good morning, everybody. welcome to "news4 midday." i am barbara harrison. new audiotapes have surfaced that are disturbing. we have more on the investigation including what was said on the tape. >> reporter: good morning, barbara. shortly before the shooting, the suspect, oscar, ortega hernandez, he made an unusual tape and he was trying to be part of one of oprah winfrey's shows. investigators have the tape and are going over it and believe it sheds light on the motive. >> it's not a coincidence that i look like jesus.

i am the modern day jesus christ you all have been waiting for. so i ask you, oprah, i am begging you, oprah, please pass me on to your show, oprah. it's so crucial the world hears god's word. >> and that was hernandez making a pitch to oprah winfrey to be on her show. in it he makes a number of anti-government statements and asks the show host to help him be heard. >> now we have to live in the fear of getting nuked because of what our government has led us into. >> he has been charged with

attempting to assassinating barack obama. in court documents, a witness says he wanted to, quote, hurt president obama and referred to him as an antichrist and wanted to kill him. last friday night witnesses said to have seen shots fired at the white house, and on tuesday the police realized the white house had been struck. initially it was believe only two bullets made impact but now as many nine bullets reached the white house grounds. >> reporter: none of those made its way inside the white house. nobody was injured. and those that know him, they

say he believes the government was after him and he left his home state in idaho a month ago and made his way here to washington. the man accused of killing his 91-year-old wife in their georgetown home wants to represent himself. he is charged with the death of his wife. a judge is expected to make a decision on his request today. police originally thought she died of natural causes but found she was strangled and beaten to death. and then attorneys for george huguely are in court. he is accused of killing his ex-girlfriend, virginia lacrosse player, yeardley love. attorneys are worried jurors may

have seen too much about the case and may have already performed an opinion. metro work over the weekend can keep you from where you are going to get there on time. metro is providing an express shuttle from metro center to reagan national airport to help catch flights. and on the blue line between stadium-armory and addison road, and on the orange line, between boston and east falls church. turning to the weather, and a very cold start to this day out there. a cold weekend, tom, coming up? >> certainly part of it. we started off this morning, subfreezing throughout most of the region. under a clear sky with a calm wind with bright sun we have warmed up, thankfully, from the very cold low earlier this morning. right now, it's all clear throughout our region.

we have a big area of high pressure, holding forth along the atlantic seaboard and will be over us throughout the day today and into tonight. right now the temperatures are right around 40 degrees. reagan national is now at 43, and it's near 40 at montgomery county, and aur lidge ton and fairfax counties, and parts of central virginia and the shenandoah valley this morning bottomed out in the mid-20s, and now it's in the upper 30s there. southern maryland around the bay in the low 40s. sunshine for the rest of the afternoon, but chilly. we will have a light wipd, and highs reaching the mid-and upper 40s. another cold night tonight. we will talk about that and look at the weekend and the first peek at thanksgiving's day later. the roadways are looking good right now.

earlier this morning a lot of headaches, but right now seeing clear roads. traveling i-66, no signal kupt delays right now. i will give you travel speed. east and heading to the edsall road, you are clear. and inner loop and outer loop in montgomery county, you are in the clear from i-95 to i-70, you are at 53 miles per hour, taking ten minutes to make that trip. >> not bad. thanks a lot. an armed robbery on the university of maryland campus. police are investigating the incident outside the hall is that a dorm. this is the first reported on campus robbery in a year. one of the masked men had a knife and robbed the student before taking off on foot. the victim was not hurt. he got just a vague description

of the suspects. d.c. fire crews had to fight a condo fire and bad directions, too. it happened on 16th street, the 200 block, but initially the firefighters received the wrong address, and fortunately the fire did not cause too much damage because they were not that far from the actual condo that was on fire. a deadly plane crash has taken the life of the woman's basketball coach. the two were on a recruiting trip to arkansas when the plane crashed about 45 miles west of little rock. this is the second time a plane crash has hit that university hard. ten men associated with the men's basketball team died back in january of 2001 in a plane crash. was he responsible for her death?

