school children home from school. good afternoon. welcome to news 4 at 4:00. i'm pat lawson muse. >> i'm jim handly. first up at 4:00 anxiety is mounting all over the midwest and parts of the south now as more twisters threaten to tear through those regions. today in alabama two tornadoes destroyed homes and sent people to the hospital days after the deadly storm system that struck southern illinois. jay gray is tracking the latest round of severe weather from nashville, tennessee. >> reporter: the first hit came as a pair of violent tornadoes touched down mid morning in northern alabama. >> by the time i literally ran from one end of my house to the other, by the time i got to the garage door and opened it, my big garage doors were just, you know, sucking in and out and i ran to the storm shelter. over pretty quick. >> reporter: but the twisters were on the ground long enough to rip apart neighborhoods, splintering homes, scattering debris, and downing power lines.

storm chasers got a glimpse of this storm outside chattanooga, tennessee and this morning nashville was warned to be one of the areas that could be hardest hit. >> tornadoes, very strong winds, damaging winds really as violent as a tornado, do as much damage at least as a weak tornado. >> reporter: perspective they are keenly aware of in harrisburg, illinois when ominous clouds this morning provided a painful reminder of what happened two days ago and a possibility of what could be to come. >> as a precaution more than 20 school districts across tornado alley sent students home early today. in nashville, jay gray, news 4. well flooding is a big

concern for parts of our area now. >> meteorologist veronica johnson joins us live from storm center 4. what is the latest? >> the latest is we are going to be getting heavy rain. some areas down to the south and west of d.c. already getting heavy rain out around fredericksburg and culpepper. let me show you what the storm system is doing. the same one that's going to move our way. as you heard jay gray say, very dangerous situation for the ohio valley, for the tennessee valley, large threat zone today in yeller. looking at all the tornado watch boxes. indiana, ohio, down south to northern georgia, even western north carolina and south carolina. those little boxes of red are tornado warnings. that is where right now there are a lot of reports of tornadoes actually on the ground. we're seeing a lot of damage out of henriville, indiana. reports of a high school severely damaged, and another tornado moving into the area right now. that's a big hot spot and half a dozen reports of tornadoes right around the border there of kentucky and indiana and another zone that's firing just a little

farther down to the south. again, all part of the same system that is going to be headed this way. for us the heavy rain. you see it right there. that's the line just south and west of cincinnati, ohio. so cincinnati likely to begin a tornado warning very soon, too. heavy rain, fredericksburg, headed to the north and east up into st. mary's county, calvert county, moderate rain around warranton so a sloppy afternoon and evening rush for us. we're at 49 degrees with a southeast wind at 9 miles per hour. we'll have temperatures dropping to about 50 degrees at 11:00 p.m. then temperatures rising slightly during the overnight period. we have storms to talk about coming up and even the possibility still of a flurry before the weekend is over with. we'll have all the details in a few minutes. >> thanks, veronica. students at chardon high school in ohio returned to the classroom today just four days after a gunman opened fire inside the school cafeteria killing three students. the students today were greeted with applause as they walked into the building.

police officers were there to make sure everything went smoothly. on monday police say 17-year-old t.j. lane opened fire on a group of students who were sitting in the cafeteria. he's now been charged with three counts of aggravated murder. police say he chose his victims at random. students from neighboring schools felt it was important to be at chardon today. >> just to show chardon that we're supporting them and that we know what they're going through and just to tell them to stay positive even though negative things have happened. just to keep their heads up. >> reporter: one of the injured students is still in the hospital in serious condition and the other student was released from the hospital a few days ago. today is also the first day of the series of memorial services for the students who died. classmates of a high school valedictorian are protesting today after an immigration judge decided to have her deported. daniellea moved to the u.s. with

her parents from colombia when she was only 4. her family illegally over stayed a tourist visa. a judge denied the 18-year-old's application for a green card on monday. the north miami student says she'll now appeal the decision. >> i'm american, you know? i know the national anthem. i know the laws. i know what it is to be an american. trying to kick me out. layman's terms. >> in a statement regarding daniela i.c.e. said it would not pursue action against her as she pursues legal action. now to the republican presidential race. if you thought the candidates fought hard over michigan wait until you see how hard they fight over ohio. it's just one of the states up for grabs next week on super tuesday. let's get the latest from steve handelsman. >> reporter: the republican race is so intense mitt romney went to washington state where they caucus tomorrow but pick no

