to make it home today. nbc news is confirming gary door know. his attorney has arrived in aruba. >> we have been able to see that there is no case, no evidence of a crime, and the facts just don't support it. so we're happy to see that gary's finally going to be able to walk out and go home. >> geo nearly four months of investigating and they don't have enough to charge him. so the judge ordered his

release. >> do you have any idea of what happened to robin? >> we have theories. >> what kind of theories? >> she went missing, maybe that she was murdered and then brought to another place and then thrown in the sea or buried. >> some of his neighbors are less than thrilled to have him back. >> i understand the system of innocent until proven guilty, but there's too many unanswered questions. by the way, barbara, gary could be charged down the line with a crime. if either of those two things happen, prosecutors here say they will file for a new arrest

warrant and ask authorities to sen send him back. right now, police are trying to clear an intersection in chevy chase after a three-car crash. it happened at wisconsin and western avenues. it ended with a taxi driver running up the steps of the world market. a mercedes was also involved in the accident. the intersection was just opened moments ago. also right now the taxicab commission is holding a proposal to nearly double the rates. the current fee is $1.50 a mile, and if approved the rate would go up to $2.75 a mile. also right now, d.c. council committee is holding a hearing on the new d.c. expired tag

legislation. the council is considering giving police more discretion on when they tow vehicles with expired tags. violators will be fined $100, if they are less than 30 days late. black friday and cyber monday are over now, but this morning dozens are camped out and lined up with the hopes of getting a chance to get into low income housing. >> it's a sign of these tough economic times. a long line curved around the hubbard apartments. many have slept out in the rain, all forgetting a chance of getting a subsidized apartment. >> we have been traveling from house to house right now, so it's been tough for everybody.

you know, transitional homes for -- >> it would be better for my son because he goes to school in this area, and it would not cost as much. >> they will take 100 applications for each unit. those applicants will be put on a waiting list. just when a unit will become available, though, is unclear, but those in line hope it will be sooner rather than later. >> this is not a gimme. >> reporter: all applicants must meet the retirements, and applications are being accepted for two days, that's today and wednesday. >> can you submit the

applications until 3:00 this afternoon and between 11:00 and 3:00 tomorrow. turning to the weather and a rainy day out there, storm center 4, meteorologist, tom kierein, joins us for the weather. >> it's raining moderately in washington. it moved in quickly over the last hour. we went from a few sprinkles to moderate rain. it's moving from the southeast heading towards the north west, and these pockets of the orange and yellow, those are the zones where it's coming down harder. montgomery county, and fairfax county, and the panhandle of west virginia, those are pockets of moderate to heavy rain. and fredericksburg, and central culpepper, that area just to the south and west of there, too, they are getting moderate rain. here is how much has fallen so far. and a couple of places, the panhandle of west virginia, had three quarters of an inch so

far, with perhaps another half inch on what has fallen before it. now with the moderate rain in washington, down to 57, just an hour ago, it was at 65 there, but on the eastern shore, they have sun and it's 70 in cambridge. for the rest of the afternoon, more rain off and on, and it will be cooler, with the rain fall into the afternoon. i will tell you all about the big changes on the way. >> tom, thank you. we are going to check on midday traffic out there. maybe messy out there with this rain. danella sealock has the latest. >> if you are taking metro, you are seeing delays on the orange lane because metro is single tracking between vienna and west falls church. college park and green single tracking as well. wet conditions as you cross over the american legion bridge.

no accidents or major delays in the area, but just a lot of wet pavement. give yourself extra time before heading out of the house. back to you. >> thank you. new today, montgomery county police are investigating another carjacking in wheaton. it happened around 1:00 a.m. at the burger king. two men stopped at the restaurant to see if it was open, and two other men car jacked them and one had a gun. nobody was hurt. >> last night's carjacking came as police try to track down the men behind three unrelated carjacking and abductions. police say this man attacked a 77-year-old man outside the store on sunday, and before that a 75 and 60-year-old man, two of them were abducted outside the giant store. in all, three cases. the robber forced the victim into the passenger seat, and the suspect drove to area atms to

