arizona to talk about manufacturing jobs took a sudden detour when he got into a testy exchange on the tarmac with republican governor jan brewer. now, everybody is talking about a moment frozen in time with the governor appearing to wave her finger in the president's face. will pitts has the rest of the story. >> reporter: governor brewer says she just wanted to talk. >> i told him i had a little handwritten note for him. he wanted to know what was in the envelope. i told him exactly what was in there and he changed the subject to my book. >> reporter: she had the letter in her hand when she met airforce one. in it a request for the president to meet with her and tour the border. the president came off the plane. she handed him the letter, and then this. governor brewer, her finger in the face of the president of the united states. the governor says she asked the president to meet with her about the border and he criticized her book. >> i started off talking about jobs and the economy. and the arizona comeback and what a great job we have done here in arizona. we are leading the nation.

and he changed the subject. >> reporter: brewer swears she wasn't being disrespectful. >> well, you know, they always say a picture is what it is but i must say that i was not hostile. i was trying to be very, very gracious. >> reporter: so we showed her that photo. governor, this is the actual photo that is going to run all over the country tomorrow. do you look disrespectful in this photo? >> i probably have better photographs of me than that but i hope people will take it in context that i was talking and i talk with my hands. and that i was trying to explain to him of course why i believed that i wrote the book the way that i did because it was factual and truthful and we were just going to have to disagree. >> pool reporters at the scene say it looked as if the president and governor were talking over each other until the president walked away mid sentence. 2011 was the worst home sales year on record after fewer people bought new homes in

december. the commerce department says new home sales fell to about 307,000. that's less than 323,000 homes sold in 2010. and it's less than half of the 700,000 that the economists say must be sold in a healthy economy. despite the decline, construction picked up and builders are slightly more confident. both signs that the depressed housing market is starting to recover. the troubled housing market is a big deal in florida and newt gingrich is using it against mitt romney in a battle to win the state's republican presidential primary. today even the president piled on. steve handelsman reports. >> reporter: newt gingrich is outraged. >> we're not stupid. >> reporter: talking to tea party activists near orlando. >> the message we should give mitt romney is, you know, we aren't that stupid and you aren't that clever. >> reporter: it's a counterattack to the kind of negative ads that took gingrich down in iowa and now are up in florida. aired by romney and his backers.

>> gingrich exaggerates dropping reagan's name 50 times but in his diaries reagan mentioned gingrich only once. >> reporter: on miami tv today romney personally went after the former speaker's record. >> and at the end of four years his approval rating dropped to 18%. he had to pay an ethics fine. he was voted to be reprimanded by his own republican members. >> reporter: in nevada today president obama made his pitch to end low tax rates for rich investors like romney. >> do we want to keep these tax cuts for the wealthiest americans or do we want to keep investing in everything else like education, like clean energy, like a strong military, like caring for our veterans who are coming home from iraq and afghanistan? we can do both. >> reporter: the president like the former speaker aiming at the former governor. >> we're not going to beat barack obama with some guy who has swiss bank accounts, cayman island accounts, owns shares of

goldman sachs while it foreclosess on florida. >> reporter: that is newt gingrich's new attack that mitt romney profited while the mortgage crisis helped drag this state and the nation into recession. but republican insiders in washington are stepping up their attacks on gingrich, former presidential date bob dole said today gingrich had an idea a minute as speaker and most were off the wall. gingrich the nominee, said dole, would lead to an obama landslide win. steve handelsman, news 4, capitol hill. we now know more about the impact of budget cuts on the u.s. military. defense secretary leon panetta rolled out the pentagon's cost-cutting measures today. the army will be reduced by about 80,000 soldiers over the next decade. the marine corps will be cut by 20,000 and seven aircraft carriers will be retired early. it's all in an effort to save $487 billion, but panetta insists the security of the country and safety of the troops

