>> i'm doreen gentzler. we begin with the fight for florida. there are 50 delegates at stake in tomorrow's republican presidential primary. newt gingrich is battling to keep his candidacy afloat. mitt romney is doing everything he can to sink it. steve handelsman is in tampa, florida, with the latest. steve? >> reporter: good evening from tampa. this is the city of the republican national convention come next august. but in this big state tomorrow mitt romney figures he can lock up this race. mitt romney is sounding like he's already won florida and the nomination. >> people realize if they want to see change in washington you can't just select the same people to take different chairs. >> reporter: the 5 million floridians have voted early. romney leads, 2-1 in exit polls. at a cigar bar in tampa today was bill rexford who voted early last week for newt gingrich. now he regrets it. >> reporter: i don't know if it's the tv ads that romney put out or whatever but i just don't

think that he, gingrich could really take the votes needed to win the presidential election. >> gingrich is being out spent, 4-1 on florida tv, slammed by pro romney attack ads. >> 196 house republicans that voted to reprimand newt gingrich when he was speaker. >> reporter: at a romney rally today a gingrich ad man vented to reporters. >> well when you dump you know $15 million to $20 million worth of advertising it is going to have an effect. >> reporter: romney claims gingrich won in south carolina so romney is firing back in florida. >> no question politics ain't bean bags and we made sure our message is out loud and clear. >> reporter: staunch conservatives aren't impressed. >> i'm looking for something this morning to help small business and mitt romney i don't think has been able to do that. >> reporter: i could feel it the last three days. >> reporter: newt gingrich claims he's researching. >> we have closed the gap despite all of the ads and

falsehoods. we're within five points. >> today's polls do show a closer race. gingrich is vowing that he's in this until the convention. mitt romney said today that's what politicians always claim when they know they're going to lose. live from tampa i'm steve handelsman news 4. >> thank you. and now to the occupy d.c. crackdown. a no camping law is now being enforced at mcpherson square and freedom plaza. so far though no confrontations with police. no arrests either. that could change though as night sets in and people try to sleep there again. pat collins is live at mcpherson square tonight with more. pat? well, so far it looks pretty much like it does every other night here at mcpherson square. no arrests, no clashes, in fact, today there was almost like a circus like atmosphere complete with a big top. will they stay or will they go?

>> i'm compelled to be here until the end. >> reporter: watch the blue tarp turn into a tent. it went up right on cue, right at high noon, right when everybody expected a big showdown between the police and the protesters at mcpherson square. up went that tarp. over general mcpherson and his horse. they called it their tent of dreams. >> they see our numbers and they are scared of us basically. >> media was there from all over the country to memorialize it. the occupiers have been in our town now since october but now, now the rules have changed. no camping, no bedding, no cooking, no sleeping. the tents they can stay but only as symbols. it's not going over well. >> i'm going to stay as long as possible.

>> you're going to sleep here? >> yeah. >> reporter: but you can't use any sleeping bag. >> well, i've got a sleeping bag in a friend of mine's car. i'll pull it out when i need to. >> reporter: the new rules supposed to go into effect at noon today. but in what turned out to be a journalistic scrum surrounded by report earns some protesters sergeant david schlosser tried to explain the strategy. do you plan to arrest anyone who doesn't comply with your orders? >> as far as arrests and compliance with the regulations, it's on a case by case basis. it's measured in incremental enforcement action and as of now we have begun enforcement but i don't believe we've made any arifts. >> reporter: i did find some people packing up on their own. >> we are packing up to comply with park regulations. i think they're using sleep deprivation tactics to evict us. >> reporter: most of the occupy people say they plan to stay for

the duration, whatever that is. so you plan on staying? >> i do. i'm going to lose a tooth for the cause. >> reporter: now, police want protesters to keep at least one tent flap up so they can peek in and see what's going on in there. live from mcpherson square, i'm pat collins, news 4. all right. pat, thank you. now a live look at the other sight at freedom plaza. a much quieter scene there tonight. just about all of the protesters have moved out. the majority of the tents are now empty. one occupier though said that while the people are gone the tents will stay. occupiers in charlotte, north carolina facing a similar eviction at 2:30 this afternoon police ordered the removal of some four dozen tents from public sites and a dozen occupiers in des moines were arrested late sunday night when they refused to leave the capitol grounds there. tension also running high in oakland, california, where police and protesters clashed over the weekend.

