residential area of virginia beach today and burst into flames. good afternoon. i'm pat lawson muse. >> i'm jim handly. that fighter jet hit an apartment building head on. the two pilots onboard ejected from the plane before impact. they are right now at virginia beach general hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. we know of four other people taken to the hospital also with minor injuries. so far officials say amazingly there have been no deaths associated with this crash. >> reporter: at least five apartment buildings were gutted by the crash or the fire that followed the crash of a navy fighter jet in virginia beach, virginia. it went down just blocks from the atlantic ocean, moments after take off from nearby naval air station oceania. >> it was an fa-18 d which is a two seat strike fighter. >> i looked up and could see the plane going straight up with no sound of engines and then i seen it pitch over and go down.

>> reporter: wreckage of the jet was scattered in the courtyard area of the complex. >> we have not had any reports from family members that say, hey, my loved one is missing or anything, so that's a good thing. >> reporter: both pilots ejected safely and were taken to the hospital with only minor injuries. the few injuries on the ground are also believed to be minor, which for now is what authorities find remarkable. given that the area is so densely populated and that most of the apartment units are usually occupied. just into our newsroom this afternoon this is believed to be the first picture of one of the pilots who ejected that plane. this is from our nbc affiliate in virginia beach. the man believed to be the pilot is just to the left of the police officer. we're also seeing the first picture of the canopy of the fighter jet, which came off when the pilots ejected. and we've got a first look at one of the parachutes which appears to have gotten hung up on a house. we heard from witnesses on the

ground that one neighbor actually had to help cut one of the pilots out of that chute when it got stuck on the building that later caught fire. some incredible pictures still coming in to news 4. rick santorum's campaign announced today that his 3-year-old daughter isabella is back in the hospital. she was born with a rare genetic condition that often proves fatal. in january she was hospitalized with pneumonia. a person familiar with the situation has told nbc news that the santorums keep medical equipment in their home in virginia and that they have a nurse on call. so isabella only goes to the hospital we're told when her condition is very serious. this news comes as santorum takes a few days off from the campaign to spend the easter holiday with his family. the controversy surrounding the killing of florida teenager trayvon martin has prompted lawmakers in that state to take a closer look now at the stand your ground law. it allows a person to use deadly force if they think they are in imminent danger. as jay gray reports, a month

after trayvon's death passions over this case are only becoming stronger. >> what do we want? >> reporter: tensions over the trayvon martin case stretched all the way to ohio today. students rallying around the frank w. hale jr. black cultural center after someone spray painted the building with the words "long live zimmerman" an apparent reference to george zimmerman the community watch volunteer who shot and killed the unarmed teenager. his legal team continues to say that martin initiated the confrontation and zimmerman only fired in self-defense. >> when you're going to get your head slammed on the ground after your nose is broken that is a good reason to have fear of imminent injury and you are entitled to use force including deadly force to protect yourself. >> reporter: a right provided by florida's stand your ground law. >> please repeal this law. >> reporter: state democrats, many who voted against the initial measure, have created a task force to examine the

controversial law. >> the police and prosecutors unanimously are opposed to stand your ground the way it's written. this immunity provision isn't a good thing. >> reporter: for many who testified at the first hearing thursday night the issue is much more personal. >> many of us no longer feel safe here. >> somebody doesn't even have to say any more than "but he hit me first." that's all that is required. and they get to go free. i lose my child. and he's a good boy. >> what do we want? >> justice! >> reporter: it's the same thing supporters have been saying about trayvon martin for more than a month now as both sides in this highly charged case prepare for the possibility a grand jury could review evidence and testimony early next week. jay gray, nbc news. >> prince george's county police are looking for a suspect today in the murder of a district heights woman. that woman was apparently found wednesday morning inside an apartment in the 2100 block of

