start here and around the country. good afternoon. i'm pat lawson muse. >> i'm barbara harrison in for jim handly this evening. today marks a month since the killing of trayvon martin. the 17-year-old was shot by a neighborhood watchman who told police he acted in self-defense. he has not been charged. >> the case has generated rallies across the country with people demanding an arrest. there is one going on right now, a march protest, that is, at the justice department. and there is also a huge rally getting under way in sanford, florida at this hour where the whole case began. that's where martin's family spoke out again today. jay gray has the story. >> reporter: late today new information in the trayvon martin case. revelati revelations that the teenager had been suspended from school after a baggy containing marijuana residue was found in his book bag. >> the only comment that i have right now is that they've killed my son and now they're trying to kill his reputation. >> reporter: supporters call it

a diversion from the real issue here and today on the anniversary of the shooting hundreds gathered at this community forum. >> we'll occupy this town. >> reporter: this evening thousands plan to take part in a rally and meeting with city commissioners pushing for justice for martin as friends of the neighborhood watch volunteer who shot and killed the teenager are now pushing back. >> he couldn't stop crying for days after the shooting. >> reporter: george zimmerman has been in hiding since the incident a month ago. >> george zimmerman is absolutely not a racist. this is -- whatever happened that night was in self-defense. >> reporter: his attorney and friends say it was martin who initiated the confrontation, wrestling with zimmerman, knocking him to the ground cutting him and breaking his nose before the fatal shot was fired. >> if george zimmerman did have an injured nose or any other injuries it was because he initiated a confrontation. >> the bottom line is there was

a life and death struggle in that instance and someone was going to die. >> reporter: but thousands were demanding an arrest and say no one had to die. >> neighborhood watch is to watch and call the police. now they're calling on police and city leaders to take action. the city manager made a public appeal for calm at this evening city commission meeting which has been moved to the civic center to handle the overflow crowd expected. in sanford, florida, jay gray, news 4. for the first time since the massacre of afghan civilians earlier this month the wife of the soldier accused of doing it is speaking out. keri bales says she doesn't believe her husband was involved in the shootings. staff sergeant bales is accused of shooting 17 afghans including nine children. she says even though his fourth deployment into a war zone was a shock to both of them she believes he was physically and mentally prepared for it and told matt lauer this morning he would never hurt children.

>> you've spoken to him twice on the phone. did you say tweet heart did you do this? >> no. no. >> as spouse wouldn't you want to ask that question? honey, why are they saying these things about you? >> not on a monitored phone call. we couldn't discuss those details. he was -- seemed a bit confused as to where he was and why he was there. >> bales says whatever happened it isn't what it appears to be and nothing will change her mind on her husband's innocence. the supreme court heard a case today in a case that involves a hallmark of president obama's administration, the health care reform law. 26 states are suing to have the law declared unconstitutional and to have it thrown out. this was the first of three days of arguments. steve handelsman is at the supreme court with the latest. >> reporter: outside the high court both sides rallied. backers of obama health care. >> we want all americans to be

able to opt for the health care that they need rather than the health care that they can afford. >> reporter: in a new poll, two-thirds of americans want health care thrown out. >> i believe it violates the fundamental relationship between the government and a citizen. >> reporter: can anything that happens out here, public opinion, affect the rulings in there? justice thomas called this a distraction. three days of oral arguments. today's was on the obama fine for refusing to buy health insurance. is that a tax? conservative justice scalia. >> there is at least some doubt about it. >> reporter: liberal justice ruth bader ginsburg. >> this is not a revenue raising measure. if it's successful, it will -- nobody will pay the penalty.

