good morning, everyone. and welcome to midday. it's thursday, april 3rd, 2012. we begin with a case police are calling a murder suicide. officers were called out to the 1000 block of nyanga avenue overnight. there they found men and women suffering from gunshot wounds. >> reporter: they got the call at 1:00 this morning. they say all the evidence found in the home here in capitol heights points to a murder

suicide. neighbor john jackson saw the commotion when he was coming home from work early tuesday. >> i saw police cars and the ambulance pulling out. >> the bodies of the man and the woman were discovered inside their home by an adult who lived with them. she came in around 1:00 this morning. that's when she made the discovery. >> a quiet neighborhood. not much goes on around here. >> reporter: another neighbor says the family was present. they have been living here for years. the husband used a handgun to shoot his wife and then shoot himself. >> it's an unfortunate situation. the family is grieving. just like we all want answers, i'm pretty sure they're looking for answers as well. >> reporter: no one else lives in the home. at this point of the investigation, no motive has been revealed. >> my heart goes out to the family. i just came back from a funeral

myself in connecticut, and it's bad when you lose somebody. that way is crazy. >> reporter: police say they are trying to notify additional family members before officially identifying the victim. in capitol heights, maryland, melissa malay, news4. mitt romney is looking for a big victory in election 2012 today. romney's biggest challenge will be support among women. recent polls showed him leading today's contest in wisconsin, maryland as well as d.c. where rival rick santorum is not on the ballot. $95 -- 95 delegates are at stake today. maryland has 37 delegates, wisconsin 42 and they're battling for 16 delegates in the district of columbia.

we're also watching several races that could change the leadership in d.c., virginia and maryland. chris is there live. chris, good morning. >> good morning, barbara. republican roscoe bartlett is seeking his 11th term in congress. critics say they gerrymandered the district to give them the advantage. as a result today, there are both republican and democratic primaries with 12 candidates going after bartlett. voting here at northwest high school in germantown was light but steady. there are both republican and democratic primaries for the seat of the u.s. congress that has belonged to republican roscoe bartlett for the past 20 years. seven members of his own party are challenging him in the primary. a small sampling of voters here show bartlett holding his own. >> i voted for bartlett. >> why? >> i guess what i hear about him is what i agree with.

>> reporter: bartlett's republican challengers include state senator david brinkley, delegate kathy akali, peter james, joseph and brandon rippian. >> i'm for brandon because i've known him a long time and i think he's a great candidate. >> they dropped conservative areas and added democratic counties. some feel this was so he would win the seat in congress. he is well known by voters in germantown. >> rob is the current state majority leader in the state house, and he has experience as opposed to an inexperienced businessman who is running against him. >> reporter: garagiola is facing stiff competition from john delaney who is endorsed by former president bill clinton and the "washington post."

>> yes, delaney. >> why? >> because i think he's a fresh, new person, and i think that he would do a good job for us. >> reporter: the other democratic hopefuls in the primary are charles bailey, ron little and mula puran. this is thought to be one of the most hotly contested contests. as a result, whoever the democrat and republican candidates turn out to be, this is going to be the focus in this fall's general election. every other maryland incumbent is thought to have a relatively safe seat. that's the latest from germantown, maryland. i'm chris gordon, news4. >> thank you, chris. d.c. voters will find five council races on the primary ballot. marion barry who served five terms as mayor is running again. four challengers are competing

with him. we'll have primary results tonight at news4 at 11:00 and tomorrow on news4 today. schools were dismissed because of an incident there. this is a chopper picture from rock hall elementary school. again, the kent county public school superintendent canceled classes today because of an incident there. turning to the weather now, and sunny start. beautiful out there right now but chilly. let's see what meteorologist tom curran has to tell us about the weather today. >> we had temperatures at freezing or below freezing through much of the region. a frosty cold start as we got going on this april 3.