>> yes, i would say so. yes. >> he is talking about the death of actress natalie wood. 30 years ago. we will tell you who the boat

stay with us. right now investigators are

looking into the death surrounding natalie wood. she died in 1981 after a night of partying with her husband and a friend. the captain of the yacht is the person with the new information that led investigators to re-open this case. this morning on the "today" show, it was explained to david gregory what happened that night. >> was he responsible for her death in some way? >> like i said, i think we all made mistakes that night, and -- >> that was not my question. was he responsible for her death? i am not asking about your story. >> yes, i would say so yes. >> how so? >> i really don't want to -- >> how can you come on national television and accuse him of something like and that not back it up? >> and then minutes later, natalie was missing.

dennis was asked to search the boat. he did and could not find mat y natalie. he met up with wagner in the wheel house, and dennis wanted to make phone calls and turn on the search light and his instincts told him something was terribly wrong, and robert wagner asked him not to. >> the wagner family released a statement saying we will re-evaluate any additional information coming from the death of natalie wood. her death had previously been ruled an accident. the secret service is protecting herman cain. his campaign asked for the

protection and the request was approved yesterday. there were threatable threats against his life, and he received the protection. this morning, we are getting a sense of just how big the occupy movement's day action was yesterday. most of the people arrested were in new york. more than 1,000 protesters gathered in the financial district there. here in the district, protesters marched from the macpherson's fair to the bridge in georgetown where they wanted to draw attention to the nation's crumbling infrastructure. nobody there was arrested. and then organizers say the group opens to reach d.c. by wednesday. that's the deadline for a congressional committee to decide to keep president obama's

extension to bush era tax cuts. and just a day before running out of money, they passed another bill to avoid a shutdown. they passed the bill, but before it cleared the senate late last night, 70-30. it will fund five cabinet agencies and fund the rest of the government through the 16th of december. it does not include the stricter nutrition guidelines for school lunches. president obama is wrapping up his meetings with heads of state from the soassociation of southeast asian nation. he has held one-on-one meetings from leaders from indonesia, and overnight he announced he will send hillary clinton to myanmar

next month. it's the first visit from a u.s. secretary of state to that country in more than 50 years. the president says there have been flickers of progress in the last several weeks after years of darkness. meanwhile the demonstrators protested the apresident's attendance at the summit. protesters demanded the u.s. stay out of the region, and they protested capitalism. well, does your office do a secret santa gift exchange each year? the u.s. senate is no different. 60 senators signed up for a gift exchange this year. here is a chance to see whether lawmakers can practice fiscal restraint. there's a $10 limit on gifts. tom, you and i should have a secret santa between the two of us, here, but i guess we could

pull in a few more people. >> my gift to you is a nice thanksgiving day. that is in just a few moments. first, november is a battleground month, a battle between summer and winter, and earlier in the week we were in the 70s, remember that? and now we're in the 20s, some 50 degrees colder. we have a beautiful blue sky. you can see the river reflecting the gorgeous blue sky. reagan national is at 43. it's very dry. very low humidity. keep the skin lotion handy. meanwhile, there is a filtered view of our sun through a telescope, and those dark spots are solar suns, and that means we could have a few auroras over

the next few days and disruptions in electronics because of the solar activity. it looks like it will stay that way in the next several months. over the last 12 hours, we have had our sky clear and plenty of sunshine pouring up and down the atlantic seaboard. and the panhandle the west virginia, and points east further around east washington, we're in the low 40s. for the rest of the afternoon, high pressure over us. sunny and chilly. we will have a light wipd, though. temperatures climbing into the mid-and upper 40s, and then under a clear sky, it will get chilly. it will be chilly for the football games tonight and then in the mid-30s for midnight. and then as we get into tomorrow morning, another cold start, saturday morning down into the 20s. afternoon highs climb into the low 50s with bright sunshine, and then on sunday it should be in the 30s in the morning, and

afternoon highs at 60 with increasing clouds. monday looks to be cloudy. and then maybe a passing shower in the afternoon and evening. looks like a greater chance of rain on tuesday, and then wednesday, sun back in the afternoon. and than for thanksgiving day, sunny and chilly, and the sunshine with temperatures in the low 50s. and then fedex field, skins and cowboys on sunday afternoon. past 1:00 is kickoff, and it should be in the upper 50s and partly sunny. and then earlier this week, i travel to school here. i had a lot of fun talking to the third graders there.

