2, 4, 23, 38, 46, and the megaball is 23. news 4's derek ward joins us live with more on the drawing. >> reporter: good morning. it looks like lady luck didn't make it inside the beltway. but there is a winner, not far from us. it is a record-breaking jackpot. a $640 million mega millions prize. one of several tickets sold in baltimore county. all we know of now. undoubtedly someone is checking numbers and pinching thenc inin over the sudden change of fortune. what definitely has grown is the revenue side of the state's balance sheet. maryland lottery officials say as of 10:00 p.m. last night, 11$11.6 million worth of ticket had been sold. comes out to the rate of $127

every second. a lot of the people had a chance to win smaller jack pots. a breakdown of odds. 240 second-tier winners. >> our advice is safeguard the ticket. sign the back of it. is is a barrier instrument and we want to make sure that they give it the -- the attention and consideration it requires and that our advice from the maryland lottery to whoever the winner is is get advice. we wouldn't recommend who that would be, but we would encourage them to seek out legal and financial advice, but certainly the maryland lottery is available and ready to process the claim of this ticket when they are prepared to come forward. >> reporter: winning tickets also sold in illinois and kansas. and lottery officials say if you have one of any value, you should sign it an unsigned ticket pretty much belongs to the holder. maryland is one of the state where is a winner can remain

anonymous. that's the option i would take. >> that's true, right? >> i don't know. like how one person tweeted us, they would definitely tell people. but he would do it five years later. >> after he spends all his money. thank you. we appreciate it. looks like the dreams of quitting your job, going on the dream vacation, will have to wait. but we want to know what would you have done if you won the mega millions jackpot? >> tell us on twitter #ifiwokeupawinner. we'll have some at 10:00. if you want to remain anonymous, tell us. >> tell us why you would. >> you would just see a spinning empty chair over on this end. >> and the lamborghini peeling out. >> you could be the new batman. >> batman or whoever you want to be. >> a beautiful idea. keep your weekend going in a positive direction what would i have done with all of the money?

maybe you know the person. you know, you never know. could be your friends or neighbors. >> that guy needs an adviser, give me a call. >> you can be the social media adviser for a mere million dollars an hour. >> i'll take care of you. cloudy and in some places a wet start on your saturday. not a lot of heavy rain out there. and most of your weekend will be rain free. and that being said, we have a couple of sprinkles out there temperatures in the up 40s to near 50 degrees. a little bit of a chill in the air. not all that terribly cold and radar shows a couple of sprinkles now moving in toward martinsburg, west virginia, those will be headed over potomac river, steadier rains well down to the south. south of the fredericksburg area, southern tip of st. mary's county from fredericksburg to richmond to norfolk, virginia. the bulk of the rain chances

stacked up. no more than a few showers and we'll see a little bit of clearing skies by mid to late afternoon, a couple peeks of sunshine puts us over 60 degrees. slow clearing late this afternoon. temperatures, upper 50s and low 60s. tomorrow, a bright and sunny start. clouds coming back tomorrow afternoon and a chance for a few more rain drops on your weekend, but not until the sun goes down tomorrow. most of the daylight hours looking pretty good. >> allergy sufferers, the rain drops are welcome. >> anything to get the pollen out of air. a violet night in high asville left one dead and three others injured in two separate shootings. a deadly shooting on the 2,000 block of woodberry street. police responded to a report of shots fired just after midnight. they found a man suffering from gunshot wounds that died at the hospital. no gunman has been identified and we don't know what led to the shooting.

three others injured in a shooting just a mile from that first scene. a triple shooting that police say stemmed from a fight. 6700 block of northwest drive. the gunman and victims got into a fight. but things escalated when one man left and returned with a gun. police say he opened fire, hitting three people and then he ran. all three victims are expected to be okay, but police have not made any arrests. in just a few hours, a crowd will gather in sanford, florida, for a rally for trayvon martin. reverend al sharpton and reverend jesse jackson are among several civil rights leaders calling for an arrest of george zimmerman. the neighborhood watch captain claims he shot the 17-year-old in self-defense. martin was not armed and many believe the shooting was racially motivated. the officer said he did not see signs of a fight on martin's

body. police say a man attacked a couple who were about to get ina cab outside the verizon center after a van halen concert. brian bradley and three friends attacked the man. the woman called 911, tried to help her husband, but found herself on the ground. >> when he struck her, she fell back, he knocked her semi conscious and her body was going limp, the back of her head hit the sidewalk and additional injuries were caused to her brain and skull at that point. >> the woman taken to the hospital and leased. news 4 caught up with bradley at court, but he refused to make any comments. and just days before voters head to the polls in wisconsin, mitt romney has jumped out to lead -- to a lead over rick santorum in a state that could