it has really warmed up rapidly. we're in the 50s now, near 60 degrees. fredricksburg at 61. hagerstown at 53. it will be a bit cooler up around the pennsylvania border, but some milder temperatures by later this afternoon expected throughout much of virginia and maryland and west virginia. now, there's the view from space. we've got a clear sky here now. a cluster of some showers in northern ohio spreading some clouds way, way far to our north and west that are streaming as far south as west virginia. those high clouds may make their way in here by later this afternoon and we'll have plenty of sunshine between now and then and temperatures will continue to climb. we should be making it into the 60s over the next hour or so, and then maybe even, yes, near 70 degrees by mid-afternoon. what a dramatic upswing from this morning's lows of around freezing temperatures. well, are we going to get that cold tonight? we'll look at that and we'll look at the forecast for tomorrow, too.

could get a little rain. and the rest of the week and the easter weekend all coming up in a couple minutes, barbara. >> all right. thank you, tom. we're checking on midday traffic now. good morning. >> hi. so far, barbara, the beltway looks so much better. we had a serious crash that tied up the inner loop of the beltway at bonners road for some time, but you can see it's out of the roadway. the travel speed looks so much better in the loop here at 61 miles per hour. that not bad at all. here's a live look at van doren street. a car crashed through a 7-eleven in silver spring. it went through the window just before 4:30 this morning. as you can see, there is some

broken glass out there. nobody, apparently, was hurt. police accused of shooting a college student in oakland, california was targeting a female administrator. she was not at school at the time. 49-year-old one ngo was accused of the shooting. they say he was expelled possibly for behavioral problems. >> we do know he was upset at administrators at the school. we do know he was upset with several students here because of the way he was treated when he was enrolled here two months ago. >> reporter: ngo reportedly has local ties to our area. according to the san francisco chronicle, ngo lived in springfield and hays, virginia before moving to california just a few years ago. the chronicle says ngo was evicted from one apartment complex in the state. ngo also had federal tax liens

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. this just in to our newsroom, former vice president dick cheney is home after undergoing a heart transplant. he was released from a hospital in falls church. mr. cheney will now have to take daily medication to prevent rejection of his new organ. what happens in vegas is supposed to stay in vegas, but more than $100 million being spent on a conference is starting a scandal. she is resigning that showed the agency spent more than $800,000 on a conference in las vegas. $32,000 for a mind reader,

$30,000 for a commemorative coin for each attendee. >> you look at how the economy is doing and it just bog gels the mind how anyone thinks this is a proper use of taxpayer dollars. >> the white house calls the spendinging of gross misuse of taxpayer dollars and has asked all agencies to review their conference spending. marion barry says he didn't get a fair chance to campaign in the hours before the big election today. he served four terms as mayor, you'll remember, and is going after his third consecutive term as councilman for ward 8. barry spent last night at a meeting discussing the 2013 budget for ward 8. barry called the timing of the meeting disrespectful and said nothing would have been lost if they had rescheduled that event.

the two disputed during the meeting. >> i'm working now with the polls and trying to get material out. >> i'm not going to apologize for bringing this session here tonight as the first of our budget town hall meetings. i am not going to apologize, i am not going to apologize, i am not going to apologize. >> councilman barry said he's also concerned about a budget that raises money but hurts the poor, seniors and the disabled. david england says he's not going to seek a fifth term in the virginia house of delegates. in his statement england admitted he has been unfaithful to his wife. the democrat represents alexandria, parts of arlington and fairfax counties. he was first elected back in 2005. today president obama is expected to speak out against a budget plan passed by the house republicans. the white house says the plan would hurt middle class families. democrats criticized the plan saying the 3$3.5 trillion

disposal would undermine medicare, slash taxes for the wealthy and lead to deep kucuts across the government. the plan has little promise of passing. president obama is going after mitt romney and targeting voter in virginia. his campaign just bought television advertising time in five states, including the commonwealth. that's where this ad called "remember" will air. it emphasizes the president's energy policy and criticizes romney's approach. the president isn't the only one criticizing romney. this morning former alaska governor sarah palin appeared on the "today" show and had this response when asked if she would be happy with romney as a republican nominee. >> you know, anything is still possible. there can still be a bit of a shake-up, but the numbers are what the numbers are, and yeah, he does seem to be, obviously, the front runner. and, you know, i've been of the mindset that anybody but obama will be so much better for our country. >> but you didn't answer the

question. are you happy with that? and it doesn't sound like you're happy with mitt romney as the party's nomination. >> anybody but obama. i honestly believe that anybody running on that gop ticket would be in ifinfinitely better than we have today with these policies. >> she says republicans will be able to rally around romney and that each candidate has their strengths. right now a news4 midday, vice president joe biden is in california talking about making college affordable. arnold duncan is with him. he says fees across the country have tripled since the senior class was born. you can send your comments to his twitter account which i is @vp.

