now he's sentence d for burglaries and home invasions. good evening, everyone. >> two hours to go until the polls in new hampshire close on this, the first presidential primary of the 2012 election season. mitt romney is expected to win. new hampshire's final tracking poll puts ron paul in second place and jon huntsman in third place. those two spots are likely do be the focus tonight. steve handlesman is live now in manchester, new hampshire with the latest on this primary, which has been a long time coming. steve? >> reporter: thanks, and good evening from manchester. a little more than two hours when the last polls close here in new hampshire, we're finally going to find out whether any of these other candidates have a shot at all of stopping what many here see as mitt romney's

march to the gop nomination. in towns 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 huntses man, because i feel he's the most moderate. >> reporter: the former utah governor surged to third in new hampshire's final tracking poll. he's looking at the next primary 37. >> and south carolina will light up, because we am approve that very important point of electability. >> reporter: survey showed 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. >> reporter: can newt gingrich regain his spot as the alternative to mitt romney.

>> i think it will be a very clear contrast between a reagan conservative and the others. >> reporter: romney rivals claim he admitted he got rich raiding weak companies and laying off work 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 win new hampshire after winning iowa. this is a live picture new hampshire voting continuing. this is bedford, new hampshire. bedford high school is the polling place, these polls close at least the line is cut off in 57 minutes. if conservatives here in

bedford -- if conservative republicans across new hampshire split their vote like conservative republicans did in with a wash that's a signal to mitt romney that he probably can keep on winning. live from manchester, new hampshire, steve handlesman reporting. back to you. be sure to stay with news 4 for continuing coverage of the new hampshire primary. we'll have results tonight at 11:00. for the latest any time of day, you can head to our website nbcwashington.com. in virginia the american civil libl ert liberties union supporting candidates trying to get on the state's ballot. rick perry says the access law is unconstitutional. perry, gingrich, santorum and huntsman did not get the required number of signatures by the deadline. a hearing is set for saturday. and in the meantime, a court has halted the distribution of the state's absentee ballots. they have to be printed and

mailed out by january 21st to comply with the state law. one of the most hated men in prince georges county. jason scott was sentenced to 100 years in prison today for a string of burglaries and home invasions. that ruling comes as he awaits trial for a double murder. pat? >> jason scott is 28 years old. with this sentence it's likely he'll die in jail. this is shirley grooms, she was one of jason scott's home invasion victims. she says because of what happens, she now feels like a prisoner in her own home. >> my routine now is to sit up, and i'm sort of on guard until 4:00 or 5:00 a.m., and then my husband gets up at 6:00. pretty much someone is always up and moving in my house. i will sleep mostly throughout the day. it's a terrible way to live, i

know. but right now that's the way i have to live. >> reporter: this is what he looked like when he was out rob be people and breaking into their homes. jason thomas scott, described as one of the meanest men in the history of prince georges county crime. the judge said, you are not a one-man crime wave, you were a tsunami of crimes. you're one of the foulest people in prince georges county. >> the judge imposed a sentence of 100 years in federal prison for jason scott. what that means is, the people of prince georges county will never again need to worry about jason scott committing a crime here in maryland or any place else. >> reporter: jason thomas scott, convicted of 29 residential burglaries, nine home invasions and a vile sexual exploitation of a 17-year-old girl. in addition to that, he's charged in a mother/daughter murder and being investigated in

connection with another mother/daughter killing. jason thomas scott. he worked at the ups distribution center on ardmore ardwick road. he was a computer whiz and used the database to research his victims before he made his move. >> he didn't profit from any of these. he was just doing it, because it was an escalating part of his personality that he needed to fill this voight. he was committing these acts simply for the excitement of it. >> now in addition to all of this. scott is scheduled to be tried in one of those mother/daughter murder cases next october. doreen, back to you. >> pat collins reporting, thank you. police say they've stopped another attempt to smuggle drugs from overseas in through dulles airport. it happened last thursday. customs officers say they were questioning a man who just came in on a flight from ghana.

