visit verizon.com/greatprice. that's verizon.com/greatprice. fios. a network ahead. contact the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 1-800-974-6006 good morning, everyone. welcome to "news4 midday." i'm barbara harrison. friday, february 10, 2012. we begin with almost the entire gop presidential field meeting right here in washington today. they are speaking at the conservative political action conference but the front-runner, mitt romney, is also using this trip to capitalize on his relationship with virginia governor bob mcdonnell. aaron gilchrist is at the news4 super screen with more. >> the visit to this area really is a big chance for the republican candidates to touch the core of their base. it started this morning with mitt romney in virginia and a

traditionally republican state that voted for president obama in the last election. mitt romney was at a breakfast in northern virginia and fairfax county this morning with virginia governor bob mcdonnell. . it whooesed by the morning virginia technology council and consumer electronics association. this was an opportunity for him to talk to business leaders and the heart of the innovation community. he really zeroed in on what he believes it will take to encourage business growth and development ultimately, he says, to make america a more formidable competitor in the global economy. romney wants to see a culture shift in regulation and opening of energy resources and opening of markets for american goods as well as lower corporate tax rate. >> you have to have a tax structure to take risk starting a business or taking innovation is risky. there has to be an incentive to take that risk. >> this afternoon romney joins newt gingrich and rick santorum to speak to the conservative political action conference

gathering that's happening here in the district. all of this is really an evident to win more favor as the primary season continues. tomorrow maine's weeklong primary comes to a close. both mitt romney and santorum are looking to add some of maine's 24 delegates to their count. that's what's available now. this is an estimation from realclearpolitics.com and shows mitt romney sleeding with 90 delegates. rick santorum in second place with 44. these delegates will not be confirmed until later this spring. >> all right. thank you, aaron. conservative leaders will have some unwelcomed company at the cpac today. occupy d.c. says it will protest outside the marriott wardman hotel where the conference is being held both today and tomorrow. turning to the weather now. what kind of weekend are we going to have? cold, tom? tell us about it. >> yeah. it is going to really be feeling like winter. that is for sure. as we get into sunday, especially in between now and then we may get a little bit of

wintry precipitation. right now we have a milky white sky and high clouds beginning to come in from the west-southwest. and as we take a look at temperatures we are above freezing throughout the entire region. from the mountains all the way to the bay and eastern shore. right now the upper 30s and low 40s. 42 at reagan national. near 40 in montgomery, fairfax, prince george's counties. mid 40s near the bay and through central virginia. and farther to the west mid 30s now had an dough a reel and out into the mountains, you can see the cloud cover beginning to get closer to us and there are a pew snow showers now way out in kentucky and there's rain now coming into southwestern virginia. and we will have increasing clouds for the rest of the afternoon. going to be rather chilly but will climb into the mid to upper 40s. maybe near 50 through north central virginia. we will have a light wind as well. we could have some of that precipitation beginning here tonight. we will talk about that. our chances for snow and how cold it is going to get on sunday, all that coming up in a couple of minutes, barbara.

>> danella wants to go home before the snow starts. thank you, tom. is that right, danella? you got time. barbara, you know it. you know i'm not feeling the whole "s" word. now no snow and beltway looks so much better earlier today we had a couple of accidents along the beltway that slowed things down. right now looking really good. taking the inner loop, no problems there, outer loop as well. nice and clear. really good travel speed. 57 miles per hour. and getting from i-59 to i-270, the trip taking ten minutes at this time. taking the beltway in virginia, looking really good as well. gw parkway smooth sailing. i will give you outer loop speed from the dulles toll road to the interchange. that trip only taking 14 minutes as you travel 54 miles per hour. barbara, back to you. >> all right, danella. thanks a lot. this morning, parents, students, police are on alert in a fairfax county. 15-year-old girl says a man sexually assaulted her as she walked to her bus stop. it happened near the intersection of fair lakes parkway and monument drive in the fair oaks area.