delegates. >> i think we have to have leaders that'll tell us the truth and are willing to live with integrity. >> reporter: truth is romney needs any boost and a win tomorrow would be good pr going into next week's megaprimary. on super tuesday 424 delegates are at stake, roughly a third of the total needed to win in 11 state contests but it's the primaries in georgia and ohio that matter most. especially ohio. and rick santorum's lead in ohio polls shrank to six points as he went to chillicothe. >> i'm running to give the power back to the american people where it belongs. >> reporter: ohio is more conservative and religious than michigan where santorum narrowly lost last tuesday. >> if he can win ohio he shows that he can beat mitt romney. then you get a one on one matchup. if you're the more passionate conservative in a one on one matchup with a weak front-runner like mitt romney you have a shot. >> reporter: georgia is newt gingrich's home state. he is playing up his roots.

>> you cannot put a gun rack in a prius. >> reporter: newt's polling first in georgia but if he loses to santorum that's another way for romney to end up one-on-one against the pennsylvanian. >> we take our victories and our defeats and we just keep coming at them. but maybe since governor romney sort of is new to being a conservative he didn't understand that. >> reporter: santorum vows he'll still be in after super tuesday. >> and if santorum can hold his lead and win ohio, that could remake this race. i'm steve handelsman, news 4. the hunt is on for three police impersonators in arlington. in one case the suspects pulled over a driver, robbing the victim. in another, the impersonators targeted a house using a weapon, but police say the cases are unrelated. news 4's megan mcgrath has more. >> reporter: a uniformed officer in a police cruiser gets pulled

over and things are pretty straight forward but what if you're approached by someone in plain clothes who claims to be a cop? >> if somebody is pulled over by a person who is in plain clothes, please, by all means verify this person is affiliated with arlington county police department and make sure that, you know, this is a legitimate stop. >> reporter: arlington county police are investigating two separate incidents involving suspects pretending to be police officers. one crime happened in the 3700 block of lee highway. the victim was stopped at a traffic light when a black convertible mustang pulled alongside him. the man in the mustang told the other driver he was a police officer and had seen the man speeding. they pulled off the road and into the safeway parking lot. investigators say the police impersonator then took the victim's wallet presumably to get his driver's license. when the victim got his wallet back, $160 was missing. in the second incident two men identifying themselves as

arlington police officers knocked on the door of a home on south fillmore street. >> they just identified themselves as arlington county police department, forced their way through the front door, held an adult female and her two juvenile children on the couch at knife point while a second subject armed with a hand gun went through the rest of the house looking for valuable items. upon finding approximately $13,000 in cash and jewelry total, both subjects left the scene. >> police do not believe the two crimes are related and no arrests have been made. if you are pulled over by someone in plain clothes who says that they are an officer and you're suspicious, don't be afraid to call 911. in arlington, megan mcgrath, news 4. you'll need a little extra time this weekend if you plan to use metro especially if you plan to ride the red line. three stations will be closed on metro's busiest line. the shady grove station, rockville, and twin brooks stations will all be closed. free shuttle buses will run between shady grove and white flinn to get you around all the

work. trains will single track between east and west falls church on the orange line and trains will also share tracks between eastern market and stadium armory on both the orange and blue lines. all of the work at 10:00 tonight starts and should be done in time for the monday morning commute. president obama phones the georgetown university law student who was targeted by rush limbaugh. we've got that story coming up. fresh off a tremendous performance with madonna, philo green of forget you flame, announces a flamboyant new show. >> the drama behind the scenes of "desperate housewives" could rival what you see on tv as one of the series stars takes the show's creator to court. i'm liz crenshaw. at what age can you safely put your child in a jogging stroller? the answer is coming up on "ask liz"

cee lo green's super bowl performance with madonna was an elaborate affair and now he is launching his own late night show in las vegas. green who is a coach on nbc's "the voice" says the show will feature show girls and pyro technics with tributes to prince and the rolling stones and will highlight his flamboyant sense of style. the show launches august 29th at planet hollywood, a resort and casino on the vegas strip and runs through the end of next year. >> boy, he was sparkling last

