would be whipped. and everyone knows that. >> reporter: during an open hearing, an activist gives a tongue lashing to council woman karen tolls over that recent speeding incident. >> it is our business in prince georges county to address you for the vehicles you drive endangering the citizens of this county. >> reporter: it was two weeks ago, she was said to be going 50 miles per hour over the speed limit in a county owned car. she got a warning ticket. police say she wasn't charged with speeding because the officer's speedometer wasn't calibrated. that he didn't have enough time to pace her, but they say there was no favoritism. now, since the incident. miss tolls has dodged reporters trying to talk to her about it. the council has taken away her county car, and miss tolls has agreed to take a driver

improvement course. today i talked to andrea harrison about it. they estimated she was going maybe as much as over 100 miles an hour? >> yes, those are the same reports i've heard. >> that's fast. >> those are the same reports i've heard, yes. >> it's dangerous. >> those are the same reports that i have heard. >> you've never driven over 100 miles an hour, have you? >> i'm a little scared to drive that fast. i don't know if my karine goes that fast. >> reporter: tonight from karen toles' attorney this statement, we ask that you allow the legal process to run its course. who gave miss toles that big ticket? the police chief himself. live in prince georges county, pat collins, news 4. we now have more breaking

news, this time it's in the district. right now, hazmat crews on pennsylvania avenue, we first told you about this situation about 30 minutes ago. there is a report a suspicious powder found inside the restaurant. no one has been hurt. a suspicious white powder was also found at a restaurant on f street. >> resident also cross the south and midwest continue to sift through the debris following that deadly string of tornados. a total of 46 tornados tucking down in five states. among the survivors is stephanie decker. she's credited with saving her children, holding on to them while the storm tore through her house. despite being paralyzed by the storm, decker's spirits remain high. >> i'm blessed that i have my children today. if i have to live without legs, get prosthetics, that's okay, can i do that. >> the death toll from friday's storms now reached 40. insurance claims could top $2 billion.

>> let's take a look at our weather here. it's a beautiful day. temperatures are a little cooler than normal for the second day in a row. >> this is only the fifth day that we have seen temperatures below average since the first of february. that is amazing, and don't get used to it, we're going to go right back above average during the day tomorrow. take a look outside today. bright blue skies, incredible how much sunshine we'll see. winds out of the south at 14 miles an hour. the wind will make it feel a little cooler, it's that southerly component to the wind we're finally in that will help things warm up a little bit. fredericksburg around 51 degrees, to the north, up around baltimore, only 44. look at packs river 44. it is cooler along the water. nothing to show you rain wise, we're going to be dry not only through the day today, but

through the day tomorrow, through the day on thursday. probably until friday, before we see a chance rain, it will be another chilly night. this is what you can expect when you wake up, temperatures in the low 30s for most of you, some of you getting into the 20s. i'll break it down for you coming up. when a school bus is stopped, drivers are not supposed to go around it, now you have more incentive to obey that law in montgomery county. the counsel approved a measure to install cameras on their school buses. those caught by the cameras are facing a maximum $250 fine. if the bus driver could identify you, that could come with a misdemeanor charge and the fine goes up to $1,000. counties have 90 days whether to fund phase two of the dulles rail project.

it would fund more than 11 miles of rail, all the way out to dulles international and beyond. more than a billion dollars was saved by eliminating an underground station at the airport among other cost saving measures. it's super tuesday. voters in 11 states, including virginia, allocating delegates for the republican presidential nomination. we're going to have more on virginia in a moment. first we want to check in with steve handlesman, he's in ohio, that's a battleground state, it's historically considered a must win for republican hopefuls. why is ohio still so important? >> reporter: it is true that newt gingrich is looking at a likely win if the polls are accurate in his home state georgia. most republicans around the country, most establishment republicans are inside the beltway. see this republican race is down to just mitt romney and rick

santorum. last week they dualed in michigan. this is another big battleground state where neither guy is from. santorum from neighboring pennsylvania, romney from michigan, since it's considered must win in the fall. this is the place where these two guys are going to go head to head. georgia's got more delegates at 76. ohio 63 many and tennessee's got a lot today. 56. there's going to be contention there as. unlike virginia, where only romney is considered a factor. the short answer is, this is where these guys go head to head, and it looks like the winner is going to have a lot of momentum coming out of super tuesday. >> will there be a winner? is the race going to be decided today on super tuesday? >> there could be a loser, wendy. if rick santorum wins nowhere, which is possible, he could get no wins today, he's going to be seen as the loser. if he loses in ohio but does

