good afternoon. welcome to news4 at 4:00. >> the rain started this morning and it's been falling off and on all day. >> chuck bell is in storm center 4 tracking the weather for us. >> hey there. a very gloomy looking day to be outside today after a stretch of beautiful sunny weather. it seems all of the more horrible that it is so cloudy outside today. rain will fall every now and then and it's been coming down pretty much since the sun came up this morning. it will continue here for the next couple of hours as well. we look outside on our city camera view, full cloud cover out there. the rain is starting to ease up just a little bit especially out toward the west of washington, but still plenty of cloud cover out there. 54 degrees right now here in town. winds are out of the southwest at 11 miles per hour. as you can see on storm 4 doppler live radar showing moderate rain showers especially down into southern maryland. moderate rain right now and plenty of rain across charles

county, maryland, as well over toward charlotte hall and as you get into fairfax county, the rain tapers up a bit as you get into western fairfax and a break in the action out toward the blueridge. that's not going to be the complete end of the rain. there will be more rain chances lingering through about 9:00 this evening as that next little patch now entering southwest virginia rolls our way. there's also been a little bit of severe weather across the outer banks of north carolina. we're stuck in the rain here for much of the next several hours. rainfall amounts today have averaged between a quarter and half inch of rain. we have another tenth or so on the way. temperatures really warm in southern maryland. 37 in northern maryland. that colder air is coming our way. your evening planner is soggy and chilly. temperatures into the 40s in the next couple of hours. some ferocious winds coming our way for tomorrow. we'll detail that part of the forecast coming up in just a bit. for now, if you are expecting someone home, they are stuck in traffic.

>> thank you, chuck. we are just a week away now from the iowa caucuses and the official start of the presidential campaign. gop candidates are out there fighting for every possible vote with speeches and phone calls and campaign ads. as janelle klein reports, they are all determined to pull ahead in a race that's tighter than ever. >> reporter: seven contenders, seven days. in just a week iowans will choose a republican candidate for president and campaigns are intense. polls show a tight race between mitt romney, newt gingrich and ron paul with paul now in the lead. >> there's a large contingent of iowa republicans who are really reacting a ining and respondein he's talking about. >> a couple weeks ago i was a distant third in iowa. you don't know what will happen in this process. >> reporter: especially with candidates pulling out all of the stops.

michele bachmann and rick perry are on statewide bus tours. >> part-time congress cut their time in washington in half. >> reporter: most have new commercials. together the candidates have spent $10 million on tv ads in the past month alone but sometimes ads can backfire. >> it doesn't always benefit the person doing the spending. if one candidate spends a lot of money to attack another, it might benefit a third person because voters don't always like the negative ads. >> reporter: nobody is afraid to attack. gingrich today fired back at romney. >> to have him run a commercial that questions my conservatism, i mean, i've been a conservative my entire life. >> reporter: gingrich slams romney now, at one time he supported a key romney initiative. in a 2006 memo he praised romney's massachusetts health care law, a law gingrich now criticizes. in the end iowa's choice may not predict the future.

only one nonincumbent candidate has won iowa and gone on to become president. a short time ago nebraska senator ben nelson will retire at the end of his term. he's been in his office since 2001. nelson is expected to make his exit and will likely provide an opportunity for republican candidate to take that seat. between 100 and 120 sears and kmart stores are shutting down after terrible holiday sales. sears holding cooperation which operates kmart stores say the closing will generate $140 to $170 million in sales. sears cited lackluster electronics and home appliance sales. sears has not said which stores will be closing. the retailer won't discuss how many jobs, if any, will be cut. if you went shopping yesterday, you were part of

history in the making. the national retail federation says the day after christmas was the busiest shopping day of the year. it was also part of a sales season that is up 3.8% over last year. analysts say much of the increase in sales was driven by deep discounts. yesterday was also a big day for returns and exchanges. by some estimates 10% of the items bought during the holidays will be returned. federal officials trying to stop a major hacking attack from happening again. thousands of credit card numbers were stolen from a security firm this christmas and the group claiming responsibility says this is just the beginning. nbc's justice correspondent pete williams has the details. >> reporter: alan barr of texas was stunned to discover that just before christmas red cross records showed he recently contributed $200 with his credit card. something he didn't actually do. while many of the victims in this latest hacker attack were