night wasn't he? >> yeah. the end of this year it runs. the alleged ring leader of a series of burglaries at the homes of hollywood stars pleads no contest in connection with two break ins. nicholas prugo entered that plea today and is expected to serve two years now in state prison system. >> the plea was in connection with burglaries at the homes of lindsay lohan and reality tv star "ardrina partridge. the plea comes in exchange for his promise to testify against three other suspects accused of helping him. lohan is in the news today for a big gig tomorrow night. >> there has ban lot of talk and anticipation over her hosting duties on "saturday night live." although it's her fourth time hosting the show. >> i can't believe i'm hosting "saturday night live" for the third time. >> reporter: that was in 2006. there's been a lot of water under and over the bridge since then for lindsay lohan but

nnow she is back in the studio after prodding loren michaels. >> i e-mailed him and was kind of harassing him to meet with me and let me do the show. >> reporter: now the actress has been the occasional target of the show's humor including this sketch in 2010 and now will be on herself for the fun and games. >> i'm going to do, you know, a sketch about this is the place to do it. i think "snl" is where you are actually okay to do that. i'll poke fun at myself. >> reporter: mindful of the wealth of material her life might provide the show's writers lohan did check on what should maybe stay off limits. >> i've spoken to my attorney and asked her. i didn't want to be disrespectful to the judge or anything. she has been really wonderful to me and helped me a lot. >> lindsay lohan everybody! >> "late night with jimmy fallon" has been part of lindsay's nbc tour this week as the 24-year-old sets about rebooting her career. >> it's just a process and i am willing to go through that process and prove i can be

accountable. >> ready? >> saturday night lohan will look to account for laughs. >> we'll be watching. i think everybody will be. >> yeah, they will. a lot of folks will be anyway. it is music to the ears of her fans. mariah carey is back on stage. she hasn't performed since giving birth to twins more than ten months ago. >> that's right. she took to the stage in new york and dedicated her song "always be my baby" to her twins moroccan and monroe. take a listen. ♪ >> a fan reported the song with a cell phone and uploaded the video to youtube. i could have done a better job with my flip phone. she same about 30 minutes and said her husband was in the audience. the show was part of an event holding four concerts held simultaneously in new york, l.a., chicago, and new orleans

sponsored to promote the casino rewards program. she looks great. just talking about sound quality. >> i'm sure fans are happy to see her back. >> it turns out that the behind-the-scenes drama of "desperate housewives" could rival what goes on in front of the cameras. >> star nicollette sheridan took the stand this week to testify against the man who created the series. >> reporter: nicollette sheridan arrived in downtown los angeles to a crush of cameras. the former primetime star has traded a tv set for a seat on the witness stand. are you worried about taking the stand? >> this is a very serious matter and i look forward to taking the stand thank you. >> the serious matter inside a fifth floor courtroom her wrongful termination lawsuit against the desperate housewives creator and the corporate partner touchstone. in court he was described as the show runner, the person responsible for all aspects of production. >> she is going to give her oscar winning performance. this is it.

this is her chance to tell it all. >> sheridan's attorneys went through notebook binders filled with documents they contend show the english born star was well liked dating back to the 2004 creation of the show. sheridan says she and cherry got into a script disagreement in 2008 which led him to allegedly slap her on the head whechlt she complained her character was killed off and she was out of work. sheridan contends her mid season sacking was retaliation and is suing for $4 million for wrongful termination. >> the defense is going to argue that they had the discretion to terminate her. >> nicholas sheridan may have scored points early but the defense still gets to put on their case including calling her four famous costars as witnesses against her. in downtown los angeles, nbc 4 news. coming up on news 4, group on pulls a controversial chain after complaints from victims. >> and the evidence is on the