police used tear gas and flash grenades to disperse the crowd on saturday. about 400 people were arrested. those demonstrations are spinoffs of the occupy wall street movement that started last september in new york city and then quickly spread. authorities in maryland and virginia have a murder mystery on their hands. a community activist from alexandria who was found dead and tossed in a well in fort washington. the body of 53-year-old lenny harris was found last week after an anonymous call to police in prince george's county. he'd been missing for four months. today police revealed that he was shot to death. darcy spencer has more. it was here deep inside a well that police found the body of missing alexandria activist lenny harris. alexandria mayor bill yule knew him for decades. >> it's shocking to hear how he was murdered and certainly sad that his life was taken. we would all like to know why, you know, why him and why that

way. >> reporter: prince george's police investigators got an anonymous tip thursday that a body was in a well here off old fort road inport washington. this is where the well was located. it is covered over and is next to an abandoned house and surrounded by woods. police say whoever put the body here had to know this area and that this well existed. after an excavation effort that took 52 hours police recovered harris's remains 20 feet down. police say an autopsy revealed sunday that harris had been shot and dumped in the well shortly after he disappeared four months ago. >> the cause of death was a gun shot and the extent of time in the well is an extended period of time. >> reporter: harris was last seen leaving the charles houston rec center in old town 9:00 p.m. september 22nd. his car later found in prince george's county. his cell phone on the wilson bridge. police say this man used his credit card in an atm on king street the night of his disappearance. >> it was a total shock to me

because i never thought that anyone could be so cruel and mean and evil. >> reporter: harris's wife told news 4 in september she was hoping he would be found alive. >> no matter what just come home because we love you. >> reporter: harris was known at the rec center and all around the city for working with troubled young people and fund raising for the poor. many hoping now the family can find some sense of peace. the search is over. >> i hope they catch the person who did it so they won't do this again. >> reporter: police say they would like to hear back from that anonymous tipster to get additional information. right now 38,000 dollars in reward money is being offered in the case. in alexandria, darcy spencer, news 4. a scary encounter for kids at a northern virginia shopping center. the loudoun county sheriff's office just released this sketch of a man they say threatened some teenagers. it happened at the ashburn shopping plaza on january 22nd. nobody got hurt. if you recognize this man though you should call the loudoun county sheriff's office. jessica buchanan is on her

way back home. buchanan is the american relief worker who was rescued by u.s. navy seals last week. she and danish colleague were kidnapped in somalia and held hostage there for three months. buchanan was taken to a u.s. navy base in italy after her rescue one week ago. she has been undergoing physical and psychological exams and she has been debriefed by military and fbi investigators. it's not clear exactly when buchanan will arrive home. her family lives in bedford, virginia and they have asked for privacy. next at 6:00 new details in the cruise ship disaster off the coast of italy. why the wreckage won't be removed for almost a year. a maryland man is facing charges in his wife's murder. what he did before calling police that raised a red flag to investigators. i'm julie carey in roslyn. another cracked rail. another day of delays on metro. i'll take a look at the latest problem coming up. and some surprises at last night's s.a.g. awards. who took home the top prize?

it could be a good predictor for this year's oscars. >> doug, what are you predicting for our weather? >> weather most of you will love but not everybody is going to be excited about. i'll show you in just a minute. right now let's head out to dan in indianapolis. >> reporter: coming up in sports super bowl week is finally here. the patriots staying even keeled as always. the giants talking experience. what eli said to his teammates what eli said to his teammates before the

