good morning, everyone. welcome inform "news4 midday." i'm barbara harrison. wednesday, february 15, 2012. the alexandria fire department will be turning its astengs today and tomorrow to one of its own killed in the line of duty. paramedic joshua weizman died last week when he fell nearly 20 feet from an overpass on interstate 395. news4's megan something grath is live outside the fire department's engine 6 on seminary road with more on how the community is preparing for

w weissman's funeral. >> reporter: this is a very difficult time for the alexandria fire department. they need a pew days off of work to attend the various services as well as to heal and mourn the loss of their colleague. to allow that to happen firefighters from neighboring jurisdictions are coming in and basically taking over the firehouses and for the next 48 hours, they are going to be running all of election why's fire calls. alexandria's fire stations are draped in black bunting. a sign of mourning for a fallen comrade. joshua weissman will be laid to rest thursday. the visitation is 5:00 p.m. until midnight tonight. so weissman's colleagues may attend, firefighters from neighboring jurisdictions will staff the firehouses for a 48-hour period. the different fire departments regularly work together so that they are already familiar with alexandria's operations. >> the individuals coming into the city of alexandria know the city. they know the protocols and know the channels. all of our radios are compatible

with each other. they will be operating on our channel talking to our dispatchers through our 911 center. >> thousands of fire fighters are expected to attend the services. 200 fire trucks will take part in the procession. there will be extensive road closures and congestion. people who are not attending are asked to avoid the area around the everwheatley funeral home between 10:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. and intermittent road closures will affect the following streets. janney's lane, seminary road, van dorn street, braddock road and king street. alexandria schools will close early thursday. george washington middle, hammond middle, minnie howard school, t.c. williams high school and douglas macarthur elementary. all other schools will dismiss at 1:20. the viewing is tonight at 5:00 until midnight. thousands of people are expected to attend. this is really going to have an

impact on rush hour traffic in the area and beyond, for ma matter. people are asked to avoid the area around the funeral home if you are not attending the visitation. if you can. we are talking about the 1,500 block of west braddock road because it is going to be very, very congested. again, thousands of people are expected to attend over a several-hour period beginning at 5:00 tonight. reporting live in election yeah, megan mcgrath, news4. >> thank you, megan, for that report. it is a big day in annapolis. maryland's house of delegates is taking up legislation to legalize same-sex marriage in the state. the bill passed yesterday and is being introduced to the full chamber today. if the house and state senate sign off on this bill maryland could become the eighth state to legalize gay marriage. it is legal now in the district. turning to the weather now, sunny and mild start to the day. will it last? let's find out. here's meteorologist tom kierein. tom, what's going on. >> off to a promising start

that's for sure. morning clouds. temperatures are warming up. just after 11:00, 50 degrees in washington. in fairfax, arlington, montgomery county, prince george's counties, upper 40s to mid 40s. farther south and through north central virginia, some locations hit the low 50s. fredericksburg, culpeper to charlottesville. farther west and north in hagerstown, mid 40s. the temperature centers at the airports and cumberland and frederick are not connecting with the network now. but it is in the mid 40s in both of those locations as well. and it is a view from space. we have wave clouds lined up like church pews off to our north and west now as some upper-level winds are undulating over the mountains and the flow is sort of fitting the contour of the mountains. you can see in the cloud cover north and west of washington. we have quite a bit of sunshine for the afternoon with temperatures climbing into the mid and upper 50s. we will have breezes settling down a bit. gusting 20 miles per hour this morning. overnight tonight clouds come in and could get rain tomorrow.

