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mirrors that of abu ghraib. >> appears to show them urinating on taliban fighters. now, how international rights groups are responding. >> the marine corps has not verified the awe then ticht of the vipdo but they told nbc news the video ann peers to be legitimate. this youtube video which we are only showing as a still image could spark outrage, showing what appears to be four u.s. marines urinating on four courses of taliban fighters in afghanistan. the men are believed to be from a sniper team based out of camp lejeune in north carolina. officials say the video is disturbing. >> that's a human. i just think it's horrible. as an american, i think it's a great shame. >> the men stand over the bodies in a semicircle dressed in full combat gear. you hear one marine say what

seems like profanity. >> desecrating a body is very serious. >> the council on american islamic relations agrees and condemns this. >> individuals who did this unbefitting act should be punished to the fullest extent of the law. >> they say the actions portrayed are not consistent with our values. this matter will be fully investigated. >> what is important is how the u.s. responds. >> now, marine corps officials promise a swift investigation. the marines could face criminal prosecution. a pentagon spokesman says the video is troubling. he said it is egregious behavior. there's some rain out there tonight. question is, how long is it going to last?

doug kammerer is here. >> it's through the panhandle now. an europe of thunderstorms just to the south. i wouldn't be surprised to hear at least some thunder, with some cloud to cloud lightning. showers back through winchester, into loudon county, fairfax county, and beginning to come through the district. we're not quite done yet. here's one area we're seeing right now. the actual storm back down towards roanoke. this was an area that prodid produce a tornado potentially. we'll watch this move through our area. i don't think we'll see anything severe. >> right now, police in the district are searching for the man who sexually assaulted a juvenile. it happened in the 5,000 block of hayes street northeast. that's in the same block as the merit middle school building.

police say they're still conducting interviews. tonight, police are trying to track down the man who broke into two homes in montgomery county and tied two women up this morning. the guy sexually assaulted a woman early this morning. that's near n.i.h. yesterday, the same guy forced a woman to give him her wallet and car keys. news 4 jackie bensen. >> reporter: this crimes have unnerved residents of two montgomery neighborhoods. the picture we're about to show you could play a key role in solving it. this is the image of a imagine montgomery police want to find. they say he was caught on camera as he walked into the drugstore in southwest washington this morning. they say he used a stolen debit card and doing so connected him

to two brazen and disturbing crimes. about 6:45 a.m., a woman who works as a housekeeper was entering a home on board barton road when a man forced her inside. he tied her up along with the home's okccupants. >> the suv is a 2005 ford expedition brown color with a college sticker on the back. anybody sees that vehicle, please dial 911. >> reporter: detectives who responded to a call from the home connected the crime to a robbery tuesday. a woman walked into her garage about 10:00 a.m. and was confronted by a man with a gun. her car was stolen but recovered nearby. police believe the same suspect used her bank card at an atm in oxen hill, maryland.

>> i hope police catch him because it's scary. i know my wife is pretty shook up about it. >> reporter: now, police are searching for the ford expedition taken. it's gray with maryland license plates 4 ae 7450. it has a mcdaniel college sticker. that picture we showed you did not give the height. we're told he's about 5'7" tall. >> jackie, thank you. police locked up a man today after they found a 13-month-old child alone in a tent at the occupy encampment. this is video of the child being taken out of the ambulance. the little girl was found by a woman this morning. she was wearing only a onesie. park police found the man a half an hour later. he was arrested and they charged him with child neglect. child protective services has

temporary custody of the girl. tonight, police identified the teenager murdered in seecht washingt washington. he was shot several times on 23rd street last night. police haven't made an arest yesterday. >> the latest chapter in the battle over the rightful owner of seven historic churches in virginia. tonight, there's a victory for the episcopal church which essentially was kicked out of this properties three years ago. derrick ward. >> reporter: this church was here during the revolution. it was here during the civil war. it wasn't cannon fire but legal volleys, the latest of which was fired last night, that has served most to rocket at its foundations. the decision came in a lawsuit that began in '07. controversy has already been

brewing in the church after an openly gay bishop was installed in new hampshire and after the recognition of gay marriages. in falls church, the church for which the city was named, a faction opposed to the direction of the church broke away but remained in the property. >> we've established something called the anglican church in north america. >> reporter: allied with the broader anglican church, several virginia churches were involved in the litigation that followed. >> we've been going through a difficult season of exile. >> reporter: they didn't go far, just aich cross broad street, to share space with a presbyterian church. the judge essentially ruled that by declaring they were no longer episcopals, the other group held no rightful claim to property deeded to the episcopal church. >> it's been disappointing that we've had to look to the korcou to settle this. >> reporter: while the diocese prevailed in court, it was a

victory without vanquish. >> we're mindful there are others across the street that are going through difficult times now so we hold them in our hearts. >> reporter: will the fight continue? will there be an appeal? >> sometimes the time comes when it's ready to say we've done all we have. we haven't decided yet. >> reporter: now, the circuit court decision does not close the book. there are dozens of deeld deeds have to be settled. an appeal could set the time back further. we're live in falls church at the falls church. now back to you. >> thanks, derrick. the governor's state of the commonwealth address from richmond tonight. he wants to increase funding for schools and give $200 million to the state's colleges and universities. he also wants teachers on an annual contract so bad teachers can be removed more easily.