decide the nomination. a new poll shows the former massachusetts governor has the support of 40% of likely voters. santorum trails by 7%. ron paul and newt gingrich trail by double digits. political pundits say wisconsin could ressam for um's last chance to keep romney from securing the nomination. romney is choosing to ignore his challengers and set his sights on president obama. he spoke to students at lawrence university yesterday and completely ignores the other can daylights. instead, he went after the president, calling his economic strategy a bust. >> out of touch liberals, like barack obama say they want a strong economy. but they really don't like businesses very much. but the economy is simply the product of all the nation's businesses added together. so it's like saying you love omelets but you don't like eggs. >> romney has a busy day planned

today. he'll attend four campaign events across wisconsin. now, rick santorum says he won't give in easily and is packing his schedule in a push to tuesday's primary. santorum has four events every day through monday. he says wisconsin voters can make it crystal clear that it's not time for the fight for the republican nomination to end. and he's using romney's gaffes as evidence that he can better connect with voters and wint th election in november. >> i think we connect with voters better than mitt romney does. i don't think that's any secret to you or to even the republican establishment. that they -- they recognize that that's a -- that's a weakness and it's a strength of mine and hopefully that will play itself out here in wisconsin and in pennsylvania and a whole lot of other states. >> voters in d.c. and maryland will also head to the polls on tuesday. etch-a-sketch is drawing on extra attention to draw n

newicalnew politically themed ads that poke fun, that says etch-a-sketch is a lot like politics, a lot of gray area. and another reads we have a left knob and right knob for both political parties, and when we work together, we can do loop de loops the exam pain will appear on facebook and twitter. resistance to a new casino from another casino. maryland live casino in anne arundel county say a gaming center in neighboring prince georges county would steal customers and hurt their business. they are set to open in june. the proposed prince georges county casino is part of a bill that would allow table games like black jack in maryland casinos. the bill has passed the senate and is currently being debated in a house of delegates. >> a noticeable drop in january,

unemployment hit a plateau. virginia was the only state to see a change with jobless rates dropping to 5.7% in february. compared to 5.8% in january. both maryland and d.c. stayed the same with 6.5 and 9.9% unemployment respectively. nevada has the nation's highest rate of unemployment and more than 12%. north dakota has the lowest at nearly 3%. it appears we spent more money in february which helped wall street close with the best first quarter since 1998. the dow gained 8% in the first three months of the year. nasdaq had its best quarter since 1991, and analysts say consumer spending rose in the fastest rate in seven months, even though income stayed flat. much of the extra spending is

going to record-high gas prices which we contributed to. >> yeah, it's painful over there. time is 9:10, a security breach puts millions of accounts at risk. how you know if your account has been impacted and what you can do. barbie goes bald, the campaign to get the

welcome back. the food and drug administration rejects a proposed ban on products containing the chemical bpa. the natural resource defense council says bpa affects brain development, and can cause cancer. but the fda says there needs to be more studies of the chemical's effect on humans. most of the tests are on animals. bpa is a sealant used in plastic

ca containers and some companies have removed the chemicals from its products. if you have any type of credit card, you may want to keep an eye on our account. global payments detected a breach earlier this month but can't determine when they were exactly hacked if you see suspicious charges, contact your bank immediately. the popular twitter application tweet deck is back online after being shut down a few hours friday night. twitter suspended the use of the app after a user said he could access hundreds of accounts that didn't belong to him. account passwords were not compromised and only a small number of users were affected by that bug. a judge is side wing with virginia tech on how it handled

warnings on the massacre. the judge overturned a $55,000 fine. there was a lawsuit filed saying that the warning that went out was too late after the shooting started. the new documentary "bullies" takes a hard look at bullying of kids. it's not playing at a theater near you. the film was giving an "r" rating, meaning most students weren't able to see it the studio decided to release it unrated. students are taking the issue into their own hands. these kids put on a flash mob near the capitol to bring tangs to the issue. >> we're doing this to stop bullying to each other and to respect each other. >> what this film brings to the table, is an opportunity for

kids, for kids to see kids treating kids -- how kids treat kids. a are. >> right now the movie only playing in new york and los angeles. the no rigating means many won' pick it up. toymaker mattel will be leasing a bald barbie. she will come with wigs, scarves, hats, and other accessories and a group of mothers led a facebook campaign and urged mattel to create the new version of the iconic doll. and a friend of barbie for children's hospitals next year will be distributed. and now there is a campaign for hasbro to develop a bald gi joe. >> doesn't he have a buzz

consucut already? talking about the weather. not a bad idea to keep the umbrella handy. might not need it much. >> no. you know where it is. i was shocked to find out how many couples don't sleep in the same bedroom. but in the sleep number store, we hear it all the time. yeah, nine out of ten couples disagree on the firmness they want in a mattress. i sleep on the couch. with our bed, the sleep number setting represents the firmness

that you like on your half of the mattress. don't mess with my side because i'm comfortable. i can adjust mine to my liking and she can do the same. go ahead and switch sides so you can feel what the other side feels like. you're on his side. how does that feel? it's hard. i like my side i like my better, too. side better. this is this is too soft. too hard. why don't we switch back to where you were. i am so glad to be back. oh, yh. you can have comfort and you can be in the same bed. there's no debate or no squabble because you can have it your way and i'll have it mine. so we save a lot of marriages. discover the amazing sleep number bed, only at a sleep number store... where during the final days of our semi-annual sleep sale, save $400 to $700 on our most popular bed sets. sale ends march 31st. there are00 sleep number stores nationwide, where queen mattresses start at just $699.

