additional dollars per paycheck has meant to them, president obama says he sees progress in getting congress to go along with the payroll tax cut that $40 represents. but -- >> until you see me sign this thing, you've got to keep on speaking up. until you see that photograph of me signing it at my desk. >> reporter: like he did in december when extension of the tax cut and unemployment benefits were first debated. the president asked that pressure be put on congress through phone calls, e-mails and tweets. >> just pass this middle class tax cut, pass the extension of unemployment insurance, do it before it's too late, and i will sign it right away. >> reporter: house gop leaders have reversed themselves, agreeing to the tax cut extension and letting the $100 billion cost be added to the debt, but still want the unemployment benefits covered by spending cuts elsewhere. which is what some in the senate want. >> i'm comfortable with an extension of it, but i really think the extension should be

offset. so let's see what the house actually sends over, but i have reservations. >> reporter: treasury secretary tim geithner carried to congress tuesday the administration's push to extend both. >> if congress fails to act, 160 million americans will immediately pay more in payroll taxes and 5 million people looking for work will lose or be denied unemployment insurance benefits. >> reporter: congress is in recess all next week, leaving only two days the following week to act before extension of the tax cut and the unemployment benefits expire. chris clackum, nbc news. of. >> the chief medical examiner was back on the stand today in the trial of the former university of virginia lacrosse player who's been charged with murder. the medical examiner testified that the victim yeardley love was intoxicated the night she died, but he said it wasn't enough to kill her. julie carey at the courthouse in

charlottesville with more. julie? >> reporter: early on in this case we learned that the autopsy showed yeardley love died of blunt force trauma today prosecutors provided many more details to try to make their case that yeardley love was murdered. yeardley love's death came from blunt force injury to the head. that's a conclusion of assistant state medical examiner dr. william gormley, his findings backed up by separate evaluations by two brain experts. gormley said the trauma led to cardiac arrythmia. also revealed were toxicology results on love. the defense had requested a special test for amphetamines because love had a prescription for adderall. but he testified the level was therapeut therapeutic. as for love's blood alcohol level of 0.14, gormley testified, it's certainly not consistent with causing death. george huguely's attorneys didn't question gormley, but his conclusions contradict the

defense theory that an intoxicated love facing facedown on her pillow died of asphyxia. prosecutors say it baz a drunk and angry hughley who killed love, first kick being in her door, shaking her and hitting her head against the wall. earlier in the wall, jurors got a lesson on brain injury as two pathologists were questioned who added reports to the autopsy. christine fuller used a model of a skull and brain to describe the contusions and hemorrhages she found in love's brain. fuller says they were the type of injuries created by shearing force, the brain bumping against the skull or a torque-like force. prosecutor chapman is, could it come from a fall? dr. fuller, yes. prosecutor chapman, could it come from a fall? dr. fuller, potentially but from a height not just a ground level fall. both brain doctors testified the injury near love's brain stem likely caused cardiac aregion mia that led to cardiac pull

know marry failure, a slow death that could have taken two hours or more. forensic specialists are on the stand now. there's been a lot of speculation regarding a beer can collected as evidence. they were not able to obtain a discernible fingerprint from that. the prosecution says it will finish its case sometime tomorrow. reporting live from charlottesville, news4. trial is now under way for five men accused in one of our city's most notorious crimes. jury selection began today in what's called the southeast mass shooting. nine people shot in a drive-by on south capital street in march of 2010. four of the victims died. six others were injured if a series of related violent attacks within eight days of each other. each person charged in the crime spree is facing the possibility of a life in prison without the possibility of parole. a virginia state trooper is being held without bond on four sex charges.

