yesterday. but i can still see mid-level cloud deck. there i am cruising around top down weather in january, the first drive of the year. oh, it felt so good. >> i bet you turn heads. >> oh, yeah. people love the old car. >> you take it out on route 66? >> i have driven it into the panhandle of texas. temperatures in the mid-40s. upper 40s and low 50s with a mix of sun and clouds. more clouds and cooler tomorrow. rain mid week. we'll talk about that in the next weather selling many. for now, back to the news. thank you, chuck. we begin with decision 2012. candidates will be facing off in their second debate in as many days. last night the republican contenders met in new hampshire just days before the state's primary. nbc's steve handelsman has a recap. >> reporter: as they met in new

hampshire two and a half days before the vote, the republican candidates debated who would create more u.s. jobs, like the 200,000 in december celebrated by front-runner mitt romney. >> it's very good news. i hope we continue to see good news but it's not thanks to president obama. his policies have made the recession deeper. >> santorum attacked romney. >> he said i've got business experience. well, business experience doesn't necessarily match up with being the commander in chief of this country. >> romney's firm capital reorganized trouble businesses. >> and taking out the ones where we lost jobs and those we added, those businesses have now added over 100,000 jobs. i have a record of learning how to create jobs. >> ron paul, polling second, took on santorum. >> what really counts is his record. he's a big government, big spending individual. >> it's a ridiculous charge. and you should know better. >> rick perry unleashed a shocker. >> i would send troops back in to iraq.

>> mostly perry and john huntsman watched. the focus was on the front-runner. >> i wasn't too far behind. and doing pretty well catching up on mitt every single day. >> but romney's far hit and got through another debate relatively unscathed. i'm steve handelsman, nbc news, manchester, new hampshire. nbc has complete coverage of this latest republican debate on "meet the press" in 90 minutes. moderator david tkpregry will oversee the debate sponsored by nbc, facebook, and the republican new hampshire. this morning congresswoman gabrielle giffordsis in tucson marking one year since the tragic shooting that killed six people and left her and 12 others injured. a series of events begins this afternoon at 12:11 our time with the ringing of bells to mark the moment of the shooting. giffords and her husband mark

kelly will attend a candlelight vigil tonight. kelly said on his facebook page, giffords visited for the first time since the attack in the parking lot there. giffords was in the middle of a meet and greet event at the grocery store when the alleged gunman opened fire. she has spent the past year in intensive rehabilitation in houston. a group is encouraging people to light candles across the country to honor the victims from tucson and other shootings. the brady campaign aims to prevent gun violence. the campaign is named for former press secretary james brady gravely wounded in the assassination attempt on president reagan. it is part of a national effort called too many victims remembrances. a local candlelight vigil at shiloh baptist church tonight. ninth street northwest at 5:30 tonight. and the man charged with a deadly rampage has not gone to trial, and it may be another year before he is determined to

be competent to do so. he is getting treatment for schizophrenia. the 23-year-old has been in a prison hospital since being declared mentally unfit to stand trial. the court ordered him medicated against his will. he pleaded not guilty to the charges. new from overnight, a man was shot and killed. it happened just before 3:00 this morning between foot street and 58th street northeast. no word if a suspect is in custody or if police are searching for a lookout. the name of the victim has not been released. drivers have another way in and out of d.c. the second phase of the 11th street bridge is open for business. drivers can get to 95 from the southeast-southwest freeway. news 4's derrick ward is live. how are things looking? >> well, they are looking good. i mean, you can actually see this whole project taking shape. it's kind of interesting to

watch what's going to happen. if you look behind me now you can see some of the changes. i will ask you to pan over a little bit. take a look at the span there. that's going away, the old one. on the lower end that will be phased in. part of it will be open by summer. and this represents a new way of getting across the river. we want to show you some video of what commuters will expect. if you go on the southeast-southwest freeway headed to anacostia, this is how they separate local to through traffic. follow eastbound down to 8th, make a right on down to m. take m to 11th. on to the 11th street bridge. this whole project represents the change in philosophy and how we get traffic into and out of the city on the southern end. joining me now is peter mcdonough. peter, you're with ddot. this project is going well and a little bit ahead of schedule, isn't it? >> yes, it is. this is our third

