rick santorum made a last minute move in iowa. will there be any surprises as voters hid to the polls in new hampshire? or will mitt romney clean up? good afternoon. >> the votes are finally being cast in the first primary of the 2012 presidential race. based on the latest polls 4r50eding up to the vote. mitt romney seemed sure to walk away with a win. >> much of the focus is on the second and third place finishers who will emerge as the top romney challengers. steve handlesman has the latest on this primary. soon we will know if any candidate has even a shot at stopping mitt romney. across new hampshire, republicans voted their choices, who they want to take on the president in the fall.

>> for romney, anyone that can get enough votes to beat obama. >> ron paul. i want the dialogue to keep going. >> rick santorum. because i really want to see this country change. >> i voted for huntsman, i feel he's the most moderate. >> reporter: the former governor surged to third. he's looking at the next primary. >> south carolina will light up, because well will approve that very important point of electability. >> reporter: ron paul second before the actual vote. eyes are on rick santorum, who nearly won in iowa. will he emerge as the top conservative? >> we're the one that can turn this economy around. >> can newt gingrich regain his spot as the alternative to mitt romney. >> it will be a clear campaign and contrast. >> reporter: romney assumes he'll win here, but a weakness emerged. romney rivals claim he admitted

got rich reading weak companies and laying off workers. rick perry today. >> waiting for the company to get sick, and then they swoop in, they eat the cashing us. >> reporter: romney is seemingly cruising today. he would be the first nonincumbent republican ever to wenham ham after winning iowa. conservatives splitting their votes here like they did in iowa, would be a sign to mitt romney he can keep on winning. steve handlesman, news 4 manchester, new hampshire. a day after we saw some serious snow at this hour, skies are clear out there right now. >> storm 4 meteorologist veronica johnson joins us now with her forecast. >> one day we've got snow and temperatures in the low 30s across the area. another day 53 degrees and sunshine. folks walking around going wow,

this is great. but kind of weird. 53 degrees currently outside. tem tires are all officer the area north of where they were yesterday. take a look. you're at 53 degrees right now. vienna and chantilly at 52. 54 in riverdale and buoy. sunshine now but what's next? let's widen out a little bit. can you see we have clouds down to the south. right now around roanoke and richmond. it's all part of a weather system. the leading edge. some moisture there, streaming from west to east. it's going to be moving into our area tomorrow. an area of low pressure, we're talking about precipitation that we're going to be getting, and more on the wild ride. the ups and downs will continue as far as the overnight, we are going to be dry. 49 degrees around 5:00 p.m. 45 by 7:00. sunset today at 5:05. by 11:00 p.m. we'll be down to 41 degrees.

it will be a very, very nice evening. on your fast forecast, let's take a look, nice evening, yeah. but wet weather again to talk about tomorrow. we're going to talk too about how cold it's going to get. and when that cold air will be moving in. we'll take a look at those details and where there is some big snow happening. wait until you see, we'll have all the that coming up in just a couple minutes. barbara, pat? >> thank you. metro unveils a new rail fair today. the biggest change there would be flat fares for paper fare cards. $6 during peak hours, $4 during offpeak hours. if you use a smart trip card, the max you'll pay is $5.75. and the base will go up a dime. news 4's megan mcgrath spoke with riders about the potential changes. >> raising fares on metro. it is never a popular move among

riders. >> it's ridiculous. i already spend over $10 a day. >> i'm already paying between the parking at metro, the metro coming in, it's like $15 a day. and parking at my building is $18 a day. >> reporter: metro is facing a $116 million budget shortfall. general manager says a 5% hike in fares in needed to help cover costs. maintenance work has been deferred for too long, and rebuilding metro into a more reliable system requires more money. >> after years of not investing in the system, we have to make those investments and this is what this budget allows us to do. >> riders have become increasingly frustrated with metro service. there have been cracked rails and ongoing escalator problems. the money raised by a fare increase will not help with those 3r0bs. it will just keep the system running. annoyed riders say they shouldn't pay more, until metro