we're getting a new perspective of a tornado hitting indiana earlier this month. from a camera mounted inside a school bus, you can see the twister start to move the bus. windows shattered and debris swirling inside. it clouded up the camera lens. seconds later, the calmness came back. the tornado destroyed much of a junior high school. no one hurt. incredible how fast that goes by. >> what is even more incredible. i think it was moments or hours before, that was full of children, and they were able to get the kids to the school safely. >> time stamp in the upper

window, 3:15, right when they were leasing. a lot of bus drivers -- sending kids home early. knew there would be bad weather. bus drivers saw the bad weather developing and turned around, went back to the school, and no doubt, saved a lot of potential injuries. >> the bus driver is talking to the children, i see the tornado. the kids, how amazing how calm they remained and listened to everything she said. >> a lot of times, when you have the big storms, you lose perspective. it's such a big storm like that those tornadoes running about 45 or 50 miles an hour. they did a wise move by getting to safe shelter quickly. for us, it's finally your weekend, more than enough pollen in the air this morning, no doubt you have noticed that out there. we have a few rain drops helping to ease the pollen count just a little bit. although most of your weekend, now that we are getting into the mid to late morning hours on saturday. getting a little more optimistic

that your weekend is getting a little better than when i first got to work early this morning. the clouds might hang in tougher today, and already starting to see it thinning out. chilly, 51 degrees now at national airport. dew points in the mid 40s. 80% relative humidity. winds out of the northeast at 8 miles per hour. 40s to 50 from route 50 northbound. a little milder down across parts of southern maryland and into central virginia. 55, fredericksburg. 53, and temperatures today will be climbing into the mid 50s in the morning hours and if we can break out into more sunshine, we'll hop up to the low 60s. we might have a struggle getting out of 50s. storm 4 radar shows nothing more than a few fading sprinkles across northern maryland. that's all part of what is a moisture starved weather system.

heavier showers now, richmond, down to the tidewater regions of virginia. lower southern maryland. lower parts of the eastern shore. upstream from us, not much going on. i think whatever rain chances we'll have, just spritzes and sprinkles for the next couple of hours. we'll break into sunshine as a fast- moving bubble of high pressure moves in. cool and dry for the overnight hours and a dry, sunny start tomorrow. but a fast moving little clipper zips in by 9:00, 10:00 tomorrow night and a chance for fast moving showers, which will happen between sundown tomorrow night and sunrise on monday morning. and a dry start to the work and school week. for today, showers come to an end fairly quickly. slow clearing, and sunshine in the low 60s. otherwise, the clouds hold tough. holding in the upper 50s. overnight tonight, skies clearing out a bit. cool and dry, 39 to 44 tomorrow morning and rising tomorrow morning in the mid 60s.

tomorrow, the exact optiposite today. we'll get a chance of fast- moving showers sunday night. monday morning, back to work and school. and another little tiny chance of a passing shower on tuesday. generally mild weather all the way through the first half of the week. can stay ahead of the weather. and appearing on the news, nbcwashington.com/weather or by following me on twitte twitter @chuckbell4. >> thank you. miami heat star dwyane wade will play with a heavy heart as his nephew recovers after being shot in chicago. his nephew is expected to be okay. the shooting was part of a violent ooechk in chicago where two were killed and 11 others injured in a six-hour time span thursday night. wade says his foundation, wade's world, has made curbing gun

violence a top priority for years. more trouble for former san diego chargers quarterback ryan leaf. the former qb arrested in montana yesterday on burglary and drug possession charges. police have not released too many details, but did say he is free on bond and scheduled to make a court appearance on monday. he has struggled with drug problems since the time in the nrn nfl. in 2010, he plead guilty to eight felony drug charges. he received ten years' probation. the district will announce who can grow medical marijuana. what residents think of new neighbors. how would you expect to be compensated if your pilot had a breakdown mid flight? jetblue announced what its offering passengers on board a terrifying flight. what that offer is, when we re

welcome to "news4 today." top stories we're following this morning. someone in maryland is a mega millionaire. a winning mega millions ticket sold at a 7-eleven in baltimore county. lottery officials say two other winning tickets sold in illinois and kansas so that lucky marylander will, unfortunately, have to split the $640 million jackpot. >> tough break. protesters gather in sanford, florida, to demand the arrest of george zimmerman. the neighborhood watch captain claimed he shot and killed trayvon martin, 17, in self-defense. martin was not armed. many believe the shooting was racially motivated. mitt romney and rick santorum making their final push before tuesday's primary in