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d.c. police have identified two men killed in a car crash yesterday after a man flagged down police on georgia avenue northwest to report that somebody in a burgundy van was shooting at him. police say they later saw the van speeding nearby and then chased it and say the driver lost control on taylor street, northeast, hit a tree, then slammed into a police car. two officers were hurt. 19-year-old thaddaeus howard and 18-year-old william adams were killed. a third person, a juvenile, is in the hospital in critical condition. the search for victims resumed today at the costa concordia only to be stopped hours later. the bad weather are making things difficult for the crews with the bad surf. tonight 16 people remain unaccounted for on the cruise ship including a retired couple from minnesota. duncan golistani has the latest

from italy. >> reporter: recovery operations on the costa concordia were again interrupted today because of bad weather. experts monitoring the ship's stability on the rocks said it moved about 3 1/2 centimeters overnight on sunday because of high winds and waves. it comes as officials warned it could take up to ten months to remove the liner from the sea bed. there are still 16 people missing as well as thousands of gallons of fuel that need removing. rough seas keep stopping the efforts for both. high waves are also bringing garbage and debris off the concordia worrying locals about the long-term effects on the environment. >> translator: let's hope we are able to solve everything without pollution. that's the main worry. that is the serious worry we have, my god. >> reporter: they are calling for an island wide meeting to discuss how to protect the area from pollution. it's a first since the

natural disaster that hit louisa county, virginia last summer. students at two schools there finally going back to class full-time. a high school and elementary school were both closed because of damage from the august 23rd quake. the elementary school students were put in mobile classrooms. the high schoolers though had to share a building with middle schoolers and they alternated the day they had class. the high school now has students getting their mobile classrooms too. the full-time schedule starts this wednesday. >> slow process for those folks getting back to normal after that earthquake. >> for sure. speaking of normal, none of that around here i guess. >> it's nice out there. again. >> it's nice out there right now. i know both of you are going to like this forecast. so many people are saying, though, where has winter gone? we haven't seen much in the way of snow. we did see a snow shower or two last night. tomorrow i think some areas could get to around 65 degrees. >> no complains for me. >> i know you guys are absolutely loving it. but for those snow lovers out there i don't see any chance of that coming any time soon. let's show you first off how the

day ended. >> beautiful. >> is this not a spectacular shot? this was in hawaii. no this wasn't hawaii. >> no. >> this was over the mountains just to the west of frederick, maryland. >> beautiful. >> just a fantastic shot. absolutely gorgeous. from chopper 4 earlier this afternoon. really just sit here and watch that for another ten minutes before the sun goes down. then it's all over. 48 degrees the high temperature today. 34 the low this morning. today once again above average. we have been above average for this month. 21 of 30 days. it has been an abnormally warm winter so far. looks like we'll stay on that warm trend. we need to get warmer. 43 degrees the current temperature with winds out of the south-southeast about 5 miles per hour. 38 right now in martinsburg. 37 in frederick. 39 right now toward the easton area. la plata, waldorf at 43 degrees. so a nice evening. storm 4 radar not showing any rain out there. we're not going to see any rain across the region as we make our

way through the rest of the night tonight but there are some showers and even some snow just to the north. we're talking about places like state college and moving up toward scranton and wilkes barre, pennsylvania. this is a warm front. so you can see the shower activity with it, too. we're not goingo see any rain from this but that warm front is going to allow temperatures to warm up. how much? take a look at the high temperatures to the west. 71 degrees today in omaha, nebraska. 66 in st. louis. 65 here in memphis. all of that warmer air is going to push right on into our region during the day tomorrow. i expect temperatures to jump by about 15 degrees. so cool today. here's that warm front. passing us by overnight tonight. by tomorrow afternoon we get into the southwesterly winds. those winds gusting upwards of 15, 20, even 30 miles an hour tomorrow. all out of the southwest and all bringing in that very warm air with some sunshine. then on wednesday we'll see our frontal boundary begin to make its way down here. that will continue to keep the winds up there, continue to keep them out of the southwest.

we'll be even warmer during the day on wednesday. before a front tries to make its way through and that'll give us an better chance of shower activity during the day on thursday. it is going to get warm and stay that way. 38 to 44 degrees. clear skies. light breezes. tomorrow morning rather nice conditions. it'll be chilly but not too cold. sunrise at 7:16. temperatures 28. some of the coldest areas. to about 35 in the city. that's still well above average. tomorrow afternoon mostly sunny and much warmer. a little breezy with a high temperature between 57 and 63. i think some areas to the south could get upwards of 65 once again. southwesterly winds at 15 to 25 miles an hour gusting over to 30 at times during the afternoon. same thing on wednesday but just a little bit warmer. 65 for a high on wednesday. 57 on thursday with a pretty good chance for some rain on thursday. but not a washout. 52 on friday. and then we get into the weekend and right now if i was to tell you that this was a tricky forecast, i would be under stating that one big time.