will not be compromised. >> the military will be smaller and leaner. but it will be agile, flexible, rapidly deployable, and technologically advanced. it will be a cutting edge force. >> panetta says there will be a new emphasis on the asia pacific and the middle east. they will also work to protect key investments in military technology. on wall street today stocks closed down, ending on a relatively flat note. the dow industrials fell 21 points. the nasdaq fell 13. and the s&p 500 ended the day seven points lower. grab your umbrellas if you're planning on going out to dinner tonight. >> storm 4 meteorologist veronica johnson tells us why and for how long we'll need those umbrellas. hey, veronica. >> why? because we've had some showers kind of dancing around parts of our area. one thing's for sure. we're not going to need our coats with the umbrella because

it has been pretty mild today. 54 degrees the current temperature. here we are in the middle of winter. we've got a calm wind out there. lots of humidity in the air. so again, some showers for some especially to the north and west. and an overnight that will see warming temperatures. here's a look at where some of that rain is. you can see up there to the north hagerstown around martinsburg, frederick, maryland, westminster, gaithersburg, leesburg, just a few light showers to the north. the rain has been staying just kind of on a northern most fringe today but we are going to see more rain moving in during the overnight period. our best chance really is around 10:00 and 11:00 p.m. and afterwards and especially afterwards with a lot more rain hitting us for the early part of the day tomorrow. i'll give you the timing on that coming up in a couple minutes but first temperatures throughout the area right there 50 degrees right now up in ellicott city, maryland, 54 in d.c., 57 degrees in waldorf, maryland, and 63 in stafford. we have a big range through the area as you can see from 41 in

mount airy down to the 63-degree temperature currently in fredericksburg. our temperatures overnight again warming. we'll hit about 60 by midnight so as we take a look at your fast forecast what we are going to see are showers for the evening, stormy start to the day tomorrow. we'll talk about how much rain and how much wind we could get out of this latest storm system. pat? >> all right. thanks, veronica. at penn state today, a capacity crowd of more than 12,000 people attended a public memorial service for former coach joe paterno, who died sunday of lung cancer. among those speaking at the service today the chairman of nike corporation and many of the people whose lives paterno helped shape during his 61 years at the university. brian mohr was at the service in university park. ♪ >> reporter: at penn state thousands joined in an emotional public farewell to legendary football coach joe paterno.

>> we are here to celebrate a great man's life. >> reporter: among the speakers the men shaped by paterno over his nearly half century at penn state. >> up until today i considered being the quarterback of that 1982 national championship team, joe's first, the greatest honor in my life. today that's been replaced by being here. >> reporter: paterno, who was laid to rest on wednesday, was the winningest coach in major college football history. he wasn't even 5 1/2 feet tall, but to players and fans, he was a giant. >> he has left us with life lessons on and off the field. joe pa, thank you for being a father to all of us. >> reporter: the focus was on the happy times -- generations of them. but it was impossible not to acknowledge the scandal that ended his career. >> if there was a villain in this tragedy it lies in the investigation not in joe paterno's response to it.

>> reporter: while v.i.p.s eulogized him from the stage fans found their own way to pay their respects. outside in the chilly rain a few fans honored paterno with a tailgate party. >> the last two days were about mourning and putting him to rest and now it's about celebrating his life. >> reporter: keeping tradition and the paterno legend alive. one former player said paterno's true legacy isn't his hundreds of wins. it's the thousands of men he helped mold. brian mohr, nbc news, university park, pennsylvania. the metro board continues discussions on whether to hike fares. the board met today to discuss when to hold public hearings on the proposed hikes. among the changes, people who don't use smart trip cards but pay a flat $4 one way fare during off peak hours and a $6 fare for peak trains. day passes would be eliminated. smart trip fares, metro bus, and parking fares would also increase. meetings on the fare hikes will

continue in february. meanwhile, talks of a fare increase come as problems mount on the rails. earlier today there were big delays on the red line after part of a rail cracked near the tinley town station. trains had to single track between friendship heights and van ness. others turned back to silver spring and farragut north. trains were so crowded the doors had trouble closing. the problem was resolved and things got back to normal around 12:30 this afternoon. a local elementary school is honored today for its dedication to fitness and healthy eating. william ramsey elementary in alexandria received the healthy schools award from the marine corps marathon and maryland charity. the award also came with a $1,000 check. students and teachers were honored for participating in the kids' fun run last october just before the marine corps marathon. the race director says students didn't let the cold, rainy weather keep them away that day.

