crimes. thomas will be sentenced may 3rd and could get four years in prison. then at the u.s. attorney's office and after months of solid investigation, it was prosecutors' turn the display thomas' greed and characterize how he stole money intended for city children programs. >> the victim is the whole of district of columbia including its youth. >> almost immediately, almost immediately upon taking auchs, he made a decision that he was going to systemically steal funds. >> reporter: thomas also signed a letter resigning from the d.c. council a special election likely been held in may to fill the vacant ward five seat. with thomas' probe over, attention turns to the two other high profile federal criminal investigations. one into mayor vincent gray's 2010 campaign and possible illegal use of cam pin funds. and a separate criminal probe into chairman brown's 2008 council campaign spending and

fundraising. >> i think people are really concerned. now we're looking forward to two possible elected officials who are under a similar cloud of doubt. >> mayor gray and chairman brown have each denied wrong doing. so far prosecutors are not commenting on their cases. prosecutors say thomas started stealing city money just months after getting elected to office in 2006. they say he took grant money earmarked for youth sports and treated himself to a number of things including a $58,000 car. prosecutors say thomas also used city funds to buy a motorcycle, clothes and take expensive golf trips. a man who ran against thomas in 2010 brought the entire scandal to light. tim daily believes we haven't heard the last of corruption from d.c. government. >> with the cloud of ethical cancer over our current administration, this is probably

just the tip of the iceberg. i think that if we were to have an independent audit, a true detailed independent audit, we would find millions of dollars misappropriated. >> reporter: and do you think those millions of dollars ended up in the pockets of some of our political leaders? >> and their colleagues, yes. >> again, thomas is scheduled to be sentenced on may 3rd. sentencing guidelines call for a prison sentence between three and four years. >> be sure to stay with news 4 for any developments on the scandal involving harry thomas junior. if for latest any time of the day, head to our website nbcwashington.com. for the very latest on this beautiful day ahead, chuck bell. nice, nice weather. no one's going to complain about this one. even snow lovers like myself can appreciate a 65 degree, sunshine filled saturday in early january. >> we can hear it over and over again. >> it's going to be such a beauty of a day to get outside.

hopefully you have the day off and you can get outside. if you're a convertible owner this is a top down emergency day. no doubt about it. dust it off and take it around the block. it's going to be a great day for it. full sunshine on your saturday morning. temperatures are now climbing into the low 40s around town. 41 at national airport. 41 in leesburg. 44 in martinsburg, west virginia. even 47 into beautiful st. mary's county. still a few 30s on the map. as far as rainfall chances go, here's a look at live doppler. no drops anywhere near us. there are a couple of fading rain drops down across southern west virginia. they're not going to make it over the mountains. we'll be 100% dry today. a couple of rainshowers way down south across tennessee and georgia. they're going to leave us alone, which is good news. your forecast for your saturday mostly sunny, absolutely delightful weather. 20 degrees warmer than average. maybe even 22 degrees warmer

than average before the day is said and done. our average is only 43. tomorrow be a little bit cooler. some extra clouds coming by. a little cold front going through tonight. we'll put temperatures in the upper 40s to near 50 tomorrow. still very mild by january standards. >> thank you, chuck. >> you're welcome. today metro officials begin surveying more than 400 metro rail cars. this investigation is in response to yet another mechanical failure on a metro car. news 4's erica gonzalez is at the stadium armory metro station with more on his latest incident. erica? >> reporter: good morning, chris. today is day two of inspections for metro. they'll go on throughout the weekend and the early part of next week. metro has to figure out what keeps causing the wheels of their lines to keep falling off. today we're at the stadium armory station. it was near this spot yesterday afternoon that an orange line

train one bound for new carolton lost a brake part and became disabled with passengers on board. riders were transferred to other trains at stadium armory and normal service was restored by 2:30. there were no injuries. metro says the malfunction was because rain car number 2072 lost a friction ring similar, but not nearly as dramatic as the incident just a few weeks ago when another friction ring fell off a blue line train and hit an electrified rail. customers tell us they expect metro to fix this sooner than later. >> i think the service could be better. i think the safety record stands for itself. pieces falling off of trains and trains crashing into each other is pretty self-evident. >> to me it's poor performance. i'm not trying to put the rail down, maintenance is maintenance. >> reporter: friday's incident involved a rail car that was put into service back in 1980 or

