good morning. welcome to "news4 midday." i'm barbara hair tonson. it is tuesday, 6, 2012. today is super tuesday. 121 states are holding primaries or caucuses. by the end of this day the republican race for president could be a lot more clear. there will more than 400 delegates up for grabs around the country. the polls are open in virginia. the commonwealth is having a primary today. news4's megan mcgrath is in alexandria. good morning. tell us how it is looking out there. lot of folks turning out to vote? >> reporter: well, barbara, i have to tell you, it has been quiet all day long.

we are not seeing any significant lines at the polling places. now virginia has proven to be a swing state in the past. a lot of people watch virginia with interest. but that's just not the case this time around. with only two of the candidates on the ballot, virginia has fallen out of the spotlight. no line when polls opened at thoreau middle school in vienna this morning. four people cast balance not first hour of voting. that didn't take long at all. >> no. i was like the first one in line. >> reporter: you surprised how quiet it is? >> yeah, really, i am. definitely. i was -- i thought more people would come today. >> reporter: turnout for the republican primary is expected to be very light. that's because there are only two candidates on the ballot in virginia. mitt romney and ron paul. newt gingrich and rick santorum did not meet strict requirements for collect signatures so they are out of play in virginia. for some, it made no difference. >> the one i was in before was on the ballot. interest didn't affect me that much. >> if you don't have the wherewithal or the organization

to get on the ballot, then i kind of don't think you should be president. >> others would have liked to see the full field of candidates on the ballot. >> i think virginia should have left them on. it wouldn't have done any harm, you know. there are major candidates there and -- i mean, i don't know. but it is the law. >> reporter: election officials are encouraging everyone to come out and vote and there's plenty of time to do it. the polls remain open until 7:00 tonight. reporting live in alexandria, megan mcgrath, news4. >> thank you, megan. ohio may be the prize but most of the candidates will spend little time in that state today. mitt romney will head to his home state of massachusetts to take part in their primary. and rick santorum will end the day in ohio after visiting several other states. turning the attention to president obama and his handling of iran. >> i have seen the president who

has been reticent. he says that he has israel's back from everything i have seen from the conduct of this administration he has turned his back. >> we heard a lot of words from the administration. the clear message has been to warn israel to consider the costs of military action against iran. i don't believe we should be suing public warnings that create distance between the united states and israel. israel does not need public lectures about how to weigh decisions of war and peace. it needs our support. >> newt gingrich will be in his home state of georgia today brt will also spend time in alabama. ron paul is spending his day in north dakota, idaho and alaska where he hopes to get his first primary win. perhaps trying to steal some of the super tuesday thunder, president obama will hold his first news conference of the year. white house officials insist the timing is coincidental. you can watch the news conference live at 1:00 here on news4. we are going to keep a close eye on the votes as they come in

and look for election coverage starting at 10:00 tonight. followed by "news4 at 11:00." turning to the weather, very cold start to the day. but sunshine. storm 4 meteorologist tom kierein has a look at our forecast for today and the rest of the week. >> good morning. finally we are thawing out. it was down near 20 degrees near dawn. temperatures around the region have warmed up to near 40 degrees right in washington and the nearby suburbs. and elsewhere out of the mountains still many locations are near the freezing mark. it has been a cold start all over the atlantic seaboard from the canadian border all the way down to georgia. now as we look at the view from space over the last 12 hours we have had a clear sky but there are a few clouds now coming into the mountains. few sprinkles of light rain out of the highlands of west virginia, western maryland, northern west virginia. that will tend to dry as you moves closer to us. clouds drifting through by later this afternoon. we will have the clouds beginning to move in to the metro area perhaps another hour or so coming in from the west

and so for the rest of the afternoon, expect a few clouds to come through and it will be still chill ychilly. temperatures near 50 degrees by mid afternoon a light southerly breeze that will pick up a bit by tomorrow. bringing in some warmer weather. we will talk about that the end of the week and the weekend all coming up in just a couple of minutes. barbara. >> let's get to the weekend, tom. come on in here. we will see you in a few minutes. let's check on the midday traffic now here is danella sealock. good morning. >> good morning. if you are taking the rails scheduled track work slowing you down. single tracking between arlington cemetery and foggy bottom. you can see delays in both directions. traveling on i-66, cones are up as road work continues. stick to the right as you make your way to the beltway. that's where you will see the road work. travel speed still good, though. not bad, 47 miles per hour from fairfax county parkway to the beltway on i-66 eastbound. that trip taking 13 minutes. and 395 still have this disabled truck blocking the right lane. traveling northbound at 395 and