storm meteorologist tom curran is here now with a look at our forecast. beautiful sunrise, sunny but cold. >> it was, it was. people were mutterring under their breaths, i wish the weather would make up its mind. march acted like april, april acting like march, and today was like a february morning with those temperatures near freezing at dawn. but since then, things are going up, just as things have been greening up. we have a baseball game today at nationals park. they take on the boston red sox at 3:00 this afternoon. right now reagan national is almost at 60 degrees and a very light wind now, so we've got baseball around, we've got the trees getting their leaves, the blossoms have come and gone, we've had flowers up and the temperatures were down this morning. and this morning we had a clear sky but now we're getting a few

wispy high clouds drifting in from the north and west. those, though, should not stop the heating because we have a southwesterly flow that is warming into the 60s in west virginia and southern virginia. still in the 40s and low 50s in pennsylvania, but here locally in arlington, montgomery and fairfax counties, we're in the 50 to 60 degrees. chesapeake bay, bay temperatures is in the 50s, so any breeze is certainly chilly. annapolis 57. farther to the south and west of there, fredricksburg 60 degrees. that's the warm spot. cumberland, western maryland, now at 58. we should make it into the 60s all across maryland and west virginia. from onassis to culpepper, fredricksburg to charlottesville, all these areas may make it briefly to the low

70s around 3:00, 4:00 this afternoon. as we go forward over the next 48 hours, we'll have some clouds coming in tonight. it looks like a cloudy start to wednesday morning. we might get a few sprinkles. these little areas in green showing up generally south of the metro area during the afternoon tomorrow. and as we get into thursday and friday, we'll have a clearing sky and high pressure moving back in with somewhat cooler weather but not cold like it was this morning. so sunny and mild this afternoon. enjoy. the only problem is the pollen. the pollen count is still climbing, and it was about half yesterday what it was last week late. but today it's probably going to get right back up over 2,000, mostly oak tree pollen, so probably a good idea for you suff sufferers to stay inside this morning. we'll get the 70s about

midnight. the clouds should hold the warmth in and we'll have our temperatures tomorrow again mild. a bit milder than today and just the possibility of a shower. otherwise, partly sunny on wednesday. wednesday night we clear out. gets chilly again on thursday morning. thursday morning's lows in the low 40s and afternoon highs in the low 60s and lots of sun on thursday. then friday morning, chilly. down to the upper 30s. i don't think we'll have a freeze friday morning, but it's certainly going to be chilly. sunny friday afternoon, lows 60s. saturday and sunday looking like highs in the mid-60s but chilly in the mornings in the low to mid 40s. and on monday highs in the low 60s. >> let's see how things are moving on the road out there. road work continues on the 14th street bridge right now. as you're heading inbound on the

14th street bridge, your left lane is blocked. when you head further, the left center lane is blocked. you can see cars weaving their way through. the good news is you're not jammed on 395 just yet. you'll take 14 minutes to get from the beltway across the 14th street bridge, so just be aware as you're crossing the bridge. the american legion bridge, no issues on the inner loop or outer loop. barbara, back to you. 11:22 is our time now. still ahead on midday, resurfacing your skin. the new device that can erase wrinkles and more. we'll see it done. plus, how chewing gum can make you think more clearly. but first, here's what's hot on nbcwashington.com.