news4's tracee wilkins reports. >> reporter: this sexual asought happened near this intersection, fairfax county police were back out here this morning. patrolling and making sure that the kids made it to school without any issue. they are warning parents to tell their children that there is a possible sexual predator in the area. >> young woman was very frightened. and she did report it to police. >> reporter: on wednesday, around 6:28, while it was still dark, 15-year-old girl who was on her way to the school bus stop says she was sexually assaulted. >> the person said something of a sexual nature. and they were uncomfortable with that. and they continued to walk. then they were touched by the man. in this particular case, it escalated. the person said something. and then they did something else. certainly that's a concern and we do take it very seriously. >> reporter: it happened near the intersection of fair lakes parkway and monument drive near the fair oaks mall. the girl told police that she had seen the man before in the bushes near the bus stop. >> this person had been seen or

someone fitting this description and had been seen in that area in the past. and that may be something that since the person don't anything nobody called police about. >> reporter: police say they don't have much to go on. but have stepped up patrols in the area. and they need the public's help. if they see anything suspicious or hear of anything, don't hesitate to contact the police and we will be there. >> reporter: fairfax county police only have a vague description here. this really is more of a warning for parents at this point to make sure that they are telling their kids about what happened and that they are on alert until they are able to get this man into custody. in the meantime if anyone saw something on wednesday morning that can help in this investigation, call fairfax county police at 1-866- -1-tips. fairfax county, i'm tracee wilkins, news4. friends and family are remembering a local paramedic that died after falling from the

interstate 395 overpass. weissman died yesterday afternoon. he was responding to a three-car crash and car fire along 395 near the shirlington road exit. weissman somehow fell from the overpass 20 feet below and into four mule creek. he was taken to the hospital with a severe head injury. the alexandria fire chief says that this is the first death in that department in more than 100 years. >> our department has no only lost an outstanding employee and paramedic but a member of our community. action dedicated co-worker and our friend. >> weissman is survived by his wife and both of his parents. funeral arrangements are pending. today prosecutors plan to play george huguely's statement to police in court. the statement was taken just hours after the death of yeardley love. this is video of huguely walking into court this morning. yesterday a friend of the former university of virginia men's lacrosse player mike burns says that he -- witnessed huguely

holding love in a chokehold back in february of 2010. huguely is accused of killing love two months later. prosecutors say huguely killed love in a jealous rage slamming her head into a wall. they showed the jury photos of love with bruises and swollen eyes. the defense said their client was too drunk to plot love's death. they say she was drunk and died of asphyxiation. right now prosecutors in the penn state sex abuse scandal are asking for stricter bail conditions for jerry sandusky. prosecutors say the 68-year-old shouldn't be allowed outside of his home except for medical attention. neighbors claim they saw sandusky watching school children from his back deck. sandusky is under house arrest. he is accused of sexually abusing young boys over a 15-year period. he denies those allegations. our time right now is 11:08. coming up new from the white house, president obama is now expected to announce an

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at least 28 are dead. more than 175 injured in syria. two explosions rocked security compounds this morning. according to syrian state television, the blast happened and it is a considered a key city to assad's grip on power. state tv has blamed terrorists but rebel oppositions says the government was behind the violence. more than 5400 people have died since the uprising began last march. the white house is expected to announce a compromise on its mandate that religious organizations provide health insurance that would include birth control coverage. an obama administration spokesperson says the administration will announce an accommodation today. that comes after a catholic cable tv network filed lawsuit saying the policy is unconstitutional. the catholic church. said it undermines religious

people and supporters say it is a matter of health. >> why should i be told? why should catholic institutions be told you must pay for those for somebody else? >> women that have repeated pregnancies, unintended pregnancies, can, in fact, be putting their health at risk. >> a catholic college and protestant university also filed lawsuits to block the contraceptive mandate. today president obama will sign a smuggling bill into law and he will have a very special guest in attendance. former arizona congresswoman gabby giffords will attend the signing ceremony. it was her final piece of legislation before stepping down. the bill is aimed at fighting illegal drug trafficking across the u.s. borders. giffords bill passed unanimously on her final day in office late last month. one of giffords' former aides wants to take her place in congress. ron barber was also injured in last year's shooting in tucson and says giffords herself urged him to run for her seat. a special election is scheduled