just as you make your way to edsall. no issues traveling over the 14th street bridge and you are at 56 miles per hour. >> danella, thank you. park new report by metro reveals stations with the highest levels of crime along its rail line, it will be presented to metro's board later this week in efforts to improve safety. news4's tracee wilkins has a closer look at the numbers. >> as crime trends change throughout the metropolitan area so does the kind of crime that we see within metro stations. every year there is a new station in and out of the top ten list for high-crime areas in the metro. this year, deanwood made number one. if you don't live in deanwood or know someone that does, chances are that you have never stopped at this station on the orange line. according to metro's 2011 crime report this station on the corner of northeast d.c. ranked number one for part one crime. that's aggravated assault, burglaries, larceny, motor vehicle thefts.

>> it is crazy. especially when you want to go to work and go out and enjoy yourself and you are not feeling safe. nobody wants to do that. >> reporter: the report show got crime on the rails still high comparison to just a few years ago. crime in parking lots and on buss are experiencing a five-year low. that's the kind of information that helps metro police decide where they need to focus. >> every two weeks we analyze it and look for trends and adjust resources accordingly to the trends. >> you will see movement in that top ten list constantly. >> reporter: but this is how the year ended according the crime report. it was crime in every area of metro from virginia to maryland. but systemwide the most dangerous stations were deanwood, 67 cases. anacostia, 64 cases. l'enfant plaza, suitland and college park. no serious cases of crime reported in clarendon, eisenhower, farrugut west, virginia scare gmu. >> where you may see a difference in crime, where you see more crimes against persons versus -- in the end of line

stations, more crimes. >> reporter: the riders we spoke to said they are already vij sxlent will continue to be. but they want to see their metro stop off the top ten. >> keep your hands free. have everything on my back and don't leave anything out in the car. except the parking sticker. >> you see metro transit around everywhere. maybe they need to tighten up in this area. just because it has been ranked number one and because of it is a lot of schools and the rec center, lot of children. >> reporter: last year new carrollton station ranked number one on the crime list. but after a lot of work and focus they were able to knock it out of the top ten altogether. metro officials say they plan on cutting that same kind of focus and concentration here and the dean with metro system as well as the other subway stations that have ranked this year. in northeast, i'm tracee wilkins, news4. >> new from overnight police arrest manned that fired an assault rifle in the direction

of an officer that happened around 1:00 this morning on 15th street and minnesota avenue. that's in southeast washington. no one was hurt. no word on what led to that shooting. fairfax county officials following an explosive device at a home in the franconia area. overmembers of the bomb squad removed the device from a townhouse on gilder street. they dismantled the device and allowed residents back into their holmes. it started yesterday afternoon when a real torp sent a cleaning crew to the vacant town home. she found a box covered in tape containing nails and wires. one neighbor says she's not surprised the owner left something behind. >> the guy was very, very strange. he would stand out in the parking lot and kind of yell things and he was a little interesting. >> police say that the owner of that townhouse recently moved to afghanistan. police remind residents to report anything that appears suspicious. george washington university students are back in class this morning after being warned

overnight that a gunman was on the loose. students received an alert around 9:30 last night that a man possibly armed with a gun was spotted running from the white house towards gw's campus. gelman library was evacuated when a student reported seeing a man fitting the gunman's description changing clothes in the library. police searched the library and the campus but the gunman was not found. no comment, that's been d.c. mayor gray's reaction to the recent fbi raid on the home of one of his biggest supporters. the home and the accounting offices of jeff thompson were were raided friday as part as a year long he is considered to have played a key role in the early fund-raising for gray's memorial campaign. some council members say the raid is concerning. >> i don't know what's happening but i do share your feeling that something is very wrong in the district. you know, the influence

pedaling, the money, you know, people working for the government, showering other people with money. it is just -- it is disgusting and it has to stop. >> sources also tell news4 the fbi is looking into thousands of dollars in us is patient us money orders given to gray's campaign. 11:11. coming up, the dow is down more than 150 points right now. we will tell you what has investorsel selling off this morning. plus, new allegations this morning about the taxes of marines at a base in d.c. women who say they were victimized just wrapped up a news conference. and this is mccoy. he's looking for a home. we are going to tell you how you can help later in the newscast.