wisconsin. many say it could determine if santorum stays in the race. a recent poll shows romney leads santorum by 7%. residents in d.c., one step closer able to get medical marijuana. six companies can grow plants for patients. tisha thompson has followed this debate for months and she has the story. >> reporter: it's a controversial plan sparking plenty of passion, and medical marijuana is coming to d.c. >> i think it's fair to the people who applied for it, it's fair to the community, and certainly it's one step closer to meeting the compassionate needs of our population. >> reporter: the director, mohammed actor, say six organizations received a permit to grow 95 plants at a time, including montel williams. and he a group of investors will set up shop. other locations are b s ars are

northeast. >> they have the best security plan, best quality assurance plan. best growing plan. >> reporter: most locations are in ward 5, where residents are torn about their new neighbors. >> we got plenty of youth walking up and down our streets every day. we want them to maintain a safe and comfortable environment. >> reporter: this man runs an afterschool program for at-risk youth, right across from the cultivation center in everett street. >> if government says you can have a legitimate business and the sbis whatever it is, i can't stop you from that. so it's best to partner and figure out ways that we can benefit. >> reporter: he says cultivation center reached out to him about creating a community garden for the kids. he likes the idea, but says he's going to be wachg out for problems. so will the city. >> if anybody tried to violate it, i wouldn't hesitate for a moment to take away their

license and shut them down. >> reporter: all locations still need building permits and to pass inspection. marijuana takes about 90 days to mature, so it will be summer before the medical marijuana is ready. in northeast, tisha thompson, news 4 iteam. the family of a murdered maryland woman is calling for changes to domestic violence laws. friends and family of heather mcguire ral eddie outside montgomery county district court yesterday. her estranged husband, philip gilberti killed her and then turned the gun on herself. hours earlier, gilberti was released from jail after arrested for stalking mcguire. her family says he should not have been leased in the first place. >> she said he was going to be put away for quite some time, and she told me that she felt happy sunday. we spent the day together. >> reporter: mcguire's mother

says a computer glitch allowed gilberti to go free. the district court system was down, so the judge may not have had access to the man's previously crimes. she's calling for stronger laws against domestic violence offenders hoping her daughter's death will help keep the cause alive. penn state administrateors lied dozens of times to the grand jury about the actions of jerry sandusky, according to prosecutors. the attorney general filed the report that listed 33 statements from former athletic director tim curly and vice president gary schultz are fighting the perjury charges. an attorney representing the u.s. soldier accused of killing 17 afghan civilians earlier this

month says the u.s. government is not giving the cooperation promised. he says is he due access to witness interviews and medical records and brown said the government delayed his visit to an afghan hospital, where possible witnesses were staying. he believes the lack of evidence could mean a weak case. my gut, from a defense lawyer standpoint is when the prosecutors are not cooperating, there is a reason and that reason usually is because they don't have much of a case. >> if convicted, bales could face the death penalty. new details in the case of 9/11 remains flown away the pentagon released conversations documented in 2002 about the cremated remains of people killed in the terror attacks. they show burial at sea was suggested for more than 1,300 unidentifiable fragments of remains. it was later decided the remains were medical waste and incinerated. the newly released documents are part of an investigation into problems at the mortuary at

dover air force base. new questions about why a missing utah woman's husband was never considered a suspect. authorities found blood in the family home of susan powell. evidence also shows powell left a note with her will that said she did not trust her husband. powell disappeared in 2009. her husband, josh powell, killed himself and the couple's two young sons earlier this year by setting his house on fire. investigators determine josh powell filed to get life insurance policies on susan powell right after she disappeared. those policies were worth more than a million dollars. passengers on the jetblue flight involving a pilot's mid air meltdown will be getting money back and then some. not only will passengers get a full refund for their one-way ticket. they will also receive a voucher for twice the value of their original ticket. earlier this week, captain clayton osbon was screaming and ranting on board a flight from new york to las vegas.

passengers restrained him while the flight made an emergency landing in texas. osbon charged with interfering with a flight crew and faces up to 20 years in prison. a whiz kid from the district is among the fourth through eighth graders who will compete at the national geography bee in may. winner, matt wilson. 100 bucks. congratulatio congratulations. >> reporter: the seventh grader, matt wilson, from blessed sacrament school won the chance to represent d.c. he also represented the district two years ago. thousands of kids competed in northwest yesterday in hopes of representing their state. the winner of the bee gets a $25,000 scholarship. the top ten finalists compete for a chance to represent the u.s. in the world championship in russia next year. a lot of training and studying goes into that. >> i bet. probably more than what we've done. right now, 9:37. in the midst of one of the worst

allergy seasons in recently memory. up next, a world-renowned allergist joins to us answer questions about what's making you miserable this spring. >> i can't wait for that. and see this odd looking contraption? the latest tool in keeping you healthy from a painful and debilitating disease. details, straight ahead. welcome to "first reads" take on the week that was. most definitely a supreme week. >> the main event, three days of oral arguments before the supreme courtory the constitutionality of the 2010 health law. and reading the tea leaves from the arguments, majority of conservative justices, including swing justice anthony kennedy, really seemed to have doubts about whether the individual mandate was constitutional. >> and with that, the political world is bracing for another 5-4 supreme court decision. nine justices that were supposed to take initial vote get the ultimate decision, won't be revealed until june. also this week, a new poll for next week's wisconsin

primary. >> the nbc/marist survey showed mitt romney leading rick santorum by seven percentage points and romney got other good news this week, endorsements by marco

the sneezing, the wheezing, the itchy eyes, it's allergy season. with warmer weather, this is shaping up to be one of the worst allergy seasons in recent memory. this morning, we're answering some of your pressing allergy questions. joining us now is an expert, director of the watergate & burke allergy center. thank you for joining us. >> it's a pleasure. >> right when you walked in, you had this to show me. this is what's happening to so many of us. we think we have a runny nose. if we take a look at this example here --