active pattern. i will show you the changes on the way important the end of the week and the weekend. barbara? >> all right, tom. thanks and we will see you in here in just a little bit. a check now on the midday traffic. here's danella sealock. >> good morning, barbara. if you are taking the rails right now, you are going to experience delays on the green line and the red line. first scheduled track work slowing you down. you are single tracking between southern avenue and naylor road. also single tracking on the red line but this time between medical center and friendship heights expect delays while metro is working. if you are crossing over the 14th street bridge, road work slowing down just a bit. as well as taking up the right lane but your travel speed as you make your way across really good, 50 miles per hour. not so bad as you make your way from the beltway to 14th street bridge. watch out for that road work. back over to you, barbara. >> danella, thanks a lot. things are back to normal right now at the foggy bottom metro station. escalators were there were out of service through part of this morning's rush hours. metro installed new escalators

at the foggy bottom station. it is not clear what caused this morning's disruptions. metro is taking the first step to admitting liability in that deadly red line crash. the transit agency settled seven of nine lawsuits by families of people killed in the june 2009 crash. terms of the settlement have not been released. the remaining two wrongful death lawsuits are set to go to trial next month. metro and three equipment manufacturers filed court documents monday and saying they admit legal responsibility for the deadliest accident in the system's history. nine people were killed when two red line trains collided near the ft. totten station. mtsb blames a malfunctioning transit circuit. the defense could call their first witness spot stand this afternoon. prosecutors are expected to rest their case today. those prosecutors say the former university of virginia lacrosse player killed his ex-girlfriend, yeardley love, in a jealous rage

in may of 2010. slamming her head into a wall. a forensic specialist told the court that love's dna was found under huguely's fingernails. medical experts also testified that love was drunk but say she died from blunt force trauma to the head. the defense claims love's death was an accident. a man accused of killing his wife in georgetown is being transferred to a psychiatric hospital for a competency hearing. muff is accused of strangling and killing his wife to death back in august. yesterday a doctor told a judge that muff was having had a hugh hallucinatory visions. our time right now is 11:07. iran announces advancements in its nuclear program. and the big reveal. the wife a much wounded warrior gets a complete makeover. stick around. see how she looks

we are following developments out of iran this morning where their country's president is launching new nuclear initiatives. this comes after increased calls from the international community for iran to back off its nuclear program. aaron gilchrist is at the super screening with the late rest barbara, two major developments

in iran's nuclear program getting a lot of attention this impacting international economies. iran said it is working to develop a nuclear energy program for peaceful purposes and that the two new projects revealed today are not intended to inflame global tensions. iran's news agency reports president ahmadinejad inaugurated new, faster, more effective centrifuges at the main uranium enrichment site and presented the first iranian made nuclear fuel rods. we have video of that ceremony as it was happening today. ahmadinejad inserted the first rod into the reactor at a tehran research facility. state tv also showed nuclear experts briefing him on the process there. this is all against the backdrop of toughening western sanctions. the obama administration wants to kick iran out of an international banking hub effectively crippling that country's economy. at the same time iran is starting to show some military aggression as well, especially in the strait of hormuz.

that's a major supply route for oil that goes to a fifth of the world. yesterday several iranian navy boats tried to intimidate a u.s. naval carrier on routine patrol there. >> thank you. oil prices rose this morning after reports iran would also cut off oil exports to six european countries. iran has since denied those reports, however. today congress will release the details after tentative deal to extend the payroll tax cut through the end of the year. lawmakers reached that agreement late yesterday. they could send a message to president obama as early as this week. the tax cut extension would have expired at the end of the month if no deal had been in place. that would have taken about $20 a week out of the average american worker's salary. right now president obama's on his way to wisconsin to begin selling his proposed budget. he will tour a master lock factory in milwaukee before heading to california and seattle for fund-raising events. in milwaukee, the president will

be greeted by wisconsin's republican governor scott walker. he was one of the featured speakers at last week's conservative political action conference here in washington. walker was highly critical of president obama in that speech. the president appears to be winning some support for his handling of the economy now. a new cbs news/"new york times" poll shows 34% of americans believe the economy is improving. that's up from 28% just a month ago. 22% think the economy is still getting worse and 43% say that it is remaining the same. as important the president, just 44% of people surveyed approval of his handling of the economy. that's up from 40% just last month. now to the race for the white house where rick santorum finds himself the focus of several vicious attacks. new ad by super pac that supports mitt romney criticized santorum over his voting record aspen pen senator. the ad calls santorum a big spender and washington insider. and newt gingrich is also taking