becomes more reliable. >> it's high enough as it is. and the service is really bad. >> every day there's a problem on the train. nothing works. their elevators are down, the escalators are down, the trains are slow, and people are mad. >> the same escalator they spent six months fixing is now broken again. it takes about 15 minutes to get out of the station. i don't understand why it takes so long. >> the fare increases would have to be approved by metro's board. before that could happen, there would have to be a series of public hearings. those hikes would take effect july 1st. from dupont circle, megan mcgrath, news 4. on wall street, stocks ended with a modest gains as investors continued a positive tone for the euro scene debt crisis. the the nasdaq picked up 25, and the s&p 500 ended 11 points higher. the results of your next

google search could be much more personal. google says it's now sifting through photos, commentaries and other postings on its new social net working site google plus. the goal is to create search results that better fit the interest of the person con dw t ductsing the search. going emplus was introduced six months ago to compete with facebook and twitter. a prince william county high school had something to celebrate. the marching band from battlefield high won a kpe taking and got a chanlce to perform during half time. the hybrid is about to get a little more affordable for the younger driver. earlier today, toyota unveiled its new prius c, a smaller, cheaper version of the original prius hybrid. it will cost around $19,000 to start with. that's about $4,000 less than what the prius sells for now.

it's expected to get 53 miles per gallon in the city, 46 on the highway. the car was announced at the north america auto show in detroit. the deaths of nearly a dozen people at an air show are prompting a review of the rules. >> it happened last september when a world war ii plane crashed during an air show in reno, nevada. >> today the ntsb is trying to determine if the rules need to be changed. brian mooar has the story. >> reporter: the september crash that killed 11 people and injured dozen at the reno air races has federal regulators in washington taking a hard look at an industry built around death defying stunts. >> i do think there is an inherent level of risk. in fact, that danger is, i think, part of the attraction at these air shows and aerations. >> they also saw three fatal crashes in four days back in

2007. millions of americans attend air shows every year. and even though they are granted broad waivers of faa rules, pilots insist their job is not about danger. >> what we do is larger than life, and very beautiful. if we hurt ourselves, we've just taken away that dream. >> organizers insist safety comments first. >> we have adequate space, so that if something does happen to the aircraft, the crowd is in the safe area. >> the presumption is that if something were to go wrong, we don't want the airplanes pointed at the crowd. >> the ntsb zeroed in on a weak link. air shows are overscene by airbuses who have no official certification, but absolute authority. >> if you cannot get someone to hire you, you can are be an air boss. >> searching for the fine line between thrills and safety. organizers insist the shows are safe, they're not fighting more

oversight. on capitol hill brian mooar, news 4. yojoran van der sloot's murr trial resumes tomorrow in peru. he is charged with murdering steph stephany flores. he's a dutch national and a key suspect in the disappearance of natalee holloway. she disappeared during a high school trip to aruba back in 2005. when news 4 at 4:00 continues, when it comes to celebrity endorsements, kim kardashian finds out the hard way, it's a dog eat dog world out there. a little girl isn't afraid of anything, apparently, even a lion pounding at the glass. beyonce we know delivered her baby over the weekend at a hospital in new york. now there are a lost complaints about how other patients were

treated while she was there. that story's coming up at 4:30.

one of the best things about the golden globes, how to make a marriage proposal your soon to be spouse will never forget. for the latest hot talk

around town, we turn to kane of hot 99.5. great to see you. >> always great so see you as well. >> this little girl face down the king of the jungle. >> yeah, right. radio's great. one problem, you can't see video. that's why i love coming here to be able to show you guys this stuff. this is one of the most viral videos today. the video -- there she is, 7-year-old sophia walker, this is the wellington zoo. the glass is an inch and a half thick. >> she doesn't run, it's amazing. >> the cat's not playing. >> according to zookeepers, the cat was just fed. >> so it wasn't hungry looking for a snack? >> i don't know. that's an appetizer right there.