we had a terrific time. i showed them the wonderful video of the space station looking down on the earth. thank you to the teacher in the back on the right for the invitation to the school. great group of kids. it was a lot of fun. >> looks leek it was a not of fun, tom. let's head to the roads. anything you need to tell us about? >> i do. let's celebrate just a little. if you are driving on 270. looking good. south on 270, i will give you a live look at falls road. traffic looking really good. not seeing any issues traveling north or south. travel speed as you make your way to the spur, 71 miles per hour. now, the bad news. if you are taking i-95 out of the city you will see delays around route 1, and it continues

to the occoquan. >> i like to have the good news last. >> okay, next time. and then amazing noncosmetic uses for botox and the alternative to botox. an amazing family. the leachs and their five adopted

tomorrow is adoption tday i court. it's the 25th anniversary of the event. and it's sure to be special for our next guests. hi, everybody. why don't you introduce everybody to us. >> we have the youngest, christopher, the oldest, joshua, and 4-year-old demi, tyrone, and janelle. the two getting adopted tomorrow are the youngest and the oldest. >> tell us the story, timothy? >> we had three already. and we thought we were done with these three right here, and

then -- >> you got a call. >> yes, we got a call for -- >> joshua. joshua was with a guardian, i understand, and was related to this little one, too. and the guardian had passed away, and they asked if you would please take one more, is that right? >> yes. >> and what did you say? >> we said yes. >> and then you got another call 10 months ago, i guess, there had been another biological child born. >> yes, ma'am. >> to the mother of joshua and jimmy. >> what did you say? >> yes. >> obviously. you ended up with five children instead of three. is that right? >> yes. >> what will happen tomorrow noo tomorrow is national adoption day, and joshua and chris will be finalized tomorrow. >> are you excited about that, joshua? >> yes. >> what are you planning to do to celebrate your adoption?

>> i really don't know yet. >> but you have got some new siblings. can you tell us what it's like to have a big family like this now when you were alone for a long time, right, with just your grandfather. >> it's fun, because now i have somebody to play with. >> yeah, a lot to play with. how about you, janelle? >> well, it's fun to have a family like this, because i get to, like, have siblings, and -- >> and a lot of folks to play with, huh? >> yes. >> are you planning to get dressed up for tomorrow's adoption day in court? >> yep. >> what are you wearing? >> a dress and black heels. >> are you excited, too. let's look at you. are you excited about tomorrow, too? >> no, i -- i go to bed tonight. >> you are going to go to bed tonight to be nice and ready to get out there tomorrow. well, we are very excited for

you. we are going to be there with our cameras to watch several families adopting children. and that's a wonderful baby. what is his name? >> chris. >> he will be among the youngest to be adopted tomorrow. congratulations, and thanks for coming in and sharing your story. >> thank you. >> thank you very much for coming. it's 11:26, and coming up, another coach at a high profile sports program facing serious allegations this morning. >> how a boot [ male announcer ] does your cable company keep charging you more...

