resolutionary. apple unveils the highly anticipated new ipad it is a huge deal, everybody. hello, i'm handily. >> i'm pat lawson muse. we are taking a look at apple's website where you can see the brand new ipad 3. >> this new tablet has all the power of the previous models and much more. nbc's mark barger has a look at the specs. today we are announcing the new ipad, and it is amazing. >> reporter: apple ceo tim cook unveiled the newest incarnation of the company's top-selling tablet this afternoon, simply called the ipad. among the new features, a high-resolution retina displayed screen, like first introduced on the iphone 4 with over 3 million pixels. >> a million more pixels than your hdtv at home. >> reporter: resolution combined with the 4 g connectivity should enhance video streaming possibilities. >> a a lot of people may not have been interested in the idea

of a 3 g ipad but a fast 4 g one with capabilities becomes a lot more compelling, especially for businesses. >> reporter: updated ipad will have a higher resolution camera, capable of hd video and slightly thicker, heavier than its predecessor it will have similar battery life. >> the claim that it is going to get nine hours of battery life on 4 g is eyebrow-raising for a lot of people who know tech because 4 g devices tended to have short battery lives. >> reporter: new ipad will keep as 499 price tag for the wifi model when it hits stores march 15th h the company will sell the ipad 2, cutting the base price to 399. mark barger, nbc news. also today, apple announcing it will let more users store movies on its icloud remote storage service. the ask upgrading its apple tv to play movies in 1080 p. that is the highest resolution for video. a suspicious letter that led to the evacuation of a d.c.

elementary school is being linked to similar letters sent to other places in the city. the letter arrived at the oyster adams bilingual school on 19th street northwest this morning. police were called after someone noticed a suspicious white powder inside. the school was evacuated. the powder was found to be harmless. it is the fourth suspicious letter sent to a d.c. address this week. to the weather, if you like today, folks, you are going to love tomorrow. >> meteorologist veronica johnson has the first forecast from the storm center. veronica. >> that is right. and why so many people are smiling today and suddenly, it's spring. yesterday, the temperature was 49 degrees. today into the 60s, 67 degrees right now with snipe across the area. the only thing about right now is that we have got some wind. it's breezy. it's gusty. that wind out of the southwest at 21 miles per hour. we are getting some current gusts at 33 miles per hour. as far as sky companies go, it's been a day with sunshine. we have got some clouds off to

the west. that cloud cover isn't going to move in until the early part of the day tomorrow. so, overnight is going to be mostly clear. check on some of the neighborhoods throughout the area right now. we have got 70 degrees down in culpepper, virginia, 68 degrees down south in stafford, you folks, great falls, herndon, mcclaim, your temperature, 66. it is 67 degrees right now in prince georges county, around adelphi, palmer park and glendale right now. cooler up to the north in frederick, 64 your temperature. your good night forecast will drop just under 60 degrees by 7 p.m. a mostly clear sky. lots of stars and, of course, a big moon up there. so, a by the sky. 56 by 9 p.m. and 54 by 11 p.m. coming up in a couple of minutes, we are going to talk about the chance of us seeing the auroras around this area. also talk about how much spring we could have coming our way tomorrow after all those high spring temperatures today. of course, our next chance of

rain, i will have that with your 7-day forecast. he won by a hair. mitt romney can count ohio in his victory column with a 1% lead over second-place finisher rick santorum. newt gingrich came in third place. ron paul informs last place in the state that is said to count the most on super tuesday. although romney is far ahead in the delegate count, he still can't close the deal with some party skeptics. nbc's steve handlesman has more. >> reporter: mitt romney survived super tuesday, barely winning ohio, after pounding rick santorum with attack ads, but romney put on a bright face today. >> i don't apply sentiment to it, i must admit to last night, i feel pretty darn good. >> reporter: he did win the super tuesday quest for delegates. nbc news projects romney got 219, santorum, 97, newt gingrich, 82, ron paul, 22. so, romney keeps his big lead in total delegates, maybe enough to block his rivals from the

