we heard their cries. this war must end. >> it's become an internet sensation. more than 70 million people watching and online campaign to save the children of uganda. good afternoon. >> there are new questions this afternoon about the charity behind the kony 2012 campaign. >> some say the group isn't being transparent about where donations are going. chris clackum has that story. >> reporter: posted online monday, the video kony 2012. by thursday morning had 20 million views. by friday morning, it was more than 70 million. the man who made the video credits young people and social media. >> these are children an young people, 25 and younger saying mom, dad, we want you to pay attention to 24 right now.

>> reporter: jason russell's video documents the brutal exploits of joseph kony, his lords resistance army and their rein of terror that included kidnapping children. >> turning the girls in to sex slaves and the boys in to child soldiers. >> reporter: it's called kony 2012 because the goal is to catch kony by the end of the year. celebrities like oprah and justin bieber has latched on as well as angelina jolie. the children in the video is what moved this 16-year-old to organize friends at her los angeles high school to raise awareness and money. >> i don't know what it was, but there was something about their tears and their voices that i just couldn't stand. >> reporter: the money she raises goes to the group invisible children. co-founded by filmmaker jason russell and promoted in the video. its website sells the kony 2012

action kits with stickers and posters that supporters are urged to put up on street corners worldwide april 20th. there are critics, though, of the group and the video. the most notable is the uhe began dan government who thinks kony fled when he was indicted by international courts seven years ago. >> what the children is doing is to reflect africa as a dark continent where there is always trouble. >> reporter: they say conditions are not as bad in central africa as they were when jason russell started shooting the documentary nine years ago. chris crack up, nbc news. new details revealed this morning in the death of an in-tant in calvert county. the child's body was found in the trunk of a car near

hallowing point road. the cause of the death is not known. officials say an autopsy may take several week. megan mcgrath has the latest. >> reporter: investigators block off the street and begin interviewing the family that matt discovery. news of what happened travels fast through this small mobile home community. a newborn baby has been found dead inside the trunk of a car. >> upon arrival by law enforcement, it was discovered that a fetus or newborn was located in the trunk of a vehicle. the fetus or newborn was found by the parents of the vehicle owner. the vehicle owner, a 32-year-old female, has been enter yaeeen id no charges have been filed. >> our hearts go out to the family members that located this infant. this is heart wrenching for our community and law enforcement. >> reporter: residents say it's a mystery. they haven't seen any pregnant women in the neighborhood lately. >> no one i've seen here

pregnant, no young kids or anything in here pregnant. i've been here a long time and i haven't seen any of them. >> you never know what people's going through, what's going through their minds. that's why it's important to stay connected and especially with a small group like this, look out for each other. >> reporter: in prince frederick, megan mcgrath, news 4. we're also learning more about the woman at the center of the investigation. pat collins will have a live report at 5:00. meanwhile, an infant also died under mysterious circumstance it is in prince william county virginia. a three month old was found unconscious yesterday at an unlicensed home daycare center in bristow. an autopsy is being performed to determine why the little girl died. police say for now they do not think it was foul play. they have, however, charged two caretakers with child endangerment for running an unlicensed and overcrowded daycare operation.

julie carey will have reaction at 5:00. a developing story in dallas where an american airlines plane had to return to the gate because of a reported fight involving flight attendants. american airlines issued a statement this afternoon confirming there was an altercation on board the plane this morning. the pilot asked to return to the gate and they had police officers meet the plane at the gate. two flight attendants were taken to the hospital, but it's still unclear exactly what happened. a passenger on the plane tweeted during the incident that one of the flight attendants said the plane had a mechanical problem and was going to crash after takeoff. turning to the weather now. p. >> yes, let's talk about that beautiful weather we've had. it was a cool start to today, but it's warmed up a bit out there. >> veronica johnson is live in the storm center. >> yeah, it's warmed up out there. but this is nothing like yesterday where we were into the mid-70s right across the area. yesterday the warmest day out of