eight current and former members of the u.s. military are filing a lawsuit saying they were raped, assaulted or harassed during their service. the women also say they suffered retaliation when they reported the assaults to their superiors. two of the women say they were raped while at the elite marine barracks in washington. military officials at the barracks strongly dispute those allegations. one of the women filing the lawsuit says she was harassed after she reported the initial assault. >> the investigation included dozens of pages of signed

testimonies describing how i was repeatedly called a slut and whore. p commander decided this was not sexual harassment. he also decided my running shorts and makeup and regulation skirt were the problem. >> military officials say that they are cracking down on sexual assaults. the pentagon estimates there are 19,000ins accidents in the military each year. opening arguments could be the delayed in the civil trial brought on by the mass shooting at virginia tech. a jury prospect says she cannot serve on the panel. she is a virginia tech employee who apparently had misgivings about serving on the jury on a case against her employer. now the court is calling back members of the jury pool to find a new prospect for the wrongful death lawsuit. seung-hui cho killed 34 people before killing himself. some are suing the school. they say the officials wait today long to alert the students and employees allowing the body count to rise.

virginia tech officials say that they acted appropriately. for a new report out today by the edge indication department, the questions if students are fairly disciplined today on race base. the report shows more than 70% of cases referred to law enforcement involved black or hispanic students. the numbers also found black students are more than three times more likely than white students to be suspended or expelled. the report was based on data from 2009, 2010. education secretary arne duncan says some school officials might not be aware of the uneven discipline. and we are enjoying sunshine today but chilly temperatures out there now. we want spring temperatures back, tom. >> yeah. flowers are up and the daffodils were closed up this morning. it was down to nearly 20 degrees right around dawn and now we are warming up with that strong march sun. but still quite a chill in the air. here is a live picture from the city camera showing the monuments under a blue sky and the blue waters of the potomac

river reflecting that blue sky. right now it is chilly 40 degrees at reagan national with just a very light breeze. on the mall at the air and space museum this is what it looked like in front of the newseum. this photo was taken by one of my twitter followers. isabelle. she works at the air and space museum. what a great place to work. this is a picture of the sculpture in front of the museum called continuum. you probably noticed it if you have been at the air and space museum. look at the gorgeous blue sky. right over the mall in washington. this shot from just this morning when it was only about 35 degrees when she took that picture. right now temperatures are still cold. all this area in blue, all along the atlantic seaboard from north carolina all the way to canada and into the upper midwest, temperatures are only in the 30s here on the sixth day of march. closer to us right now, temperatures right near washington, right around the beltway or mid and upper 30s to near 40 degrees. the temperatures out of the mountains, though, many locations are still right near the freezing mark. shenandoah valley now in the

upper 30s as well as around the blue ridge in montgomery and prince george's, arlington, fairfax counties, right now temperatures are generally in the mid and upper 30s to near 40 degrees. it is going to be warming up as we get into the afternoon hours. as we have lots of sunshine now. there are some clouds beginning to move in from the west. these will be coming over us here off and on here for the next three, four hours and then clear out again tonight as we get into the evening hours. here are the highs expected this afternoon. should be making it into the low 50s across north central virginia and right around 50, around washington. right near the bay waters. highs will reach just the mid and upper 40s as well as western maryland and much of west virginia. going forward over the next 48 hours, we will have just a few of the clouds in and out this afternoon and then clear tonight. then during the day tomorrow, lots of sunshine. but the winds will shift into the southwest and that will warm us up into the 60s tomorrow. quite a contrast from this morning's 20 degrees and as we get into thursday, warmer weather coming our way. maybe as well late thursday night, rain beginning to move

