right now, police are trying to figure out who left an infant girl out in the cold. she later died. police say a man found the baby abandoned on a porch on channing streetlight in northeast washington. news4's tracy wilkins talked with the man who found the baby.

>> reporter: that one-month-old infant was found here on the steps of this house, and for anyone who was out last night or early this morning, you know it was freezing cold. now, d.c. police are trying to find the baby's mother, and they're starting right here in the neighborhood where the baby was found. >> it looked like a toy at first because the legs were just dangling out. >> he was walking home late last night when he discovered a newborn in a towel on his neighbor's stoop. he called his dad to help. >> i had to grab somebody else to make sure i wasn't seeing something else. >> reporter: his dad brought the baby in their home, held her to his chest and tried warming her with his body heat as they called 911 for help. >> i picked her arms up to see whether she was frozen stiff. no, she wasn't frozen stiff, but she wasn't far from it. >> reporter: he says he tried performing cpr, but there was no response. >> i didn't see any signs of

life. but when they got her into the ambulance, they were working on her, and i figured she must have been -- had something going for her. >> our neighbor had banged on our door after finding the child. i saw them bringing her out of the house, but they rushed it to the ambulance. >> reporter: ian mill, a father of two, said he was shocked by the grim discovery made outside of his yard, and even sad dder hear that the infant was pronounced dead a few hours after arriving at the hospital. >> how bizarre. we kept thinking if you want a child care for, there's places. even a knock on a door and somebody can take care of her, but it was freezing last night. >> reporter: this morning police were back on the scene looking for additional evidence and asking people who live here if they knew of any pregnant women in the area. meanwhile, people who held this small, frozen infant say it was life changing. >> it tore me apart.

literally. i couldn't get no sleep last night. it tore me apart. i have two kids of my own. >> reporter: d.c. police are asking anyone with information to give them a call. for instance, if you've noticed a mom who had a baby about a month ago and no longer has that child, you may have information that could be helpful in this investigation. in northeast, i'm tracy wilkins, news4. new today, prince in prince george's county are looking for three people who they say robbed an armored car in bowie. three suspects in masks robbed the car on crane highway this morning. the suspects took off with an undisclosed amount of money. there is no word at this point if officers have any description of the suspects. police are about to hold a news conference about the man charged in a series of home invasion robberies in montgomery and prince george's counties. police arrested 33-year-old kevin ray saturday after tracking him down in the outer

banks. ray, who was a registered sex offender, is facing charges in three home invasion robberies and two sex assaults last week in bethesda, temple hills and wheaton. ray is back in custody in montgomery county. he is due in court tomorrow. taking a live look outside right now, we've got a really cold start to our work week. meteorologist tom curran joins us with the forecast. good morning, tom. >> good morning. we're finally getting above freezing after a night of freezing. 34 at reagan national, and it's into the 30s in most of the region. still in the 20s out of the mountains. it's in the mid-30s in the bay, and it should climb to near 40 by later this afternoon. over the past 12 hours, we've had high clouds drifting in from the south and the west. those will be here as we get into the afternoon hours and we'll have temperatures climbing up to about 40 or so and we'll hold steady until about 5:00 or so. we'll have some light breezes

out of the south as well. then this evening will be cloudy, and out in the shenandoah valley, there will be some sleet perhaps. elsewhere, though, east of there just a cloudy sky and we'll have some of those breezes shifting to the south-southwest. temperatures earlow 30s early evening, dropping back to the mid-30s overnight. maybe some rain tomorrow, too, and up and down we go as we get toward the weekend. all the details coming up, angie. >> looking forward to it, tom. thank you. well, let's check in on the midday traffic now. danella standing by. good morning, danella. >> good morning, angela. we're at i-270 and father hurley. i'm not seeing any accidents to report at all along 270. i-56 as well, your volume is very light. east and west, no accidents along the beltway, and if you continue inside the beltway, again, east and west, you are clear.

