce and reba mcintyre. swift has sold more albums than any other artist in the past year. her latest album "speak now" has sold more than 3.5 million copies since its release last fall. swift is currently on a nationwide tour. amy winehouse's father has landed a book deal now. it comes just three months after her tragic death. mitch winehouse signed an agreement to release a book entitled, quote, amy, my daughter. the publisher, harper collins, says he will write about everything from his daughter's childhood to her singing career to her well publicized struggles with substance abuse. amy winehouse died in july at the age of 27. the book will be out next summer available in the u.s. and britain. a waterfall has drawn

visitors to a park along the argentina/brazilian border. it's now in the running to be one of the new seven wonders of the world. it's been in contention for the honor since 2007. it's one of the world's largest waterfalls. it extends nearly two miles in a semicircle, straddling the border between argentina and brazil. other finalists to be one of the new wonders include south america's amazon, the great barrier reef, mt. kilimanjaro and the grand canyon. now to an alert for parents and those caring for baby. more than 400,000 b.o.b. brand jogging strollers are being recalled tonight. there's an embroiders logo patch on the canopy that can become loose. there have been two reported cases of children choking on the patch. anyone who has one of these b.o.b. strollers should remove the patch immediately. they were sold nationwide from november '98 through this month. much more to come on news 4

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grab your umbrellas fwen. here we go with some rain moving back into the area. it's going to be a little wet for evening rush. then pretty wet for tomorrow morning's rush. we're at 70 degrees right now. the dewpoint temperature at 62 degrees. there'll be more moisture moving in. by tomorrow morning, not only some rain falling across the area, but probably some pockets of fog. at the bottom there you can see that our mold spore count is moderate. the last couple days moderate or high. also because of all the moisture

we had today running at 12,390 spores per cubic meter. that may have some of you coughing and sneezing just a bit. up in frederick, maryland, shou irs right now. down through louden county and north of washington, d.c. look off to the far left-hand portion of your screen. there you can see some yellow showing up west of charlottesville. that's where the rain is a little heavier. open it up, see down through roanoke and north of charlotte, north carolina, heavier rain there. in fact, there were some spots today that picked up nearly 2 inches of rain. but that was southwest of savannah, georgia. for the most part, just a few hundredths of an inch of rainmaking their way over the border of virginia. i do think out of the rain system we could get quite a bit by the time we get to tomorrow evening. here's a look at your future weather. take you through it. if you can see the blobs moving northward, that is, indeed, some rain. by the time we get to 5:00 a.m. the dark green and yellow start showing up a little heavier. moderate showers for 5:00 a.m. a sloppy morning rush.

for the afternoon, some showers and even some thunderstorms. a snapshot of 3:00. we've got areas imbedded within yellow there, down around fairfax and d.c. just to the north and east of an arendle county. thursday, partly sunny day. more rain comes in for friday. here's a look at the amounts we could get. anywhere between a half and inch and a half of rain. areas of red, over 2 1/2 inches of rain. that's quite a bit coming our way for tomorrow. for tomorrow morning, 62 to about 60 degrees. we'll be stepping down with fog and showers. you'll need your umbrella for tomorrow. we'll get a bit of a break as we look at your four-day forecast. 68, cooler for tomorrow. low to mid-70s for thursday and friday. right now your weekend features temperatures that will be running in the upper 60s to around 70 and a windy weekend coming up as well. have a good one. see you back tomorrow, guys.

time for hot talk. fat men are okay as long as they're rich. playing with your pet at home from the comfort of your desk at work. and the trailer was great. but the movie wasn't. so one customer took it to court. >> yeah. these are some of the topics for discussion today with cane from hot 99.5. good to see you on tuesdays. >> you, too. >> two strange lawsuits in the news. this is a really strange story. the woman sees this trailer for the movie "drive" starring ryan s gosling. >> how often would you see the movie, see the trailer and go i have to see this. this woman in michigan actually did. she thought the movie "drive" was going to have -- this is the quote -- more driving and more action. when she finally went to go see the movie, she decided to sit through the entire thing and then complain. the debate we had on the air earlier was about whether or not you're allowed to complain about a movie.

if you are, do you do it halfway through when you walk out or wait until the very, very end to see if it gets any better. she did not. >> and she went to court. >> and she went to court, yes, absolutely. she wants to make it so that trailers have to more accurately portray the actual movie that you're going to go see. >> false advertising. >> exactly. precisely. but trailers are supposed to be the most exciting part to get you to go see it. >> that's true. >> common sense. >> then there's the man who sued his in-laws over a christmas breathe. >> this gentleman was going to help his in-laws out. he takes off from work early to go to his mother-in-law's house to go get some wreaths. this happened last year. the lawsuit was just dismissed earlier this week. he shows up at the mother-in-law's house. they go up into the attic. the mother-in-law says just don't step on the wrong part of the floor. he does. falls through. falls through into the garage. now, does he have a case? court said no. absolutely not. the mother-in-law warned him sufficiently that, hey, listen,