in, green zones are zones potential rain and around midnight thursday night into friday morning. so for the rest of the tuesday, partly cloudy and chilly for the afternoon. temperatures in the 40s to near 50 degrees with a light breeze out of the south and then overnight tonight we will be clearing out, sunset at 6:07. and it is going to be cold again and in fact after midnight we will be dipping right back down below freezing and we will be in the upper 30s by midnight and by dawn tomorrow, the upper 20s and then with that bright sun and southwesterly wind tomorrow afternoon into the low and mid 60s, then maybe even near 70 degrees on thursday. then late thursday night into friday, midday we could have a few passing showers, drying out friday afternoon and looks like the timing now and then on saturday and sunday, sun back but chilly. morning lows 30s, afternoon highs 50s. that's the way it looks. >> thank you, tom. let's see if there are any problems on the roads you should know about if you are heading out. here's danella. >> good morning. if you are taking the rails expect delay on the blue line in both directions due to scheduled

track work. on the roadways, road work slowing you down on i-66 still. this is going to be blocking the left lane as you make your way closer to the beltway. but your volume is light on 66 eastbound and no issues as you connect to the beltway. travel inside of the beltway. making a trip on the beltway this time at van dorn, crossing over the wilson bridge, head flood virginia, no issues for you there. travel speed is 60 miles per hour. only taking six minutes. barbara, back to you. >> all right, danella. thank you. 11:20 is the time. still ahead, false eyelashes, extensions or prescription treatment. the best options for long, healthy eyelashes. plus, we are cooking with the talented chefs from the embassy in d.c. we will tell you about the competition she centering this week. first, sheer a look at what's hot on nbcwashington.com.

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good morning. there's a live picture from our news4 city camera. what a beautiful shot. we have a gorgeous day under way. after a very cold start this morning. still quite a chill in the air. now approach 11:30 this tuesday morning tpgs around the region are generally in the upper 30s to 40 degrees. boy, this morning it was down into the teens throughout much of west virginia and western maryland. out that way, now in the mid and upper 30s. near the bay, little bit of a breeze off the bay waters there. in the upper 30s. and closer to washington i away from the water, now near 40 in fairfax, arlington, montgomery, prince george's counties. farther to our west south beginning to climb into the low 40s. still know on the ground, snow is melting but around charlottesville and orange county where they had almost ten inches of snow yesterday, well, that snow is now melting. well, the latest view from space

is showing some clouds now moving into west virginia and western maryland. little patches of green maybe just a few sprinkles trying to reach the ground out that way. clouds will drift over the metro area here another couple of hours or so. and then after that, we will have a clearing tonight but before then we should climb to around 50 degrees by later this afternoon. then, yes, another cold night tonight. should be chilly this evening, temperatures down into the upper 30s by midnight and the it will continue to drop to below freezing after midnight tonight. by dawn tomorrow, we should be down into the upper 20s and during the day on wednesday with bright shine. warm right back up with a nice southwesterly breeze and into the low and mid 60s. and then not as cold on wednesday night. mostly clear down to 40 by dawn on thursday. then thursday mostly sunny day. pew clouds coming in during the afternoon. and temperatures climbing into the 60s and to around 70 degrees on thursday. what a contrast from this

morning. 50-degree warmup from this morning by thursday afternoon. then on friday, as a pronlt comes in on the morning we could have some passing showers moving through. morning lows near 50. afternoon highs near 60. during the afternoon we ought to begin to dry out and then for the weekend, it is looking like it is going to be sunny and chilly, 30s in the morning and afternoon highs and into the mid 50s. that's the way it looks now. barbara? >> thank you, tom. some of the best chefs in our area work at some of the many embassies in washington. this week some of those chefs will be showing off their skills at an annual competition. one of them is chef li from the embassy of the republic of korea. she joins us this morning along with linda harper, executive director of cultural tours in tours. good morning to both of you. i hear you are quite a cook. i can see the results of a lot of your work right here in front of us. are you going to show us how to make something shortly. linda, tell us about the competition. >> it take place this thursday