major traffic movement in the last three months. this is the first day separating freeway traffic from local traffic. rush hour commuters tomorrow afternoon traveling eastbound on the freeway, two lanes. before they experience two lanes coming on to the local 11th street bridge with a neck down to one lane to access 295 southbound, they will experience two lanes, seamless connection between the eastbound freeway and 295 southbound. they will no longer merge with local traffic. >> excellent. and you tell me, when this new span opens they're going to -- first of all, it will be phased in. there will be a partial opening. ideally by the fall of this year, you're saying this is going to be a treat for people who use this bridge. >> yes, it will be. this will be the local bridge. it's a multimodal design structure with a 16-foot-wide pedestrian bikist path, designed to accommodate a future street car. when it opens up early this summer it will have two lanes

coming into the city, one lane going out of the city. and when we open in the fall you'll see all the aspects of the pedestrian/bicyclist walkways and scenic overlooks extending downstream. >> excellent. well, this project will change the whole philosophy of getting across the river. in the meantime, follow the signage. there's lots of good signage to keep people going where they need to. may take some getting used to. again, the benefits will be far reaching. thank you for joining us this morning. we're live. expect changes coming in and out of the city on the southern end come monday. we're live. part of the new one. now back to you. >> derrick ward wearing his yellow safety vest. on you it looks good. thank you, derrick. have a good day. >> you too. >> all right. well, the beginning of the year ushers in a new round of issues up for debate. >> up next, we'll take a look at some of the topics in maryland that may have lawmakers divided.

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house majority leader joins us. the last couple years you've been cutting, cutting, cutting the the budget. this year experts say, observers say you have to raise revenues. does that mean taxes in. >> first, let's set the context. we always balance our budget, we always do it on time. for 50 years in a row we have had a aaa bond rating. within that context of fiscal conservative teufpl we continue to cut spending. yes, there are proposals for a gas tax increase. they run the gamut. some people have proposed 15 cents, which i think is a little -- a bit steep. voters will find it that way. others have suggested and i've certainly supported the idea of changing it to it is index to inflation. like the sales and income taxes, goes up slightly. >> let me just underline that's 5 to 15 cents per gallon for the consumer. >> that's what the proposals are, yeah. >> any other fees you anticipate besides the gas tax? >> well, you know, there's been some talk of dealing with the

flush fee, which is the funding source through which we keep the chesapeake bay clean. i don't know if that's going to happen either. >> now, let me ask you about the gas tax. does that go toward building roads or for some other purpose. >> that's an important issue. one of the proposals is to change the constitution to guarantee that the money will only go for transportation. and i think that's a sound change. >> let me change the subject. and you were a sponsor and a strong advocate on the floor of the house for marriage for same-sex couples. >> that's right. >> it passed the senate. but spraoeugsly the quote more liberal house you failed to get the vote so it didn't come to a vote. >> that's right. i was prime sponsor. we believe we were three votes short in the house. the bill was sent back to committee. this year the governor of the state of maryland, martin o'malley, will be the prime sponsor. he's a very persuasive guy. i believe we will get the 71

votes we need and it will pass. >> let me ask you. do you have any insight on that? going into the session, are you going to have to convince three or do you have them in your pocket? >> well, let me -- yeah, right. my pockets aren't that large. let me say this. there are a lot of people -- this gay marriage issue has been a journey for many people. and there are a lot of people who are very close to being in favor of it. but it's something that people really needed to process in their minds. people have had a year to think bit now, and i think they'll be ready. >> you thought it was going to past last year. >> i did. >> this year you think? >> i feel it will pass this year. i feel confident, but i don't want to take anything for granted. >> finally, the dream act. which gives in-state tuition at maryland colleges and universities to the sons and daughters of illegal immigrants. opponents from brought this to referendum which will come up in 2012, election year, saying why spend maryland dollars when the