with draw money and then dumped out at a nearby metro station. coming up, more trouble for herman cain and his campaign and how he is responding to a woman's claim that she had an affair with the candidate, and

we have some breaking news right now. the federal agreed to pay $2.5 million to the wife of an editor killed from an anthrax attack. the claim is that the government did not do enough to stop the attack. several other similar lawsuits have been dismissed. republican presidential candidate has another controversy. a woman has come forward and said she had a 13-year affair with the man. >> pretty simple. i was aware that he was married and i was also aware that i was involved in a very inappropriate situation, relationship. >> in an interview with the fox

station in atlanta, ginger white says cain ended the affair shortly before he announced his candidacy. she said she did not work for cain. she says he would fly her around the country and put her up in hotels. >> tell us about the nature of the relationship with this woman? >> friend and trying to help a friend because not having a job, etc., and this sort of thing. that's all there is to the relationship. >> cain says he told his wife about the allegation, and he says her initial reaction was similar to his, quote, here we go again." >> it starts with one person making a decision, that things need to change and they will help to change that. that person finds another person that shares their values. they go out and find a few more, and before long neighborhoods come together and communities organize and a movement built. >> today, president barack obama is rolling out his first reae

leaktion tv ad. in the commercial, the president asks people to sign up and join his movement. it's a relatively small ad buy. and pakistan will boycott the upcoming meeting on the future of afghanistan after a air strike killed soldiers over the weekend. nato apologized for the attack and pakistan retaliated by closing two border crosses used by u.s. force to transport supplies into afghanistan. they also ordered the u.s. to leave an air base used for cia drone missions. the taliban provoked the fire fight in order to hurt relations with pakistan. a congressional panel will take up a review into how fallen soldiers are handled after doeb

y doeber cemetery. according to the "washington pos post", the committee will conduct its own probe. it's look into various claims of mismanagement and mismanagement at the base in delaware. and warnings this morning that many could say could be the first signs of an election. the park service posted warnings that protesters are attracting rats and urinating in public and using illegal drugs. the park says there's no plans to force demonstrators from the square or plaza, and other protesters have enjoyed a relationship with the police.

just moments ago, the honor was described as an oscar in education. and here is tracee wilkins who was there for the big surprise. >> reporter: when the students arrived here to the gym, they did not know what to expect. they were told it was another assembly, but for some reason the lieutenant governor was there, and then the big check came out. >> the educator award goes to -- >> english teacher received the educational award for her work at the middle school. it was a surprise. >> she's my favorite teacher, i have to say, being honest, because she is so nice, and i knew something was going to happen because when she said, one teacher was chosen out of the school, i knew it would be her. >> if i could clone her --

>> the principal says both student and fans of what she does in the classroom. >> there's never a bad day. she's always upbeat and she loves the kids and they love her. she helps the lowest to the highest performing kids, doesn't matter. >> you are a role model for other teachers, not only in this school, and not only in this country, but throughout the state of maryland. >> she says she doesn't know what she's going to do with her check. the shock of it all is still settling in, but it's clear to everyone here how she's earned it. >> i just always keep them in mind and every child learns differently, and every child can learn, so to me it's always making sure that i'm with them and i understand them. >> tracee wilkins, news4. >> i am excited for her. isn't that wonderful? >> it's wonderful. i visit a lot of schools and see a lot of teachers, and we have wonderful teachers in our area

schools, and teachers are angels from heaven as far as i am concerned. >> yeah, they deserve more awards like this. congratulations. what is going on out there, tom, with the weather? >> we had sun earlier this morning, but right now we're getting rain over the potomac river. that's a picture from the city camera. the rain has been coming down over the last hour. right now it's 57 with moderate rain at reagan national. we have a southwesterly breeze at around ten to 15, occasionally gusting at 35 miles per hour. it's a blustery and wet day, all due to the big circulation in the atmosphere. it's a deep area of low pressure that is circulating over kentucky, and tennessee, and it's bringing in cold air down into the south land. atlanta, georgia, only 36 degrees right now. and here in washington, it's around 60 degrees. and it's snowing in tennessee. western kentucky, southern illinois, and southern indiana.