well elsewhere, he can continue, because a lot of these republican primaries today are not winner take all. everybody's going to get delegates, even ron paul today. if romney wins here in the state of ohio, and he wins as he could, five, six, seven other of these super tuesday 11 state kwon tests, he's going to be the big western. santorum could lose, romney could be the big winner on this election day. >> all right. we'll stay tuned. steve handlesman in ohio. thanks. now we head to fairfax county, where voters in virginia can only choose mitt romney or ron paul as steve just mentioned. julie carrie is in the oakton area. is anyone going to the polls today? >> it's been extremely quiet at the polls today. at this precinct just 180 of the 3900 registered voters cast their ballots as of 4:00. it's not indicative of a lack of interest. it's due to the fact that

virginia's ballot has two names on it, not 4. >> turnout was so light that five minutes or more could pass between voters at some polling places, because only two names, mitt romneys and ron pauls are on the virginia primary ballot. some republicans decided to stay home. the other two failed to gain enough ballot signatures to meet virginia's tough ballot access rule. >> was your choice on the ballot? >> not my first choice. second choice was, but not my first. >> reporter: how do you feel about casting a vote for your second choice? >> second choice. it's not what i would have wanted. >> reporter: this woman came to cast her ballot for mitt romney, while her husband decided to sit the primary out. >> well, my candidate is on the ballot, but my husband is a

perfect example of somebody who is not voting today because his candidate is not on the ballot. he has promised me he's coming in november for the general. it's definitely been a topic of conversation in our home. >> reporter: recent polls of likely virginia primary voters show mitt romney with a wide advantage over ron paul. today's vote was more about showing support for their party in general and to express an anti-obama sentiment. >> i've not made up my mind as of yet. i noticed working the polls this morning, that most of the voting was anti-the other party as much as it was for our candidates. because there's a strong sentiment that we've got to win in november. >> reporter: coming up on news 4 at 6:00, i'll tell you why one of the gop presidential candidates who lives in fairfax county became one of those republicans who decided to sit this primary out. reporting live from fairfax county, julie carrie. the dow falling more than

200 points, its biggest drop since november, and the first triple digit decline of 2012. the nasdaq was down about 40 points, the s&p 500 was down about 20 much analysts are blaming the greek debt crisis. president obama announced a new plan today to help home buyers save some money. the change piggybacks on a deal announced last fall ah, howing home buyers in good standing to refinance at lower interest rates. >> we are cutting by more than half the refinancing fees that families pay for loans ensured by the federal housing administration. that's going to save the typical family in that situation an extra thousand dlarpz a year on top of the savings they would also receive from refinancing. >> the president also announced today a series of moves to help military service members to who lost their homes to foreclosure or denied lower interest rates on their mortgages. trying to get pregnant can be quite costly, coming up next,

there's a new option for couples who have been struggling to conceive. it's going to cost less than the electra decisional treatments. >> the first leg of construction is underway to bring walmart to the district. >> hazmat crews search a maryland home after several people from one family died from a mysterious ailment.

once a woman hits age 43, her chance getting pregnant on her own is pretty slim. that leaves a lot of women looking for help from egg donors. the problem, it can cost thousands of dollars. and insurance doesn't usually pay for it. doreen gentzler reports on a new lower cost option that is helping women have children. >> i had a 2% chance of getting pregnant naturally with my own eggs. >> reporter: marina is 42 years old, she had just gotten married and they were ready to start a family. because her age, the doctors said she didn't have enough healthy eggs to conceive a child. >> i was surprised. >> reporter: doctors said her best option would be using a donor egg. that means she'd get a healthy egg from another woman, it would be fertilized with her husband's sperm and implanted.