nomination. >> mitt romney did what he had to do he put away six out of the ten states last night. >> reporter: but rick santorum won three states and claims today he is on a roll. >> we are heading for misand m mississippi and alabama and we are going to have a sweep on saturday. >> reporter: backers pressed newt gingrich to quit. he refused. >> we are staying in this race because i believe that it's going to be impossible for a moderate to win the general election. >> reporter: and after winning georgia, gingrich could take more southern primaries next tuesday. romney's so weakened, there's no incentive for gingrich or santorum to quit before the convention says the former republican party chair. >> for romney to actually have the nomination in his pocket going into tampa is going to be virtually impossible to do. >> reporter: math that mitt romney disputes. >> we have the time and the resources and a plan to get all the delegates and we think that

will get done before the convention. >> reporter: he thinks. less certainty after super tuesday. mitt romney says he is certain there won't be a brokered convention, some new candidate swooping in to gram gab the nomination. i'm steve handlesman, news4. meanwhile, in virginia, mitt romney's margin of victory was larger, nearly 20 points. he had 59 1/2% of the votes on the commonwealth's abbreviated ballot. ron paul was the only other candidate on that ballot. he finished with 40.5%. following breaking news in montgomery county a man there has been shot to death. this is happening in the aspen hill area. these are live pictures over at the scene from chopper 4 above superior court. police are still looking for a suspect and a motive. we will bring you more information on this story as soon as we get it. the search is on for a gunman who burst into a home of college students near george mason university in fairfax this

home invasion happened late last night, an off-campus house on car raj park road. news4's melissa mollet has more on what happens next. >> reporter: five george mason students were inside their townhouse late tuesday night. >> and they were chatting, doing homework, playing video games and that sort of thing. >> reporter: when two men came inside to an unlocked back door, arm with handguns they start demanding money and valuables and run through the house gathering items. the victims complied with their demands and then called police who put a chopper in the sky and a k-9 unit on the ground to search for the suspects. they got away with phones and computers, luckily, no one was hurt. >> very scary, we have a nice neighborhood, a lot of families in this tight community. it is a little unnerving. >> reporter: townhouse is a block off braddock road across the street from mason university. gmu student stephanie forest lives down the street. >> i was surprised. it just doesn't really happen around here. it is pretty quiet.

>> reporter: it is a neighborhood filled with students and one police say they would typically consider safe. investigators spent part of the morning taking photos and gathering any potential evidence. >> we usually lock the doors and lock our trucks and cars. we have a few of them. so, i'm not getting paranoid, extra paranoid about t. >> reporter: the victims tell news forth suspects also got away with an ipad, an iphone and an ipod. investigators say anybody with any information in the case is asked to call police n fairfax county, melissa mollet, news4. >> two of the victims are now telling us exactly what happened during that home invasion. erika gonzalez will have their story tonight on news4 at 5:00. d.c.'s fire chief is under fire following revelations from his previous job. kenneth ellerbee was named d.c.'s chief last year after a 16-month stint as fire chief in sarasota, florida. the washington times reports ellerbee's personnel file includes a sexual harassment complaint and the report says

mayor vincent gray never asked for a copy of ellerbee's personnel file before hiring him. using the freedom of information act, "the times" discovered a complaint made against ellerbee by a female employee who accused him of leering at her. the issue came up today during a performance oversight hearing of the d.c. fire department. darcy spencer talked with ellerbee a few minutes ago and we will have a live report coming up on news4 at 5:00. he has hit the road an emotional farewell today for colts quarterback peyton manning. at a giant news conference, the team owner announced he was releasing manning after 14 years in indianapolis. the two men said they had long discussions about moving forward together but in the end, the most logical decision was to part company. >> nobody has had it better than i have playing for the indianapolis colts these 14 years. i can't say how thankful and how fortunate i feel to have played here but, yeah, i still -- i love playing quarterback. >> the 18 jersey will never be

worn again by a colt on the field. >> manning says he fully intends to play football next season. there are plenty of teams who are interested, including the redskins. so, stay tuned. when news4 at four continues, snooki says it's true, she is pregnant. how the "jersey shore" star is preparing for motherhood. why was nicolette sheridan's character killed off desperate housewives? >> and prince harry shows off his moves on the dance floor.

