good afternoon, i'm pat lawson muse. i'm aaron gilchrist in for jim handly. we start with the wind, 30-mile-an-hour winds in some parts of the area. >> kim is in the storm center to tell us more about this. it's chilly. >> it is. coming off the heels of what was a lot of rain, now the next thing in line, the crazy, gusty winds. we don't have a wind advisory. the winds are strong, blowing around what may be old christmas trees you have put outside. we have wind gusts outside reagan national at 26 miles per hour. gusting to almost 36 miles per hour in hagerstown and annapolis. 24 in camp springs. now, the temperatures this afternoon have been pretty good. we are at 43 right now and 44 at la playda. look what happens when i factor

in the wind with the temperatures. 24 in hagerstown. the 40s go away and feel like 35 degrees. the windchill a big factor. we don't have to worry about snow. we are going to stay dry. we deal with the windy weather through 9:00. temperatures easing back from 37 down to 36 by 11:00. chilly overnight. the bright, silver lining is we will not have the gusty winds tomorrow. we are going to go from highs in the 50s to windchills down into the teens by next week. we'll straighten that out in a bit. >> thanks, kim. campaign surge is under way in iowa. >> republicans are ramping up the rhetoric trying to woo undecided voters there. jenelle is live with more on the last minute push.

>> reporter: with six days left, republican candidates are using whenever they can to get votes. most of the contenders say they have a chance to win. iowa campaigning is now nonstop with candidates on bus tours across the state. the latest polls show ron paul and mitt romney leading the pack. it's still anybody's race. >> it's always difficult to tell just who is gaining momentum and who isn't. >> reporter: by a small margin, the leader is paul who launched a tv ad tough on his opponents. >> politicians who supported bailouts and flip-floppers can't clean up the mess. >> reporter: newt gingrich dismissed the ad and aired one of his own. he polls third in iowa, he remains optimistic. >> we are ahead of where i thought we would be in this state. i'm happy overall. >> reporter: paul and romney

focused on jobs and criticized obama. >> we have to ask someone who can post up against president obama on the economy, knows the economy and has credibility on the economy. i do. it's where i spent my life. >> we are the largest middle class ever and now it's shrinking. >> reporter: with six days until the caucuses, long shots like bachmann and santorum say the race is far from over. with paul in the lead, republicans are rushing to criticize him. pat? >> tell us, other than the economy, what are the other main issues the candidates are talking about? >> reporter: jobs top of mind for everyone. the candidates are hitting that topic hard. health care is another big issue. they are talking ability romney's plan and alternatives they see if they are elected. it's what we expect to see in new hampshire.

>> thanks jenelle. >> reporter: sure. ron paul gets first billing in virginia. they drew names today and paul's name was picked first to be on the ballot. romney is second. gingrich and perry did not get the 10,000 signatures they needed to be listed. the primary is closed. voters have to sign a pledge that says they will support the republican nominee come november. the first family is still on holiday in hawaii with a popular visit to a snorkling spot they like. they went to the island of owahu. they went to a marine sanction ware and aquarium. the vacation continues through new year's day. two f-16 fighter jets intercepted a small civilian plane today shortly after noon.

the f-16s were deployed after the small plane went out of radio contact. the pilot later established his radio communication and was allowed on his way. no one was hurt or detained. a private jet skidded off the runway in florida. the plane returned with unknown problems. the plane skidded into a fence. no injuries to the six people on board. scary moments for passengers in california after two tires blew during a take off there. they had to make an emergency landing. it was a southwest airlines plane headed to seattle. emergency crews doused the tires with water once it landed. the 737 shook really badly before it stopped on the runway. >> the front of the plane was going up. all of a sudden, boom, it started shaking bad. stopped right there on the

runway. >> when it was all said and done, nobody got hurt. friends and family of a police officer said their final good-bye's today. sergeant michael bane died in the line of duty two weeks ago trying to save a man who jumped of fell from key bridge. today, hundreds paid their respects as the 19 year veteran of the force was laid to rest. there was a huge procession before the funeral. he leaves behind a wife and son. chris gordon will have much more on this story tonight at 5:00 and 6:00. tens of thousands of north koreans line the streets to pay final respects to kim jong-il. the death of the communist leader was announced last week. as we report, there's much mystery about what kim jong-il