evening. we have 13 chefs participating. it is our opportunity to let people taste the great food going on at the various embassies around town. this t chefs compete. then on thursday night, we also have a people's choice. so if you are there, it is a ticketed event and there are still tickets available. you can go to our website and purchase the ticket, come on down, we are going to treat you to these fabulous cuisines and you will get to vote and we will have the people's choice as well. >> i'm hungry just looking at the things that chef li brought with her, absolutely beautiful. let's go through the recipe for one thing you are going to make and it is called senseo. these are the ingredients. it has a little of everything. it has beef and turnips, black mushrooms and red peppers and shitake mushrooms. automatic kinds of fabulous things, as you can see here. how beautifully it is laid out. i think that's one of the beauties of korean food is how -- >> yes.

five color and five fillings and five tastes. that's all combined into one dish. >> fantastic. we can see this one that you have here and this is a -- kind of senseo. >> yes. a variation tradition solo. but we have the very good red snapper. we made this with red snapper. somebody like it is vegetables and fishes, this is the way go. >> show us quickly thousand put it together. you use a special device. is that right? >> yes. we have -- this is the dishes for the solo. also, there's many different -- many different -- vegetables and meat, meat underneath. i made the broth here. and use natural juices. little bit of protein, little bit of fiber, vegetable fat.

little bit all combined. >> tastes just as good as it looks. i don't know if our cameras can see all of the beautiful things you brought. but there's just -- an enormous variety of all kinds of things and beautiful vegetables, fish, meat, everything. are you excited about the competition? >> yes, i am. >> ready to win? >> i cannot say that in public. but i love top win. i love to win. >> have you ever competed before in a contest like this? >> we had a lot of competition at the school but not actually as public like this big, you know. but we always did participate with the competition. >> congratulations on selected as being one of those competing and good luck to you. >> thank you. >> thank you for coming in. >> sure. >> telling us all about it. we want to tell everyone how they can attend this challenge. one more time, how do you do it? >> go online, www.cultur

www.culturaltourismdc.org. you can purchase your ticket online. hottest ticket in town. >> thank you. can't wait to taste this fabulous food. coming up in the next half hour of "news4 midday" -- >> i had my children in the blanket. i was on top of them. and -- i was reaching around holding them. they are screaming. . >> a mother's terrifying story and courageous action. plus, after a very cold morning, tom kierein has some good news mid week. take a look at mccoy. he needs a home. we are going to tell you about him. some other pets looking for a home will be here

right now on "news4 midday" the virginia primary is under way. polls opened up at 6:00 this morning and will remain open million 7:00 this evening. presidential candidates, mitt romney and ron paul are the only two republicans who had enough signatures to make the virginia ballot. the commonwealth is one of 11 states holding contests on this super tuesday. by the time polls close tonight the republican race for president could be a lot more clear. aaron is at the news4 super screening with a closer look at today's contest. >> barbara the most closely

watched state today will be be ohio. 63 delegates are available in the midwest state that has become an annual battleground. both mitt rom my and rick santorum made ohio their focus. and according to recent polls, they are in a dead heat there. the result here could indicate whether the gop primary will wrap up quickly or if it will drag on. another key state to keep an eye on today is tennessee. rick santorum currently the front-runner there but mitt romney and newt gingrich are not far behind him. romney's poll numbers are up quite a bit in recent days. setting the stage for a possible upset win. gingrich said super tuesday would reignite his campaign and is looking to southern states like tennessee do just that. but santorum may have a lot more riding on today's primaries. >> look, the pressure is on santorum. he has s the one that has to winnow owe and den ten today. rom my the front-runner, santorum has do the winning today. santorum's inability to not be on the ballot in virginia and

not be on the ballot in osome parts of ohio, underscores this -- the issue inside where the romney folks are saying what -- what are you doing to us here? we are the ones that set up organizations in 50 states in territories. we know what we are doing. if santorum can't get on the ballot in virginia how can he take on president obama? >> georgia will deliver the largest share of delegates today. 76. some states won't be so closely watched. mitt romney expected to win big in virginia, vermont, and in massachusetts. santorum likes his chances in oklahoma, ron paul focusing all of his attention on alaska, idaho and north dakota where he can see his first primary wins of the season. barbara, back to you. >> thank you, aaron. right now, the cleanup is under way from the deadly tornado outbreak across the midwestern states and the south. a string of violent storms killed 40 americans across five states. we now know a total of 46