corporate clients of the company stratfor, individual subscribers discovered that their information was taken too. >> they could have ruined our christmas. >> reporter: the hackers tried to steal $700,000 in all from his account. most of the charitable contributions will be returned because they were stolen to start with. the attack is a major embarrassment for stratfor that shut down its website saying it was undergoing maintenance. the group unanimous was clearly relishing the attention claiming in a statement that there's "plenty more havoc in store for the rest of the week." it called for the release of army private bradley manning who is accused of passing on thousands of classified government documents to wikileaks, the website the hacker group has aided in the past and they have released hundreds of clients and names of

individual subscribers along with credit card numbers and other private data. >> it's a serious breach. we're talking about a lot of people's identity including people in very sensitive positions in the defense is department, intelligence agencies and private companies and even foreign embassies. >> reporter: a twitter feed says celebrities, singers and reality show star are among the next victims but because the group is so decentralized, there's no way to verify that claim. >> the texas company stratfor is putting systems in place to prevent something like this happening again. security experts say what's happening is a warning to all big companies to make sure sensitive client data is well protected. on wall street, stocks ended in flat note. the dow jones industrial average fell one point. the nasdaq gained six and s&p 500 closed less than a point higher. investigators in connecticut now know what caused a deadly christmas day fire that killed five people including three children. investigators say the blaze

spread from a log in the fireplace. there were no smoke detectors and no fire alarms. >> reporter: outside of the stanford home where madonna badger and their family planned to celebrate christmas sits flowers and stuffed animals remembering the lives lost in the tragic fire. this morning stanford fire chief told us before the home was reduced to rubble, investigators used these ladders to hold up the floors to retrieve the bodies of the five victims. firefighters tried to save badger's three children who apparently tried to escape themselves. firefighters were forced to stop their efforts when the flames became too intense. >> bear in mind these firefighters are dressed in totally encapsulated gear. the best on the market. the flame and heat pushed them out. imagine what those kids went through. >> we're also told that badger's father attempted to save his

granddaughter but died while trying. >> he was in between a roof rafters. there was debris on top of him. we found him just outside of the window just inside the window we found one of the little girls. >> they would have celebrated their 49th wedding anniversary the day after christmas. >> once again, a news conference just a few moments ago, officials said the house had no working smoke detectors. the fire was so horrendous that even some of the firefighters involved are seeking counseling. baby sitter in indiana beat a little girl to death with a brick. today 39-year-old michael plumadore admitted to killing alanna lemmon on december 22nd and stuffed her body in trash bags and hid her in the freezer. he is ordered without bail. the younger girl and two others sisters were staying with plumadore because their mother was sick with the flu.

a marine who died in afghanistan last month was laid to rest in arlington cemetery. vincent bell died when an improvised explosive went off near his patrol. he joined the marines in 2001 and was serving his fifth deployment. the aircraft carrier "uss carl vinson" arrived at the port of call today. the sailors were anticipating some shore leave. the nuclear powered super carrier may be best known for burying osama bin laden at sea. a popular singer gets down on one knee while an actress enters splitsville. ♪ also ahead, van halen launches a reunion tour. >> one of your enemies could sink your credit. plus a man who found ten

grand at the airport and tracked down the owner is from the washington area. we caught up with him too and had him explain his good deed.