>> we see the difference between the normal nose, where the nasal cavity is totally clear and we don't have any mucous, versus someone with allergies, we see mo mucus, and congestion. the sinuses get blocked and we have a connection between the back of the nose with the ears as well. so what happens when you get congested, you don't get stuff knee nose and runny nose and sneezing, but also start to develop some degree of sinus infection, the sinuses will clearly infected with the nose and have some ear-related problems, ear pain, fluid in the ears and even ear infections, we published a paper showing allergies can cause a recurrent ear fluid in children. it's important for viewers to know that. if we have some ear problem, it most likely could be due to allergies. >> for the first time, i can't remember, since i was a child, i

had an ear ache. and i've been having them the last week sxend a half. we reached out to viewers and asked them via facebook and twitter to share questions. we want to go to question number one from sabrina. she says why does this year's allergy season seem so harsh? i haven't suffered from allergies in years, but this year it's just kicking my butt? >> sabrina asks a great question. first of all, warming. until now, we're still waiting for the winter. we didn't have winter. the temperature being warm, this affects significantly, the solar energy, this gets reflected on earth and there is absorption that does occur by earth in here and then there is a reflection that gets up in the atmosphere, and, unfortunately, the heat gets trapped and, again, a reflect on the earth and we have an increase in temperature. due to the green house -- >> and in turn, we see an increase or it expedited as

things blooming. >> this one causes early flowering, early pollination, when the temperature is high. a second problem as well. a problem with the combustion ce are seeing. it produces greenhouse gases that contain co 2 and water vapors and this causes increased production of pollen. more pollen in the air and we have a more aggressive pollen that gets to allergy receptors. and this is what we call the perfect storm. >> gosh. i wouldn't call it so perfect. a lot o looking at alternative ways to cure allergies. our second question, does locally made honey really help with allergies? that one via twitter. >> that one we see often and unfortunately, the answer is no. we have to be -- we like to do science based studies and to look at what we can help our patient with. so we do have a lot of other

ways to help patients. we know that allergies and histamine, a major component. and other chemicals cause aengineer gik reaction. i wouldn't use honey as a first step in treating allergies. specifically if you have specific allergies. we have medications that are safe and effective. we know which ones to use at which time year. it's important to have an allergy consultation to be skin tested and find out what are you allergic to. >> i used allegra before and it worked great this time around it seems to be working at 50% capacity. can i double the dose or should i switch to a different drug? >> whether or not to double the dose, absolutely not. overdosing the medication won't get a beneficial effect, but you might get a side effect from that. important to know treatment of allergy soo not a simple treatment. it's a treatment that consisted

in using antihistamine and nasal sprays. prescription anti-inflammatory that blocks completely the allergic reaction. it's important to see the physician or to see the physician allergist who can really provide a treatment. no one should be suffering from allergies. >> doctor, a lot of great advice. giving us a little bit of relief. hopefully the rain will help us this weekend. we'll check in with chuck and richard right now. >> and what to expect? >> a couple of rain drops out there right now. a lot of people, even allergy suffers not too happy about rain chances on the weekend. it can rain all

i was shocked to find out how many couples don't sleep in the same bedroom. but in the sleep number store, we hear it all the time. yeah, nine out of ten couples disagree on the firmness they want in a mattress. i sleep on the couch. with our bed, the sleep number setting represents the firmness

that you like on your half of the mattress. don't mess with my side because i'm comfortable. i can adjust mine to my liking and she can do the same. go ahead and switch sides so you can feel what the other side feels like. you're on his side. how does that feel? it's hard. i like my side i like my better, too. side better. this is this is too soft. too hard. why don't we switch back to where y were. i am so glad to be back. oh, yeah. you can have comfort and you can be in the same bed. there's no debate or no squabble because you can have it your way and i'll have it mine. so we save a lot of marriages. discover the amazing sleep number bed, only at a sleep number store... where during the final days of our semi-annual sleep sale, save $400 to $700 on our most popular bed sets. sale ends march 31st. there are 400 sleep number stores nationwide, where queen mattresses start at just $699.

welcome back. oh, go ahead. >> you go ahead.