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back. right now on "news4 midday," the fbi is looking at a tape that the accused white house shooter made shortly beforing to d.c. in it he claims to be the second coming of christ. he has been charged with attempting to assassinate the president. and then police are look into molest nation allegations against an assistant basketball coach at syracuse university. we are joined in the studio with

more on this. melissa? >> we spoke with police in syracuse, and they say they are still in the very early stages of the investigation, and now the school chancellor has sent a letter to students and alumni saying the school will do everything in its power to find the truth. the new accusations are being made as a set of step brothers that served as the ball boys in the '80s and '90s. and they say they were molested on the school and on road trips and at the coach's home. syracuse head coach issued a statement late last night that reads i have known bernie for more than 40 years. i have never seen or witnessed anything to suggest that he would have been involved in any

of the activities alleged. fein has not commented on this. and of course there are reports this morning that there may be more alleged victims coming forward in that case. barbara? >> thank you, melissa. we will continue to follow this story. meanwhile, the penn state sex abuse scandal could become a federal case. nbc news learned fbi agents are look into opening up their own investigation. that stems from accusations that jerry sandusky crossed state lines to commit child abuse. one charge in the grand jury report alleges sandusky took a boy with him to two bowl games where the boy was repeatedly abused. and now many are coming forward, and many supered by jerry sandusky denying the claims. >> i think the client had buried some of the thoughts deep down inside, and they decided he needed to make a stance and to support the other young men that

had come forward. he was not identified in the grand jury presentment. he was sexually assaulted in the early '90s, and the assault happened on the grounds of penn state university. >> this morning a front window of sandusky was smashed, and police were not called to the scene. it's unknown if the sandusky's were home at the time. people in fairfax county may want to pay attention to their surroundings. a man grabbed a student from behind in the springfield area on wednesday morning. it happened near lee high school. the 19-year-old is a student there. she tells police the man ran away when she screamed and so far no arrests have been made in

this case. and fema is delivering mobile homes for classrooms. the high school has bn closed for repairs. the high school students have been sharing space at the middle school. before the students can move into their new classrooms k the portable units need furniture, electricity, plumbing and fire security systems and the internet. they hope to open the high school by the year 2015. three young oklahoma city girls are lucky to be alive after getting caught underneath an elevator. it happened at their high school. the girls thought they were stepping into the elevator, but it was the elevator shaft it was they stepped into. the door was locked behind them and the elevator was coming down on them. they credit the boot for saving their lives. >> the boot got wedged in

between the elevator and the door out, and it was wedged like this and holding the elevator up. >> they suffered minor injuries and are already back to school. let's talk to tom about the weather and what we can expect for the weekend. >> this morning, we certainly had a very cold start. now with the bright sun, we finally warmed up a bit. there is the gorgeous royal blue sky over the region. upper northwest washington looking off to the west, from this view, and you can see a lot of the leaves are gone from the trees and temperatures. right now, we're in the 40s around the metro air krau, as well as the bay. and across central virginia, low to mid-40s. and central shenandoah valley and northern shenandoah valley, and the mountains in the 30s to near 40 there and all around the region plenty of sunshine for the rest of the afternoon with highs in the 40s. clear and cold tonight. 30s through the evening and 20s by dawn on saturday.

highs reaching the low 50s. and then saturday night into sunday, we will have increasing clouds but it should be milder. 30 on sunday morning, and then the high near 60, and it should be good weather for the cowboys and skins game on fedex field. and monday, maybe a shower with highs reaching upper 50s and 60s. lingering showers, perhaps, into the big getaway day on wednesday for the thanksgiving getaway, and thanksgiving here locally seems ton sunny with highs in the low 50s. >> thank you, tom. there was a scary landing overnight. a jumbo jet had to make an emergency landing after it blew five tires after it took off. emergency crews helped everybody off the plane and nobody was hurt. it's an all-too common story. somebody gets hit by a car and

the driver leaves the scene. our nara leads the nation in did deadly hit and runs. we have the highest percentage of hit-and-run deaths in the country. most drivers are what kill pedestrians. most of the hit and runs happened between midnight and 3:00 a.m. we will check on the midday traffic now. here is danella sealock. >> we have a couple problems for you. first one, eastbound i-66. heading down to i-95, heading south, your delays start just as you approach route 1. here is a live look right now at the occoquan as you make your commute right now traveling on i-95 south from the beltway to prince william parkway, you are at 40 miles per hour and it will take 20 minutes for that commute.