>> reporter: if the fine is ruled not a tax, the high court can move immediately to the constitutionality of what the white house now calls obama care. rick santorum showed up. >> the reason i talk about obama care and its impact and mitt romney doesn't. >> the mandate is the main complaint about barack obama's health care plan. santorum here today is a reminder this u.s. supreme court could have an effect again on a presidential election. i'm steve handelsman, news 4, at the supreme court. after a rainy weekend get ready for a big chill overnight. >> meteorologist veronica johnson is in the storm sent tower tell us. >> guys, it means for a couple hours tonight we could be

dropping below freezing and we've got the budding spring flowers to worry about. right? check out the morning temperatures here. you can see we dropped down to about 46 to 55, 57 degrees. manassas to culpepper. that wasn't a big deal at all. today was the 14th day temperatures have been 50 degrees or higher but now a look at all that blue on the map. that is our freeze warning for tonight. that means we've got the potential for several hours to drop below freezing. all those areas shaded in blue. freeze watch off to the east for d.c., prince george's county, anne arundel county, st. mary's, and calvert county. for several hours, perhaps more than three, we could drop below the freezing mark. i think our most critical time period will be between 3:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. we're at 59 degrees right now. boy, it has been a gusty one today. 38-mile-per-hour wind gusts currently coming through the area. 55 in gaithersburg and only where it's 61 degrees in falls church, 62 right now in stafford and fredericksburg, virginia.

as far as sky cover goes, hardly a cloud to be found. we've got a few clouds down around kentucky but that is about it. so it's clear skies starting the overnight and again quite cold. we'll drop to 45 degrees by 11:00 p.m. and that wind is going to start to lighten up as well. so as far as the forecast goes, with our temperatures here coming up, we've got the cold to talk about. i'll have more details in just a couple minutes. >> all right. thanks, veronica. our weekend rain washed away most of the cherry blossoms over the weekend. thousands of people stood in the rain as the fireworks marked the start of the festival. the peak bloom is already over. however, events are planned for the rest of the festival. for the next six to eight weeks be prepared to see construction cones along maryland's new intercounty connector. police are making repairs to the highway that runs from i-370 in shady grove to i-95 in prince george's county. in the fall inspectors found

premature cracks on four bridges. the affected overpasses are at georgia avenue, emory lane, muncaster mill road and needwood road. the state says there are no immediate safety concerns but they are making repairs as a precaution. the icc will stay open during the repairs. pope benedict has arrived in santiago, cuba for an historic three-day visit, the next stop on his latin american tour. he started in mexico. the pope will celebrate mass tonight in the city's main plaza where he will address the faithful and in a country that until recently has been officially atheist. as nbc's kerry sanders reports, it will all be followed by a key meeting with cuban leaders. >> reporter: the pope arrived here in cuba with what he says is a message of love, hope, and reconciliation, but as he arrives here, he is also criticizing marxism. of course, cuba since 1959 has had a communist government. when he landed here, he met with

president reuel castro. that is the brother, the younger brother of fidel castro, who is the architect of this country's revolution. fidel castro remains in havana. reuel will stay here with the pope. the pope will spend two days here and then travel to havana where he will be with fidel castro. while here, just a short period of time, he is going to begin a mass for we don't know how many thousands will show up. this is perhaps the least catholic nation in latin america. about 10% of the population is considered to be catholic. clearly, based on the number of people who have shown interest in the pope's visit even if they're not catholic, it's an important visit, one that many here say even if they're not catholic, even if they're not religious, they have a faith that somehow this visit here will improve their lives. in santiago, cuba, kerry sanders, nbc news. meanwhile, the life of a

maryland man jailed in cuba hopes the pope's visit will help free her husband. we'll have more on that coming up live on news 4 at 5:30. some medical experts are coming to the defense of former vice president dick cheney who is recovering from heart transplant surry in virginia. cheney underwent the procedure on saturday at inova fairfax hospital in falls church. some are questioning if he got special treatment getting a donor heart considering his age. cheney is 71. however, doctors say under current rules medical need is the top criteria for a transplant not the patient's age. and one doctor said the fact that cheney received the transplant after having five heart attacks and a number of heart procedures over the years shows he did not get any favors. a strong odor coming from a suitcase sent four tsa workers to the hospital in boston today. workers found the suitcase in a bag room at logan airport around 8:00 this morning. it turns out the passenger had