for june. basher is not the only one running to replace giffords. arizona state representative is also looking to enter the race. in less than two hours state lawmakers in maryland will open a hearing to consider a same-sex marriage bill. church. leaders in prince george's county helped stop a similar bill last year in the state house. last night delegate justin ross from prince george's county told neighbors in high watts i will have why he supports the the-hyattsville why he protects the bill. "the baltimore sun" reports supporters are just six votes shy of the 71 they need to pass gay marriage in the house. the state house will also consider a bill defining marriage as being between a man and a woman. maryland teens might soon be banned from using tanning beds. a maryland senate committee is considering a bill to prohibit

anyone under 18 from using an electronic tanning bed. right now minors can use tanning beds with permission from their parents. but some lawmakers say that teens don't have enough experience to consider the risks associated with artificial tanning. do we have enough sun to get a little tan? >> even though it is cold. we have high clouds beginning to cover that. sun moving ahead of a storm system. will be affecting our weather here tonight and into tomorrow. there's that milky white sky over the capitol. capitol hill in the distance. over the potomac river, it is getting quite cloudy. we still have some sun shining through the clouds. light breeze coming in out of the northeast. and as we take a look at these watches and warnings, that area in pink, that is a zone where there could be five to ten inches of snow. this is way out in west virginia. these other areas are under winter weather advisories, lavender, through west virginia. but here we are closer to

washington. don't have any watches or warnings out. but the sent tralg part of the appalachians in west virginia could get hammered with heavy snow beginning late tonight and into the weekend. right now ahead of the system it is in the 30s. shenandoah valley, points west and east, near 40 degrees. 42 at reagan national. near 40 in prince george's, fairfax, arlington, montgomery counties. much of southern maryland near the bay, low and mid 40s now. and through central virginia, it is in the low 40s as well. now as we go forward over the next 24 to 48 hours, we will see these clouds continue fog move on in from the west and leading edge of precipitation, few flurries now out here in northern and west virginia. snow showers in ohio and kentucky and that's beginning to come closer to our region. here is the close-up view of our sky, the satellite image. showing there may be a few sprinkles now in northern shenandoah valley. much of that is now reaching the ground. elsewhere sun, southern maryland. eastern shore over the clouds beginning to move in and that's going to be moving over the that region as well. increasing clouds and chilly for

the afternoon. temperatures will be in the mid and upper 40s to near 50 degrees. light wind and then overnight tonight, we could have some rain developing as that system gets closer and temperatures will be too warm for snow for the evening hours. early evening, mid 40s. near 40 by midnight. so let's go forward over the next 48 hours and try to break this all down. rather complex storm system. does look like through the evening hours, cloudy, just a light chance of maybe some light rain and i should say a small chance. but then by 4:00 on saturday morning, this zone in lavender is potential snow zone. area in pink is a narrow band where we could get some sleet, maybe some mix of snow and rain. all this in green, rain, southern maryland and northern neck, eastern shore around the bay. but montgomery county and into western fairfax, into loudoun county, prince william and fauquier, into howard and across the potomac, up into frederick and washington counties, there could be a light dusting on the grassy areas around dawn. then the rest of saturday is when we will see a big change,

northwesterly winds, surging in much colder air. we could get snow bands, all this area in -- white and lavender, those are potential areas where we could get some snow bands coming through and as a result, here are my predictions for accumulations of snow. not much at all. just some flurries around the metro area. points south and east during saturday afternoon. there may be a very light dusting on grassy areas. farther west and north, could get up to an inch of some snow on grassy areas. northern montgomery county and into the shenandoah valley. even higher amounts farther north and west in the mountains. and then as we get into saturday night, we will get much colder and it will be windy and frigid on sunday morning. i'm calling it stupid cold. sunday morning, down into the teens. afternoon highs, the low 30s. then we warm up mid week next week. here comes winter. it is it is going to be around for at least a couple of day. >> you better stick around because we have vegan treats coming up in a few minutes. you will want to taste them. let's go to danella to check our traffic. how is it looking out there? >> it looks good but i'm