leaves behind. >> reporter: under heavy snowfall, the funeral procession for the man north koreans call their dear leader made its way. leading the way, his son and successor, kim jong un. thousands of men and women in military uniform or civilian clothing lined the streets to pay their last respects. the sound of their wailing clearly broadcast along with music. a stark contract to the mood among north koreans living south of the border. the only thing that kim jong-il did was starve 3 million people to death said this woman who fled eight years ago. she now lives in seoul running a broadcast running daily reports. at first i thought, wow, we can go home said the radio station's

founder. he escape d 11 years ago. but, he says, there's no hope of change. no hope because of this man, kim jong un. not much is known about him or his ability to rule. one thing is clear -- he's inherited his father's dictatorship said the radio station manager. >> reporter: it's worth reminding everyone the images of the funeral procession were only available direct from north korean state television. it's not possible to verify how much of it or if all of it was staged. back to you. in the middle east, police had to break up fighting over the boundaries of jurisdictions inside the church of the nativity. 100 priests in mosques beat each other with brooms. it's not the first time they

have battled over boundaries at that church. on wall street, stocks ended lower. they came as the euro tumbled. investo investors road it out. the nasdaq down 35 and s&p 500 ended 15 pounds lower. if all the gifts this year went on your credit card, you are not alone. shoppers didn't hesitate to whip out the plastic this year according to first data which tracks consumer payments. experts say with an improved economy, americans seemed less cautious about borrowing. when news 4 at 4:00 continues, life is like a box of chocolates. >> run forest! run! >> one of america's great films is preserved for all time. if you are thinking of what to serve your guests this new years, a local chef shows how to

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has died. cheetah died on christmas eve in palm harbor, florida. the chimp was taken to the sanctuary in 1960 from the estate of the tarzan co-star. cheetah died of kidney failure. cheetah was 80 years old. he lived an unusually long life for a chimp in captivity, outliving co-stars. >> must have been doing something right. >> i didn't know he was alive anyway. some of america's greatest films take place in history at the library of congress. >> 25 were chosen to join the largest archive of film, tv and sound recordings. >> are we stuped or something? >> mama says stupid is as stupid does. >> i'm jenny. >> she was my most special

friend. my only friend. we were together all the time, we were like peas and carrots. >> like peas and carrots. they added "forest gump" to the stash. it was selected because of the significance to american culture. many of the movies lines are still famous today. being selected means the film will be preserved for future generations. it had a famous co-star, sally field. another of her movies made the list, norma rae. >> bambi, the big heat, silence of the lams and "war of the worlds" from 1953. >> "porgy and bess," stand and deliver, the iron horse, the cry

of the children and a cure for pokeritis. >> saw a lot of those, not all of them. janet jackson, kim kardashian are on the naughty list for their fur habits. >> peta named them the most unfriendly animal people. a fashion label that crafts garments from mink. kim kardashian needs to divorce herself from fur and say i do to a kind and compassionate wardrobe. british rocker was named peta's uk person of the year for sports animal rights t-shirts on stage. not a list you want to be on. >> not a good one. a gallup role ranks the most admired men and women in the country. >> president obama was the first

man, george w. bush was second, bill clinton, billy graham. >> hillary clinton is the top woman followed by oprah, michelle obama and condoleezza rice. >> million dollar pads and celebrity parties are reasons you may or may not want to live next to a celebrity. >> a poll revealing who folks chose as the most and least wanted as celebrity neighbors. >> an athlete took the top. tim tebow scored the highest with 11% of the votes. he beat out angelina jolie and brad pitt with 10% of the votes. actress jennifer aniston and her boyfriend came in third followed by jennifer lopez. >> the very bronze cast of one reality show topped the list of