29-year-old christopher carson was taken into custody yesterday, charges including aggravated sexual battery, indecent liberties with a child, two counts of distributing porn to a juvenile. investigators say two of the charges are on incidents that happened more than ten years ago. carson joined the police force six years ago. he's on administrative leave during the investigation. whitney houston's family does not want a public memorial for her. a wake at a new jersey sports arena for thousands of fans will not take place. instead, the family is opting for a private funeral. as mark barger reports, the church has special meaning to houston. ♪ >> reporter: the same newark, new jersey, church where whitney houston sang as a child will now be the scene of her funeral saturday. houston's family chose new hope baptist church for the private invitation-only event. the church is already home to a makeshift memorial by mourners, but houston's family has

announced no plans for a public service. >> they have shared her for 30-some years with the city, with the state, with the world. this is their time now for their farewell. >> reporter: last night dozens of fans greeted the hearse carrying houston's body as it arrived at the funeral home in newark. the 48-year-old died saturday in beverly hills, her body discovered under water in a hotel bathtub. it could be weeks before toxicology tests reveal a cause of death. houston's godmother, aretha franklin, shared her grief over the singer's passing last night in charlotte. she honored a performance commitment telling concertgoers she needed music to soothe her soul. houston fans meanwhile are honoring her memory through her had music. according to "billboard magazine, sales of i will always love you have gone from 3,000 preceding her death to 200,000 since. it's an echo of houston's musical legacy. >> she's had three albums spend

more than -- there's no other woman in the history of the charts that has done that more than once. >> reporter: but the majestic singer whose highs and lows had a very public audience will have a very private farewell. mark barger, nbc news. >> whitney houston's family is asking that instead of flowers fans donate to the whitney houston academy of performing arts in east orange, new jersey. she attended the school there as a young girl. still ahead on "news4 at 6," a key witness takes the stand on the murder of a state trooper at applebee's. her credibility is questioned. a man in trouble because of what he did after getting past airport security. a new report is ranking the richest counties in the country. how's the weather? >> couple of showers, mostly through portionses of maryland. we're not quite out of the woods yet. right now, dan has a big dame in virginia. >> reporter: coming up in

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"news4 at 6.." the vice president of china is here in washington for a few days visiting president obama. he and the president are making anne esffort to get to know eac other becaused vice president is expected to fatake over as president next year. both leaders stressed the importance of working together, but their relationship is not without disagreement. brian moore reports. >> reporter: in welcoming china's presidential heir apparent, president obama simultaneously assured an ally and pushed a superpower rival. >> with expanding power and prosperity also comes increased responsibilities. >> reporter: vice president biden and secretary of state clinton publicly pressured the vice president on areas that have stressed the uneasy alliance from china's undervalued currency and tilted trade practices to the theft of intellectual property. >> cooperation as you and i have

spoken about can only be mutually beneficial if the game is fair. >> reporter: the administration pushed even harder on china's unwillingness to help halt the brutal crackdown in syria and on china's own human rights record at home. outside the white house, protestors tried to turn the spotlight away from the washington photo ops to china's harsh treatment of tibet. after being pressed by the obama administration, the vice president responded diplomatically. >> translator: of course there is always room for improvement when it comes to human rights. >> reporter: president obama, the chinese leader suggested, was open to change, pointing to a monday night meeting with senior u.s. lawmakers. >> translator: they're wise and practical suggestions, providing me with much food for thought. >> reporter: encouraging words from the man expected to lead china into the next decade. in addition to washington and

los angeles, the chinese vp will travel to musk ateen, iowa, a town he first visited in 1985 as part of a cultural exchange. on capitol hill, brian moore, news4. today israel accused iran of waging a covert campaign of state terror. the violence began yesterday in india when the wife of an israeli diplomat was injured in a car bomb similar to those that have targeted iranian nuclear scientists. israeli officials say a second bomb was found under an israeli embassy car in the nation of georgia. in thailand today, a cache of explosives in a house in bangkok ignited apparently by accident and three iranian citizens immediately fled. one threw a grenade at police but bounced back at him and exploded, seriously injuring him. a second iranian man was arrested at the airport. israeli officials say both men have confessed their targets were israeli interest. the third man remains at large. today an israeli public safety official says israel

will, in his words, settle the score with the people behind these attacks. members of the d.c. council held a private meeting today to talk about ways to be more transparent. chairman kwame brown called for the closed door meeting. council members marion barry and david katanya we're told argued about a hospital in southeast washington. but, overall, brown says a lot was accomplished and explains why today was the perfect day for everyone to get together. >> clearly valentine's a day of love. it's a good time for us to not only show love for ourselves but our residents and prepare on how we're going to move forward, move the city forward. >> the session started at 8:00 this morning. once it was over, council members said they were happy that type of meeting only happens once a year. and on this valentine's day, it is a good evening to get cozy. >> is it now? >> oh, yeah. >> okay. >> i thought any evening was. >> this one more than others? >> you're required to tonight.