there is going to be a chance for rain saturday and sunday. right now i've got it on both days. i'll have to wait and see how the next storm moves out. it's not going to be a snow/rain scenario, not that tricky, but it is going to be which days will see the most rain this weekend because i think we will at least get some. for now, focus on 63. >> yeah. easy to focus on that. thanks, doug. still ahead on news 4 dozens of students are outraged after getting accepted into their first choice college only to find out they were really rejected. we'll find out what went wrong. >> and controversy over a virginia abortion bill. now a fairfax county politician wants to even the playing field brad, where we going? just a second. just, just one second.

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some surprises and familiar faces among winners of last night's screen actors guild awards. the big winner of the night was the film "the help." that's the film about racial injustice in the 1960s. the cast won best ensemble, the s.a.g. equivalent of best picture. and the movie's two stars viola davis and octavia spencer won best actress and supporting actress respectively. both played black maids going public about uneasy truths of their white employers. >> it was really a privilege to work on a film that gave a voice to so many women who made it possible for me to be standing here tonight. >> and french actor jean

dujardin took home top honors for his role in "the artist" and veteran actor christopher plummer picked up best supporting actor for "beginners." on the tv side we also saw the cast of "boardwalk empire" and "modern family" with back-to-back wins for best drama and best comedy and betty white also taking home her second win for "hot in cleveland" and "30 rock" star alec baldwin got his sixth straight win. it's one of the best moments of a young person's life the day they're accepted into college but for some a dream moment was turned into a nightmare. 122 potential students received e-mails from vasser college in new york saying they were accepted into the school. unfortunately, it turned out to be a computer error. only 46 of the students were actually accepted. the school quickly sent out another e-mail to the students explaining the mistake. >> before my mom got home i went back on so i could show her and it was like you've been

rejected. i was like what? i was so confused i logged out and logged back in three times to make sure it wasn't like a mixup. >> most of the rejected students said they are upsweat a few even considering legal action. a virginia house committee gives overwhelming endorsement to a proposal that would repeal the so-called kings dominion law. in a 16-4 vote today the house education committee cleared a bill to allow virginia school districts to decide if they want the school calendar to start before labor day. the king's dominion law is backed by the tourism industry but opposed by school officials who say the later start puts students at a disadvantage. if the bill passes the full house it does set up a showdown with the senate, which killed an identical bill last week. coming up next on news 4 a power struggle. customers fight back as pepco calls for a new round of rate hikes. a man facing charges in his wife's murder says there is more to the story. why he says he shouldn't be held accountable for her death. another cracked rail is

creating delays for metro riders. it's the fifth one this month so what's going on? coming up in sports super bowl xlv has arrived and both teams now in indianapolis. we'll hear from the head coaches coming up. and the wizards, believe it, trying to go 3-1 under new head coach randy whitman as news 4 at

an all out battle in the republican presidential contest is under way in florida. mitt romney has taken an aggressive stance and is pounding newt gingrich with a barrage of attack ads ahead of tomorrow's primary. the latest poll suggests that romney remains in the lead but gingrich is closing the gap. a no camping law is now being enforced at the occupy camps in mcpherson square and freedom plaza. under the law the tents can stay as a symbol of the movement but protesters cannot live or sleep in them any longer. if they do they can be arrested. protesters draped a big blue tarp over the statue in mcpherson square in defiance but so far no major confrontations. authorities investigating the murder of an alexandria community activist say he was shot to death. the body of 53-year-old lenny harris was found last week, dumped in a well in a remote area of prince george's county. he'd been missing for four months. an anonymous tip led police to the body. here's doug with the forecast.