shots at him claiming santorum has a complete misunderstanding of modern warfare. as for santorum's tactics he's vowing to maintain a positive campaign against romney in the coming primaries. house lawmakers in virginia approved two of the most restricted anti-abortion bills to be introduced in years. this so-called personhood bill sponsored by prince william county delegate bob marshall declares a person's rights begin at conception. opponents argue the bill lay it is groundwork to outlaw abortion in the state if the supreme court reverses roev. wade. second bill passed requires a woman to have an ultrasound before undergo an abortion. democrats objected to both bills but they were outvoted by a republican supermajority. some residents in fauquier county may soon be able to drink their tap water again. residents of bealeton have been under a boil water advisory since august when the east coast

quake hit. one of the town's wells was damaged by the earthquake and is still being fixed. county and constituent water officials originally said the repairs would be made by the first of the year but work is still going on. as long as the weather continues, the water and sanitation authorities say that water should be safe to drink by next month so that boil water rule should be eliminated. tom kierein, it is nice out there today. >> it really is. we got to 50s yesterday and we will repeat that again today. good morning. right now around the region lots of sunshine. look at the temperatures. it is now rapidly climbing. we are into the upper 40s to near 50 degrees in washington. as well as in fairfax county and arlington and montgomery and prince george's counties. over the last 12 hours, morning cloud cover has broken up. we have just a few wave clouds undulating over the mountains, panhandle of west virginia, northern and shenandoah valley. east of there, lots of sunshine and that's going to be the story

as high pressure moves in the rest of the day today and going forward over the next 48 hours. we will stay dry today and into tonight and we will have the clouds on the increase by late this evening. and then by dawn tomorrow, we might have a few sprinkles of rain, perhaps north and west of us. then later in the day, metro area, this area of green is a zone of potential rain. does look like that may be moving through the afternoon hours and heading east of the metro area during the evening on thursday, thursday night, though, we should begin to see the cloud cover breaking up. for the rest of the afternoon, we will have just a few clouds coming through. it will be mostly sunny and cool with light breezes but temperatures into the mid and upper 50s. it will feel very nice, winds out of the northwest blustery around 5 to 15 miles per hour. and then overnight tonight, sunset at 5:45. by midnight mostly cloudy. near 40 by midnight. by dawn tomorrow into the low and mid 30s with the cloud cover and some of that light rain moving in towards the metro area

during the afternoon. looks like midday and afternoon hours. then ending by thursday night. and then on friday, sunshine back. as well as on saturday both days highs up around 50 or so. morning lows, low to mid 30s. clouding up saturday night. there's still uncertain by the whether or not we will get snow or rain on sunday. depending on a track of a storm now, developing storm coming just way out into the west coast and around california, oregon, washington state. this is a storm still several day ways from us and can change direction between that time. there's a chance we could get maybe some snow or rain on sunday. stay tuned. a better look as we get closer to the day. last week i traveled to prince william county visited the swan's creek elementary school in dumfries, virginia. talked to the students about severe weather and the importance of paying attention to the forecast and we talked about tornadoes and thunderstorms and lightning and floods. also talked about snow and that's another big topic. why aren't we having any this

winter and when are we going to have it? when will school be canceled? unfortunately, doesn't look like we will have much p. maybe sunday. stay tuned. >> on the weekend. >> yeah. a great time. swan elementary school. i want to thank kelsey conroy, the teacher, for the invitation. >> we are all asking that -- when are we going to get some snow? >> maybe sunday i'm ready for spring now. i don't know if danella is, too. what's going on? >> you know me very well. ready for spring already. so if you are ready to head out of the house and drive on i-66, problems. it is not too bad but you are slow right around fairfax county parkway. because as you reach the beltway we have road work. it is blocking the left lane. travel speed for you, under speed at 31 miles per hour. but no accidents. just crews are working. traveling the beltway, inner loop and outer loop and van dorn street, no accidents to report. travel speed as you make your way from the wilson bridge to van dorn street, 57 miles per hour. only taking six minutes to make that trip. traveling along i-270 not seeing

issues there. live look at west montgomery avenue. >> 11:18. still ahead on "news4 midday"mi peaking just at the right time. best in show. compete order top chef masters and is known for his modern southern food. now he is sharing his culinary talents with people in our area as well as cooking for us today. first, here is a look at what's hot on nbcwashington.com.