cold air wrapping around the western side of the system. for us, it's rain. this rain has been advancing from the southeast to the northwest, and now it's beginning to push further to the east so we will still have the whole conveyor belt of rain passing over northern virginia, and much of the district and maryland for the next few hours, and so far we have had half an inch to three quarters of an inch of rain, and it's going to be that area of rainfall heading off to the east as we get through the day. where it has now rained, it has dropped our temperature. now it's down into the 50s across most of maryland and virginia, although still the rain is arriving in annapolis there, at 64 easton on the eastern shore, and 68 degrees. in southern parts of the shenandoah valley, and charlottesville, it's only 50 degrees right now. a tremendous contrast in temperatures. as we go forward, over the next 48 hours, the rain will advance to the north and east and pull

away and we will get breaks in the clouds this evening, and a small chance of an additional sprinkle this evening and then wet snow out in western mad and the highlands of west virginia, they could get one to three inches of wet snow there overnight tonight and into tomorrow morning, and then on wednesday, we will get the sun back as well as on wednesday, and we will have a clearing and chillier temperatures. these are the rainfall estimates. the whole blue zone, there could be as much as an inch and a half there, and in the green zone, up to half inch total before it pulls away later today, and as it pulls away it will bring in chillier weather. that will be arriving by late tonight. for the rest of the afternoon, rainy and cool and a blustery wind will be down in the 50s now for the rest of the afternoon, and then into the evening hours. the 40s by midnight and then by dawn tomorrow, the 30s. we will have that rain ending by midnight tonight. just a few more passing showers

this evening, otherwise most of the rain should be over by sunset, and then tomorrow, sunshine back and much colder. the 30s in the morning. afternoon highs in the 40s to around 50, and the blustery wind, and we will have a few clouds in and out and then on thursday, cold in the morning, near freezing, afternoon highs only near 50 on thursday afternoon with bright sunshine, and more of the same on friday, near freezing in the morning afternoon highs with sunshine near 50 degrees, and it looks like we will repeat this on saturday as well. another cold day, near 30 in the morning, afternoon highs, and then sunday it will stay december-like as we get into december. and then on monday, it appears we could get showers. monday afternoon, and maybe temperatures into the mid-50s. a cold pattern coming up. a big change, moving in now and it will stay this way all the way into the weekend. >> i had my windows open because i thought it was so warm.

>> hope you closed them. >> no. somebody will close them for me. let's check in with danella sealock and see how the roads are moving. >> still wet outside. you are looking at a live of i-270 on montgomery road. no accidents at all. 395, here is a view at duke street. 395, you are clear from edsall to the 14th street bridge. no issues as you go across the bridge and make your way into the city. travel speeds at about 48 miles per hour, and i am sure that has a lot to do with the slick roadways. be careful as you make your commute today. back to you. >> thank you, danella. it's 22 minutes after 11:00. still ahead, chocolate causes acne? fact or fiction? plus, how these zebras ended up in a northern virginia

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12 years as a cap and led the team to the only stanley cup. >> the players will know when i am mad at them, and it's the way you have to be to win games. mistakes, everybody makes mistakes out there, but if they continue to make mistakes, then there is repercussions. >> hunter is only one of four cap players that have their numbers retired. tonight he will make his nhl coaching debut at 7:00 at the verizon center. roaming zebras put a loudoun county in a frenzy. they escaped from the leezburg animal park petting zoo nearby. police tried to protect the

zebras from cars, and they used tranquilizers to safely capture them, and one women said it makes up a for a safari trip she did not get to go on. animals escaped and made a dangerous situation earlier in the year. 11:26 is the time right now. coming up on "news4 midday," sentencing day for dr. conrad murray. hear what he says about the possibility of spending four years in jail for the death of the pop star, michael jackson. and significant rain moving into our area right now, and tom kierein back with how long it will last. a porcupine who has n

here is what is happening right now. today the man suspected of the disappearance of a woman in aruba is now being released.