somewhere between 1980 to the 1990s. now metro rail altogether has nearly 1200 metro rail cars. but only about 500 of them will be inspected. those from three different particular series. the 2000, 3,000, 4,000 series cars. we'll have more on this story later today. >> thank you very much. those inspections won't be the only things keeping metro crews busy this weekend. workers will also be fixing the tracks on four of the five metro lines. on the red lin trains will be single tracked between dupont circle and friendship heights as well as between tacoma and forest glen. on the blue and orange lines trains will single track between the smithsonian and eastern market. on the green line trains will single track between georgia

avenue and fort totten. as we speak d dot crews are preparing to open the second phase of the 11th street bridge project. by tonight drivers will be access to 259 from the southbound freeway. the southbound ramp to 295 is also closed. the 11th street bridge project is the largest project d dot has ever under taken costing about $300 million. it's expected to be completed next year. a maryland community is playing the role of santa claus for one family. thursday night a woman and her 6-year-old daughter barely escaped a massive house fire on ashbox road. it was caused by a dry christmas tree. danielle goddard, a principal at baden elementary school jumped into action emailing families to see if they could help the family out. what makes the story better is the little girl doesn't go to

baden elementary. >> i sent out just one simple email asking my parents to see if they could help with a few extra dollars after the holiday. and within minutes i had enormous emails. so i just wanted to present something at their time and discretion they could use to purchase whatever it is that they would possibly need. >> prince george's county firefighters urge anyone who still has a live christmas tree in their home to get rid of it immediately to avoid tragedies like this one. if you want to help this family, you can bring gift cards or cash to baden elementary school on westwood road. alarming numbers from fairfax county. a report shows an uptick in people who drove drunk this past holiday season. in december the number of duis in fairfax county went up by 12%. police arrested 358 people in their safe december initiative. fairfax county police say there were 546 alcohol related crashes from january to october of last

year. during that same time period almost 200 people cited for drunk driving were under the age of 21. scary number. it's 9:08 right now. is your house a little cluttered right now? up next we'll speak to an organization expert who has tips for getting your home nice and tidy. also ahead, off the street. occupy d.c. protesters ditch their tents for houses. their bold new strategy for spreading their message across the country. and following a legend, penn state hires a new football coach to replace joe paterno.

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you're watching news 4 today. welcome back. now that the holidays are over, many parents are left wondering what to do with all the new toys and books their kids got as gifts. here with how to organize it all is lifestyle expert and supermom

rachel. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> quite the display here. this is something that any family is familiar with. as a mother of twins yourself, i bet organizing is top priority in the house and you say dividing is the number one thing. >> divide, divide, divide is what we start with. container store has provided us some great products today. we're going to take all of our toys and divide into like categories. start with blocks and put those together, crayons, cars. next it's containerize the smaller categories. we put legos in one container. our stuffed animals in another. >> that can get pretty -- it can fill up real quick. >> we want to label. again, putting a label on to something. >> our second tip is to label. even if it's a plastic container a label is going to keep our categories altogether. for the smaller children who can't read, we're going to add a

picture. a very simple picture which will keep clean up in the right direction. >> i noticed babies here. these must be your twins. >> those are. >> i remember mariah carey does this with her shoes. it works for adults as well. >> absolutely. >> using pictures is a good suggestion. moving over to the third tip. >> the third tip i want to talk to parents about is working with your child. for example, again, smaller children i like to use a lot of open bins. smaller hands can get in and out of open bins and things that are softer like that dog on the end. this dog and that dog seat that doubles as a seat and storage. you want to work with their ideal and what they're appeased to. the more they like a container and the color, the more they're going to be using it. >> visual appeal is important, kids are all visual. they're about thins that grab their attention. >> absolutely. you want to be creative about

your storage solutions. a lot of us have things around the house that we might not know can double as toy storage. >> starting with a milk crate. don't throw it away. >> over here we've just shown how you can use books and toys and store in the milk crates which are stacked on top of each other. another great example is a storage thing for -- this is called a sweater bag. normally you put sweaters in it. we can put a container inside of it or toys as well. >> this is easy. i love what you did, i have one of these, but i put my shoes in it. >> we've taken it and put smaller toys inside of it. not just for shoes, but for toys as well. >> there are studies that have proved that the less stressful we are it's reflected in ou organized we are at the house. >> absolutely. i try to empower families to live a more productive, organized life. >> what's your final thought?