>> i was shocked and proud to see over 1200 children come out and want to run. the smiles on their faces, they didn't care that they were wet. they didn't care there were puddles out there. they really were a show of force and energy. >> reporter: and this is the second year that william ramsey has received the healthy school award. good for the kids. >> isn't it great? even in the rain. when news 4 at 4:00 continues, drew barrymore walked the red carpet in georgetown last night for her first -- her new movie that is. find out why she couldn't get into a restaurant afterwards. >> rihanna's new tatoo has people talking. georgia joins us with hollywood headlines. plus, beyonce and jay-z name some v.i.p. god parents.

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one of paris's top designers is launching a new, affordable clothing line that will be available to everyone online. famed designer collin lagafel showed his new carl line in paris on wednesday. the clothing line will be sold by an online fashion portal and the famed designer says his goal is to bring affordable luxury to more people especially during the global economic crisis. he also launched his carl line in london, new york, sidney, and berlin. we are hearing more from

actress drew barrymore following her red carpet appearance in the district. last night she was at the amc lowe's movie theater in georgetown attending the premiere of her latest movie "the big miracle" based on the real life rescue of three whales in alaska in 198 #. barrymore's believing the message of hope can be applied today everybody put their agendas aside, oil companies and politicians and environmentalists and, you know, and just worked toward the same common goal for a moment. and if it was whales that inspired that kind of behavior in those people i just think that's a wonderful thing. >> the movie includes a real life white house love story. a former reagan aide involved in the whale rescue fell in love with an alaskan national guardsman on the rescue team. bonnie carol married that serviceman but he died a few years later. the experience inspired her to form taps, a support group for

military families dealing with the loss of a loved one. following the movie premiere barrymore and her fiance art consultant will koppelman headed into georgetown for a bite but according to glitteratzi they didn't exactly get the star treatment. after the couple was turned away from comey restaurant the staff reportedly wouldn't let them in because the kitchen was closed. these are pictures of the couple near shake shack in dupont circle where they apparently decided to go and eat. >> maybe they didn't recognize her. is a big hollywood wedding in the works? are we in for another hangover? and tat talk about rihanna. >> time for hollywood headlines with georgia, joining us, cohost of the morning show heard days on 93.9. we understand rihanna is making news today and apparently got a new tatoo. >> i guess she is a really big tupac fan because tupac had bug

light tatooed across his chest and now she has it across her fingers. when she turns 30 that is going to look really silly. she is executive producing a tv show for up and coming designers in britain and what they're trying to do is find designers who can create gear for performers on stage so that's for the person who wins to design something for her to wear onstage in london in july. >> she'll be wearing that and sporting her tatoo at the same time. >> yes. should be interesting. >> can you imagine when she gets married or has kids? they're like, mommy, what's thug life? >> and who is tupac? >> exactly. listen, we hear there could be some changes in the plans for brad and angelina. they once said they would never get married. what's going on? >> here's the thing. their kids want mommy and daddy to be married. that's what brad told the hollywood reporter. he said it is becoming more and more important to my kids but he and angelina decided a long time ago that until everybody could get married they wouldn't get