least desired neighbors. the jersey shore cast got 28% of the votes. charlie sheen second at 21%. lindsay lohan third just ahead of kim kardashian. most people prefer not to live near a celebrity at all. >> you have to deal with their paparazzi and yours. if you are looking to toast 2012 over a good meal, we have a recipe for you. >> the folks at morton's stakehouse let us in the kitchen. >> i am the chef at morton's stakehouse. today, i'm going to show you how to make a chilean sea bass. it's a fish from the southern oceans near antarctica with a

white, mild flesh that is rather firm. it's an excellent choice for most fish eaters. i'm going to start with the sea bass. sprinkle a little seasoning salt on there. dip it in olive oil. i'm going to place it on a hot broiler rack. now you probably don't have one of these at home, but you can use your outside grill, you can use your broiler under your oven. what we are going to cdo is coo each side two to two and a half minutes. if it needs more time, put it in the oven. fish, for the most part is better undercooked than overcooked.

we have a beautiful piece of chilean sea bass here. what we are going to do is plate it up, serve it with pineapple salsa. it's finely diced pineapple, tomato, red onion, jalapeno pepper. dice it up, allow it to sit for a few hours and meld the flavors. excellent topping for fish. a little bit of fresh lime goes outstanding with the sea bass. there we have it. grilled chilean sea bass with pineapple salsa and fresh lime. >> that looks delicious. it does look good. >> there are more good eats coming up on nbc washington nonstop. we have a recipe that might let you put the holiday leftovers to use. that's tonight on foodies at 9:00. how music can help you pick out which wine to serve with

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we are talking windchills already. >> we are. >> i guess it's about time. >> it is. we had a crazy, freak snowstorm in october. we are going to talk about highs in the 50s. before that, we have to get through this windy evening we have. it's windy outside and going to stay windy for a couple hours. the good news, winds subside and by tomorrow morning we put them back in the box at five to ten miles an hour. not a lot of rain. it was deceiving. if you spent the day in the office and didn't have to walk in the wind, you thought it was a gorgeous day. wind gusts up to 30 miles an hour. we are at 43 degrees. the wind is holding steady at 17. it's not a gust. the humidity is 37%. all right, let's talk about

other winds and temperatures. we have lots of 40s on the map. some 30s north and west. right now, fredericksburg is coming in at 48 degrees. let's talk about the wind gusts, there they are. gusting to 26 inside the beltway and 23 in winchester. the windchill dropped significantly. it feels like the 20s. the 40s feel like 30s downtown. feels like 43 in fredericksburg. that's the game plan. bundle up. it's going to be a chilly one. actual lows dip to 31 inside the beltway with mid-20s and windchills into the lower 20s and upper teens north and west tonight. the the radar is quiet. we are catching a break from the rain. i suspect as we head through the rest of the week and weekend, things are going to stay dry around here. we have to talk about a warm up. it's hard to think when we see the lake-effect snow to the

north in pennsylvania. the weather pattern is dumping things up to the north. it becomes more southwesterly for the next few days. we are going to get a nice warm up here. the mild weather means 50s in time for your weekend plans. as we think about next week, that's where we are going to flip the weather switch back to winter and back down into the 30s for highs. let's put it in writing. clear. windy. 39 to 43 as you step out on town. a chilly start tomorrow morning. temperatures between 23 and 31. a windchill between 19 and 25. tomorrow afternoon, a nice day. it will be seasonable. around the middle 40s is where we are supposed to be. it's what we are forecasting. we'll take you up to 54. yep, you can belief that one on friday. saturday and sunday, we are going to continue with the 50s. i think there's a slight chance of an overnight shower on friday.

not enough to justify spoiling this forecast. we'll ring in the new year with the middle 50s. monday and tuesday, a big front comes through and we are going to drop out. watch that high on tuesday and wednesday to stay in the 30s. windchills down into the 20s next week. so, warm this weekend. cold next week. that's the main forecast. >> all right. 2012 is coming in on a chilly note. >> it is. >> thanks, kim. >> okay. heads up for you. we are looking at live pictures of a traffic headache building for people in alexandria. a small commuter bus involved in an accident with two cars on seminary road to i-395 in alexandria. a lot of emergency crews on the scene. expect significant plays in the area for awhile. still to come, friends of an injured model talk about her remarkable progress as they hold a fund-raiser for her. plus, a teenager shares his