♪ van halen fans will rock and roll all of the way to ticket master on january 10th. the official website announced a 2012 tour yesterday. van halen members signed a new record deal last month. the first album with david lee roth on vocals since 1984. tour dates for 2012 haven't been announced yet. the website video announcing the tour features eddie van halen and drummer alex van halen reuniting with original singer david lee roth. women all around the world sad today. john legend officially off the market. the singer asked his girlfriend to marry him. a rep for legend confirmed the engagement happened over the holiday while the couple was vacati vacationing. they began dating in 2007. john legend has another reason to celebrate this week. his birthday is tomorrow. 33. o'connor is ending her

marriage 18 days after tying the knot in a drive-through wedding in vegas. o'connor wrote on her website that her husband is a wonderful man and she loves him very much but he's been unhappy about the attitude of people close to him toward their marriage. the singer also adds that her husband was badly affected by a wild ride that she went on on their wedding night surging for weed because she doesn't drink alcohol. it was her fourth marriage. >> that explains it. now i understand. the busiest online shopping day, the soda that might keep you from spontaneous combustion and how your tweets may sink your credit rating. thanks for coming in. >> good to see you both. >> we're going to start with friends and credit. >> your mother gave you the advice be careful who you pick as friends. now that goes to facebook and

twitter and the whole nine yards. >> birds of a feather flock together. that's what banks realize. they found your credit rating is behind the times because they have to get it to one of the reporting agencies and then you have to pull it. they found now that they can develop a system that will allow banks and other companies to decide if you are worth lending money to or a loan for a car or if you're a friend, 20 bucks, based on the friends you have on facebook and twitter. it analyzes your friends and decides if your friends have bad credit, chances are you probably are among that group of people not responsible with money. might be time to friend a millionaire. don't have a job, i have a friend who is a millionaire. >> not all of the busiest shopping days are behind us. these are busy days if you're shopping for dates. >> if you are shopping for dates. the busiest online dating time

is between today and when? >> valentine's day. >> a lot of people actually spend christmas eve with their family. they are not worried about having a boyfriend or a girlfriend. however, new year's eve is saturday night. they say the traffic to certain websites up by as much as 20% including websites like iloveyouraccent.com. >> wow. something for everybody. >> seeing a lot of traffic today. >> all right. >> mountain dew. fire swallowers like this? mountain dew? >> the idea is they released a study talking about ingredients in mountain dew that keep it from separating. you want the soda to taste the same from the beginning to end. basically it weighs down the particles to keep everything separated perfectly. also a fire retardant in cushions. this is one of the most trending

c topics today. it's not just in mountain dew. also in gatorade. the fda has limits on it. don't freak out. you will not not ever catch on fire. that's a good thing. however, bbo is the thing they put in couch cushions to keep it from spontaneously co ll lly co. >> let's try it in the green room. >> a freak accident for a woman with breast implants that was doing pilates. >> one of her breast implants got wedged in her ribs. >> it's not going to happen on this tape? >> doctors say it was a rare occurrence but they are put between the skin and muscle and the rib so they sit on top of the rib so this one -- this is in baltimore by the way. >> because of a deep breath?

>> because of a deep breath as part of her workout regimen. >> that's scary. >> we're also learning that in a pc world there are no winners and losers and coaches are finding that out the hard way. >> go to our facebook and twitter pages. you tell me if you agree with this. in connecticut, there are two coaches in hot water today. their team got third place. they got trophies for third place. the coaches said you didn't win. you don't deserve trophies. burn them. >> these are high school kids? >> i'm with the coaches. come on. burn them. >> a third place trophy? >> some parents are very upset. you'll get e-mails from this. some parents think that everybody is a winner. these are some schools that won't grade with red pens. >> there is great value in learning how to lose. >> i agree. >> you won't win every one. winning! >> it's not all about winning though. seems most everyone these days of course has a dvr. who was the last person on pennsylvania avenue to get one?

>> who do you think it was? president obama told "people" magazine they just got a dvr. >> wow. >> my grandmother just got a cell phone for christmas. what's going on in the world? >> thought they were of the tech. >> can he want let news get out if we just now got a dvr. it's in a second floor parlor. the president doesn't get a chance to watch a lot of tv with his family because they have different taste and not because of time. now they have the ability to dvr shows including the news. >> they knew about it -- the technology that is. >> i hope so. >> the girls are studying and -- >> next week on the show the internet is going to be big one day. it will be absolutely huge. i can't wait. >> we know that the whole crew over at hot 99.5 has big new year's fan. >> yes. everybody will be live on saturday night with a huge party. hot 99.5.com. >> sounds like a blast.