the year. today we'll take it even though there were 14 to 15 degrees cooler. we're into the upper 50s right near 60 degrees. like yesterday, we still have some wind out there. breezy day for us with gusts up to 28 miles per hour. here's a snapshot of early this morning where the rain and clouds were still over the area, but those clouds have cleared on ultimate. up to the north, that's where the clouds are in pennsylvania. what's left of this weather system and it's snowing in upstate new york. away here nothing but sunshine for us. and again breezy to windy conditions. today those winds between 25 and 30 miles per hour. some of the highest throughout the area just to the north and west of leesburg, virginia. temperatures hit 54 in frederick, 59 in fredericksburg. a clear sky but a chilly evening for us. we'll talk about tomorrow and of course the rest of your weekend

weather coming up. there is powerful new evidence today that the economic recovery is gaining momentum. u.s. employers added more than a quarter of a million new jobs in february. the numbers quickly reached the campaign trail. steve handelsman reports. >> reporter: it's good news for american workers and for president obama. more hiring last month. >> so the economy is getting stronger. >> reporter: u.s. manufacturers like carmakers took on more workers. with car sales up. and three times as many workers got new jobs in health care and business services. 227,000 u.s. jobs added in february. and the unemployment rate stayed at 8.3% because experts said more americans went out to look for jobs. optimism is up. p. >> it gives me confidence there are better days ahead. >> reporter: campaigning in mississippi, mitt romney fired back that barack obama had promised unemployment below 8%. >> this president has not

succeeded, this president has failed and that's the reason we'll get rid of him in 2012. >> reporter: rick santorum agreed. >> we want the economy to keep growing, but it's not nearly realizing its potential. >> reporter: newt gingrich said again a big reason is the obama energy policy. >> he's a genuine left winger. so you really want very expensive gasoline. >> reporter: gingrich wants and needs a primary win tuesday in mississippi oral bam. so does romney. >> morning, y'all. >> reporter: a new england yankee in the deep south. >> i got started right this morning with a biscuit and cheesy grits. >> reporter: santorum wants romney to himself, gingrich to drop out. president obama wants for the nation and for his campaign more jobs reports like the one out today. >> a report that lets him take credit and warned his republican rivals could reverse the recovery. steve handelsman, news 4.

president obama's remarks today came during a visit to the rolls-royce cross point facility near richmond, virginia. workers there make components for aircraft engines. leslie johnson is expected to report to federal prison today. she and her husband, former county executive jack johnson, were both found guilty in a corruption scheme. leslie johnson was sentenced to a year and a day for tampering with evidence. she admitted to flushing a $100,000 bribe check down the toilet and stuffing $80,000 in her bra. leslie johnson is expected to serve her term at a federal correctional facility in west virginia. jack johnson began serving his seven year sentence last month. give yourself a little extra time if you plan to take metro this weekend. both woodley park and cleveland park stations will be closed on the red line. free shuttle buses will run between the dupont circle and van ness stations to help you get around.

blue, orange and jelyellow line should also expect delays. maintenance should be completed by monday morning. still ahead, embarrassing moment for metro. the big mistake in a video designed to show off the agency's new technology. plus we're learning more about whitney houston's final days. her hairstylist reveals hus continue's attitude for the rumors about her drug use. and a story that is causing quite a stir on facebook. did an airline make the right call when it kicked a family off the plane because their toddler was throwing a tantrum? and a stunning development in the desperate housewives trial. the courtroom testimony

last year swift made more than $35 million. u2 is second. kevin chesney and lil' wayne round out the top five. the artist's rankings are based on u.s. income from tour, album sales and publishing royalties. heidi klum has stayed silent about her split with seal, but she opens up a little in the