>> no, you go ahead. >> no, you go ahead. >> you are the new guy. you go ahead. i don't want to be a little word hog here. just on the heels of the allergist talking with us, the pollen count right now is so, so high. >> it's been pretty bad. hovering between 500 and 1,000 and anything over 200 or 300 is considered high. we need a little light rain to get pollen washed out of the air. fortunately or unfortunately we're going to get that this weekend. you will be able to see not a whole lot of a rain threat left and even a hint of blue sky trying to sneak in as well. just over washington. mostly cloudy, thin spots and a little hint of blue becoming visible. cloudy, 51 degrees at national airport, and as you look further to the north and west,

temperatures mid 40s from haegerstown to frederick. gaithersburg, closer to the beltway. temperatures hover close to 50 degrees. and there is a cold front that's drifting down through here today. ahead of the cold front, temperatures in the mid 50s from fredericksburg to portions of southern maryland. saturday planner, cloudy skies and a few little spits and showers first thing this morning. we'll see increasing amounts of some sunshine by mid to late afternoon, and temperatures are hovering in the 50s. for us that weather front drifting by pretty quickly. turning off rain chances for

now. and high pressure means it will be cool and dry for the overnight hours. nice, sunny start tomorrow. a fast-moving clipper zipping through late tomorrow through the evening hours brings a chance for pollen-cleansing rain drops late sunday night to the predawn hours of monday morning. for today, a little bit of rain coming to an end. a little bit of clearing later on this auchbl temperatures climbing to the low 60s. all-important seven-day forecast. 63 today with a 40% chance of light rain today. then tomorrow, dry for all the day long, but after the sun goes down, rain chances start to sneak back up once again. out of here before monday morning's rush back to work and school. a quick chance of a shower on tuesday. but on the whole, a relatively mild seven-day forecast. and we're more than three inches behind in rainfall for the year. so we need to start focusing on getting more rain here. not just for the pollen, but also to catch up on the water supply. >> they don't call it april showers for nothing. >> you got that right.

>> we'll see if they deliver. >> you know. >> now it is my turn. i thank for sure. might start seeing partially pink wild life in our area, especially in fairfax county. part of a new study trying to reduce the deer tick population and reduce the spread of lyme disease. >> tucked into sully woodlands park this strange looking contraption is the latest weapon aimed at killing deer ticks and controlling the dangerous lyme disease they can spread. >> we want to kill ticks, we want to possibly reduce the immediate threat to humans. >> reporter: it's called a four-poster deer feeding station. here is how it works, corn fills two troughs, special rollers filled with paint and pesticide. deer feeding will be treated and marked. >> as they come in to eat the corn out of the trough, they

have to tilt their head back just slightly which makes them rupp up against the rollers. >> reporter: as part of a three-year study, 15 stations in sully woodlands and 5 in hemlock overlook park. residents should not be alarmed if they see deer with pink racing stripes. >> if they see pink deer or pink wild life of any variety attracted to the corn, they have been treated with the pesticide. >> reporter: wild life biologists will be checking in at the four poster stations protectedly, but have the extra coverage of cameras mounted in the trees. the number of lyme disease cases has doubled in recent years with national 200 new cases reported annually. janice knows the toll it can take. she and her two sons contracted lyme disease in 2003 and 2005, and she's still being treated for recurrent systems. she welcomes this project. >> i look at this as a piece of

progress, because permethrin is something that can kill ticks immediately. >> reporter: and she hopes tick killing efforts will be extended to neighborhoods and subdivisions too. now let's get a preview of this week's kids post. here is aaron gilchrist. >> reporter: this week on kids post on tv, easter peeps get a display, some books to read on opening day and a little girl with quite a taste for gourmet. thank you for join us. a favorite easter treat with a new home. >> peeps. for the last six years, we have run this peeps diorama contest. we celebrate some of the best kid-created peeps. this is called treasure the

chaesa-peeps. they drive across the bay bridge the other way to visit grandparents in annapolis. very, very cute this is the lorax. an amazing diorama created by patty and lauren. and the girls were 12 and 14, even dyed the little palm fronds at the top of the frees. the pompoms. they read the lorax when they were little. this is the year of the peep. the dragon. teresa, an 11-year-old from springfield created this. she loves chinatown and she was a year of the dragon baby, so she thought this was appropriate. and then the hunger peeps. the biggest movie. the biggest book going on, and emma and megan ward and their friend tashi created this homage to the hunger peeps.

more in sunday kids post and online too. >> pretty talented kids. >> very talented kids. who knew marshmallows could be such a source of creativity. next, baseball season starts next week and have you books to help us get ready for the boys of summer. >> that's right. in wednesday's kids post, we highlight books for kids of all ages. this is a lovely book, called "there goes ted williams," the greatest hitter whoever lived. and i think kids will really like learning how ted williams as a kid really worked to be a star player and other books to get you in the spirit of the season. >> good stuff. and finally, a young lady who has quite a sweet gig you could say, literally. >> silver diner is introducing a new kids menu, and this is star rubin. she's 9. from rockville. she won a contest to be the food critic for the day at silver diner. we have a story in tuesday's

kids post that looks at -- they brought kids in to pick what will be on their new kids menu. >> smart move. >> very fun and star is a star. >> she looks like it. that's great. thank you, teresa. >> great to be with you, aaron. >> visit nbcwashington.com or washingtonkids -- washingtonpost.com/kidspost, and that's kids post on tv this week. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> thank you, aaron. i love the peeps show. every year, i always look forward to that slide show online. an oscar nominated actor injured in a car accident right here in our area. we'll tell you who it is and how he's doing when we return. and this morning's big story. three winners in yesterday's record-breaking mega millions drawing. if you're watching thus morning. a good chance you didn't win. we know we didn't win. we'll share what some of you say you would have done if you had won.