>> just like workers in most every other job get reviewed annually, and are therefore able to be promoted and rewarded for their success, so, too, should teachers. >> the governor also called for a $38 million investment in job creation programs. additional funding for the state pension system, increased funding for transportation infrastructure improvements. >> president obama's in chicago tonight where he pledged change will come. the president told supporters at a fund-raiser the change he promised in '08 can still come if they renew their energy and work harder. mr. obama did not mention the new hampshire pirimary or mitt romney. he visited his re-election campaign headquarters for the first time. fresh often the win in new hampshire, romney landed in south carolina for the start of what may be his most difficult

primary. his opponents have launched a heavy attack ad campaign against romney. newt gingrich, rick perry and rick santorum are all hoping to comi capitalize on the state's evangelical conservative voters. ron paul today avoided attacks. he did propose dvs cese defense. >> glenn ivey released a statement today saying he's withdrawing from the campaign. that's the seat currently held by congresswoman donna edwards and represents parts of prince georgias counties. he said the tough economy made it difficult for the campaign to raise money to move forward. recall to force the d.c. mayor and council chairman brown out of office. a man named frederick butler filed formal papers today at the election board office. butler is a supporter of former mayor adrian fenny who lost his

re-election bid to gray. today, the mayor responded to the recall by saying he would take on anybody who argues that he is p has nhas not done an ex job in office. 45,000 valid voter signatures are needed within six months of today to force a recall vote. no citywide recall ever has succeeded. still ahead on news 4 tonight, a legal battle tonight over the pardons of violent criminals. video of bus crashes and some close calls. caught on video, a cop punches a woman on ape bus. why police say her past may have played a role. played a role. firefighters t

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when it's on your mind, it's on ebay. new video shows startling crashes involves metro buses. some of the videos shows drivers running red lights. the transit agency says the videos were captured from automatic cameras during a two-month period. officials say there were only eight accidents during that time. that's low, they say, when compared with the more than 680,000 trips during the time frame. metro says since the cameras were installed accidents with injuries have dropped 20%. two sheriff deputies being investigated after this cell phone video surfaced.

it shows one of the deputies knocking a woman down on a city bus south of los angeles. the iraq war veteran took the video last night. help says the woman was not being violent before the police confronted her. >> i couldn't believe it. i mean, he seen me taping him. he looked up at the camera a few times and still hit her like that. i can't believe -- i mean, he didn't try to defuse the situation. >> at a news conference today, police told a different story. they say the woman has four prior convictions for assaulting police officers. the spokesman says the deputy may have gone too far when he hit the woman because nobody was in any immediate danger. that woman has been placed on a 72-hour psychiatric evaluation. tonight, a judge in mississippi stopped the release of some prisoners who were pardoned or granted early release by the former governor as one of his last acts in office. republican haley barbour pardoned more than 200 inmates.

among them, 21 convicted killers and oerps serve others serving time for violent crimes. the attorney general said he violated the state's constitution. help claims some of the inmates failed to give sufficient public notice they were seeking a pardon. a woman rescued after she drove through a flooded road. never a good idea. the woman, who lived nearby, saw the car drive into the high water. she called 911. dispatch told her to make sure the woman stayed in the car but the driver opened the car door and the water poured in up to her waist. firefighters were able to pull her out through a window. >> she is lucky. you tell people over and over but some of us have to learn the hard way. >> right, we always say turn around, don't down. that's the biggest thing. it only take, a foot of water to stop a car. don't drive through any flooded

roadways. we've seen the rain all day. that rain has not come down heavy enough to see that flooding. right now, we are seeing heavy rain potomac. the yellow is moderate rain. right now across the d.c. area. right along the potomac, portions of west virginia, maryland too. we'll zoom in. a couple of zooms around the beltway. if you're out and about on the roads or taking a buiit of a drive, it is naecsty out there. into fairfax county, falls george, just to the north of manassas, some heavy rain. this was some thunderstorm activity earlier. wouldn't be surprised to hear some thunder from this but that's most likely going to be cloud to cloud thunder. through wecht virginia, heavy snow there, through charlottes

town, and down through leesburg, all of us seeing fairly heavy rain. there's more rain to come but this is probably the heaviest band right here. this is the one that came through portions of western north carolina and probe dulsed a tornado. take a look at video. a suspected tornado did destroy a couple homes. no word yet on injuries in this area. they are watching that. they will be out there tomorrow to survey the damage. a january tornado in north carolina you do not see that very often. that goes to show you just how strong that storm is. the good news, we've been on the cold side. so that storm will begin to move out by the time you wake up tomorrow morning. 47 degrees, the current temperature now. the temperature's actually rising. a look down to the south. 54 in fredericksburg. 50 in leplata. i think temperatures could go up a few more degrees tonight. that's where the surprise comes in. rain right now.