packed away some rodent repellent that was letting off noxious fumes. the tsa workers were treated for eye and throat irritation. no passengers were affected. tebow mania is taking a bite out of the big apple. there was a media circus there today as the new york jets introduced tim tebow as the new backup quarterback. the jets traded with denver for the quarterback. tebow says he is excited about the prospect of playing for new york and just wants to help the team win. >> i'm so honored and humbled to be a jet. i'm so thankful that they wanted me. and i'm so excited about meeting my teammates. i've had the pleasure to meet quite a few already. i'm looking forward to my future as a jet and i'm very, very excited about it. >> some businesses are already cashing in on tebow's popularity. the famed carnegie deli in new york has a sandwich named after tebow now. it weighs more than three pounds and includes roast beef, corn beef, and pass trtrami on white

bread with mayonnaise. smells good. >> it does. news 4 at 4:00 is just getting started. coming up a box office record. fans were apparently hungry for the hunger games. billy bush joins us live to give us his take on the movie. singer miley cyrus, is she engaged to liam henceworth? the hungry games actor sets the record straight. wedding crashers royal style. style. we love gardening...

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record? >> yeah. 152.5 million. right now reported 155 but down a hair adjusted. wow. this one doesn't just go for the young girls. it goes for everyone. 56% of people going adults which i found to be very interesting. i love the movie. it is a jennifer lawrence performan performance. every nuance great. definitely her movie. her franchise. one scene scared me when you see the dog just brace yourself. consider that a warning. i don't think i gave too much away. great movie and on it goes. there are two more to follow so it's going to make a killing. think about this. moms, harry potter, twilight, now hunger games. moms, you know, with kids in cafes writing these incredible franchises. a marvel. >> the kids love it. they all want to see it. standing in line in washington. a lot of talk about one of the stars of the hunger games.

22-year-old liam amsworth engaged to miley cyrus? >> no it's not true. they're not engaged at all. she says she has been wearing it since november of 2011 so i haven't seen it but it's a topaz and not a diamond. it is on, you know, this finger on the left hand, so i would just say, come on, man. i mean, put it on. you got ten fingers. move it at least to the other side if it fits perfectly on that finger. it perpetuates a lot of chat. i don't know. it seems silly. but this guy is big. he's not in "hunger games" much in the first movie but will be in the second movie a lot. >> let's assume the ring at least has meaning for them. >> listen, billy. simon cowell says he was watching tv at home over the weekend and suddenly he heard this loud crash. what was that all about?

>> all right. let's picture simon. i love this first of all. he is watching himself. on an interview that he taped earlier for the jonathan ross show. so he's home, relaxing, soaking in a little, you know, him time watching himself on tv. here's this loud crash in the bathroom and he runs in there and finds this 29-year-old woman standing there with a brick, simon obviously takes off, you know, tells security, they come back. they find the woman in his walk-in closet hanging out with the brick right there so they apprehend her and security does and then they call the cops and they come. simon said he, you know, through his rep, that he feels sort of relieved today and actually quite lucky because it could have been a gun or a knife instead, you know. i told him, look. be more positive. it also could have been flowers and a massage oil. you don't need to be so negative. simon, he's okay. he's okay. the woman is good. going to be, i think he is probably going to take some legal action but, yeah. kind of scary. >> it was. >> what's up on "access"

tonight? >> okay. the home where michael jackson died is now up for sale and the guy who is selling the house and the real estate agent in charge is taking us through the house room by room. so we get to see, i don't know, an interesting perspective where michael was at the time, where the kids were. to see this house obviously in fine array now. so you'll get to take that tour with us tonight on "access hollywood." >> all right. billy bush? >> by the way if you have 29 million it's yours. >> okay. >> looks pretty good. does it come furnished for that? >> take up a collection at the station. you guys can move in and everybody can hang out there. you got jim vance in one room. you put patdown the hall. you got jim, doreen, everybody. >> all right. thank you, billy. >> see you tonight. >> thanks a lot. aretha franklin. let's have a listen. ♪ >> she's looking good and

