the cruise ship to continue their search for victims. meanwhile, the ship's captain makes his first appearance in court. good afternoon, i'm pat lawson muse. >> and i'm jim handly. the captain told his account of what happened. his attorney says he saved hundreds if not thousands of lives. meanwhile today, crews found five more victims on that sinking shift. 11 people are now confirmed dead. 20 others are still missing this eveni evening. michelle kosinski has the latest. >> reporter: it was a day full of activity. there seems to be an army of searchers here on this tiny island. using explosives, they were able to punch a hole into the hull so they could get better access to the cabins they were searching. unfortunately, there was no sign of life aboard. they did find five bodies of

victims. four men, one woman believed to be in their 50s and 60s. as this search was going on, the captain was in port facing charges of manslaughter, abandoning ship and causing the wreck. most shocking to people following these developments is this leaked audio reporting. a recording about three hours after he decides to take the ship off course. the coast guard orders him immediately back on board. immediately you hear him making excuses, saying the life boats are not working. i'm trying to coordinate efforts. the defendant's attorneys said he likely saved lives by trying

to beach the ship instead of letting sink in deeper water. >> a virginia couple that was on the ship are now back home. the couple was on the ship for hours when they heard a strange noise and sawed power flicker. they were able to get on to a life boat and back to dry land. they managed to get emergency passports so they could return home. the couple says they would go on a cruise again. severe storms rolled through kentucky this morning. strong winds knocked over a tractor-trailer. some businesses had the roofs damaged. trees and power lines were knocked down. the same storm is headed for us. storm 4 meteorologist veronica johnson is in the storm certainer with more. >> lots of wind damage through kentucky. even a tornado reported in kentucky. all part of the same system that's driving this way for us. take a look at the radar.

we have just north of us, after the rain this morning, just a few showers around hagerstown, maryland. let me go ahead and open it up for you. that's not all. we have more moisture with this weather system hanging back, just to the west of us. it's a big long line of thunderstorms extending from petersburg to richwood down to beckley, west virginia. it looks like we're going to get more rain for our southern counties of virginia come this evening. for the most part, though, spotty showers, that line extends all the way down into areas of kentucky, as well as tennessee. kentucky now starting to see most of its rain in the eastern part of the state after the severe weather they've had over the last 12 to 24 hours. 58 our temperature right now. it's gusty out there. the wind at 18 miles per hour with higher gusts. manassas, prince georges county coming in at 58 right now.

overnight we'll watch the mercury fall to 51. we'll take a luke at your four-day forecast in a couple minutes and what another system is doing in the west coast. pat? >> thanks, veronica. mitt romney is in the lead ahead of saturday's south carolina primary. steve handlesman has more. >> reporter: in florence, south carolina, mitt romney focused on barack obama. >> i am so distressed as i watch our president try to replace ambition with envy. >> reporter: romney claimed he would be the strongest obama opponent. so did newt gingrich. >> i don't want to bloody his nose, i want to knock him out. >> reporter: rick santorum -- >> a better contrast and better chance to win in the fall.

>> today's washington post news poll finds only obama is winning the matchup. santorum by 11, gingrich by 12. team obama revealed today, they'll duplicate the outdoors spectacular they staged in '08 that helped barack obama win colorado. filling bank of america stadium in charlotte to try to repeat in north carolina. >> president obama and the democrats will not seed any ground in 2012. >> reporter: romney defended his record at bain capital, saying 10,000 jobs were lost in takeover deals, but many more were added. >> we had 120,000 jobs. very simple. four companies got 120,000. >> gingrich too talked math.

>> consolidating into a gingrich candidacy would guarantee victory on saturday. >> it's the same conservative vote split that helped romney win iowa and new hampshire. i'm steve handlesman, news 4. several protesters were arrested today as they took part in the so-called occupy congress movement today. a spin-off of occupy wall street. protesters marched down pennsylvania avenue this morning. then about 1 thorks demonstrators rallied outside the capitol. members of the occupy congress movement said they're protesting economic disparities and the influence of corporate money in politics. house lawmakers returned to the hill today after their winter recess. president obama met with his jobs council today and said his administration has made substantial progress toward embracing its ideas.

the president appointed the council from a broad range of fields, he assured them today that he takes their recommendations seriously. the president spoke of success and streamlining processes to obtain permits and cut regulations. he also noted his own efforts to get more power from congress to try to shrink the cost of government. stocks ended higher today after better than expected global economic news. at last check, the dow jones industrials were up 63 points, the nasdaq up 16 and the s&p 500 had gained 4. the s&p traded briefly above the 1300 level today. kwil energy and health sectors climbed. the supreme court refused to hear a case involving workers who received tips. the case involves 5,000 current and former employees at applebee's.