latest issue of elle magazine. klum said the media frenzy has left her feeling as if she's in the eye of an emotional tornado and she says she doesn't want to comment on the high and low points of her marriage for the sake of their children, their four children. klum and seal were married for seven years. the trial of nicollette sheridan is entering its final days. yesterday another cast member took the stand to testify on behalf of the show's creator. >> sheridan is accusing him of firing her after she complained that he hit her. mike taibbi has more. >> reporter: jiames denton playd mike. in court, denton was plainly uncomfortable testifying that when he learned edie was going to be written out of the show, i can't say i was shocked because characters get killed off so often. it didn't prove or disprove sheridan's claim that she was

fired because she complained about the hitting incident, about outside court, her fellow actor described testifying as an ordeal. >> you just hope that nothing you say will affect either of them adversely. i'm very close to both of them. >> reporter: not so friendly, sheridan's ghoon more when cherry himself testified that what she called a hard hit was just a light tap. i was trying to indicate some playful things she could do to exit the room, he said. as cherry left the stand, sheridan muttered a curse word in his direction. >> definitely the most dramatic day since we saw sheridan crying on the stand at the beginning of the trial. >> reporter: and spoiler alert here. producer george perkins provided an additional unexpected dramatic moment. >> he ends up revealing that james denton's character is going to be killed off this sunday and there literally are people gasp management courtroom. >> reporter: but this trial stars nicollette sheridan and

there have been claims about her relationships with her co-stars. on screen, the tension between sheridan's edie and susan was a prop device. but in court, sherry testified that once sheridan pulled me aside to tell me she thought teri hatcher was the meanest woman in the world for how she was treating her. cherry also criticized what he called her unprofessional behavior, not punks chul, for getting her line, nasty to a prop man and critical of her script's co-stars. >> this has been very ugly and it's not helping anyone p. >> reporter: for a time, the show was such a cultural touch stone the former first lady laura bush could make a joke she knew everyone would get. >> 9:00, mr. excitement here is sound asleep. and i'm watching desperate housewives. >> reporter: but those days are far in the past. >> i burned your house down. >> reporter: for the show now winding down and especially for

the star who insists she was wrongly jettisoned from its cast. >> the jury is expected to get the case by early next week. a leading actress of stage and screen stopped by d.c.'s a remade stage to draw attention to a serious public health issue. >> have a jess a a. williams led a panel for hiv awareness day. everyone 47 minute as woman in the u.s. is infected with hiv. today's event is to spread the word about the impact of the disease on women of all backgrounds. >> so i'm a board member for the black aids institute and part of the sort of hollywood black hollywood celebrity coalition to get the word out to the community about how aids as gone from being a white male disease to being a black community disease affecting women primarily, african americans. and how we don't know about it. we'd like to say that we were greater than the middle passage, greater than swlafry, and we are greater than aids and hiv.

>> she's about to begin a national tour for her one woman show called feet on the ceiling. it's about the kochbconsequence risky behavior. investigators are still trying to determine a cause of whitney houston's death. >> but we're hearing from someone in the singer's inner circle, someone who was inside the hotel room on the night whitney houston tied. differen she was her hair trialest. this morning dixon spoke to the "today" show about how the singer reacted to the rumors of her drug abuse and her rehab visits. >> she didn't really react. she doesn't really pay any attention to those things. but like anyone, those things can hurt when you're such a high row file person and someone's saying things about you that are untrue. sure, with anyone that it would be hurtful. >> so she never mentioned anything about that, but you knew about it.

>> absolutely. >> dixon says one thing she'll remember about houston is that the singer loved people unconditionally. attention all fashionistas. a new show is headed your way that will bring designs from the runway to a mall near you. >> that's right, nbc's design star will feature 14 aspiring designers. the celebrity mentors include nicole richie and jessica simpson. each week there will be a challenge an fashion showdown. during that fashion show, retailers h and m, macy's and sax fifth avenue will bid on the designs. viewers can buy the clothes in the store very soon after the show. and as america is watching the clothes go down the run way, they can order it online that night or pick it up in stores the very next day. so we're talking about immediate fashion. >> it premieres tuesday night at 9:30 right here on nbc 4. more trouble for metro. they posted this video on