brooks drive here. she's been identified as 32-year-old raquel israel. police tell us it appears she was strangled but at this time they have no suspects or motive. gas prices are way up and if you filled up today you probably paid at least four bucks for a gallon of regular. triple-a reports the national average is $3.94. in d.c. it's $4.19. maryland drivers are paying $4 while virginia commuters pay the least at $3.94. the hardest hit by the rising cost of gas are those who drive for a living. but many say there is nothing they can do about this. >> i'm spending like $65 for each day so it's really expensive. u know, it's really hard to pay. i mean, it's really hard, man. >> april is typically the beginning of peak driving season, so we can expect even higher prices at the pump through august. a first glance at the march

unemployment rate looks pretty good. it dropped 0.1% to 8.2. but a closer look at the new jobs report uncovers some worrisome details and in this election season, it is not what democrats were hoping to see. here's steve handelsman. >> reporter: it's mostly bad news for the recovery and for president obama's re-election bid. but he cheered the positive numbers. >> we welcome today's news that our businesses created another 121,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate ticked down. >> reporter: 8.2% unemployment in march sounds better than 8.3 last month. but overall more americans gave up looking for work and weren't counted. that's why the jobless rate improved. and 120,000 new jobs in march is far fewer than the 200,000 in february. good weather, the early spring, sent retail sales up. but retailers hired fewer

workers and confused economists. >> that's just not consistent with the reality of what was going on in the retail sectors. >> reporter: and even though warm weather is better for building, construction hiring dropped. another inexplicable downtick. there was less hiring in hospitals and clinics. >> it's clear to every american that there will still be ups and downs along the way and that we have got a lot more work to do. >> reporter: how might the downturn in march hurt barack obama? >> it's not bad enough to doom the president's re-election chances nor is it good enough to reassure him of a return to the white house. >> reporter: mitt romney said millions of americans are paying a high price for obama economic policies. factoring in march, it's been the best four months of hiring in two years. now the question is are we starting a new negative trend? i'm steve handelsman, news 4. j.c. penney is cutting about 900 jobs. the retailer announced today it

is looking to streamline operations and save about $900 million. 600 of the jobs will be at the company's headquarters in texas. the other 300 will be at the department store's call center in pittsburgh. j.c. penney is the nation's fourth largest department store. the 110-year-old retailer slashed prices earlier this year as part of a new pricing strategy. it appears virginia has avoided a government shutdown. >> lawmakers reached a tentative agreement on an $85 billion budget last night that'll keep the commonwealth operating for the next two years. negotiations nearly broke down over a dispute over funding that would prevent steep toll hikes on the dulles toll road. democrats have pushed for that additional money but republicans were able to keep it out of the final agreement. lawmakers will vote on the budget april 17th. >> a cool day across our area. get ready for a big chill. >> meteorologist doug kammerer joins us from the storm center with details on this friday. hey, doug. hello. we'll see a very chilly night

tonight. maybe one of the coolest in the past couple weeks. temperatures out there right now in the low 60s for the most part. many of you still in the upper 50s. a pretty nice shot though. blue skies. it is just beautiful out there as far as the sunshine is concerned. take a look at the numbers. currently sitting at 61 at the airport. winds though out of the north about 17 miles per hour. that makes for a little bit of a cool wind and it is gusting upwards of 20 to 30 miles an hour right now. 59 at gaithersburg and leesburg. down to the south. 62 degrees right now in fredericksburg. what are we seeing? storm 4 radar? no rain to show you. you have to go down toward the outer banks to catch some rain. that rain now moving into the atlantic and nothing in behind it. that means we will see a dry weekend and a nice couple of days. 45 by 11:00 tonight. by 5:00 tomorrow morning, temperatures around 38 degrees and then waking up tomorrow and stepping out the door we're talking about 7:00 a.m. with a temperature of about 39. most of you will wake up to temperatures around freezing and there are numerous freeze warnings in effect. much of the area under a freeze

warning for your start to saturday. we'll talk about that start, how cold we're going to get, plus how we rebound just in time for the holiday. all right. you got our attention. thanks. when news 4 at 4:00 continues, our kim kardashian and c iaian west an item? her answer is coming up. ♪ ♪ she's got a number one album about to embark on a world tour but first nicki menage sang live today. we'll listen to more. later the latest on a story you saw first on 4. what a baltimore county woman now says about the winning