vision of

welcome back to news 4 at 4:00. i'm aaron gilchrist in for jim hand handly. >> i'm pat lawson muse. >> ron paul is the new target of the republican foes before the riot. newt gingrich says he wouldn't vote for paul. recent polls show paul is the front-runner with romney close

second. tens of thousands of people lining the streets of the nation's capital paying final respects to kim jong-il whose death was reported last week. north korea still struggles to feed the people and is under international sanctions because of the nuclear program. the euro fell to a one-year low. the dow fell 139 points. nasdaq down 35 and s&p 500 closed 15 points lower. an injured model in texas is making remark l strides after accidentally walking into an airplane propeller. she spent christmas surrounded by loved ones. >> the creator of lolo magazine was able to shower on her own. last night, a large group of supporters gathered to raise money to pay her medical bills.

ellen goldberg reports. >> this family has an amazing fight. >> reporter: most people here never met lauren scruggs but are touched by her fight to live. >> we pray. this is how it came about. >> reporter: this is a fund-raiser for the 23-year-old model and fashion blogger. she walked into a rotating plane propeller. the accident claimed her left hand and eye. >> the entire story is a miracle. the way she looks physically is miraculous. god has done great things to heal her body. >> reporter: she's returning to her spunky self and requesting her favorite foods during long rehab sessions. >> typically, when i'm not feeling well, i want junk food. she wants kale and brussel sprouts and sweet potatoes. >> i'm left speechless.

it's so amazing how well she's doing. >> we love you, lauren. >> reporter: total strangers including this dallas based actor. >> i'm so proud to be a part of this. this is something very special. i think we are seeing the start of a new -- a new day for lauren. >> the fund-raiser netted at least $10,000 last night. her family has been regularly updating her progress on the site, caringbridge.org. in southern california, a 13-year-old boy's quick thinking helped prevent a burglary and led police to the suspect. two men and a woman knocked at his door. he locked himself inside his room and called 911. when police got there, the suspects jumped into a car to get away. they led police on a short chase

before they crashed. the teenager wasn't hurt. a texas teenager who died of a heart condition is touching people around the world with a youtube video he posted a week before he died. we have the story. >> hey, thanks for watching on casual wednesday. >> reporter: for the last two years, ben built a following online. >> i thought it would be cool if i gave you creative ideas to ask someone to a dance. >> reporter: millions viewed his youtube videos full of dating advice. >> we are going over the poll, what age is a good age to start dating. ten gift ideas. it could be for anything, birthday, christmas. >> girls from australia and germany and russia would message him and ask him for advice. girls in town treated him like a celebrity when they saw him at i

hop or the movies. >> reporter: he spoke candidly about the heart condition he was born with. >> the doctor said since he was young that he would not make it past his young teen years. he beat that. >> reporter: on christmas day, at the age of 18, his time came. >> we woke up really early at 8:00, opened presents, played a game of monopoly that ben won. you know, he -- when he laid down outside, he was using his new video camera out there with jake and it was a really good christmas. we realized that ben got the best christmas gift out of all of us. he got the gift that everyone is going to get some day. >> reporter: there was one gift from ben his family didn't find

until the next day. a youtube video ben posted one week before he died without saying a word, he described to the world how he cheated death three times, at the age of 4, after a seizure, he saw a bright light. he shared an interesting vision he had when paramedics were reviving him at school earlier this month while standing in a white room wearing a white suit with his favorite rapper. he was looking in a mirror, smiling and was proud of himself and his life. he wished he never woke up. he ended with this -- >> i think ben opened a door for a lot of people to think about something they have never thought about before. that, to me, is a wonderful gift. >> that was aaron car guile

reporting. an angry croc takes an aggressive stance against a lawn mauer. how the right music can help your wine taste better. >> don't miss the scene tonight on nbc washington nonstop. where you can get a glimpse of one of the rarest animals in the world. an