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chewing gum increases blood flow to your brain, making you more alert and smarter. researchers recommend you chew gum 20 minutes before you take a test. the activity is like a warm-up for your brain, apparently. they also say chewing gum changes your mood and can help lower anxiety. three of the best-rated supermarkets are right here in the washington area. a survey by consumer reports found wegman's, trader joe's and costco at the top of the list for service and cleanliness. walmart got the worst list for service but got excellent for their prices. shaw's complaints were there were not enough checkout lanes. coming up in the next hour on news4 midday, the healthiest counties in our area. plus, we hear from the maryland woman who claims she's holding one of the mega millions tickets for that $650 million jackpot and why some are questioning that claim.

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right now on news4 midday, the polls are open for primaries in maryland and d.c. in maryland, the gop presidential candidates are battling for 37 delegates in a winner take all contest. the district has 16 delegates up for grabs. polls close in maryland and d.c. at 8:00 tonight. wisconsin is also holding its primary today. d.c. voters will find five council races on the primary ballot as well. marion barry who served four terms as mayor is campaigning for his third term as council.

four candidates are challenging him. a woman who claims she won the mega millions jackpot is making national news. mirlande wilson says she won but she has not officially claimed her prize and she wouldn't show news4 heroi winning ticket. her coworkers who joined the pool say she's cheating them out of their winnings. >> i'm shocked. i don't know what's going on. >> how does it feel to win the lottery? >> it feels good. >> reporter: mirlande wilson is still stunned. she says she has one of the three million mega lottery tickets after the drawing. >> can you show us that ticket? do you mind? >> i can't do that. >> reporter: she hid it in an undisclosed location, but she can't hide from the controversy. she is an immigrant and works at this baltimore mcdonald's. friday at least five workers chipped in and gave her $5 each to go in on a pool.

mirlande says she bought the tickets at this 7-eleven down the block. she then gave the ticket to a different coworker and bought tickets separately later on. >> how do you know the ticket you bought is not the ticket that was in the pool? >> because everybody has their copies. >> reporter: i asked mirlande to show me the copies. most of the numbers are faded and i can't match the winning numbers. the manager at the mcdonald's says the fact she is a winner could be pure speculation and urged people not to jump to conclusions. nobody has claimed the winning ticket yet but claimed it was bought at the 7-eleven. >> we heard it was somebody's cousin, a guy who lives up the street, the guy who mows the lawn. it doesn't matter. >> mirlande says she plans to talk to her lawyer and then she will claim the winnings. the first thing she's going to buy is a new house for her seven kids. two other tickets matched

friday's jackpot. neither winner has come forward. one is in red bud, illinois and the other in kansas. we're going to check in with tom curran right now and see if we're going to have great weather the rest of the week. >> compared to this morning's cold start, it's really warmed up nicely. look at that gorgeous blue sky, everything greening up now. as a result, we've got a lot of pollen in the air, too. it's been dry and the winds are diminished from yesterday and temperatures in the 50s now to near 60 degrees. as the day progresses, we'll continue to climb. we'll march right into the 60s here in the next couple hours and maybe hit near 70 in mid to late afternoon. then tonight, increasing clouds down to the mid-50s by dawn on wednesday. tomorrow mostly cloudy but should be mild, highs reaching the mid-70s during the afternoon. there is a small chance of a shower perhaps in the morning but a greater chance during the afternoon. but again, just a small chance. mostly the region tomorrow should be dry. then on thursday, sunshine

returns, morning lows low 40s, afternoon highs low 60s. upper 30s on friday morning, bright and clear. sunny on friday, low 60s and another cool weekend coming up into the 60s. back to you, barbara. take a look at this scary scene caught on video. a tractor-trailer and tow truck both fall over an icy mountain road in norway. look at that. the driver of the tow truck was trying to pull the semi to safety when it went over. the rescue worker jumped out just in time but the driver of the semi was still inside his truck when it fell 200 feet. he survived but suffered multiple fractures. officials say the semi did not have the proper snow tires. the parents of trayvon martin are asking the u.s. department of justice to investigate a prosecutor who recused himself from the case. fbi agents are now in sanford, florida where the unarmed teen was killed by a neighborhood watch captain.

