thanks for starting your weekend with us. >> welcome to this saturday, january 28th. a maryland woman will spend the rest of her life in prison after killing her co-worker. >> britney was found guilty of killing her co-worker last march. more now on the sentencing. >> in a dramatic moment, the family of murder victim, jana murray filed out of the courthouse and spoke with

extraordinary emotion about the sentence handed down against convicted killer, britney norwood, life without the possibility of parole. >> until i somehow can get over the pain and suffering that i know my daughter went through, my unconscious will not let go of it. >> i've always been protective of my sister. it's impossible to imagine the pain and suffering that she endured and not hate that. >> reporter: at the hearing, the 29-year-old norwood addressed murray's family, saying before i go to prison, i needed you to hear how deeply sorry i am. but trial testimony that norwood had bludgeoned murray, her co-worker at the bethesda lulu women's wear store and stabbed her 330 times affected the judge's verdict as well as that norway originally eluded

detectives about a pair of intruders. >> miss norwood will die in jail and not eligible for parole. >> reporter: norwood's family left the courthouse with security at the back of the courthouse and accompanied by sheriff's deputies and declined to speak to reporters. judge robert greenberg called the attack malicious and her deceit left the whole community threatened and life without parole was the stiffest sentence he could hand out. a body found at the bottom of a maryland well. exvation crews will resume after sunrise. it is expect ed ed to take seve days. the body was found in old fort washington. police say the body could possibly be lenny harris, an

alexandra activist who disappear disappeared. >> protesters have been put on notice. pack up by noon monday or risk arrest. the national park service handed out flyers to the demonstrators at mcpherson square notifying them of the eviction. the park service says they will start enforcing a law that makes it illegal to have camping gear and temporary structures at the protest sites. the tougher response comes after people complained the park service was allowing illegal camping and demanded action. >> this movement is based on economic repression and inequality. if we can't be in a public park, there's a lot of other places we can be. people believe in this moment and it doesn't matter if they kick us out of a square, the fight will continue. >> the protesters risk fines or

arrests if they attempt to park at the camp this weekend. we're talking rain or sleet and i'm out without a jacket. what's going on? >> 62 degrees yesterday. another 60 degree day in january. hardly feels like winter out there. no more snow this weekend. >> i like that. >> you're one of the few disappointed. >> i was out doing shopping. this lady said, i love watching you on saturday morning because you take it so personally there's no snow this weekend. >> i don't know what's worse. no snow or oklahoma loss? >> clearly, oklahoma loss. we can get more snow. loss are in the book permanent-like. >> a couple clouds around but not really bothering anybody. a little more in the way of cloud cover over washington. not a bad looking start to your weekend.

36 degrees at reagan national airport. 35 at the naval academy at this. and 30 in winchester, 30 in fairfax, manassas. there are a few lonesome raindrops to the west of hagerstown and a little bit more coming your way late in the weekend. the majority is looking on the dry side. here's your saturday planner. it will be mild, 10 degrees above average. highs in the mid-50s. a little cooler as well. i'd say 85% of your weekend is looking dry and pleasant. >> all right. >> all right. >> thank you, chuck. today, president obama's re-election campaign opens its main office in virginia. organizing for america's virginia headquarters will be in richmond, it has other offices in fairfax and newport news and a fourth office next week in st.

petersburg. president obama won virginia by more than 6% in 2008. mitt romney is using every resource to try to win over the piv pivotal hispanic vote. yesterday, his son introduced him to an hispanic conference. he introduced him in spanish. romney is attempting to brand himself as pro immigration after being attacked for being anti-immigrant at thursday's debate. >> we are not anti-immigrant, not anti-immigration. we are pro immigration, pro legality, pro citizenship party. >> the man who seems to have taken romney's place as front-runner, newt gingrich, continued to attack romney's immigration policy and out-lined a plan of his own. >> for folks who have been here a long time, have family and

clear lip financially responsible, we should have citizen review boards. they should be able to apply, prove they've been here, prove their ties they are american, prove they have a famry response soaring them and they should then get a right of residence, not citizenship. >> both candidates also said they would push for cuban independence after the death of fidel castro. romney said he would support puerto rico becoming the 51st state. it may seem like the gop candidacy is a two man race but rick santorum said he isn't quitting any time soon. the former pennsylvania senator returned to the philadelphia area for a fund-raiser last night. he told reporters when he arrived he hasn't had any discussions about dropping out and will be in the race a long long time. santorum scored a surprise win in the iowa caucuses but since been beaten out by gingrich and