>> make it fun. it's not a one time event. but after that it's just about maintenance. >> thank you so much for some great tips to get our home nice and tidy. >> thank you. >> let's send it over to chuck and chris. we're going to have a nice day ahead. >> so nice. >> no complaints from me and the weather department. nobody sent me any nasty emails complaining about sunshine on a saturday yet.

a fairfax county woman could spend the rest of her life in prison for killing her 2-year-old granddaughter. 51-year-old delarose ya was sentenced to 35 years in prison yesterday. he was found guilty of tossing her young granddaughter off a walkway at tyson's corner.

her attorney tried to use the insanity defense, but a jury rejected it. in a taped police statement last year, she revealed she was angry at her son-in-law for getting her daughter pregnant out of wedlock. five people face charges after a basketball game brawl last night in prince george's county. investigators say a scuffle broke out in the bleachers during the friendly cross lin game in fort washington. police say a student assaulted an officer who tried to break up the fight. a second officer used pepper spray to help vp no one was seriously hurt. today penn state will introduce bill o'brien as its new football coach. he's been the offensive coordinator of the new england patriots. he succeeds the legendary coach paterno who was fired two months ago in the wake of the jerry sandusky sex abuse scandal. despite being terminated the 85-year-old paterno is offering praise to o'brien. he released a statement that reads in part, i don't know

bill, but i respect his coaching record and i am particularly pleased that we share a connection to my alma mater, brown. paterno and o'brien were both brown university graduates. a california lawmaker says her brain tumor led her to shoplift. she represents the bay area for california state assembly. surveillance cameras caught her stealing $2500 worth of clothes from a neiman marcus. she said she was distracted when she walked out without paying. she pleaded no contest to a grand theft misdemeanor charge. her attorney says the tumor is benign and she's getting treatment for it. as many of us get ready to do our taxes, a new report shows $450 billion in government money recently went unpaid. the internal revenue service says 18% of people and businesses did not pay their appropriate taxes in 2006. that's $hao billion and far

exceeded the entire federal deficit at the time. the irs says most of that money came from people whob underreported their income. part of occupy d.c. is now indoors. some demonstrators at freedom plaza are in the process of moving into a pair of houses where they say they'll continue their protest. organizers say it has nothing to do with avoiding eviction or the winter temperatures. it's simply what they call the next step many the protest. demonstrators plan to raise enough money to start a public television show to spread trar message. mo testers at mcfearson square say they have no plans to head indoors. >> i'm perfectly happy to have a 65 degree day. we will be eventually have to pay the piper. there is somewhere in northern canada and siberia. >> it's brewing.

>> for example, cold air in siberia can sometimes get here in about ten to 14 days. there are signs that the pattern may be turning the corner just a little bit and allow some of that cold air to come over the polar regions and down into the eastern u.s. this is ten or 14 days for more away. so in the meantime, no real concerns. we will all continue to enjoy saving all this money on our heating bills because mother nature is playing softball slow pitch today. downtown washington bathed in wipter sunshine. it doesn't feel like a winter morning at all. temperatures 30s and 40s. we're climbing into the low and mid 60s in many low cases. be ready for a gorgeous saturday afternoon. right now with the sun shining in washington temperature up to 41 degrees. light wind out of the southwest only three miles per hour. that be wind will increase a little bit later on this afternoon out of the southwest 10 to 15 on average.

good kite flying weather. 45 in gaithersburg. 32 in na ma sass. with that sunshine you're up in the lower 40s and upper 50s. as far as rainfall chances, not a drop. temperatures this afternoon climbing into the mid 60s for most locations east of the mountains. doppler shows no rain drops anywhere near us. a couple of sprinkles fading out now as they head into the roanoke area. most to have rain is down to the south across alabama, georgia, down towards atlanta and mare yet ta even charlotte, north carolina, a couple of extra clouds. great sailing and great travel weather up and down the eastern seaboard. most of your cloud cover will stay well down to our south and high pressure noses its way in. high pressure feeling like march. 65 degrees. that's like late march temperatures around here.

it won't last long. a little weather front coming through here late tonight. we'll introduce some cooler weather for tomorrow. highs in the upper 40s to near 50. that's still five to seven degrees warmer than average for early january. high pressure should keep us dry all the way through the middle of the week. for today sunny and delightful. temperatures upper 50s to mid 60s today. enjoy it, tomorrow partly sunny. noticeably cooler tomorrow not cold by january standards. highs tomorrow upper 40s to near 50. here's the all important seven-day forecast. 65 degrees on your day off with sunshine. wash the car, walk the dog, fly the kite. whatever you need to do to enjoy it today. next chance of rain drops they'll be rain drops not snowflakes wednesday thursday final frame before some chillier air moves in. i'm optimistic february could be a cold month. >> these delightful forecasts. >> we're all winners today. >> yes.