>> relatively quickly i came to the conclusion it was a good idea. i would be carrying the child, she would be a part of me. >> reporter: shady grove fertility reproductive endocrinologist said the cost can be up to $30,000. >> for the vast majority of the population, economics are going to have a big impact on whether they can pursue treatment or not. >> reporter: now, shady grove is offering a more affordable option. since the average donor will produce 18 eggs in a cycle, people can choose to share them with up to two recipients, everyone splits the cost. >> if you're sharing with two other recipients, it's half the cost than if you're doing the cycle and keeping all of the eggs. >> reporter: it also means the

recipient's children will have half siblings they may never meet. >> it's a little bit of a weird thing to have to get used to. >> reporter: cory and her husband settled on one that appealed to them, and it appealed to others too. they would be sharing this donor's eggs with two other people. but they weren't too concerned. >> once the donor gave the egg and once the egg was implanted. then it was just about us. >> reporter: well, it was about three of them. cory was pregnant on the very first try. >> off obviously, best money we end spent. >> reporter: seven months ago lila miriam was born. she's definitely their own. >> everything they say about motherhood is true. it's an amazing experience, she's incredible. i feel like she's mine. >> doreen gentzler news 4. >> shady grove fertiledy also offers a money back option, so

you pay for multiple cycles of donor eggs up front. if you don't get pregnant after the sixth try, you can get all your money back. a new walmart in the district will soon emerge from this rubble. you're looking at what is left of the old curtis chevrolet building. this is the site for one of the sixth new walmart stores coming to the district this year. residents have spoken out about this superstore moving in. the company says future stores will create nearly 2,000 new jobs with competitive wages. >> looks lovely. and looks like the sky in that picture looks lovely. >> it does. >> the sun set over the new walmart looks lovely. >> how can we forecast what the weather is going to be when it opens. >> eight months. >> i don't know. >> thursday is our best day of the week? >> yes. even today wasn't bad at all. plenty of sunshine, yes, on the cool side. you wore a swrak et, it was okay

outside. we are in for a nice warmup over the next couple days. current temperature out there right now, sitting at 47 degrees, we're looking at plenty of sunshine. winds out of the south at 14 miles an hour, so there is going to be a bit a windchill through the rest of the evening. watch out for that, you'll need the jacket as you step out from time to time tonight. 48 in martinsburg right now. 52 in culpepper. the eastern shore, easton coming in right now at 45 degrees. today is one of the coldest days we've seen in quite some time, only the fifth day since february 1st, we've seen temperatures below average. to the north and east, that's not the air we want. 43 in wilkes-barre, jackson kentucky 67 degrees. charleston west virginia, 63, and that warmer air will make its way our way over the next 24 hours. tomorrow will be a much warmer day. this is why. look at the clouds coming in. this is on the radar, shower activity.

none of it reaching the ground. it was all from a warm front. it will continue to move from the north. as it does so we will see temperatures getting back into the 60s tomorrow, no rain across our area right now. you already know that. all have you to do is look outside. i want to take a view of fairfax county. this is flint hill road right here. have you madison high school over here. this is flint hill elementary school. where i spoke with the second grade students today. i'm going to get out of the way so you can see all their faces. a great time out there. i want to thank the kids for having me out there. we had a lot fun talking about the weather. they wanted to know why there was no snow. it has to do with too much high pressure over our region. all winter long we've seen that high moving off the coast. we're going to be warm again tomorrow and into the day on thursday. then we're going to see a change here. thursday gets really warm. and here comes this front. this front will bring us a chance for rain on friday. and some cooler weather as we

head into the weekend. this evening, not bad, just a little bit on the chilly side. 46 to 32 degrees as you step out the door tonight. temperatures on the cold side once again. not quite as cold as it was this morning. another cold start, 25 in the suburbs, 34 in the city. tomorrow, sunny, breezy, milder, feeling much more like april. 61 to 66 degrees. and why not just go to 69 on thursday. temperatures do go back down as we hit the weekend. really, no real cold air still in the forecast. >> round it out to 70 there. >> go ahead, just do it. we have some breaking news, three vehicles involved in a crash. one suv is on its side. this crash happened just a short time ago here on university boulevard and eisner street. a medevaced helicopter is headed to the scene to fly victims to the hospital. as can you see, on the wider shot, one lane is getting by just on one side. the other side of traffic

completely blocked off. we'll keep you updated on this story as it comes in to news 4. >> that's a heavy commuter route. that's going to be a nightmare for you people out there. we'll keep you posted on that. still ahead, you can never be too old to win the lottery, can you? a woman came forward today to collect the third largest jackpot ever. which metro stop is the most dangerous, and which is the safest? one national is hoping to overcome an injury and prove

