trouble for drivers before moving out. it misses d.c. but not to our south. i'm jim hand. >> i am pat lawson muse. there is no white stuff here in d.c. but a winter storm dumped several inches of snow on parts of central virginia overnight and forced spotsylvania county schools to cancel all afternoon activities. megan mcgrath spent the morning in fredericksburg. she is here to talk about folks waking up to flurries. >> reporter: if you thought winter was done, well think again. we're back here in fredericksburg, virginia. take a look at the snow we're seeing here this morning. a system blew through and it dumped enough of the white stuff to actually coat the grassy areas and also coat the trees. so it looks like a winter wonder land out here. the road surfaces were in pretty good shape. very warm so when the snow hits the roads it's just melting. we're just seeing wet conditions out there. but a lot of folks were really hoping for spring. we've had so much warm weather lately that people we talked to are actually a little disappointed to see this white

stuff falling. >> i was hoping we were done with this. you know, so far it's been my kind of winter. no snow. pretty warm. i'm not thrilled with this. >> are you surprised it's snowing? >> yes. very surprised. this heavily. i thought we'd just have a little bit. >> reporter: weird spring. >> weird. >> reporter: if you're not a fan of the snow, don't worry. it's not expected to last very long. we're expecting temperatures in the upper 60s come thursday. in fredericksburg, virginia, megan mcgrath, news 4. >> that's right. it could be the coldest day of the work week so far. >> meteorologist veronica johnson is live in storm center 4 with our first forecast. >> yeah. we're talking about a warmup for the week, folks, but more than just flurries there in southern maryland today starting out. take a look at this image. it's sent in from sandy perkins in virginia. this is spotsylvania county where they picked up 4 to 5 inches of snowfall today and

across the area between 1 and as much as 8 inches of snow. take a look at the radar. we're still getting snow moving through from the northwest down to the southeast. you can see very, very spotty and scattered as far as amounts go throughout the area. here's what we came in with so far. marshall just around 0.5 inch of snowfall. then of course the higher totals down to the south around st. mary's around spotsylvania. earlysville the southwest pocket just below culpepper county 8.5 inches of snow just to the north of earlysville down in virginia. spotsylvania coming in with 5 inches of snow. so more than just flurries there today. what we're left with, centreville now reporting some moderate snowfall. you can see mainly down to the south still around 301, clinton, maryland and waldorf, maryland still seeing very light precipitation. we're at 43 degrees right now. some wind, too, at 30 miles per hour.

here's a look at your good night forecast where it is going to be a cold night and a cold start to the day tomorrow. so winter's last gasp trying to hang on. a warmup. we'll talk about the potential for any spring thunderstorms coming our way this week. a campaign volunteer for d.c. council candidate is facing murder charges now after an attack. it happened here in the 3600 block of highwood drive southeast. tracee wilkins with the latest. >> reporter: people who live in this community tell me that they cannot believe that a dispute between two neighbors would end with one being allegedly stabbed and killed by another. >> you just can't imagine it going to that level. >> reporter: neighbors in an argument over one neighbor picking up after his dog led to another neighbor stabbing and killing him on sunday. it happened in the 3600 block of highwood drive in southeast d.c. just after 10:00 a.m. 37-year-old robert wright who lives in the 3400 block of

carpenter street was found stabbed to death. his neighbor, 56-year-old ellsworth colbert who lived around the corner in the 3500 block of pope street, was taken into custody and is charged with killing his neighbor. >> well, he grew up here. they built the house. i mean, they've been here at least 35, 40 years, so it's not like, you know, they rode their bikes. >> reporter: not only did the suspect grow up in this neighborhood. he was also considered a community leader. >> participate in some politics, neighborhood block watch, you know. >> reporter: so he is a community activist. >> oh, yeah. we all in this neighborhood were shocked because all of us usually participate. >> reporter: he most recently signed on as a volunteer for the kevin b.chavous campaign for council member. the campaign released this statement saying mr. colbert was a volunteer on my campaign as are more than 100 residents of ward 7 and the district. he was not involved in the

leadership of the campaign and he did not have any decision-making responsibilities. mr. colbert had a charge for attempted threats to do bodily harm dismissed against him just last year but he has a long history of multiple charges all centered around violence and allegations of violence including some domestic violence issues as well as protective orders that have been placed against him. he's due in court again today this afternoon. in southeast i'm tracee wilkins, news 4. jury selection is under way in a wrongful death lawsuit related to the 2007 mass shootings at virginia tech. celeste and graphton fairfax are parent of aaron who died in the shooting. petersons are one of two families suing the school for $100,000. they claim administrators waited too long to alert students about the first shooting on campus. virginia tech's president and other top university officials will be asked to defend their actions.