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guest chef this week at rogue 24 has been called a southern food genius. rogue 24 is a d.c. restaurant known for its 24-course tasting menu and where the chef right now is recovering from heart surgery. chef john joins us to show us what he will bring to d.c. this week. he's already started over there. started yesterday. good morning, john. >> good morning. >> great to see you. >> nice to be here. >> reading some of your accomplishments, james beard award winner. top chef masters contestant, restaurateur, writer. you are used to pressure. how much pressure was it having to start this on valentine's day with all of the folks who come expecting the greatest food of the year? >> it was a little bit terrifying. tremendous amount of respect for

r.j. and what they do at rogue 24. and -- what we do at our restaurant is significantly different. i was happy with the way things went last night. >> you started the city grocery restaurant in oxford, mississippi. is that where you are from? >> no, i'm from new orleans. i have been in oxford officially 20 years this spring. >> who taught you how to cook like this? >> my mom. >> yeah. we understand you are great at southern cooking. it is a new orleans style southern cooking. >> it is. it is a nice blends of traditional french, new orleans, creole, french, and deep south. >> this sounds unbelievable. you are going to make for us a truffle blue crab. >> straightforward salad. it blends a number of things that -- are very familiar to me and that i'm passionate. what i will start with, gulf blue crab. jumbo blue crab. for anybody out there who is still wondering there's

absolutely nothing wrong with the fish and seafood coming out of the gulf of mexico now. never been better. little bit of salt. this dish will live and die by the salt that goes in it. >> really? >> you want a little tiny bit? >> you want to good amount. crab will take a good amount of salt and it makes the flavors perk. >> i like salt myself. >> this is nothing more than just leaves pulled from celery. whole leaves. >> something to use those leaves for. >> they have a nice bit of bitterness to them but all of that punctures the flavor of celery. extra virgin olive oil. just a -- hint of lemon oil. which -- >> can you buy that in the grocery stores? >> no. we make it. take lemon zest and put tonight a neutral oil and let it sit for a couple of days and takes on all of that citrus oil from the zest. >> what are you adding now?

>> a japanese mayonnaise just loaded with msg. i know that's horrible to say. chefs love it because it has so much flavor and a nice amount of sweetness. tiny little bit of lemon zest. you have to be careful because lemon zest -- >> can take over. >> it can and particularly with truffle which we are going to shave in here right now. >> can you find truffle in the united states to buy in the grocery store? >> not in the grocery store unless you have a very, very special grocery store around that's something that many could use truffle oil. >> exactly. then we are going to shave a tiny little bit of apple in there as well. >> wish we had smell-o-vision. >> you get all of those aromas very quickly. >> right over here. >> we are just -- just mix that

up. very nicely. >> wow. >> see that tiny bit of mayonnaise, half a teaspoon in it. just adds enough creaminess to combine all of this. for our setup, we take -- a thin slice, piece of cucumber, salt on it. and -- you just roll it into a ring. you have to remember that this is -- this is -- one course of 24 you will get at rogue. >> then you fill that little circle. okay. oh. beautiful. that's right. everything is just a tiny little taste. >> exact. >> i at rogue 24. >> exactly. >> that all goes in there. >> is this served as an appetizer? >> this is just a single course. the courses are -- there are so many over there. we drizzle a little bit more lemon oil around. >> i don't want to wreck that

but i will taste this. wow. >> that's it. >> delicious. you are right. crab is fantastic. thank you so much. >> thank you so much. >> happy to have you. >> pleasure is all mine. >> offering special prices. guiltcity.com/dc. it is now 11 cln 27. coming up in the next half hour on "news4 midday," the latest on funeral services for whitney houston and talk to a psychiatrist about the issue of addiction especially among the rich and famous. what a lot of you are anxious to see today. the result of our healing hearts makeover on valentine's day. we surprised a group of military wives, mothers and sisters in our studio. three of the women were then treated to makeovers. we will have the results of one

of them today.