however, you're taking the red line, metro is experiencing some delays because metro is single tracking between van nuys and dupont. delays are in both directions. angela, back to you. many are taking time out to honor the irreverant dr. martin luther king, jr. crowds are gathering at friendship public charter school northeast. they'll head down to elementary. good morning, megan. looks like things are hopping. >> reporter: absolutely. the mayor arrived here a short time ago, so they're about to get under way. we're about to start this parade after an eight-year hiatus. the martin luther king parade is back here in south washington. you can see all the excitement of the folks who have lined the streets. we have all kinds of marching

bands and community groups. there are dancing groups as well, and they are ready and raring to go. as you can see, the start has just occurred here. the parade is now under way and they're making their way to lecky elementary school. early this morning, people gathered at the new martin luther king memorial for a wreath laying ceremony. ♪ >> reporter: spontaneous singing at the dr. martin luther king memorial as visitors came to honor the man who fought f for equality ask frnd freedom. >> they have to know there was a struggle and there was historical content and people who died to have a right to vote and people not to have to sit in the back of the bus but come to the front. >> it would be so different if it wasn't for him and i'm so thankful for where i'm at right

now. the world would be way different. i'm so happy. this generation where he changed it. >> sandra and barry everett came with their granddaughter, jada. >> we understand the struggle that he made and that all people made, that he struggled for all people, not just one group, not one race, not one class of people, but for all people. >> martin luther king was an important person because he always did good things for us, and he saved our people, and we just hope that he didn't die so soon. >> reporter: this is the first birthday celebration since newt memorial opened back in august. this morning the mayor joined the reverend al sharpton, dick gregory and others in placing a wreath at the base of the stone of hope. while much has changed as a result of dr. king's work, mayor vincent gray says some things have remained the same.

for example, the district is still fighting for voting rights, a cause that gray believes dr. king would actively support if he were alive today. >> why is it that the people of the district of columbia should pay federal taxes every day and have no representation of votes in the congress of the united states? why is it that the people of the district of columbia can't decide for ourselves how to spend our own money? >> reporter: and looking live back here at the parade, you can see that folks are starting to come off of the st. elizabeth's grounds. that's where they were staging. they're stopped at the moment, but the first ones out of the gate there, they're making their way down martin luther king avenue. this is a mile and a half, this parade route. keep in mind if you're traveling through the area in the next several hours, you're going to run into some road closures. they've got 200 groups that are participating this year. angela, back to you. >> glad to see the parade is

back. thank you. well, the first family is honoring dr. king's legacy by taking part in a day of service. this morning the obamas volunteered at the brown education campus in northeast washington. tonight the president and the first lady will attend the let freedom ring celebration concert at the kennedy center. we're just ten minutes after the 11:00 hour. coming up, right now john huntsman is dropping out of the presidential race. why this announcement came at a peculiar time. and who huntsman says he'll support now. we'll have the latest on the cruise ship that ran aground and capsized off of t usc any. we'll tell you what caused

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fiber one. there are now just five republicans running for president. you're looking live at myrtle beach, south carolina where john huntsman is expected to speak at any moment and drop out of the race. the former utah governor finished in a disappointing third place in last week's new hampshire primary. his polling numbers are even worse in south carolina, which holds its primary next saturday. ironically, huntsman just received a big endorsement from the state. south carolina's biggest newspaper. huntsman, meanwhile, says he's going to support mitt romney now that he's out of the race.

romney is well ahead of his rivals in recent polls in south carolina, and as tracy potts reports, that's made him the target of vicious attack ards. >> romney has a seven-point lead in primary on average, and he's been pummelled with negative ads. his name comes up at nearly every campaign event. >> i'm doing as well, if not better, than mitt romney and barack obama. >> you don't have to let the popular media tell you who is best prepared to beat barack obama. >> in fact, ron paul is the only candidate focusing solely on his own success. >> think well in new hampshire, think well in iowa and we're going to do well next saturday, right? >> they admit that if romney wins in south carolina, it will be hard to stop him from winning

the nomination. as of today, romney gets one more vote from huntsman. huntsman is romney are supposed to talk sometime today, but we don't know how soon or how often they'll be together on the campaign trail. tracy potts, nbc news, washington. virginia's ballot battle may not be over just yet. rick perry is appealing a federal judge's decision to refuse to add him and three other candidates to virginia's republican primary ballot. attorneys for the texas governor asked a court of appeals to order his name be placed on the ballot or ballots not be printed or mailed before the court considers his appeal. perry, newt gingrich, rick santorum and john huntsman failed to submit enough signatures last month to get on the march 6 ballot. pieces of a russian spacecraft designed to study mars are now in the pacific ocean. officials say the probe came down in flames over the coast of chile over the weekend. the debris field stretches over south america. it's pretty big.