32 people and the gunman died in the shooting spree. radio host rush limbaugh is still apologetic today but defiant about losing money from advertisers. today limbaugh reiterated his apology to georgetown university student sandra fluke. he called her a prostitute and slut on the air last week in response to fluke's stand on birth control insurance coverage. aol pulled ads from limbaugh's show today but limbaugh says the ad dollars will be replaced. for her part sandra fluke told hosts of the view today that she has little interest in letting limbaugh apologize personally over the phone. tomorrow is the biggest day so far in the republican race for the presidential nomination. it is super tuesday. there are nominating contests around the country. 424 delegates are at stake and the biggest prize? ohio. steve handelsman has the latest. >> reporter: mitt romney toured a sheet steel plant in canton,

ohio and figures if he does break out tomorrow and grab a lot from the gop nomination it is because he is focused on jobs. >> there have been discussions about all sorts of issues but i keep bringing the campaign back to more jobs, less debt, and smaller government. >> reporter: that's a swipe at rick santorum. he was in miamisburg, ohio talking about jobs and social issues. >> whether we are a country that's going to believe in the integrity of the family and respect all human life. >> reporter: voters in ten states cast ballots tomorrow but the world will watch ohio. santorum versus romney. and in the latest nbc news/"wall street journal" poll the gap is narrowed to just two points, a statistical tie. on main street in bexley, ohio today at the cozy restaurant it was a tie. >> i'm going to vote for mitt romney because i think he is more of a middle of the road candidate. >> i absolutely follow christ,

like he is who i want to be a reflection of his perfection. >> reporter: does that mean a vote for rick santorum tomorrow? >> i would lean more toward that way. >> reporter: ron paul is looking for his first win in alaska, idaho, or south dakota, states that caucus tomorrow. in georgia, his home state, newt gingrich looks like a lot for his second primary win and vows to stay in until the convention. santorum said he'll stay in. romney told cnbc's larry kudlow he's resigned to a longer fight. >> anyone would love to be coronated if you will the nominee of their party but that doesn't happen. the drawn out race is helping president obama. 40% of u.s. voters in today's nbc news/"wall street journal" poll said they're getting a less favorable impression of republicans. i'm steve handelsman, news 4, columbus, ohio. gas prices are still

climbing nationwide. prices are up 14% since the beginning of the year. high crude oil prices and concerns over the situation in syria and iran are all contributing to the price spike. triple-a says the shutdown of oil refineries is also a factor. >> since this time last year we've seen six refineries shut down on the east coast, two in the last month or so. and that has taken almost one billion barrels of oil out of circulation a day. >> reporter: right now triple-a reports the average price for a gallon of regular is $3.88 in the district. in maryland it's $3.71. in virginia the average price is $3.65 and in west virginia it's $3.81. >> prince george's county could be next in line to pay a bag tax. a bill is moving through right now, the maryland general assembly, that would allow prince george's county to establish a tax on plastic and paper bags. prince george's county requires permission from the general

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lady gaga's hits another milestone on twitter. the music star has become the first twitter user ever to reach to million followers. she set thi record saturday back in august of 2010. gaga topped fellow pop eye con britney spears. currently spears has 13.6 million twitter followers. that's about 6.5 million fewer than gaga. prince harry is doing public relations work for the royal family. >> he spent the weekend in the bahamas to mark the queen's diamond jubilee celebration. members of the royal family will be visiting commonwealth nations across the world this year to

mark queen elizabeth's 60 years on the throne. yesterday prince harry took part in the boat patrol with members of the bahamas armed forces. he also spoke to a crowd in nassau. >> the bahamas holds a very special place in her majesty's heart. her love for this realm and you, the people, stretches back over decades right to her first visit in 1966. during the 60 years of my grandmother's reign the bahamas has flourished. >> reporter: the bahamas are part of the commonwealth of nations. although it is an independent country it still recognizes the queen as its head of state. >> that's just another day on the job there. >> just another day. >> nice, wouldn't it? did you see "saturday night"? >> i didn't. >> some of the reviews are less than kind. lindsay lohan makes her comeback on snl this weekend.