thank you, chuck. maryland lottery officials announced a pennsylvania couple won the $is 28 million power ball jackpot. the couple who chose to remain anonymous claimed the prize yesterday at lottery headquarters in baltimore. the winning numbers were drawn christmas eve and the couple bought their ticket at westerly's a restaurant. westerly's gets a $25,000 reward for selling the winning ticket. the winning couple said they're going to pay off debts and donate some of the winnings to charity. >> you always wonder if they're going to quit their job. >> then there's a lot of people that say that and they never do. >> they hear from a lot of relatives and friends. >> i'm sure. right now it's 9:26. >> feels like it's been 100 years and it feels like it was yesterday. >> remembering the victims of last year's deadly shooting in tucson. how arizona and the rest of the country will mark the one-year anniversary of one of the worst shooting sprees in this nation's

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you're watching news 4, washington's news leader this is news 4 today. welcome to news 4 today i'm chris gordon. i'm angie goff. here's a look at some of this morning's top stories. former d.c. councilmember harry thomas junior is facing up to four years in prison after pleading guilty to two federal crimes. thomas admitted to stealing more than $350,000 in government money and filing false tax returns. he'll be sentenced in may. metro officials are investigating and surveying more than 400 rail cars following another mechanical incident. yesterday a brake part became detached from an orange line

train near the stadium armory station. no passengers were hurt and normal service was restored a short time later. and the republican presidential candidates fresh off the iowa caucuses are right back at it this weekend with two debates in two days. the first is a debate at a small college tonight. then "meet the press" host david gregory will moderate a debate tomorrow morning. this all leads up to the new hampshire primary on tuesday. right now congresswoman gabrielle giffords is back in tucson, arizona. the democrat arrived last night to begin commemorating the one-year and rers vi of the shooting that nearly took her life and did take the lives of six other people. tomorrow marks the one-year anniversary of that tragedy in tucson. congresswoman giffords will be one of thousands of people to gather on the university of

arizona campus to honor the victims of the shooting. it has been a year of mourning, remembrance and recovery. one year ago sunday congresswoman gabrielle giffords was shot point-blank in the head at a community event in a tucson supermarket parking lot allegedly by a 22-year-old man. witnesses say he then turned the gun on a crowd killing six including a federal judge, a giffords staff member and the youngest victim, 9-year-old christina taylor green shot as she held the hand of a neighbor who brought her to see her congresswoman. >> i call her my beautiful little angel. i just every day i talk to her. >> reporter: the anguish her family still feels is tempered by loving memories and a great sense of pride. >> our young daughter in her short nine years she achieved more things than most adults do. >> reporter: 13 people survived the shooting including giffords after months of recovery and

rehabilitation, she returned to the floor of the house of representatives in august and even served thanksgiving dinner to troops in tucson. but for those who lost loved ones in the rampage, the pain of that morning one year ago remains an open wound. >> it feels like it's been 100 years and it feels like it was yesterday. >> reporter: since the shooting honors have been bestowed on the victims including a courthouse named after the federal judge and a meeting room at the u.s. capitol named after giffords' staffer gabe zimmerman. >> tucson is not dwelling in twhapd. but it's looking to say how can we be better. >> reporter: on sunday thousands are expected to attend a candlelight vigil in tucson to remember those killed. among those attending congresswoman gabby giffords whose remarkable recovery one year later gives hope to a community still struggling to understand why. the suspect has been diagnosed with schizophrenia. he's being medicated in prison

to try to make him competent to stand trial. he has pleaded not guilty to the charges. now to decision 2012 where the countdown is on until new hampshire. just a few days until the new hampshire primary and the republican presidential hopefuls are preparing for two debates in two days. a debate at a college and a debate moderated by "meet the press" host tomorrow. mitt romney has a commanding lead in new hampshire. a new poll shows the former massachusetts governor at 42% among granite state republicans. rick santorum is in third with 13%. romney is also enjoying a big lead in south carolina as the times cnn poll show he's leading santorum and newt gingrich by double digits. new hampshire's primary is set for this tuesday while south

carolina is two weeks from today. meanwhile as rick santorum is enjoying his turn near the top of the republican field, he's also experiencing the criticism and attacks that come with it. opponents of santorum have pointed out that the former pennsylvania senator used his connections with the k street lobbyists to make a fortune as a consultant. he denied any wrong doing. >> i didn't profit off of k street. i wasn't involved at all in any kind of work on k street. >> santorum sparred with gay right activists who booed him off the stage earlier this week during an event when he compared gay marriage to polygamy. president obama is getting a bit of a boost from the most recent jobs report. the labor department announced that the economy added 200,000 new jobs in december and capped off a year of modest job growth.