most of the toxic rocket fuel burned off before landing. the probe launched in november and was supposed to collect soil samples from the moon of mars. the coast guard says it could take five days for a russian tanker to deliver fuel tie remote city in alaska. without the shipment, nome, alaska will likely run out of fuel to heat homes by spring. the next dlielivery is not scheduled until late may or june. they have to build a half-mile ice path through the bering sea, and regulations will only let them work in the daylight which gives them only a five-hour window in that part of alaska. a storm kept nome from getting its usual winter delivery. that really just makes you not want to take it for granted. we complain about not having enough daylight. >> only five hours up there now. our days are getting a little longer now, about a minute and a half each day that goes by, we're gaining more daylight. our sun sets are getting later and later, our sunrises a little

earlier each day. but it certainly has been cold. there is the sky over washington now. there's the potomac river. capitol hill in the distance. there's a live shot from our city camera showing a few clouds coming over. right now 34 at reagan national. just last hour, it got above freezing for the first time since yesterday afternoon. right now in much of the region, it's at or about freezing in much of maryland and the east shore. many locations are still a little bit below freezing. highlands in west virginia, western maryland, many spots there are just right in the low 20s. right now we're getting some high clouds now coming in across northern virginia from culpepper to warrenton into manassas and leesburg, also la plata and down to st. marys, they're getting

some cloud cover there. those high clouds will drift over that area as well. beyond the cloud cover, south and west, there are sprinkles much farther south and west into kentucky and tennessee. some of that moisture will be arriving here overnight tonight. we may have a few sprinkles, a little drizzle. some of these pink zones are areas we could get some sleet areas north and west of washington overnight. this is by dawn on tuesday. may have some light rain during the morning hours tomorrow, maybe a little sleet fort rest of us, and then some passing rain showers. that's what all that green is coming through from time to time. and then during the evening hours on tuesday into very early wednesday, things should dry out. over the mountains, they'll get continuing snow showers with several inches of snow there beginning tomorrow and all the way toward the end of the week. for the rest of the day tomorrow afternoon, these clouds will be with us and temperatures will climb another five degrees for a high of up around 40. that will be over the next few hours and we'll have a southerly

breeze of 5 to 15. then this evening we'll still hold steady in the upper 30s over a cloudy sky and some light breezes over the south-southwest, and by midnight it will be down around the mid-30s, so above freezing in the evening hours, and then it may get a little below freezing tomorrow morning, and at that time we could have a little scattered sleet. those are those tiny ice balls that fall and bounce around. we might get that around dawn in the metro area, and perhaps earlier in the evening this evening and around midnight in the shenandoah valley. then quickly warming up tomorrow. we ought to make it to the mid-50s by tomorrow afternoon with those passing rain showers, and then beginning to turn colder on wednesday as we get the sunshine back. maybe near 40 on wednesday morning. but by sunset wednesday, down near 30 degrees, so temperatures will be gradually falling throughout the day with a blustery northwest wind. and then wednesday morning, down to about 20 degrees. another cold day on friday, near

20 in the morning, mid-30s in the afternoon. could get some chilly rain. sorry, snow lovers. still looking like the next two precipitation events mostly rain, then a bit mild around sunday. >> i'd like to see that pair of 5's there at the end of the work week. >> this roller coaster keeps on going. >> tom curran, thanks very much. now we'll shift our focus over to nela sealock who has had a pretty light day today given the holiday. >> making your way to 301 at the beltway, you're at 61 miles per hour. if you're traveling 395, if that's your commute, make your way from the beltway to the 14th street bridge, you're at 56 miles per hour. angie, i couldn't ask for a brighter way to cross the 14th street bridge, and i hope it stays this way forever. >> traffic never looked so good, nela. >> no, it hasn't.