we're talking naggals? >> yeah, they're looking really good down there in spring training. nationals first baseman is hoping that's the case after signing a two-year deal in 2011. his season was cut short by labrum surgery. this offseason, the nationals took a look at other first basemen. as for laroche, he's embracing the new opportunity this season presents. a year ago he was the guy who could make a difference. sure the nationals signed jayson werth to a 100 million dtz deal, but first baseman adam laroche was considered a linchpin in the nationals hopes of improvement. his play on the field confirmed the possibilities, but less than two months into the season, it

was over for laroche. he underwent surgery to repair a torn labrum in his left shoulder. it was a tough pill to swallow for a player trying to make an impact on a new team. >> i think a big reason why is because i haven't been hurt in my career. i've been really lucky to go out and play a full season every year. and then to be shut down that early on a new team and sit there and watch games and not be able to do anything, it's -- i'd rather not do that again. >> in light of laroche's injury, the nationals web with the shopping for insurance during the offseason, making a pitch for all-star slugger prince fielder. in the end the big first baseman would sign with the detroit tigers. the manager makes no bones about it. fielder would have been an upgrade over laroche. >> how close are you to landing prince fielder?

>> i think we were in the realm of getting them. >> we had great interest in prince, he's a great guy, great character. the tigers land themselves a superstar first baseman. >> it didn't bother me, for whatever reason it didn't. i'm just kind of looking at it, if it happens, it happens. i'll go play somewhere, as long as i'm healthy. if not, i'm back in d.c. which i really want to be a part of this the next couple years. ended up working with out. >> reporter: adam laroche is back in the starting lineup, and hoping to prove he's healthy enough to prove the nats an additional bat. >> that's what you're going to hear every spring. we're planning on being the playoffs. look at this team, this is what we should do, it's nice that that is starting to develop in d.c. >> that guy you saw next to

laroche was his son drake. he hung out for a few days. could you imagine anything cooler than that? being a 10-year-old kid, taking infield with your dad? that's a good time. laroche hasn't played in spring training yet because he has a sprained ankle. the manager wants to see him go through a full workout. >> it would be excited to have a really good season, you know? it would be so lovely. >> hopes are as high as they've ever been. >> that's good. well, let's go with that. next at 5:30. several members of one family wind up dead at the hospital, the latest on their mystery illness next. d.c.'s mayor is breaking his silence on the latest fbi raid. a young student handcuffed a[ male announcer ]dcuffed this was how my day began.

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it is super tuesday. voters in 11 states, including virginia are making their pick. a prince georges county council woman has been cited with reckless driving after she was clocked driving faster than 100 miles an hour on the beltway. she will be fined $500 and get six points on her license. she became a sensation because police initially only issued her a warning for that excessive speed. there's going to be cameras on school buses to catch drivers

who pass stopped school buses. fines could range between $250 and $1,000. now, let's fast forward to the weather. doug? >> temperatures are on the warm side, just not here. take a look at the eastern half of the nation right now, 47 in washington, 40 in new york city. look back to the west, st. louis at 72. chicago right now at 67 degrees. and that warmer air will make its way our way over the next 24 hours, a much nicer day. temperatures tomorrow could be 15 to 20 degrees warmer than where they are during the day today, we're not done just yet. we'll have the updated for cast for you coming up in a few minutes. an fbi raid that has shaken the city's political establishment. on friday, agents raided the home and offices of one of the city's most prominent businessmen. that raid is now looking into wrongdoing in the mayor's 2010 campaign. tom sherwood reports.