look at that. what an incredible animal. she's just so cool, calm, collected as well. man oh, man oh, man. >> we know what her career could be one day. >> exactly. >> lion keeper. she seemed to like it. she said she wants to go back there for her fourth birthday. did you hear that? >> she's totally cool, calm and collected during the entire thing. >> she still loves lions. >> we want to talk about marriage proposals, whether you get down on one knee, fly a plane over, everybody wants it to be memorable. >> you're right about that, they have wedding planners, and now they have proposals. look at that, sarah will you marry me? there are proposal planners, people you can hire now that will actually plan out a memorable proposal. i'm sure melissa is very happy.

men who are watching this who are single, i heard you are never supposed to do it at a sporting event. but for 500 to $12,000 you can hire different companies including brilliant event planning out of new york city. and they will come up with a plan based on the information you give them about your loved one. and they will help you formulate something that will make the event memorable forever. >> that's good. >> the women that called the show today, doesn't that take the heartfeltness out of the major event? >> yes. >> how did you do it? >> i did it myself. my wife and i are are fans of michael buble, and we did it that way. >> absolutely right. i didn't require help. >> today's not a holiday, but it's a notable day in the lives of many americans. tell us about that. >> are you still doing your new year's resolutions?

>> i did mine -- >> you talked about it. >> i'm doing mine. >> good for you. you're unlike -- today marks the day that 75% of americans have given up on their new year's resolution. so if you were at the gym and tired of waiting in line to get on the elliptical, today should be the day that you won't have to worry about that when you get off of work. you get the gym back. they say the tenth, which is today is the official point in the year that most people give up on new year's resolutions. >> give me another week. >> okay. i'll talk to you in the next few days and see how you're doing. >> run of the best things about this year's golden globe awards. ju the host -- >> what are you most looking forward to? that man right there. what is he going to do? almost like a car accident. it's the fact that nothing is

offlimits. the one thing everyone's excited about coming up this sunday is who is he going to go after. obviously very important people in the audience. the fact that he's been asked that again is kind of shocking. >> maybe they liked it because he stirred things up so. >> that's the point. the idea behind this, the whole idea behind the globes is to get people to talk. and that's exactly what he's doing. >> he's going to stay home? >> you know, you're an idiot. i think that now if you're being talked about, you're not being forgotten. i think it's important that at least -- absolutely right. >> you have more kane scams coming up tomorrow. >> this is where we prank call your friends. one of our sales directors is using our show to pick up women. we play a prank on him. you can hear what goes down when he gets a little defensive and freaked out when he doesn't

realize it's us. >> be careful, guys. >> yeah. >> thanks, kane, we'll see you next week. >> exactly. >> we'll be listening in the morning. with the countdown underway, we'd like to hear from you. all this week on news 4 at 4:00, you'll get a chance to vote for your favorites. then we're going to reveal the winners the next day. >> yesterday we asked you to vote for best movie drama. the nominees are the decendents, the help, hugo, the ides of march, money ball and war horse. and the winner is, the help. the disney film is about the unlikely friendship that develops between different and extraordinary women in the 1960s. >> we also ask you to vote on the best comedy and the nominees are 50/50, the artist, brid bridesmaids, my week with paris. and the winner is "bridesmaids."

it was your overwhelming favorite. >> now today, we're inviting you to vote for best actress in a motion picture drama. and the nominees in that category are glenn close, viola davis, rooney mara and meryl streep. also, tilda swinton. to vote search nbcwashington on facebook, and we'll announce your results tomorrow on news 4 at 4:00. >> for all your golden globe coverage, visit our website. the golden globes thr sunday night from 8:00 until 11:00 right here on nbc. coming up on news 4 at 4:00. we saw a dusting of snow yesterday. we all watched it coming down. nothing compared to the blizzard they had in alaska. they had in alaska. >> a kay