they took him to the hospital because they suspected he was a drug mule. he had swallowed almost a pound of heroin in small pellets. drug trafficking from west africa is a growing problem. last summer, police arrested eight people in another smuggling ring. rats and the risk of hypothermia. both could drive the occupy d.c. protesters out of their encampments. an outbreak of illness or threat of a storm could force people out. the living conditions at freedom plaza are not so good. they found a large concentration of rats there earlier this month. both sites are federal park property so the health department has no jurisdiction over them. riding metro may soon cost you more money today. news 4's chris gord season live outside the king street metro station in alexandria with a closer look at the proposed

increase. chris? >> reporter: good evening, dore doreen, 5% fare increase on buses and trains. and if you want to park in a met electrolot, that will cost an extra 25 cents. metro needs the extra money to pay for renovations and provide better service. metro riders are concerned that the proposed fair increases will not guarantee better service. >> to ride metro, i don't feel it's as efficient as it needs to be. >> i don't know why they need to increase fares, but i can't afford it. >> reporter: last week a friction ring fell off a train, causing hundreds of cars to undergo safety inspections this weekend. in a separate incident in december. a brake assembly malfunction on a train created a commuter nightmare.

metro faces a $116 million deficit. while trying to make safety improvements recommended bit ntsb after the 2009 crash that killed 9 people. the general manager appeared on news 4 today. >> after years of not investing in this system we have to make those investments to provide more service to our customers. >> reporter: the fare increases will be most dramatic to tourists and others using paper fare cards. they will have to pay $6 whether they travel one stop or the entire route. metro is trying to encourage the use of smart trip cards. ben ross is the chairman of transit first coalition. >> it's too big. metro needs the money, but the

riders are already paying their fair share and the local governments need to chip in more. >> metro will be holding a public hearing on these proposed fare increases in february. that's the latest from the king street metro station in alexandria, virginia, back to you in the studio. >> thank you, chris. coming up next on news 4 at 6:00, death defying stunts that could lead to new safety rules at air shows. some people with handicapped placards may soon have to pay for handicapped parking. a new push to make it easier for same sex couples to file for divorce. teed we saw a beautiful day out there, with plenty of sunshine many there is rain on the way. that rain making its way up here, very, very quickly, but today we'll go down as a winning day. dan, what do you think about our chances for a winning game? >> we need a win badly here at verizon center.

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the dea a dozen people at an air show are prompting a review of the rules. the most recent crash happened  last september when a world war n air show in reno, nevada. the ntsb is trying to figure out if the rules need to be changed. brian mooar reports. >> reporter: the september crash that killed 11 people and injured dozens at the reno air races has federal regulators in washington taking a hard look at an industry built around death defying stunts. >> i think there's an inherent level of risk. and that danger is, i think, part of the attraction at these air shows and air races. >> reporter: they also saw three fatal crashes in four days 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 it's very beautiful. if we hurt ourselves, we've just taken away that dream. >> organizers insist safety comes first. >> we have adequate space so that if something does happen to the aircraft that 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. >> reporter: the ntsb zeroed in on a weak link in the safety chain. air shows are overseen by air boss who have no official certification but absolute authority. if you can get someone to hire you, you can be an air boss. >> reporter: searching for the fine line between thrills and safety. on capitol hill, brian mooar, news 4. the federal government is helping virginia pay for roads and bridges that were damaged during hurricane irene and tropical storm lee. ray lahood announced virginia's