nicole "zmookky" poll lizzie is pregnant and engaged to her feeance, jionni lavalle. she is 24 and the star of "jersey shore" she is 15 weeks pregnant and ready to bring on parenthood that means ditching her partying ways. her fi yans told us it was a happy accident, a very pregnant jessica simpson baring all for the april issue of "elle" magazine, the cover, we are showing part of the photo here h 391-year-old singer is expected to have her first child with fiance eric johnson, a former professional football player.

the couple have not yet said went baby is due but in an interview with "elle" simpson announced she is expecting the little girl. the singer to, who has very successful clothing lines, says she fears her daughter will be a tom boy and won't want to go shopping. rush limbaugh is facing more backlash today. the band rush is demanding he stop using their music on his talk show. ♪ according to tmz, the band, are you was furious when they learned the talk show host was playing the spirit of radio. the talk show host has used the music on several occasions, including you the time that he called the george up to law student a slut. the band fired off a letter to rush, ordering him to stop flag on his show. singer peter gabriel was upset when his song "sledgehammer" was used during the program.

small children are coming to the dentist with enormous dental problems. according to "the new york times," dentists are now regularly seeing preschoolers with as many as ten cavities. some toddlers even need root canals. their dental problems are so extensive that general anesthesia is necessary. dentists blame the epidemic on too many sugary drink and snacks. they also say parents are not following guidelines that call for brushing their children's teeth twice a day. many patients complain about having to wait at the doctor's office. these day many doctors have a lot of patients and a lot of red tape to deal with. in get healthy for life, how to make the most of your next office visit. dr. jackie egg larry sabet is here with good advice. the number one complaint is they have to wait. is that because patients are late or because doctors are overbooking? not allowing enough time? >> it is a partnership, like any

dance. everybody's got participate and everybody needs to coop write. so, there's enough blame to go around. part to have is we need patients to understand what they are supposed to do when they come to the doctor's office. how to be prepared. >> let's take a look at some of the things they need to do first of all, you say they should keep the appoint, don't be a no-show. >> right. ? a big problem. some physicians' offices have gone the way of personal trainers and the hair dresser which is if you don't show up, there's a fee. and some have even gone -- some physicians' offices have gone to the part where they will collect a credit card to keep that fee and they will be able to ring that up if you are not there it messes up the whole schedule, trying to fit you in again later, later in the day doesn't work. keep the scheduled time and come on time. if they show up on time, it keeps you on time? >> that's right. >> all right. and don't expect the doctor to handle a bunch of problems in a single visit. why can't i complain about my elbow and my foot? >> someone it gets very confusion and two is are the amount of time you're scheduled for, like when you go for the

hair dresser, scheduled for a haircut and color, not an elbow and foot. you are scheduled one problem at a time and trying to explain varying diseases, in my world, asthma and food allergy in one visit leaves more confused. we can handle it all, but it is going to take a number of visits. you have got to parse it will out. >> one at a time. don't take the family to the office. we have had people take the entire day care to the office it takes a long time to move the whole tribe into the examining room. second, if you are going to take people that matter in the family, if you want a parent there, make sure they are there on time with the rest of the patients. if you need to be there by telephone, make sure you are available by telephone but there's not time after the visit for the doctor to be able to call the other family members and if you have got the whole family with you, you are really not paying attention. i should take my significant other. >> make sure you take that significant other there is not time afterwards for us to be able to stop and call them. >> know your medications? >> yes, come to us with a list, go to the pharmacy, get it all printed out, don't take time, as many patients do, in the visit to stop and have somebody check