we're watching this little frontal boundary come across the area right now. last night that was a cold front that brought in some very gusty winds. we saw some snow squalls associated with that. this front, however, a little bit different. this is a warm front that's coming through the region. you can see the cloud cover associated with the warm front on the satellite and radar and also a few showers and even some snow. that snow is well to the north. a few showers, closest ones back in through western portions of maryland if that is even reaching the ground. but all of us are going to see much warmer temperatures tomorrow and into the day on wednesday. the updated forecast in just a moment. >> thank you, doug. metro service is back to normal tonight after workers found more cracks on the rails. >> this latest problem centered at the roslyn station in arlington similar to the cracks found last week at the tenley town station in the district. as julie carey reports the problem is a result of more than just cold weather. >> all train services on the lower level both directions. >> reporter: the cracked rail in the tunnel just outside the roslyn station led metro to

single track trains on a short stretch of the orange and blue lines from foggy bottom to boston and foggy bottom to arlington cemetery. riders found at least 15 minutes added to their trips. it is the fifth rail crack this month and even though this time it didn't hit rush hour, it still frustrated midday commuters. this man had to get off his orange line train in foggy bottom then reboard. >> like an hour or something late for work. i was running late. this time, however, the fix was quick. the repair was made in under two hours. the latest crack comes in the wake of a rush hour rail crack on the red line just last thursday that caused significant delays. a metro spokesman says the cracks are a natural feature of winter weather. the swings from cold to warm and back again and can't be detected ahead of time. the problem is also more pronounced here because of the aging rail system. >> cracked rails will always happen in every railroad deals with them in some number.

the frequency we're seeing them here is a clear indication the infrastructure needs work. we're well aware of that fact as is anyone who rides metro and that is why you see so much track work happening on a continual basis. >> reporter: stesel says the roslyn track section affected today was already scheduled for maintenance next weekend. he says even though the frequency of cracks is on the rise, the stepped up maintenance is paying off in other ways. >> we are seeing improvement. on time performance is up year over year. reliability is up year over year. >> reporter: and in spite of the recent spate of rail crack delays some riders still say metro works fine for them. >> i would say the metro system is pretty reliable and so i haven't had many problems. >> reporter: in roslyn, virginia, julie carey, news 4. metro officials say a spliced rail was used on today's fix. workers will make a permanent repair over the weekend. metro bus service to the marc center in ialexandria has a

expanded adding more eastbound and westbound trips. buses are running between tysons corner and the marc center and includes stops at the west falls church metro station and 7 corners shopping center but will no longer stop at columbia pike and carlin springs road. two d.c. council members calling for a criminal investigation into what they call a brazen abuse of authority in the city's housing agency. councilman jim graham and michael brown say they've uncovered serious evidence of housing employees enriching themselves in the sale and renovation of city properties which favored contractors. the council members specifically cite $4 million given to peaceaholics an anti-gang organization with little housing experience. graham and brown are asking the d.c. inspector general and attorney general to launch potential criminal probes of the alleged abuse. >> today we are releasing the draft report of the committee on

human services on how a very good project, you know, supportive housing for at risk youth, became simply a way for people to make a buck and a lot of bucks off the d.c. government. >> councilman graham says there are about $2 million that can't be accounted for. a fairfax county lawmaker protesting efforts to make women get an ultra sound before having an abortion. her attempts to stifle the bill have failed. senator janet howell of reston proposed an amendment to the abortion legislation and she says if women are required to get an ultra sound, then should be required to undergo erectile exams and cardiac stress tests before getting a prescription to treat erectile dysfunction. the senate voted 21-19 to reject the amendment. a disturbing crime inside a silver spring apartment complex over the weekend. police say henry hutchins called 911 on saturday to report his wife was dead and as investigators combed the crime

scene they say the evidence pointed to murder and hutchins is the suspect. erika gonzalez has the story. >> reporter: it's been dead bolted and secured by police but inside apartment 402 of the yorkshire complex in silver spring, maryland, is where police say a man killed his wife. 68-year-old henry gordon hutchins is charged with murdering 62-year-old carol carter. at the district county court in maryland today he was denied bond. police say hutchins called his daughter to their home saturday afternoon before 1:00. according to police, he asked her to take care of his dog. she left with the animal and then got another call from hutchins, this time hours later saying carter had died. according to this police report hutchins told authorities he found his wife lying on the bed with a plastic bag over her head and when he found her still breathing he took a knife and stabbed her in the chest. authorities say they found a blood-stained pillow, a knife on