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rough weather again in the midwest and a whole town has been wiped off the map. >> we were just looking. a sheriff's report out of marysville, indiana, the complete town just absolutely wiped out. unfortunately those are the kinds of images we see during spring sometimes where the towns in certain areas can be completely devastated with these twisters staying ob the ground for several miles. monster tornadoes. >> wow. >> that is exactly the case today. this is coming again after we just had the big severe weather outbreak. the tornado outbreak a couple days ago. it's hitting some of the same locations. we are out ahead of the warm front so getting rain and some heavy rain down south. we're at 49 degrees right now with a southeast wind at 9 miles per hour so the rain is likely

to pick up in intensity as we go through the afternoon and certainly the evening hours. 49 degrees right now. here is a look at your good night wakeup forecast. strong storms i think during the overnight period. and then we've got the possibility of still seeing a few lingering thunderstorms tomorrow morning. that will mainly be i think to the south of our area around southern maryland. 56 to 54 degrees early tomorrow morning so we're talking about rising temperatures. again, the heavy rain. we're seeing it down south. right now a flood watch until 7:00 a.m. for areas of hagerstown, martinsburg, winchester and off to the west around cumberland and petersburg and west virginia until 7:00 a.m. let's talk about where the heavy rain is. fredericksburg to leonardtown right now seeing heavy rain all moving to the north and northeast. the areas of fairfax moderate rain moving through. waldorf, too. moderate to heavy rain coming your way. again, all moving to the north and northeast. so soon areas around d.c. will be getting some moderate rain. a sloppy afternoon and evening rush for us. look at the yellow.

that's the tornado watch area. it is huge. cincinnati, some storms just west of that area down toward louisville, kentucky. this is the area that we're most concerned with, that indiana, ohio, kentucky border right now. the reason for the severe weather, talking about a very strong weather system. you're talking about a lot of moisture and warm air coming into this storm system. 82 degrees in memphis, tennessee. on the other side of that, 61 in cincinnati. into the 30s north. so they've got some snow well to north but a very powerful, low level jet stream as well. all fueling this system. for us, it moves through very quickly. i think by early tomorrow morning we'll see a few lingering showers and storms around southern maryland. then by the afternoon and late afternoon we'll get into a little bit of sunshine before the sun sets and it will be windy. then on sunday behind the system we could see a few flurries, just a few coming through. i don't think they'll last very long because the air has been very mild out ahead of that.

for us the evening. rain, some thunderstorms. occasionally heavy. so you might want to allow yourself a little extra time to get where you need to go this evening. 46 to 50 degrees. southeast wind at about 10 to 20 miles per hour. mild and breezy for tomorrow morning. 44 to 50 degrees. still some thunder. mainly south of the area. by tomorrow afternoon. mild and windy as we hit a high, upper 50s to low 60s throughout the area. here is a look at your four-day forecast. 80% chance for showers and storms in the morning tomorrow. certainly i think before noon time. 63 your high temperature. then 53 for sunday. not too bad. but still some wind left. and some possible flurries, light snow, also on monday with a high of 46 degrees. so the early part of next week. not nearly as mild as the last couple days. so we are going to continue to monitor the system even though it's not affecting us directly, the severe weather, tornado warnings, because it is all going to be moving eastward. >> okay. thanks, veronica. when we come back on news 4

at 4:00 the president reaches out to a georgetown university student after rush limbaugh makes inflammatory remarks over contraception about her on the radio. >> and the dramatic rescue of a woman trapped for days in the debris of an abandon

and welcome back at 4:30 everybody. i'm jim handly. >> i'm pat lawson muse. here is what is happening in the news at this hour. more severe weather is rolling through the middle of the country this afternoon. today two twisters destroyed homes and put people in hospitals in northern alabama and indiana authorities are reporting that severe damage in southern indiana virtually wiped out the town of marysville. this round of bad weather comes two days after storms killed 13 people in the midwest and the south. >> chardon high school students went back to class today four days after a teenage gunman opened fire inside the ohio school. three students were killed, two injured. police officers were at the school today to make sure everything went smoothly. shooting suspect t.j. lane is charged with three counts of aggravated murder. he'll be charged as an adult. arlington police are looking for three men who claimed to be officers and committed two separate unrelated crimes. in one incident a man posing as