♪ where were you when the world stopped turning that september day ♪ >> alan jackson's benefit concert in virginia is a little more charitable now. the show is releasing 3,000 more free tickets. the tickets for sale will cost $42 or $100 for reserved seating. the town is still recovering from the 5.8 magnitude quake last august. the money raised from the may 20th show will help rebuild the louisa county high school. megapop star nicki minaj

begins a world tour this year. if that's not enough her brand new album "pink friday" is already number one on i-tunes. >> one of the songs on that cd is entitled "right by my side" and nicki performed it on the "today" show this morning. here's a listen. ♪ oh, i -- i am not living life -- i'm not living right i'm not living if air not by my side ♪ ♪ i'm not living right i'm not living if you're not by my side ♪ >> it's catchy, a good one to get in your head on a friday. nicki also grabs attention for her zany, bright, neon colored outfits but today said she told her stylist she wanted to wear all black. go figure. she was dialing it back for the "today" show. rumors are swirling about a

possible romance between reality tv star kim kardashian and rapper kanye west. >> the two stars have allegedly been spotted together quite a bit in the past few days and kardashian isn't quite denying the rumors. >> the reality star sat down for an interview with ann curry on the "today" show this morning and curry asked kardashian about west and his latest song which talks about his crush on kim. >> because the lyrics of his new song theraflu says i admit i fell in love with kim around the same time she fell in love with him. well, that's cool, baby girl. do your thing. i mean, on twitter they're even calling you kim-ya. do you want to clarify this in any way? >> i completely respect and understand you have to ask these questions but i've said before, kanye and i have been friends for years. and, you know, you never know what the future holds or where my life will take me. i like the song.

>> did that answer the question? kardashian also spoke about her divorce drama with chris humphries, saying she has closed that chapter in her life and she is now ready to move on. >> my money is they are more than facebook friends though. she says friends. >> they're at least friends. >> at least. >> we can say that. >> right. meanwhile on "today" matt lauer made some news on his own show this morning. as you may recall his contract is up this year. and there were questions about whether he intended to stay on the show. >> this morning he put an end to the questions and the speculation and he announced he has signed a new contract and will stay with "today." >> thank you. truth be told i was developing an idea for a new show where viewers could tune in every morning and see someone they know lose a little more of his hair every single day right in front of their eyes. i thought i don't have to do that. i can just stay here and do that. no. this is my family. i love this job. i love working with you guys and all the people behind the scenes. i'm excited. let's keep going. >> okay, guys. what do you say?

>> thank you. >> that's spontaneous. >> let us get a check of the weather. mr. roker? >> because either you or keith olbermann. >> did he say that? ouch. >> he did. he did. lauer's new contract with nbc universal is said to be a multi year deal but it is not clear exactly how many years the contract covers. >> he'll be here to wake up to every morning for a while. hey, it's back. "titanic" back on the big screen in a big way marking the 100th anniversary of the ship sinking in the atlantic. the movie, released back in '97, made more than a billion dollars originally. fans are expected to once again step up, pack the theaters to relive this blockbuster. "titanic" is rated pg-13 and will be in 3-d. your favorite american pie characters are back, too, this time for a reunion. jason biggs, chris klein, and the rest of the gang return for their high school reunion. they discover who's changed, who hasn't changed, and that they'll always be friends no matter the

distance. and of course expect lots of raunchy jokes. "american reunion" is rated "r." real life look at teens today from director mario ampeebles. the drama "we the party" follows five high school students as they deal with crushes, bullies, and everything in between. it features some of the latest teenage bands and dance crews. "we the party" is rated "r." coming up on news 4 at 4:00 we've heard about the saying about someone getting caught with their hand in the cookie jar. this little lad found himself caught in just such a situation. and a waitress gets