medicine cabinet and tell you what the dosages or medications, get the list printed out and bring it to us. >> all that slows you down. don't ask for refills over the phone if you haven't seen the doctor. >> yes, we run into this all the time, especially this time of year, haven't seen parents sometimes for years, sometimes decades and ask us to refill medication it is a liability issue. we really can't refill medications on patients who are not up to date who we really don't know what other medications they are on what happened their problem is. so come in, make that appoint, see the doctor and we are happy to refill your medication if you are a current parent. >> take lab results and x-rays with you. >> so when you go get an x-ray study done, a ct scan or a chest x-ray, ask for a copy film. oftentimes, radiologists will give it to you on a cd and you can bring it. if you are at another physician's office and they have done the blood work, ask them for a copy of that as well. you can bring it to your next doctor who doesn't have to take the time or the expense of having you redo all those tests. >> you say tell your doctor the

truth. your patients lie to you? >> this is the part that takes up the most time. they will come in and say all these medications didn't work, ski them how they are taking them, they say, well, actually, i wasn't really taking them at all. please, tell us that you haven't been taking the medications, tell us that you haven't gotten rid of the cat, tell us whatever it is. we really can't help you if you are not honest with us, it takes too much time, by that time, your time is up. >> truth or consequences. finally, know your insurance and know your other doctors. >> other doctors. it is very important that you know your other doctors because we like to be able to communicate with them and if you just come in and say, i don't know, i saw some nice woman on k street it doesn't really help us. please know their name and particularly their fax number so we can communicate with them. in terms of your insurance, it is the patient's responsibility to know that we do not memorize all the co-pays and all the deductibles and we have no way of keeping track of all that stuff. we are just the middleman. that's for the parent to go to the insurance company for. have that ready before you come. we are able to check you in faster, get you back faster and keep everybody on time. >> all right.

good advice from the doctor. thank you, dr. jackie. >> thank you. >> jim? breaking news right knew controversial bill requiring women to have abdominal ultrasound exams before undergoing abortions is now virginia law. governor bob mcdonnell signed that bill into law today. abortion provide letters have to comply beginning in july. women's rights groups protested the bill for weeks. when we come right back on news4 at four the student feet these might have cost a photo teacher his job. and will rain ruin our

look out, here it comes, warmer weather. even warmer. >> right. right. right. even warmer. because, if you missed out on today and didn't have a chance to take advantage of getting out and doing something, probably like all three of us, right? >> yep. tomorrow. >> we got tomorrow. >> call in sick? >> i don't know. no, we don't do that. but maybe you could get the morning walk in, because it is going to be milder in the overnight and a mild start to the day tomorrow. let's head outside and see what's going on right now, because it has been a little breezy. no clouds right now across the area but temperatures, oh, you got to love that, into the mid and upper 60s. and i'm seeing, just looking at the pollen count for today, it's 26, jim, i know that you always look at the pollen count. >> 26. >> 26.8.

so, really 27. that really is for trees but we are seeing some of the grass pollen come along now and that grass pollen is traveling into our area on some of the air currents because we have got a southerly wind. that's what the folks at walter reed are telling us, but 67 the temperature, winds gusting up to 33 miles per hour. that wind is going to settle down some for the evening hours, but look across the area, 64 in hagerstown, 66, winchester, 70 in cumberland, upper 60s, south fredericksburg to culpepper, nice and mild everywhere across the area that means for your good night forecast, it is going to be a very nice night. 56 by 9:00, 54 at 11 p.m. we will see just a few clouds up until midnight. after midnight, we are going to see more clouds and i think we are going to start the day off tomorrow partly cloudy with a temperature about 45 to 50 degrees. but that, still, folks that is awfully mild. the radar is quiet. your clouds up to the north and west around pittsburgh, we have got some more clouds approaching