married but i think that she probably walks around the house with a big old doorknob of a diamond. she just hasn't told us yet. that's my thinking. i think they've already -- that is my opinion. not that they've already done it but he is already asking and she's got the ring. >> and the kids are happy. >> and the kids maybe are happy. >> good. are we in for another hangover movie? >> i don't drink. >> movie that is. >> okay. well, here's the thing. hangover 3 they want to do one, warner brothers does, but the stars want $15 million. and think about the stats. the first movie went on to make like $500 million the first year it was out. they only got a million dollars apiece. the second movie, hang over 2, which came out last year they got 5 million apiece. it may by december, 2011 it had already made $250 million. >> yes. >> so i'm thinking warner brothers should say yeah you got it. >> no problem. >> number two and three. >> why not? >> the sequel is coming. all right. listen, jay-z and beyonce. their new baby blue ivy.

>> yes. >> god parents? >> yes. one is ty smith who is jay-z's best friend but i'm thinking this kid has hit the jackpot. not only will she have like the richest and most popular dad rapper who is her dad. she's got arguably the best performer as a mom and now god mom? oprah winfrey. >> oh, no. >> wow. >> that's the rumor. >> overkill. >> yeah. like what the heck? >> give some to the rest of us. >> can you imagine this little girl? that's great. >> she'll have lots of -- >> can you imagine? >> yes. what do you have coming up tomorrow? >> we are doing some super cool stuff with new addition giving away v.i.p. tickets. i'm so excited. i'm going to be like a little kid. that means i want to go to the show. i don't know if i'll be able to. we're giving the tickets to you. go to kosdc.com to see how we're doing it. i'm going to try to give myself some tickets. sometimes i tweet and pretend i'm a listener because i do listen just because i work there. i should get tickets. >> and you listen when you're not there. >> that's right. see? you guys agree.

>> i like that. >> i hope my bosses are listening. >> all right. thanks, georgia. >> thank you all. >> good to see you. >> 93.9 wkys. and coming up on news 4, a talented group gets ready to put on a show at the super bowl. >> also we'll take a look back on this day in history and we don't have to look very far for

you know, staying dark still too late in the morning. i want it to get brighter sooner. >> well if that's the worst of our winter i think we're okay. >> we can handle that. >> we're not having a bad winter so far. >> okay. if you're getting a little home sick for some snow i have video for you. you know what it was one year ago today? i don't know where you were. i was stuck in a car heading home. it was carmageddon. i know some folks are better off not being reminded of this. one year ago today we were slammed. d.c. and surrounding areas, 5 inches of snow in d.c. 7 to 13 north and west. you could go nowhere fast. you just kind of sat there. of course part of the problem was not so much the snowfall that we got but when it hit. that was the afternoon and evening rush. if you left work, at 5:00 and 6:00 p.m., a lot of folks didn't get home until 3:00 and 4:00

a.m. the next day. >> okay. >> wow. >> so you still want some snow? >> i know you want us to stop wishing for snow. >> thanks for the trip down memory lane. >> yes. well this winter it's been an anemic winter and kind of weird because here we are again today with more mild temperatures through the area. it's going to feel a lot like spring. kind of like april by tomorrow morning. we're at 54 degrees. we have a calm wind right now and we're talking about warming up during the overnight. all right. big range, too, through the area right now from the 30s north and west to 63 at fredericksburg. 37 in hagerstown. 26-degree temperature change in just that short distance. then it's the areas north that have already gotten the rain. they've been a little cooler. hagerstown, westminster, those spots around 70 and 270 where there have been a few showers today. look at hagerstown and martinsburg. there will be more rain coming in tonight but some warming, too, coming our way tonight. it's the areas north and west though that will see the least

of the warming. here we go with some moderate rain coming through areas of eastern tennessee and eastern kentucky but look at the shades of red down to the south. atlanta, georgia right around eastern alabama. they're under a tornado watch until 5:00 p.m. central standard time. we're not going to get that kind of rain but it is going to turn wet in a hurry after midnight and 4:00 in the morning rush. so here is a piece of the one front. showers for us. more coming to us late. especially as the actual low pressure comes up. unfortunately, that is going to hit right around the time of the morning rush. it's going to be stormy. we're talking about some moderate, maybe even heavy rain. could get a little lightning for southern maryland, for areas of the northern neck. and then wind will come rushing in. our winds i think early in the day could be up around 40 miles per hour. we'll get some sunshine by the afternoon. and i do think that saturday is still looking nice with an ample amount of sunshine so the weekend not too shabby but again hold on to your hats for tomorrow. 42 to 56 degrees.