going to get $19 million. 12.6 million of it will go toward destruction from irene. and 6.5 million will go to fixing roads affected by lee. >> system a lot of cleanup work to be done. >> they were big storms, that's for sure. >> no more big snowstorms for us? we saw an inch, inch and a half in some locations yesterday. we were talking about, by 11:00 today, it would be a memory. sure enough, that's exactly what happened. temperatures made their way into the 50s today. any snow we saw quickly melted across the area today. a very nice afternoon on our tuesday. wouldn't it be great if we could put a couple of these together? yes, it would. that's not going to happen. over the next couple days, expect rain and the cold will move in. the roller coaster, it's going to continue over the next few days. temperatures today got up to 54

degrees after a low this morning of 32. the average high is 33 degrees and the average low is 29. we were above average once again during the day today and so far in january, we've been above average eight out of ten days. if you go all the way back toward december, we've been well above average by close to 4 or 5 degrees every single day. it's been amazing. high temperatures across the area, 52 in frederick, 53 in baltimore. fredericksburg coming in with a temperature of 55 earlier. current temperature outside right now. still sitting at 50, a very nice evening with clear skies. your current readings, 41 in frederick, 41 in gaithersburg. 37 in culpepper, that goes to show you what's happening here. we're going to be allowed to radiate very effectively, that's going to mean cooler numbers. we're talking about low temperatures overnight into the 20s in many locations. cool, but not too cold for this

time of year. all clear right now across our region. you have to go down to the southwest to see some of that rain. the rain coming down into portions of arkansas. yesterday it was severe weather around the houston region. today, around the southeast, including atlanta. atlanta seeing a lot of rain. the panhandle of florida seeing some thunderstorm action. all of that will make its way our way over the next day or so. nice weather for us, we saw a lot of sunshine today. here comes this storm. it's going to race up here during the night tonight and into the day tomorrow. it will be here early with some very heavy rain in the afternoon, if we get into the warm sector here, we could even see a couple thunderstorms, the best chance for that would be in southern portions of maryland. the storm would quickly move on out of here, though. mild air moves in for your day on thursday. here comes friday, another cold front sweeps through. that one will drive us cold air and maybe some rain changing to snow early friday morning. i don't expect it to be much.

watching some of the latest computer models to see exactly what to expect from that storm. here's what to expect from this storm. the first one that's going to come through overnight and into the day tomorrow. clouds on the increase by 12:30, right around lunchtime, you start to see rain across our region. by 5:00, 6:007:008:00, 9:00 heavy rain moving in. most of us should see a half inch, some of us will see an inch of rain as this moves out. it will be out of here by early thursday morning. this storm will really affect one rush hour. that being the rush hour of tomorrow evening. tomorrow morning, no problems. partly cloudy, a cool start, temperatures in the 20s and some of the suburbs. tomorrow afternoon, rain moving in. becoming heavier late with a possible one inch plus. a little bit on the cooler side tomorrow with a cool rain. nice on thursday, 57. but then 37 on friday.

35 on saturday. 36 on sunday. we're calling for some cold air. you want to make sure you stay indoors this weekend at the health and fitness expo at the convention center. >> it will be warm in there. you could take metro, get out right under the building. no cold. >> can you do that? >> i think so, yeah. >> i got out at the wrong stop last year. i'm going to have to look that up again. >> get off at the right one this time. and do it before the fare hike takes effect. >> exactly. coming up, should there be rules against curse words and nudity on broadcast television? the supreme court is taking up the issue. demanding justice, family members plan to file suit aft

the supreme court will decide whether broadcasters should be held to a districter decency standard than other entertainment providers like cable and internet. the justices heard arguments in a first amendment case. the lawsuit is arguing the rules are not consistently enforced. broad cast television should be a dependable safe haven where children will not be bombarded