still -- i am still laughing at tom saying stupid cold. really funny. let's check the roadway. traveling i-66 looks really good. as you make your way from the bypass eastbound, 67 miles per hour. again, looking really good east and west. 60 miles per hour past centreville. again, as you make your way to the beltway, even inside the beltway on i-66, i'm not seeing any issues for you. mice and clear. a live look at glebe road and your travel speed is eastbound nice. look at this. 57 miles per hour. and to get from the beltway to gw parkway that trip will only take 11 minutes in the stupid cold. bash remarks back to you. >> i know you loek like chocolate so you hang around, too. 11:19. still ahead, the cosmetic surgery that will last a lifetime and make you look younger. up want to hear about this. we will show you how to make a great vegan dessert

whether you are a novice in the kitchen or seasoned chef, vegetarian cooking can be a breeze, we are learning. laura thooe door is the host of "jazzy vegetarian" and joins with us a vegan dessert that would be perfect, she tells us, for valentine's day. good morning. >> good morning. thanks for having me here today.

>> you call it jazzy vegetarian. >> i am. >> i just found out that's because you are a jazz singer. >> yes. >> by trade. and also you have been -- in a lot of shows. >> yes. >> you also -- i guess -- janis joplin, first janis joplin. >> i was, i was. i'm going to get our melt going. >> you sing. >> i do. i sing ♪ lord won't you buy me ♪ a mercedes benz ♪ my friends all make porsches ♪ but i'm going to make some vague an ♪ >> that sounds great. okay. we are going to make porta creme now. it is vegetarian. >> vegan, actually. >> here is what we need to make it. three-quarters cup of vanilla non-dairy milk. 12 ounces of soft or silken tofu, drained and cubed. two teaspoons of brown sugar. one cup of vegan dark chocolate chips. >> it is so easy. great thing about this recipe is that as perfect for valentine's day, and anybody can make it.

i suggest that if a guy wants to make it for his sweetheart this is the perfect thing. we are going the start off with the three-quarters cup of the non-dairy soy milk or rice milk or almond milk or cashew milk. it has been simmering. bring it to a simmer, not to a boil. leave it there for right now. make sure it is to a boil but not boiling over. which i do all the time. i'm not going to do that. we are going to start off with this 12 ounces of soft tofu. drain it first. exactly. then we are going to start off with some brown sugar. just -- two teaspoons of organic brown sugar. dump that in there. and then our fabulous non-dairy chocolate chips. want to get a dark chocolate chip. really easy to find non-dairy chocolate. >> you can find those in most grocery stores. >> you can. dark chocolate by nature does not have dairy in it. pour that on top of there.

anybody can do that. as you can see, it is just simmering. i will turn it off. >> just got a little bubble going there. >> this is what will cook. >> okay. >> pour that right over there. set that here. then put the top on. >> okay. >> remember to put the top on. >> yes. >> top on. done that. just get it going. there we go. oh, yeah. >> how long? >> for about one minute. we are not going to do that today. we will pretend that's one minute. >> have you some all ready for us that has been processed a minute and goes in a a cup. >> these are my grandmother's cups. it is not going to go all the way in. you have to let it go for one minute. you can see how that just is beautiful. >> poured in will. >> rich and thick. so pretty. my grandma's 50-year-old cups that originally came with the original recipe. that's how this came to be, barbara. >> we will put it here so they can see what it looks like.

she has some on top. >> chill it for about -- chill it. it is a pudding. >> okay. >> chill it for about a -- four to ten hours. and then -- >> oh. it is very good. yes. it is yummy. really good. i would not know that this was vegan. >> i know. no eggs, no cream. totally, totally cool. >> few other things for us to try. they are also vegan. >> i do. of course i make a lot of things, lasagna. >> this is an upside down apple cake. i thought this would be prettier. i have a beautiful plate. i have a napkin and a fork for you right there. >> i will try this one. we will get tom kierein up here. come on up and join us. >> i want you to taste this,

tom. >> if you insist! this looks so good. oh, my goodness. this is fantastic. >> wow. >> love it. >> tom happens to really like vegetarian things. >> yes. >> cookies are my version of chocolate chip cookies and they are made with almond and oats. that's what my -- together. >> can we see your show here in washington? >> i think in the washington area. check your local listings, two different channels. >> "jazzy vegetarian." we have to get danella in here before we eat it all up. thank you. >> thank you for having me. >> jazzy vegetarian. these are good. >> it is 11:27. coming up in the next- hour of "news4 midday," smartphones are becoming a major target for thieves. how d.c. is trying to combat that problem. the manhunt is under way for a violent man convicted of stalking madonna and who has now escaped from a mental hospital. >> a very cold weekend ahead. we will see snow perhaps. we will find o