romney. senator ron paul is defending himself he was involved with a company that produced racially charged newsletter. reporting he approved racial ant anti-semitic and anti-gay articles in the 1990s. three people in the business described paul's involvement. paul denies the accusation and says he never read the newsletter. it was a meeting of the minds thoichb val office. president obama met with former president george h.w. bush and his former spresident son georg w. bush. they will go to the alfalfa club later. several went to new

hampshire to push to be recognized. the meeting with state officials didn't last long as the granite lawmakers shot down the mayor's pleas to support d.c. statehood rejecting the proposal saying it violate violates the constitution. we have several traffic alerts. first, two-lanes closed on i-270 northbound at shady grove road. that's so maryland's highway administration can do a routine inspection on the bridge there. the lanes closed at 4:30 and should be open just before noon. in northern virginia, they will close a ramp at tyson's corner today. crews will shut down the lamp to the inner beltway to the pipe in about half hour so they can install a grudbridge on 495. drivers will be detoured to the exit for southbound cham bridge road. it will be closed until 2:00 and

could cause traffic delays on route 7. finally, you might want to avoid the telegraph road area. the ramps from telegraph road to the beltway will be closed overnight. it's all part of the ongoing wilson bridge project. you will neat some patience if you're taking metro this weekend. two redline stations, woodley park and cleveland park are closed. shuttles are taking passengers between dupont circle and van ness and between greenland squares and smithsonian, single tracking and branch avenue. yellow line trains will only go between huntington and mt. vernon square. riders should use the green line to complete their trip. this weekend, fair oaks mall

in fairfax is hosting one of the areas largest lunar new year's celebration. more than 200,000 people are to help secelebrate the year of th dragon kicking off at 1:00 this afternoon with opening ceremonies. more than 200 performers will entertain the crowd. traditional dragon dances, arts, children crafts and a special lantern festival. can i ask for clarification. you and i exchange twitters, it's the korean new year. >> korean new year, asian new year. china the most popular because of the dragon and we celebrate and ease rice cake soup for good luck and we're going to head out to celebrate today.

>> happy ne'w year. >> happy new year to everyone. still i had, one of the largest ill spills in this country's history. what bp executives knew but didn't share as it was spilling into the

>> montgomery county police say they have busted at least four massage parlors acting as brothels. police of arrested at least four suspects believed to be running the illegal businesses. detectives say the investigation started last year after seeing ads for the massage parlors on adult internet sites. >> beginning in september 2009, we noticed a rise from internet websites and people from the community, these businesses operating around other business, people starting to notice unusual behavior occurring. >> police believe there are more of these businesses operating in the rockville area. if you have any other information about illegal massage parlor, they ask you to

call montgomery county police at 240-773-5958. that's the number again at the bottom of your screen. >> the man known as the barefoot bandit will spend the next six years behind bars. colton harris-moore-wise sentenced to six years. he went on a crime spree in 2008 breaking out of a detention facility, stealing a plane and robbing a bank. he committed most of these crimes while not wearing shoes earning him the nickname, "the barefoot bandit." the man convicted of mls manslaughter of michael jackson wants out of jail. he says he is not a danger to society and wants to support his seven children. jackson died from an overdose of the anesthetic propofol administered by murray.

he is sentenced to four years but will only likely spend half of that time in jail. the former penn state coach accused of sexually accusing ten boys is now asking for permission to see his grandchildren. jerry sandusky filed the motion yesterday asking he be allowed to contact his 11 grandchildren by e-mail, phone, text, skype and allowed to visit him at home if accompanied by parent. he is under house arrest and forbidden contact with any under 18. a judge is expected to make a decision on the request next month. new details emerge about bp's knowledge about the horizon disaster. it had an e-mail conversation talking about the potential problems the oil spill could cause and also made sure this information was not shared with people outside the company. bp agreed to release the e-mails as part of the ongoing federal court case against them.