west virginia, right through ohio, down from detroit. nashville and charlotte. so, those are the clouds that will be moving in early tomorrow. so, we will start partly sunny. as far as the rain goes, here we are at 6 p.m. tomorrow there is your rain ahead of our next front that cold front should stay out of the area until we get to the late evening hours, a fast-moving front, by the time we get early friday, all that rain is gone and then for friday, the end of the week, it is going to be a little cooler but give back the sunshine and it is going to be a little breezy to windy once again. how we will round out the week, a little bit of wind, mild temperatures, 25056 for your evening with a south wind, for tomorrow morning, southerly wind, 44 to 50 degrees but a great start to the day tomorrow and not a bad finish either for most of your daylight hours. could see a shower possibly again during the evening hours i'm thinking after the sun sets,

wind out of the northwest, 20 miles per hour, breezy conditions for spry friday on sunshine, saturday, sunshine, sunday, partly sunny skies, the weekend not bad, a high of 50 degrees on saturday, 60 degrees on sunday with maybe a little bit of rain returning the early part of next week. look at those temperatures. we don't have any return of winter showing up. no more 30s, no more 40s, no more 50s even, at least for now. >> looking good. still to come on news4, globe trotting, trend-setting prince, prince harry's shoes are the newest fashion craze. >> those are cool kicks. plus, how a

welcome back at 4:30, i'm jim handly. i'm pat lawson muse. here is what is happening in the news at this hour. minutes ago, prince georges county council woman karen tolls apologized after being fined on the beltway two weeks ago. she was clocked doing 105 miles per hour, police gave her a warning but later changed that penalty to a $500 fine and six points on her license. the prince georges council took away the county vehicle she is driving. she pledged to take a driver are improvement course. tolls says her lawyer is looking into the fine. one of the most highly anticipated gadgets of 2012. today, apple up veiled its new

ipad. the latest version of its popular device comes with a sharper screen and faster processor. it will cost you the same as previous models, starting at 499. the new ipad goes on sale next friday. a suspicious letter forced students from their classrooms and into the street today. it happened at the adams oyster biling wall school on 19th street northwest. police say they were called after a where a white powder substance arrive ted school this morning. it was found to be harmless powder it is the fourth suspicious letter sent to a d.c. address this week. it was a nail-biter through the night but mitt romney rode to victory in the all-important state of ohio last night in the race for the republican nomination. he beat rick santorum for first place by one percentage point. overall, romney won six super tuesday contests while santorum three. newt gingrich won georgia. prince harry is turning a whole lot of heads while on his ip to jamaica. >> what a time he is having.

the 27-year-old is on the island ahead of keep elizabeth's diamond julie. nbc's kerry sanders takes us there. >> set, go. >> reporter: prince harry the royal versus jamaica's own usain bolt, the three-time olympic gold medal sprinter who many say is still the fastest man on earth. but in a head-to-head matchup with a little royal deception, that all changed. prince harry won not one, but two races, stealing not on the finish line but also bolt's signature pose. >> i will get him back though. i will get him back. one day. >> reporter: it was especially gracious of hussein to give the prince a victory considering what's afoot here. jamaica's prime minister recently called for harry's grandmother, that would be the queen, to officially lose her title as this island's head of state. and then there was the prince's visit to the unofficial royalty of this island, the late king of

ray gay, bob marley's, widow, rita. later, at a formal dinner, the prince had bob marley on the mind. and while harry's sister-in-law, kate, the duchess of came bridge, might be known as the style icon, for some reason, his suede shoes have become all the rage. well, in case you would like a pair, they are russell and bromley's, cost $180. kerry sanders, nbc news, king stone, jamaica. >> and he can dance in them, too. prince harry visited the bahamas and belize earlier this month. he is scheduled to be down in brazil later this week. i don't think brazil's big enough for him. >> doubt it. a photo controversy may have cost the teacher in santa monica his job and many students are devastated. the trouble began in december, shortly after the photography class at santa monica high school put on a photo exhibit.