>> i'm going to go to this camera to talk about what's going on weatherwise. out there right now, looking good. if it was about 15 degrees cooler, wendy, i would definitely agree with you. out there font, though, not too bad as far as temperatures are concerned, into the upper 40s right now, after a high today of 56 degrees. today the 11th day this month with temperatures above average. it has simply been amazing how warm we have been so far this winter. we just had our coolest stretch so far this month coming out of those during the day today, plenty of sunshine, little earlier, now we're dealing with cloud cover, a temperature of 49 with winds out of the south at 7 miles per hour. current temperatures around the region, 46 in gaithersburg, 48 in baltimore, 45 right now in marg r martinsburg, culpeper at 50 degrees. we'll go into the metro region and show you how things are, prince george's county 50, camp springs, huntingtown, around 49, back toward montgomery county, rockville at 49 and rusten

toward fairfax county at 49. we do have a couple of showers out there, all east of the mountains for the most part. but look at the colder temperatures, 39 in pittsburgh, 36 in columbus, ohio. they saw plenty of cloud cover here, but we were able to get a little bit on the warmer side. that's kind of been the way it is, colder air to the west of the mountains, warmer air along the piedmont and out toward the chesapeake bay. here's the storm 4 radar showing where the showers are right now, coming through mostly into southern maryland here. still a few more back through west virginia. these are very light showers trying to make their way over. we could still see a few sprinkles for the rest of us, but right now most of us are on the dry side. it's just portions of maryland seeing that rain through howard county anne arundel county, down northern calvert. all of this on the light side, most of the rest of us in northern virginia on the dry side. that's how it will remain. the area of low pressure bringing the little bit of moisture is out of here and really fading away. high pressure moves in overnight tonight and into the day tomorrow, plenty of sunshine, a

beautiful wednesday. and then we'll watch another storm system moves in, this one coming in from the west where they do have winter storm warnings well to the west. i'm talking about new mexico here. this one moving in quickly, it will bring plenty of rainfall. i think about a quarter inch, maybe a third of inch of rain for some of us during the day thursday. you'll need the umbrellas for sure thursday but then can put them away once again as the storm quickly moves out. we're talking about plenty of sunshine to end the week on friday. rather breezy conditions, high temperatures in the low 50s again. this evening, mostly cloudy, spring esprinkles and breezy, mild. we were seeing guchting winds earlier but they're calming down now. tomorrow morning, partly cloudy, not too cold, 31 to 38 degrees, sunrise tomorrow at seven:00 a.m. on thursday, it will be before the 7:00 hour to the 6:00 hour. tomorrow, mostly sunny, continued mild, a nice afternoon, 52 to about 57 degrees with those winds out of

the northwest 10 to 15 miles per hour. so looking pretty good most of the days here. thursday is the one day i see rain. i think friday is looking good, i think saturday starting off the week sh weekend on a good note and still looking at sunday for that chance of a possible storm, right now a lot of the computer models taking this storm out to sea, down to the south we call those southern sliders. i think that's what this one could be. but if it's able to come up here, we could be talking about a significant snowfall in parts of the area on sunday. we'll have to wait and see about that. and then, wendy, and then i would say -- what did you say, snuggle time? >> get cozy with someone. >> then it's time goat cozy with someone. >> maybe sunday. i will put that on my calendar. >> here's your blackberry. cozy day. >> i'm putting it in. thank you. big news from the apple company. we'll find out when a new and improve ipad 3 will go on sale. three robberies in one d.c. neighborhood all within a few hours of each other. why police are worried the

crimes will become more violent if they don't make an arrest and soon. >> reporter: some customers at this starbucks in sterling, virginia, came carrying guns today. this is chris gordon. i'll