>> can't wait to see you there. mountain dew is on me. >> thanks. the fire retardant formula. thanks. coming up on news4, a former producer of the show "survivor" headed back to mexico on murder charges. how long will the rain stick around? chuck will be back with his

you got to love a cold rain. >> yes. every now and then it's a good thing. >> no, chuck, no. >> what? >> we didn't need the rain? >> no. we're more than seven inches ahead in rainfall as we get ready to close out the year. >> you have to love a cold rain. >> didn't either of you get a good book for christmas? i got a good book for christmas and had no chance to read it and today would have been the ultimate day to read a good book. nonetheless, a lot of people do not care for the rain. they are feeling seasonally affected after four or five days in the row of sunshine. it could be worse. had it been cold enough, this is what we would be dealing with. this is what it looked like one year ago today. the big blizzard that went right above us. we got almost nothing out of it. philadelphia up the eastern seaboard into new york city got just hammered a year ago.

some places 18 to 20 inches of snow. ba boy. that could have been us. if only we could get cold air in the mid-atlantic. today it's just all in the form of rain. not even close to the freezing mark here in washington. we're at 54 degrees right now. courtesy of a southwest wind averaging 14 miles an hour us r ushering in much warmer air. a big spread of temperatures across the area. annapolis, 57 degrees. college park, silver spring, 54. not far back to the west though, leesburg and dulles, down into the low 40s. that's a 10 or 12-degree drop over the first 20 miles. temperatures are back into the upper 30s across parts of northern maryland up into the panhandle of west virginia. just warm enough to be rain and all rain. moderate at times now. prince george's county, northern calvert county, these showers are racing off to the east so right along route 301 and route 50 going out toward annapolis, a lot of wet roadways out there. most of the heavier rain is now off of i-95 and pushing

eastbound on the northern neck. dry conditions now toward culpeper and blueridge that way. more showers in far southwestern virginia. most of these will die out before they get here. if they live long enough to reach us, they'll be here in four to five to six hours time frame from now. if you have a flight coming in from later tonight up the eastern seaboard, a messy go. big flight days, boston, new york city, philadelphia, newark, new jersey. snow showers heading out toward detroit and cleveland. severe weather of all things down across the outer banks of north carolina. a lot going on. a very energized storm system as it goes racing on by tonight it will clear the rain out of here before midnight. it will clear the skies out before you get up tomorrow morning and as it pulls away, a very steep pressure gradient sets up so we'll start out dry and breezy. tomorrow will be wind whipped for sure. plenty of sunshine east of the mountains. plenty of cloud cover for you folks up in high spots and then noticeably colder weather for

tomorrow night into early thursday. the good news is that real cold stuff won't stick around for too long. on our future weather here, look at this. by 6:00 this evening, all out of here. rain over. skies clearing. wind increasing. start off temperatures in the 30s tomorrow morning. then tomorrow afternoon the big weather headline for tomorrow will be a ferocious west to northwesterly breeze 20 to 30 miles an hour sustained with gusts over 40 miles an hour at times. especially high spots. could cause power outages. you folks in the mountains will be under the gun for that. a chance for rain new year's eve. doesn't look like a big deal. we may have time to trim that back out before saturday gets here. >> i bet the people would appreciate that. >> i would appreciate that. >> all right, thanks. still to come, we now know what caused heavy ds death. our own conversation with the guy who found $10,000 in an airport and went to great

welcome back to "news4 at 4:00." i'm pat lawson muse. >> i'm aaron gilchrist in for jim handly. the iowa caucuses are just seven days away now. the candidates have spent $10 million on tv ads in this month alone. a tight race between mitt romney, newt gingrich and ron paul with paul gaining a slight edge. investigators in connecticut have determined the cause of that deadly christmas day fire. they say the fire that killed five people including three children was somehow sparked by the fireplace. the town's mayor says the grandfather made it out of the house but died trying to save the children. at least 100 sears and kmart stores shutting down after terrible holiday sales. sears holding corporation which also operates kmart stores