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there is so much snow in alaska now, towns are buried. crews from the national guard are removing the 18 feet of snow that fell in the town of cordova. at least three buildings have

collapsed beneath the weight of wet snow. the fishing town in southeastern alaska is only accessible now by boat or plane. >> that's epic snowfall. and can you believe it, they're getting more snow now. and they could get another one to two feet on top of that with wind. >> it's going to be a long winter there. >> normally for the season they get 100 inches, they have 138 already. the season long from over. valdez alaska, 290 inches of snowfall so far. i can't even fathom living there. get me out of here. >> they know how to deal with it. >> exactly. >> we've got some 15% of the u.s. now covered with snow compared to 60% last year, of course, a lot of that 15% of the u.s. that's covered is in alaska. we have sunshine out there right

now, guess what, tomorrow this time we're talking about some very nasty weather moving through the area. not just rain, but some bouts of moderate and heavy rain through the area. in the 50s, 52 frederick maryland. mt. airy, 52 to 54 degrees currently. down south, fredericksburg, virginia, stafford. our temperatures going to be falling off by 11:00 p.m. we pick up a few clouds by tomorrow morning. 35 to 34 degrees at 5:00 and 7:00 a.m. clouds on the increase, a dry morning is what we're going to have. the rain develops tomorrow. the radar is dry, quiet. look at all the rain down south. can you see that area of low pressure spinning here, we have another area of low pressure too. a double barrel low that's going to be coming through our area wednesday and thursday. another at the end of the week

that's going to follow. moisture streams in areas, all the way over to memphis, tennessee and oklahoma city. there's the area of low pressure. you can see the moisture tracking in. we stop it at 7:00 a.m. you see even sunshine with dry conditions across area. the rain hits us about noontime, 1:00, 2:00. it's going to be wet. by the time we get to thursday, one area of low pressure is out of here. it's going to be windy and mild. a lot of warm air coming north. we're going to be talking about rain moving in. very late wednesday. the next weather system will be bringing the cold air and maybe some snow to the air by friday morning. we go up again to head back down again. for your evening. 45 to 49 degrees. nice and mild with clear skies around for the evening. and tomorrow morning we're partly cloudy, with a cool start. 26 to 34 degrees, your high temperature for tomorrow, 44 to

47. as far as how much rain we could get out of this, an inch plus is possible through the area by the time it ends. i think late wednesday early thursday mourning. the high on thursday, 57. and then 37 for friday. some 20 degrees lower. we'll take a look at the extended forecast that includes the rest of the weekend in a couple minutes. >> thank you. still to come on news 4 at 4:00, beyonce and jay-z have left the hospital and they left behind some really unhappy patients. an update on nick cannon after

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welcome back to news 4 at 4:00. i'm barbara harrison. >> here's what's happening in the news at this hour. the first presidential primary of 2012 is now underway in new hampshire. if the polls are correct, mitt romney will walk away with his second win. and the real suspense lies in the race for second place here. riding metro may cost you more. the transit agency unveiled a new budget proposal. there will be a public hearing to discuss the proposed increases in february and march.

metro's board will have to approve any changes by july. >> the fda says it will clarify, but not make any significant changes to safety rules at air shows. 11 people were killed and 70 injured when a world war ii plane crashed at an air show in reno. the ntsb held a hearing to determine how safe air shows are. stocks closed higher on wall street. the dow jones industrials picked up 69 points. the nasdaq was up 25 points, and the s&p 500 closed 11 points higher. well, beyonce and jay-z may be singing a new love song about their baby girl. not everyone is so happy with the way she was brought into the world. >> wee onsay was brought into the hospital last night. ♪ the most amazing feeling i

feel. >> reporter: rapper jay-z released this song in honor of his baby girl blue ivy carter. her birth was emotional and extremely peaceful, we are in heaven. but it was not heaven for roslin and neil who like the superstar parents delivered at lenox hill hospital on the upper east side. they were zee nied access to the neonatal intensive care unit several times. >> they bounced my family to the sixth floor and from the waiting room and made them go downstairs. >> we're living the nicu and they told us we couldn't travel any further. we said why, they said, we're moving hazardous materials. i said, really on the maternity floor? >> reporter: they quickly figured out the heightened security was because of beyonce's arrival. >> once they go back to their

amazing lifestyles, we're still growing to be the parents going to the nicu to see our children. >> reporter: reports say they paid $1.3 million to rent the entire floor. no security plan that we or the carter's security team put in place would have prevented or delayed families from getting access to the nicu. >> we're told the hospital did call and apologize to the upset parents. they said they were unaware that people had trouble seeing their newborns. nick cannon, who is the host of "america's got talent" is out of the hospital now. he got sick last week while on vacation with his wife mariah carey in aspen, colorado. he was suffering from mild kidney failure. he's now recovering at home. he's expected to go back to work on his morning radio show next tuesday. "america's got talent" will returning this coming summer for