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like this. security from ft. lauderdale, shows a passenger snagging a rolex left behind in a bin. you see him quickly walking off with the $6500 watch. the owner of the watch says she didn't realize it was missing until she went to check the time 30 minutes later. a reward offered for the man's arrest. good news to report among the troubling economy. turns out our region dominates a list of the richest counties in the country. with loudoun county in number one. erica gonzalez reports. >> reporter: a country reeling from a recession? you'd never know it by the looks of loudoun county, the richest county in the nation according to 2010 census data analyzed by mainstreet.com. why is that not hard to believe that loudoun county is the richest county in the country? >> look at the homes, beautiful, huge. >> reporter: how big are the bragging rights in loudoun county? the average household income is

nearly $120,000. from 2009 to 2010, the national average household income decreased more than 2%. however, here in loudoun county that's still $70,000 more than the national average. loudoun county chairman scott york says nearby dulles international airport and a mix of stellar schools, government agencies not to mention a booming high-tech community make loudoun county an enticing place to live and work. >> loudoun count y actually has over 50% of the world's internet traffic coming through this jurisdiction. >> in other parts of the country where people would be considered locally rich, someone here making $100,000 is just median. >> reporter: "forbes" did a similar study two years ago and even then loudoun county was ranked the richest county across the u.s. this time, though, it topped its last reported average household income by about $9,000. in loudoun county, erica gonzalez, news4. >> it is not just loudoun county

in the spotlight. 10 of our nation's 15 wealthiest counties are in the d.c. suburbs. fairfax county took the second spot with a median household income of about $103,000. howard county, maryland, ranks third while virginia's arlington and stafford counties come in fifth and seventh respectively. also on that list, prince william county and montgomery county as well as calvert, st. mary's and charles counties. well, the ipad 3 is now getting ready to launch. apple fans may want to circle march 7th on the calendar. rumor has it that's when the next generation tablet is expected to hit the shelves, expected to feature a 4g lge connectivity. some worry that will lessen the battery's life. a smaller screen is also being tested. coming up tonight, an arrest in a d.c. cold case. tonight police have tracked down a suspected killer 20 years after a man's murder at the

jefferson memorial. more testimony in the murder trial of an off-duty police officer as witnesses reveal what happened in the moments before the gun fire erupted. if you think you know how to ease the traffic gridlock on your commute, the state of vinch virg would like to hear from you. coming up in sports, the capitals may be losing, but they will finally be gaining a star in the very near future. and here in fairfax it's george mason and vcu, a first place showdown. speaking of vcu, we're going to take a look

>> announcer: and now from washington's leading news station, this is "news4 at 6." the payroll tax cut expiring at the end of the month. time's running out. president obama asking average americans, turn up the pressure on congress for an extension at the white house today. he asked people to call, e-mail, tweet their represent ofs and not stop until the bill is on his desk. the chief medical examiner was back on the stand today at the trial of the former uva lacrosse player who's been charged with murder. the examiner testified that yeardley love's blood alcohol level was high but not high enough to kill her. another medical expert testified that love suffered severe blunt force trauma to her brain. prosecutors are trying to prove that george huguely beat love to death during a jealous rage in may of 2010. there will not be a public memorial for whitney houston.

her family announced a private funeral, an invitation-only service scheduled for saturday at noon at a newark, new jersey, church. houston sang there as a child. fans have been placing flowers at the church for the last several days in their own makeshift memorial. here's doug with the forecast. >> the recast today, valentine's day, ended up pretty good out there, especially for lunchtime. now if you're getting ready to go out to dinner, it looks like most of us are going to remain on the dry side. a few showers, though. you may want to take the umbrella if you're in portions of southern mare meyer where we're seeing the most activity, also back towards portion west virginia and western portions of virginia along i-81. zooming into southern maryland, you see the rain coming right on down route 50 and toward 301, around croften toward the green belt area and toward buoy. watch out around vansville, also some seeing some shower activity remaintion down around northern calvert county, around the dunkirk area and sutherland and also north beach.