they should be paid more when do work that doesn't include tips, like opening and closing the restaurant. today the supreme court refused to hear the case. it means tipped employees can sue for more pay in such cases. pat? america's obesity problem isn't bulging. new statistics show the numbers of obese americans in some cases are getting bigger. erica edwards has the latest on our nation's obesity epidemic. >> these are a few ways americans are losing weight. possibly stabilizing our obesity problem. >> walking, doing household chores, enjoying social time with friends. on the move, it helps. >> reporter: dr. howard eisenson is reacting to the numbers. not much has changed in the past decade. nearly 70% of adults in this

country are overweight, one in thigh is obese. about half that many kids and teens are obese. we adults could do a better job modelling healthy eating and exercise habits. >> those little guys watch us to learn what to do. they watch us more than they listen to us. >> reporter: the scale has stayed study for many americans. there's no indication of the reasons behind those increases, but changing america's mentality of bigger is better could get us moving in the right direction. >> why isn't assumed going to a restaurant or fast food place, we want water. why isn't assumed we want the small sized serving. >> small changes that could bring the numbers on your scale back down. if you're waiting for your baby to say those first words, may not be the words you're saying to them.

babies are lipreaders. new research suggests babies don't learn to talk just from hearing sounds. when a child is around six months old, baby's shift their intense eye gaze to studying mouths when people are talking. that's why face time is mother important to speech development than dvd's. some new jersey commuters suddenly found themselves riding an express train when a pregnant woman's baby was not willing to wait. she got on the train thinking she was having false labor pains. fellow riders offered encouragement. by then she was not even aware of her sur roundings. >> i lost all conscious, i was only thinking about the baby. >> baby was born two weeks

early. when transit officials realized she was delivering the baby on the train they bypassed the rest of the stops so they could get the mother and her newborn to a waiting ambulance. today is the first lady's birthday, she turned 48 today. and president obama's campaign staff has an internet based birthday cart you can sign. it's also a card that helps the 2012 campaigning team out. once you sign the e-mail address, you have the opportunity to leave the first lady a special birthday message. >> i saw on twitter, you tweeted out a birthday message to her. >> i want to hear back from her. with that m.o. >> she's got a lot of greetings. >> a lot of followers. when we come back, we're just getting started. lindsay lohan finally gets praise from a judge. more legal trouble for a reality star on "teen mom". why the color of your dinner plate could help you lose

weight. cane joins us with the answer in his hot talk segment.

just days after winning three golden zbloebs, more honors today for the hit silent movie "the artist." it got the most nominations for this year's british academy film awards, britsen's equivalent of our oscars. the artist received 12 nods, including best picture. daniel radcliffe announced the

nominations this morning in london. othebest film nominees include the z the decendents and the help. the awards will be handed out february 12th. starting today you can buy music from mtv's reality show "teen mom." now those shows have soundtracks with emerging artists featured on the tv shows. if you buy the albums before july 17th, the proceeds will go to the campaign to prevent teen pregnancy. one of the show's stars is back in jail for the second time in less than a week. police arrested janelle evans from "teen mom 2" yesterday in north carolina. she's charged with violating a domestic violence protection order. she was also arrested last week for making harassing phone calls. evans was charged with assault

last year and got probation on drug paraphernalia charges. she violated the probation last august after she tested positive. >> lindsay lohan is on track to complete the terms of her probation. the judge told the 25-year-old actress that she received favorable reports from probation officials. her probation includes cleaning doub douutiey ies at a morgue. she could be done with her probation by the end of march. the top jobs for burning calories. how the color of your table wear influences how much you eat. >> that's scary. plus, a website that let's you sell your services for $5. get ready to do a double take. look who's here. kane from hot 99.5. i'd like to compliment you on

your ensemble. >> you're late for your appointment. >> you were on the radio this morning, you wanted to mix it up. >> apparently only one set of wardrobes. we have a story that could benefit your health about the color of your plate. >> that is interesting. first up, though, you have this story, $5 for advertising services you want to offer and get? >> any service? >> well, could you do -- legally any service. it's called fiverr. if you are good at painting you can offer your services up. everything on this website can be done for $5. there are some people who are taking advantage of this. like kathy 2301, for $5 she'll go on your facebook page and say she's in a relationship with u