a scary scene in kentucky as a cargo ship took out part of a bridge. it happened thursday night. the ship was delivering rocket parts to cape canaveral when it slammed into the bridge. the bridge carries a major kentucky highway over the tennessee river. several cars were crossing at the time of the accident. luckily, no one was hurt. ladies and gentlemen, start your engines. >> there's plenty of horsepower at the washington convention center as the annual washington auto show is under way. the 10 day event started yesterday. more than 700 cars from 42 manufacturers are on display. besides featuring the newest and coolest cars out there, there's a lot of new technology for drivers to enjoy. >> it's really a brave new world with cars today. the important thing is that a lot of the things that used to be options are now, you know, you're finding them as standard equipment, particularly in some of, you know, your more

reasonably priced models. >> the fun refuvvs back up toda at 10:00 a.m. for more information, check out our washington nbcwashington.com. this has to be something youen joy. >> i love going to the car show. every year go to the car show. i'm trying to decide if i'm going today or tomorrow. either way, i will be making it down there. >> it's through february 5th. >> even better. maybe i should go every day. the question is, can i not buy something everyday. no matter what you want to do with your saturday, go to the

all right. talking about the weather. nothing bit good things. nothing but good things. >> that's what everybody wants. a little bit of rain during the week to keep everything going and growing and sunshine on the weekend to get outside and enjoy a car wash across the corner from me. >> golf courses are open. >> yeah? >> oh, yeah. >> it's been a good winter for golfers, no real cold stuff. they really don't like to play on the frozen greens. they, you. >> we don't want a frost delay. >> we play as long as there iing

something on the ground. >> i'm surprised they let you play. >> they're hard core. >> if you already have your tee time planned. saturday is a fine time for golfing in the middle of january. there is a reality check coming our way as far as temperatures between today and tomorrow. a generally cool time for washington. temperatures generally in the throw mid-30s. 36 degrees at national airport. not much of a breeze this morning. we will pick a bit of a westerly breeze later on this afternoon. 10-20 miles an hour. current temperature, upper 20s to low and mid 30s across the area. your saturday planner looks good. partly cloudy sky, another mild one with temperature is in the 50s. i don't think we have much of a rain threat in washington. there are a few lonesome sprinkles, some not reaching the

ground. a couple raindrops at hagerstown. plenty of clouds at martinsburg, west virginia. not much reaching that part of precipitation but across parts of the ohio valley, indiana, northern kentucky, a little bit more moisture there. most is bypassing us to the north and northeast. nonetheless, we will see a few more clouds coming in. a breezy afternoon, mild as well. temperatures in the mid-50s. a brief weather front early tomorrow and makes for a cooler start on your sunday and the early course of the day and late tomorrow, increasing the clouds and may ring out a quick passing shower late tomorrow afternoon into tomorrow evening. here we are on your microcast model. not much going on. 4:30 this afternoon. a few clouds across the mountain, dry through the overti overnight hours and late tonight as well. and that might ring out a

sprinkle or two late sunday afternoon. that's about or biggest rain chance for the weekend. today, mix of clouds and sunshine. breezy and high mid-50s. a little more in the way of cloud cover and can't rule out one or two passing sprinkles late tomorrow afternoon. not much of a rain threat. 80-85% of your weekend looking good. sunshine on monday and 55 near tuesday. and another 60 degree day coming up on wednesday ahead of our next chance for showers, which rolls in on thursday. any time you need to stay ahead of the weather, check on our website or on twitter, which i know both of you have been doing. moving to sports, the wizards looked for their second win in a row on the road in houston. >> they started out strong. the highlights in this week's sports minute.

>> good morning, everyone. your sports minute begins with wizards. leading the way on washington, 17 points and eight rebounds. but rockets go off on a 21-7 run in this third quarter. wizards committed a season high 24 turnovers and get crushed 103-76. wizards record drops to 3-16 overall and 1-8 on the road. they play again in charlotte. a big east match-up between second place georgetown and last place, pitt. this season, howers are 6-2 in the conference and pitt 1-7. georgetown is riding a three game where in streak. pitt is 11-0 against top 10 opponents. tipoff scheduled for 10:00. baltimore ravens promoted