celebrated her 70th birthday over the weekend in a star-studded event. the queen of soul is reuniting with one of her musical mentors for a new album. franklin is teaming up with sony music mogul clyde davis who engineered her comeback in the '80s. franklin says there will be new music but they haven't decided which songs yet. she also has other things in the works she'll be performing in california and is currently negotiating a record contract for her grandson. >> actress eva longoria got divorced last year but hasn't given up on love. there are reports her production company is developing a primetime dating show. it's tentatively called "all about love" a group of professional match makers will set up singles with potential mates. the show goes into production next month. titanic film director james cameron completed the world's first solo dive to the deepest known point on the earth last night. he used a specially designed submarine to reach the bottom of the pacific ocean's nariana trench roughly seven miles below

the ocean surface and planned to stay as long as six hours but a hydraulic leak forced him to cut the mission in half. the bottom of the trench has been reached by humans just once in 1960 when a navy lieutenant and a swiss oceanographer spent 20 minutes down there. cameron is the first person to make the trip alone and described the bottom as in his words very lunar, very desolate, and very isolated. >> what an adventure. >> can you imagine. coming up on news 4 -- ♪ ♪ >> the third contestant from our area competes in the battle round of "the voice." angie goff and big tigger preview tonight's competition. lottery fever is growing and so are the megamillions. the jackpot is huge. [ female announcer ] with xfinity,

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some tender sprichk plants or flowers that take a hit or a little more damage in the counties far out around shenandoah. may look a little peeked by the morning but i think we'll bounce back with the 70-degree high on wednesday. let's talk about it. the cold is coming yourself. those have started making their way up and saying hello. 41 degrees is our recoaverage l. we're down to 36 degrees for an overnight temperature so just a few degrees below the average here for the overnight period. as i said, it'll be the coldest since march 11th since that started. 59 is where we are now. you can see our camera shaking around with winds gusting at 38 miles per hour and a dry wind at 26 miles per hour. in fact some of the highest winds here up in the philadelphia area, 39-mile-per-hour wind gusts. but i just look at the airport delays. none except for newark. those are only running a couple

minutes so nothing major because of the wind today. with high pressure over us we have the clear skies through the overnight, chilly for your evening. look at the temperatures. 55 by 7:00. 49 by 9:00. 45 by 11:00 p.m. sun sets at 7:26. so we've got high pressure over us. that's going to be with us for one more day. bright sunshine tomorrow. we've got the warm front that's going to be moving through on wednesday so temperatures are really going to be bouncing right back up and we'll get a little bit of rain during the afternoon on wednesday. you can see it coming through with that front. it's going to be in and out of here. not quite like the last front. cooling early. breezy. we go from gusty conditions to breezy. your morning will be a cold start indeed so get the coats out for tomorrow morning. for tomorrow afternoon plenty of sunshine. much cooler than we've had but again not that bad. 53 to 57 degrees for a temperature and there you are on wednesday with that warm front

coming through, 70 degrees for a high temperature. that's our warmest afternoon probably of the entire week but probably going to be a little wet with the showers maybe even a few thunderstorms and 64 for thursday and friday. >> all right. not too bad. just get ready for a little cold tomorrow morning. >> all right. >> thanks, veronica. >> coats not too far away. >> thank you. still to come on news 4 at 4:00 a popular social website lets you share photographs. however, the site is raising legal concerns about sharing those pictures. plus move over vince vaughn and owen wilson. the queen is crashing weddings the queen is crashing weddings royal style.