state is strapped for daughters and sons of illegal immigrants. >> first, it's important for your viewers to understand what the bill does. number one, these people or their guardians have to file tax forms for three years. number two, they go to community college for two years. number three, they then only compete with out-of-state students, not maryland students for the university of maryland. number four, if they're men they have to sign up for the draft. finally, after doing all of those things, they get in-state tuition rates that everybody else gets but they don't get any tuition money. they don't get any scholarship money. it's a myth that we are giving money away to people. we're not. this is a very strictly tailored measure. >> but it is out of the hands of the legislature now. it goes to the referendum in november. >> and the polling shows it's close. i believe if we can educate people as to what the bill really does i believe it can win. >> i'll be seeing you on wednesday at high noon in

annapolis. as always, great to see you. >> great to see you too. >> thank you, chris. turn our heads to the weather, are you going to be in the corvette, top down again? >> no. today is nap day. i missed my nap yesterday, and i'm paying for it today. for better or for worse, that's what i'll be doing my sunday afternoon. if you're planning to spend a little time outside, we'll have a check of your forecast coming up next.

welcome back, everybody. while it is nap day for chuck. >> right. >> that doesn't mean you can't still go out and enjoy the weather. >> it's date day. they're going to the movie. >> yeah. >> i need a day. >> and you have big plans. >> baby day. and i am doing lunch with girlfriends. >> a lot of people will take good use of the second half of their weekend to get outside, enjoy a little bit of sunshine. that's what we're going to have. just a little bit of sunshine today in and out of fair weather clouds. no rain threat for today. you don't need to worry about the heavy coats or umbrellas, mittens, scarves. today will be another relatively mild day. just night why the as mild as yesterday. outside right now, a blue/gray hue to the sky. enough filtered sunshine to cast a shd dough but it's not a crystal clear blue sky just yet.

we get into the late morning and early afternoon hours. and extra clouds will move in late tonight. after the sun goes down the clouds will get a little bit more substantial out there. but for now, not a bad day to get your sunday started. 46 at national airport. winds fairly light north only seven miles per hour. that is ushering in cooler air than yesterday. today low to mid-50s for high temperatures. right now, 46 in capital heights and district heights. 44 at andrew air force base. dale city, springfield, hovering in the low 40s right now. central virginia, 43 charlottesville. you folks towards culpepper, fredericksburg, stafford, you might be closer to 55 or 56 degrees by later this afternoon. northern maryland more into the upper 40s to 50. there's your day planner forecast. mid to upper 40s through mid and

late morning hours. most of the metro area in the low 50s for a time before things start to cool back down once again. these are not rain drops, just false returns. it's not going to rain around here for today. sprinkles along the north carolina/south carolina border. rain showers in charlotte. again, that's all a long ways away from us. my main concern, just a little deck of clouds outside first thing this morning. i think the clouds will ease out just a bit. they're scooting along at a pretty good pace. we'll brighten our skies before clouds come back in on monday. so feeling a little bit more winter-like out there than it has. a little area of weakness will zip to our south. it will provide plenty of cloud cover. all of us tomorrow will see a cloudy sky. tomorrow afternoon you might get a spotty piece of drizzle or late ryan. so today sun and clouds. cooler than yesterday. still nice.

highs today 48 to 55. back to work and school, everybody, on your monday. cloudy and chilly day tomorrow. a little light rain south of washington. here's the extended forecast now. 52 today. cloud are and chilly tomorrow. 46. mild on tuesday with the sunshine back. 56 degrees there. best chance for rain wednesday afternoon, wednesday night, thursday before some colder, more january-like weather returns friday and saturday. >> all right. thank you, chuck. >> you're welcome. >> let's turn to hockey. the capitals are definitely afraid of the sharks. as san jose continue their home dominance over washington last night. the caps tied the game early in the third period. but patrick scored just 16 seconds later, putting the sharks ahead for good snapping washington's four-game winning streak. the caps have not won in san jose since 1993. washington continues their west coast swing tomorrow against the