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mitt romney is preparing to speak. earlier this morning he and governor mcdonnell met with local business and technology leaders at a breakfast held by the consumer electronics association. romney said he wants to reduce regulation in order to encourage innovation. d.c. has a jump in robberies and thefts and personal electronics. starting today the district wants to pay you big bucks to help return those things to their rightful owners. news4's megan mcgrath is live from the metro police department headquarters with more on this. megan? >> reporter: well, barbara, there are snatch and run crimes. thieves grab a cell phone, smartphone or some other small electronic device out of your hand or perhaps out of your car. and then they quickly sell it for cash. and this kind of crime has gone up dramatically in the district. a little while ago we just heard from the chief of police the

mayor in terms of what they are going to do about this specific spike in crime. they announced a new program. it is called it is payday every dap. they are going to be paying big bucks for people who give information about people who are stealing or selling stolen electronics. the payoff is very large for this information. $10,000 if you provide the information that leads to a conviction. $1,000 if your information leads to an indictment. so a lot of monday why you here on the line. they are hopeful that will inspire people to turn in folks who are doing this sort of snatch and run crime. now we are also hearing that the mayor and the chief are working with the fcc on something else. they are trying to get the fcc and others to help them figure out ways that a stolen phone can be immediately turned off so that basically -- it would lose resale value it might have had. >> federal communications commission and working with the

providers these communications devices to immediately render them useless, immediately deactivate them so that -- stealing them would lead to no economic gain. >> reporter: now, this kind of crime has become such a problem that the metro police are also launching a program of their own. and you can see from this video they have bait officers and an officer is actually lying or pretending to be unconscious on a metro platform while he is lying there, a woman comes and steals his smartphone and not a very smart idea and jumps of, of course, and makes the arrest. you can see how much emphasis is being put on these crimes because there has been such a spike here lately in the district of columbia. now in terms of the metropolitan police departments program, here's what you can do. if you have information about someone that's either stealing these devices or is selling the stolen devices, you can call 202-727-9099 or you can text if you like at 50411 and provide

your information. you could get up to information if your position leads to a conviction. a lot of monday i don't the line and hope this will help people come forward with good information. live from police headquarters, megan mcgrath, news4. >> thank you, megan. a culpeper, virginia, police officer on routine administrative leave a day after killing a woman. the officer was responding to reports of a suspicious person in a jeep when he got into a fight with a woman. at some point investigators say that the officer opened fire and shot 54-year-old patricia cook. she died at the scene. the officer was also hurt in the incident but is expected to be okay. a reality television producer charged with killing his wife while on vacation hopes to avoid a trial in mexico. defense attorneys for "survivor" producer beresford-redman are expected to ask the judge to

drop the charges. he is accused of killing his wife in april 2010. the judge will decide if will is enough evidence to support the charges and whether the trial will move forward. a manhunt is under way for this man. police are searching for -- actually -- not this particular -- there he is. police are searching for robert hoskins. he was convicted of threatening to kill madonna. hoskins escaped from a mental health hospital in southern california friday and has not been seen since. police say hoskins is, quote, highly psychotic and extremely violent when he is not medicated. and n 1996 he went to jail for climbing a wall surrounding madonna's home. he threatened to cut the superstar's throat and he served ten years in prison and he had another run-in with police and was then committed to a state mental hospital. we are going to check in with tom kierein with the latest the forecast. >> barbara, we have high clouds coming over the region and in advance of a winter storm that's -- prompted some winter weather advisories and winter storm warnings out for central

west virginia. that area in pink. that's where they could get five to ten inches of snow developing later today. and not ending perhaps until sunday morning. farther east, though, we will have much more minor impact from that system. as it comes on through. right now temperatures are in the upper 30s to around 40 degrees in washington. and the nearby suburbs. it is in the low and mid 40s just to our south. farther west and north we are in the upper 30s, mid 30s in the mountains. storm system is gathering strength and coming our way. but it is -- still does not have a lot of moisture with it. as it comes through by later tonight we will probably have a little bit of rain. during the day saturday, some snow showers, could put down a dusting to avalanche. those areas in light blue, far north and west of i-95. dark blue area out in the mountains of western maryland. and extreme northern west virginia could get two inches or more. again, farther to the south and west of there is where looks like some of the heavier snow will fall. and all of this ending by tomorrow afternoon. getting much colder saturday night. teens sunday morning. sunday partly cloudy and windy and cold. highs only in the low to mid