one of the images showed a student's bare back. it was taken by her classmate, karina ramirez. there were no complaints at the time but when some of her other feets showed up on a school computer showing more nudity, her photography teacher, alan barnes, was fired. >> karina is one of my best friends. and a lot of her friends stopped talking to her. she made a silly mistake she definitely thought i won't tell mr. barnes, he won't get in any trouble and her favorite teacher, our favorite teacher, has been fired. >> the principal hasn't offered any public comment but he release an e-mail saying he doesn't discuss personnel issues. a texas scum offering a $500 reward for the safe return of their missing elephant. beverly and gene darnell love the 400-pound bronze elephant they usually keep in their front yard, a gift from boeverly to gene when they moved into their dream house. the darnells can't figure out how the thieves got away with

the lawn ornament. the elephant vanished during the day. beverly was at home at the time. >> it was just hard to wrap my brain around. >> i have been checking with neighbors and asking them have they got peanuts on them or whatnot, did they lure my elephant away? >> you save and save for something, you do the things you are supposed to and then somebody can just come and take it all away from you. >> why would you want a big bronze statue the size of a baby elephant? what are you gonna do with it? you gonna melt it down? if you need money, go ask somebody. >> can't hide that thing. the darnells say the elephant means so much to them. they are willing to take him back with no questions asked. >> hope they get it back. >> yeah, means a lot to them. more to come on news4 at four, she once was a star actress, but her career took a turn. what happened behind the scenes of desperate housewives that might have led to nicolette

sheridan's firing? >> this right here is my .45. >> the video became an internet sensation, a dad shoots his daughter's laptop as punishment. we will tell you the surprise that father

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the world's largest chocolate bar was taken to a school in los angeles today a company called world's finest chocolate made the 12,190-pound bar. and get this the candy bar is supposed to promote healthy eating. 60 schools are part of the touctour. girl scout cookies are addictive and no one can say no when offered just one. >> sometimes the tasty treats are difficult to get ahold of. nbc's -- nbc 4's wendy rieger is here and she has got an app that will help us find these treats. wendy? >> all you got do is come to our newsroom, there is always a big box of girl scout cookies in our newsroom. seems you walk out in the street and cookies walk up to you, if you are looking for them there

is aen an app for that called cookie locator and tell where you you can find cookies nearby. here's what i love about this app. let's look at our favorites like samoas, nutritional facts, tells you how much it is the big surprise, not as bad as we thought it is. my favorite is the do-si-do. here's the thing. i turned handily onto these, look at these nutritional facts. >> pretty good. >> not bad at all. 110 calories for two, only 5 grams. here is the other thing. you want some fun, what is your cookie personality since i do like the do-si-dos, it says i am easy going, trustworthy and friendly, and who didn't know that >> a-ha. >> there are videos. the other cool thing, there's recipes, thin mint, i know that's everyone's favorite, turn your thin mints into brownies, you can turn them into -- look, my do-si-dos, i don't eat chicken but if you do, there -- you can use them for pea nut thai chicken. how different is that?

really cool, these recipes, berry bread pudding, savannah smiles lemon pie, trefoils cheesecake, oh, let's just look at those. oh. so, it's really -- it really is a fun little thing here so you can kind of get your girl scout cookie on and you can find them anywhere in your neighborhood and you can find your favorite ones and find out what it's doing to your hips and thighs. may not be doing much, as we just found out with my favorite, doughcy dose. cookie locator and also helping the girl scouts, which is a great organization. i was a brownie once and they do good things for women and for young girls that are becoming women. don't forget, you can download our nbc 4 i phone app of the day for the latest news and weather, just search nbcwashington.com on itunes and you will see us there. >> meanwhile, you are killing us and our diet, windy. all those things that you add into them. >> i haven't put a cookie in front of you, all i have done show you pictures. >> i have a box of do-si-dos --

>> do you not. >> on my deck. >> no one in the newsroom eats doughcy dose, the only one ordering them. >> under my desk. >> all right. i will go under there right now. >> i will share them with you. >> i will relieve you of them. >> both so friendly and good na natured. >> i will only take the cookies, not ransacking your desk for other things. i am that trustworthy. >> a school bus driver caught on camera holding down another student so a child could hit him. what are the chances we will see glowing green and red lights [ female announcer ] with xfinity,