>> the lorax is a hit and here to update is shawn robinson with "access hollywood." let's start with lindsay lohan. how did she do? >> if you ask the critics she didn't do so well. if you ask me i'm just glad she showed up. okay? she got through the entire show. lindsay lohan, i think, really did her best on "saturday night live." i don't know if you watched it but let me just read you some of the reviews. "entertainment weekly" says it became clear early on her range was limited. for most of the show she was relegated to making faces in the background while newsday called her performance "wooden and flat." she started off the show and keenan thompson was checking her pupils and kristin wick was patting her down. she was making fun of her bad girl behavior. but most folks didn't really think that her performance throughout the show was that good. i'm just glad she was able to get through the entire show and showed up on time. >> right. you've got to, right? because it's a live show at

11:30. if you're a little late, forget it. >> and she was a good sport. >> she was. big weekend at the box office for the dr. seuss inspired "the lorax." huge week. >> they were only expecting $40 million, but get this. they actually pulled in $71 million. that is a huge wow for them. and a loft tt of people think t reason is there hasn't been a good family film out for a while and this was something parents could take the entire family to and i tell you the zack efron being one of the voices didn't hurt in terms of the girls wanting to come and see the show. so anyway, they pulled in big numbers. $71 million only expecting about $40 million. >> that's big. >> yeah. >> snooki is in the news again today. last week we talked about her being pregnant maybe and now we're hearing she's engaged. what do you know? >> that's how it usually happens. you get pregnant and then you get engaged right? okay. can't we just -- yes. the news is true.

snooki is engaged to her boyfriend. they are expecting a little snooki or snooker. i don't know. anyway, aren't you going to be excited for snooki's big wedding and then snooki has a baby and then pictures of her taking the little snookis around the park? aren't you guys looking forward to that? >> of course. >> we can't wait. somebody is actually going to call her mom which is hard to fathom and picture. >> right. >> what you got coming up tonight on "access hollywood?" >> we have a lot. first of all, we're going to be talking about oprah's big interview with bobby christina, her first interview since the passing of her mother whitney houston, and so everybody has been wondering how she's going to be doing. so we'll be giving you a kind of a preview of oprah's big interview with bobby christina. everybody is pulling for this young lady because we know she's had a very, very, very tough road. >> and of course you've got the last interview with whitney

houston. >> yes. >> do we have any idea when oprah's interview might air on her network? >> yes. i believe it's going to be airing next sunday and definitely on her own network, own, so we will all tune in for that to see what she actually thinks of, you know, what happens, what's been going on with her mother for the last few years and also oprah asks her about bobby, her father. >> yes. >> so many people had blamed bobby for whitney's troubles. and it'll be very interesting to hear what bobby christina has to say about the role her father played in her mother's life. >> all right. thanks. >> yes. thank you, guys. >> all right. brian latrell says $120,000 in jewelry was stolen from a stone mountain hotel where he and his wife were staying. >> latrell says the items have been left on the night stand and when they returned to their

room, they were gone. among the missing items an engagement ring valued at $110,000. police are talking to people at the hotel and investigating. preparing for the worst. a growing number of people stocking up to survive a family crisis or worse. and apple marks a milestone

an earthquake measuring 4.0 on the richter scale shook the san francisco area this morning. no injuries or damage were reported. aerial views of the very top of the golden gate bridge widened to the nearby city of el cerrito a mile from where the u.s. geological survey determined the center of the quake was about 8 miles northeast of san francisco. the quake and aftershocks were felt from santa rosa to santa cruz. a law enforcement officer described the quake as a jolt with some rumblings for a few seconds. as a precaution bay area commuter trains were temporarily stopped to inspect the tracks. >> back here for some the flakes are still falling. >> that's right. for anyone who didn't check the forecast. >> right. >> last night maybe they were surprised at the snow down south. they got some real snow there. around here just a few flakes. but what's next then is real