the seventh season. snoop dog is facing charges for marijuana possession. the rapper was arrested after officers found marijuana cigarettes on his tour bus. he was released after telling officers the drugs were his. something may be bugging kim kardashian. perhaps it's the actor replacing her in the new skechers super bowl ad. kardashian was featured in her first super bowl ad for skechers shapeup shoes last year. but this year she's being replaced by a french bulldog. the move comes two months after she filed for divorce. the negative public relations surrounding her divorce has nothing to do with its decision. the national opera in washington announced an ambitious five-year plan. it includes a commitment to stage all four episodes of the

american ring in 2016. it's a cycle of operas by richard wagner. they began developing the program a few years ago but the funding ran short. they plan to present holiday open raz each year, and a commission program will be created so young composers will have an opportunity to develop new operas. the supreme court heard oral arguments sparked by an episode of nypd blue. they find abc for showing a woman's nude buttocs in 2003. the rules are vague and impose stricter standards on broadcast programming than on cable. some justices indicated they were troubled by inconsistent standards that allowed certain words and displays in some contexts but not others.

the justices seemed willing to maintain the current rules to make sure children are not bombarded with certain language. matthew arsoni was paddling around the mission bay channel and he spotted a whale swimming for about 30 minutes or so near boaters before it swam out to the ocean. this is the time of year when whales begin showing up off the coast of san diego as they migrate between alaska and mexico. that is quite a sight. >> it really is. there's more to come on news 4 at 4:00. get ready for more madness at target. the designer made famous by the first lady is ready for his store debut. after a decade slump in music sales, the industry is finally bouncing back. why the music biz is booming again. health information screenings and fun activities are on tap this weekend at nbc's

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tomorrow's not going to be a good day to travel up and down the east coast? >> no. a lot of areas south will have a lot of rain. the areas north baltimore, philadelphia, boston, philadelphia, new york city all wet. the morning is going to be dry. you want to pack the rain boots, anything to keep your feet dry. you'll need them tomorrow afternoon right through the evening. we have 53 degrees currently, and we have sunshine across the area. sun sets today at 5:05. and what a beautiful sunset we're going to have.

rockville coming in at 52 degrees. college park at 54, and 51 in prince georges county. one of our cooler spots. the radar dry, not a drop to be found. i think our first drops are going to start showing up tomorrow afternoon about noontime to 1:00. dry for your good night forecast. 42 to 41 degrees. by tomorrow morning we're going to start to see clouds moving in. mostly clear to partly cloudy. and then the cloud cover will quickly lower and thicken, and we're going to be getting some rain. let's take a look at future weather, check outed time on the right -- far right-hand portion of your screen. there's the sunshine for early tomorrow morning. and then the clouds quickly overtake the area, by the time we get to the evening, 9:00, 10:00, 11:00 p.m. we'll see more moderate and heavy rain showing up around the area. i wouldn't be surprised if we have some thunderstorms coming

through southern maryland and through south central portions of virginia tomorrow evening. by 8:00 a.m. thursday morning, all that moisture is out of here, we're going to start to see some clearing, and it's thursday where we're going to see temperatures warm up again in the 50s. tomorrow in the mid-40s, thursday, mid and upper 50s, but watch what happens then as we go from thursday night to friday morning. the colder air comes in, and you saw some of that white go by. that's snow for early friday morning. we could see a few flurries for any folks who are waking up very early friday morning. about an inch and a half of rain area wide with what we're going to get out of this system. as far as temperatures tomorrow, we're going to be topping out at 46 degrees. again, with showers and storms right down to the south. seven-day forecast for you 46 with rain likely tomorrow. to just a slight chance for some showers coming in thursday evening. friday now, not only looking cold, with some flurries maybe early in the day, i think it's going to be windy on friday as

