the ticket was claimed by three winners who have chosen to remain anonymous. >> all right. the maryland lottery announces two women and a man who work in the public school system. won the record-breaking megamillions jackpot. plus, a sight you have to see, a car drives right into the capital reflecting pool. and good morning, everyone and welcome to "news4 midday," i'm barbara harrison, it's tuesday, april 10th, 2012. right now, a new plan to prevent thieves from stealing your smartphone is being unveiled. it's all in an effort to stop a rise in snatch-and-grab street

robberies. news4's tracee wilkins joins us live from the wilson building in northwest washington with more on the initiative. tracee, i think a lot of folks will be happy to hear if this goes through. >> reporter: absolutely. especially the chief of police, as you know, barbara, she's been working on this for some time, trying to make it a law not only here in the district, but across the country, helping to protect folks who have their smartphones stolen. it appears that her efforts are successful. in a few months she's gotten the fcc and the wireless association to work with her to help change laws to protect your cell phones. the chief stood with mayor vincent gray, chief charles ramsey, u.s. senator charles schumer and the fcc chair to announce the major change in smartphone protection. they say the goal is to take the profit out of selling stolen smartphones on the black market. the various police chiefs reported robberies escalating from eight and 10% to 30% to 40%

since the increase of smartphone and tablet sales. the initiative will protect customers and deter criminals by initiating a database to track stolen phones and prevent them from being activated again under the same carrier and they will work to educate the public on new security apps and pass words to allow customers to remotely lock, erase and protect their data. >> we did what we always do, in law enforcement we put all of our resources on this, we saw our communities being increasingly victimized and assaulted and being injured over property. we targeted offenders, made lots of arrests, we targeted those who facilitate these crimes, through fencing operations. we asked our community's help, to be vigilant to report information to police. but that's not enough. not in a crime that's as complex as this one is. what we really need to do is ask for the help of our elected officials, our legislators, our regulators and the private sector.

>> in many instances, in fact, in most instances, particularly in philadelphia, these devices are being taken point of gun, they're being taken after serious assaults. so this is no small crime. this is something that's very, very serious. >> now, carriers with the push of a button will be able to take highly-prized stolen instruments and turn them into worthless pieces of plastic. it's like draining the swamp to fight malaria, what we're doing is drying up the market for stolen cell phones and other type devices. >> reporter: now u.s. senator charles schumer, of new york says he's going to take this one step further by introducing legislation on capitol hill today. he is saying that there are numbers associated with cell phones that are kind of like the v.i.n. numbers that you have with your vehicle. he wants to make it federal law, if someone is found trying to erase these numbers or change them, so that they can somehow sell a stolen cell phone,

they'll be looking at five years minimum prison time for that kind of action. so a lot of folks working to quickly try to protect smartphones and trying to take the money out of the crime. in the northwest, i'm tracee wilkins, reporting live, news4. >> tracee, will work only on new smartphones? or those that people already have? >> reporter: well what they're trying to focus on here are smartphones. they're saying that's what all of the crime is about. not the simple cell phones, the flip flowns and the rest. but what the criminals are going after are smartphones and tablets, those are the devices that are causing some of this violent crime happening in cities across the country and that's going to be their focus. >> thanks so much, tracee wilkins reporting live. a former d.c. private school teacher is now on fbi's ten most wanted list. eric toth is accused of possessing and making child pornography. he was a third grade teacher at the beauvoir school.