cold air overnight. it's going to feel a lot like winter during the overnight period. let's head over to the weather wall and talk about when these snow showers will be ending. 43 your temperature. we've got a mostly cloudy sky still but we're starting to clear out. that wind out of the north-northwest is 13 miles per hour. let's talk about what's going on in other parts of the area. our temperatures during the overnight period, everywhere, are going to be dropping down plenty cold overnight to around freezing most neighborhoods by 11:00 p.m. then tomorrow morning in the 20s, in the mid and upper 20s throughout the area. a cold start for us. take a look though. that snow will be ending about 7:00 or 7:30. you can see scattered snow showers making their way northwest, the southeast, still hanging on around gaithersburg. bethesda very light flakes. same thing around clinton and waldorf right there around 301 those moving through, dahlgren, too, and fair view beach. this system part of what is like

a southern slider if you will. that snow starting to the west around illinois. around indiana and, yes, that includes also southern indiana. this is the same area we were talking about at the end of last week, the tornado ravaged areas of southern indiana and kentucky so they had snow on top of that just adding insult to injury. and that system made its way off to the east clipping us. next, cold air for us with those snow showers and flurries winding down around 7:00 or 7:30. a cold night, sunshine with real, chilly air that will be on tap throughout the day tomorrow. so cool day coming our way tomorrow. flurries ending. skies clearing but cold. sunset today 6:06. 31 to 37 degrees with a northwest wind at 10 to 15 miles per hour. then yeah. cold air for a change starting out again. sun is up at 6:32 tomorrow and when you head out the door you're definitely going to need your coat. 22 to 29 degrees for the temperature but by the afternoon

should get up to 45 to 50 degrees. that's still a couple degrees below average. meanwhile take a look at this. your four day forecast. i think you're going to like wednesday but you're going to love thursday. 49 degrees for tomorrow. again, second coldest day out of the work week we'll have sunshine around. sunshine also on wednesday. so if we've got two mild days coming up this week if you want to get a good run in outside wednesday and especially thursday will be plenty nice. then we're talking about a little bit of precip back into the area for friday with a high temperature of 59 degrees. on the other side of that for the weekend it is going to be cool again with temperatures in the 50s. so next weekend not quite as cold as this past weekend was but definitely chillier than the mid part of the week. >> a taste of winter then a taste of spring. >> exactly. >> thanks. >> not enough winter here. let's head to the alaska and the super bowl of mushing. the iditarod sled dog race got under way. 66 teams took off from the town

of willow yesterday. they'll cover more than 1,000 miles for the alaskan wilderness as they race to be the first to cross the finish line in nome. usually takes eight days to complete the rough journey. we're told a 32-year-old woman was ahead of the pack as of 5:00 a.m. this morning. the winner gets $50,000 and a new truck and maybe a steak bone for the dog, too. >> still to come on news 4 at 4:00, after the disaster, tornado victims talk about their close calls. >> also a pizza customer ends up in the wrong restaurant at the wrong time when the shop becomes the latest target for a serial robber

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good afternoon. i'm pat lawson muse. >> i'm jim handly. new at 4:30 a campaign volunteer for ward 7 candidate evan chavous has been charged with murder today. ellsworth colbert was arrested sunday for allegedly stabbing his neighbor to death after the two got into an argument. he pled not guilty this afternoon in court. rush limbaugh lost two more advertisers today. a total of nine companies have abandoned the show. this is a response to limbaugh's comments about a georgetown law student last week. limbaugh said he was sorry on the air today after issuing an apology over the weekend.

this was the scene in fredericksburg early this morning, a winter storm bringing snow flurries to parts of central virginia forcing some schools to cancel activities this afternoon. there was even more snow farther south. it came as a disappointment for many who hoped winter was over. and worries about slowing economic growth in china and the possible setback for a bailout of greece dragged on the markets here today. the dow lost 14 points to close at 12,962. the nasdaq was off 25 and the s&p 500 lost 5 to close the day at 1,364. a winter storm is adding to the woes of people in parts of the tornado ravaged midwest. 39 people now were killed by the storms that hit this friday. thousands of others have seen their neighborhoods destroyed. now the weight of several inches of heavy, wet snow is increasing the danger that buildings already damaged could come down. jay gray has the latest.