most the showers are on the light side, are going to continue to be fairly light, but they may give you a couple of sprinkles making your way out and about if you are heading out to dinner. just to let you know, once again, you may need to carry that small umbrella as you make your way out. and you're going to need the bigger umbrella. i'll show you when in my forecast. thanks, doug. our top story at 6:30, she witnessed a murder, the shooting death of an off-duty state trooper who was working security at a restaurant in prince george's county. >> today that witness testified about what she saw, but her testimony came under question. darcy spencer with a report from upper marlboro. >> reporter: a woman who was at the applebee's restaurant in forestville when trooper wisly brown was shot to death identified this man, sorel williams as the gunman. june springfellow said she saw him firing multiple shots. but the defense shot holes in her testimony.

williams is on trial in a murder charge accused of killing the trooper in june of 2010. officer karl peeples who was working security with trooper brown that night described how he and the trooper had thrown williams out of the restaurant after receiving a complaint. surveillance video showing the officers escorting williams outside was shown in court. williams took a swing at the officers but left the restaurant. he says brown didn't want to arrest him. prosecutors say williams returned to of the restaurant with a gun and shot trooper brown as the officer stepped outside to make a phone call. prosecutors say williams had an accomplice. after being removed from the reflt raunlt, he went to the home of anthony milton who had borrowed williams' gun. williams got the gun from milton and used it to shoot the trooper. milton has pleaded guilty to being an accessory after the fact. he's expected to testify against his friend ssorell williams.

one of williams' attorneys said during opening statements there is no evidence linking him to the killing, no dna. attorney brennan says williams did not kill trooper 4. he tells news4, we agree he got kicked out of applebee's but that doesn't mean he committed murder. the trial is expected to last the rest of the week. sorel williams faces life in prison if he's convicted. in upper marlboro, darcy spencer, news4. >> testimony resumes tomorrow morning in the prince george's county sish yy circuit court. a case that's been cold for almost 20 years in the district now solved. it happened on memorial day 1992. chet hunter matthews left his parents' home in tacoma park to meet a woman at the jefferson memorial. police say there was a robbery. matthews was forced to fleel on the ground and then he was shot and killed. last month, lamont desean terry was arrested in south carolina, charged with that murder. he's now faced a judge in a d.c. courtroom today and was ordered

held without bond. police are warning people who live in upper northwest d.c. to be on alert. there's been a string of recent robberies up there. last night there were three in just the span of a few hours in the areas of tinley town and friendship heights. in the fist case, three robbers pufrnled their victim. in the other two, police say the suspects wore masks. at least one of them had a gun. ward 3 council woman mary chai who represents the area says she's concerned if there are not arrests soon, the robberies could become even more violent. virginia transportation officials met with residents and commuters today. they want public input on the future of traffic solutions. the study is called supernova transit. it's looking at current issues facing commuters, including drivers who come from west virginia and maryland and those who are heading into the zriblgt. officials are looking at expected demand through 2040 and

focusing especially on the future of public transportation. >> we are looking at, how do we carpo carpool, van pool, move people with commuter rail and bus rapid transit? we're getting a lot of good feedback. we're hearing the need for park and ride lots. >> transportation officials are also taking suggestions online. they want to complete the study by fall. coming up -- a protest at starbucks, a fight over gun control taking center stage at the coffee chain. why police say they had no [ female announcer ] more people are using wireless devices