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♪ love can be so mystical ♪ right light show in the sky to >> you might have to head north, the glowing red and green if the aurora borealis, the northern light. what are our chances sneer not as good as good. southern great lakes a good chance to see it because of this the solar flare, the biggest one in years, expected to smack the earth tomorrow morning, the massive solar flare that erupted from the sun late yesterday trkt is up leashing one of the most powerful solar storms, guys, in five years. the other part of this, of course is that satellites, power grids could all be interrupted, probably through friday, but again, as far as the northern lights go just a very, very, very small chance of seeing it here, up around the southern great lakes a better chance. talk about what's going on around here though, some warmth,

right? 67 degrees, the sunshine, how about 70? that's where we are going to be tomorrow. at 70 degrees, that warm air squeezing forth ahead of a cold front and with it, it means more wind again for tomorrow and take a look at, this the advisories for wind ahead of that front from chicago, areas around grand rapids down south to new orleans and around dallas. all that wind out ahead of the front. so, for us during the overnight, lose the wind a little bit, 54 your temperature, at 11 p.m., then tomorrow morning, 45 to 50 degrees. that is mild and a great start to our day tomorrow. your future weather shows clouds moving into the area. there's your windy conditions, could have gusts tomorrow 35 miles per hour, gusts further west, where the advisories are expected to gust 40 to 45 miles per hour, there is your rain coming through the area late tomorrow, very early friday, i think that rain will be gone by about 6 a.m. friday. we will get back to sunshine on friday and it is going to be a

little cooler. as far as temperatures go tomorrow, 65 to 73, so, a big range through the area, hagerstown down towards fredericksburg, again, sunshine, clouds coming into the area there is your clock, guys, that means we aring about going bring forward, change your clock, saturday night, early sunday morning, from 2 to 3 a.m., spring forward, don't forget to change the batteries in your smoke and fire alarms. so, some warmth coming back sunday, second half of the weekend. >> we will take it thanks, veronica. a desperate day in l.a., a courtroom battle there continues for actress nicolette sheridan. she is suing the creator of "desperate housewives" claiming he had her character killed off because she complained that he hit her. witnesses refuted that claim today and as mike taibbi reports, even more astonishing is the fact that sheridan's career once worth $175,000 an episode has all but ground to a halt. >> reporter: arriving for court in business suit and pony tail, the british-born actress who

made vixen edie brit a key ensemble player on housewives heard how valuable the show to her scheming character had been for five seasons. >> what do you think? >> reporter: but she also heard the decision to write her character out of the show was not made when she complained about being struck in the head by the show's creator mark cherry, he called it a light tap while rehearsing a scene, but from cherry's boss, four months before that incident. the character, in my mind, had run its course, was testified, adding that even in season three, there was a discussion about killing off edie britt. >> you know, you stink. >> reporter: since "housewives," sheridan's only tv credit was that hallmark channel last year "honeymoon for one." her career stalled. >> difficult for her to find an agent, difficult to find work. >> reporter: possible reason, sheridan not only sued her former boss, he also testified her conduct was sometimes

unprofessional, not punk wall, forgetting her lines, nasty to a propman and critical of her scripts' co-stars. hollywood's take among some movers and shakeners. >> that nicolette sheridan is not very different from her character on "desperate housewives," she is brash, is opinionated and can be difficult. >> reporter: mark cherry once vibed sheridan as beautiful, smart and funny. the height of her fame she was voted one of "people" magazine's 50 beautiful people and blackwell's worst dress, sure marks of bold-faced celebrity. now the case for wrongful termination is falling apart. >> we feel good about how things went today. >> reporter: her co-stars including teri hatcher, felicity huffman and eva long gore could be called as witnesses against her. long gloria told a radio station, she used to be friends. >> i would like it to go away. >> reporter: it didn't go away, only nicolette sheridan did from