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district. d.c. urban forestry teams are doing their annual spring spraying of the ginkgo trees, you know, the stinky ones? ginkgo fruit gives off a strong odor if untreated. last night crews began spraying trees in wards 1, 2, and 6. tonight they'll treat other wards and every night until all the trees have been sprayed. there are about 900 ginkgo trees across the district. >> this warm weather has them growing. >> how do they flush those hydrants? i haven't seen that. is that how they do it? >> i guess. >> is there something there i'm missing? >> you looking for a handle? >> is there a handle that goes down? >> there's one somewhere. >> there is one somewhere. that's hidden obviously. then it doesn't work and you have to call the plumber. out there right now a pretty good day. plenty of sunshine. we are looking at really some of the bluest skies we've seen in a while. any time the sky is this blue you know our air is coming directly out of canada. you can tell there on our shot that shot doesn't really do it

justice. you step outside. you know what i'm talking about with the blue skies. temperatures right now 61 degrees with all that sunshine. winds out of the north at 17 miles an hour gusting to about 26 miles an hour so we are talking about a fairly gusty afternoon as we look out there and look at the numbers. can we look at them? there's the numbers. that's all right. taking a look at the numbers across the rest of the area. 59 degrees in leesburg. winchester and in gaithersburg. 62 in fredericksburg. temperatures at or just a little bit below average for this time of year. this is where we're supposed to be normally for this time of year but we've been so warm today actually feels fairly cool. it is going to be a cool night tonight. take a look at this. a freeze warning for just about everybody. the exception, southern maryland and the district as well as arlington county. we're not looking at freeze warnings there but everybody else under a freeze warning as temperatures will get very close to the freezing level. i do think we will see temperatures in the upper 20s back towards winchester.

maybe martinsburg and frederick. so tonight really could be a problem as far as getting your plants in. make sure you cover up any tender vegetation. you don't want to use plastic by the way. you want to just use a sheet if you have that just to be sure. storm 4 radar, no rain to talk about. we've been very dry. we're going to continue to be very dry. watch what happens when we widen out here. taking a look at the eastern half of the nation, one little storm. this is the storm that brought the tornadoes in texas, the rain last night through the southeast. that is it. the rest of the nation fairly dry at least the eastern two-thirds of the nation. this storm, however, is going to do a little loop up into canada and then help bring us some cold air into next week. so we're not done with that storm quite yet. sunny and cool conditions across the area today with that north lir wind. we will continue to see that wind out of the north tonight and tomorrow it will shift more out of the northwest. it will be rather breezy but mild tomorrow. temperatures into the mid 60s and then on sunday ahead of a cold front i think we get near 70 in many areas. so sunday, easter sunday is

looking very good. a few more clouds but that's about it. that front moves through on sunday night into the day on monday. we see a slight chance of a shower late in the day on monday with another little frontal boundary but that is about it. now, temperatures this evening not bad. clear skies. cool and breezy. you'll need the jacket if you step out. it is a friday night by the way so if you're thinking about heading out tonight you will need that jacket tomorrow morning. clear skies and a cold start. get out the coats. 29 to 38 degrees. some of the cooler numbers we've seen in a while and tomorrow afternoon mostly sunny, mild, breezy. 61 to 67. here is your next four days. nice weather this weekend and then cooling off by tuesday but once again the weekend is what everybody is worried about. it's going to be great. >> all right. you asked about flushing. >> yes. >> my car is covered in pollen. when are we going to get a good dousing that just hoses them all down? i don't see any good chances for rain almost for two weeks. i mean, it is going to be really dry here and we really need to see the rain almost 4 inches below average. >> guess you'll have to use your

hose. >> exactly. >> you can flush that. >> the old fashioned way. if only it was that easy. thank you, doug. still to come on news 4 at 4:00 new details emerge about the winning megamillions lottery ticket in maryland. as the kansas winner is about to come forward. and save or spend? what do most people plan to do with their tax refunds? with their tax refunds?