he is scheduled to be released around 8:00 tonight. prosecutors say they will appeal the decision later this week. republican presidential candidate, herman cain, denies he had an affair with a woman. in an interview with a fox station in atlanta, ginger white said she had a 13-year affair that ended shortly before he announced his candidacy. white says he would fly her around the country and put her up in hotels. and then the concern the fee for taxis is $1.50, and if approved the rate would go up to $2.75 a mile. right now, the sentencing hearing for dr. conrad murray is expected to begin in a los angeles courtroom. a jury convicted him of

involuntariliry manslaughter. >> he was immediately taken away in handcuffs and placed in a los angeles county jail where he has been for the past three weeks to await his sentence. >> he resigned himself to the fact that he's probably got along way to go. >> defense attorney, michael flanagan, says he will ask for probation for the 50-year-old cardiologists, but they are gearing up for the worst. >> i am confident he will get the max. i am not confident the best thing will be done for him. dr. murray is not a criminal. >> the jackson family members and loyal fans are hoping hurry will get the full four years in prison. but there are questions about how much time murray will serve due to prison overcrowding in california. >> it will be difficult to achieve an appropriate sentence of incarceration for dr. conrad

murray. >> prosecutors want murray to pay jackson's children more than $100 million in restitution. murray's defense team says murray himself will not address the court. in an interview before the trial ended murray told nbc's savannah guthrie that he was not mentally preparing for life behind bars. >> reporter: you have thought about what it would be like to spend four years in jail? >> is that a chapter that i have not thought about. because i do not have any plans for any such activity. >> the judge could sentence murray for up to four years in prison. he could make murray pay restitution and legal fees for the prosecution. today marks a 30-year anniversary of another high profile hollywood death that made headlines. on this day 30 years ago natalie

wood drowned off the coast of catalina island. then earlier this month, homicide detectives in los angeles announced they re-opened the investigation into woods' death based on new information. new from overnight, a 1-year-old boy was shot in the head in a shooting that injured seven others in oakland california. the aparent target was not hit, and he asked many to pray for his cousin. a boy and a woman are in critical condition this morning. no word on other injuries. the syracuse baseball team will play a hom game tonight. they fired bernie fines sunday

after a third person came forward with abuse allegations. syracuse head coach is expected to speak publicly after tonight's game. he fiercely defended fine when the official accusations were heard, but then backed the university when a thiaccuser ca forward. and the charity jerry sandusky founded is now asking supporters to support the coalition against rape. many are earning the second mile to shut down and reorganize under a different name. sandusky continues to claim that he is innocent. the syracuse case and the child sex abuse scandal at penn state are prompting several states to consider tightening their own laws on reporting child sex abuse. in virginia there are two proposed bills that would make

it a retirement of youth sports college teams to report to the law. montgomery county council members are hoping to catch drifrz that pass stopped school buses. they introduced a bill that would allow cameras to be installed on the outside of bus drivers. drivers caught blowing by a stopped bus could be fined as much as $250. more than 7,000 drivers passed a stopped bus in a single day earlier this year. more than 1500 of those violations happened in montgomery county. we're going to check in with tom kierein about the weather. he said it was raining, or least the last time we talked. >> still getting rain here and it's associated with a large deep area of low pressure that is circulating over kentucky

right now. it's affecting weather from new england all the way down to florida, and on the backside of the system, it's drawing cold air all the way down into georgia where temperatures are in the 30s now there and here, well, we are down into the 50s and this conveyor belt of rain from the southeast heading northwest is slowly creeping off to the north and east, and as it does, it will bring much of the rain here to an end in another two or three hours and right now we're in the 50s in most locations, except the eastern shore. the northern part of the eastern shore, it's in the upper 60s, while charlottesville is 50 degrees. quite a contrast in temperatures across the region. and maybe an additional sprinkle tonight, but clouds should be breaking up and we will have temperatures dropping by dawn on wednesday into the upper 30s. and then during the day tomorrow, sunshine and a few clouds in and out, a blustery wind, too, and highs tomorrow only around 50, and cold weather