you see the rain. there goes our storm. in behind this storm, normally this time of year, we see the cold weather right away. this will be warm air tomorrow. temperatures 20 degrees above average. then, here comes the frontal boundary on friday. look at 2:30 in the morning. this will most likely end as a period of snow to the north of the washington, d.c. area. i don't think it's going to amount to much but that's how cold the air is to give us a little bit of cold and windy conditions behind this storm coming up during the day friday. so very warm day tomorrow and then a cold day on friday. here's your next couple of days showing the high temperature tomorrow of 62. a big difference. tomorrow morning starting off on a nice note. you should be fine on the drive in. windy late tomorrow. windy still on friday, high of 41. windchills only in the 30s all day saturday and sunday. they're going to be cold. highs in the mid-30s. looks like we stay at or below average right on through the middle of next week. >> hello, january. >> hello, january. finally kind of showing up.

>> thank you, doug. coming up, the caps and the

this contest always matters, doesn't it? >> it used to matter a little more. they're trying to get it back to that point. i think eventually it will be. it's hard to believe we're at the halfway point of the nhl season. perhaps the caps have turned a new leaf. the guys hosting pittsburgh. finishing, outworking the pens. the result, another one-goal gaem. this one goes to the good guys. caps glad to be back home against their rival the pittsburgh penguins.

didn't take long for things to get chippy. first period, adams and hendricks dropping the gloves. they go at it. adams is going down. all right. now we're getting to real bills. caps turning defense into offense. that's too easy. take another look. top shelf on andre fleury. later in the third, check out the defense, he's getting peppered, and just making great saves. he had 30 saves in the game, gets the shutout. caps win 1-0, now tied with pittsburgh for eighth place in the eastern conference. the capitals host tampa on friday. redskins news. the skins making some coaching moves. former buccaneers head coach raheem morris added to the staff as defensive backs coach. according to "the washington

post," safeties coach jackson and receivers coach cordial have been let go. the final score not indicative of the wizards effort tonight. then got blown out by chicago but they actually led a couple times in the third quarter and then ran out of gas. bulls guard dr dr ierrick rose inactive because of turf toe. first quarter, wizards keeping it close. john wall doing what he does. he had 11 points in this one. third quarter, looking good for washington. singleton getting another start, gets the jumper. wiz zarpds up in the third. but the wiz zarmds had no answer for derrick rose's replacement. this is john lucas iii. had a guy humame high 25. wizards lose. the 64 points, an all-time franchise low. the wizards in philadelphia on friday, then back home on saturday against the same philadelphia 76ers.

mark turgeon said tonight this is the most nervous he's been since taking over at maryland. his first acc home game. his first acc win. maryland now 11-4. not bad considering he told me he jokingly said after the first practice the terps wouldn't win more than nine games this season but they've already done that. didn't take long for him to get in the game. just do what he does best. look at the little crossover here, then pulling up from three point range. drains it. that sparks a 9-0 run. they control this one most of the way. terps up by 15. nick fous gets a gift. help does not look a gift horse in the mouth. knows what to do with it. bucket and foul for the freshman. turgeon liking that maryland is leading by 16 at the break. second half. pageant often the inbounds from moseley. he had 11-8. might be the most improved player this season. wake forest comes back. down by five. travis mcky to tie walker.

the terps answered with, who else, stoglan. game-high 20. terps win 70-64. he's now 1-1 in the acc. also, congratulations to j.w., win over rhode island. win over rhode island. michael's first conference win

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accident. you notice he didn't smile. he knew what was up. >> he'll have to wear a helmet for the next. >> that's a good cross. >> rain ends tomorrow? >> we're going to weather? i thought we were done. >> well, we'll wave while you do the weather. >> tomorrow morning when you step out tomorrow, good start. we'll see some more rain for the next few hours but tomorrow, beautiful, high tomorrow, how about 62 degrees across the area. >> really? you want to wrap it up? >> tonight show next. beth! hi. looking good! you've lost some weight. thanks! you noticed! you know these clothes are too big now, so i'm donating them. not going back there again. good for you! how'd you do it? eating right, whole grain. whole grain? whole grain. [ femalennouncer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who don't... multigrain cheerios has five whole grains and 110 lightly sweetened calories per serving... more grains. less you!

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