los angeles kings. well, nfl wild card weekend kicked off with a couple of good games, but they turned out to be a couple blowouts. >> hakim dermish has those highlights and more in this morning's sports. >> reporter: good morning, everyone. your sports minute begins with the nfl playoffs. new orleans hosting detroit. saints quarterback drew brees was awesome. throwing for 466 yards and three touchdowns, the saints beat the lions 45-28. next week new orleans will play on the road at san francisco. in the afc, texans taking on the bengals. here's the play of the day. second quarter tied at 10. andy dalton's pass intercepted at the line by rookie defensive end j.j. watt. he returns it 29 yards for the touchdown. houston moving on with with a 31-10 victory. texans play the ravens in baltimore next sunday. college basketball. ninth ranked georgetown at west virginia. mountaineers one-two punch of bryant and jones combined for 47

points. and west virginia defeats georgetown, 74-62. snapping the hoyas's 11-game win streak. 11-game win streak on the line in charlottesville. bennett and the cavaliers against former george mason and miami. less than a minute to go. cavaliers up to inside to mike scott. he goes to work. spins. puts it up and in. game high 23 points. number 23 virginia hangs on to win it 52-51. cavaliers won 12 straight fort fifth time since the 1981-82 season. in fairfax, george mason taking on georgia state. vaughan went for a team high 17 points. george mason wins it, 61-58. coach paul hewitt and the patriots remain undefeated, taking sole possession of first place. that's your sports in a minute. i'm hakim dermish. have a great day. >> the chances of seeing your film take off in hollywood, they're slim. but one local woman is going

where no one has gone before, strictly to film fans to make her movie. jessica, good morning to you. glad to have you join us. >> thanks for having me. >> you're from the d.c. area but you spent many years out in los angeles and you realized the challenges of making a film. this really inspired you to do your own thing. >> absolutely. i started out work in the media conglomerate system in studios. and i learned if you wanted to make original film not based on a comic book or toy you had to do something else. that's what we started to do. >> and you turned to film fans. tell me a little bit about this concept. you're truly going to the people that enjoy film to make this movie. >> absolutely. art is eternal funded entirely by fans by micro donation, so by people giving $1 or $100 and joining the community what we can do is prevent special interests and film from saying,

hey, you need to kill off a hob bit or something like that. we can focus making great cinema. >> and i know the web has been instrumental in this. you have this interactive production mat. this is something that hasn't been done before. it shows the pieces and the timeline of this movie-making process. every time someone gives a donation there's a shot of it. you've come a long way so far. it's very interactive. >> so when we started, we had nothing. that site didn't exist. we had nothing. and you can go all the way to the left and see how far we've come. there's little stars. when you roll over those you see the names of wingmen, our people who have contributed. and you can learn from conception all the way to post production how a film is put together. we felt that was really important. if we were going to ask people to come aboard we needed to be clear about how it was wade. >> i thought it was neat. you had everything from when you hired a p.r. film and when you fired them.

>> it was transparent. >> you include the public in every decision-making process. we are looking at video of the wingmen. they are truly the donors, the people, this cult following you found the make this movie a possibility. >> we try to do a lot of community initiatives. this is from before we launched the project. it was over 30 or 40 getting together and talking about the production company and the changes we would like to see in film and how we're going to instrument those. it was something to do for the community to get the word out. >> where are you now in making this? >> preproduction we have made 50,000. i need 150 liquid to move into the first phase of production. we're constantly updating and having new promotions and new ways for wingmen to come board. >> you created a story board. >> we just finished that and we're moving into story board artists. i'm interviewing monday.

>> truly you're crowd sourcing to create a movie using fans to construct it. is this the future of film making, do you think? >> i think crowd funding will pay a role. crowd sourcing is a little different. we're professionals. we do that. it's like joining a club. if you love film to see a change in media, this is the place. we're always doing more things. and the more people to join not only the better things we can do for the film but we can do cooler, unique community things like that video, going out to archery with our wingman. >> jessica stover, local filmmaker, thanks for joining us. >> thanks, angie. >> send it back over to chris and chuck. >> thank you very much. the citation subway riders are causing outrageous and uncalled for. plus, the overnight reunion that has ended the search for a specially-skilled dog. >> and the annual event that will have people taking off their pants today.