by vulgarity, at least not before 10:00 at night. the parents of a florida university hazing student say it's a growing problem. they're seeking justice for their son. >> reporter: florida a&m's famed marching band has been silent since november and the death of robert champion. champion was a victim of a violent but all too common hazing ritual. on the band's bus. flanked by champion's mother and father, their attorney said they'll soon sue the bus company for negligence for now. the real target later will be the university, who they say 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. there have been no arrests. we do wonder why now? >> but they don't wonder whether champion's sexual orientation had anything to do where his death. >> actually, i didn't think of him having an alternative lifestyle as being the cause of that. >> they accused the school famu as just trying to change the subject. >> they have a 50 year history, a culture in this band of hazing. this is not a hate crime. robert champion had an alternative lifestyle. did that define him? no. >> reporter: while the investigation into champion's death continues, pressure is also mounting for an outside look at the history of hazing inside florida a&m's band. chris clackum, nbc news. coming up next, some people with handicapped cards will soon

be required to pay for parking in the district. oh, my god. >> a mother surprises her twin daughters after a tour of duty in afghanistan. the celebration doesn't end there. an actress and a human rights activist. you can add writer and director to angelina jolie's resume tonight.

the first presidential primary of 2012 is underway in new hampshire tonight. if the polls are correct mitt romney will walk away with the second win, and the real suspense lies in the race for second place. an upper marlboro man is sentenced to 100 years in prison for a string of crimes. jason scott committed more than 50 burglaries, home invasions and carjackings. he's also a suspect 2349 murder of a mother and daughter and is awaiting trial. riding metro could soon cost you more. the transit agency unveiled a new budget proposal that

includes a 5% hike on rail fares. the increases are needed for rehab and safety projects. there's some big chains coming in how the district is going to be handling handicapped parking on its city streets. >> an effort to cut down on people who try to cheat the system. tom sherwood takes a look at the new rules. >> reporter: those real view mirror hanging handicapped placards can be a real help to those who need help. there's a lot of fake placards too. there are dozens and dozens of spots like this all over town with these free parking spaces. the city has no idea which ones are real and which ones are not. >> really there is fraud, there is abuse of the system. and the real incentive for that is that you can park for free. >> reporter: beginning this month, d.c. is installing special red top meters downtown and in office heavy parts of

southwest to for the first time reserve meter spaces on the street for handicapped motorists. >> it's going to provide reserved parking for person's with disabilities. which currently something we don't have in the district. >> handicapped motorists will have to pay the meter. it's a move to cut down on the incentive to cheat. the meter will allow longer times to park. >> if it's two hour parking on the block, you'll be able to park there for four hours. >> the red meters are part of the effort to modernize street parking. >> i guess it's a good try to keep the handicap places for the handicapped. >> reporter: it's similar to arlington, which requires everyone to pay at metered spaces, cutting way down on the use of fake placards. >> they said it was night and day. before it was difficult for anyone to find a space for person's with disabilities.

afterward there's were spaces freed up. >> reporter: tom sherwood, news 4 washington. >> the city is just starting to install these new red meters, there will be a grace period for parking in february. two more arrests in connection to a deadly shooting on u street. jamaal coats killed after leaving a funeral. as the funeral procession formed two rival gangs got into a dispute and gunfire began. one suspect was arrested a few hours later. 23-year-old marcellus jackson and kier johnson both charged with first degree murder. in stafford county, deputies are looking for the suspect behind three church burglaries that occurred in the past week. the churches are all within eight miles of each other. the first break-in was on january 3rd at the north stafford church of christ. there was another one the next day. and a third happened early this

morning at ebenezer united methodist. overnight someone broke a window, kicked down an office door, made off with the safe that contained $9,000 in gift cards. >> it looks like they were going through closets, drawers, looking for something they could snatch and take. and this particular safe that was taken was something that could be carried out. and so i guess they figured they could carry it out. it is surprising they were able to find it. it wasn't very obvious. it wasn't in an obvious place. >> the gift cards are sold sunday mornings to help the church raise money. they're also given to people in need. thousands of dollars in televisions, computers and electronics were stolen. the d.c. council is considering legislation that would make it easier for same sex couples to file for divorce. the bill allows gay couples who married in the city to get divorced even if they no longer

live here under current law, one member of the divorcing couple must live in d.c. for six months. six state as how same sex marriages but divorcing couples can face legal hurdles. a local air force captain surprised her twin daughtered today. she came home early from afghanistan, the tearful reunion took place at a fast food restaurant and the company came up with an idea. they threw in some college scholarships. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: army staff sergeant jackson came home early from afghanistan to surprise her twin daughters. >> how does it feel mom?