the unemployment rate dipped down to 8.5%. the president says a middle class tax cut has helped. >> so the economy's moving in the right direction. we're creating jobs on a consistent basis. we're not going to let up. >> after dropping for four straight months the unemployment rate is now at its lowest level since february 2009. a new book portrays first lady michelle obama as a behind the scenes force in the white house. the book is written by "the new york times" reporter jodi cantor. in one account cantor wrote that mrs. obama was annoyed at white house strategy when the president's health care agenda seemed in danger of collapsing in early 2010. cantor also described the obamas as down to rt and committed parents. the book is based on interviews with 30 current and former aides. president obama and the first lady declined to be interviewed for the book.

>> sounds like a fascinating book. i think there are excerpts you can read to decide if you want the book. >> i think many first ladies have fascinating stories. >> when she writes her book that's the one i want. >> 9.36. still ahead a teenage girl from the united states is accidentally deported to colombia. we'll tell you how it happened and show you her emotional reunion with her family. yet another video of casey anthony surfaces. what the florida woman is doing on

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pedestrian was in a crosswalk at the time. police are looking for a gray compact car with front end damage. another video of casey anthony has shown up on the web. the new clip shows the 25-year-old with red hair and a nose piercing. meanwhile, the man who posted the videos revealed himself. john briely from ohio hosts a facebook page titled boycott casey anthony's future earnings. her lawyers and parents fear for her safety they believe briely hacked into her computer to get the videos, a claim he denies. anthony is currently living in florida, serving a year of probation on an unrelated charge. an upcoming movie about the raid that killed able is under investigation from the pentagon. new york congressman peter king told "the new york times" that the movie's directors are under investigation for how they gathered material for the movie. he says the pentagon is looking

into whether they had improper access to information about the raid. he and other lawmakers have also raised questions as to whether the movie about last year's raid would exploit classified details to help president obama. white house spokesperson jay carney shot back calling the claims ridiculous. japan says last year's earthquake and tsunami has led to it shutting down three atomic reactors. the units at the fukushima plant had been used for 40 years. safety was a concern after the meltdown last year. the government says it plans to introduce legislation soon to require reactors to stop running after 40 years. many of japan's 54 reactors will reach their 40 year mark in coming years. a marine navigation tower near ocean city maryland is standing again. this video from the ocean city inlet shows a u.s. coast guard chopper picking up the tor and delivering it to its location.

the tower was knocked over from last year's hurricane. it is used to help boats navigate around the inlet. a 15-year-old girl is now back with her family after being accidentally deported to colombia. the girl arrived at dallas/fort worth international airport last night. last year she ran away from home and was arrested in houston. turner claimed that she was a 22-year-old colombian woman so she was mistakenly deported for being here illegally and spent the last eight months in bogota. >> the family's ecstatic. they're happy to have their daughter home. we are planning to get some rest. planning to do what we can to make sure that she's able to get back to living a normal life. >> while turner's family is thrilled that she's back home, they're curious as to how she could have been deported to a country where she's not a citizen.

it is the weekend and it is beautiful outside. we're going to check in with meteorologist chuck bell to find out how the weather is going to shape up throughout the weekend. you said this is a pretty easy forecast. absolutely, right, angie. it's easy when i get to deliver good news to people on a saturday morning. it looks like today and tomorrow are going to be pretty nice in

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sunshine out there for us to get your weekend started. looks like we get to keep the good weather -- the great weather through today. the good weather through tomorrow as well. in fact, i don't think our next chance for rain drops will show up for several days. if you spend your saturday in the sunshine washing the car, you'll get to drive a clean car for a little while. get the road salt off of it. we finished up the sixth warmest december on record. and now even though we had a little cold snap here a couple of days ago, the cold snap is now a distant memory as sunshine has come back to washington. temperatures are jumping up very quickly thanks to the sun now. 41 at national airport. with a very lying wind out of the southwest at only 3 miles per hour. those southwest winds will increase in speed as we get into the late morning and early afternoon hours and start to mix up the atmosphere. nonetheless, even with a breeze it's going to be a great looking day outside. already 54 degrees at reston town center.