30s. then warm up next week as we get into mid week to back to near 50 during the afternoons. that's the way it looks now, barbara. >> thank you, tom. got a problem with the way people parallel park in the district? you may be able to blame the dmv. according to the washington examiner the department of motor vehicles admits it has been letting prospective drivers off the hook for three years when it comes to testing their parallel parking skills. dmv has been making sure they make changes in that coming up in the next few years. road tests are given on site in northeast washington. a site that does not have a large enough to test people's parallel parking. plan ahead if you are going to use metro this weekend. no trains will be running between east and west falls church stations on the orange line. free shuttle bus less run between the stations. they will be single tracking between van ness and friendship heights. and new york avenue and rhode

island on the red line. yellow line trains will run between huntington and the stadium armory station, blue line, the work starts at 10:00 tonight and will be finished by monday morning's rush hours. let's check the midday traffic now. here is danella sealock. >> good morning, barbara. looking good on the roads. if you are taking the beltway, inner loop at route 5, branch avenue, you are at 64 miles per hour. also the inner loop at route 50 looking good at 62 miles per hour. outer loop 97, georgia avenue, here at 57 miles per hour. and if you are crossing over the american legion bridge, not really seeing any issues for you. you are clear in both directions. bash remarks back to you. >> all right, danella. thank you. well, getting a nose job might do more than improve someone's looks. new study suggests that the procedure may make patients appear younger. dr. stephen hopping joins thus morning to talk about those find. good morning. i have been tweeting that out today and i tweeted -- folks are

already anxious to hear what you have to say about that. this is something you can do to make you look younger until the end? >> good morning, barbara. yes. this is the -- one of the granddaddies of cosmetic surgery, the rhinoplasty. first rhinoplasty was done in 1887 by a brave doctor, john roe. since that time, last year, we had 252,000 nose jobs done in the united states. >> why do most people choose-to-hachoose-to to have a nose job? >> number one, they are unhappy with the shape or the size of their nose. many times the young girl inherits her father's nose. it doesn't work for her. here are examples of that. yeah. it is -- in our society, we put a high premium on looking young and youthful. some people it is trauma. some people want to breathe better. sinus problems. now we see some people are looking younger. >> and -- so tell us about the study that finds that anti-aging

benefits of rhinoplasty. what does it say? >> this is an interesting study. something we always suspected but was not documented. this is a study out of california, 53 patients, 50 observers and looked at the before and after of rhinoplasty patients. and they came to the conclusion that the majority did look younger. especially the older the patient, the more youthful results they seem to get. >> well, do noses change as people age? >> it is true. noses are, earlobes, jowls, gravity pulls them down. as faces shrink with age, noses appear larger. so, yes, that does happen. >> so -- one of the reasons would be that you can make the nose look smaller. does the nose tend to tip at tend? >> droops down. simply putting the will -- lifting the nose. we can do this without surgery. we can do the filler, the -- non-surgical rhinoplasty. put a filler in. >> rhinoplasty -- you said it has been done for so many years now. it is considered a safe surgery to have done. >> yes.

very safe. it is -- it does require anesthesia. but -- it is an out-patient procedure. very few complications. again, the biggest complications can be bleeding, breathing difficulties, the majority of 35ishs are very happy with results. when done and performed by someone that is experienced in this procedure. >> now, this is a kind of surgery you say once you had it done, you -- it is done. you don't have to do it again. >> beautiful thing about rhinoplasty is it is permanent. there are a few other things permanent. implants, breast implants, chin implants, cheek implants, liposuction, the fat cells are gone. if you maintain your weight and exercise routine it has longevity. eyelid surgery has good longevity. most people do their eyes once a lifetime. but this is the one procedure that hopefully you will never have to do again. >> right there in the center of your face. one thing people will notice. have you noticed the people look younger when they had -- >> always. always. many times we do face list and rhinoplasty together. those are our best results. >> all right. how much does it cost?