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and welcome back at 4:30. i'm jim handly. >> i'm pat lawson muse. here's what's happening in the news at this hour. a navy fighter jet crashed into a cluster of apartments in virginia beach just after noon today. the two pilots onboard ejected from the plane before impact. both suffered nonlife threatening injuries. right now we know of four other injuries. all of them are minor. several apartments were destroyed. virginia governor bob mcdonald says they are working to provide immediate assistance to those impacted by the crash. the controversy over the killing of florida teen trayvon martin has lawmakers there taking a closer look at the stand your ground law. it allows someone to use deadly force if they think they are in imminent danger. a grand jury could review evidence and testimony in the martin case as early as next week. the new jobs report is out for march and it's not as positive as analysts expected. the labor department says

employers added just 120,000 jobs in march. more than 200,000 were expected. the unemployment rate fell slightly but economists say that's because some people gave up and stopped looking for work. her story has captured national headlines but now the mcdonald's worker from baltimore says she has lost her winning ticket. >> this is the story that keeps on giving and it's one that you saw first on 4 as shomari stone reports now she is still standing by her story that she is a winner. >> reporter: she refused to talk to the media but now wants to set the record straight in this exclusive interview. she's stressed out after making national headlines claiming to win the $105 million after taxes. did you really win the lotto or did you make up the story? >> i didn't make up the story. >> reporter: did you really win? >> let me tell you how the story start. >> reporter: on monday the 37-year-old mother of seven told me she won megamillions and hid

the winning ticket. her mcdonald's co-workers said they're entitled to some of that money. 15 of them pooled together and asked her to byte tickets. she says she bought the tickets at this 7-eleven a few blocks away. she also told me she sent a friend back to the 7-eleven to buy a separate ticket for her. she claims that ticket has the winning numbers. are you going to claim the ticket? >> if i find it. >> reporter: did you lose the ticket? >> i misplaced it. >> reporter: you now have misplaced the ticket. >> i don't even know. >> reporter: she reportedly said she hid the ticket in mcdonald's. near the fries, the hamburgers, the buns, the mcflurries? >> i don't know where you get the story from. how i hide it behind the mcflurry machine? >> reporter: maryland lottery officials say the ticket was bought at the 7-eleven. no one has claimed it yet. the bottom line, did you win megamillions or make up this story to get attention? >> i did not make up no story to get attention. >> reporter: officials say the winner has until september 28th

to claim the winning ticket and does not have to make their identity public. two other winning tickets were sold in kansas and illinois. in baltimore, maryland, shomari stone, news 4. take a look at this live picture of this whopping check they've just unveiled in kansas where there is a megamillions winning ticket. they are set to come forward any minute. we understand they're going to remain anonymous but lottery officials know who they are. they are in kansas and holding this news conference right now. this kansas ticket is one of three that matched the winning numbers. each ticket is worth about $219 million. as you see on there, anonymous jackpot, they are not coming forward and no one has come forward yet to claim the winning ticket in illinois either. you've only got 11 days to go before your tax returns are due. so what are you going to do if you get a big refund this year? according to yahoo finance, 42% of the people asked say they're

going to put their tax return money toward credit card debt. experts say if you get a tax return of more than $3,000, you should adjust your withholdings. that means your pay checks would have a little more in them, which in turn would help you eliminate your debt earlier. >> if you're getting anything higher than that it probably means you're paying the irs too much out of every single paycheck. that way you can actually save and pay off debt throughout the year rather than waiting once a year to get your lump sum and, you know, have at it. >> another interesting part of the survey, 84% of women say they would rather have $10,000 bucks in the bank than have jennifer aniston's body. tot is voluntarily recalling its bicycle carrier seats. children's fingers can get caught in the hinge and mechanism and get cut. the company says it has received