here's a look at tomorrow morning. 57 to 64. that's right. i know that's really high for a morning temperature during the winter. wanted to show you tomorrow's day part because by noon time we'll be down to 57 and 51 degrees by 4:00 p.m. so you get the idea. temperatures will be falling throughout the day from the low 60s to the 50s. there is a look at your weekend which we are going to talk more about coming up in just a couple minutes. >> okay. >> doesn't look too bad. >> but some heavy rain for the morning. >> all right. thanks. still to come on news 4 at 4:00 new details about the captain of the cruise ship and who's at fault. plus airlines will no longer be able to fool you with those

and welcome back to news 4 at 4:00. i'm barbara harrison in for jim handly. >> i'm pat lawson muse. here's what's happening in the news at this hour. the republican presidential candidates are getting set for their final debate before the florida primary on tuesday. they face off tonight at the university of north florida in jacksonville. the latest polls suggest newt gingrich may be losing some of the momentum he gained with his win in south carolina. the race between gingrich and mitt romney is too close to call at this point. >> and president obama will be

landing soon in colorado. mr. obama is half way through a three-day swing through five battleground states. in las vegas today he announced new plans to open nearly 38 million acres of the gulf of mexico for oil and gas exploration and development. thousands of people at penn state joined in an emotional public farewell to legendary football coach joe paterno. paterno, the winningest coach in major college football, died on sunday of lung cancer at the age of 85. he was buried yesterday after a funeral procession that took him through the streets of state college and university park past the stadium where he spent 61 years coaching, 46 of those as head coach. among the speakers at the public memorial today the chair of the nike corporation and some of the men whose lives paterno shaped over the decades. >> stocks on wall street ended down slightly after investors received a disappointing report on new home sales.

the dow-jones closed down and the nasdaq was off and the s&p fell seven points. new details today about the cruise ship disaster. according to court transcripts the captain of the ship claims it was actually his superiors who pressured him to buzz the island. >> he says they told him that the company needs to be more visible so let people wave at the island. costa cruises insists his course was so close to the rocks it was unauthorized and prosecutors think he may have been going too fast at the time. the captain says there is no speed limit in that area. nbc has more on the identities of the victims. >> reporter: officials in italy admit there is little hope of finding anyone alive almost two weeks after the costa concordia ran aground. the search of the ship continues. italian authorities have released video of firefighters working in dangerous conditions

on the dry side of the ship as they search for bodies also looking for evidence that could help reconstruct the events surrounding the accident. the captain is still under house arrest, accused of manslaughter and abandoning ship before the evacuation was complete. his wife defends her spouse telling an italian magazine my husband is not a monster. the regional environmental agency has been monitoring the water around the vessel and says the chemicals leaking out are at reasonable levels. >> we are in a transitional phase. i mean, we started with the crisis where as far as i understand we kind of improvised in a good way. even manuals about naval safety could not have foreseen a case like this. >> reporter: salvage teams are supposed to start pumping nearly 500,000 gallons of fuel from the cruise ship on saturday. they hope to start pumping earlier than planned due to concerns that conditions will begin to deteriorate.