youtube. metro general manager visited a plant in japan to take a look at the 7,000 series rail car. it will be the latest addition to the metro rail complete, but the rail car's new features, there are miss spellings of a couple of the station names. metro tweeted the rail car in the video is just a pre-production model to highlight the car's build and features. coming up on news 4, a toddler swallowed 37 magnets and it could have killed her. it turns out this type of accident is more common than you might think. plus we'll take you to a plus where you're encouraged to take out your anger on anything within striking distance. springing

we had sunshine today, but the problem for me was the wind. >> and there will still be a little wind tomorrow, but if like the sunshine, you're going to leak tike the weekend. if you don't like the chill, then you might not like tomorrow because we'll be stepping it down just a little bit. >> can't have it both ways. >> that's right. or at least seldom that happens. let's take a look at what's going on. we have temperatures near 60 degrees today.

tomorrow, a little cooler. the winds have been gusting today. at least the afternoon up to around 30 miles per hour. that wind, it's dry wind for us. it's coming out of the northwest and the wind has been sustained today between about 10 and 15 miles per hour. but again, sunshine it is and the air is pretty dry. other neighborhoods up to the north, gaithersburg 54, down to the south, stafford county, 59, near 60 degrees. and then you have 64, our warm spot south and west of the area. that's where the higher temperatures will be tomorrow. just south and west of the area. we're going to see a warm up then for the second half of the weekend. for your overnight, 9:00, a starry sky, 43 your temperature. 40 by 11:00. sunset at 6:10 and it's up tomorrow at 6:26. in a couple minutes we'll talk about the springing forward that we're going to do as we head to daylight saving time. on the radar, it is dry right now up to the north, some snow.

this is what's left of that system. in the spin you can see it coming off the lake. snow in the areas of upstate new york about 1 to 3 inches expected during the overnight period. for binghamton, the high spots of pennsylvania, winter trying to hang on. there's that warm front ahead of the next weather system for us. sunshine for tomorrow. sunshine even for sunday, a mostly sunny sky. you can see the rain monday morning, here's d.c., that rain far off, so right now, monday early part of the day is looking drive and probably the afternoon dry, too. so cool, breezy for us the evening. 36 to 44. even tomorrow we have wind to deal with at 10 to 15. but definitely a very chilly start for us and a chilly day, too, by afternoon standards for

this time of year. we'll be running just a couple degrees below average. but hang on, sunday pat, barbara, sunday we're up to 63 degrees. coming up, we'll talk with about the western pattern for next week. it should bring some miles for folks faces. a lot to cover. >> sounds good. >> gardening weather. thanks. still to come, incredible video, a log smashes straight through the window of a van. we'll area from the man who survived this awful crash. and a people is kicked off a plane because of their unruly toddler.

welcome back to news 4 at 4:00. >> imagine riding down a highway and suddenly a massive log comes crashing through your windshield. >> it happen ped to a mississippi couple on wednesday. and just as amazingly they survived. as susan parker explains, the outcome come could have been especially worse. >> reporter: joseph comforted bay his mother after surgery to

repair a broken arm. by all accounts, he shouldn't be alive. >> i just remember bits and pieces of it. i remember the log trick clipping and seeing logs coming toward us and that's it. >> reporter: a log truck collides with a vehicle and loses its load. huge logs are catapulted across the median into oncoming traffic and one into hair dodge caravan. >> you can actually see where the log came through the front went shield, passed over the passenger seat and came in this direction. obviously a close call. but what many people may not realize is how close. just moments before, they had dropped their children off. >> i couldn't imagine them being with us. anybody in the back, i think it would have killed them. it was miracle. >> you never know when your life is going to be changed in an instant or your life is going to be taken. so life is pressure issues. >> reporter: definitely precious for joseph who has a few more days in the hospital but are