linebacker dean pees as defense coordinator. he joined after working as patriots coordinator from 2006-2009. have great day. >> you, too. if you didn't get that awesome tv over the holidays, now may be a good time to buy. >> that's right. some stores are offering super deals before the super bowl some as much as $1,000 and some could beat out the discounts we saw over the holidays. analysts say while these deals are good, they're not as good as last year's because retailers are not trying to make up for a poor holiday shopping season like they were last year. >> it is 6:27 right now. four people arrested for alleged mob ties. one has connections to a reality tv star. we'll tell you who wen we return. >> when i walk out of my bedroom, the police is in the front room. a midwest bust in northern

virginia, how a car's onstar system led

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welcome to ne"news4 today." excavation crews will begin digging for the body found at the bottom of a well in port washington, maryland. there's speculation the body may belong to linney harris, an alexandria activist missing since september. brittany norwood will spend the rest of her life in prison. a judge sentenced her to life bout parole for killing her lulu wood co-worker last march. she tried to cover it up by telling police she and jayna were attacked while closing the store. a law makes it illegal to camp at the protest site on federal land. it makes it illegal if they attempt to camp after this weekend. it's meant to give you directions or help a driver

after a crash. in virginia, onstar directed them to a pair of midwest makers. it happened in loudoun county. >> it's a damn shame my brother would do this to his own parents. >> reporter: steven smalley is ashamed. his brother and brother's girlfriend are in jail facing drug charges for allegedly having a portable midwest lab. >> they showed up at my parents' house out of the blue. we haven't heard from him in three or four months. onstar reported the couple's car was stolen from indiana, they tracked it to clubhouse drive, found steven's brother and girlfriend and arrested them. police said they walked up to the car, looked in the window and smelled and odor and items used in a possible midwest lab. >> when i walked out of my bedroom, the police is in the front room. >> reporter: investigators found more suspected midwest amphetamine in the apartment.

>> reporter: have you used it? >> nos. i've only seen it on tv and from what i've seen, it ain't no good. >> reporter: the has met team made sure it was safe. >> it makes me shocked. >> reporter: as for steven, he feels sorry for his brother. >> evidently he needs help if this is the case and he has a problem with it. >> reporter: police says the couple is facing grand larceny and narcotics charges. four members of a notorious crime family are behind bars this morning and one has ties to a reality tv show. they bested top members of the ba nano crime administration. the father of mob star rene graziano. a family captain was already in federal prison on a previous conviction. a law enforcement official says they were charged with racketeering, extortion, illegal

gambling and conspiracy to distribute marijuana. federal agents also arrested an associate of the gabino crime family. the man who first topped off city officials to questionable spending by council member harry thomas is running for his seat. tim day, an accountant who ran against thomas in 2010 filed with the board of elections yesterday. thomas resigned from the council earlier this month and pleaded guilty to stealing more than $350,000 from the city to spend on a lavish lifestyle. a special election will be held may 15th. former prince george's county executive, jack johnson has been disbarred from practicing court in maryland, he was ruled ineligible yesterday. he was the county attorney before becoming county executive. he was sentenced to seven years in federal prison after being convicted on corruption charges last year.

a member of the obama white house is leaving d.c. but not traveling far. aneesh chopra, the white house's chief of technology officer is planning to run for virginia's lieutenant-governor as a democrat. he also worked for former virginia governor, tim kaine, he stepped down in ten days will have plenty of time to campaign. his gubernatorial election is november 5th, next year, 2013. the virginia house required girls to get the hpv vaccine before sixth grade that can cause cervical cancer. it is spread through sexual contact and some conservative lawmakers felt the law promoted casual sex and the state mandate is said to usurp state rights and now goes to the senate. apologizing for a remark

made about gay marriage. 30-year-old spoke and said cowards kept the same sex marriage bill from passing in the house of delegates last year. last night, mrs. o'malley released a statement saying she regrets her choice of words and she let her feelings get the best of her. she and governor o'malley are backing a similar bill this year to legalize same sex marriage. an update now a story we brought you yesterday morning, a group of 8th graders accused of bringing pot brownies to school. school administrators had more on their hands than just disciplining the offenders. >> kids are bold these day, they're different. they will try and do things. if you think they won't do things, you better think twice. >> reporter: that's a parent reacting to unsettling news that a group of eighth graders broigt pot brownies to the school and ate the snacks there.