>> reporter: a blanket of white can't hide the dark reality of what happened here. the splintered wood, and twisted metal, still pushes through the snow and so do survivors. >> we have to work through it. >> reporter: the soggy and cold conditions have made the effort a bit more difficult if that's even possible. you see, when you have lost everything 4 or 5 inches of snow doesn't really make that much of a difference. still, somehow in all of this mess families are finding important pieces of their lives before the storm. >> found our homeowners' insurance policy completely dry and buried in some rubble. started digging and there it was. >> reporter: it's hard to believe that anything could be found when you see the magnitude of the toado. this home video provides the first glimpse of the massive ef-4 twister that ripped through henryville pushed by swirling winds of at least 170 miles an hour. the battered remnants of henryville high school are evidence of the power -- the

roof peeled away to reveal a gutted building with books and work scattered for miles, but the lessons so many have been forced to learn over the last few days don't come from any classroom. >> i felt the whole house just getting sucked straight up into the twister. and then i blacked out. >> reporter: jason miller does remember pulling his neighbors from their trailer into his house right before the storm hit. the family of five did not survive including little angel babcock removed from life support late yesterday. >> i went over to the neighbors, brought them over into my house, and then they died. you know, that's just hard to -- very hard to accept. >> reporter: grief that so many are dealing with as they struggle to somehow make sense of all that's happened here. that just like the cleanup and recovery is going to take a very long time, especially difficult when you consider how early these storms hit. there are still two full months left in what has already been a deadly tornado season. in henryville, indiana, jay

gray, news 4. an employee at a pizza store gets caught in the middle of an armed robbery and the whole ordeal is caught on camera. take a look at this surveillance video taken last week of the pizza store in central colorado. the armed man stormed into the store, pointing his gun at the terrified employee. she crouches on the ground, unsure of what to do, as the gun owner orders the owner to give him money from the register. the owner says the robber was disappointed with the amount of cash he got. >> i put it in his hands and he goes is that all you've got? i said, welcome to a trying business in this economic crisis. >> the robber ran off with the cash. the customer and owner were not injured. police say the same man is responsible for 11 store robberies in the past month. police are calling him the 32 bandit because of the number on his sweat shirt he wore during one of those robberies. coming up on news 4 at 4:00

survival mom. one woman's effort to prepare families for possible tough times ahead. and we'll hear from virginia brothers who made the cut on "the voice."

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we're going to get the fever this week? which one? >> we're going from winter to spring fever this week. like we've been doing all winter but now it is spring so we want the spring weather. let's take a look and see what's going on outside. plenty chilly and it's going to be cold overnight. by early tomorrow morning we still have some of those snow showers coming through the area. northwest to southeast. you can see it on the loop here taking you back two hours. a wide view. you can see all the way west into west virginia. still some snow showers hanging on. and right there into d.c. just a little bit of precip around bethesda heading east-southeast through d.c. and down to the

south around shady side and diehl another pocket there around areas of mechanicsville, all of this moving east-southeast. calvert beach you're going to get wet before long again and right down to 29, culpepper and remington, again, pushing east toward i-17. so still a little bit of wetness hanging on, still going through the clouds and sunshine here for the next couple hours. 43 our temperature. it's after i think about 9:00 when we are going to really start to see the skies clear. precip should be ending about 7:30 or so. winds gusting to 25 miles per hour so a little breezy. allowing some of the temperatures to feel certainly a little colder. the wind chills i think later tonight before the wind really goes is going to be in the upper 20s. 34 degrees your 11:00 p.m. temperature. cold tomorrow morning at 5:00 and at 7:00 a.m. 29 to 30 degrees right there in d.c. for mount airy 24 to 25 degrees.