make a full recovery. his wife received 29 stitches to her head, but she's going to be just fine. last night was a long one he says. especially after looking at the pictures and video. joseph knows how close he came to death, even worse, what could have happened to his family. >> just by centimeters. it could have killed me. i guess i throwed my arm up when it come through the window. hit my wife first and then hit me. just straight through the window he. >> it's a total miracle and i know that god has a plan for all of us. and we are so very blessed. >> wow. they were lucky. >> yes, indeed. the crash is still under investigation. so far no charges. a family was kicked off a jetblue flight because of their daughter's temper tantrum. they had just finished their caribbean vacation last month. they boarded their jetblue flight from the turns and caicos

to boston when 2-year-old natalie did what toddlers are known to do. she threw a tantrum. the family got her under control, but the pilot announced that he was turning the plane around and kicking tell off, all because of the unruly toddler. >> we did what we were asked to do. we weren't belligerent, drunk, angry, screaming. we just were having a hard time struggling with our children. i said can we have them seated, can we go now, and she said the pilot's made a decision to turn the plane around. >> jetblue released a statement saying the family was not following instructions for a prolonged period of time, so they were removed for the safety of other customers and the crew. the family had to stay overnight at a hotel and rebook their flight. they were out about $2,000. well, this story has a lot of you taking on our nbc washington facebook page. we asked did the airline go too far or is will only fair to the rest of the passengers? >> susan cox writes, it depends on how long things were delayed. if it was a short period, who

cares. let the kid get settled in. >> michael says rules are rules, and the captain who is responsible for the safety of all of the people on the plane has the final say. >> pam writes, how about a no fly policy for rude adults? the airlines would go out of business. >> we invite you to tell us what you think by advivisiting our facebook page. >> it can be a stuff situation. i've been there. and you feel so embarrassed about it, but you know they'll settle down or at least you hope they will. >> i feel the same way you do. it's a tough situation for everybody. a texas woman who worked in customer service endured years of verbal abuse from angry client and now she's turned her experience in to a small business. it's called the anger room. owner donna alexander says it's a safe place to vents your frustrations. customers suit up and then smash

away. all of their stress, she says anger room clients come from a variety of fields, but straufrnt workers are at the top of the list. >> people from hospitals, attorneys, psychiatrists and their patient, girl friend and boyfriend problems. we get that a lot. boss problems where they're mad, stress and anger will never go away as long as we're human and the human race is still alive. i'll never go broke. >> a visit to the anger room costs from $25 to $75. and for an extra charge, you can even have the setting changed so it looks like your office. >> could you use one of those sometimes? still ahead, he wrongly said the world would end last year twice. but the preacher who predicted the apocalypse is now saying. >> and how a masterpiece was found hanging on the wall of a high school teacher's lounge. how do you stop unwanted credit card offers from coming in the mail? that's the question the answer is coming up on ask liz.

and wake up with news 4 today on monday morning, we'll get you ready for all the madness that comes with march. we'll break down the ncaa tournament b tournament brackets. plus the news to get you ready for the day along with weather and traffic.

it's time to turn the clocks forward. >> i'm going to codo it now because i know me. >> you'll be early tomorrow. >> right. that's right, we're talking about daylight saving time. this is the time of course when we get the longer light outside as we spring forward. . so don't forget to do that. saturday night, sunday morning, early sunday morning from 2:00 to 3:00 a.m. and of course when you spring forward, don't want to forget to change the batteries in your smoke or in your fire alarms. that's what a lot of folks do this time of year. so i like to think of it as summertime because that's when we get a chance to take advantage of that. 58 and sunshine out there right now. breezy. it will be a chilly evening where you'll need a jacket if you're going to be out. we drop to 40 degrees by 11:00 p.m. a nice starry sky for us. just coming off of our full fish moon.