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welcome back to news 4 at 4:00. i'm pat lawson muse. >> i'm barbara harrison in for jim handly. rallies in d.c. and florida are helping mark a month since the killing of trayvon martin. the unarmed 17-year-old was shot by a neighborhood watchman in a gated community in sanford, florida. the shooter george zimmerman told police that he shot martin in self-defense and was not arrested. people attending the rallies are asking that zimmerman be charged. >> the first of three days of supreme court arguments on the health care reform law ended before noon today. the justices indicated they believe they can decide this issue during this session rather

than waiting for parts of the law to take effect. pope benedict arrived in cuba a short time ago the next stop in his latin american tour. the pontiff will celebrate an open air mass tonight in santiago and is also scheduled to meet with cuban president reuel castro and possibly his brother long-time cuban leader fidel castro. the pope left mexico this morning after spending the weekend there. and a suggestion from fed chair ben bernanke about the need to keep interest rates low sent stocks soaring today. the dow gained 160 points to close at 13,241. the nasdaq gained 54 points and the s&p 500 gained 19. the fast growing social website called penterest that is getting a lot of attention these days, a site that lets users share pictures they find interesting. >> but some legal eagles are concerned about what the law allows when it comes to pinning photographs on the internet. >> it's all about pinning

pictures online of those things you just happen to find interesting at the moment. brian cooley at c-net uses pizza as an example. >> if i say wow this is the greatest pizza i ever had and i put up a picture of a pizza whether i took it or it comes off the restaurant website, i kind of told you the whole story right there. >> reporter: but as it turns out if the picture of the pizza did indeed come from the restaurant website there might be a problem. >> a lot of this is very unclear. it's very gray. this is a very new technology. it's a brand new social media site now. >> steve eter legal correspondent at "the wall street journal" just wrote an article on copy right laws online and talked to several lawyers to ask whether you could be sued for posting someone else's pictures on pentrest. >> the lawyers i've talked to say probably not. >> because owners of copyright photos probably won't bother provided you aren't trying to profit from the photo but the safest way he says to post pictures anywhere online is to

use only those you took. >> if it's your work, your photo, your content you can feel really comfortable posting that type of material without having to worry. >> it can even be a picture of a picture provided you were the photographer. on its website, pentrest says it respects intellectual property rights of others and expects users to do the same. the site says it will terminate or disable the accounts of users who repeatedly break copyright and intellectual property right rules. and in less than three days rovio says its angry bird space has topped 10 million downloads. rovio shared the milestone through an official angry birds twitter feed. angry birds space was released on thursday. this version of the game transports the birds to outer space where they travel in straight lines and not parabolic arcs as in other games. the cast of birds has also been revamped giving them new

abilities. queen elizabeth is 85 years old and great britain is celebrating the 60th year of her reign but the queen still has the ability to surprise her subjects. the queen and her husband prince phillip did just that on friday. they popped into a wedding in the city of manchester. the queen even knew the names of the bride and groom and where they were planning to have their honeymoon. the newlyweds and their guests were stunned to be clear her royal highness didn't quite crash the wedding. that would be coarse, of course. weeks ago, the bride-to-be heard that the queen would be passing through manchester so she decided to send a wedding invitation to buckingham palace. it was politely declined by the palace. little did the newlyweds know that the queen was planning to surprise the happy couple. a candy lover's dream came to life at a fashion show in portugal over the weekend. these lovely ladies were all walking the run way wearing dresses decorated in chocolate as part of the tenth annual international chocolate festival. this year's show had a disney

theme. the winning designer scored a trip to disneyland, paris. a bill to ban minors from tanning beds in maryland has died in a state senate committee. the bill was sponsored by montgomery county democrat jamie raskin and would have prohibited anyone under 18 from using electronic tanning beds and would have eliminated a provision that allows minors to tan with parental permission. another version of the bill is before the house of delegates but has not yet received a vote. coming up next an app that helps you spring clean your house. >> plus a college student falls out of a sixth floor window and survives. he

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my foyer needs updating. you click there and you get these wonderful pictures of ideas for decorating your foyer. there is one that's very nice and light. let's try one that's a little more formal. oh, there. if you have a lot of money that is or funny money you can decorate your foyer that way. one final thing i want to show you very quickly is you can get tips for special cleaning problems like how to clean your windows faster, free up closet space, or gear up for holiday guests if that freaks you out. here you have good housekeeping at home. it puts good house cleaning at your finger timps. you can download our app for free to stay up to date on the latest news and weather on the go. just search nbc washington on i-tunes. barbara, back to you. >> that looks good. when news 4 at 4:00 returns, little christina aguilera pick moses stone from d.c. to advance to the live shows? angie goff and big tigger preview tonight's final battle round. plus cell phone is the key in