back to you. we're going to run down the winners at the golden globes awards. plus, prom is still months away, but what you can do now to make it special for some teens who may not be able to afford the experience. but first, here's what's hot on nbcwashing

. the golden globes are to the oscars what kim kardashian is to kate middleton. what? a bit louder, a bit trashier, a bit drunker, and more easily bought. >> comedian ricky gervais returned to host the 16th annual golden globes last night. he joked about the tv star kim kardashian and duchess of cambridge. it was much calmer last night as he addressed the organization and several hollywood stars. the black and white silent film called "the artist" picked up three awards. that's the most prizes this year. the drama "the descendants" won two awards, including best drama. here's a rap of all the winners.

>> "the artist"! >> silence was indeed golden at the awards last night. "the artist" scored best actor and best film for a silent actor facing the end of an era. also scoring big sunday night, "the descendants," the family show set in hawaii took best picture and best actor for george clooney. meryl streep has won more globes than anyone else, and "the iron lady" brought her number eight, best actor in a drama as margaret thatcher. another real life role, marilyn monroe, brought michelle williams her first globe, best actress in a musical comedy for "my week with marilyn." another globe winner was octavia spencer, best actress in "the

help." the movie "tintin" and the hue vee "hugo." "homeland" won best drama and it starred clair danes as best actress. "modern family" grabbed kudos for best tv comedy, while laura determine took best actress for "enlightenment." and matt le blank took best actor playing himself in "episodes." the oscar nominations are coming up next tuesday. in beverly hills, california, i'm mark barger, nbc news. >> the front runner is "the artist" at the academy awards.

we're going to take a look at the dresses on the golden globes. michelle obama taped an episode of "i carly" to help students. last friday, students at hayfield elementary school skm alexandria got a peek at the episode featuring the first lady. why the ceo of costa concordia is calling the cause of the ship running aground and capsizing human error. and what is being done to find the passengers still missing. plus the extremes people in our area are doing to make extra money in this very tough economy. tom curran is back and with what we can expect. cold

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right now at news4 midday, police are trying to figure out who left a baby girl out in the

cold with no clothes. she later died at the hospital. police say a man found the infant abandoned at 11:30 last night in the 3000 block of channing street in northeast washington. the temperature was well below freezing at the time. police are wrapping up a news conference on a series of home invasion robberies in montgomery and prince george's counties. police arrested 33-year-old kevin ray saturday after tracking him down in the outer banks. in the news conference, police said there is a second suspect in the bethesda home invasion where a house cleaner was assaulted last week. this race has degenerated into an onslaught of negative and personal attacks not worthy of the american people and not worthy of this critical time in our nation's history. >> in decision 2012, john huntsman just announced he was dropping out of the race for president. the former utah governor finished in a disappointing

third place in last week's new hampshire primary. and right now crowds are celebrating dr. martin luther king, jr. day in d.c. with a parade. the parade route is about a mile and a half. it started at friendship charter public school in southwest washington, then goes down martin luther king, jr. avenue and ends at lecky elementary school. this is the first king parade in eight years. officials are blaming a captain of a cruise ship for sending a cruise ship into shallow waters and allowing it to capsize. passengers evacuated the ship, fearing it was sinking even further under water. here's the very latest. >> reporter: well, the search for survivors continues today off the coast of italy after the cruise ship, the costa concordia, ran aground and began sinking over the weekend. 6 bodies have been recovered

from the wreck while 16 people on the ship remain unaccounted for. passengers feared for their lives. >> all i kept on telling him was i don't care about money, i just want to be with you. make sure you don't leave me, and i remember there was this young woman right next to me on the lifeboat who had two young kids and she had nowhere to hold. i asked her, hold my hand, hold my arm, so she was latching on. i was holding i am. >> the captain faces charges that he abandoned ship before passengers and crew were able to evacuate to safety. this amid allegations that he caused the ship to run aground by sailing too close to shore. carnival cruise lines issued a statement saying there appeared to be significant human error on the part of the captain which resulted in these grave consequences. an american family who was on the costa concordia described the frantic moments on the boat