>> marijuana brownies were brought here. who consumed what, where and how is foggy. we do know nobody was sick in school, nobody was obviously inebriated in school. there were no signs wednesday there was any problem. >> reporter: the next day, word got back to the principal. shortly before dismissal, the nine alleged offenders were taken from class, parents contacted and school officials started an investigation. this is a suspendable offense and certain circumstances expellable offense. we want to get these students to recognize they made a mistake and how do we rectify it and make sure it doesn't happen again. >> reporter: the principal had another challenge on her hands. run away rumors some 20 stude s studentsed a been expelled. she posted this message on facebook setting it straight. this parent praised the administration's actions. >> the children talked about it

on the way home and there was misinformation by the time they got home and it was correcteded by a robocall. >> reporter: while they will face punishment within the school district, it's too early to tell whether any criminal charges will be filed. it's 6:38 right now. no tweets for you, not for today. why thousands of twitter users say they are boycotting the social networking site. her little confrontation with president obama made headlines this week, how

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fans got the opportunity to pay their respects yesterday during a public viewing and hundreds waited hours to attend. james died last week after suffering complications from leukemia. she would have turned 74 on wednesday. you soon may be able to own part of facebook. the social network is expected to file papers as early as next week to sell an initial offering of stock to the public. the company, which could reach a billion users this year, could be valued up to $100 billion. and could raise as much as $10 billion during the offering. it will take 3-4 months after the papers are filed for the stock to be sold to the public. you might see fewer tweets today as some users are boycotting the social network. earlier this week, twitter announced they would remove tweets if a specific country has restrictions against certain content. the company said the tweets would be unavailable to those in the country but still visible to

people all over the world. many twitter users say this is a clear violation of freedom of speech. >> i'm afraid it's a slippery slope of sensorship. i understand why twitter is doing this, they want to be able to enter more countries and deal with local laws. as google learned in china, when you become the agent of the centser, there are problems there. >> some say they agreed to sensor some tweets because it is trying to enter the chinese market that blocked the social network. "today" on nbc 4, let's find out what they're working on. >> hi. coming up on saturday morning today, the frantic 911 calls to save demi moore. a call said the actress had smoked something, barely conscious and suffering from seizures. we'll get the latest on her condition and find out where ashton kutcher has been through all this. a big legal victory from garth brooks but not everyone in

his hometown is singing his praises. we'll tell you why this town is torn apart over the verdict. also ahead, politics, the fight between florida and mitt romney and newt gingrich heaas florida heads to the polls and why newt gingrich says he has no intention of dropping out of the race. high fashion names at low prices, where you can get designer clothes at a discount. that and much more when we see you. chris an angie, back to you. >> does that have something to do with a guy named jason liu perhaps? >> maybe. a few people selling to target and kohl's, lots of that going on. >> love it. thank you, amy. while wheel of fortune, host pat sajak made headlines when he said he and co-host vanna white were drinking before taping the game show. >> turns out he says he was exaggerating. he said those incidents of

pre-show drinking happened only a few time, not almost every night as originally said. he said he was surprised the story got so much attention. in fact, it got so much press, it was trending, a trending topic on twitter. >> that's why they always look so happy on that show. >> he said it was rare. he also looked very young there. >> i've been to one of their live tapes. it's so much fun. >> i've been there and to jeopardy a couple times. fun stuff. >> you would go to jeopardy, smarty-pants. >> i'm very competitive at home but a lot easier when there's not everybody ou

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today, hundreds of iraq war veterans will get the recognition they deserve. st. louis is throwing the country's first big welcome home parade for vets since they left iraq in december. thousands are expected to show for the big parade. local businesses helped out by donating supplies and manpower to help build floats. organizers say the idea came from the recent cardinals world series parade. it will feature more than 80 floats, marching bands and famous budweiser clydesdales. you heard it and this proves it, there is no such thing as bad press.