george zimmerman said he shot martin in self-defense. the florida state attorney removed himself from the case two weeks ago. he said he wanted to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest and tone down the rhetoric in the case. martin's parents want to know why the prosecutor did not arrest zimmerman. zimmerman's lawyers told them his client would turn himself in if he is charged. a meltdown by a jetblue pilot is keeping him in jail this morning, anyway. captain clayton osborne is being held without bond after a in court yesterday. he acknowledged the charges against him but was not required to enter a plea. osborne started exacting erratically during a flight last week, forcing an emergency landing in texas. it carries a sentence of 20 years. he'll be back in court on wednesday. metro is urging riders to

get reports on unwanted sexual advances. it includes new flyers that say, rub against me and i'll expose you. sexual harassment happens all the time. 80 women reported being groped aboard metro buses last year. >> they'll just start talking to you and say, hey, you look good or something like that. >> we want everybody to feel comfortable riding the metro and not be subjected to sexual harassment or assault. >> metro manager steven sauls says this includes the ability to track and report incidents on line. metro will also post public awareness posters on the subway and buses as well. we have a traffic alert in northern virginia. the beltway lane will close near the inner and outer loops between route 1 and the

alexandria area. crews will remove the barrier. all the lanes are expected to open up in time for the morning rush tomorrow. let's take a look at our midday traffic again. >> if you're taking i-270, we'll check it out right now. not seeing any issues for you as you make your way from irbana and the traffic beltway. i'll give you a live look if you're traveling in germantown. southbound lanes are open on father hurley, as well as northbound lanes. if you continue connecting to the beltway, no problems for you. a life look at the beltway. looks nice and clear. heading to the inner loop of the beltway, 10 minutes from i-270 to i-95. barba barbara, back to you. a study shows a new kind of cancer dramatically affecting young women. melanoma is sharply on the rise and experts say one thing may have caused the spike in cases. nancy sneiderman has a closer

look at this study. >> reporter: today's study looked at new cases of melanoma diagnosed in patients over a 40-year period, and the results are alarming. the rate of melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, was eight times higher in women sin in 1999 than it was in 1970. while the mayo study clinic didn't look at the cause for the increase, researchers pointed to one big culprit, indoor tanning, which was introduced to the market in the late '70s. using tanning beds have a risk of increased melanoma by 74%. jodi duke thought her pale skin meant she couldn't get a tan in the sun, so she started going to tanning salons. >> it started at once a week and then maybe twice a week, and eventually it got to r devery d

that i was tanning. >> reporter: she believes she paid a price for it. at 19 she was diagnosed with malignant melanoma and went through treatment for it. the indoor tanning people say there is no connection between indoor tanning and melanoma exposure. they don't consider the importance of advanced sunscr n sunscree sunscreens. dr. robert debaloi at the university of colorado has been using tanning beds to study children. he shows the difference in visibly sun damaging kids as low as 17. >> she won't take any chances with her family. >> i have two little girls and they're as pale as i am, so we're in sunscreen every day whether it's rain or shine. hats and long sleeves and we're

very careful. >> in other news for your health, new research suggests that finding breast cancer early is not always better. researchers from harvard studied several thousand women in a breast cancer screening program. they found that 15 to 20% of patients were overdiagnosed. that means they were treated for conditions that may have been harmless. experts recommend women talk to their doctors about their risk for breast cancer and how often to get mammograms. today in news4 your health, pick ag healthy place to live. the johnson foundation has released healthy counties to live for each state of the country. howard county tops the list for maryland. it got top listings for low death and premature rates. montgomery county came in second, fairfax and arlington