nbc news. since moving to a maximum security prison convicted killer joran van der sloot's health appears to be deteriorating. according to radar online, he feels weak and depressed. van der sloot was sentenced to 28 years after pleading guilty to killing a peruvian woman. radar online reports that unlike the previous jail where he made friends with inmates he is now in solitary confinement. van der sloot remains the chief suspect in the 2005 disappearance of american teen natalee holloway in aruba. australia's prime minister had to make a quick exit at an event last night after a group of aggressive protesters surrounded her at a restaurant. more than 200 indigenous rights supporters yelled and banged on windows while the prime minister was inside officiating an awards ceremony. the situation was so tense her personal security wrapped his arms around her while rushing her to a waiting car.

if you plan to book a flight later this week the prices you see online will probably be a lot higher. new rules are forcing airlines to show us how much the tickets will cost after taxes. in an effort to make things a little less confusing. news 4's melissa melee explains. >> reporter: we've all received the e-mails for even $20 flights. those days though are over. now all airlines have to include all of their taxes and fees in one up front price and that price might actually leave you a little bit surprised. take a look at two examples. yesterday a round-trip flight from reagan national to l.a. with one connection looked like it would cost $240. in reality that flight cost $294 because of taxes and fees. you now see the total price from the start. take a look at another example here for you. we're talking about international flights. this is a fare you would have seen yesterday for a round trip flight from dulles to london, $151. too good to be true? well, it was.

this morning the same fare advertised as $768 because of those taxes and fees. now the rules offer some protection for travelers. that's good for us. airlines have to notify passengers of cancellations or delays of more than 30 minutes and customers will now have 24 hours to change or cancel a reservation, totally for free. some budget airlines not too happy with these new rules, though. spirit and southwest actually sued to stop these new rules from being enforced. back to you. get ready for a special flash mob at the super bowl in indianapolis. in zionsville, indiana this group is looking for hundreds of volunteers who can dance to the beat. the producer says when the music starts she wants everyone to be ready to dance. the event is part of the action going on in indy leading up to the big game of the week from sunday. it's coming up in just a week from this sunday.

oh, yeah. we're going. jim vance and dan hellie won't be joining the flash mob but they are heading to the super bowl. so watch for live reports from indianapolis starting next monday. >> they're going in style. >> revved up and ready to go. >> and one expensive hot dog. why people are dishing out 100 bucks for one hot dog. plus a guy lost his boat three years ago and it's been found across the country. we'll explain what happened what makes the sleep number store different? the sleep number bed. the magic of this bed is that you're sleeping on something that conforms to your individual shape. you can adjust it to whatever your needs are. so whatever you feel like, the sleep number bed's going to provide it for you. and now, the company that redefined sleep is redefining memory foam. save $400 on our all-new memory foam bed. and at our white sale, stock up and save on our exclusive bedding collection.

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the world's most expensive hot dog is now on sale in canada. the $100 cognac infused bratwurst is called the dragon dog. it's topped with kobe beef, lobster, truffle oil, and picante sauce. the special dog is sold at dougie dog hot dogs in halifax and customers must order it 12 hours in advance. no one has ordered the pricey wiener yet. its creator says the gourmet treat is true to the original identity of a hot dog. expensive. okay. let's check out some deals now for the day. first looking at groupon in montgomery county. elevation burger in wheaton is what we're talking about. for $10 you get $20 worth of

organic burgers and fries. more than 1,000 people have already bought this deal, pat. >> yeah. it looks like a real yummy meal if you like that. now to living social. this deal from northern virginia, urban evolution in alexandria is offering for $40 a month of unlimited par core and movement classes. par core is pretty animated exercise. >> really? >> you go swinging through the air on -- >> we'll have to check that out. we've been looking at all the different types of exercise. >> great way to stay in shape. >> okay. i'll check that one out. when news 4 at 4:00 returns a three-time tony award musical gears up for performance here in d.c. we have a preview coming up. also an interesting story about a boat that disappeared and then showed up three years later. on the other side of the continent. plus how a cat caused a few-hour delay while the plane was ♪