separate tornadoes have been confirmed. strong winds tore through holmes, businesses and schools. insurance claims could top $2 billion. a mother lost parts of her legs and broke some ribs while protecting her children from the tornado. stephanie decker picked up her two kids from school early in henr henrysville, indiana. the tornado ripped through their home and sent debris into the basement. >> and as soon as the glass broke, the house started shifting. he was crying and is screaming. he's 8. so -- she's 5. i took a blanket and i -- pulled it over my children and i tied it in a knot. i tide it so they were in this blanket tied in a knot. and everything started hitting my back, beams, pillars, furniture, everything was just

slamming into my back. i had my children in the blanket and i was on top of them. and -- i was reaching around holding them. they were screaming -- mommy, i can't live without you. i don't want to die. >> neither of her would children were hurt. not even a scratch on either one of them. once the tornado passed, the 8-year-old ran to a neighbor to get help for his mother. her husband was at work at the time of the storm. we are going on check in with tom kierein now for the latest on our forecast. tom? >> here we have a beautiful blue sky, live view from the sky watcher camera. looking off to the west. and it is showing a gorgeous blue sky and from that direction and in another hour or two we may have a few clouds begin to roll our way from the west. right now temperatures, all of this blue area, are still chilly. that includes all of virginia, west virginia, and points north. and we do have it 30 fwres through virginia, the district and out in west virginia, still some locations only in the 30s.

and as well as up into pennsylvania. quite a chill in the air. big area of high pressure over the region now. that's what is giving us the chill. it is going to be around here important the rest of the day today. afternoon highs reaching into near 50 degrees. and then overnight tonight it is still going to be cold. under a clear sky and it will be down below freezing after mid might and sunny tomorrow and low and mid six. upper 60s thursday. then maybe some rain friday and chilly, dry weekend to follow. barbara. >> thank you, tom. the calvert county health department is investigating a clurser of flu-like deaths over the past two weeks a family of five in us will by has been in the hospital. all of the patients reported flu-like symptoms. four of the five patients died. health investigators are trying to figure out what the illness is and how to prevent it. the health department recommends anyone suffering from a fever, cough or sore throat contact your doctor. today a montgomery county council is expected to give the green light on a bill that put cameras on school buses.

automated devices could be mounted outside of buses to catch drivers who pass stopped school buses. the montgomery county council is expected to vote on this bill this afternoon. it is baby animal season. many animals are born in the springtime. and as a result of that, there are more pets in need of adoption this time of year. diana folic from the washington humane society joins thus morning with some of the animals that are looking for a new home and good morning. >> good morning. >> welcome. brought along someone who can help you with some of your friends here. who is this? >> danielle. >> hi, danielle. nice to have you with us. let's start with this -- these little ones. i happen to be a bunny fanatic. i raised a little rabbit myself as a child. so i always loved them. they make great pets, don't ey? >> they do. this is lola and clooney. they are actually best friends. >> i didn't see clooney. clooney. they are best friends. they actually -- >> they are.

they were abandoned together. and a kind citizen found them and brought them into our shelter. they adore each other so we are asking that they go to their new home together. >> isn't that amazing. which one of them is the more outspoken of the two? it looks like this one is -- is this -- >> clooney, the little guy. >> this is lola. she takes care of her little buddy. >> can we see them? they are just so adorable. i'm going to turn it around so people can really have a close look. you say this is the time of year when we -- we see a lot of babies being born. not so much the babies that are looking for holmes. it is the older pets. >> it is all of them because of the animals being born, influx of the babies, shelters are more overwhelmed than usual. so we are asking the community to support news a variety of ways to help get more animals into permanent holmes and out of the shelter. >> do you have to worry, though, this time of year with -- rabbits in particular that people are buying them just because it is a seasonal pet? and that they will not be