and the lack of direction. they spoke with natalie morales on the "today" show this morning. >> we were sitting in the dining room just eating our family meal, and all of a sudden, everything just started shaking, and then people were running and there was just a blackout and we just didn't know where to go. >> george >> georgia, in your experience, how were the crews handling the emergency? >> i've got 17 years of experience. there was no leadership provided, no direction, no officers available. everybody was one man for themselves in this. and the only way that people got off that ship was not with the help of the personnel. you did not see one officer there. people did not know how to do anything. it was very disorganized and there was no help. you were on your own. >> reporter: the cruise company issued a statement saying it appears the captain did not

follow proper procedure. it went on to say the crew did act bravely and swiftly to evacuate passengers on the boat during a challenging situation. the accident in italy raises concerns about safety on board cruise lines, though. several accidents, including the sinking of the titanic in 1914, have led to increased standards. the coast guard monitors cruises that leave u.s. ports while international maritime agreements regulate the cruise industry. coast guards say they often give safety briefings to passengers before the ship leaves port. they're only required to do so, though, within 24 hours of setting sail. >> passengers should understand the ships are well regulated, they are safe. we evaluate the ships, we evaluate the profficiency of the crew and how they would respond to emergencies. >> the costa concordia was scheduled to give its safety drill saturday, one day after its accident. let's check in again with

meteorologist tom curride, and is it true we just got above freezing? >> yeah, just in the last hour we got above freezing since the sunset yesterday, and we've had this cold pattern continuing on into this martin luther king day. we look off now to the north in montgomery county. under a partly cloudy sky, a little bit of sunshine there through the high clouds. now the camera looking into l d loudon county, and now fairfax county. we do have a little bit of cloudiness now coming into virginia and looking now into fall's church and now there's a look at roslyn showing quite a bit of sunshine still coming through those high clouds. there's the potomac river. there's downtown washington. we have some breaks in the clouds farther to the north and east. now we're looking to northeast washington and there is a bit of blue sky over northeast washington and prince george's county in the distance. as we look at temperatures right now getting into the mid-30s and upper 30s farther to our south as the day progresses.

we'll peak near 40 degrees. over the last 12 hours we've had this high cloudiness begin to move in from the south and west. it will be producing perhaps a little bit of sleet and rain by early tomorrow morning. and before we reach 40 today, we'll be down near 30. occasional showers through much of the day on tuesday. rain, that is. and then cold, dry weather moves in for wednesday, thursday, friday, maybe some chilly rain saturday. that's the way it looks right now, angie. >> all right. thank you, tom. let's in the case in on your roads with danella. >> taking prince george's county, no issues there. ears a live look at montgomery coun county. i'll give you a travel report for the outer loop. from i-95 to i-270, not too bad. in virginia as well, issue free. i'm not seeing anything really slowing you down at all. travel speed, if you're making your way from the dulles toll

r road to the interchange, 57 miles per hour. it's a great day to travel. >> they're flying out there. thank you, danella. so far police have not made any charges on a driver who ran out of control and hit a mother and her son. the car hit the mother and child and landed down an embankment. the boy died at the scene. his mother is expected to be okay. the driver was not hurt. if you have taken the metro this weekend, you probably noticed delays on the blue, orange and red lines. metro released this video showing crews replacing a track switch near the federal center southwest metro stop. that stop in this capitol south metro station are closed today. metro is running shuttle bus service between the lefant plaza

and between tacoma and forest glen. everything should be back to normal for tomorrow's commute. a boy admits to lying when he accused bernie fein of sexually abusing him as a boy. he said he wanted to get back at fein for not hiring him an attorney for a sexual conviction. fein is serving time in prison for several burglaries. fein helped raise him after his parents died. a stunner in green bay. the new york giants shocked the packers 37-20 in the divisional round of playoffs yesterday. green bay is the first time in nfl history to win at least 15 games during the regular season and then lose their first game of the playoffs. the giants did not qualify for the post-season until last week