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right now on "news4 midday," congressional leaders are hammering out the final details on a plan to extend the payroll tax cut through the end of the year. lawmakers reached a tentative agreement late yesterday. they could pass the measure on to president obama as early as this week. prosecutors are expected to rest their case today in the george huguely murder trial. those prosecutors say the former university of virginia lacrosse player killed his ex-girlfriend, yeardley love, in a jealous rage in may of 2010. slamming her head into a wall. the defense claims love's death was an accident. she lost her husband and three daughters nearly 17 years ago when someone walked into their potomac, maryland, home and murdered them one by one. for the first time erma is sharing her story with wendy rieger. wendy joins us now with more on

the story. >> anyone who has been in this town for any length of time knows the goff murders. these are the potomac, maryland, murders where a house painter hired by their contractor killed her husband, david, and killed her three daughters, elise, 15, sherry, 19, and andrea who was 22. erma and her only remaining son, child, scott, who was 17 at the time were at the beach. that's why they survived. this is a story about how do -- first time she's spoken. this summer will be the 17th anniversary. how do you come back from that? we always, as reporters, do stories of trauma and tragedy in our area. and we cover it and then we leave the people. with her, wondered how did you survive this? what was that journey like? >> i want to know how you were able to talk her into 17 years it has been, how you were able to -- >> i saw her at a restaurant just -- i was with a friend of mine who i didn't know was a mutual friends of hers and i saw

this woman walk in with her new husband and she was gregarious and fun. i told her later she looked like sunlight. >> did you recognize her? >> no. she came to the table to say hi to my friend. my friend introduced her and said this is erma. my blood went cold. i thought -- erma goff? as she went to her table, do you know what happened to her family? i covered it. i was doing live shots across the street from her house in potomac 17 years ago. that woman is erma goff? i have to talk to her. i remember an image. there she is in her kitchen cooking. i remember an image of her at the funeral of throwing dirt on her -- the caskets. and i remember watching it on tv and thinking that woman will never come back from this. and she does. her story tonight is at 11:00. she has a remarkable story of her journey back from that darkness. >> we are anxious to hear. we all remember that story. >> tonight at 11:00.

please watch. incredible, gutsy woman. >> it is so nice to have you here with us. >> nice to see you at 11:00 in the morning. >> wendy rieger. things are getting heated between d.c. council members and marion barry. they got into a shouting match during the remember treat at the washington convention center. they were arguing over the united medical center in southeast d.c. one reporter was in the room at the time. >> had a mix of expletives. he used a variety of insults. most of them, frankly, not suitable for television. >> marion barry later asked council chair brown to look into the behavior. let's check in on the weather. tom kierein. >> beautiful sunshine. a blue sky. temperatures are warming up

quickly now. here is a live view from the sky watcher camera looking into fairfax county from upper northwest. camera bouncing around a little bit. bit of a breeze now coming in out of the northwest and around 5 to 15 miles per hour. fairfax, arlington, montgomery, prince george's counties, 50s. throughout southern maryland, through north central, virginia, from near pax river towards fredericksburg, culpeper, warrenton. those areas are in the low to mid 50s now as well as towards charlottesville and farther north and west, mid 40s. and there is the view from space. was just few clouds coming in from the north and west. but they will really come in later tonight after a sunny afternoon when we reach the mid and upper 50s. cool down this evening and by dawn tomorrow, down into the 30s, then near 50 tomorrow afternoon. light rain, likely moving in late morning and off and on during the afternoon and early evening. and after that we will clear out and sunshine back for friday, highs low 50s. increasing clouds saturday. might have a storm system affecting us on sunday. too early to tell for sure.