>> it's great. >> reporter: she hadn't seen the girls since she was deployed back in june. >> it's like we are three bandits together. and when i'm not around it's very hard, it's very difficult. >> the reunion took place at a gaithersburg kfc, the company organized and paid for the homecoming after hearing about jackson's story. she's a single mom taking care of two girls while serving her country. >> reporter: the girls thought they were coming here to wrap care packages for their mother's platoon in afghanistan. it was all a ploy just to get them here for the reunion. >> you guys are mean, you tricked us. >> reporter: and there was one more surprise for the twins who were seniors at richard montgomery high school in rockville. >> we're here to award both of you a $20,000 college scholarship. >> thank you. >> do either one of you plan to

follow in your mom's footsteps and go into the military? >> no. we're going to follow her by doing the medical field not necessarily the military. >> jackson has completed her fourth tour in afghanistan and plans to retire next year. >> words cannot express how excited i am right now. all i can say is i'm so blessed and thankful to be back. >> darcie spencer, news 4. >> the girls do plan to go to college together and they both want to become doctors. >> good for them. >> what a great story. still ahead, emergency repairs on a local bridge could create problems for commuters. >> angelina jolie is in d.c. promoting her new movie, this

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welcome back, i'm doug kammerer, right here in storm center four, watching a fantastic day today. temperatures made their way up to 54 degrees. right now we're sitting at 50 degrees with winds out of the southwest at five miles an hour. tomorrow is the day we see more chains going on. a lot of rain making its way into the region. you can't see any of that rain right now around the region. watch what happen when is we widen out here. a lot of rain down to the south

in through portions of georgia, alabama, mississippi, seeing a lot of rain today and thunderstorms. those storms and rain will make its way our way overnight tonight into early tomorrow morning. it's not going to take long to get here and it should be here within the next 12 to 24 hours. expect a cool night to the north, 24 in frederick, 25 in martinsburg, 26 in leesburg and 25 in manassas. it's going to start off fairly chilly tomorrow. not a bad start to our wednesday. tomorrow afternoon, we'll see plenty of cloud cover during the afternoon, high temperatures only in the mid-40s tomorrow, about 10 degrees cooler than it was during the day today. could be a couple rumbles of thunder late in the day. watch out for that too. and then behind that storm we're going to get cold again. winter is going to try to make an appearance once again. what that means for us coming up in the seven-day outlook in a bit. emergency repairs are

shutting down a bridge in woodbridge indefinitely, located on blackburn road. a vdot spokesman says inspectors found cracks during a routine inspection yesterday. they didn't want to wait until after the rush hour to shut it down. detors are up alerting motorists to use u.s. one instead. the family of a former president dwight d. eisenhower wants to delay plans for a memorial in his honor. eisenhower's family is not happy with the design. they sent a letter to the national planning commission saying the memorial overemphasizes his kansas background. the family wants the memorial to put more emphasis on his achievements during world war ii and the white house. martin o'malley is seeking a major investment in the state's scoots. he visited germantown elementary school in annapolis today.