of the season -- until the last week of the season. in fact, the redskins beat them twice this season. up next for new york, the san francisco 49ers. and closer to home, baltimore raven fans, they're celebrating today. they beat the houston texans 20-13 yesterday. the ravens capitalized on four texans turnovers. they finished the season a perfect 9-0 at home. baltimore heads to new england next weekend. the winner moves on to the super bowl. the struggling economy has forced many people to cut back on their spending. it's also given rise to a new type of business, one that many people say is actually bringing neighbors and communities together. nbc news's craig melvin takes a closer look at this trend. >> mike beard made $20,000 last year sharing their d.c. area home with strangers. >> it makes a big difference for us. >> especially now. six days after christmas, mike lost his job. the beards have a mortgage and a

blended family with ten children. >> now we have all these rules and this house that is valued at less than we paid for it, so this is a good way to -- >> let the house pay for itself. >> they used airbnb, a site that connects people with travelers. >> the use of digital technology to help people share stuff in the real world. one of the key concepts is access trumps ownership. >> companies like airbnb and zipcar are now being joined by a slew of on-line sites. you can rent anything from bikes to children's toys. >> perhaps it's not surprising that in the down economy, many like the beards have found sharing to be a way of making extra money. for others, it's about something else. reestablishing a sense of community.

in los angeles, chris dobbins needed landscang work and found jory on goodneighbors.net. >> now we have similar groups of friends and we hang out. >> now she has more than 20,000 users. >> we learned quickly we weren't really building a masht place. what we were building was a tool for neighbors to help each other and really build relationships. >> back at the beards', emily stovall gets a bargain and all the kmfrts of home. >> at the same time, i enjoy meeting new people. >> collectively building a new economy with a timeless concept: sharing. craig melvin, news4. still ahead on news4 midday, a popular on-line retailer is hacked, exposing personal information of customers. we're going to tell you what you need to do now. plus, making proms special for teens who may not be able to afford the experience.

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it seems like you've been paying more than urine sual at pump lately, it's not your imagination. gas prices are at a historic high for this time of year. it's the ethanol tax credit for the price hike.

right now the national average for a gallon of regular gas is $3.39. that's four cents higher than just last week. the average price in the district is $3.54. that's about two cents higher than it was yesterday. and in maryland you'll pay about $3.39 a gallon. that price has not changed since yesterday. and in virginia, the average price for a gallon of regular is $3.31, which has also held steady over the past day. the on-line retailers zappos, is trying to figure out how their accounts were hacked. the incident puts 24 million customers' private information at risk. zappos sent an e-mail out to customers. the company says full credit card numbers were want stolen because they are stored separately. here's what's affected. zappos said hackers may have accessed customer names, e mailing addresses, billing and shipping addresses, phone numbers and the last four digits of customers' credit card bills. as a precaution, zappos is forcing customers to reset their

pass words. customers can log on to this web site to do just that. prom season is months away, but for teens who cannot afford the dress and accessories for the big day, the event may seem even farther out of reach. but the group once upon a prom hopes donations now will make a difference for those teenagers next spring. joining us to explain is one of the founders, ashley taylor. thanks so much for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> how did this idea come about? i know you and a couple girlfriends created it. >> yeah. in 2006, two of my friends and i were sitting around and we thought, how can we give back to our own community? we go to lots of events and we spend lots of money on nice dresses, and we thought, well, instead of giving them away, maybe we can give them back to girls who need them for prom. >> and this is something that has become somewhat of a tradition. you've done this every spring. how many dresses have you given away so far? >> last year we gave away about 500 dresses. so every year it keeps growing

bigger and bigger and bigger with the help of donations from the community. >> look how beautiful these girls look. they are just dazzling. it doesn't look like dresses alone are part of the giveaway. there's other things, accessories? >> yes. we have jewelry, purses, shoes. we try to focus just on the dress because it is the most important part, but we also get, you know, lots of other donations as well. >> never too early to collect. so here are some examples of what you're looking for. are there any particular sizes or styles? >> you know, we want them to be current, things that girls would wear now, so whether it's a bridesmaid dress, cocktail dress or a formal dress -- >> this isn't very long. when people think formal, they think prom and very long, but this is a great example. >> it seems that a lot of the young girls are kind of going back to '80s styles and they like the short dresses. we always need larger sizes -- >> when you say larger, what do you mean by that? >> 18 and up. it's really hard to find, you