35 to 34 degrees by early tomorrow morning. that means the outlying suburbs will be starting out probably in the upper 20s. 27 in mount erie and 29 in gaithersburg. 34 inside the beltway and 29 around waldorf. so pretty chilly start for us. something that we haven't seen in a little while. and then we bounce back tomorrow with a high about 47 to 51 degrees down to the south. but it's sunday, sunday is what i really like and especially next week. so here's the deal for next week. by sunday, we got a chance to warm up. next week, most of those days we'll see the warm air come into the area and almost every day we'll be in the 70s. so that warm air takes control of at least half of the country for next week. 49 saturday. 63 on sunday. you get the idea. sunday a better day if you want to do any gardening or anything outside. then for monday, we do have a slight chance for some showers coming into the area. i think that's going to be

during the evening hours. probably after the afternoon rush. we won't get much rain at all, but 72 the high at the beginning of the week, 70 for tuesday, just a little cooler behind that front and probably a little bit of wind to deal with, too. wednesday, thursday, 71, 72 degrees. full sunshine on friday. a high that may bring us some thunderstorms. that means that all three of us at one now should say good-bye to winter. >> thank you. our app of the day will help you get daily deals that you actually want to use. >> what you got, wendy in. >> this is a cool app that instead of finding out all the deals of the day, you can actually find it on your own. you use this profile builder that what you do is you look through here, these are all the possible deals that you can get. let's say you want something from the winery. the top level there is what you

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they're all right here for you on this wonderful app that's really great. and there you go. tanning and so there you go. download this app, which is -- which i have forgotten the name of it again. what's the name of this app again? deal board. deal board. it says so right there. says so right on the app. don't forget to download our nbc 4 iphone app for free so you can stay up to date on the news and weather. go to nbcwashington.com on itunes. >> deal board. all right. >> i thought it was something complicated. >> it is what thank you, weapndy.

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who makes decisions about daylight saving time and how do stop credit card offers coming in the mail? it's ask liz. >> first question comes through e-mail from a viewer named mary beth. she wants to know what's the best time of year to buy that new ride? >> is there a good time. consumer. >> reporter:s gave us this answer. it says that timing is everything when buying a new car, so it's important to know

when to hit that showroom. one strategy is to go at the end of the month when the salesperson is trying to make their monthly quotas. and may be more inclined to give you a deal. the another option, at the end of the model year. most manufacturers bring out new models toward the end of the summer, that's the time to get a deal on the previous model year cars. and always look for rebates incentives and promotions over the holiday weekends which may save you some additional money. >> our next question comes from henry. he wants to know who makes decisions about daylight saving time? >> we did check with the national institute of standards and technology which does act as the official timekeeper for the united states. it says that daylight saving time was formally introduced to the u.s. in 1918. today most of the country observes daylight saving time under federal regulation. the rules for daylight saving time changed in 2007 as an effort to reduce energy

consumption. so now daylight saving time begins on the second sunday of march and ends the first sunday of november. this year of course daylight saving time begins this sunday march 11th at 1:59 a.m. and the clocks will basically spring forward one hour and become 3:00 local standard daylight time. so don't forget the change the batteries in your smoke key tech tors when you change your clocks. just a good reminder. >> always a good habit. last question comes through e-mail from a viewer whose name is dotty. she wants to know what should she do with real credit cards that come in the mail with credit card offers and how she can get the offers to stop. >> the federal trade commission helped us with this answer. it recommends shredding any credit cards or credit card offers that you receive. cut it up to avoid identity theft. you can opt out of pre-screened credit card offers by visiting opt out pre-screen.com or by calling 1-888-5-opt out.

and since offers for credit or insurance are not used if will calculating your credit card, opting out whether have no affect. if you have had a question, send to ask liz@nbc washington. you can always connect with me on twitter. and on facebook. coming up on ask liz at 5:00, what's the difference between light and white tuna? who pays the electricity at dulles airport for those new electric car charging stations? and what should you do if you made a mistake on your tax return? find out at 5:00 tonight. see you then. >> thanks, liz. coming up on news 4, a pleecher reveal as lesson he learned having wrongly predicted the end of the world. and