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can i have the definition? swapportunity: the opportunity to swap a higher calorie snack for a yoplait light. can you use it in a sentence? mmm. swapping a 300 calorie donut for this 110 calorie strawberry shortcake is a good swapportunity. that's not a real word. oh haha it's real. [ female announcer ] delicious, creamy, yoplait light. over 30 flavors each around 100 calories. do the swap today. good morning and welcome back. i'm chris gordon. >> and i'm angie goff. welcome to news 4 today. so glad to have you join us. yes, the rumor is true.

the nice weather continues. >> chris has come up a great broadway show tune lyric. >> it's a love by day today so you have a lovely day to do it and it's true. rosemary clooney, 1950. >> everybody who knows that song can have that song stuck in their head today the rest of the afternoon. anything you want to do inside or out, weather will be cooperative for your sunday. so there's nothing wrong with that. a little bit of filtered sunshine coming through the clouds first thing this morning. it is a nice day. 46 in washington. 45 in leesburg right now. out towards ashburn and parts of frederick county. just a touch cooler. 32 in cumberland. no rain around our area for today. nearest drops still a long, long ways away. we don't need to worry about that. our forecast then for your sunday, a mix of clouds and sunshine. no rain today. much cooler than yesterday. highs today 48 to 55 degrees

down in central virginia. a quick peek at the next four days. a sprinkle south of town. best chances for rain return on wednesday. the rest of seven-day coming up in just a couple more minutes. >> all right. thank you, chuck. >> here now is a look at our top stories this morning. a man died in a shooting. it happened just before 3:00 this morning near 5th and 58th street. no word if a person is in custody. the name of the victim has not been released. this morning congresswoman gabrielle giffords and her husband mark kelly are in tucson marking one year since the tragic shooting that killed six people and left her and 12 others injured. she spent the last year in intensive rehabilitation in houston. in just a few hours the candidates will be facing off in

their second debate in as many days. last night the republican contenders met in new hampshire just days before the state's primary. the new hampshire primary is scheduled for this tuesday. prince george's county police say a man trying to break into an apartment complex has been shot. it happened just after 5:00 this morning at an apartment complex after 28th avenue in temple hills. the intruder had a handgun and tried to break into a unit's back door when he was shot. police have not said if he possibly shot himself or the person who lived there possibly shot him. rescuers took the the man to the hospital >> police are trying to figure out who is responsible for a hit and run crash that killed a married couple. michael thomas and mildred freeman died after being struck by a hit and run driver while crossing oxon hill friday morning. dozens of friends and relatives gathered where the couple were struck for a vigil. >> he was a nice, loving guy. kept you on our toes. when you was down he knew how to bring you up.

my stepmom took the role of my mom when my mom passed away. she was really there for me. >> relatives hope the driver will come forward. the only description police have so far is that it was a gray compact car. police say it should have extensive front end damage. a reunion for a specially-trained dog. fairfax police say a man found a search and rescue dog not far from where the german shepherd took off from his handler thursday. 3-year-old vito wandered off while chasing a fox during training at white marsh park in bowie. a man working nearby found the dog. he saw a news report about the missing dog and called police. he returned the dog to his handlers at a gas station in bowie last night. well, today metro riders will have a different experience on the rail cars. that's because there's a good chance their fellow riders won't be wearing any pants.

it's just part of the annual no pants metro ride. this afternoon hundreds of metro riders will take to the rail cars sans pants. this is not a nudist event or a protest against pants, just a funny event designed to make people laugh. and police officers are apparently sticklers for manners. "new york times" reports 1,600 subway riders were arrested last year for putting their feet up on an empty seat or spreading out onto multiple seats. 6,000 others were given $50 fines. now some of those arrests were blessings in disguise it seems. as a police spokesperson said many of them turned out to be wanted felons. the last chance to see julia child's kitchen at the smithsonian before it closes temporarily. the national museum of american history will reopen later this summer as part of a new exhibit

focusing on food and wine in america. it featured julia child's kitchen from massachusetts used as the set of three television shows. she donated it to the museum in 2001. we have an overnight delivery to share from one of the biggest celebrity couples in hollywood. you've been doing a lot of research. >> beyonce and husband jay-z have a baby girl. up next the debate this morning over what they named her. you're watching news 4 today.