an officer pulled over a driver on lee highway, took his wallet, and stole $160 bucks. in the other incident, two men robbed a family on south fillmore street at knife point. wall street slipped as the trading day came to a close the dow finishing this friday down three points and the nasdaq dropping 13 and the s&p 500 by 4 points. a day after the senate's effort to overturn the president's policy on birth control insurance coverage was blocked by democrats. the debate over the issue reaches a new fever pitch. just hours ago president obama made a personal phone call to a local law student now caught in the middle of the debate. radio host rush limbaugh called the student a slut among other things. nbc's kelly o'donnell reports. >> i don't believe i am -- >> reporter: sandra is a georgetown university law student and activist for women's reproductive health. >> so ms. fluke and the rest of you feminazis, here's the

deal -- >> reporter: rush limbaugh with 20 million listeners made her his target after she spoke out on capitol hill in favor of a new obama administration rule that would require health insurance provide free birth control as preventative medical care. >> contraception as you know can cost a woman over $3,000 during law school. for a lot of students who, like me, are on public interest scholarships, that's practically an entire summer's salary. >> reporter: limbaugh who called her by the wrong first name then called her some very ugly things. >> what does it say about the college coed susan fluke who goes before a congressional committee and essentially says that she must be paid to have sex? what does that make her? it makes her a slut, right? makes her a prostitute. she wants to be paid to have sex. >> reporter: limbaugh amped up

the shock factor. >> if we are going to pay for your contraceptives and thus pay for you to have sex, we want something for it and i'll tell you what it is. we want you to post the videos online so we can all watch. >> reporter: furious democrats quickly defended fluke and fired off a demand that republicans denounce limbaugh. >> there is no call for those kinds of comments. those are very inappropriate and they should be repudiated by lots of people. >> reporter: this all happened as senate republicans lost their battle thursday. >> the motion to table is agreed to. >> reporter: to allow employers to opt out of providing birth control coverage if they have a religious or moral objection. reacting to limbaugh's fury some conservatives said he was crude but they agree with his larger point. >> it's absurd to suggest that birth control should be a free product provided by taxpayers for all women no matter what their income.

it's ridiculous. >> a suspect opened fire on a police officer in tennessee and now the officer's dash cam video is a prime piece of evidence. take a look. 18-year-old cameron cook is allegedly the gunman in this video. he is now on trial for that shooting, which happened last february in knoxville. prosecutors say cameron shot at the officer after he was pulled over for driving a stolen vehicle. the officer was hit in the leg and now reportedly needs a cane to walk. a pennsylvania woman is lucky to be alive after being trapped under a pile of debris in an abandoned house. mary kelly was found at the deserted home yesterday by a woman walking by. friends say she had been missing for at least two days. hungry stray cats brought kelly to the home's front porch and a wall fell to knon her. firefighters say it is a miracle the 76-year-old was even found.

>> this lady comes over and says i hear mary's voice. so i run over and i'm like, mary? and mary's like, help, help! >> she was underneath probably a 200-pound section of concrete wall. there were tires on her, some other debris from like dirt and stuff in the wall came in on top of her. >> it took emergency crews five hours to get kelly out. fire officials believe she only suffered a broken ankle. >> incredible. more to come on news 4 at 4:00 this afternoon. the life of a serial killer becomes a controversy for the discount website groupon. and a close call at a busy airport after a driver breaches a security fence and ends up on the runway. [ male announcer ] are you paying more and more for cable and enjoying it less and less? stop paying for second best. upgrade to verizon fios and get tv, internet and phone for an incredible price: just $89.99 a month for two years with a two-year agreement. it's an amazing deal, but it's for a limited time only.

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oh, this is serious, folks. this system just keeps on keeping on with more tornadoes. >> exactly. we're not talking about severe weather here but really tracking this system as it heads eastward. by the time it gets here it'll be a weaker system, some thunder

still around for the overnight. take a look at this. that is the zone, the sweet spot where you see the high risk just south of cincinnati and now i'm seeing reports of a large tornado on the ground heading into that highly populated area just south of cincinnati, ohio. also the sirens are going off in meridianville, alabama and louisville, kentucky. there are currently seven states that are under tornado warnings. as i zoom in you can see that powerful line extending just south and west of cincinnati. that is where it is right now. for us we've got the heavy rain and a little bit of thunder just down to the south. but 40 reports of tornadoes so far. for us it's moderate rain, heavy rain, and some thunder for the overnight. and pushed just down to the south because south of fork union and just east of lynchburg is where there was a little lightning earlier. i'm not seeing nearly as much right now but because of the heavy rain we're under a flood watch until 7:00 a.m. so potential for flooding some areas especially those areas that flood very easily. just know that. until the wind picks up we could