well. wind for thursday more wind for friday. the weekend definitely cold, 35 to 36 degrees. the weekend nothing like what last weekend was. the 60s, remember? >> it is winter. thanks a lot. there's no question that the music industry has had a tough time over the past decade. music sales fell 52% between 2000 and 2010. >> things could be on the upswing. julia borsten reports. >> reporter: reports of the death of music industry have been greatly exaggerated. the first time digital music has topped physical album sales according to nilsson's soundscan. why the jump? adele deserves a lot of credit. her album 21 sold a whopping 5.82 million copies are more than twice the second most

popular title. an album hasn't sold that many titles in one year since 2004. adele's retro sound and michael buble's christmas album appealed to younger and older audiences, who were more likely to buy cd's. that helped stemmed cd's rise. cd's also benefited for some deep discounting. one big surprise, vinyl is back in style. last year more vinyl albums sold than any other year since 1991. and when soundscan began tracking data. will 2012 keep up these gains? that depends whether labels can break the next adele and for established stars to keep on performing. this year we'll see new releases from 50 cent, youtube, madonna, pearl jam and bruce springsteen. coming up on news 4 at 4:00.

it's hard economic times. one family decided to give downsizing a whole new meaning. an entire town is made up of ice and snow. we'll show you.

how much space do you need to live? a couple in colorado decided to take downsizing to the extreme. they built a home that is just 129 square feet. it cost them about $25,000 to build. most of the energy is solar. the bedroom is a lost. it's short on space, so they got creative putting hidden storage just about everywhere they could think of. it also has wheels in case they have to pick up and move. ice city, a temporary town in moscow.

it's made entirely of ice and snow. complete with its own wedding chapel, jail, movie theater. this town was put together as part of moscow's youth architecture festival. a chilly place to put down your anchors. >> it's cold out there. >> it is cold. i'm sure. still ahead on news 4 at 4:00, a college drum major's stance on hazing may have led to his death. the lawsuit filed today is coming up next. and for all your news, be sure to follow news 4 online. search nbc washington on facebook and twitter.

the parents of a florida state student who died after a hazing ritual last november are suing the bus company where it took place. they're also getting ready to sue the university they say is turning a blind eye to hazing. chris clackum has our report. >> reporter: florida a&m's famed marching band has been silenced since november. a death investigators resumed a homicide, because champion was a victim of a violent but all too

common hazing ritual, on the bands bus. flanked by champion's mother and father, their attorney said they'll sue the bus company for negligence for now. the real charge will come later, the university. who has ignored a long history of hazing. >> i'm looking for solutions. again, we are about stopping the hazing. >> reporter: even though there were others on the bus when the hazing occurred. no one's been charged in champion's death which the family finds curious. >> it happened about two months ago. and there have been no arrests, we wonder why not. >> reporter: they don't wonder whether champion's sexual orientation had anything to do with his death. >> actually, i didn't think of him having an alternative lifestyle as being the cause of that. >> reporter: they accuse the

school, affectionately referred to as famu as trying to change the subject. >> they have a culture of hazing. this is not a hate crime. did robert champion have an i'll turntive lifestyle? yes. did that define him? no. >> reporter: pressure is also mounting for an outside look at the history of hazing inside florida a&m's band. chris clackum, nbc news. >> and that's news 4 at 4:00. news 4 at 5:00 starts right now. 100 years in prison. that sentence was handed down a short time ago for a man found guilty in a string of heinous crimes. the judge called him one of the most hated men in the county. the cost to get around d.c. is about to go up. metro announces a fare hike.

is this growing to lead to better service. twin teenaged girls reunited with their mother and that surprise was just the beginning. i'm pat lawson muse. >> and i'm wendy rieger. jim has the night off. jason scott learned his fate today. he's scheduled to be tried late they are year for the murders of a mother and daughter in his neighborhood. pat colins is live at the u.s. district courthouse in greenbelt with more on this case. pat? >> reporter: this is what jason scott looked like when he went out to rob people and break into their homes. very scary. in court today, the judge told scott, you're not a one-man crime wing. you're a tsunami of crime. you're one of the foulest, most