two reports of incidents so far. the carrier seats were sold nationwide starting in january of '09. if you have one, you should stop using it immediately. the company is offering a free hinge cover retrofit kit to consumers. a popular juice company is recalling one of its drinks after some severe allergic reactions. walla says at least four people who have peanut allergies have experienced allergic reactions after drinking their chocolate protein monster drink. all 12 and 32-ounce bottles with enjoy by dates before may 23rd are being pulled off shelves. the company says people with peanut and tree nut allergies should avoid the drink. they also say they're working with the fda to discover the cause since the drink does not contain nuts. there is more to come on news 4 at 4:00 this afternoon. a child's emotional letter to the victim of an accidental shooting and why some say it's not good enough. and another youngster finds himself up to his arms in himself up to his arms in trouble as he learned the hard

never in my lifetime did i think i could walk 60 miles in 3 days. if my mom can fight and beat breast cancer, i can walk 60 miles. (woman) the fund-raising was the easiest part. people were very giving. complete strangers wanting to help. i knew someday i was gonna do this walk. if i can do this, you definitely can do this. we can do this. we can all do this together. (man) register today for the... and receive $25 off your registration fee. because everyone deserves a lifetime.

a 4-year-old boy reaching for a toy inside a vending machine ended up with his arm stuck inside the machine. this happened in melbourne, australia yesterday. it took firefighters four hours to free cameron and he didn't even cry.

he said he was very tired after being cut free and was later given a souvenir toy by one of the firefighters. >> he just wanted that candy bar pret baidly or toy. he won't try that again. riding around the d.c. region in a taxi cab can be a different experience every time depending on the company. sometimes it's good. sometimes not so much. and sometimes it's tough to just find one. >> but wendy to the rescue. wendy rieger joins us with the app that puts everything you need to know about our local taxies in one little place. >> right. this is called taxi tally and is created by a local guy. dr. daniel kruchy created this. you can look at all of the cab companies in the area so if you are out in the hint erlands and looking for a cab you can find it. i put in washington, d.c. just to show you. here are all the cab companies. see all the stars over there? it rates them for professionalism, safety, environment. all of them have a number so if you're out at night and you think i got to call a cab and aur he not finding one on the

street you can call one. you can report a violation and you can write a comment. this one a guy wrote on this cab company may flower, old cab but aren't they all? very polite driver and clean environment. there's just -- look at all these cabs in d.c. what i love about this, again, if you are out in montgomery county and you're visiting a friend and you had too much to drink and you want to take a cab home you can look at all the cabs right there. these haven't been rated yet but they have their phone number there. so you can call their phone number. you don't have to go through a whole big list on your iphone. it's really cool. taxi tally. it's really cool, great for your iphone or ipad. really for your iphone so it is always there. thank you, dr. dan, for coming up with this and making life easier for us on the streets. don't forget you can download our own nbc 4 iphone app for free. just stay up to date on the latest news and weather on the go. search nbc washington.

back to you. >> thank you. when we come right back on news 4 at 4:00 hop to it. we'll hear from a man with a bunny connection to the annual white house easter egg roll. a picture is worth a thousand words.

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from the pollen? >> no. >> i'm really suffering. i feel like they're -- >> it is really, really bad out there. and the only thing that's going to help us is we're talking about how dry we'll be again and i don't see any good chances for rain for at least the next week, maybe the next two. it's the kind of pattern that we're in and unfortunately it doesn't help with the pollen. however, if we did get the rain then the pollen would be worse a couple days later. so it's kind of a catch-22 this time of year. you know you'll be dealing with it. out there right now take a look at the blue skies. it is just beautiful. there is the reason for all the pollen. it's the trees out there right now. pollen levels very high today. they will be very high tomorrow. they may come down a touch on sunday but once again don't expect any relief across the area. temperature right now 61 degrees. dew point of 22 so a very dry atmosphere. winds out of the north at 17 miles an hour gusting to 25 and even close to 30 miles an hour across the area. that's making things feel a little bit cool.