we will be having a possibility of snow and/or rain. dry and chilly first part of the week. barbara? >> thank you, tom. we are going to check in again now in the midday traffic. danella sealock good morning. taking the rails still have single tracking due to schedule track work. on the green line. single tracking between southern avenue and naylor road. also if you are taking the red line expect single tracking between medical center and friendship heights. delays on both lines. you are traveling i-66 eastbound at gallows road, as you approach the beltway, still have the left lane taken away from construction and traveling under speed eastbound from fairfax county parkway to the beltway. 35 miles per hour. back to you. >> thank you so much. we will see you again shortly. many people got to know the salahis through the gate crashing episode. she broke her public silence

about leaving her husband for neal schon. >> our relationship was very controlled by tarik. anyone that watched the show or even spent 24 hours with us knew where i had come from and what i had been through. there wasn't a time in -- that's one of things through "the real housewives" they joked about that they couldn't get to have lunch without him right there. >> she stars in a new music video for the journey song "resonate." the video is of -- video was released monday. same date tareq salahi filed a $50 million lawsuit against neal schon claiming emotional distress and other issues. investigators are tracing whitney houston's prescription drugs to figure out what caused her untimely death. houston was found unresponsive in the bathtub at her beverly hilton hotel saturday afternoon. investigators are checking with houston's doctors and pharmacies about the drugs found at the scene.

though they say there was not an unusual amount of pills. health experts say if someone are were to talk a variety of drugs and alcohol it can stop them from breathing. and investigators are still waiting for the toxicology results to determine the cause of her death. meanwhile houston's family will have a private funeral saturday in newark, new jersey, in her hometown church where she sang in the gospel choir. houston's sudden death shocked fans all over the world this weekend. and as we have been reporting, substance abuse may have contributed to her death. dr. joshua joins us this morning with more on struggling with addiction and the growing problem of prescription drugs used at the same time one might use alcohol. good morning. >> good morning. >> talk with us about the drugs reportedly found in houston's room and how these drugs could have potentially led to her death. >> reportedly the drugs or medications that were found in her room were lorazepam, xanax, valium. these are all in the class of

medications that are used to treat anxiety problems. these medications in and of themselves if you take whopping amounts of them can have some respiratory suppression. what i think is more likely is that potentially she took more of these than she should have and could it cause you to basically pass out. and then if you pass out she was in a bathtub and could have fallen under the water and then so out of it her body didn't wake up from that or she could have combined it with alcohol which has another added effective in terms of central nervousness depression and can cause you to stop breathing. >> tell us what are these drugs generally prescribed for? >> so, they are generally prescribed for anxiety and very helpful medications. i prescribe these frequently in my practice. you have to be very careful in the patients you put them on and really want to be cautious about using them and anyone that had a history of addiction because these medications can be easily abused for misused. the thing that surprised me when i heard about whitney houston

was that she had three different on site in her hotel room. that's really unreasonable. there's really no reason why somebody should have three of these medications when one on two would suffice. >> could they check to see if they were all from the same physician? >> yes. when you get a -- when you get a prescription, at least in virginia and most other states, prescription bought local have on the label patient's name and doctor's name as well. they can track that down. >> would that be then an offense by the physician to prescribe three different drugs that do the same thing? >> well, potentially it could be an offense by the physician. they would have to review medical records to find if there is any rationale behind it and also to see if that physician had gone through the necessary measures to check and make sure there wasn't any abuse. they have something called a prescription monitoring program in most states where doctors can pull up information about the medications somebody is taking. so you can see if the patient is doing something called doctor shopping where they are seeing multiple doctors to get the same type of medication for abusing purpose. >> we know that whitney houston

apparently went through rehab. what's the typical success rate of rehab for people who have had drug abuse problems? >> success rate with going into rehab one time is not very high. a lot of times people are going into rehab the first time is because their family wants them to get the help. the real key rests on the person's motivation and true desire finally ready to get themselves clean. and then they need to make absolute lifestyle changes. you can't just go into a rehab for 30, 60, 90 days, come out and feel like you are cured and can go back to your old ways. you need to change who you are hanging out with and change your lifestyle and really need to make the addiction one of your primary focuses. >> we thank you for answering those questions. lot of people sometime wondering so much about what is going on. you are going to be answering our viewers' questions. he is a psychiatrist and can answer anything on questions from depression, child behavior problems, addiction issues.