you. and she'll be your girlfriend for ten days for every $5. >> you can pay her to lie? >> i thought it was a great idea. am i the only one? you're making me feel bad about this now. if i was a beautiful woman, i'd do it. you got two stories about dieting and weight. first, let's talk about the color of your table wear of. >> all my years in college, and medical school have told me how to read stories, including this one. the color of the plates and the cups you use can help you eat 40% less. think about your brain, what does the color red signify when you see it? stop. it means no more. >> so a green plate? >> go. they had all these college students take part in this survey. they put nuts and peanuts and crackers and pretzels in different cups. they found out when students ate

them out of red. their brains made them stop eating 40% before subjects do. using this in bars, to keep people from eating as much. if you like pudding, you'll eat 40% less. >> i guess it depends on how you're wired there. >> we need to talk. what about the top jobs for losing weight. >> there's a story out today which is pretty interesting. what are the top jobs for people who like to move around and lose weight. give me one off the top of your head for people that are looking to burn calories, personal trainer is number ten, retail sales associate. i thought firefighter would do better. big shout to all my firefighters. nanny, number 6 on the list. you're always up and down with kids. tour guide number five, news photographer number four.

roofer number three, and furniture delivery driver number two, and valet. they say valet number one, because your tips determine how quickly you get the car back, and the faster you run, the faster you get the car back. >> all right. >> and tomorrow, coming up, live like rihanna? >> plus, at 8:05, could you live like rihanna, we're going to send you and three friends on a jet, first class. rihanna has picked out your itinerary, where you shop. you qualify with $1,000 cash. hot 99.5 at 8:05. >> a lot of fun. >> absolutely. >> let's get some exams. >> we'll be right along, doctor. thank you. >> you wear it well. >> thank you very much. >> he's so much smarter today. did you notice? >> all those years in medical school. >> coming up next, a whopper,

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can you try to change the tem tire? >> how much warmer do you want it? it's already 58. >> he's been running around all day in his white coat. >> thinks he's a scientist. >> we have a chance for flurries as we flip from 60 today to the chance for more cold and flurries at the end of the week. that's going to come with a storm system today in the pacific northwest. take a look at this guy. what it's doing in seattle. they have the big snow there, in fact seattle, they average between 7 and 11 inches for the whole season. here through tonight and through tomorrow, they could pick up between 10 and 12 inches total, making it the biggest storm they've seen since 1985. i guess snow for seattle in decades. they really don't get there, it's the higher elevations that do. we're at 58 degrees right now, with the southwest wind at 18 miles per hour. dlout the area today we've had

those high winds, the gusts coming through much greater at 30 miles per hour, the current gusts taking a look at packs river. all out of the southwest, helping to push this warm air in here. the big surge, we're at 61 now. 63 in fredericksburg, virginia. take a look at this, only about an 80 mile difference between cumberland, maryland and martinsburg, west virginia. 41 cumberland, 60 degrees in martinsburg. big chains already taking place off to the west. spotty showers, winchester around petersburg, bigger rains sitting just down to the south. just on the eastern side of west virginia. it could hit green county, stafford county later tonight. elsewhere to the north, i think we'll just see spotty showers around here.

spotty evening showers as the front continues to approach by 11:00, it continues making its way down to the south and east, by tomorrow morning we're left with sunshine. a few clouds rotating. it's going to be chilly in the 40s with a bit of wind out of the northwest. for thursday, the system in the pacific northwest. it could bring us evening flurries, as the system gets closer and rides right on through for a couple hours, we may see flurries here on thursday. 53 to 58. windy, gusty by the evening. windchills in the 20s. from 60 today to feeling like we're in the 20s early tomorrow, 37 to 41 your high for tomorrow. take a look at friday, though, high temperature of 35 degrees. we'll take a look at the rest of the weekend in a couple minutes. >> thanks veronica. still to come, a dozen students at one school suddenly

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4:00. i'm pat lawson muse. >> and i'm jim handly. more bodies were discovered inside the sunken cruise ship off the coast of italy. that brings the death toll now to 11. with nearly 20 still missing tonight. the ship's captain appeared in court today, he denies any wrongdoing. >> mitt romney is leading in south carolina, ahead of saturday's republican primary. and he has claimed a commanding double-digit lead among republicans in the latest national gallop poll. with house lawmakers back to work today, demonstrators affiliated with the occupy wall street movement rallied outside the capital. they received video of protes r protesters. >> stocks ended the day higher after better than expected global economic news. the dow closed up 60.