and on the right of the screen, the inner loop, taillights, and no problems on the inner loop or outer loop in this area. barbara, back to you. >> thank you. >> just in time for thanksgiving, and a great big surprise. he arrived home on leave, and he headed for the cafeteria where his unsuspecting daughters were there having lunch. the big surprise was coordinated by his wife and school staff. he got home in time to see his younger daughter play in her first basketball game. well, one of the classic signs of the holiday season is now open for your enjoyment. skaters can take to the ice near washington, d.c. starting at 10:00 this morning they were able to get out there.

more than 65,000 people strapped on their skates last year to enjoy the rink. visitors that go skating this weekend will see a coupon for a cup of hot chocolate. the rink will stay open until march 11th, as long as it stays cold enough for the ice to stay frozen. and the therapeutic use for botox could be one of the greatest discoveries in the 20th century. good morning. welcome. >> hi, barbara. >> we want to hear all about this. a lot of folks using botox these days. you say there are some noncosmetic uses for botox. >> people having with sweating in their hands and it works very, very well for this.

people have blater dysfunctions and it works well, and back pain, and -- >> under the arms. >> you get a botox shot in your hands or under your arm to not sweat. >> even if your feet. >> how long will that last? >> six months. >> people taking advantage of that? >> they do. >> that surprises me. but what else? >> it's used for spazams and multiple sclerosis, and saw -- spasms can be reversed. >> they are testing it for headaches. is that true? >> it's a routine treatment for headaches. >> and it works?

>> it works well. >> let's talk about the cosmetic uses. it's used to get rid of the line between the eyebrows? >> it's the only indication for which it's approved. the other off label uses are for crow's feet, and tighten muscles of the neck, and raise the eye brow, giving the botox brow lift. and it's helpful for the muscle spasms, where people grind their teeth. >> doctors can use it for that? >> it can be used, but it's just that they approved it for these

uses. >> you can reduce the muscles that pull down and enhance the muscles that pull up the breasts, so you can get a medical breast lift with botox. >> are people taking advantage of that? >> sure. >> you have done it? >> it's not a breast lift. it's a minimal change, but it can be done. >> now, there's new products that use -- >> here are the three fda approved -- this is the botox cosmetics, and this is the newest one. this is -- if you look, and i don't know if the camera can see it, it comes in a little bottle. it's like the size of the tip -- the head of the needle. that's all you get for this. i don't know if you can see it. >> where you had it we could see it. >> you constitute that with 2 ccs of saline. >> what is the difference?

>> there is a little bit of a difference. one is faster acting, so if somebody -- if it's thursday and he want to look good by saturday, disport will be the choice. >> we have a shot of you -- what are you doing here? >> here we are marking the frown lines, so you see that muscle is big and wide. and it's a tiny, tiny needle. >> does it act faster than botox? people have to wait several days before they see the results? >> it's about the same. the tech neck is multiple punctures. we put 20 units in the forehead. we treat the crow's feet and other areas indicated. >> too bad it doesn't work for

laryngitis. >> yeah. although it does strengthen the vocal cords. still ahead, one of america's best bathrooms right

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voted online for the best public rest room. ten finalists were chosen for cleanliness, style, accessibility and usability. let's check in with mandy with the rest of the day's business headlines. >> you are right. the dow and the s&p 500 are high but the nasdaq is lower. none the let's, we are closing out a rough week, and we are on track for the worst weekly loss in two months. and you have the indaex of leading economic indicators rising for the sixth consecutive month. and it's up for the month of october, and also shares of hewlett packet are rallying, as activist join the board and equities research analysts have upgraded the pc giant for a