blames poor sales and a drop in layaway purchases. no word on which stores will close or how many jobs might be cut. on wall street stocks ended on a lackluster note following last week's strong rally. the dow jones industrial lost two points. nasdaq picked up six and s&p 500 ended with no change. in great britain, queen elizabeth's husband, prince phillip, is resting at home. >> he left the hospital after being rushed to the hospital late on friday night. >> reporter: this morning the queen's husband, prince phillip, got his wish to be released from the hospital after spending four nights there. his treatment for a blocked coronary artery was a minimally invasive procedure and often patients are released the next day but given that the prince is 90 years old, despite his great health and great spirits and great desire to leave, doctors did want to keep him under observation.

this morning they allowed him to be driven to the palace. a beautiful cozy place the royal family loves where they can be out of the public eye and spend the rest of the holiday together. this is the first time prince phillip has missed christmas there. one of the busiest members of the royal family making between 200 to 300 public appearances every year. it's possible that after this, he may scale back a little more. back to you. we now know what caused the death of the late rapper heavy d. the los angeles county coroner's office found he died from a pulmonary embolism. the coroner's office says the clot was most likely the result of an extended airplane ride. the rapper just returned on a long flight from london to l.a. after performing at a michael jackson tribute concert.

his death has been classified as a natural death. unanimous actress is suing the popular internet movie data base because she says they published her real age without her consent and lost work because of it that actress identified as a texas resident of asian descent looks much younger than she is. the lawsuit claimed she only provided her real information when she signed up for imob pro. she's suing for a million dollars. a spokesperson for amazon declined to comment saying they never discuss litigation. yesterday at 4:00 we told you about the man who found ten grand at the las vegas airport and spent two weeks tracking down the owner of the cash. it turns out that guy grew up here in the d.c. area. news4 jim vance talked to mitch gilbert on the phone during our 11:00 news last night. >> i got to tell you, mr.

gilbert, it's a privilege to talk to you. i got to know. you say you wanted to make a good example for your kids. was that? that's an extraordinary thing to do, man. $10,000 in cash in your hand and you decide to give it back. what were you thinking? >> well, there were a couple things to be honest with you. i kept thinking to myself, what it would be like if i had lost that money and, you know, it was making me sick to my stomach. i couldn't stand the fact to think that if i would have lost that it would never be returned. that was one driving factor and the other was my children. i wanteded ed ted to set a goo and do the right thing. it's the holiday season. that's what it came down to. i'm going to take you up on that drink by the way. >> that was my next comment. i need to say i hope your kids realize what a wonderful example they have in a father. i mean, that really is some cool stuff that you did. here's the deal. whenever you are in d.c., please

look me up. give me a call. dinner is on me, mr. gilbert, all right? >> that sounds great. i have a question for you. do you remember -- i went to bcc. i don't know if you remember, you came and visited our school when i was a child. i don't want to age myself. it was in the '70s sometime. >> you're ageing me. yes, i do remember. i was there for the audio visual class or something like that on one occasion. and something else on another one. >> exactly right. i just want to let you know, back in the '70s i had a bigger afro than you. >> i knew you were the kind of guy i want to have a drink with. mr. gilbert, thank you very much. please come to town. dinner is on me. we appreciate it. god bless you, man. that was a really, really generous move. >> people have gone back and forth about i don't know if i would have done it. perfect example. >> and these days when people are, you know, it's a wonderful

example to set not only for his kids but for everyone watching this story unfold. there's more to come on "news4 at 4:00," we go inside the denmark zoo to get up close and personal with the new polar bear star. >> plus later, the bizarre twist in the murder case that's being built against a