the s&p 500 gained 5 points after trading briefly above the 1300 level. >> now, to a health mystery, in upstate new york. >> at least a dozen teenaged girls have come down with a very strange illness. their parents want some answers. >> 17-year-old sara sanchez says she isn't the same teenager she was a few months ago. she suffers from uncontrollable body movements, ticks and verbal outbursts, much like terrets syndrome. things she once loved are now nearly impossible. >> i used to cheer every day. i would go to art class. i used to go to two art classes every day. now i'm not in school. >> this is home video of sarah from october when she says the

symptoms first appeared. barely able to speak. >> i was always so active, and everybody was always happy to be around me. i don't feel like myself any more. >> reporter: and she's not alone. at least 12 teenaged girls at leroy high school in upstate new york say they're suffering from the same symptoms. including sarah's friend katie. >> my days are all different. some days i'll start twitching, won't stop for 10, 15, 20 minutes. >> reporter: both girls have seen their own doctors and are getting treatment, but symptoms continue. the new york state department has been looking into the situation for three months. and the school is not to blame.

>> we have ruled out any infection or communicable disease. >> each student was examined by a doctor and given a diagnosis. still, sarah's mom wants more answers. >> it's come to the point where that's not enough. we need to know what's going on. >> that was amy robach reporting. during an appearance on the "today" show this morning, doctors told sarah the illness was probably stress related. paula deen, well known for her hearty, high calorie southern meals announced she has type ii diabetes. >> i've always eaten in moderation. you know, people see me on tv two and three times a day, they see me cooking all these wonderfully fattening dishes.

that's only 30 days out of 365. and it's for entertainment. and people have to be responsible -- >> you're saying you can't eat like that every day? >> no, i never have. i never have. >> deen says she was diagnosed three years ago. she waited to tell fans because she didn't have much advice for them. she plans on launching a new program to help people with type ii diabetes. it looks like there won't be a steve jobs action figure after all. a chinese company intended to produce a like action figure of the apple figure. but the company came under intense pressure from apple and the jobs family to drop the product. that's according to a report in the san jose mercury news. a statement on their website said the figure was meant to honor jobs' memory, but it's impossible to move forward

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we're starting to get dizzy on this roller coaster. >> yeah, and we really do need a scorecard to keep up. you need that, and spring clothes mixed with a few winter clothes. as i said before, you want to keep a couple jackets in the car to keep ready for what the weather's going to be like. if you forgot what this weekend

was like, take a look. we were in the 30s this past weekend. 39, 36 on sunday. today near 60 degrees, you guys know where we're going to be at the end of the week? >> let's guess, back down to freezing again? >> back down near freezing. 58 is where we are currently at reagan national airport. the southwest wind is at 18 miles per hour right now. indeed we're still getting breezy and gusty conditions right through the area. canton springs at 57. 59 in hunting town. 57 degrees currently in lees burg, virginia. here it is, your good night forecast. 9:00, 11:00 p.m., i think we can have spotty showers coming through the area. temperatures heading into the upper 40s and low 50s. we start out at 38 degrees. outlying areas will be starting out in the mid-30s and with windy conditions it's going to

be quite chilly. the big thing will be the windchill temperature for tomorrow morning. all this rain will be gone, can you see it approaching south of winchester, virginia right now. if you're going to be out tonight. here's a look at the temperature profile. 40 in frederick, 48 in fredericksburg, virginia. 22 to 30 degrees is what it will feel like throughout the area, that's early tomorrow morning at 7:30. back to the coats, right? from a light jack it today, back to coat weather tomorrow. we'll get up to a high temperature of 40 to 41 degrees in d.c. 42 in laplata, and 45 in fredericksburg. we will have a mixture of clouds and sunshine. for the evening, 53 to 58. by tomorrow morning, we take it on down to 10 too 15. it's a dry wind out of the northwest. the front will be through us, not expecting any rain, just

cold air to start the day tomorrow. windchills in the 20s by the afternoon, 37 to 41 with a little less wind, but much cooler than today was. a look at the weekend starts on thursday night. thursday evening with the possibility of some flurries coming through, it's not going to be piling up or anything. just some conversational flurries, the weekend 44 to 36 with what looks like rain right now for saturday late and sunday. >> keeping us on our toes. >> very much so. >> and keeping all of our clothes in the back of our cars. >> enjoy. >> thanks, veronica. a new federal report says the pilot tried to warn a model to stay away from the moving propeller just before she was seriously injured last month. >> the woman just walked off the plane in the dallas area. scott gordon has the story. >> i'm lauren -- >> five weeks after lauren scruggs was seriously injured

walking into a moving propeller. the pilot claims he saw her walkinged wrong way and tried to warn her. the pilot had just taking her on a 20 minute flight to look at christmas flights. he parked the plane with the engine still running. according to the ntsb report, he opened the door on the right side of the airplane expecting a friend to come out and assist the passenger in deplaining. he leaned out of his seat and placed his arm and hand in front of her to divert her from walking to the front of the plane and said she should walk to the back of the airplane. scruggs lost her left hand and left eye, and is still recuperating from her injuries. >> she really 14u7b9 be alived.