>> it can be -- if it is just a tip lift, it can be as little as $3,000. more complicated, functional problems, up to $8,000. >> all right. hopefully nobody knows what it is what you have done. >> the key today is natural. right. we don't want it to look like a nose job. >> all right. >> good point. >> also -- always great to see you. thank you for sharing. >> thank you, barbara. >> interesting study. it is now 11:42. still ahead, why zebras have stripes. plus we will take a look at the songs president obama's campaign

the age-old question -- what's black and white with stripes all over? a zebra, of course. now scientists say they know why those stripes exist -- to keeps horse fly ace way. apparently the flies find the stripes unattractive because of the way they reflect light. the flies instead prefer dark

coats, the study was published in the journal of experiment alibiology. why don't horses have stripes? or cows? denzel wash sxwash ryan reynolds star in "safe house." washington plays a cia agent tobin frost who has been on the run for more than a decade. "safe house" is rated "r." this is -- this is this is no island. they travel to an island few have ever seen. they experience volcanoes, mountains of gold, and animals you have never seen before. "journey 2" is rated pg.

>> channing, tatum and mcadams star in "the vow." the two get into a car accident and she ends up with severe memory loss. he must fight to win her heart once again. "the vow" is rated pg-13. "star wars" is back. episode 1 phantom menace gets the 3-d treatment. it is the beginning of the classic story of sky walker and his transformation into darth vader. "star wars 1" is in 3-d and rated pg. big loss that's morning on wall street. checking in with cnbc's sima mody. she has the rest of today's business headlines, too. stocks down now. >> that's right. after four days of straight gains for the u.s. markets today our u.s. equities are selling off. the reason -- greece's international bailout was put on hold by its partners in the 17 inauguration eurozone. also on the u.s. front, consumer sentiment number came in lighter than expected at 72.5. census wasility would come in at

74. right now we are seeing triple digit losses for the dow jones industrial. trade deficit in the u.s. widened in december to a six-month high. as a strengthening economy caused imports to breaux faster than exports. technology, one sector we have been watching closely. it has been a bright spot the past couple of days. that sector sunday pressure. tech heavyweight apple, yesterday all things digital reported that the ipad 3 will launch in first week of march. this hasn't been confirm bid the company as of yet but sources say that a smaller ipad is in the make which could be a closer rival with amazon's popular kindle fire tablet. on the earnings front we have social networking site linkedin impressing the street after the company's fourth quarter earnings and guidance topped expectations. also in focus, arch colkohl's. this came in after the company

slashed its full year adjusted earnings forecast last year. that's a look at where u.s. markets are standing now. barbara, handing it back to you. >> all right. have a great weekend. our time right now is 11:48. will one artist dominate the year's grammys? plus meteorologist tom kierein will be back with another check of some weekend snow. stay with news4 all afternoon. 3:00, ellen welcomes denzel washington. on monday, she will sit down with jennifer lopez and marc i just had it with cable. it just got more frustrating and frustrating. a lot of times, the picture would break up. for the amount of money that i am paying, my cable company should take care of me. [ male announcer ] stop paying for second best. move up to verizon fios tv, internet and phone

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president obama's 2012 campaign play list is out. tommy mcfly from 94.7 fresh fm is here to talk about that. and this weekend's grammys. good morning. >> how sit going? >> great. you know, i'm anxious to hear more about his play list. these are songs he will play during his rallies. >> yes. >> the past few months. >> eclectic taste, our president. from country to r&b to pop. everything on the list. >> a mix of everything. >> absolute. >> i you know, let's start with the president singing one of his favorite songs. >> yeah. >> al green. we have a tape of that. let's listen. ♪ so in love with you >> this was a few weeks at a

fund-raiser. al green made the list of. >> yeah. the president sounded pretty good. we didn't hear very much of the song. >> he sounded great. >> okay. a list of 100 songs he will use. here are a few of them. "the best thing about me is you." ricky martin and joss stone. even better than the real thing, u2. >> it is on there. >> "we take care of our own" by bruce springsteen. any of them surprise you? >> you know what surprised me which i love? i forgot this song. he picked old school no doubt. >> yeah. anything in -- >> "different people." >> let's see if we have that. ♪ look at all those different people ♪ >> this is back in like -- before gwen stephany was gwen t