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these are some of the cast members of the musical "fela" rehearsing at the joy of motion dance center in northwest washington. the broadway hit and tony award winning production will be entertaining audiences at the warner theater over the next four nights. "fela" explores the life of nigerian musician and human rights activist fela. opening night is tonight.

the production runs through sunday. tickets start at $40. well, wheaton high school in maryland is among schools across the nation benefiting from a new show coming to nbc. "smash" is a musical drama that celebrates the beauty and heart break of the broadway theater as it follows dreamers and schemers who have the common desire to be a smash. the nbc show is sponsoring 20 under served schools to build self-sustaining and cost effective musical theater programs. today a master teacher led a development workshop at wheaton high school with teachers and students. "smash" airs on nbc beginning monday, february 6th. the night after the super bowl. >> it could be just as popular as an other show. we won't say that name here. >> i think we're ready to participate. got to be a smash. >> sounds great. exciting. and our weather is still exciting. >> our weather is still exciting.

our temperatures, though, will be the smash. >> there you go. >> they'll be very mild in the morning but then they'll start -- >> exactly. a winter smash. >> then winter crash. >> in fact tomorrow morning, guys, things are going to be really stormy between 5:00 and 9:00 a.m. stormy. we're talking about some wind. talking about a lot of rain we could get with this next storm system too all in a short period of time. moderate rain at the very least i think for part of that morning rush coming up tomorrow. 54 is the temperature. right now we have a calm wind but just wait. our winds tomorrow could gust up around 30 and 40 miles per hour. so we're at 54 degrees right now. your dew point temperature sits at 44 degrees. both the temperature and the dew point temperature are going to be rising overnight with a southerly flow. we're talking about warm moisture coming up ahead of the storm system. 48 degrees right now. gaithersburg, maryland. around olney. we have 52 degrees currently in rockville, maryland, and around wheaton. get over into falls church and the temperature is 52 and 55

degrees right now . overnight the temperatures will be changing and heading to the upper 50s and low 60s by tomorrow morning. here is a look at your good night wakeup forecast. 59 degrees with showers. 63 to 64 degrees early tomorrow morning. there is right now a slight chance we could have a thunderstorm, too, around parts of southern maryland and down through the northern neck. here is a snap shot of 8:30 this evening. you can see a little bit of a moderate rain there around hagerstown. get into midnight and just past midnight and it's a little heavier with hours again between 5:00 and 9:00 a.m. seeing the heaviest stuff move through and then we'll get a chance to clear out. let's take a look at your four-day forecast for tomorrow. the high 64. that will be early in the day around 9:00 a.m. temperatures will fall off to the low 50s. in fact it's low 50s for this weekend with i think ample sunshine, really nice. and then some chilly air moves in for monday with a high of 39

degrees. so not bad. still no signs of any snow. >> all right. well, february is still ahead of us. >> that's true. >> thanks a lot. >> there are still some of us not complaining. thank you. well, here is an interesting story. this guy lost his boat off the massachusetts coast three years ago. >> recently it washed ashore in spain. nbc's katy tur talked to the boat's owner. >> reporter: if this boat could talk, what stories would it tell? the last time scott douglas saw this boat his queen bee, which once looks something like this, was on a fishing trip in nantucket in august, '08, a day he thought he and his brother-in-law, rich, wouldn't live to tell. >> literally a wall of green water breaking over it and the wave was cresting, breaking over the top of the boat. soou knew, you knew you were at the very least going to be wet. your last thought is, you know, this is my last thought before we're going in the water. there is no possible way to survive this. >> reporter: thrown from the boat scott swam about an hour to