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>> announcer: you're watching "news4 at 6." two occupy d.c. protestors face charges tonight after a small but defiant protest ended with their arrest. this was late last night when the protestors set up tents on a sidewalk outside merrill lynch in the 1100 block of 15th street northwest. at first, officers told the protestors to leave. when the group wouldn't budge, officers pulled them out of their tents and arrested them. on this valentine's day, the controversy over carrying guns in public came to a head at several coffee shop locations in northern virginia. chris gordon visited the

starbucks store in sterling as both sides of a gun debate. >> reporter: these gun advocates are armed and spending the day buying coffee at this starbucks in sterling, virginia. ed levine called on gun owners around the country to support starbucks on valentine's day after some gun opponents had called for a boycott because starbucks allows customers to open-carry handguns in states like virginia where it's legal. >> i've got a kim better 1911 a 1911 .45 on my hip had. i've got an i love guns and coffee button and shirt and i've got a guns saves lives sticker. >> reporter: he's paying for coffee with $2 bills symbolic of the second amendment, the right to bear arms. but the grade di campaign to prevechbt gun violence has long opposed the policy of allowing guns in stores. >> two years ago we delivered about 40,000 petitions to the starbucks headquarters in

seattle letting them know they needed to change their policy to a no-gun policy. they have not yet, but we still suggest they do that. i think most people in this country want them to do that as well. >> reporter: some of the dm customers saw people carrying guns today, others were totally unaware of it. but everyone we asked seemed to have an popinion. du notice anybody armed? >> noshgs i did not. >> reporter: now that you know, what's your reaction? >> makes me feel not very comfortable. not necessarily safe. >> reporter: what's your reaction? >> it's fine. it's perfectly legal in virginia. i support the right. >> reporter: starbucks issued a written statement to news newer says, starbucks respects the view of our customers and recognizes that there is significant and genuine passion surrounding this issue. it is starbucks' longstanding approach to abide by the laws that permit open carry and where these laws don't exist, openly carrying weapons in our stores is prohibited.

as the public debate around this issue continues, we encourage customers and advocacy groups from both sides to share their input with their public officials. in sterling, virginia, chris gordon, news4. in the race for the white house, three new national polls are suggesting that rick santorum and mitt romney are now in a virtual tie for the lead in the republican field. a pew research center poll shows 30% of republican and republican-leaning voters favor santorum while 28% prefer romney. a "new york times"/cbs poll gives santorum 30% to romney's 27%. but a gallup center daily poll gives romney 32 to santorum's 30. all three polls are close enough to be considered a statistical tie. checking on the forecast. >> couple of light showers into portions of the region. we could see a few more this evening, but then an even bigger storm is on the horizon. a storm out there that may actually hold some snow.

i'll show you when i come up with your forecast. >> reporter: doug, it's mason/vcu, couple of cinderella stories, fighting for first place here in fairfax. we will hear from mason's head coach paul hewitt. also, an update on mik

>> announcer: you're watching "news4 at 6." anytime dan gets to go to a basketball court or hockey rink or any place else he can instead of here, he goes! having a good time, rchbt you, dan? who's playing? >> reporter: yeah, guys, it's george mason and vcu. mason and vcu tied for first place in the caa. of course, vcu coming off that great final four run last year, and the interesting thing about these two teams, not only are they tied for the lead in the conference, but they haven't played all season. so they're going to play twice in the next 12 days. tonight going to be the first meeting. they'll tip off at 9:00 p.m. it is going to be a rocking patriots center. new head coach paul hewitt of mason have been in a lot of close games this year, but they are 13-1 here at the patriots center. no doubt they're going to be extra jacked-up for that rivalry game with vcu.

ryan pierce and mike morrison are the leading scorers averaging a combined 27 points per game and now with three regular season conference games left, two of them against vcu, they know how important a win tonight would be. >> you know, if we're at home, we try to protect home court. especially playing against vcu here, we know what kind of team they are and how up-tempo they are. there won't be nothing better than to get this win tonight. >> they are very big rivals for us. we want to beat them and then just keep winning. got to get going. i'm trying to win a caa championship first and foremost. but that carries right over into the tournament. make the best run we can. >> i'll tell you a story here. i was telling the kids, we have these flyers handing out to make sure the students will be here. don't worry, coach. everybody will be there. we know this is a big game. >> reporter: so it's paul hewitt's first taste of this