breaking news right now out of bethesda. live pictures as ten people were hurt after a metro bus crashed with up to five cars on rickville pike. emergency crews on the scene now tending to the folks and the cars. the road is closed at alta visa. time now for the app of the day. this app is for the moments when you are out and about and you meet somebody, they want to remember and you want business cards. it's called hello. you might consider this your new

social secretary. it's for your iphone or ipad. when you meet that person and want their contact information, press the plus sign, center their name. if i were going to type your name, i type your name in. it goes right there. then, take a quick snapshot. here, i'm going to take your picture, since you are standing there. there you go. hello, aaron. nice face. you have a really nice photogenic face. after you take the picture, you enter information about them such as their twitter handle, enter the e-mail address or their phone number. then you have all the information there. click done. you don't like that picture? i'll go back and do it again. voila, it's that easy. they are in your contacts after that. all the information is neatly arranged on the screen. what is neat is it will automatically send a follow up

e-mail saying hey, it was nice meeting you. not only that, it will keep track of where you meet people to jog your memory. you can hide it and say yeah, yeah. we met down at, oh, yeah, that nightclub. there you have it. now you can throw away all your business cards and take your picture over and over as many times as you want. there you go. when we return, how music plays a role in the taste of wine. plus a homeowner in prince george's county catches a crook in the act.

build a bear is recalling colorful hearts teddy bears because of a choken hazard. the eyes can fall out. you can return the bears to a build-a-bear store and get a coupon for another stuffed animal. >> as the mother of a 15-month-old, i am looking at the world with a different set of eyes. >> what do you tell the kid when the eye falls out. >> did you get the eye? where did it go? check the bathroom touilet. that's my advice. everything goes in there. >> how about the wind?

it is howling. >> are you ready for a break? tonight. winds slacken tonight. tomorrow is cold. the winds will be about five to ten miles per hour. great to see you, veronica has the day off. i'm here to keep you company. the skies are clear. the winds are busy out of the northwest at 17. we have seen wind gusts well above 20 miles per hour across the area today. the humidity is dry. we'll get static electricity with that. mid-30s to the north in hagerstown. 36 in winchester. factor in the wind gusts and it feels like the 30s. 26 miles per hour at d.c. and we have 32 miles per hour toward baltimore, 21-mile-an-hour to the west virginia panhandle. middle 30s. by tomorrow morning, waking up to temperatures around the freezing mark warming up to

mid-40s tomorrow afternoon. we'll watch a system skirt by to the north. this warm front, this is going to be the main story for the new year's weekend. usher in the 50s right here. hard to believe it. mostly clear, a chilly start tomorrow morning with lows into the middle 20s west to 31 here. tomorrow afternoon, 46 for the high, mostly sunny, a nice day. as we look ahead, we take that 50 degree weather, take it into the new year's weekend. monday is our transition day. just when you get used to the 50s, please don't. our highs on tuesday and wednesday will only be in the 30s. it's going to be a windy, windy day, again, as we think about next week. highs in the 30s with windchills into the 20s. some spots in the teens. a warm roller coaster ride heading through the weekend. we crash on the other side into the new year. >> okay. ready to crash. >> okay. >> get ready.

>> it's almost january. >> we should be facing it. >> should be been there. >> got that right. >> thanks, kim. >> you bet. everybody pairs food with wine, but what about with a good song? >> the right music may be just as important when uncorking that favorite bottle. >> reporter: two glasses of wine may taste differently even though they were bottled at the same vineyard, poured from the same bottle. the difference is background music. big, bold, subtle and refined. a study from the uk suggests your taste in music might influence how you taste wine. researchers had taste testers taste it while reasoning to one of four pieces of music. participants consistently described their wine according

to the background tunes. mellow, soft. zingy and refreshing. experts say, it's true. we tend to have physical reactions to music. >> if it has a fast beat, the heart rate picks up. a slow beat, our heart rate matches it. >> reporter: some are not swayed by the research. he prefers jazz, but doesn't need it to enjoy his favorite. >> the conversation and camaraderie that i'm looking for. >> reporter: wine does lend itself to camaraderie no matter what music is played in the background. maybe musicians know something we don't. singer dave matthews has a wine, dreaming tree. drops of jupiter. >> i think what's fun for individuals that look at this study is pay attention to your