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with a deal on botox. 149 bucks. you get 20 units of botox or 40 units for $279. that's more than a 50% discount and you look ageless forever. >> a lot of folks will take advantage of that. and on living social our deal of the day is for the skate and fun zone. for 24 bucks admission and roller skate rentals for family of four. it's located in menessas. the much needed relief is finally here for one town. coming up tonight at 9:00 on nbc washington nonstop, we're heading out for nonstop foodies. the d.c. mainstay founding farmers has expanded to suburbs with some new items on the menu that are really catching on. stay tuned for nonstop scene

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for many teens and parents it means december 31st is time to mail the college application. >> some kids will look for the chance to pursue their dreams with the help of one of the biggest names in silicon valley. >> college debt in the usa is at

record highs and many innovators say new ideas are at record lows. so the man who was the brains behind paypal, facebook's first outside investor and money behind several other successful ventures had an idea. taking a small fraction of those that apply, teens with strong entrepreneurial skills will skip college and build high tech business of their dreams. >> things that require innovation and technology involve a lot of risk. i'm very concerned that the enormous amount of death being run up by students prevents people from developing businesses. >> it's called 20 under 20 looking for young bright minds drying to fi i trying to find bright kids.

he started when he was just 15 years old after his grandmother was stricken with cancer. he founded g.e.t. mobility solutions. >> one biggest issue for my grandfather, she was prescribed a lot of mobility products. i was disappointment with what current technology offered. >> educators say school is the best place to develop brilliant young minds. >> worse case, they can always go back to school. school is not going away. they will always be able to go back to school. >> maria bartiromo, cnbc business news. turning now to weather. >> we have broken out with a beautiful picture or two around here. this will look great. don't adjust your sets. these are some great photographs live picture from our city camera of one of the more vivid rainbows i can remember seeing in a long time courtesy of the density of the rain shaft coming through the area. all of the moisture out there making prisms and it lit up that

beautiful picture of the rainbow there. you can see a second arch to the right of that one. where is the end of the rainbow? check out this picture from the white house. bathed in golden sunshine here in the late afternoon hours. sun is going down in only seven minutes and that's what you need if you want a great picture of the rainbow, you need the sun low down into the sky and that's what we have out there right now. current temperature a mild 52 degrees at national airport. here are runways at national. this is just on the other side of the river there out near where they park the presidential helicopter. this is a great looking shot. if you have a window close by s take a look at it. the back end of the rain is just coming through national airport. that's the reason for that vivid rainbow. the skies have cleared out temporarily back down to the central parts of virginia and one pretty stout line of thunderstorms now rolling into southern maryland so you folks hunting town and calvert county down toward leonard town, st. mary city, sullivans island, be

on the lookout. not severe yet but this line will have 35 to 45 miles per hour wind gusts associated with it. then we have break in the action coming in and more showers now into far southwestern virginia. a lot of that will dry out before it gets here. i don't think it will be done completely with rain chances until 10:00 or so tonight. severe weather along the outer banks of south carolina. one thing to watch is line of thunderstorms through st. mary's county over the next 35 to 40 minutes. near 60 in st. mary's county and near freezing in cumberland. lows into the 30s. breezy after midnight and real windy around le y around here t. gusts well over around 40 along ridge tops that could cause power outage issues. highs in the 40s tomorrow. even with wind and sun tomorrow, that wind will have windchills in the upper 20s and low 30s during the day with the sunshine

tomorrow. be ready for that. i know i'm a weather fanatic. i could sit here and watch that picture. that rainbow will be gone in about six minutes. when the sun goes down, that's it. >> somewhere over the rainbow. >> maybe you can figure out where that pot of gold is. >> i've been looking for that thing for years. someone moves it just before i get there every time. >> you have 5:50. all righty. here's a story that may bring a smile to your face. in fact, thanks to the internet, the antics of a polar bear cub have been witnessed by hundreds of thousands of people. >> the bear is just a-month-old and being raised by hand by zookeepers in denmark. michel >> reporter: is it possible? fathomable? advisable that anything on this