treated well after the season is over, easter season? >> fortunately we don't see an influx of rabbits specifically because of easter. just -- with the spring babies. but not because of easter. we tend to have rabbits throughout the year at our shelter. >> let's talk about mccoy. what can you tell us about mccoy? >> mccoy came into shelter as a stray. he was emaciated and as you can see, he's -- gained weight and regained his health. and he is happy and loves everyone. a pure joy. looking for a new home. >> hi, mccoy. i see he's wearing his little coat that says adopt me. how old is mccoy? do you know? we. >> we estimate him to be 3, 4 years old. >> you have lots of dogs and cats available. >> we have dogs and cats of all sizes and ages and colors. personalities. >> what do you have to do to be able to adopt the animals? what do you have to -- is there a knee? what else is there? >> adoption fee. adoption fee includes all of the basic medical care for the

animals. as well as free take-home bag of dog food. free goody bag from home buddies. and free 30-day insurance plan. so it really is a great bargain for a wonderful life-long come pan wron. >> you also have a foster care plan for your animals. is that right? how does that work? >> we have a lot of animals in foster care. those fosters help us out by giving animals out of the -- getting animals out shelter. mccoy has been in foster kaish care. needed extra tlc and got that through foster care. we defend those people. if you are interested in becoming a foster you can look at our website some we are so glad you brought the animals with you today. always great to visit with them. really make us feel good to see them. i hope folks will call up and find out how to find you and consider adopting some of the pets waiting. >> yes. thank you. >> thank you for come. >> thank you. >> thanks. for information people can go to their website which is

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big losses this morning on wall street. let's check in with cnbc's brian shactman. he joins us live with more on that and the rest of the day's business headlines. >> thank you very much. we were down 160 in the dow. pretty much the worst down day of the year if we close at these levels. concerns again about greece. thursday another deadline when it doms the greek debt crisis in terms of predators accepting certain terms. we will see what happens. default would be -- just don't know what it would be like. especially for europe and if there is any contagion in italy or spain. today is the three-we are

anniversary of the train day low in the s&p 500 of 666. we have more than doubled since then but the interesting thing is stock volumes in terms of trading are down about 50% since then. doubling we have seen in the markets most average investors missed out because they are not trading in the stock market anymore. i want top point out that there is an interesting study by the new york fed and wrote about student debt, student loans. amazing numbers i want to share with the audience. 37 million americans have student debt. 27% of those are past due by 30 days or more. and the total student debt, i won't even put you on the spot and say can you guess, can you guess how much student debt there is in the united states? $870 billion. >> wow. >> the point is that we are in a lot of debt here and this is beyond just the housing world. it is something that we need to be concerned about. i know as a dad for me, i hope to some day be able to pay for

my kid's school but that's off the table with all these tuitions right now. >> just incredible. isn't it? >> amazing. >> thank you for that report. have a great day. don't think too much about that debt. >> i have a a few years yet. >> right, right. thanks a lot. well, women are going to great lengths to get long, full eyelashes from prescriptions to makeup and extensions and even false eyelashes. dr. burgess joins us this morning to tell us if all of these methods are safe and good morning. >> good morning. >> great to see. >> did you i have a whole crew for you here today. >> i'm thrilled to see this. a lot of us -- are really looking at lashes. the longer lashes are out there. and everybody seems to be on that band wagon at the moment. >> different methods you can use to elongate your lash. >> let's start with latisse. i have seen it advertised and know people that use and it they do get thick lashes from them,

from using this product. >> this preparation put on at night. i put a drop in the cap and take the brush. put it in here. just rub it on my eyelashes, the top upper aye lashes at night, once a night. within six weeks or so you -- start to see your eyelashes grow. >> longer or thicker? >> longer, thicker, darker. >> is it safe? >> it is safe. this is actually a preparation that was kind of discovered by another medication in use for glaucoma. they found that people who had glaucoma and used the drops, their eyelashes would grow. one of the side effects, though, can be if you have hazel or green eyes, the potential of the eyes darkening. so the color part of your eye or the pupil of your eye could darken. there have been no cases of it as to date in using latisse. >> affecting your eyesight, no problem no problem with the eyesight. >> a lot of different mass care as on the market.