♪ >> these talented students from northeast washington are showing off their skills while at the same time spreading an important message. the students from william door public charter school were originally filming a simple anti-cyber bullying campaign with the department of homeland security and the ywca. since the kids were obviously enjoying themselves and showing off their talents, the directors decided to expand the campaign. it will soon be released nationwide. so cute. >> great energy. >> yes. they look wonderful. >> great kids. >> well, last year we introduced you to many children looking for

loving homes through our wednesday's child segment. >> each child has a different story but they all have the same dream of finding the perfect family. we decided to revisit a few of our special friends just in case you missed them. >> here's barbara harrison. >> you may remember these faces. children featured among wednesday's children last year. each has a different story but they all share the same dream. the dream of having a forever family. like 16-year-old michelle, who we featured last may but is still waiting. although she was first featured when she was only 9, she's never given up the hope of having a real home some day. >> all my life i've never had a family to care for me. so i just wanted to be adopted by a family who will care for me. >> christopher, who is also 16, was featured several times when he was younger. >> what are your hopes and dreams for your future? >> to be adopted.

to be with a family. >> some of our other waiting wednesday's children can't speak for themselves. but those who know them with love and encouragement of a loving permanent family can make a real difference in their lives. >> those who have skill level. >> and our young fireman in training. >> wow. that fits you perfectly. >> it's believed a permanent family can help paul with the security and confidence he needs. monty, at 2, was having some communication difficulties when we met him back in february. but surgery is expected to give him the act to speak normally soon. monty would be a great asset to any family. >> tell me about monty. >> monty is a great kid. he's got a good personality. very smart, very intelligent. understands exactly what you're saying to him. >> these are just a few of oufr

wednesday's children who are dreaming that 2012 will be the year they finally go home for good. >> if you have room in your home and your heart for one of the children seen here or another child who is waiting, please call our special adoption hotline. the number is 1-88-to-adopt-me. or logon to our home page at nbcwashington.com. >> let's hope that 2012 is the year for those kids. >> absolutely right. and we have a little break. it's outdoor recess kind of day today. tomorrow will be maybe not as good as outdoor recess day.

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down. >> i was keeping the convertible count yesterday. i counted 22 convertible tops down and seven convertible tops up. so people got the message. they're hard-core. you have to have a little bit of cold in your life to have cold. it's 68 degrees in january. >> you did. you did. >> it was a good preview of what's coming our way. 68 degrees yesterday. that's an average high temperature for the third week of april. so that's a long way out. so it was a real bonus day for us. bonus territory, just not far up into the bonus land. outside on your sunday morning. not the prettiest sky out there just yet. but i do think our skies will blue up just a bit in the next couple hours. kind of on the grayer side of blue. temperatures climbing into the mid and upper 40s the next hour or so. low 50s easily this afternoon.

into the day tomorrow. expect plenty of cloud cover on your monday. 41 in gaithersburg. rockville, about thes tkarbgs silver spring, college park, all in the low to mid-40s. brand wine, towards huntingtown. a couple of cool spots across the georgia piedmont. filtered sunshine will put most everybody up into the 40s, 50s by later on this afternoon. not much of a rain threat for today. even tomorrow, not much of a threat. you folks in southern maryland, out into parts of central virginia, a little chance of a few passing sprinkles monday afternoon. not looking like a whole lot of rain. i don't think the drops will find their way inside the capital beltway. the cloud cover we're dealing with, this ribbon has run along here. it's moving along very quickly. this back edge of clouds should be able to get here by 2:00 or