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a new ultra efficient light bulb is on the market, but it's pricey. 50 bucks. the bulb is made by phillips. the company says you'll save a long in the long run. they're designed to last ten years or more. and it uses only ten watts to light up a room. that's a fraction of what other bulbs use. phillips won a u.s. government competition known as the l prize to manufacture the bulbs which are supposed to be green and affordable. california pass or who predicted the world would come

to an end last year is now admitting his prophecy was wrong. 90-year-old harold camping posted a statement on line that says he has no evidence that the world will come to an end anytime soon and that he isn't interested in making predictions about the future. he spent millions over several years spreading the word that judgment day would come on may 21st of 2011. a rare painting worth $10,000 spent decades hanging on the wall of a teacher's lounge in michigan. the masterpiece is called two figures and landscape. it's by hugh have i lee smith. students bought the pictures for 150 bucks back in 1954. a graduate with an artistic eye recognized the painting back in october. it's now on loan to a museum in detroit. school officials say they aren't sure what they'll do with the painting once it returns. still ahead on news 4, we're now hearing from the parents of a toddler who swallowed dozens of magnets. what doctors that had to do to

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♪ tonight we're hearing from the parents of a 3-year-old girl that had a health care.

an extra revealed more than a dozen magnets sitting if her stomach. craig melvin reports. >> reporter: little payton is back in the swing of things now. but a few days ago, she was close to dying. >> do you feel guilty? >> i do. >> how long will take stay with you? >> as long as i can see the scar. >> reporter: she started complaining about a stomach and i can. >> i really didn't think much of it until later that morning when she started to vomit. and we just thought it was the stomach flu. >> then she stopped eating. >> mother's instinct set in and i knew something was wrong. >> she's lying around, not her unusual spit fire that she always is. and so she just looked different to me. >> reporter: after the doctor ruled out a virus, she ordered x-rays. when she saw this, she thought someone's bracelet had gotten in the way of the machine. >> second x-ray came out still this ring like thing in her

abdomen. and we all stood around and looked at it and i said let's go to the e.r. >> reporter: doctored realized it wasn't a bracelet, but 37 tiny magnets slowly eating away at her intestines. she wallowed these, more than 3 dozen buckey balls clinging to their refrigerator. as the magnets started rolling through payton's body, they started connecting to each other, squeezing her stomach and small intestine together. >> we had to make an incision on to the stomach to retrieve the magnets from within the stomach and the upper intestine. >> see these magnets? they can make holes in your stomach. >> reporter: payton's predicament is not as rare as you might think. according to the consume are product safety commission, the number of reported cases of children swallowing magnets is on the rise from one in 2009 to

seven in 2010 and 14 last year. payton's parents still don't know how she managed to swallow 37 magnets, but the lesson they have learned is clear. >> don't let your guard down with your kid. don't underestimate anything that they can do. >> reporter: for today, krcraig melvin. payton is expected to make a full recovery. news 4 at 5:00 starts right now. a child dies at an unlicensed daycare in virginia. tonight a message from the parents of that child. good evening, i'm pat law soon mousse. jim hanley is off tonight. >> and nearly two dozen children at one prince william home. police charge two daycare prior following the death of a three month old. it was at a home on sapphire

ridge road. julie carey is live in bristow. >> reporter: in just minutes ago, a county worker posted that sign you see on the front door citing the home's own forefailing to have the proper permit to go run a business at the hole.owner, though, is out of the country. already two of the daycare home workers at this unlie insided home face criminal charges in an investigation that is just beginning. they were trusted by prince william county parents to care for their babies a and toddlers. now thface counts of child endangerment. they were arrested last night after a three month old girl was found unresponsive and was later pronounced dead he hospital. investigators were surprised to find nearly 2 dozen children inside. >> at the time of the incident, there were only two adults, 23 children, ages from newborn to four years. >> reporter: the child