reading ahead of the quarterly earnings. europe, nonetheless, very much still in the focus. you have greece's budget next year to the parliament, and the bailout is needed to avoid bankruptcy. and then the finance minister says no austerity measures are needed to cover the shortfall. and back home the deadline is approaching and the so-called super committee appears no closer to reaching a deficit cutting agreement, and if it doesn't automatic spending cuts will kick in. pennetta is telling congress to suck it up and do what is right for the country. back to you. >> thank you so much. have a great weekend. >> you, too. let's check out what is happening at the box office. >> for better, for worst, as

long as we both shall live. >> yeah, it's back. "twilight" fans have already seen it a two or times already. "breaking dawn," and bella discovers she is pregnant. it is rated pg-13. another sequel, this time it's "happy feet 2." his son eric doesn't want to dance like his dad. he has to bring altogether the penguins to set things straight and win back his son's affection. it's rated pg. and coming up, newt gingrich' surprising ring tone. we also will have the forecast..

we're wrapping up the week with strange ring tones and hollywood breakups. and we have fresh fm and good morning to you. it's official now. demi and ashton are getting a divorce.

>> yeah, she filed for divorce. >> that's sad. she says as a woman, a mother and a wife there are certain values and vows i hold say kret, and it's in this spirit i choose to divorce. >> he did not say he was sorry, i guess? >> no, it's such a generational thing. she releases a statement, and she is eloquent about it, and he tweeted. he was like i cherished the time. >> okay, there is a big age difference there, but it didn't seem to matter. of course she looks so incredibly young. >> and she looks great. and a story like this breaks and then they bring up how much money he made versus what she made, and she is too pretty to play mom roles.

she's in a place where she cannot be the sexy young starlet but can't be the mom. >> why can't she be the sexy young starlet? >> i am not saying that. >> write them. >> when i make a movie, she can be the starlet. >> let's talk about their estate? >> i don't know how you split that. >> $200 million. i didn't know they were worth that much. >> he makes almost $700,000 an episode, and his movies, and all that stuff. >> they will have to work that out. okay, and i guess regis had an accident. >> yeah, they say mopeds are

dangerous, and this is a perfect example. >> oh, no. oh, dear! regis down. e oh, poor regis. >> he had a rough week. >> what will he do now? >> a book is coming out. but i am not sure if there is behind the scenes bomb shells. >> you think he wanted to have a little rest from the show. every day, it's been hard, i guess. >> definitely. >> moving on to newt gingrich. you say something happened in iowa we need to know about. >> he has an interesting ring tone. >> he created it? >> no, when his phone rings, abba's "dancing queen" plays. >> why? >> he had the ring tone for six months because this happened to

him again on the campaign trail earlier. >> meryl streep, they will play her movie in a couple weeks, the premiere here. >> beautiful. >> great to see you. >> i'm going home for thanksgiving. >> good for you. barbara, good morning. coming up tonight on news4 at 4:00, wilson ramos will turn to the nat's park. we will say what he said about his kidnapping in venezuela. plus, he can predict the weather, but can he walk like a man? our meteorologist gets dancing lessons from the jersey boys. and the food critic from the washington post shares the scoop on the new georgetown restaurant.

those stories plus more coming up on news4 starting at 4:00. >> we know doug can dance. will they be able to dance as good as him? >> that's the question. we have a gorgeous blue sky. live picture from the sky watcher camera looking towards the west. temperatures now are beginning to hit the mid-40s, and now 44 at reagan national. should warm a few more degrees in the upper 40s by later this afternoon, and then clear and cold tonight, 20s by dawn tomorrow. sunny on saturday. tomorrow's highs around 50, so another chilly day tomorrow. and then warmer on sunday. increasing clouds and highs near 60. should be good weather for the cowboys. and cloudy monday and tuesday, and each one of those days a chance of a passing shower. and then for thanksgiving day, we should have sunshine back, but it looks to be chilly with highs in the low 50s and mortgage lows in the 30s. have a great weekend and we will see you monday morning. >> we will be hovered and the

table anyway. that's "news4 midday" for today and for this week. we invite you to tune in to the news at 4:00, 5:00, 6:00, and tonight at 11:00. and we will be back monday morning at 11:00

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