hello, everyone. welcome to news 4 today. i'm angie goff. and i'm richard jordan. checking top stories this morning. a rally will start in about an hour in sanford, florida, in the trayvon martin case. the unarmed 17-year-old was killed by a neighborhood watch captain. george zimmerman. zimmerman not arrested or charged with the shooting. the reverend al sharpton and the reverend jesse jackson are expected at today's rally. a final push by mitt romney and rick santorum before tuesday's primary in wisconsin. many say it could determine if santorum stays in the race. a recent nbc news poll shows romney leads santorum by 7%. and a marylander is waking up a multimillionaire this morning, a winning ticket was sold in baltimore county. grab your tickets. here come the numbers.

2, 4, 23, 38, 46 and that megaball is 23. >> well, and that player in maryland will have to share the winning jackpot of $640 million with two other people. derek ward in the newsroom with more on the lucky winners, don't we feel so bad for that person. >> i can hardly contain my grief, but i'll try. the two other lucky winners, one in kansas and one in illinois. but milford mills, a population of about 29,000 people, including one multimillionaire, that is, if that lucky winner actually lives there. we know one of the three winning lottery tickets sold for last night's record-breaking jackpot was sold at a 7-eleven in milford mills. a quick pick ticket bought at the last minute will share in the $640 mega millions prize. the state of maryland, a winner

as well. as of 10:00 p.m., they saw a cash infusion of $11 million from the brisk sales of tickets across the state. and it works out to about $127 every second. and there were also four second-tier winners in the state. with winners ranging in hundreds of thousands of dollars. nothing to sneeze at, especially these days. so while they have at least one very happy neighbor to the north. lottery officials say that the lucky ticket holder should be quitting his or her ducks in a row. >> i hope they put some consideration into how this approach this. get good legal advice, financial advice. we would encourage them to do that. we've processed a couple of large jack pots in maryland, in the past six or seven months, two powerball winners, one in september of last year and a powerball winner in september of last year, and from that experience, i can tell you it always works better when people give consideration to what they are doing, coming in, get the legal help they need, the

financial help. they can make better, more considered decisions, the same they move forward. >> for me, what color porche to buy. the 7-eleven gets a bonus of about $100,000. that's just the beginning. once an establishment gets this kind of reputation, it becomes popular. some people believe lightning strikes twice. speaking of lightning, at least we weren't struck by lightning, there is the good part of the. they say you have a better chance of getting struck by lightning than winning the lottery. i'm looking for the positive. what would you have done if you won last night's jackpot. >> some responses we received through facebook and twitter. this person says i would have financed a health care program for people with no insurance. >> and another said i would buy a nice house in alexandria, pay for his son's college and donate

to ccfa to fight crohn's disease. >> everybody so helpful. >> generous. >> and this other message from twitter says, trusts for my nieces and nephews. from suburban food nerd. thank you for responses. keep them coming. and on the case of aunanimous. we also asked would you tell anybody if you won? in maryland, you don't have to and like what terri wrote. she said she wouldn't like the publicity and lack of privacy so her answer would be no. >> sometimes there's just a flash of hey, that's exciting, but with that kind of money, you could buy a nice big house with a moat and draw bridge around it. and only let people over the bridge you wanted to seem. >> hold on tight to the money. a lot of people will be reaching for it. >> that's for sure. >> i don't have a lot of relatives, but i suspect $100 million would help me find a few

more. >> would you buy a big doppler or something? >> a good doppler, only a million, million five. so we could buy a bunch of them. a complete check of the forecast on the other side of this break. >> that break coming up in a moment. >> i got all distracted. tossing to break and i should be doing the weather. >> apparently i should buy myself a new job this one not going too well. showers out there. it will be dry around here the bulk of the afternoon. today's highs, upper fefrs to low six. tomorrow, sunshine and low clouds. most of the weekend rain free. a few spritzes out there this morning. >> thank you, chuck. >> okay. academy award winning actor gary cenese has post pony the an appearance after getting hurt in an accident. the actor was in a three-car crash on george washington parkway near the memorial bridge. he was reportedly in town to visit service members and

families. he was supposed to be in martinsville, virginia, today for a triple amputee veterans fund-raiser. the actor was not seriously hurt. no word yet if he'll have to cancel other appearances, especially one as grand marshal at tomorrow's nascar race. wizards look to snap their five-game losing streak. here is our sports in a minute. and actually we will have that a little bit later. for now -- >> right now, 10:09. and we're going to be talking fine art. coming to the streets of d.c. exhibits you may see every day on your way to work. one of the ugliest and most menacing fish in our waters. how