you should know better. >> be careful. >> like in the movies, be careful where you step. >> in-law wars. you can see that one down the road. we're at work. our pets are at home, right? >> yep. >> now there's a way we can play with them from our own desks. i would love to bring my dog every now and then. he's a little crazy. >> you have a beagle and? >> a pug. >> this is a program you can download for your computer. ipet companion. it will have a web cam and you could remotely control that little device. >> i so want to do that. >> do you? >> keep the little guy busy. >> i can see you missing major important cues and news stories. what's jim doing? playing with his dogs online. they have a version for cats and for dogs. i want to say it starts around 1,000 bucks, though. not cheap. you'll probably be looking for a new job. >> pretty pricey entertainment. that's maybe a tool for the dogs. anyway, men who are overweight can still get companionship. >> yeah.

>> as long -- >> there's a formula. we've always knew bigger guys -- how come bigger guys are walking around with these beautiful women? the formula is this. 6 feet tall, 180 pounds, has to make $180,000. >> why? >> for every 20 pounds that increased, they had to make an extra $2,000. that money came back off the funnier that they became. doctors wanted to figure out why rounder men were with more attractive women. >> the more money they make, the rounder they can grow? >> exactly. have i mentioned hot 99.5 pays me $2.5 million a year? >> and you're already taken. >> what? yes. no. >> of course he is! >> right. >> uh-huh. where are the yoga pants, by the way? >> ordered amazon. thank you for the tweet, by the way. next tuesday. scout's honor. >> he's wearing them. with a yoga pose included. >> we can't wait to say. >> we'll be listening tomorrow morning. coming up on news 4 at 4:00,

something you don't see every day. a dog taking a parrot for a stroll. >> no, you don't see that every day. plus, a famous musician teams wup a panda. coming up on news 4 at 5:00, we continue to follow breaking news. two men charged after federal authorities break up a terror plot that allegedly began in iran. tlatest from pete williams. doreen gentzler reports on a new test that may help asthma sufferers manage the disorder better. the story of a south pole researcher and her race against time in a dire situation. coming up at 6:00, men who take vitamin e may be doing more harm than good. why it could increase a person's risk of prostate cancer. see you on ne

great music yanni is expanding his family with a baby panda. he adopted santorini over the weekend thanks to the chinese panda research base. usually adopting a panda is reserved for countries, not individuals. the research base says yanni was invited to adopt because his music brings harmony and inspiration to others. this is the first time a western artist has been honored in such a way. a parrot in knoxville, tennessee, has an unusual way of getting around. max prefers to ride on the back

of a german shepherd whose name is shadow. max, shadow and norman the greyhound all live together. max appears to have such a strong bond with shadow he doesn't want to be without him. when shadow isn't near him, max the parrot will call out his name repeatedly. how is that for a talking parrot? so far the owner says the piggy back rides don't seem to bother the dog. >> does that parrot talk or bark? that's the question. coming up on news 4 at

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a wedding celebration ended with all of the bridesmaids without their purses. news 4's erin gilcrest. >> it's very alarming to think that while we were upstairs and our best friend was getting married somebody was downstairs committing crimes. >> reporter: a woman we'll call kate is afraid to be identified. kate was part of a bridal party saturday afternoon. the six bridesmaids got to fairfax united methodist with just enough time to put their purses down in a holding room below the sanctuary. >> we turned. i think it was a podium up from against the wall and tucked our purses down in there. then turned it back against the wall so no one would see it. again, nobody was down there with us.

no one saw us place it there. >> reporter: 30 minutes later kate and her friends were stunned to learn the women helping them couldn't find their four small vintage costume purses. >> the church ladies ran up to us, happy to see us. oh, my goodness, do you guys already have your purses? our eyes were, no, what are you talking about? >> reporter: one of the victims had an iphone in her purse. she was able to track it. she came here last night. she didn't find anything. police didn't use that tracker. the phone eventually died. gone with the stolen purses, a digital camera, that iphone, cash, credit cards, driver's licenses, cosmetics and a sense of security. >> it was in such an odd spot. it was such a big area. they had such a little window of time. >> reporter: aaron gilcrest, news 4. that's news 4 at 4:00. news 4 at 5:00 starts right now.

it reads like the pages of a hollywood spript. the impact would have been very real. many lives would have been lost. we send a clear message that any attempts on american soil will not be tolerated. >> we have breaking news tonight at 5:00. two men charged in a million dollar assassination and terror plot. authorities say it reached from iran to mexico to here in washington, d.c. good afternoon. i'm wendy rieger. >> i'm jim handly. we begin with the latest on that terror plot. agents of the iranian government are accused in a plan to kill the saudi ambassador to the united states. >> we have team coverage tonight. we're going to begin with nbc's justice correspondent pete williams who is live in detroit where he's covering yet another terror trial today. pete, thanks for joining us. how is thwas this going to go df