>> reporter: for nearly a year, the mayor has tried to stick to city businesslike this groundbreaking tuesday. even as a federal probe swirls around his 2010 campaign for mayor. there are allegations of possibly hundreds of thousands of dollars may have been improperly raised and spent. some of it through money orders to hide the source of the cash. on friday, federal agents raided the home and offices of jeffrey thompson. thompson has raised large sums of money for many candidates, including using money orders. thompson has declined comment on the raid. >> jeff thompson has been a successful businessman in the city, he's run a leading accounting firm in the city. he's been involved in health care. this is the situation that we'll watch unfold and see what's going on here fp. >> in his first real comment since the thompson raid.

grayson torn between his lawyers advice not to comment at all. and warning to respond he has done nothing at all. >> you feel comfortable with what you've done? >> i do. it was a hectic campaign, short period of time, a lot of activity. at the same time, i was chair of the council of the district of columbia, trying to do my job there. as i look back at my own involvement, there was a lot of activity, and we did it with the utmost activity. >> the mayor is concerned that people in his campaign are trying to help him by doing improper things or violating campaign laws. the fbi raid is seen as a major step in the investigation. mayor gray said he asked for this investigation, and he'll stay focused on his job. web dirks back to you. >> tom sherwood. now back to breaking news out of montgomery county. three vehicles involved in this crash, one suv is on its side. folks this is a traffic nightmare.

major artery here at rush hour. this crash happened a short time ago on university boulevard and eisner street. we have heard of at least one person injuried. we will have much more on this developing story as it comes in to news 4. stay with us. the suspect in a drive by shooting that injured a sleeping child is now in jail. thomas baldwin turned himself in yesterday nearly six months after the shooting. baldwin shot into a house and the bullet struck an 11-year-old boy in the back while he slept. he was not seriously injured, however. baldwin is facing a laundry list of charges, including attempted murder. police in maryland are looking for a man they believe was trying to take pictures of a woman using the ladies room in a restaurant. it happened at a panera bread in glen burnie. a 19-year-old female employee says she was with using the restroom when an unknown male

entered it and held a cell phone camera under the stall she was using. the man fled the restaurant. an update on the breaking news from last night. a bomb squad found a suspicious device in franconia. a cleaning crew found a strange looking box with tape and wires. inside a vacant house up for sale. the previous homeowner had just moved to afghanistan. the lineup for the kennedy center's 42nd season is now out. the kennedy center released some of the new productions set to grace the stage. >> we're going to have great theater, war horse, the book mormon, anything goes, a play called the guards man. there's going to be a festival of in orderic culture, a full season by the washington national opera and the national symphony orchestra. there's modern dance, ballet, jazz, something for everybody at the kennedy center. >> a lot of big names. there's also one free performance a day on the

center's millennium stage at 6:00, no ticket for that is needed. religious leaders want a fortune 500s ceo fired for his alleged role in the foreclosure crisis in prince william county 37 a group of religious and civic organizations marched to the offices of general electric this afternoon, general electric was the worst lender in the prince williams area during the sub prime lending spree. they're asking for jeff immelt to be fired for his alleged role. ge is part owner of nbc 4. a change could soon be coming to the heart of herndon, the fire station on spring street. may be torn down, and a new station rebuilt on the same site. at 62 years old, it is the oldest station in the county and cannot accommodate some of the larger new trucks. fire service would be relocated nearby the destruction. a similar project has just been completed in great falls.

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that little fox terrier dog that was found running in and out of traffic this weekend is a long way from home. since then cheryl has been searching for his owner. she took rex to a vet who discovered a micro chip in his neck that shows he lived in california, illinois and north carolina. >> what's interesting is there seem to be military bases near everywhere he's been. walter reid and navy medical are close to here. i wonder if he's a military dog and someone's missing him. >> reporter: the vet who tagged rex doesn't have a record of his owner. the search continues. nine dollars later and an

81-year-old rhode island woman has now won the third largest powerball jackpot in history. it took louise white about a month to claim the $336 million prize. she and a relative went to a local shop to satisfy a sherbet craving. >> i'm very proud. this will make my family very happy. we are truly blessed, thank you. >> white made out the check to rainbow sherbet trust. she slept with her powerball ticket in her bible after founding out she won that jackpot. someone purchased a 3-year-old mcdonald's chicken mcnugget off ebay and paid more than $8,000 for it. yes, that mcnugget was put up for sale by an iowa woman who claims it has an uncanny resimm blens to president george washington.

rebeck with a was about to trash the bite sized nugget when she noticed its washington like shape. so she put it in the freezer. she plans on using that money to send kids to a summer camp in sioux city. >> somebody got taken. i'm sorry, i still don't see that. >> someone's got money to burn. >> they do. what are the most dangerous stops on our web electrosystem. and a mother is furious after her 11-year-old daughter was handcuffed at school. you guys didn't see the face in the chicken mcnugget? >> no. would you buy that? >> i bought like seven of them. is there more than one? temperatures in the next couple days going up, up and way up. looking at some fantastic numbers. i'll show you how long that nice weather lasts. it's not going to last all week.