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i don't want to take my coat out of the closet. i want to leave it where it is. >> veronica says you need little coats for your plants tonight. >> little bitty ones. stick the alarms through. no. we should worry about us, right? the fact is we do have that freeze warning that covers the area. our critical time period is 3:00 a.m. until 9:00 a.m. so the freeze warning covers the viewing area. the growing season has started. right? and because now we're talking about temperatures around freezing they've issued, the national weather service issued a freeze warning. look at all the blue not just here but spots off to the north and the west. ohio up into indiana and even michigan. and down south into areas of

central virginia as well as new jersey. all under a freeze warning here for the overnight, early morning time period. so we are going to be getting cold. 36 degrees by tomorrow morning inside the beltway. sun is up tomorrow at 7:23 and even once the sun comes up it'll take us a little while to get going and warm up. but look at the chilly evening, too. 49 degrees at 9:00. 11:00 p.m. 45. chilly, chilly. here we come. 45 degrees right now in olney and gaithersburg. so look at some of the spots we're talking about. again, for several hours maybe three or four hours dipping down below freezing. 29 there in gaithersburg. 27 leesburg. 26 degrees in areas around culpepper and it's the spots off to the west that i'm thinking that's where we could really see a little bit of damage to some of those tender plants and vegetation. sunshine is with us tomorrow. hey, no problems at all. we'll bounce back, right? we have high pressure and will

get a chance to warm up on wednesday. notice the cloud cover that's going to be moving in on wednesday. a little bit of rain that'll be passing through during the afternoon on wednesday. it's a warm front and a cold front on wednesday that'll give us a little bit of rain. highs tomorrow in the 50s. not too bad but then we get the warmup on wednesday. the high 70 degrees and right now, guys, we have about a 50% chance of getting some showers. then breezy conditions on other side of the front for the end of the week, thursday, friday, 64 degrees. the weekend right now? could see a little bit of rain on saturday. but i assure you it won't be anything like last saturday. >> all right. >> oh, good. >> thanks, veronica. let the battles continue on an all new episode of "the voice" tonight on nbc 4. >> news 4's angie goff and big tigger are at the super screen with a preview of tonight's show that includes a local emcee trying to make it big. tonight it's week four and the final round for the battles on "the voice." >> last week had some awesome performances including one from

our very own. >> yes, this is very familiar. she is beautiful here in her emerald green dress. erin willett our local girl from gaithersburg sang her heart out. ♪ when we say we belong to the light we belong to the light ♪ >> i didn't think she was going to pull that one out but i am very happy that she did. >> we are. >> we love erin. >> she is on the way to l.a. >> yes indeed. erin stopped by tommy mcfly's radio show on 94.7 fresh fm before her big trip to l.a. she says she needs all of the support she can get from the dmv. >> if you are buying the song on i-tunes that counts as a vote during the live round. >> ah. >> so make sure whatever song it is whether you like it or not

that you just throw that $1.29 at me and i will love you forever. >> that's perfect. go team maryland. >> it's cheaper than a candy bar. >> and better for you. >> exactly. go, erin. we are rooting for you. but tonight another local act is trying to make it big. moses stone from laurel, maryland. >> let's get it started. wound up on team christina. we caught up with him recently about some things he misses from the d.c. area. >> really, go-go music, the people, and, i mean, most importantly my family. you know, i miss my family because my family is out there but i definitely miss them at times. my whole goal is to move them out here today. >> moses goes up against the line in country duo. you can catch the action here on nbc 4 starting at 8:00. >> it would be so cool if he busts sought ougout some go-go.