s -- days. >> that's quite nice. let's move on to the dpramies coming up this weekend. among the performances this year rihanna and chris brown. >> there are rumors those two have been getting together secretly and randomly. >> all forgiven then? >> i don't know. she may have moved on and forgiven him. if they are get together she's definitely forgiven him. i'm not sure america has forgiven him yet. whenever you talk about chris brown people still call it a freak-out about chris brown. i don't know if america has forgiven him yet. >> he will be on the show. will this be the first time? >> record and song of the year. how do you think she will do? >> she is going to earth, i think, sweep all six or -- win nothing. i don't think there is any -- like middle ground with that. i can't imagine she won't dominate. she has been in front of the news all year long and was down for throw surgery and couldn't speak for most of november.

you should see her now. she's looking great. she's been -- you know, on the bench for a little bit. she's back and as -- what i love about her, she always says what's on her mind. she says she loves to swear. when she couldn't speak she had an app on her phone that would swear for her. >> she really couldn't speak. >> she really -- >> couldn't even swear. >> yeah. then fwhent and did all kinds of throat stuff to her. she was silenced for a month. >> that's great. looking forward to the grammys. >> so looking forward to the gram zblees are you planning a grammy party? >> i will sit home and watch it. >> with my dog and a couple of friends. >> okay. >> i have to get up early the next morning and talk about the grammys. it is my super bowl. >> the super bowl of music it is. it is the gram zblees you are not watching down to nappy? "jersey shore" spin-off looks like lit happen. >> a bunch of issues with snooki showing hoboken, new jersey, didn't want them. a small town in pennsylvania wants them.

jersey city. the mayor made it very clear that if they have to call police the production company has to pay for it. they can't take up parking spots that the residents would be using. and if one thing goes wrong, snooki in the slammer. >> uh-oh, snooki. that's not going to be good. we get ready for a new zone absolutely. starts filming later this month. >> have a good time. >> you, too. >> enjoy your party this weekend. >> go adelle, yeah. >> thanks a lot. >> see you later. >> and you are going to take a look at the stories we are following for news4 this afternoon. pat lawson muse joins news the newsroom with a preview of things to come. pat? >> hi, barbara. coming up this afternoon on news4 at 4:00, reaction today to president obama's decision to change the birth control policy. also, local matchmakers will join us for advice for some single women as valentine's day approaches. then tonight -- on ""news4 at 5:00," quick bites, what's behind the mysterious 10:00 p.m. bell ringing at a new d.c.

restaurant. have you heard that, barbara? >> i haven't. i will hear it tonight from you. all right. thanks a lot, pat. >> see you starting at 4:00. >> we have time for a check on our forecast. here is tom kierein. >> well, good morning. as we approach the noon hour we have the clouds thickening up from the west. there is the view of radar where you see the patch of white there. maybe some flurries trying to reach the ground of western maryland and west virginia. bulk of the moisture, there is not a lot of it. still way off to our west. and in kentucky and ohio. and ahead of that temperatures are well above freezing. right now 43 at reagan national and near 40 throughout most of maryland and into central virginia. in the mid 40s now. and then later today climbing to near 50. overnight tonight we will get colder air coming in and snow showers tomorrow. during the mainly afternoon and early evening hours, may give us flurries locally but the light and dark blue areas is where we could add accumulating snow. not very much at all closer to washington, a dusting to an inch in our far north and western suburbs into the sthan dough a valley and all that ending saturday night with some much colder air coming in.

the teens on sunday morning. and sunday partly cloudy and windy and frigid highs low and mid 30s. warming up mid week next week, have a great weekend. we will see you monday morning. barbara? >> all right. tom, thanks a lot. that's "news4 midday." we invite to you tune in for news at 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 and tonight at 11:00. news throughout the weekend. plan to join us for that. we will be back monday morning at 11:00 a.m. we are talking valentine's day monday. we have all kinds of things going on. how to buy cheap flowers for valentine's day and the best valentine meal. all that on monday. hope you plan to join us. have a terrific day. great weekend and we will see