we have more break news right now in the murder an elderly woman in georgetown today. a grand jury indicted the suspect. viola was found beaten and strangled inside her home. muth was charged with her death, today's indictment also sites the violent nature of her death, and the fact that her old age made her particularly vulnerable as aggravating circumstances in the case. if convicted, muth could face life in prison with no chance of parole. he'll be back in court next week. we're learning more about what caused the deaths of three family members in calvert county. the two adult symptoms tested

positive for influenza a and developed sepsis. their mother came down with flu like symptoms in maryland. as melissa mala ireports, three of her children went to care for her, they got sick as well. >> reporter: health department officials spent part of tuesday conducting a searries of tests inside this home now. any samples will be sent to the cdc. 81-year-old ruth blake lived in this home in southern calvert county for decades. on february 23rd, she got sick with a respiratory illness that turned into pneumonia. she died in bed last week, but three of her children had been caring for her. two of them, a 58-year-old man and 56-year-old woman decide just days later, the third who lived with her mother is in critical condition. the neighbor -- >> that is very frightening, something like this, something serious like this is in the neighborhood and nobody knows

about it. >> reporter: ruth blake's son fred was brought here to calvert memorial hospital, then flown to med star washington hospital center with double pneumonia. he died monday just hours later his sister vanessa also passed away. another sibling, 51-year-old elaine was taken off a respirator yesterday and is breathing on her own. >> this is a very unusual event which is why it is newsworthy. >> calvert county health department head david rogers has been fielding calls from worried residents. >> i want to emphasize at this moment, it seems to be confined to this one close family situation. >> mary dennis says she's worried, she got a call from the school system warning anyone with a respiratory illness or flu-like symptoms to see a doctor. >> that's very scary. >> reporter: the samples from the home, blood and tissue and ined views with other family members will help investigators determine what was strong enough to kill a mother and two of her

children and make another critically ill. >> we do expect that at some point in the future, we will have an answer to exactly what this germ was and how it got transmitted. >> family members tell news 4, the first funeral was scheduled for wednesday after yesterday's deaths, though, those plans have been put on hold. in calvert county, maryland, melissa malai, news 4. an 11-year-old in colorado says she'll think twice about acting out in school. her day recently ended up in handcuffs. she got argumenttive, extremely rude when she was caught in the hall without permission. when a counselor couldn't help, police were called if, taking her out in handcuffs. her mother says her daughter was wrong, she questions the punishment. >> criminal. they're treating them like criminals, and they're not. they're kids. >> officials with the school district looked into this case, say everything was handled properly. both the girl and her sister are now attending a new school.

let's get another update on our forecast. we had a beautiful day. very crisp. >> something very nice wendy. a lot of people enjoying this winter so far because it's been so warm. and it looks like those warm temperatures are coming back. this is the reason why. you don't notice a lot on this satellite and radar. one thing you will notice, see these cloud here making their way to the north and east? that is a warm front. it will start to usher in some warmer temperatures. out there right now, look at the sun trying to make its way down hinhood some of those clouds coming down. winds out of the south, the southerly direction is normally a warm direction for us, that's what it's going to be over the next couple days. south at 14, it makes things even a little cooler. 45 at gaithersburg right now, around resten, 47. herndon, down through ft. bellvar, 43. silver spring coming in right now at 48 degrees.

tomorrow morning still on the cold side. 25 in culpepper, going for a low in washington of about 34. when the sun comes out, the southerly windses kick in, and so do the warm temperatures, getting up to 64 in washington, near 70 to the south. 66 in culpepper, 66 in fredericksburg, even hagerstown getting above the 60 degree mark, we get warmer during the day on thursday. most of you south of us should hit that 70 degree plateau. 69 on thursday, 58 on friday, with a chance for shower activity. not a lot of rain. saturday right now, looking like a temperature of 50 degrees. looks like we get back above average as we make our way into early next week with a high of 65 on monday. do you feel safe on metro? new data shows which metro stations log the most crime in 2011 and which ones stay trouble free. what's being done to keep riders safe. >> reporter: every year there's a new station in and out of the