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there is one more positive economic data for markets to trade in. auto dealers riding high in march, chrysler posting a 34% increase in sales. that's the best for the company in four years. ford reporting its strongest month in four years at 5%. general motors rose 12% and honda motors had its best u.s. monthly sales on record. more americans are deciding their car is more important than their house. at least a new report by credit bureau transunion says that consumers were more likely to make payments on their car loans before paying off their credit card bills or mortgages last year. transunion says consumers need their cars to get to work or look for a job. but housing markets still recovering and many homes worth less than the mortgage, there's less motivation for people to pay down a negative asset. barbara, back to you. >> courtney, thank you. >> thank you. as we age, the production

collagen increases and for a lot of us that means wrinkles. good to see you. >> thank you. this is one of the new devices that i was mentioning to you last week that were kind of premiered at our annual dermatology conference and it's called a dermapin. >> how does it work? >> it almost works like a tattoo gun, but there are 11 size 33-gauge needles that actually go at a high velocity and stab into the skin. have you ever seen those rollers that people roll with needles on the skin? >> i've heard about them. >> they're kind of barbaric looking. this is a more civilized form of that, but we do know the trauma causes collagen to form. >> it punctures holes in the skin? >> right, and it's a good way to

be able to use wrinkle fighting products. >> does the skin have to heal? >> the skin has to heal, and depending on how deep i do the setting is how deep the needles will go into the skin. different areas will require different advances of the needle. >> let's welcome your patient. >> okay. this is joan who is a photographer, and she's always hiding behind the camera. >> so we're working on getting in front of the camera. >> she says what really bothered her all her life, she had acne and acne scars and started to get wrinkles around the upper lip. so this is a great device for it, and as you can see, there's little tiny needles there. >> i want to say that joan looks like she has had something applied already. >> yes, we applied a topical anesthetic ointment on the area,

plus we're going to put -- i've already put a little bit of the hieronic acid, but you can put some of the aging preparation and see you will be able to introduce it to a deeper level of the skin. >> what is hieronic acid? >> it's a great plumper of the skin. it's in a lot of skin care products and it's also in the fillers that we use when we inject them into the skin. >> so when you put the little holes, that's going to go in at the same time? >> that's actually putting the hieronic acid down into the skin. >> is she going to squeal? >> i hope not. i have it on kind of a low speed here, but it's done kind of in a circular motion like this, and we're just going around. these needles are puncturing. do you feel anything, joan? barely? just barely. >> no pain at all. >> there is a little bit of redness. >> if you can move to this side

we'll be able to see it better with our camera. >> i'm not left-handed, but we'll try here. it's in a circular motion. as you can see, just a little bit of redness right there. then we go in a diagonal motion and horizontal vertical motion, and what it does is all these little stabs create wounds or columns in the skin that the collagen has to form and grow in it. >> is this done over the entire face? >> it is done over the entire face, yes. >> about how long does it take to do it? >> it can take about an hour to do the full face and around the eyes and around the lips. the person is numb, so it goes pretty quickly. you'll have a little residual redness for about a week, and other than that, did you have much -- you can see, actually, a little bit of redness on her skin right now. >> did it hurt, joan? >> not at all. it felt like holding an electric toothbrush barrel against the skin. >> more vibration, if anything.

and the needles are very, very tiny. >> have you been able to see any results? have you been using it enough to be able to tell us if it works well? >> also, i have the fraxel, which is a laser we brought into the studio -- >> about a month ago? >> yes. it's doing that without the heating element. if people have ever had the fraxel, they know this doesn't hurt as much as that does. and there is an element that causes hyperpigmentation, and this is actually a better method. we use it for fine lines, we use it for tightening of the skin, we use it for wrinkles. it's used for a number of different things. it's pretty portable, very affordable. therefore, we can pass on the lower cost tohe patient versus the expensive fraxel treatments. >> joan, thank you for being our patient today. before you go, dr. burgess, we want to ask you about a report

we had earlier which is about the rise of melanoma, especially in younger women. >> yes, we do see that, and impart of skinpac, which is the skin political action committee with the american dermatology, and yes, we have found there is truly an increase. what we have been trying to do is to lobby a lot of state legislature bodies to minimize or cut off the age in which students or kids can go to these tanning beds. >> so you actually agree with the report. you believe tanning beds may be the reason? >> right now anyone can go to tanning beds regardless of their age. we're saying they need to be older than 18. if they want to make this choice and be at risk at 74% increased risk of melanoma, we don't want to inflict that on children. we pass all kind of other laws to protect children, why can't we pass that one. >> dr. burgess, thank you. and joan, thank you for coming today. very interesting device. 11:52.

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