continues with sunshine thursday, friday, and saturday. morning lows each day near 30. and afternoon highs near 50, and more of the same on sunday with clouds coming in, and we could get rain on monday. that's the way it looks right now. we will check again on midday traffic with danella sealock. >> we have a serious accident on river road at wilson lane. if you are traveling on river road, your westbound lanes are completely blocked. traveling eastbound, you are able to pass on the right side of the roadway. it looks as though we have a trash truck that veered off the road and hit a tree and they are working to get the driver out of the vehicle. avoid the area if possible. on the beltway in virginia, no issues right now. my travel time ses you are at 26 miles per hour, but i think my time sensor is off because there is no volume in the area. the roadways are wet. and this is the view at lorton. and i-95, you are clear traveling north and south.

back to you. >> thank you, danella. taking metro this weekend will take extra planning. six stations will be closed on the red line. they will all close at 10:00 on friday night and won't re-open until monday morning. crews will be installing new rails and making safety improvements. the fort totten station will be open for the green and yellow lines though, and buses will run between all of the closed stations. on the orange line, some stations will have maintenance but will stay open. a woman dubbed the blond bandet struck again. she is accused of an attempted carjacking on thanksgiving day.

investigators say that she cut the driver when she tried to yell for help. owners of the ringling brothers circus are settling the animal welfare suit for $270, 0 $270,000. the u.s. department of agriculture claims elephants, tigers and zebras were mistreated and improperly housed. the circus disagrees with that but decided to settle in order to avoid what they call a costly and protracted litigation. police in orlando, florida, named the ex-fiance of a missing mother as the prime suspect in her disappearance. michelle parker was last seen

november 17th, the same day she was seen on "the peoples' court." they were fighting over a $5,000 engagement ring. this morning, parker's sister spoke on the "today" show about why smith suddenly became the prime suspect. >> i have my own theories, because he is the last one to see her and he is now not cooperating, and there's a couple other things where he is not cooperating anymore. i don't know what he knows or what he did, but i just wish for his children's sake to have their mother, that he would say something. he was the last one to see her. he knows something. i don't doubt for a second in my mind that he knows something. >> police believes smith was the last person to see parker before she disappeared. smith is the father of parker's twin children. it's 11:41, and we're separating fact from fiction when it comes to skin care.

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the nasdaq dip into negative territory. and there has been a muted response to a warning by fitch that it could downgrade the u.s. credit rating if there's no plan to cut the deficit in the next two years. we have gotten mixed economic news this morning. consumer confidence did hit the highest level since july, bouncing back from a 2 1/2 year low that we hit last month. but the home price index, u.s. home prices fell 3.9%. barbara, as you mentioned, american airlines parent company has filed for chapter eleven bankruptcy protection, and hopes to reduce the labor costs and debt burden. amr is the only airline not to

file for bankruptcy in order to restructure in the last decade. right now the american airline stock is trading under a dollar a share. and then cyber monday did prove to be more popular than ever. and it was up 43% from last year. and electronics, once again, the most wanted items. cyber monday special, a white apple ipad two. >> did you get one? >> well, $449, that's a lot of money. i wonder if there were self gifters -- >> was it the ipad or ipod -- >> it's the ipad, so it's the

tablet. >> yeah. well, have a good day. it's hard to know if what you are doing, you are eating or using on your face, your skin, is the right thing. there are's a lot of skin care myths out there, and to help us weed out what is true and not true this morning is the doctor. good to see you. a lot of us avoid chocolate and sugar, but we hear, chocolate, milk, sugar and a bunch of things like that are for your skin, true or false? >> partly true. there are studies that looked at it more retrospective, and there's not a lot of weight to the studies, and looking at in your earlier days when you had acne, was it influenced by diet. >> chocolate? >> they do find it's primarily hormone rul that makes you crave

chocolate. it's not the chocolate, but it's hormonal. >> milk? >> skim milk seems to be more related with acne than the other forms. >> you would think it would be the one with more fat in it. >> you would. but they think it may be the hormones that the livestock and the cows are being fed. >> sugar? >> yes, sugar definitely. hi high glysemic foods. >> let's move on. you can't use a moisturizer if you have acne-prone skin. true or false? >> that's not true, primarily because there are's two different situations here.