top ten list for high crime areas in metro. this year, deanpwood with made number one. if you don't live in deanwood or know someone who does, chances are you've never stopped at this station on the orange line. according to metro's 2011 crime report, this little station ranked number one for part one crime, that's aggravated assaults, burglaries, larceny and motor vehicle thefts. >> that's crazy. nobody wants to feel unsafe. >> reporter: crime on the rails is still high in comparison to a few years ago. but crime on parking lots and buses are experiencing a five-year low. >> every two weeks we analyze it, look for trends and we adjust our resources according to those trends. you're going to see movement in that top ten list constantly. >> this is how the year ended. there was crime in every area of

metro for myrrom virginia to ma. but the worst stations were deanwood, anacostia. no serious cases of crime were are reported in clarendon, eisenhower or farragut west. >> you may see a difference in crime, you may see more crimes against persons and property. it fluctuates by geographic location. >> riders we talked with say they're already vigilant and will continue to be. they want to see their metro stop off the top ten. >> don't leave anything out in the car except a parking sticker. >> you see metro transit around everywhere, maybe they need to tighten up in this area. because it has been ranked number one, and because there's a lot of schools in the rec center. >> last year new carollton station ranked number one on the crime list. after a lot work and focus, they were able to knock it out of the top ten all together. metro officials say they plan on

putting that same kind of focus and concentration here in the dean wood metro station. in northeast, tracy wilkins, news 4. coming up tonight at 6:00, 8 women in the u.s. military file a federal lawsuit. they claim they were raped and targeted by their superiors when they reported it. a big day across the country and in virginia, in the republican race for the white house, super tuesday will it end with a clear cut candidate? we're following the developments. a local swim team is getting attention for their moves out of the water. i'll be joining jim vance next for news 4 at 6:00. >> you have to stick around for that. when we come right back, we have a family feud over money and the unusual move of a man who adopted

an unusual story now out of florida about a millionaire there who adopted his girlfriend. john goodman is going on trial in a dui manslaughter case. he did the adoption to protect his fortune, in case he loses the case. he pleaded not guilty and today jury selection has begun. kerry sanders has the story. >> john goodman's sedan. a high end bentley allegedly ran

the stop sign and t-boned scott wilson. pushing wilson's car across the intersection and flipping upside down into the canal. in the early morning darkness as wilson's hyundai sank into the water two years ago, goodman is accuses of stumbling from the scene. phoning friends, a lawyer and then 54 minutes later, finally dialling 911. >> yes, i just got in a wreck, and my phone was dead and i'm -- where am i? >> in that 7:50 call to 911. >> is everybody okay or what happened? >> goodman asks the same question three times? >> is everybody okay? >> i'm not sure, sir. >> it's a powerful piece of evidence for prosecutors, because the victim in the car did not die in the accident. the medical examiner says scott wilson drowned. >> he was the most amazing person you could ever meet. >> i would like to know if there

was any possibility that he could have jumped in and got him out. that's what i'm questioning in my heart. >> hours later at the hospital. detectives took these pictures of goodman, grinning, a nurse had just drawn fluids, his blood alcohol level 1.7. more than twice the legal limit. goodman, whose family sold their air conditioning business could be forced to pay civil damages in a lawsuit filed by the victim's family. a penalty that might threaten his family fortune. a majority of that money is currently locked up in a trust fund for his two biological children. he recently engineered protection for his remaining fortune. goodman legally adopted his 42-year-old girlfriend, which gave her immediate access to an estimated $100 million. his two teenaged children have now filed to clock that adoption. and the transfer of wealth.

>> goodman's attorney successfully defended william kennedy smith on rape charges in that same area 21 years ago. news 4 at 6:00 starts right now. a new punishment for a local lawmaker clocked going over 100 miles an hour on the beltway. she's not getting away with a warning any more. we'll tell you why victims claim the u.s. military turned a blind eye to sexual assaults. super tuesday is in full swing as voters in 11 states head to the polls. questions over whether a candidate can clinch the republican nomination tonight. >> good evening i'm jim vance. >> i'm wendy rieger. doreen has the night off. it's the biggest day so far. 11 states