shore. rich, who was recovering from recent heart surgery, was lagging so far behind that when scott finally found a phone to call his wife wendy he didn't think rich would make it. >> i burst into tears, just burst into tears. i'm okay but rich isn't. you know, i don't know if he's going to live. >> reporter: but they both did. a happy ending, though it didn't include the survival of the queen bee or so they thought. fast forward three and a half years later to this week. queen bee is ostensibly back from the dead washed ashore in spain looking worse for wear but remarkably still intact. >> she wanted to learn spanish. >> a spanish lover. >> that's right. she didn't want some old guy from jersey. >> reporter: the u.s. coast guard believes the queen took her time during her journey overseas, charting a course that looks something like this going north toward canada then getting swept up in the gulf stream, crossing the atlantic, and

sailing down on to spain. the coast guard says they can barely believe it. so what's next for the queen bee? will she be ending her journey back here in the united states? well, the spanish government says no. they say legally she's theirs now. >> what can they do with it? >> it doesn't look like it's sea worthy. >> put it in a museum and leave it there. >> the subject of a book i'm sure. >> yes. coming up on news 4 at 4:00 imagine you have an entire town to yourself. the one resident town we'll tell you about coming up next. also a teenager is hailed a hero when she jumps in and gets behind the wheel of a school bus. i'm wendy rieger coming up on news 4 at 5:00. interesting new video of a man who pleaded guilty to shooting at military facilities in our area. how much time is he going to spend behind bars? a face-off in court between a hispanic doctor arrested and the virginia state troopers who used

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a philadelphia teenager is being credited with preventing a major crash on the ride home from school. it all happened when she took the wheel of the bus filled with students. deanna durant has her story. >> i just realized there is no one driving this bus. i need to do something. >> reporter: 17-year-old gracie ann is being called a hero after steering her school bus out of oncoming traffic yesterday afternoon and bringing it to a rest along the side of a busy roadway. >> i heard a loud noise and looked up and there was no bus driver. >> reporter: the driver 51-year-old charles duncan

suffered a heart attack and fell to the floor as the bus was moving through the intersection of fillmont avenue in philadelphia's northeast. the bus with more than three dozen kids aboard was drifting she says into oncoming traffic. >> i usually panic at everything. >> reporter: but not this time. >> i reached over and just grabbed the wheel and pulled it over to the side and got off the road. >> reporter: once stopped kids began calling for help. and also placing calls to their school calvary christian in philadelphia. >> she turned the bus and we got into the ditch and then it was just like that moment that we paused and were like someone call 911. >> reporter: shielding small children from the sight of duncan on the floor students began to pray for the 51-year-old who died later at the hospital. >> a great guy. always had a smichlt kids loved him. >> reporter: the sudden news of the death shocked parents and co-workers who are grateful to the 17-year-old who made sure the kids aboard the bus were safe. >> we had three children on the bus along with dozens of other kids and the outcome could have

been much different. so she did something very heroic. >> reporter: she says she is not a hero just the closest to the front of the bus and knew how to drive. >> i've been doing driver'sed so that really worked out well but i just got my license less than two weeks ago. >> that was deanna durante reporting. that's news 4 at 4:00. news 4 at 5:00 starts right now. tonight at 5:00, should she be allowed back into society? the argument over whether britney norwood should eventually be released after killing her co-worker at the lulu lemon store in bethesda. a hispanic driver crashes her car. virginia state troopers are caught on tape using racial slurs when they arrest her. >> she works at taco bell. >> reporter: tonight the exclusive story of what happened next. and a former marine pleads guilty to shooting at military facilities in our area.

tonight we get a look at the chilling home video filmed as he carried out his shooting spree. and welcome to news 4 at 5:00. i'm wendy rieger. >> i'm pat lawson muse in for jim handly today. >> we begin tonight with the guilty plea from the man who was charged with firing shots at the pentagon and other military facilities in northern virginia. news 4's pat collins was at today's hearing and joins us with more on the plea deal and the evidence that prosecutors found. pat? >> what we have now is video of a terrorist at work taken by the terrorist himself. what you're about to see is scary. very scary. this is the terrorist, masked, and then unmasked. night time video he recorded in his car as he fired shots at the marine corps museum in triangle, virginia. you can hear him