know, bigger dresses. and we tend to get lots of dresses, you know, in this size. >> and you have some beautiful examples to your right as well, and this shows there truly is a variety here. >> yeah. actually, these are all designer dresses, too, which we get dresses with tags still on them, dresses that people just never ended up wearing. >> i think i saw one at the golden globes last night that was kind of like that one. >> i know, right? they're really great quality and a lot have really only been worn once. >> i know, they look brand new. i love the spring colors as well. now, if someone is interested in donating, what is the easiest way to do this? >> ela rue is a design store, 3130 pea street. they're the ones that collect all our dresses. we usually collect to about the beginning or mid april. we don't have a firm dress location and date yet, so we'll

be taking them probably until middle of april. >> there is a web address you can go to as well? >> yes. onceupo onceuponaprom.org. we are really desperate to find a new dress giveaway spot. we want something neutral that is really accessible to these girls, so something close to a metro or a gym. >> what would be your ideal spot in case someone is watching. >> somewhere near an a co-- anacostia would be great. >> ashley taylor. thanks for being here. >> thank you very much. we'll talk about the golden globes. plus, tom coming back to talk about rain and maybe sleet tonight. at 3:00, sophia gavara joins

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more than 85,000 people turned out for our 19th annual health and fitness expo at the washington convention center, making it a huge success over the weekend. s from zumba to free eye exams. we hope you'll join us next year for our 20th anniversary. it's going to be bigger and better than ever. stars were shining on the red carpet as hollywood's elite joined together for the golden globe awards. the women were in beautiful dresses and sparkly accessories, but who missed the mark? andrea is looking at the best and worst dressed. >> let's take a look at who put their best feet forward this year. according to the "today" showed and your votes, charlize theron

took the show. she also wore a huge trend of the night, a sparkly headband and beautiful jewelry. taking second spot, dame helen mirren wore a badgley mishka dress. jolie also looked gorgeous and looked stunning as usual. nicole richie, a stylist on upcoming nbc's fashion star, stopped to talk about the other dresses. >> she's got killer curves. >> it's probably so easy for her. look at her. she's just beautiful, you know? i really don't think it probably takes much for her, but she looked stunning. >> now let's take a look at the dresses that failed to impress.

sara michelle geller fell flat in this tie dye style gown. geller said she let her two-year-old daughter charlotte pick it out. a lot of people say it shows. piper periboe wore a sheer ball gown from a 20 collection. a lot of volume and pretty sheer. angie, back to you. >> thank you very much. let's look at some stories we're following on news4 this afternoon. here's a preview of things to come. hello, pat. >> hi, angie. coming up this afternoon on news4, the latest from south carolina as another candidate drops out of the race. also, why a newly discovered horsefly will now be named after singer beyonce. we'll explain that. and coming up at 5:00, already broken that new year's resolution to hit the gym? have you? liz crenshaw reports on how you can exercise your right to get out of that membership.

those stories and all the latest news and the weather coming up on news4 starting at 4:00. angie, back to you. >> is it bad that i haven't even started on the new year's resolutions? >> i don't know if that's better than starting and breaking it. i guess. >> okay. thank you, pat. we'll be watching. now we'll get a final check on our forecast with meteorologist tom curran, and i want to let you know i think you're best dressed for the midday newscast. >> thank you very much. thank you very much. there's no time like the present to start your exercise. it's a beautiful day to get out, just layer up a little bit. we've got those high clouds passing through prince george's county on the horizon. in the foreground is northeast washington. and temperatures right now are getting above freezing just about everywhere from the shenandoah valley to the bay on the east shore. montgome montgomery, arlington, fairfax, prince george's county, now mid-30s, upper 30s, washington. they'll go up during the afternoon with highs reaching 40

degrees. might have some sleet around dawn, especially our western suburbs tuesday morning. rain after that off and on with highs in the mid-50s, and then dry and chilly on friday and saturday. >> that's going to wrap it up for us. be sure to tune in to news4 at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00 later today. until then, you can always catch us on line at nbcwashington.com. have a