dryness and oiliness. hydration is a must for everybody, because we lose fluid volume through our skin when we perfect spire or do activities, so it needs to be replenished. >> use oil free moisturizer verses if you can turn it upside down and it can fallout of the container, that's a light variation versus something you can turn upside down and it not fallout. you are paying more for the sales person behind the counter, that one-page add in the "washington post," all the free gifts that they give you, and if you look at the value of the gifts, really that accounts for the increased costs. >> how about everybody needs a

toner? when you are buying the stuff, you need your moisturizer -- >> dry skinned people do not need a toner. >> dry skin? >> yes, in fact they need to stay away from it. if you put a scotch tape in our quadrants of the face, and if you pull it away and there is skin, you are dry skinned and you don't need it. you are using sun screen for the sun protection and anti-aging. the sun is still present in the wintertime, even though it may be overcasts, and you still get the ultra violent a and b radiation. >> people of color don't get sunburned or skin cancer? >> that's incorrect. if your skin changes color, if you are getting darker, that's a burn. >> okay. >> skin cancer in people of

color? >> yes, we do see that as well. and in particularly those who became sunbathers. there are a lot of people who just love the beach and outside, so we actually have to look at their skin for precancers, and if we see evidence of that we have to follow them. >> drinking eight glasses of water a day will cure acne? >> false. i don't have to explain that one. hydration, yes, but acne cure, no. >> doctor, great to see you. >> happy holidays. the time is 11:51. coming up, a talk porcupine. plus, tom kierein will come back and let you know when the rain is moving

three money managers who claim to win connecticut's largest powerball jackpot could be part of a cover up. these three men came forward to claim the million-dollar prize yesterday and now a report out

of britain cites that they set up a trust so the real winner could remain anonymous. and radiologists say mammograms should start at the age of 40 and not 50. in 2009, the u.s. preventive task force says routine looks should be at 50. and new evidence that shows a number of parents are opting out of evacuaof vaccinations fo. dr. nancy snyderman says it's a sign of times despite studies that shows the vaccinations are safe. >> we look around and see the

healthy kids and say kids have better nutrition today and i am not so worried about it, and therefore i am not going to vaccinate my children. >> and you are worried about this negatively impacting something that is called heard immunity, and that is? >> enough of us need to be vaccinated so that we don't pass on the viruses and bacteria. the threshold is 98%. right now about 98% of the kids in the country are vaccinated. >> dr. snyderman says being unimmunized to be a risk to those people battling conditions such as cancer. coming up this afternoon, beginning at 4:00, we will have the sentencing dr. murray in the death of michael jackson. did you know there are certain days of the week that you can get better deals when you shop online. and then at 5:00 a. new

procedure that can thicken your eye brows permanently. tom, do you want to get your eyebrows thickened permanently? >> no. but meanwhile, it's raining. closer to home, we have had this conveyor belt of rain moving from the south, east heading northwest across northern virginia and the district and much of maryland. we have one wave of moderate rain now heading right towards the district, and it should be moving through here in the next hour or so and temperatures have dropped back down into the 50s. it's cooled down since the rain commenced, and then it's chilly tomorrow. and then we will have maybe a few sprinkles this evening, and most of the rain should be over by late afternoon. the sun returns tomorrow, and it will be chilly with dry weather wednesday all the way through the weekend. we will see you tomorrow morning. >> tom, thank you. can you share your corn with

me? can i have it? >> no. >> no? >> did you hear that? this video is getting attention because this porcupine seems to be talking. his name is teddy bear. the staff says he was being grumpy, so they gave him an ear of corn and the zoo keepers tried to take that from him, and teddy bear tells her to back off. and it's just a series of noises perhaps, and it sure sounds like words. corn always brings him out of his crabby mood, apparently. he likes it. that's "news4 midday" for today. thank you for joining us. we invite you to tune in for more news at 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 [ female announcer ] more people are using wireless devices...

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