we feel blessed in that. >> speaking after the accident, her parents said they don't blame the pilot. >> the bottom line,he should have shut the engine down. >> her injuries are ultimately his responsibility. >> he made a mistake. when you pull up to the gate like that, and you have people around the airplane. in this indication, somebody getting out of the airplane that doesn't know what they're doing, shut the engine down, it's just that simple. >> that was scott gordon reporting. the pilot has not spoken publicly since that accident. when we come right back on news 4 at 4:00 this afternoon. tsa screeners will soon get screened for radiation. and celebrating the new year underwater. we'll hear from the people involved in the dramatic rescue of a mother and her two daughters from the car dangling off the bridge. a bug is going around, but it's not the flu.

doreen gentzler will be telling us what's getting us so sick this winter. a crackdown on animal cruelty. a local lawmaker is using the state's sex offender registry as state's sex offender registry as a

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there is outrage over a disturbing incident that happened in a florida jail. a man was strapped in a wheelchair stripping in pepper spray. he decide just hours after the photo was taken. his family is suing over the circumstances surrounding his death. >> reporter: it's a photograph snapped in march of 2009. a picture lee county florida jail officials long denied even existed. nick chrissy, naked, tied to what's called the devil's chair, a spit mask wrapped around his neck and mouth. guards told investigators they repeatedly pepper sprayed him because he was combative. 62-year-old nick christie died just hours after the final blast of pepper spray, nearly two days after he was arrested.

nick's wife joyce. >> you've seen that picture. what do you see there? >> torture. this is a man that was probably pleading for his life, that probably knew he was dying. he was a mentally ill guy that was strapped naked in a chair. he didn't deserve to be treated like that. >> reporter: he was arrested for trespassing outside a fast food restaurant next door to his hotel. guards said they had to restrain him because he was antagonistic. his manner of death was homicide. his heart stopped beating after he was restrained and sprayed with pepper spray by law enforcement officers. after an exhaustic internal investigation, and a review by the state attorney's office. no one's been charged in christie's death. the family is suing the lee county sheriff's office. >> once he's restrained in the chair, he's no longer a risk of harm to anyone.

>> so the pepper spray is -- >> excessive. >> malicious? >> unjustifiable. >> attorney nick dicello says he had been arrested just days prior for disorderly conduct. his wife warned them of his mental condition. >> he's manic, he's off his medication. >> reporter: police now admit they had christie's medical file from that rearrest. the second time he was rearrested, it was a friday and the files were not readily available. for joyce christie, she's left wondering what happened before her husband was strapped to the devil's chair, jail officials say security videos on that cell block that might explain what happened do not exist.

>> i think it's erased, i think it's gone. >> because? >> i think there was something worse than what we see. >> when christie arrived at the hospital, he was so toxic with pepper spray that doctors had to wash him down with milk before they could try to save his life. the sheriff's office refuses to comment because of the ongoing litigation. that's news 4 at 4:00, news 4 at 5:00 starts right now. the captain of a crippled cruise liner in court today, as rescuers pulled bodies from the submerged ship. >> d.c. strikes a deal involving medical marijuana and pot shops in the city. >> and coughing, sneezing or enough elling, but it's not flu, so what's keeping you sick. >> we've been there, hello, everybody, and welcome to news 4 at 5:00 tonight.

>> our top story, new developments in the case of the 22-year-old man who's charged in a crash that took the life of an 8-year-old boy and badly injured that child's mother. >> today investigators tell us, victor aldana had a blood alcohol level nearly twice the legal limit. he was ordered held without bond during the court appearance today. julie carrey joins us with the latest. >> reporter: that fatal accident happened just a couple hundred yards down that asphalt foot path you see behind me. the victim's family is glad that victor will be behind bars for now. but angry at what police and prosecutors say he was doing sunday before the crash. >> 22-year-old victor aldana told police he started drinking at 9:30 sunday morning. it was around 2:30 afternoon when police say he drove his roommates car off the road and struck a mother and son. 8-year-old w