welcome back. cherry blossoms pe s peaked a b early, but the 25 art installations hit up across the city. joining us now, one of the curators and one of artists. thank you for being here. bag year. 100th year of the cherry blossoms, what do you have planned. >> five by five is a new initiative by the d.c. commission of the arts and humanities, it stands for five curator who's are international, who have brought five different projects each to washington. so they are spread through out the city, throughout d.c., from the zoo to the potomac river, and to arena stage and an's koscos

anacostia. >> and tell us about your art? >> i have been interested in making new skins for myself out of sort of every day objects so i have been involved with using stickers that sort of common in the social sphere, and my five by five project will revolve around postage stamps. >> we're showing video this is not the project are you talking about, but this is you on another project with brown paper bags, lunch bags? >> yes. this is my show that's open until may. but the -- the project for five by five is based off the slave in my hometown of richmond, virginia, named henry fox brown, and basic until a sort of absurd method to achieve the really basic notion of freedom, he put himself in a box and mailed himself to the free north. so sort of to reinject that into

the every day sort of social dialog, i am going to done a skin of stamps and walk through the streets to post offices. >> how many stamps will you wear? >> i bought 5,000 for each day. and i'm doing it for three days, and they will be increasing in price. so the first day will be five cent and ten sent stamps, second day 20 cents stamps and last day forever stamps. 45 cents. >> what other kinds of artists do you have? >> i'm working with a collective, called the floating lab collective, and they work with different community groups and collect art objects or objects that people think are art, important to them, valuable to them and reframing them. i have a sound sculpture by a puerto rican artist that's at arena stage, and wilmer has three performances and a let's

go back to angie. >> thank you, richard. a lot of talent out there. if you want to go outside and enjoy, not the cherry bloodstream oblossoms. >> it doesn't mean it's a bad weekend to get out and enjoy mother nature. we'll talk

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maryland wild life officials hope fishermen can help them get an illegal fish out of chesapeake bay. >> anglers could win up to $200. second year for the contest. the snakehead preys on other valuable species which could

impact the ecosystem. to win the catching contest, anglers have to submit details of their snakehead catch with a picture to the maryland department of natural resources. not the most attractive fish. >> i take it that's not the kind you fillet. >> not the kind you just put -- >> it might bite you back. >> not a very pretty fish at all. you know, his mom liked him. mom thought he turned to be a fine looking snakehead. >> speaking of water, though, there might be some of the coming out from the sky. >> a little bit. not a whole lot of rain coming our way this weekend. a few drizzly drops this weekend. most of your saturday afternoon looks dry. saturday night looks dry, and even the usable outdoor weather day hours of tomorrow i think look pretty dry as well. so this sort of a little book end chance of rain drops on your weekend. first half, just about done. most of the rain pulled out of southern maryland already. but it's still an awfully cloudy start to your weekend. 52 degrees at national airport.

winds light out of east, averaging 6 miles per hour. 51 in martinsburg. 50 in winchester. 55 in culpepper, over toward an al annapolis. fairfax, virginia, by 4:30, breaks of sunshine, putting fairfax near the mid 60s by mid to late afternoon and a few clouds tonight. 9:30 temperature, 51 degrees in and out of the early show or the late show for the movies, overnight tonight, skies clearing out a little bit. starting off temperatures tomorrow morning, down to the low 40s. a little hint of the chill. cooler tomorrow morning than now here it is on radar, sprinkles across parts of northern maryland, drifting every so quickly off to the east, back to the west of us, a few spritzes and sprinkles across the mountains. that's about it. most of that will make it over the ridge lines. steadier rains to the south and southeast.

those showers moving away from us. on the whole, an improving weather picture for the remainder of saturday. breaks of sunshine, should put places, see the sun to the low and mid 60s. clouds hold on tougher, holding in the upper 50s today. cool and driveway for overnight hours, high pressure settles on in. it will bring clear skies overnight. and allow a beautiful, sunny start. a fast moving ripple comes back in tomorrow and could bring another chance for rain drops between 8:00 or 9:00 tomorrow night into the predawn hours of tuesday morning. before it blows on out of here and leaves us dry for monday. showers come to an end quickly. slow clearing and highs to the upper 50s and low to mid 60s and for tomorrow, a nice looking day. plenty of sunshine to get you started. clouds sneaking back tomorrow afternoon and a chance of rain, not until late in the day. i think your saturday afternoon and sunday afternoons are looking rain free, and quiet weather for the most part, all this week, we actually do need the rain, not only to wash out

the pollen, but because we need help with the water table, more than 3 inches behind from the first of the year. >> hopefully we can catch up in april. a quick shoutout to students at american university. they welcomed me to writing for communications class, taught by steve pisene. we talked about the world of communication apply to any field you go into. great questions. >> stump you at all? >> no, not at all. well, maybe just a little bit. but it was a great time. i always love when we can get out to the community. they are the celebrities you love and love to hate. up next, a look at which stars are the most overexposed. a major makeover for one of a[ male announcer ]r one of this was how my day began.

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