right now 59 in leesburg. 59 in dulles. right now 61 down towards manassas. my frenz, down in warranton coming in at 65 degrees. the family in hunting town right now at 60 degrees. over there toward annapolis the temperature 59. camp springs coming in at 58. so again, cool for the way we've been over the past couple weeks but right around where we should be this time of year. just a little below average. storm 4 radar no rain to talk about around the area. a lot of rain just down to our south, one state away. we just can't get it to make the turn up towards our region. overnight tonight, we will get in our region cold temperatures. a freeze warning in effect for just about everybody. temperatures down to about 33 in gaithersburg. 32 in leesburg. manassas below 30. below the freezing mark i think back to the blue ridge, back toward portions of west virginia and western maryland and then down toward the south. still talking about temperatures around the freezing mark. there is the freeze warning once again for just about everybody with the exception of southern maryland. temperatures tomorrow rebounding very nicely up to 65 degrees in

washington. 65 in manassas. and 67 in fredericksburg. that coming with abundant sunshine once again. tomorrow is going to be a great afternoon. you talked about your car, all the pollen over it. did you wash it? a good time to wash it. i can wash your car tomorrow. i've got an opening around 2:15ish. >> you've got them lined up. >> i got another one around 2:45. >> i'll take it. >> you know some people. >> thanks, doug. well, today is one of the holiest days of the year with the observances of good friday and the start of passover. good friday is a solemn day fortunes commemorating christ's death on the cross. at sun down today passover begins. passover marks an event during the time the israelites escaped slavery from egypt during the tenth and worst plague the slaughter of first born children god instructed israelites to put the blood of the lamb on their homes and the spirit of the lord would spare them from the wrath. as the story goes.

president obama and the first lady will mark passover by hosting a said dr at the white house and on monday the first family will host the annual white house easter egg roll. this year's theme is let's go. let's play. let's move. and it will focus on promoting health and wellness. this is video of last year's roll. more than 35,000 people are expected to attend this year. always a hit. >> need to move after all those eggs and jellybeans and chocolate covered candies. >> lots of fun for the young and the old. >> likely the biggest celebrities at the white house easter egg roll are by far the bunnies. >> now we know where many of the volunteers get the long-eared bunny costumes. >> we'll surprise all the kids with presents and toys. >> richard woods has been a customer of shen's theatrical supply for years. >> we're having the community

easter egg hunt. >> reporter: he is taking out one of nearly 60 easter bunny costumes for the easter weekend. but the most prestigious place one will go? all the way to the white house. >> we're supplying the bunnies so they can hop all over and hide the eggs. >> reporter: for 32 years, john shens has been providing costumes for the easter egg hunt on the white house lawn. it all started as a request. >> we need a bunny costume to fit a 6'3" secret service man to accompany ronald reagan. >> reporter: the tradition quickly tollfollowed. this year three bunny costumes similar to these are again on the way to d.c. where they'll first arrive at a military base. >> they put a secret service seal on top of it and get it into the white house. >> reporter: by monday they'll be waiting for john with a flood of costume wearing volunteers. >> i've had majors, colonels. >> for john, meeting the presidents is always a highlight. >> i met all except obama and i am hopeful i'll be able to meet him this year. >> reporter: and the business of the white house an honor. >> it's my vacation.

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this is zetterbergy little. he is gaining a lot of popularity online for making a marathon look like a walk in the park. the 25-year-old runner is called the ridiculously photo genic guy. the photo was taken during a 10-k race in charleston, south carolina. everyone around him looks tired and sweaty but he is sporting a care free smile barely popping a sweat. the photo has been viewed more than a million times on flicker. >> maybe he just cut in there five seconds before. >> i don't know how it is that he looks like that after running marathons. a british columnist is facing back lash for her article about beautiful women. samantha brick says other women hate her because she is so

beautiful. this morning on the "today" show brick defended her first person account. >> it's a first person about my experience and life and what other people's experiences are i wouldn't be qualified to say. if i was writing a much more generic piece i could have done that. really it was just a trick of debate. it wasn't to have a kind of global attack on me as an individual which is what's happened. you know, i have got a fantastic circle of girlfriends. i'm a girl's girl. i'm not this over confident bubbly woman who is a man magnet 24/7. so she says part of the piece was tongue in cheek and she says some women don't want to introduce her to their boyfriends or husbands. in her column she wrote that she gets free drinks and other free stuff from guys. >> we're not feeling the hate here. hey, a minnesota waitress can now spend her $12,000 tip.