rivalry here at the patriots center. vcu lost three starters from last year's final four team, but they're still the cream of the conference crop. they have won 11 straight games. this year shaka smart and his crew scrapping to get back to the ncaa tournament where they burst onto the national stage last season. >> it's hard to imagine anything like that. i think -- i knew that our team was capable of doing terrific things, but a lot of teams are capable of it and don't do it. so really proud of the fact that our guys just put themselves out there and said, let's see what we can do. the month of march last year is something i'll never forget. my coaching style? i'd say i coach with enthusiasm. as a younger coach, that's probably the biggest advantage that i have. i don't have as much experience or as much wisdom as a lot of the great coaches out there, but i do have a lot of enthusiasm, energy. i wake up in the morning really, really excited to come to work, to come to practice.

and then the other thing our whole staff does is we try to spend a ton of time with our players off the court, help them understand how much we care about them and how much we want to move them forward as people. >> reporter: something's going to have to give tonight. shaka smart's crew has the second best defense in the conference while mason has the highest scoring offense in the conference. tip-off 9:00 on csn-plus. folks, the san jose sharks have literally owned the washington capitals. last night thanks to a couple of flukey goals including a first one that never happens past the red line, they beat the caps for the 16th time in 17 tries. the capitals making a change in goal. they called up brayden from hershey, his first start. not a good night. crazy first goal by dan boyle from behind the red line, deflected by pavelski and gives the sharks 1-0 lead.

that's how things went all night long. sharks up 2-0 in the second and this time it's pavelski shooting the puck again, a whack acky bo as it trickles in. capitals pounded 5-3. they have now lost eight of their last 11 and remain in 9th place currently out of the playoffs. but the capitals did get a bit of good news. defenseman mike green back doing some work at the ice plex this morning. green took part it in an optional skate for 45 minutes. he's coming off the hernia surge surgery. the capitals expect green back in less than two weeks, perhaps as early as this weekend. after today's skate, green's feeling good about his progress. >> no, i feel good. i really do. today was a great judging point for me to where i'm at, and i feel good. so it's just a matter of me getting back into shape and

getting myself firing of, but today i have a smile on my face. i haven't felt like this for a long time. >> i know i've been out for a long time, but it's important i come back when i'm ready. i definitely do not want to have another setback. that would kill me. so we're in a good place right now. >> reporter: they could lock them up to a long-term deal in the very near future if he proves to be healthy. tennis fans, venus and sarena williams are back with your washington castles of world team tenn1tennis. i know you'll like that. let's hit had the hellie pad wizards in portland look for back-to-back wins against the blazers. roger goodell set to make $20 million a year at the end of his current contract. at least one nfl player thinks that's too much. falcons receiver roddy white tweeted, how in the heck can you pay a man this much money that

can't run, tackle or catch? roddy, have you heard of bill gates or warren buffett? finally, west virginia moving over to the big 12. their membership in the big east will be terminated june 30th. i don't know if anybody's told roddy white, but his owner arthur blank makes a lot of money and he doesn't run, catch or tackle anybody. guys? >> just a run to the bank. coming up next, a young girl battling a rare form of cancer, she scores her dream date with a pop star. also, a tribute to "soul ♪

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coming up here tonight, gasoline up again. exactly at a time when so many families just can't pay any more to get by, we'll have the inside story coming up here tonight. a number of people are finding both love and heartache online. according to a new survey, one in five people say they have had a romantic reelglationship with somebody they met on a matchmaking web site. however, deception is a big risk still. researchers found 80% of the online profiles were not entirely truthful.

weight was the common thing people lied about the most followed by their height and their age. >> uh-huh. >> the internet is also a forum for cheating. one-third of americans said they know somebody whose relationship ended because of an online affair. well, an early valentine's day gift for a little girl fighting cancer. she got to meet her celebrity crush. as natalie morales reports, this dream date with justin bieber was months in the making. >> reporter: avalanna ruth was already one of justin bieber's biggest fans. but now with pictures like these, the 6-year-old knows exactly why you should never a never. ♪ i will never say never >> reporter: avalanna suffers from a rare form of cancer and last year, thanks to the jimmy fund, she got a pretend marriage to her pop idol. >> how old are you? >> 6. >> and how long have you loved bieber? >> seven years. no. 80 years.