send your questions to -- ing the doctor will be back next wednesday with his answers to all of your questions. we look forward to seeing you then. and can't wait to hear what some of the questions will be from our viewers. >> very good. thanks, barbara. >> thank you very much for being here. 11:42. still ahead on "news4 midday," results of our healing hearts makeover. you will want to see. plus, just how hard is it to do this hair? look joins us live.

stocks are opening mixed on wall street. >> as you were talking about we are seeing the major averages in kind of mixed mode. as the snail's pace towards a new deal on greek deck continues. we see the dow down 20 points. nasdaq is up 23.

the s&p is up five points. now while two greek leaders have, in fact, committed to spending cuts, lenders are demanding, the overall status of bailout negotiations are not clear. greece needs a new round of loans from european and international monetary agencies to avoid default next month. meanwhile closer to home, shares of comcast, parent company of cnbc and nbc, have been up more than 6% in trading so far today. the reason strong earnings triggered 26% jump in quarterly earnings. the nation's largest cable provider reported 1.3 billion in fourth quarter net income. overall revenue 55% to $15 billion. kellogg rose 4% after announcing it will buy procter and gamble's principle gl business. diamond foods had been the original one but got caught up in an accounting scandal.

and finally, some good news about housing. confidence among homebuilders climbed more than expected this month to its highest level in five years. the national association of homebuilders index is at 29. that's the fifth consecutive monthly increase. homebuilders reporting a pickup in demand for new holmes and as borrowing costs come to hover near record lows and construction hiring is picking up. not bad news. barbara. >> okay, hampton. thank you. today the first of our healing hearts makeovers. a new luc for three special women pouring their time and emotions into their recovering wounded warrior husbands and sons. and now to the results of the makeover. yesterday for valentine's day, we had a special visit from a wonderful group of women. they were wives, mothers, and a sister of soldiers and marines being treated in our local military hospitals for wounds they endured while serving in our armed forces in iraq and

afghanistan. we honored them for their service caring for their wounded loved one as long way from their holmes. there were flowers for each of them and some other surprises. there were bags, gifts for each of them. inside some of the bags, certificates for complete makeovers provided for promotional consideration by neiman marcus, pr partners and bobbi brown cosmetic. >> natural waves you have here, it is so beautiful. >> heather was one of those who found a big 4 inside of her bag that men she was on her way to a complete makeover. she was excited to have a chance to surprise her husband with a brand-new look. pr partners stylist was ready. >> i love your natural color here. your natural -- your true natural redhead. i just want to -- love to emphasize that with a little bit of highlights, giving you deeper reds. >> you will love it.

>> wits to neiman marcus where bobbi brown consultant michelle came up with a plan for heather. >> we want to do something that's a neutral lid like -- cooler color. really give her a strong liner right in her lash line. and then give her a pale pink blush on the cheek. really gives you pink that makes everybody look happy and do the pop, left in the face and give her a very soft but bright pink lip. pink would look beautiful with her skin tone and right hair. >> on the fashion floors, heather saw lots of looks she liked. fashion expert liberty jones had some suggestions. >> she has such a beautiful face. i think what bobbi brown has done with the makeup the clothes will have to be cool and bold but nothing too crazy. just something to play out the beautiful hair and beautiful eye. >> our last look at heather, she was well on her way to a brand-new look. and now to the results of her makeover, here she is, heather.

how do you like it? >> i love it. >> you look fantastic. >> thank you. >> what did your husband say? >> he was very excited. he loves me with shorter hair. so he was excited to see that. he loves my red hair. he's very relieved and pleased that they didn't take away from that. >> you were pretty shocked yesterday when you realized you were going for a whole makeover. weren't you? >> yes. >> what did you think you were coming here to do? >> i thought we were coming here for a tour of the studio. they mentioned they had surprises and treats for us. i had no idea. everything yesterday was a total treat. >> let's talk a little bit about why you are here in the washington area. where are from you? >> minneapolis, minnesota. >> and you are here helping to take care of your husband. >> yes. >> talk about him. tell us his name. >> his name is corporal mike. >> tell us about his injuries. >> he was in afghanistan with three-five. they deployed september of 2010.