we would also love if you can join us online tonight on nbc washington.com. once again i'll be hosting a live chat and we'd love to have you join in and chime in about your favorite vocalist there as well as root on our local contestants. >> yes indeed. >> all right. angie and big tigger, it's great to have the locals. >> isn't it? do you have any favorites? >> of course. big moses and erin willett. >> absolutely. coming up on news 4, three teenagers get quite the thrill ride. >> plus a jaw dropper after a female college student plays catch in her dorm. i'm wendy rieger. coming up in a few minutes on news 4 at 5:00 driver beware. the district wants to rev up millions in revenue by targeting speeders. it promises to groom your dog or cat without pulling the hair but does it really do that? liz crenshaw puts the shed pal to the test. coming up on news 4 at 6:00 female condoms. they're making a measured impact in the fight against hiv in the

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three british teenagers are lucky to be alive after they were trapped for five hours in their hot air balloon. the balloon wrapped itself around a high voltage power cable. the 18-year-old pilot and his two passengers suffered minor burns when they crashed into the electric pole. they were left suspended nearly 50 feet above the ground as they waited for the overhead cables to be turned off.

the three balloonists, though, are doing okay. >> authorities at michigan state university say a college student is lucky to be alive. she fell from a sixth floor dorm window over the weekend. friends say the freshman tripped and fell out of the window while playing catch in the room. it had been raining at the time so the lawn beneath her was soft. campus police say that that may have saved her life. it would be soft ground rather than soft grass. the student underwent a couple surgeries. one of her family members said she tested negative for alcohol and drugs. and still ahead on news 4, ten days after a teenager disappeared, the family and rescue crews are not giving up.

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the search continues today for a missing california teenager. sierra lamar has now been missing for more than a week. over the weekend her family joined searchers as they combed through the area around her home. kristen dahlgren has the story. >> reporter: on sunday sierra lamar's father steve hiking through canyons and over hills. >> it has to be more than just desperate. >> reporter: he spots a bone from an animal but for a moment fears the worst. >> you go there. it's natural. you know, i have nightmares still. you know, every night. >> now ten days after the petite 15-year-old was last seen for

her family every day brings fresh agony. >> it gets harder and harder but we're hanging in there, you know, we're hopeful. >> reporter: there are vigils almost every night. her friends sporting red chuck taylors the kind sierra liked to wear, her face smiling out from flyers that dot the town, but more than a week since she was last seen getting ready for school the only clues are her cell phone and a bag with her clothes neatly folded inside found on the side of the road within two miles of her house. authorities think they are the same clothes sierra was wearing in this picture she took the morning she disappeared. >> there are county crime lab criminals who will do further testing. we're hoping some further information will be gathered as a result. >> reporter: the fbi searched her mom's house where sierra was last seen and investigators have questioned registered sex offenders in the area. though sierra's father is a registered sex offender officials insist he is not a person of interest. perhaps no one understands the

family's pain quite like michael lee, whose sister michelle was missing for four months before her body was found last year. >> no one expects the situation to happen to them. it just does. >> reporter: he is now working with the class kids foundation to help organize the volunteer search for sierra. >> it's so important for the family to keep proactive and keep searching. >> reporter: so that's what the lamar family does. hoping that something will lead them to sierra. >> i'm desperate right now. i'm desperate to find any include. >> that was kristen dahlgren reporting. there are more searches planned for this week. and that's news 4 at 4:00 p.m. news 4 at 5:00 starts right now. emotions are still running high exactly one month after the shooting death of an unarmed teenager in florida. >> a d.c. man shot because of his sexuality. but tonight news of an arrest

after an attack at ihop. >> an historic day inside the supreme court and what could be the most important case of 2012. and good evening. i'm wendy rieger. >> i'm pat lawson muse. jim handly is off tonight. >> it has been described as hate crime and now an arrest in that troubling shooting at an ihop restaurant in columbia heights. pat collins is live with more on the suspect in custody tonight. >> reporter: wendy, they say it started with words of hate. that led to a physical confrontation. it ended in gun fire. and today an arrest. the trigger man in the ihop hate crime shooting turns out to be a woman. police today charged 27-year-old leshan carson in the asalt on a 31-year-old gay man at the columbia heights ihop about two weeks ago. >> what we can say is that there were some, what started as a verbal confrontation, then escalated to a p