planet could be this cute? trying to roll around. getting a massage. and maybe his favorite pastime, napping with his little tongue hanging out. but his name means sea ice. the baby polar bear born at a denmark zoo and in his one month of life he'swinning admirers around the world thanks to intern internet video. doesn't get much more adorable than this. some call him unbearably cute weighing less than two pounds at birth when his mother couldn't produce milk, zookeepers stepped in around the clock tending to his every need. now he's a hefty seven pounds. there's a giant bear in there waiting to come out one day that will be more than 100 times his size at around half a ton. it calls to mind one other thing

this baby polar bear, yes, the beloved berlin superstar who inspired songs and merchandising who eventually became a little too big to snuggle. he died suddenly in march at 4 years old. in captivity they can win 40 years and there are only estimated 25,000 polar bears left in the world. so zookeepers are giving him all of the care he can handle. what a job. to ensure that whether or not this guy also becomes a rock star of the animal kingdom, he'll be as happy as this for a long, long time. the polar bear that is melting hearts by the millions. michel >> he's cute. i'll give it to you. >> he's cute. >> it's a bear. >> a giant bear there and their

numbers are dwindling some say around the world. that video is helping to sensitize people to their plight. coming up, if you think escalators on metro are long and that the rides are long, wait until we show you this one. >> taking a ride up the slopes and saving energy at the same time. a special new year's day honor for one local family. >> and the role female soldiers are playing in the middle east. a would be robber gets more than he bargained for. find out what happened after a gunman tried to hold up a cash

switzerland's first solar power ski lift opened today located in a town of 100 folks. the panels are designed to turn toward sunlight and can hold heavy snow. the panels put out nearly four times more energy than is needed to actually operate the lift. the excess energy is directed toward switzerland's national grid. the first solar powered ski lift opened in austria two years ago. after walking hundreds of steps for generations, a poor community in colombia is getting some much needed relief. the country's second biggest city now has a massive outdoor escalator. it's more than 1,200 feet long and is expecteded to cut the

mountainside walk from 35 to just 6 minutes. the escalator cost $6.5 million to install but an estimated 135,000 people will benefit from using it. still ahead on news4, the latest on the reality tv

a former reality show

producer accused of murdering his wife in cancun last year will head to mexico to stand trial. bruce beresford-redman maintains his innocence but he's not fighting extradition either. nbc's george lewis has the latest. >> reporter: beresford-redman, his wife, monica, and their children everyone staying at a resort in cancun last year. three days after she was reported missing, her body was found in a sewer at the resort. here on "today" last week, beresford-redman's mother spoke out in defense of her son. >> he's a good man. he's never been in trouble with the law. he's not a violent person. despite difficulties in the marriage, everyone has difficulties, usually there's still great deal of love. >> reporter: mexican authorities say there was evidence the couple fought over his alleged infidelity and there were scratches on his body and he

waited until the day after his wife reportedly went missing to notify authorities. >> monica, when she has a day out, she has a day out. she worked nights as you know in her fraurestaurant. he fell asleep with the children. >> reporter: mexican police say they found evidence that bruce use his key card to enter and leave the hotel room nine times on the night of his wife's disappearance. he maintains that's because he was searching for monica. >> he was looking for her. he would come back to check on the children. he did that numerous time. >> reporter: a federal judge in los angeles did not find beresford-redman's arguments about his innocence compelling enough to block his extradition to mexico. the lawyer for monica's family applauded that. >> you can't really call it a happy occasion since their sister was brutally murdered. this is an important day. it's an important day for

justice. >> that is "news4 at 4:00." "news4 at 5:00" starts right now. right now at 5:00, we're tracking a big storm system moving through the area bringing rain up and down the east coast. good afternoon. welcome to "news4 at 5:00." i'm pat lawson muse. i'm jim vance. rain has been coming down all day that's caused some travel troubles on the roads and flight delays. getting a break right now. on the way into the studio, chuck, i noticed a gorgeous shaft of light and even a rainbow out there. >> you got that right. a beautiful day outside today. there's the live picture of the u.s. capitol building under a mostly cloudy sky. to the west, skies have cleared enough to let a little bit, the last few rays of sunshine get in and make some beautiful rainbows as well. this is one view of the rainbow we shot a little bit ago. this is the rea