>> it was wonderful. it was wonderful. just another fun moment. >> reporter: family and friends took to facebook, somehow hoping to arrange a meeting between bieber and the special little girl who came to be known as mrs. bieber. when avalanna was profiled by nbc's boston affiliate whdh -- ♪ baby baby baby >> reporter: -- it turns out bieber was watching. ♪ baby baby baby >> reporter: the pop superstar flew the girl and her family to new york for a special valentine's visit on monday. the pair played board games, gave each other autographs and avalanna even got to style bieber's world-famous hair. after the meeting bieber tweeted, that was one of the best thingses i have ever done. she was awesome. feeling really inspired now. another tweet simply read -- bests part of my day. this was a dream come true for avalanna who's battling an aggressive form of cancer called atrt she's battled for almost all of her life.

but after their special meeting, the little girl known as mrs. bieber has reason to feel extra special this valentine's day. >> i have bieber fever. >> avalanna cancer is so rare there are only about 30 cases diagnosed each year in the united states. what a great guy is he? >> good for him. >> they're a great little couple. that was wonderful. >> good for him. >> mr. and mrs. bieber. >> that was sweet. how we looking, doug? >> we're looking pretty good. this evening maybe a couple of light showers, mostly through portions of southern maryland, right now maybe a couple more later this evening. that's really going to be about it. you also see a couple back toward the blue ridge, front royal and winchester. we'll zoom into a couple of areas in southern maryland, prince george's county, a few showers last hour really just a couple of light sprinkles around crownsville, anna rundell county, around dunkirk and sutherland through calvert county right nout. the wider view showing the

system continuing to move on out of here. it is bringing some snow to portions of pennsylvania but this is not a big storm by any stretch of the imagination. what we are going to be watching is the next storm on the list. first off tomorrow, high temperature 55 degrees, a beautiful day tomorrow. i really think we'll see a fantastic afternoon. 53 in leesburg for a high and down to fredericksburg coming in around 57 degrees. and the next couple of days, rain on thursday. you'll need the umbrellas all day just about on thursday, especially all afternoon. friday, 53 degrees, rather breezy, saturday looking good, still watching out for a chance of a storm on sunday, could be a coastal storm if that one is to develop, it will be the first real potential for any significant snow. but some of the latest data says this may just pass down to our south. we'll continue to watch it very closely. >> all right. thanks, doug. fighting tickets any fun, but imagine you're fighting tickets for a car you don't even own. you told us were fed up with it and asked news4's iteam to help.

tisha joins us with a preview. >> we get calls on the tip line all the time for people upset about parking tickets. but then we started getting calls about an unusual complaint happening all over our area. people like jake wayly who lives in waldorf, maryland, rarely drives into the district, but that didn't stop d.c. from sending him tickets in the mail. he contested one, but the tickets kept on come being. if that's not odd enough, the tikt tickets were for a vehicle he doesn't even own. >> it's the same truck, u.p.s. truck, same tag number, same truck, great big old brown truck. >> and before you even ask, no, weighly does not drive a u.p.s. truck. tonight, hear from others who say they're having the same problem and why they blame the dmv. so what does the dmv have to say? we sat down with the director to get the answers. see what she has to say tonight on news4 at 11.

>> we'd like to know. thanks. back in 1970, a tv show called "soul train" went on the air in chicago. it was very popular, so much so that it went into syndication the very next year. the show was created by don cornelius. he hosted it for more than 20 years. don cornelius died two weeks ago. > in philadelphia, they loved that show. yesterday people up in philly showed their love for cornelius and the culture turl icon he created. they wanted to form a record of the "soul train" line. folks in philly shattered the record. 327 people taking their turn. lord knows if i had been there i would have been 328. >> you know it! >> they got it on, did their thing, boogied down the line,