he'll ask the general assembly to approve $372 million for school construction when he unveils his budget next week. that's $61 million more than the general assembly approved last year. the governor says it will pay off in other areas. >> we know that in order to create jobs, the modern economy requires modern investments, no investment is more important than investments we make in your brain power, in your talent in your skills. >> governor o'malley says the school construction dollars would create 750 jobs in maryland. coming up in sports, live atted verizon center with a look at what's next. >> p the wizards are hoping the raptors will make their losing streak extinct. man does this organization need a win? and the capitals fall to the kings. and they're a victim to

we're going to see if the wizards are going to get lucky tonight, dan? >> this could be the night. >> if the wizards were just bad it would be an upgrade. right now they are historically bad. off to an 0-8 start. the worst in franchise history. and i want you to if you can, to get a look at how few people are here at verizon center tonight. we're literally 15 minutes away from tip-off, there may be 100 or 200 people here. they're trying to get off the shot against toronto. and they know that things are

going to have to change in order for them to finally get a win, which would be the first of this entire season. it doesn't take a basketball expert to realize the wizards haven't been playing anything similar to good basketball this season. the runner up for rookie of the year last season has regressed in nearly every statistical category. and he's not the only one. the entire team has been in an 8-game funk and they know something has to be done. >> right now it's a situation, they shouldn't be happy with me, i shouldn't be happy with them. the mind-set is whatever we have to do to get better, what we each have to do individually. >> it's frustrating not only for me, but for everybody. the whole organization, the staff. >> nobody wants to keep losing

ball games. of course, i haven't been playing well. we haven't been shooting the ball well. there's nobody to really point the finger at. we have a young team. we have to come out here and get better and try to win ball games. >> rashard lewis is not going to be starting tonight. andray blatche not going to be starting tonight either. the wizards are going to go with younger, fresher blood hoping changes the way things have been going as of late. the national championship game on the college football front was a clunker, if you watched it last night. number one against number two. kind of boring to be honest with you. alabama just rolled over lsu. lsu could not move the ball. they got across the 50 exactly one time late in the game. they lined up 92 yards of total offense as alabama gets their second national title in the past three seasons. nick sabine and company, one of the best programs in the land.

alabama/lsu playing in a rematch of the november 5th game. that guy, a.j. mccarren played a lot better for bama. late in the first quarter, mccarren hits kevin norwood, a great catch over tyrone matthew. aka the honey badger. norwood outleaps him there, mccarren 234 yards passing. as for his counterpart, jordan jefferson, rough day thanks to the bama defense. he's sacked by nick again gentry. four sacks in the game. jackson just 11 for 17 and one interception. he did not play well. under 5 to play, alabama up 15-0. no touchdowns, eight full quarters in the last two games, trent richardson takes care of that. he seals the deal with a 34-yard

touchdown. the crimson tide shut out lsu to win the title 21-0. the first time a bcs game of any sort has been a shutout. and nick sabine gets his third national championship second with alabama. talking hockey now. the road woes continue for the capitals for some reason. they just are not a very good team away from verizon center. 7-12-1 away from home. they have lost again on the road out in california last night. the capitals in the city of angels. l.a. dan hunter and the caps hoping to rebound after saturday's loss in san jose. capitals strike early. mike knuble working the two on one with marcus johansson, he fires and beats jonathan bernya. capitals up 1-0 early. late in the first period we're now tied at one. bruce turns the puck over. check out the replay.

just pickpocketed by dustin brown. kings take a 2-1 lead. same score, second period, they're strap ago long the boards for the puck. roman hamrlik, the kings going the other way. jackson shoots, scores. see him one more time. check out the celebration. johnson is tebowing, had a little bet with his friends. kings win 5-2. caps have dropped two straight. they're at home thursday against the penguins. and finally, we're talking college hoops. georgetown finding that home not so sweet. in a bit of a rut. georgetown loses two straight for the first time all season. this one last night against cincinnati, very simple. they had an unhow ya like 17 turnovers. john thomasen, the third coached team. georgetown down by 1.