the floor, and something else inside the apartment. >> investigators believe that he may have been packing a bag to leave instead of reporting to the police. >> reporter: gloria bridgestoals known hutchins since she started working at the apartments 14 years ago and says he is a nice man. she rarely saw his wife but says hutchins could be seen quite often walking his dog. why he allegedly murdered his wife is still unknown. hutchins' preliminary hearing is scheduled for february 24th. outside the district court of maryland, erika gonzalez, news 4. investigators say they believe hutchins stabbed his wife after the plastic bag was placed over her head but they haven't revealed who put the bag over her head. pepco met with utility regulators in the district today defend tlg call for a rate hike and were met by a vocal group of protesters, too. the utility company says it

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good evening, everybody. i'm meteorologist doug kammerer. right here in storm center 4 we saw a fairly cool day today. but not all that bad. high temperature around 48 degrees. that's a little bit above average. currently sitting at 43 degrees with winds out of the south-southeast about 5 miles an hour. take a look at the high temperatures around the rest of the region. 57 in roanoke. 57 in charleston. 58 in jackson, kentucky. that's the kind of warm air that's going to be making its way in here during the day tomorrow but i think we'll be even warmer than that as we make our way through the day. tonight a little bit of a cool night. 35 in washington. 29 in leesburg. 28 in manassas. back towards hagerstown. the temperature there of about 28, 29, 30 degrees. so it is going to be a little cool when you wake up but we

will warm up quickly tomorrow. winds will shift out of the south and west and they're going to be a little gusty upwards of 30 miles an hour as far as wind gusts are concerned and those winds will be out of the southwest direction. with that we're going to warm up nicely. how about 63 in washington? 62 in gaithersburg. 64 in manassas. down toward fredericksburg, folks down there temperature around 65 degrees. back toward martinsburg up there around the charles town area looking at a temperature of about 61 degrees. as you step out on your tuesday, not bad at all for the last day of january. put down the convertible top. >> i don't have one. >> me either. me either. we know people though. we ought to work with them. thanks, doug. the patriots and the giants face off in the super bowl this sunday. you knew that already. right? it's the biggest game in football. so what would you miss to go to that game? well, the website coupon cabin.com surveyed fans and here's what they found out. 21% say they'd skip out on an

important work responsibility to go to the game. 20% say they'd skip a close friend's wedding. >> wow. >> listen to this. 19% would miss attending a loved one's funeral. and 15% of fans in this survey said they'd miss the birth of their own child. that's just not right. >> that'll make your kid feel good. >> really. >> wasn't there for your birthday. >> but i watched it on video. >> exactly. our own dan hellie is landed in indianapolis for the super bowl. >> you didn't give up anything like that to go out there, did you, dan? >> reporter: what is wrong with people? the birth of a child to see the super bowl? i mean, this is just outrageous. guys, both teams are finally here in indianapolis. the giants landed today. we'll tell you what eli manning said to fire up his troops. and what are the patriots saying? they're just talking business as usual. being in the super bowl, nothing new for tom brady and company.

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super bowl xlv just a few days away. >> here we go. >> dan has picked up the hellie pad, moved it out to indianapolis. i didn't know it could move. >> hey, guys. it's going really well. weather has been great so far in indy. still a little slow. not all the media has arrived. but the teams are here still waiting on the full flock of fans to get here. they say there is going to be upwards of 400,000 people here

in indianapolis for the super bowl. i guess you could say because the teams are here super bowl week is officially under way. the giants really underwent an amazing transformation this season when you think about it. they were very average for much of the season, well documented that they lost twice to our own washington redskins. but now they're on the brink of a second super bowl title in the last four years. so this giants team peaking at the right time you could say. there weren't many expecting to see this flag hanging out of an airplane in indianapolis in january. the giants touched down this afternoon. perhaps no player more responsible for the giants getting back to the super bowl than eli manning. according to his coach, eli gave a very poignant speech to his teammates. >> eli stood up in a team meeting yesterday and said an awful lot of very valuable things which were responded to not only by the young kids but by the veterans as well. so i think that that information