see some fog, too, during the overnight. southeast wind at 9 miles per hour. your temperature at 49 degrees. one thing about the overnight, i think it is going to be mild. 52 by 11:00 p.m. so rising temperatures for part of the night. 56 at 5:00 a.m. still some rain and isolated thunder around the area. your future weather, those blobs of green, that's the rain where you see the yellow. some thunderstorms, moderate rain coming through. up until about 11:00 p.m. or midnight. then after midnight, not a whole lot is going to happen down to the south, southern maryland, down through the northern neck. a few more showers and thunderstorms maybe lingering until we get to the early morning hours. i think it's going to take us a while to clear out tomorrow so mostly cloudy for a good chunk of the day. your temperatures in the 60s and then turning partly sunny by the afternoon tomorrow. breezy to windy. 53 for sunday. we do better the second half of the weekend. could see a few flakes right into monday early part of next week. if you're looking for the warming temperatures we don't get back to the 60s until, jim, thursday and friday of next

week. >> thanks, veronica. what's the shelf life difference between prepackaged meats and fresh sliced deli meats? at what age can you safely put your child in a jogging stroller? how do you completely wipe the hard drive on your computer? it's friday and liz crenshaw joins us with answers in this week's edition of "ask liz." >> nice to see you. happy friday. our first question comes from a viewer whose name is greg and he sent it in on e-mail. he wants to know what's the difference in shelf life between those prepackaged lunch meats and the fresh deli sliced meats? >> sometimes you basically want the guy to slice it for you. we went to the u.s. department of agriculture for this answer. it says that prepackaged lunch meats are vacuum packed and can be stored at home in the 'fridge for up to two weeks before it's opened. once it's opened both prepackaged meats and fresh sliced deli meats can be safely stored only in the 'fridge for three to five days.

that's it. if you want to hold on to that meat for longer usda says store that lunch meat in the freezer. it will last up to two months. but not very long, three to five days and that's it. >> okay. or freeze it. >> yep. >> our next question comes from susannah who wrote in on facebook and wants to know how old should your child be before you can safely put them in a jogging stroller? >> announcer: lot of folks like to jog with their babies. safe kids.org gave us this answer and says the manufacturers' consensus is jogging strollers should not be used for children less than six months old because infants younger than six months may not be physically developed enough to travel safely and comfortably. safe kids recommends following the manufacturers' guidelines and using reflectors or lights to increase the child's visibility while in the jogging stroller. so be careful and wait until they're a bit older than six months. >> good advice. our last question comes from susan in washington, d.c. susan wants to know how to wipe her computer hard drive of all of her personal information before she donates it.

>> before she donates it. the virginia department of quality helped us with this answer. it says that simply deleting files from your hard drive does not permanently erase that information. if you don't want to physically destroy it, which you can do by pulling it out, the department of environmental quality recommends overwriting the data. to overwrite use an installation cd that came with your computer. installation cds from popular manufacturers like windows and microsoft come with a tool that can overwrite data on your drive. in addition there are software programs and websites like kill disk.com that can overwrite your personal information. so think about that before you donate. if you have a question you'd like us to consider, send it to ask liz at nbc washington.com. you can also connect with me on twitter just by searching liz crenshaw and on facebook by searching liz crenshaw's consumer watch. coming up on ask liz at news 4 at 5:00 tonight what does it mean to get an instant refund for your tax return? how much of the government's snow budget actually has been

used this winter? where does the girl scout cookie money go? find out the answers to those questions on ask liz at 5:00. >> all right. >> see you then. >> thank you for the answers, liz. >> you're welcome. coming up on news 4 at 4:00 believe it or not something you hold close to your mouth turns out to be dirtier than the handle of a toilet. co-workers leap into action in the work place and save their colleague's life. the important lesson they want you to learn from the story. plus -- ♪ ♪ >> they're good. some talented young students get a music lesson from smokey robinson. coming up tonight at 6:00 donald trump reveals how much money he plans to invest in our