3:00 this afternoon. the clouds are rolling look at 110 miles per hour. they're zipping along pretty quickly. we will brighten our skies for a couple hours before the sun goes down. after that, the clouds will thicken up overnight tonight. feeling a little bit more like january than it did yesterday. expect seasonally cool night overnight tonight. this is by 8:00 on your sunday evening. overnight, clouds thicken a bit. a ripple in the atmosphere passing just down to our south. it's going to stop 3:00 monday afternoon. plenty of clouds around. southern maryland. maybe one or two lonesome rain drops, southern maryland, culpepper, charlottesville. then those zip on out of here. we are sitting pretty. tuesday looks like it will be the nicest day of the week so far. sun and clouds out there at times. not such a bad day to be outside. upper 40s in the high spots to mid-50s across central virginia. back to work and school, even. cloud where and chilly.

chance of light rain south of town primarily. not much of a threat in washington. highs tomorrow noticeably cooler. back down closer to average. low to mid-40s. the seven-day forecast. not a bad day today. if you washed your car yesterday you get to drive it clean. that's when our best chance for rain showers return, the front half of thursday. turning more january-like as we get into the end of the week and head into next weekend. if you want to stay ahead of the forecast, we're about to go off the air in 10 minutes. you can go to our website or follow me on twitter. i will tweet whatever updates i need to do on the forecast. >> you even do it on your days off. >> that's true. >> you did it yesterday afternoon. >> you as a golfer were outside. it's a little cooler with the clouds. you put your jacket back on. >> smart call. >> all right. thank you, chuck. >> thank you. >> "saturday night live" is known for taking shots at politicians. >> we'll show you how the

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welcome back. nbc is your place for politics. coming up next is the chris matthews show. >> and following that is a special edition of "meet the press". here's what they're both working on. >> good morning, washington. coming up at 10:00 on the chris matthews show, mitt romney looks on track to win tuesday night in new hampshire. but is there a path for the anti-romneys? any sign they might unite to stop what they consider a closet moderate? or will romney win by default without exciting the voters. would ron paul ruin it for the republicans? join me and john, andrea mitchell, howard feinman and

malika for a great roundtable. for what's coming up on the "meet the press" debate, here's david gregory. david? >> thanks, chris. a special edition of "meet the press" live from new hampshire. this morning we are partnering with facebook and the new hampshire union leader for a special republican presidential candidate debate. just 48 hours before the nation's first primary. all six will be here live answering your questions from facebook as well as my questions. it's all coming up, a special edition of "meet the press" this morning. >> look forward to that. well, while the republican presidential candidates are debating, one is relaxing. >> kristin wig posed a as michele bachmann last night on saturday night live. she told seth meyers what she's looking forward to now that she's off the campaign trail. >> i'm looking forward to resting, to spending time at home, most of all to blinking for the first time since this all started.

>> you haven't blinked since the campaign started? >> i have not. >> would you like to now. >> i would love to. oh. there it is. those babies were dry. >> a fake michele bachmann joked the message she received from god to run for president must have been a mass text as many other candidates say they got the same text message. well, singer beyonce and husband jay-z are celebrating. the two welcomed a baby girl last night. according to e news, beyonce delivered the baby by scheduled c-section. there is controversy over what her actual name is. some sites are reporting ivy blue, others say blue ivy. no matter what the name was, it was an instant trending topic overnight. she revealed her pregnancy to the world back in august during a performance on the mtv music

awards. and i was reading the new york daily post trying to figure out the whole name game thing. they're saying ivy blue. and they're saying she checked into the hospital under alias ingrid jackson and they rented the entire floor for $1.3 million. >> a million dollars just for the floor. >> yeah, just for the floor. and doctors were kind of mad they couldn't come in because they had patients to see. we'll see. but that's going to wrap it up for this edition of news 4 today. thank you so much for joining us, everyone. >> have a wonderful day. -dad, why are you getting that? -that's my cereal.

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