they took over the area from the british. so it was a very hot zone. lot of action happening. my husband described it as like a minefield with ieds. and he stepped on one. seven weeks into the deployment and lost three limbs. >> two of his legs and one arm. >> yes. >> how is he doing now? >> he is doing phenomenal. he is great. >> how are you doing? >> i'm doing great, too. it took a while for us both to get -- sort of like a seesaw. we would balance each other out. after -- it has been a little over a year now. we are thriving. >> i hope that this makeover helped lift your spirits. >> it did. thank you so much. >> we are so happy you were able to do it. we are looking forward to seeing your other friends there getting it done. let's bring over our experts that helped this happen. thank you to neiman marcus and pr partners and michelle from bobbi brown. did you a great job. >> thank you. >> very happy to have them. come over here closer so we can

get you into the picture. thank you so much, all of you. this is terrific. we look forward to seeing what you did tomorrow. thanks a lot. of course, we are coming back with more for you. stay with us. the time right now is 11:52. coming up, cute or not, winner of best show, that plus the weather. stay with us all afternoon long.

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he may not be the biggest dog in the house but this year he is top dog. >> best in show at the 136th annual westminster kennel club, america's dog show, is the pekingese. >> all right. malachy is the first pekingese to win the prestigious title since 1990. the 4-year-old beat out a long lining of purebreds in the finals but his owner told the "today" show this morning that he knew malachy would be the champion since he was a puppy. >> he came from the united kingdom. as soon as picked him up at newark airport, as soon as i picked him up at customs and took him out of his crate and walked him, i thought i have a really great dog here.

>> you have been combing that dog's hair since you got here. this is not a low-maintenance dog. >> no. >> malachy will now go into retirement in his hometown of east berlin, pennsylvania, and enjoy a life of chasing squirrels and getting pampered. if you are looking for your own perfect pug take a look at these guys that will soon be up for adoption at the washington animal rescue league. 1 dogs are among 108 rescued late last year from a hoarding situation in mississippi. the dogs range in age from puppies to 8 years old. vets are providing them with the necessary medical care to get them back on their feet. let's look now at stories we are going to be following for you on news4 this afternoon. wendy rieger joins with us a preview of things to come. wendy? >> coming up this afternoon, barbara, on "news4 at 4:00," a massive drug bust in major university. students are arrested. betsy johnson is known for unusual styles on the catwalk. we are bogey to head up to the big apple for fashion week.

then coming up on "news4 at 5:00," part two of an i-team special report. local driver racked up more than $20,000 in parking tickets. $20,000. guess what, they are for cars. he doesn't even own. we will tell you how it happened and how our store write is changing the way they are writing tickets in the district of columbia. so you this afternoon starting at 5:00. >> that should be a good story. thanks so much. it is time for a final check on our forecast. here's tom. >> beautiful blue sky. we have a little bit after breeze coming in out of the north and west. live view from the sky watcher camera. plenty of sunshine as a result as we approach the noon hour. we are already climbing into the 50s, 52 now at reagan national. later today, climbing up into the mid and upper 50s during the afternoon and we will have high pressure oar us but there is an area of low pressure with a front that's bringing rain already now into southern indiana, illinois. that will be arriving here tomorrow. increasing clouds tonight. tomorrow some of the light rain into the metro area by late morning and off and on during

the afternoon and evening and after that, we will get sunshine back for friday and saturday. then there's still a lot of question about whether or not we will get any precipitation on sunday. we will keep you posted on that. could be snow or rain or maybe it won't -- on anything. storm track, we will keep you update. >> we can't wait to hear and see. thanks a lot. it is 11:58. that's it for us on "news4 midday." thank you for being with us. tune in for more news at 4:00, 5:00, 6:00, 11:00. we will be back tomorrow morning at 11:00 with "news4 midday." another makeover to share with you. we hope you plan to join us with that and everything else we have coming up for you. until this then have a great day and