leesburg 25 to 27. down south to fredericksburg. your future weather, there it is, the snow gone hanging on the higher spots west but for the most part clearing skies as we go into tomorrow morning and through the day. mostly sunny skies. a lot of sunshine. but it's still going to be plenty chilly. they're at 50 degrees for a high temperature tomorrow. 49 to 50. here's a look at your four-day forecast. you'll like wednesday. the high 63 after tomorrow's 49-degree high temperature. and then close to 73 or 70 degrees on thursday making it i think the warmest and the best day out of the work week for your weekend right now 51 degrees on saturday. close to 60 on sunday. so winter to that spring fever hitting us thursday. can't wait until thursday. >> thank you, veronica. the voice airs tonight at 8:00 right here on nbc 4 and a local group with a rock 'n roll sound is turning heads. >> these guys are on fire. the shields brothers are on team, cee lo and angie and big

tigger are in the studio. >> they have a lot of local support. joining us now, tristan and murray shields. great to have you. >> hi. >> hi. >> and you are our local pride and joy. tell us where you're from. >> we're from a little town in virginia near culpepper. the middle of nowhere. it has a post office. >> remember your story line included you were working on a farm with your family but you actually have ties closer to our area. >> we're originally from bethesda so we've been in the area a long time and have played shows at all kinds of venues for our whole career. rock 'n roll hotel, all kinds of places. >> you guys have officially punched america in the face with your rock 'n roll. >> tigger, that is exactly what you guys said when they asked you what you wanted to do and what you wanted to accomplish on that stage is you really wanted to bring the sound of rock 'n

roll back. do you feel like you did that? >> well, we definitely at least punched cee lo in the face for sure. >> we feel we're the punks that kind of snuck in the back door of the reality show. i mean, we kind of like, you know, sounded like nothing on the show. >> your parents are so proud. >> very supportive. the father looked really excited. >> of course. >> and you mentioned cee lo. he picked you to be on his team. this is what he had to say. >> i picked you guys for two reasons. you sounded great. christina said it's two of them. you know what i mean? so all of the great duos from last season we kind of let slip away. i also love billy idol so i thought that was exciting that you guys did that. one of my favorite songs growing up. that's what the world needs is good old fashioned rock 'n roll, right? >> all right. what was it like to hear that? i mean, he's a pop god. >> well, you know, it's funny.

i was so focused on what we were doing and he spun around and he was wearing this jacket and i was like, he stole my jacket! >> all the studs on it and stuff. >> yeah. >> we were just like screw it. let's go crazy. and started like throwing things. it was really confirming and liberating. >> are you happy with your teammates? >> yes. our team is kracrazy this year. >> and seeing live auditions are behind us we're talking battle rounds. every time in our live chat we find new people that say i just watched the boys, first time. i am hooked. for those who don't know what the battle round is what exactly is that? >> the battle round phase is when cee lo puts everybody together in duets and you go against each other to see who the best singers are. >> okay. >> females, too. >> it gets heated. >> and since people who aren't necessarily supposed to be together so you kind of have to change and adjust. there's a lot of drama and stuff

going on. >> definitely makes it challenging. all right. good luck. thank you for joining us. we will be watching. we invite you to watch with us as well and have your computer on hand because we will be chatting live. >> yes. rock on, dudes. >> from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. at nbc washington.com. we also have some d.c. teens joining us in the chat that really know the music scene in the area. so we'll send it back to you. >> big night. those guys are pumped. >> good for them. >> the hometown guys. coming up on news 4, tv that's literally gone to the dogs. >> and take a look at this, folks. the proof is in the pictures. if you squint, yeah. you can see it. flakes are falling at the white house. live pictures now. you blink and you miss it, but it is snowing over the white house.

ready for this? apple reaches a major milestone with 25 billion apps. that's been reported downloaded from the i-tunes store. apple officials tell us when they launched the apple store four years ago they never imagined the mobile apps would become such a phenomenon. by the way download number 25 billion was a free version of the where's my water game? it was downloaded by an apple customer in china. that customer will receive an i-tunes gift card worth $10,000. you can buy a lot with that.