hollis thompson throws up the three and banks it in to beat the buzzer. thompson 14 points in the game. hoyas up by 2 at the break. just over three to go. jason clark tries to save the path to hollis thompson, throws it right to the bearcats. one of 17 georgetown turnovers in the game. man, cincinnati would go ahead on free throws. ten seconds to play. hoyas down by two. the freshman goes baseline and he steps out of bounds. not the way you want to end it. georgetown loses 60-64. the hoyas have now lost two in a row. >> this team knows when we've been good, and when we haven't been good and why. you have to look at that have you to fix that, have you to -- not just correct those things, but keep moving forward, keep getting better. >> the hoyas got a few days off to rest and relax before they

play st. johns on saturday. the wizards looking for a big win their first win of the season tonight. doreen and wendy, fingers crossed. >> you come back from vacation, you bring us nothing but bad news, maybe there will be something better by 11:00. >> i told people hi to go on vacation to cleanse myself after the redskins season. they said, you come here to verizon center with this? >> you may want to burn some sage while you're there tonight. >> thanks, dan, see you later. new evidence about so-called broken heart syndrome. why the loss of a loved one could impact your health. >> for all your

just a reminder, the news 4 health and fitness expo is being held this weekend in northwest washington. inside you will get a lot of useful health information, and a lot of free screenings, doors open from 9:00 a.m., close at 5:00 p.m. admission is free, and you get to see a lot of doreen there. >> yeah. >> and the relate of our crew as well. and in news for your health, new evidence that losing a loved one could impact your health. harvard researchers looked at data from nearly 2,000 people

who were hospitalized after a heart attack and found patients who had experienced the recent death of a loved one had a heart attack risk that was 20 times higher than normal. people in mourning tend to get less sleep, they have higher stress and may forget to take their medications. people who suffer from broken heart syndrome are more likely to die from heart disease later on. angelina jolie is in town today working on one of her many humanitarian issues by promoting her latest film. the first film she's written and directed. a drama chronicling a man and woman in war torn bosnia. >> the first time you've ever written and directed a film, correct? >> yes. >> tell me what about this story, what made you -- what is appealing to you about telling this particular story? >> well, i didn't set out intending to become a director. bosnia i had visited and always

stuck in my mind and heart. i was 17 years old, how did i not know more about the situation. now at 36 how do i still know little. why is this one that is so close -- it's in europe, 40 minutes from italy, and yet it went on for four years and nobody did anything. and all these people died and neighbors turned against each other, so much rape and death. and so i just wanted to learn, because i felt a responsibility to get an education. and through that, a film kind of evolved. >> tell me about the partnership with the holocaust museum. how did that come about? >> well, we showed this film to many different people. it's funny, some films, you showed critics -- people who are survivors of war, or people who work on these issues and different centers for peace and reconciliation. or women's groups. the museum of holocaust, and we were fortunate, they all felt

connected to the themes of the film. and they support the way it's told. >> we'll have more of our interview with angelina jolie tonight at news 4 at 11:00. coming up at 11:00, we'll be live in new hampshire. the new effort to free bradley manning that could distract thousands of drivers in our area. sharpshooters in rock creek park will explain a new proposal that has a lot of people upset. i had to cancel that interview, thanks for stepping in and doing that for me. >> she asked for you. >> we go way back. >> had a lot of volunteers wanting to help on that interview. >> i'm sure you did. as far as the weather is concerned, looking nice for maybe thursday, and really probably the only day that's going to be nice. for those of you who like warm weather, we have colder weather coming later this week. rain tomorrow a high of 46. nice on thursday, as mentioned and those of you who are hoping

for the cold air, there's a lot of you out there, friday, saturday and sunday all look like they're going to be on the cold side. only chance of snow in the next seven days looks like it could be early on friday morning. >> not bad. thank you, doug. maybe you noticed jim vance is not here today, it's his birthday. he's 70 years old today. vance, the coolest guy in washington, 70, he first went on the air with news 4 in 1969. i hope he's not watching. in the years since then, vance has become to be known as a perilous journalist. his curiosity is every built as vibrant today as when he signed off on his first broadcast. we joined his wife, three children and grandson. there's his lovely wife on the harley there. wishing him a