gathering and sharing of information from someone who has been there, in particular someone who has succeeded, been there and succeeded, that can be extremely valuable. >> it's one of those things, i knew everybody was excited when we had the meeting last week. it's a tuesday. we just come off a big win. you're excited about going to the super bowl. your families are excited. a lot of things going on. just wanted to make sure guys knew the importance of the practices last week. told them to get all their work, treat this week like you're playing, you know, playing on sunday. and so just, you know, handling all the business with tickets and family. make sure all that was handled last week. when we get to indianapolis, you know, your focus is on getting the game plan, having, you know, just the mindset that we've got, this is a business trip and we have to go play our best football. >> reporter: look at eli manning all grown up. as for the patriots, they arrived yesterday. over the last decade even though they haven't been there the last few years playing in the super bowl, kind of expected for the

patriots. this is their fifth trip to the big game in the last 11 years and it truly is remarkable how they've done it. their defense in terms of yards given up ranked 31st in the nfl. their leading rusher averaging 41 yards per game but somehow they are getting it done. and their veterans way too experienced to take anything for granted this week. >> i'm a very passionate guy. i love the game. i love the sport. i was just so thankful, man, to be part of it. it's a different feeling. i can't explain it to you. you know, it's something that you grow up and you watch guys being part of this event and somebody is going to win and somebody is going to lose sunday. you know? the thing is you just want to put your best foot forward, man, and be on the winning side. >> this is the last game of the season. i'm pretty sure the giants want to win and we want to win.

point blank. you know, you have two football teams that don't want to walk away with an "l" and i mean i think you have to play some real good football, both sides want to play real good football and not giving anything up cheap. >> reporter: vince talking about another super bowl victory hopefully if you're a patriots fan. guys, i have a quick trivia question for you. i don't want to put you on the spot but i am. okay? >> why not? >> the population of indianapolis, greater or less than 900,000 people? we're talking the city of indianapolis. >> just the city, not the whole area? >> correct. >> i'll say greater than because otherwise why would you be asking? >> i'm going to go less though. >> oh, the youngster. aaron, correct.

830,000 people. you know. >> he's far away. >> safe. it's safe for him to say that from indianapolis. >> i know. i can really say whatever i want. the reason i'm asking you guys, there's no repercussion at least not until next week when i get back, because we've been all over this city and really everything in terms of the super bowl is packed in with about eight square blocks. so relatively convenient to get to and i want to give you a look around the city here. our photographer chris kerwin took the nine-hour trek from d.c. to indy and put a camera on top of his car not for the entire trip. just for a little while. that was lucas oil stadium. and you can see the j.w. marriott here. that's where the headquarters for the super bowl are. the team hotel for the giants is right next door. this is a bustling town. people very excited to be here and be part of the super bowl. jimmersa the owner of the colts

said it was a dream come true to have the super bowl in his city. i tweeted out a picture earlier of something very cool the super bowl host committee did. they had 16,000 cards from kids, hand made cards that said welcome to our city. this is why you love it. it had an illustration on the front and the back. i thought that was pretty neat. >> we got to ask, where is vance? did he miss the team playing? or what? >> well, what happens with vance is that after he takes a motorcycle ride of eight hours or more, he generally has to take a short nap before he's ready to work. so i think he's resting right now and he will be ready to go coming up in just a bit. >> all right. sounds good. thank you, dan. i get myself in trouble with everybody? >> pretty much. we'll talk later, dan. coming up on the road to change why you could see something different the next time you hail a cab in the district. >> for all your news, weather, and

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the d.c. council getting ready to ease licensing restrictions for owning hand guns in the city. there was a public hearing today to look at provisions that will come before the council in february. the measures would allow

district citizens to temporarily have a firearm in their home while participating in safety courses. the legislation would also repeal a required vision test and requirements that guns undergo ballistic testing. in 2008 the supreme court outlawed the city's total ban on hand guns. judiciary committee chairman phil mendelson says the new legislation is an effort to answer complaints that it's still too difficult to register hand guns in the city. hundreds of worried cab drivers crowded into a d.c. council hearing room today. they say proposed changes in taxi rules could run them right out of business. but the city's hotel industry says the cab system needs reforms desperately. tom sherwood has our report. >> reporter: everyone seems to have a gripe about city cabs. ward 4 council member muriel bowser was blunt about how cabs routinely ignore her ward in upper northwest washington. >> did you hear me? i know everybody in this room knows about it. the first thing i ask is why can't the people of ward 4 get a