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after outrage and back lash groupon has now canceled a deal that would have allowed participants to get a glimpse into the life of sirrial killer jeffrey dahmer. this is a screen graph of the deal before it was taken down this afternoon. the tour was offering people a chance to walk around some of dahmer's favorite places in milwaukee including a bar where he met some of his victims. dahmer was arrested in 1991 for

killing 17 young men. the company that organizes the tour says it plans to continue offering them with or without groupon. a new study shows your cell phone is one of the dirtiest items you touch every day. a new study by the london school of hygiene says the average cell phone has 18 times more germs than the handle of a toilet. it's become so dirty that companies are now creating products to clean your cell phone. one looks like a giant blob of silly putty but can mold to any electronic equipment to clean it. >> like sort of a giant silly putty but the great thing is you can mold it into your electronics. you have a key board you can mold it in, pull it right back out and it kills all the bacteria and pulls out the dust and dirt and grime in between your keys. >> other options include using a u v light to wash over the phone killing 99.9% of the germs on your cell phone. >> that's what this bottle of

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federal officials are looking into a stunning security breach at philadelphia international airport. >> a man in a jeep burst through a security fence and led police on a high speed chase on the runway. tom costello has the story. >> reporter: it was just after 11:00 a.m. at philadelphia international airport. >> hey what's going on over on the right? >> i don't know. we're trying to figure that out now. >> reporter: us airways flight 3137 from raleigh was seconds from landing when airport controllers realized the flight could be headed for a runway collision. a rogue jeep was speeding down a runway with police in hot pursuit. all of it was captured on home video. air traffic controllers ordered the pilot to abort the landing and all other planes on the ramp to stay put. >> we've got a rogue vehicle driving on the airport. we're not talking to him. we're not moving anybody until we find this guy. >> reporter: the jeep had crashed through a chain link fence driving straight on to the

active runways. for five minutes police chased the jeep with planes in the air circling. >> attention all aircraft. just use caution. a vehicle is heading your direction right now on the runway. >> finally officers were able to force the car to stop. the driver 24-year-old richard maizic of chatsford, pennsylvania charged with driving under the influence, reckless endangerment, resisting arrest, defiant trespass, criminal mischief, and assault. police say he is not a terrorist but in an age when every passenger must go through tsa checkpoints and at times endure rather personal patdowns how is it possible a jeep could crash through a chain link fence and on to an active runway? veteran aviation security experts are concerned about such a serious breach. >> it could have been a disaster of epic proportion had it been someone with malintent and had actually had a nexus to terrorism and had a mission they were trying to perform. >> reporter: an incredibly

dangerous five minutes on the runway at philly. >> the airport is shut down right now. we had a rogue vehicle loose in the airport. stand by. >> reporter: yet if not for quick actions of air traffic controllers it could have been far more serious. >> that is amazing. what a busy airport that is. tom also tells us airports are required to ensure their perimeters are secure. >> and while the case certainly seems to raise concerns about the safeguards in philadelphia, airport officials say they do not plan to make any changes. >> that does it for news 4 at 4:00. news 4 at 5:00 starts right now. if we are going to pay for your contraceptives and thus pay for you to have sex we want something for it. >> limbaugh launching an attack against a local law student. tonight both the president and the speaker of the house are weighing in. >> i knew the jury had come back

with not guilty and i didn't want to listen to it so that was really tough for me to swallow. >> a mother's heart break. the man accused of killing her daughter offered a plea deal. prosecutors rejected it. then a jury set him free. >> good evening everybody. it is a busy day in the news. i'm jim handly. >> i'm pat lawson muse in for wendy rieger who's off tonight. breaking news this evening. anne arundel county executive john leopold is under indictment, seen in the picture we are about to show you with before martin o'malley surveying storm damage in annapolis last summer. today the state prosecutor in annapolis announced a grand jury indicted leopold for the alleged misuse of his security detail. >> prosecutors say leopold used the team for his own benefit. he is accused of inappropriately using county police officers to drive him to parking lots so he could have sex with a county employee. he's also accused of using on duty police officers t