>> that applies to arizona jan brewer, her book, "scorpions for breakfast" is the most popular on amazon.com after a heated exchange was released. residents are split and some say she caught a lucky break and while others say they're sick of hearing about her. as we go to weather, i would say, when i first came to town from upstate new york, roch chester and cornell and i was used to snow. we had weather that year like this, i came out in a sportcoat with no topcoat, i thought i had gone to heaven, when i moved to this area. >> we had mild winters recently. last winter not all that cold and this winter really really mild to the tune of 4 1/2 degrees for december and january, above average. very unusual for us to have a top 10 warmest december and what looks to be a top 10 warmest january to follow it up.

winter, what winter are we talking about? that's what i'd like to snow. snow lovers, i feel your pain. not even 2 inches of snow for the entire winter at international airport. outside we go on a saturday morning. generally nice way to get your weekend started. the still calm waters of the potomac earlier this morning. mirror-like finish, barely a breeze blowing. we will pick up a south and southwesterly wind later this afternoon. it will be breezy at time. kite flyers, be wear. -- be wear. those winds will increase. 38 in manassas. 29 in fairfax. 38 in leesburg and to below

freezing in southern maryland. 44 degrees at 10:00 a.m. and mid 50s this afternoon and cooling down to 48 degrees this afternoon. a few sprinkles towards hagerstown. a lot more to the west but the majority of lift and moisture with that weather system will stay away from us. we'll see an increase in this clouds late today. you folks in the mountains of virginia might get a sprinkle. that's about it today. high pressure in charge. what we're waiting on is a series of cold fronts. the first one late this afternoon. winds ahead in the southwest 10-20. it might ring out one or two drops across northern maryland. and then cooler weather tomorrow. today's highs mid-50s, tomorrows, mid to upper 40s. another weak cold front zipping through late sunday afternoon might bring out a few sprinkles. that's just about it and briefly

cold monday to early tuesday. not much going on through the course of your saturday today. more cloud cover and maybe a sprinkle or flurry in west virginia. today through most of tomorrow, looking pretty quiet. 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 some, a sprinkle and that's about it. partly sunny, breezy at times and temperatures in the 50s. tomorrow cloud cover and can't rule out a sprinkle or two. not much of a threat. i put p.m. sprinkles to let you know there's not 100% dry weekend but 80 to 90% dry. near 60s by wednesday as we cool it back down late in the week. wednesday is the first of february. >> i know.

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welcome back, everyone. students in fairfax county will have more options next year when it comes to choosing classes. >> the school board has done an about face and reinstated some honors level classes. the courses were faced out in an effort by the school superintendent in hopes students would choose the more rigorous advanced placement courses. parents complain saying the honors courses provide a new middle ground. six new courses help bring the honors courses backs. >> it gives students options that will help them realize their full potential. every child is different. to provide them the opportunity to select what best meets their needs for that particular course

is essential to them. >> the honors courses set to return include 11th grade english, history and geography. history books may soon be history at many area schools. >> students at fairfax county now use digital textbooks for many of their classes. checking in with one second dairy school to see how the e books are working out. >> then you're going to your ebook. what do we do? split the screen. >> reporter: it started a few years ago with dr. ken hollis' ninth grade social studies classes. now, 77,000 students in fairfax county grades 7-12 have traded their social studies textbooks for digital ones. >> computers and my cell phone, i can't live without them. it was easier to have my assignments on my computer. >> reporter: textbooks are used

for seven years. for alice riley social stooddies coordinat coordinator, that meant students in 2018 would not be keeping with the times. >> we are now filing taxes online, paying bills online. shopping online. this is what we're preparing our children for. >> reporter: students are assigned a laptop and given a login name and password. they can read documents and click on videos, scroll down the page, answer questions. it's all, of course, with the click of a button. because they have to use the internet to gain access to their e-book, they have access to things like facebook, twitter, wikipedia, cheating can be too easy. >> when their eyes are glistening and i'm being serious, say, get off facebook. it's a change. these guys say, i run around the room a lot. >> reporter: students who don't have a computer or internet at home to do homework can check one out from the school or use

the library's internet or local hot spots for access. the switch has not come without opposition from parents. >> it was probably more than anything, a fear of the unknown. >> reporter: but riley says it's about preparing students for the digital world they live in. >> i told my dad about it. he's in shock and didn't think we would do these things. i don't ask him for as much help anymore. >> reporter: the next thing to be switched from piper to digital probably will be math. president obama's recent rendition of al green's "let's stay together" showed off the commander in chief's surprisingly good singing voice. >> it did more than that. ♪ i so in love with you ♪ >> it turns out president obama is a good luck charm. one day after the president sang those lines at the new york