44 at the naval academy. 32 in mana sas that may not be the current temperature as nearly everybody has warmed into the 40s. we'll go down and kick the gauge to see if we can get that up. look at the warm air out to the west. petersburg, west virginia, 5. even cumberland, maryland, way out west in the 50s. fredericksburg inching up to the 50s. in town up to near 49 by 10:00 this morning. 62 by 2:00 this afternoon. holding in the mid 50s through 6:00 p.m. this evening. highs today low to mid 60s. the perfect way to get your saturday going. the first saturday of 2012. live doppler shows no rain for us in our immediate future. the rain drops out here across west virginia are falling apart as they come through. there will be a little more cloud cover for you folks in the high terrain out to our north and west. still not much of a rain threat. most of the rain is confined down through parts of the deep south and stay away from us for

several more days to come. satellite pictures shows the clear skies will pick up a little more cloud cover again north and west for later on this afternoon. there is a weather front moving into far northwestern ohio. that will be rolling through overnight tonight. today it will feel like march outside a real hint of early spring like weather. the front comes through late tonight and tomorrow. winds will come back to the northwest. that will keep temperatures tomorrow into the upper 40s to near 50s. still warmer than average. today absolutely flawless. mostly sunny. 20 degrees warmer than average by early january standards. then tomorrow cooler, but still nice. highs in the upper 40s to near 50. here's the extended forecast. keeping in mind that our average high is 43. every single high temperature on the forecast for the next six days is warmer than average. i do think we'll get a hint of some cold air late next week into next weekend. nothing crazy cold.

just seasonably cold. maybe february will be the month. >> february always seems that's when we get hit with the big ones. >> january's our coldest month. sometimes february seems like we get the snow. >> thank you, chuck. 9:50 right now and move over mitt romney and rick santorum, there's a new face in the race for the white house. the candidate who has literally come out of nowhere and why he is taking president obama to court to try to get him out of office. >> they've sacrificed so much supporting their spouses and their country. yet military spouses have often been left out in the cold when looking for a job. that's being done to reverse that trend when we return. welcome to first read's look at the week that was. the big story had to do with the results from the iowa caucuses. mitt romney edged santorum by a mere eight votes. ron paul finished third. three big take aways from iowa. one, mitt romney has some work to do with his conservative base.

two, rick santorum seems to be for real. boy, that new hampshire primary on tuesday is going to be a lot of fun. >> i've got four things to watch in the new hampshire primary. one, does mitt romney hold on to his big sizable leads? two, does rick santorum get a bounce out of iowa? how well does he do in 00 snn? three, newt gingrich, he's going on the attack. does that affect mitt romney's finish? and four, jon huntsman, he spent a lot of time in the state. got the boston globe endorsement, how well does he finish? >> we have a lot of twists and turns [ female announcer ] they've been off limits to dieters since time began. not anymore. fiber one is bringing brownies back. at 90 calories, the only thing between you and chocolaty brownies... ♪

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you're watching news 4 today. a new study shows blood tests that screen for prostate cancer do not help men live longer. researchers at washington university in st. louis say that while psa tests are helpful, most cancerous prostate cells

grow very slowly. because of this most men will go on to live long otherwise healthy lives while treating it aggressively could leave men with urinary or sexual problems. some men swear their psa tests saved their life. >> i'm cancer free. i would not known anything about it without having the psa screening. i had no symptoms. so the psa tests i think saved my life. >> doctors do say that there are certain subsets of men who may benefit from multiple psa blood tests like african-american men and those who have a family history of prostate cancer. president obama has a new and unusual opponent in the upcoming election. montgomery sibly on the left is the former attorney for d.c. madam. he announced he's running for president and he's also suing the president saying he is not a

natural born citizen of the u.s. he represented the madam in 2008 who was dieted for running an escort service. he's prohibited from practicing law after being sanctioned by 13 federal courts including the supreme court. it's a sobering statistic. one in four military spouses with unemployed and 75% are underemployed. >> nbc 4 is here to help as it's a sponsor of the military spouse career forum and hiring fair. the event is next friday at the washington convention center. it will feature free makeovers, resume and interviewing and coaching and national employers with positions looking for people to hire. >> that sounds great next friday >> that sounds great next friday 8:30 to 2:30. il, any luck find?

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