>> yes indeed. a tech website is claiming to have a pretty good idea of what the newest version of apple's ipad will look like. the site m.i.c. gadget claims the new ipad will be a little thicker but with tapered edges to make it feel thinner. apple is expected to unveil the latest ipad at 3:00 on wednesday. if your dog's spending any amount of time at home alone you may want to leave the tv on. there is a new cable channel geared specifically to canine viewers. according to business week dog tv went live in february after four years of dog market research. the founder says the programming is meant to soothe your dog's abandonment anxiety. right now it's only available to time warner cable and cox media customers in san diego but the israeli production company behind dog tv hopes to expand across the u.s. by the end of the year. they'll charge about $4.99 per

month. my dog's only allowed to watch channel 4 when i'm not there. >> my dog's never liked tv. they never paid attention. >> mine sits up shall the ears go back, they go crazy. >> mine does that when there is a storm outside. still to come, they're called preppers. a growing number of people getting ready for doomsday. we'll hear from one survival mom who is helping lead the way. i was shocked to find out how many couples don't sleep in the same bedroom. but in the sleep number store, we hear it all the time. yeah, nine out of ten couples disagree on the firmness they want in a mattress.

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call it a sign of the times. an increasing number of people are preparing for the worst by stocking up for long-term survival. >> reporter: by the looks of it lisa bedford is stocking shelves for a super sized family, but all this for just a family of four? what is she thinking? >> when times get tough it is so important for moms just to get tougher. >> reporter: called the survival mom with a popular blog and a book on the way lisa is what is known as a prepper. >> a prepper is someone who is preparing for the unexpected. >> reporter: the unexpected ranging from a crisis everyone can imagine to pretty far out there -- doomsday. >> basically i would say we're preparing for the end of the world as we know it. >> reporter: the end of the world. >> as we know it. >> reporter: a survival room is

stacked to the ceiling with food for a year and supplies in case of a nuclear or biomedical attack. >> want to go fishing? >> reporter: he has even turned his back yard swimming pool into a fish pond. they drop a line when they want tilapia for dinner. in the event of an all out attack they would provide fresh milk the same way they do now, from a back yard goat. >> i'm sure people think i'm crazy and that's fine. but like i said i think they are crazy for not being prepared. >> dennis and lisa aren't alone. they're part of a growing trend of people planning for the unknown. hugh vail is president of the american preppers network. yes there is such a group. >> a decade ago there was estimated a couple hundred thousand. and today there are over 3 million plus preppers. >> reporter: dale says with the shape of the economy, natural disasters, and even the upcoming mayan calendar doomsday account for the dramatic surge. >> the end of the world as we

know it. and like any emerging trend the movement now has its own reality shows. >> doomsday bunkers. >> you have things in place to protect yourself and your family. if not you're in trouble. >> we can sleep between four and six people. >> some families have built bunkers like this one in utah. >> i have medical supplies. this is an air intake. these cans will last at least 25 years shelf life. >> reporter: more conservative preppers like christy richards are satisfied with a mere three months of food and water. >> the main reason i do this is peace of mind. >> reporter: as for the survival mom she doesn't anticipate the worst but is ready should it come. one theory lisa subscribes to is if tomorrow is uncertain, today eat dessert. at the bedfords that's possible even without power. solar baked brownies fresh from the back yard. >> good? >> now even the federal government recommends that you have a basic disaster kit.

fema says that kit should include at least a three-day supply of nonperishable food and drinking water and a first aid kit. that's news 4 at 4:00. news 4 at 5:00 starts right now. march madness. some parts of virginia seeing significant snow today and snow showers are rolling through district as we speak right now. good evening everybody. i'm jim handly. >> i'm wendy rieger. we'll start with breaking news from calvert county war truck rear ended a school bus near route 2 around 3:00 this afternoon. there were several kids on the bus. police are reporting all of them suffered minor injuries and route 2 was closed down for a while but it is open now. now to the snow. a lot of folks thought winter was winding down. such areas to our south, some areas to our south saw big time accumulation. darcy spencer spent the day in thornberg, virginia, down in