the show that once made her a household name. coming own news4, why a school bus driver says why she held a 9-year-old boy so that another child could hit him. and details of one politician's undercover

take a good look at this video. police in columbus, ohio, say a school bus driver can be seep holding down a 9-year-old boy while instructing a female

student to hit him the fight happened back in january. the driver tells investigators she did it because the 9-year-old boys of teasing the girl. the boy wasn't injured and reportedly went to school the next day. the driver is now facing charges and has quit her job. former new jersey governor richard cody recently went undercover as a mentally ill homeless person. he spent an hour with a makeup artist before going into the streets of newark with the help of a social worker. he got into a shelter on an emergency one-night stay but he says it's nearly impossible to get into a shelter without the help of a government program. cody is now a state senator and says he will use his experience to push for more legislation to help homeless. negotiations the father who shot his

this right here was my .45. that was the first round. >> they were shots heard around the country last month a north carolina dad got so angry when his daughter posted an angry rant about her parents on facebook, he shot up the laptop. the video went viral and has been viewed more than 30 million times. now, the family is speaking out. here's mark potter. >> reporter: tommy jordan and

his teenage daughter hannah are back on good terms. they start third war of words a month ago over the internet. >> that's why you're the next generation and i'm old guy. >> reporter: at their home in albermarle, north carolina there is now a truce. and family peace. last month though, it was a much different story after their father/daughter spat went public, then viral, for all to see. >> this is for my daughter, hannah. and more importantly, for all her friends on facebook who thought that her little rebellious post was cute. >> reporter: it began when jordan posted a youtube video of himself confronting hannah about a message she had posted on facebook using foul language to complain about her life at home. jordan read the note on camera. >> i'm tired of pick up after you. you tell me at least once a day that i need to get a job. and i love this part. you could just pay me for all the [ bleep ] that i do around the house. seriously? are you kidding? he. >> reporter: jordan then said he was disappointed with how disrespectful his daughter was,

but what he did next got everyone's attention. >> this right here is my .45. >> reporter: at close rain, he destroyed her laptop with hollow point ammunition and nine shots. the video sparked a fire storm of comments. jordan's youtube site drew 31 million viewers and ten times more likes than dislikes. an instant poll on "today" found 72% supported the dad but also on "today," talk show host dr. phil mcgraw said jordan should have acted more like an adult. >> you never, ever humiliate your child publicly. >> reporter: jordan fired back, with another internet posting, calling dr. phil a hypocrite. >> you do realize that not all but a large majority of the premise of your show is you bringing troubled kids on and troubled parents, troubled teens and all these groups and publicly humiliating them in front of the entire world for profit, right? >> reporter: back home in north

carolina, when the dust finally settl settled, hannah faced the music and finally wrote an apology note. tommy also admitted he wasn't really proud of his response, but stands by it. >> there was a surprise for hannah this morning on the "today show," tommy jorden revealed saved the hard drive before he shot up his daughter's laptop, she happens lost her pictures or other data but she still is grounded and still does no have the a computer that is news4 at 4:00. news4 at 5:00 starts right now. good evening, i'm wendy rearing. i'm jim hand squlichlt like her fast speed on the beltway, a councilwoman made an apoll jim.

>> news4's shomari step joins us from largo. >> reporter: councilwoman karen tolls walked outside this building behind me. she takes the charges against her seriously and says her attorney has this matter under review. now, you may recall around a couple weeks ago, an officer only gave her a warning saying she was speeding at 105 miles per hour on the beltway in her county-issued car. yesterday, police charged her with reckless driving, must pay a more than $500 fine and go could get six points on her driver's license. today, she told us she sincerely regrets what happened but she did not admit to speeding. >> i offer my utmost and sincere apologize for this to my constituents and colleagues as well as all county residents. i trust that we can now move forward with the very important business of the county. i thank you for your cooperation and support. >> i know you say you won't