police in moorhead decided to return the tip to stacy nutson after she sued. she says a customer told her to keep a take out container left at the restaurant where she worked inside. it was 12,000 bucks. at the time she told police they said she could keep it if no one claimed it in 60 days. the time came and went and then police said she couldn't get the money back because it was part of a drug investigation. well, all that changed according to her lawyer. whether it was unaware as she believes or i believe or it was some citizen who gave her the money or they lost it the fact of the matter is justice has been done. some wonderful people have done the right things. >> nutson believes her customer left the anonymous gift because her family has been facing a financial hardship. stay right there. we're coming right back on news 4 at 4:00. a child's emotional letter to the victim of an accidental

now to a letter of apology from a 9-year-old boy in washington state. he wrote it after a gun in his backpack went off in school and nearly killed the classmate. as mike taibbi reports now the letter does not appear to bring much closure to the case. >> reporter: he left for home to

the applause of the hospital staff who saved her life. a great day for the 9-year-old when she traded in her feeding tubes for a little soup and would later walk a few steps. >> this is a photo taken in the operating room when they were fixing your elbow. >> reporter: after five separate surgeries totaling 16 hours on the operating table and the bullet casing still lodged near her spine. and when she got home, this was waiting for her. a child's handwriting on lined school paper. the first lines, dear amina i'm sorry i hurt you because i brought a gun to school. the 9-year-old boy's own words says his uncle and legal guardian patrick cochran. >> absolutely. he wrote every word of that himself. that is exactly how he feels. >> reporter: and you believe what he wrote? >> absolutely. >> reporter: wasn't writing it for effect? >> not at all. >> reporter: the rest of what he wrote, i did not mean for anyone to get hurt. i wish you were out of the hospital playing basketball and going back to school. i wish everyone was okay. i made a bad choice. for amina's parents her father an ish war vet it had been a terrible vigil as she fought through the devastation of a bullet that shattered her elbow

and tore through her body requiring the replacement of her entire blood supply. sheench the boy pled guilty in juvenile court admitting that he dropped his book bag where he had hidden the gun and it went off. he said he'd taken it during a visit to his mother's house. she is an ex-con and along with her boyfriend has now been charged with assault and firearms charges because of the school shooting. they both pled not guilty. along with counseling and a year's probation writing a letter of apology was part of the boy's sentence. amina's family lawyer says it counts for little. >> it's not going to help her walk. she is barely walking. it's not going to help her go back to school. it's not going to help her get the physical rehabilitation for her shattered arm or the infections and problems she'll have in her abdomen from the bullet wounds. >> reporter: but the boy's reaction seeing amina on tv leaving the hospital? >> he was crying. he was happy. he also cried because he has a lot of guilt about what happened

to her. >> the family says amina will likely stay home for the rest of the school year. now back to breaking news in virginia beach governor mcdonald will join us on the phone momentarily. we have breaking news first at 5:00. still a very active situation in virginia beach after a navy fighter jet crashes into a set of apartment buildings during takeoff this afternoon. pat lawson muse is in our newsroom monitoring the situation. what's the latest, pat? wendy, the amazing thing right now is there are no reported fatalities as a result of this crash. here's the very latest that we have. the crash happened just after noon at the may fair muse apartment complex. this was an fa-18 fighter jet that had just taken off from the naval air base oceania about four miles away. there were two pilots onboard