cab? >> reporter: there are thousands of cabs in the district but no one really knows how many are working any given day, where they go, or don't go. hundreds of cab drivers showed up monday at a hearing on a bill that would bring a lot more order to the d.c. cab industry. from a minor thing like maybe painting all cabs the same color to requiring new fare boxes that with the gps system would record not only the fare but when and where a cab goes. how long it takes. would accept credit cards and record how much money cab drivers actually make. the general manager of the sprawling washington hilton hotel complained too many cabs don't even turn on the heat or air conditioning to save gas. >> we really shouldn't need to do this but in the summer time all of our doormen ask every taxi driver if their air conditioning is working and turn the windows up and put the air conditioning on. >> reporter: council members say the cab industry needs to be better regulated but cab drivers forced to install meters in recent years worry that all of the changes will force

independent drivers out of business and allow big companies to take over. >> big money behind this. a lot of money behind this. >> are you concerned that the independent driver is going to be pushed out of business by all of the changes? >> no question about that. the effect of this bill would be to put a majority of drivers out of business. >> reporter: tom sherwood, news 4, washington. >> the taxi commission wants to impiece 50 cent surcharge on every taxi ride to help pay for the reforms including more modern fare boxes to record information about each trip taken. >> the political atmosphere heating up ahead of tomorrow's primary in florida plus a look at how animals have helped human research and a businessman with a truly american product. those are all stories we'll hear about tonight at 10:00 on rock center. nbc's brian williams has a preview. >> reporter: greetings from new york once again where tonight's broadcast by the way is our last monday appearance. next week the wednesday after

the super bowl we move to wednesday nights at 9:00 eastern 8:00 central. we have great stories for you tonight. kate snow on the i-4 corridor in florida, what a battleground it is tonight and along that stretch of interstate you will find the political debate right now in this country. we have an interesting story about animal rights, human life, and research. it's about chimpanzees and their life spent helping us because they've given their lives thus far to biomedical research. and with all the talk about jobs going overseas, the death of american manufacturing, wait until you meet the man harry smith introduces us to. he has just hired up the workers, the assembly line is open, and it all says made in america. so that and more tonight. we can't wait for you to join us. for now back to you. coming up at 11:00 a marine nominated for a silver star beaten and left for dead outside a store in northern virginia. also more on one state senator's

proposal to have men undergo physical exams before getting ed prescriptions. plus the outrage about bruce springsteen tickets. how quickly they were gone and just who scooped them all up. those store ains more tonight at 11:00. the kids in louisa county, virginia just preparing to go back to normal school and another earthquake? >> another earthquake about 20 minutes ago as a matter of fact. 3.2 on the scale so not a big earthquake. some moderate shaking, actually very weak shaking down there but still having to continue to deal with this. >> even a tiny earthquake is a big deal if you experience what they have. >> most definitely. they've seen quite a few. almost a thousand. as far as the weather is concerned the next couple days 63 on your tuesday. 65 on wednesday. breezy and mild. let's throw out the mild and call it warm. that's what it is this time of year. 57 on your thursday with a good chance of shower activity. maybe some rain. 52 on friday. then watching out on saturday and sunday potential storm system there could bring us a

rather wet weekend. going to continue to watch that one for you. i think that forecast may change a little bit over the next couple days but i can guarantee you tomorrow and wednesday will be warm. >> we are looking forward to it. thank you, doug. a woman named kendall sturtson lives in des moines, iowa. she just gave birth to a baby that weighs nearly 14 pounds. the baby's name is asher. his mother chose to deliver him with natural child birth so she had no pain medication, no surgery. plenty of women choose natural child birth but her decision may seem remarkable when you consider that asher is not her first big baby. his older brother weighed 12 pounds when he was born. jill stuartson says she was shocked when the nurses put him on the scale and told her asher was a 14-pounder. she says she has no regrets. in her view the delivery probably wasn't much worse than what most mothers go through and she thinks little asher or big asher however you want t