some claim to do what latisse does. >> well, yes. there are some that have analog -- that's what this ingredient is. and it can actually stimulate the growth of the eyelashes. now, these are different, though. the new l'oreal, the -- false fiber lashes which is the voluminous brand and they have fibers in them. so i have catherine here. catherine is right on georgetown and sees a lot of brides ask they want that look for that special day. this is just showing actually putting on the fiber eyelash mascara and it elongates -- yes, kit. the concern is the fibers, if they get loose, getting into the eye and causing possibly a cornual abrasion. most people do fine. as you can see, she has long eyelashes. it does very well. these are the new things out. they cost anywhere between $5

and $9 in the drugstore. >> those wash off. >> and they wash off at might when you go to bed. >> let's talk about extensions. you brought -- >> i have susan here with katherine and extensions are single lash hairs that are bonded to, like, the mid length of your eyelashes. she is dipping it into a bonding preparation had is different from the glue that is used for false eyelashes. and actually susan, i have her with false eyelashes on. those are easily applied. they can be removed at might. so there are so many different ways you can elongate or grow your eyelash >> adding the extensions, you can see a huge difference already. goodness. >> this bonding technique, you have to be concerned about allergies. you have to worry about losing your eyelashes because they stay on about every eight weeks you have to get them removed.

a process like this can cost you $300, $400. >> can we take a look at you, at the camera. >> these are just -- yeah. >> false eyelashes. these are false eyelashes that you can get in the drugstore for $4. you have the -- glue that goes on. it is almost like a rubber cement glue. again, the contact dermatitis, if you are sensitive to it, otherwise, it is a great temporary -- >> these are safe, too? >> these are safe. >> we have a lot of choices here. some more expensive, obviously, than others. but thank you for telling us about that. >> okay. >> it is a trend. >> big trend right now. >> thanks so much. thanks, everybody, for coming. it is 11:52. still ahead, local swimming team shows off their talents. out of the pool. plus meteorologist tom kierein will be back with the latest on our mid week warmup. stay with news4. ellen welcomes chri

an 81-year-old woman from rhode island won the third largest powerball jackpot. >> i am very happy and i am very proud and this will make my family very happy. we are truly blessed. thank you. >> louise white from newport, rhode island, claimed her prize

just about an hour ago. she was the soul winner of the $336 million dollar jackpot. she decided to take the lump sum of $210 million. the funds will go to the rainbow sherbet trust. her lawyers wouldn't say much, just that she is a regular powerball player and will share her winnings with her family. ♪ ♪ look at that body >> that's not your average music video. that's the american university men's swim team. coordinated a routine to the song "i'm is exwrite and i kn--m sexy and i know it." they recorded their moves on a training trip to miami. let's take a look now at some of the stories we will be following for news4. pat lawson muse joins us in the newsroom with a preview of things to come. >> barbara, coming up this afternoon, it is super tuesday. and the quarter of the total

number of delegates within the republican race for president are up for grabs today. we will have live team coverage throughout the evening. also at 4:00 this afternoon, a startling discovery inside of a small child's stomach. doctors say that this should be a warning for every parent. then coming up at 5:00 this afternoon, new option for couples who are struggling to conceive. how you can get pregnant for thousands of dollars less than traditional treatments. all of that coming up today starting on "news4 at 4:00." >> thank you, pat. we have time now for a chinaal effect check on the forecast. >> gorgeous blue sky. crisp air. and must be spring. but it was feeling like winter this morning. that's a live view from the sky watcher camera in hd showing beautiful blue sky. around the region. it is now beginning to climb into the low 40s, reagan national now at 42. but still a chill in the air over much of the area. including all of virginia, west virginia, and maryland. and later today, though, into the upper 40s. maybe briefly near 50. another three hours or so.

and then tonight, clear, cold again. down to the 20s tomorrow morning and probably not as cold as this morning. afternoon highs on wednesday with the southwesterly breeze into the mid 60s. upper 60s thursday and friday, maybe some rain in the morning through midday. dry and chilly weekend after that. that's the wait looks. have a great afternoon and we will see you tomorrow morning. >> thank you. that's "news4 midday." thank you for joining us and invite you to tune in for news at 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 and 11:00. we will be back tomorrow morning at 11:00. hope you join us. have a good