senses differently. >> reporter: your grape may taste differently, depending on your groove. erica edwards, nbc news. we are staying on top of breaking news in north bethesda this afternoon. ten people hurt after a bus crashed with five cars on alta visa road. you are looking at a live picture. we'll have much more on this coming up at 5:00. coming up on news 4 at 4:00, a cranky croc steals a lawn mauer. ax is dog falls into an icy river. coming up next, this afternoon, moms across the country stage a protest today after a new mother says store employees told her to move when she was trying to feed her baby. plus, tis the season for a see trip. the recent warm temperatures mean know one is hitting the slopes in area ski resorts.

that could change soon.

australia's meanest crocodile is at it again. he decided he wanted a running lawn mauer so he took it. he lost two teeth in this incident. when the blades hit him in the

mouth, it didn't keep him from keeping the care keepers away from the mauoaueo mower. they call the animal a real fire cracker. >> he's a big guy, too. a black lab in north dakota is back home with its owner after getting stuck in an icy river. firefighters found jack howling and hanging on to the ice by his paws in a river near a golf course yesterday. he got loose from the owners yard after getting through an invisible electronic fence. when they pulled him out, he was cold, wet and shivering quite a bit. after getting a clean bill of health, he was reunited with his owner. >> he'll be afraid of the water bowl for awhile, probably. >> down boy. all right, still ahead, turns to winter

and brings in the cold. because of our economy, millions more will feel that chill than ever before. they're the forgotten ones. the big boys have abused the system to enrich only themselves, while workers are still hurting. it could be a layoff after 22 years of working for the same company. or choosing between food and heat for a sick child. or after working your whole life, you don't have what you need to stay warm. you played by the rules, but who changed them?

even though oil prices are soaring to record levels, in washington, fuel aid for the poor was cut in half. citizens energy asked big oil companies and oil producing nations to help. they all said 'no,' expect for citgo and the people of venezuela. for the last 7 years, citgo has helped struggling families in the united states in good times and in bad. so if you need help staying warm this winter, give me a call. because no one should be left out in the cold. a home surveillance system helped catch burglars red handed. they are not your smash and grab crooks. this ring takes its time. jackie bensen has more. >> reporter: this is what it looks like when your home is violated by a burglar. the homeowner whom we are not identifying says he had one thought when he saw the results

of his security system installed after a previous break in. >> got 'em. this is why i paid for this thing, because i know that if they get away with it one time, chances are they'll be back. >> reporter: the images show the burglar casing the house of route 202 the morning of november 18th. he tried to pry open a door with a screwdriver. finally, he picked up a propane tank and threw it into the bathroom window. within two minutes, they are inside. what's unusual is how long they stayed in the house. >> most burglaries take between 10 and 15 minutes. we are talking hours. >> reporter: they are later seen carrying away valuables. itis not the last time they are caught on camera. they tried to use a bank card stolen during the burglaries. they call this suspect bat man.

take a look at the man and woman to the left of the screen in these images in radioshack. they had a laptop computer taken in the burglary. the police questioned the woman and the man in the video. the homeowner says it burglary was a very unpleasant experience. >> in addition to stealing things, they ransacked things. it was really bad. >> reporter: jackie bensen, news 4. that is new 4 at 4:00. news 4 at 5:00 starts right now. remembering sergeant bane, a tribute to a seasoned police officer who died while trying to save a man. they know who torched two garage that is caused $130,000 in damages.

another car earlier in the day led them to the suspects. where is all the snow? the mild weather is hitting area ski row sorts hard during what should be their busy soon. >> good evening, i'm jim vance. >> i'm pat lawson muse. authorities are on the scene of a metro bus crash. five vehicles are involved and rescue crews said to be treating ten patients. joining us by phone is captain oscar garcia. can you tell us what you think has happened? >> caller: so far, the initial information is this is concentrated on the northbound lanes between cedar lanes. rockville pike is closed between cedar and -- we have a collision involving at least three vehicles one a metro bus. it came off