he had graphic images of children on his school-issued camera. agencies say he's been on the run since 2008 and the fbi is offering a reward of $100,000 for information leading to toth's arrest. police arrested two men after crashing their car in the reflecting pool near the capital. in the lower senate park in the louisiana northwest. around 3:30 this morning, police tried to pull the car over, but the driver sped off. the officers lost sight of the car for a short while before finding it in the pool. the suspects ran off, but were later caught. police say they found a weapon in the car. well the mystery surrounding the megamillions is finally over. three people claim their piece of the record jackpot. news4's megan mcgrath reports on the lucky trio. >> well it turns out there are three jackpot winners. the friends, who all work for the maryland public school system pooled their resources and bought 60 tickets. now, while we're learning a

little bit about their backgrounds, there's still one thing we don't know. their names. that's because they want to remain anonymous. first, there was the ticket-buying frenzy. it helped drive the jackpot up to a world record-breaking $656 million. then came word that one of the three winning tickets was bought in baltimore. so who are these newly-minted millionaires? well here's the official picture of them at lottery headquarters and it's no mistake that their faces are blocked by the oversized check. all three have asked to remain anonymous. >> they were modest, they were i think humbled by this stroke of luck that they have, they've received. i think at times they were a bit overwhelmed. >> so overwhelmed that they plan to stay out of the limelight completely. here's what we do know about them. lottery officials say the friends each paid $20 and bought

60 tickets, one winner is an elementary school teacher. another, teaches special ed. and the third is in an administrative support staff position. and those weren't their only jobs. >> all three winners work multiple jobs. one of them works two full-time jobs. >> and to continue working? that's apparently the plan. the winners told lottery officials that they will continue to teach. but they also plan to have a little fun with their new-found wealth. >> they hope to take a backpacking trip through europe with their brother. another winner wants to pay for his daughter's college education and buy his sister a new house. the other or another winner would like to go and tour italy's wine country. >> the jackpot will be distributed through the maryland comptroller's office. the money will be wired to the winners' accounts in the next

seven to ten business days. in baltimore, megan mcgrath, news4. and each of the three took the lump sum option, they will each get $35 million each. the woman who told news4 she had the winning ticket and then lost it did not win. the mau remember merlin wilson talked with news4 last week. the maryland lottery says there are no other winning tickets. well firefighters in our area are on guard, a red flag warning is in effect again today, meaning there are dangerous wildfire conditions. the warning takes effect from noon until 8:00 tonight. and taking a look outside right now. sunny and windy. but the dry conditions could be dangerous as we said. news4 meteorologist tom kierein is here with details. >> yesterday, barbara, we had winds gusting to 40 miles per hour. and today we're going to start seeing the winds pick up. already looking off to the north and west. a few clouds are racing through with the winds that are increasing. that's a line view if our sky watcher camera. all of these counties in red are

under the high fire danger. red flag warning. and it includes all of virginia, most of maryland, the district, the eastern shore. because of low humidity, a deficit of rainfall this year, we're running about four inches below average. in addition to those winds, so we're setting the stage for the potential for some wildfires. these are the latest wind gusts, out of west virginia, had a gust of 45 miles per hour in petersburg. locally the gusts 20-25, to near 35-mile-per-hour gusts. right now the temperatures warming up a little bit, but still quite cool, near 60 degrees in the metro area. and to our south, a bit milder, fredericksburg up to 65. but only 53 in hagerstown. later today, highs reaching the low to mid 60s around the metro area, but upper 60s, maybe near 70 to our south from fredericksburg, near warrenton and culpepper and near the pennsylvania border, only in the 50s. quite a contrast in temperatures this afternoon along with the gusty winds. a look at the tonight the rest

of the week and the weekend will be coming up in a couple of minutes. barbara? >> thank you, tom. and we're going to check the midday traffic now. danella sealock is here. >> a couple of things to look for. first let's talk about a crash, westbound route 7 approaching the dulles toll road, look out for that and road work is slowing down, inner loop of the beltway past georgetown pike. it will take away the right lane. you're seeing some delays on the inner loop of the beltway. crossing over the 14th street bridge, bridge work continues, takes away the right center lane. checking your travel speed, 395 northbound, you're at about 51 miles per hour. from the beltway to the 14th street bridge. barbara, back over to you. >> thanks, danella. right now maryland governor martin o'malley is signing bills passed by the general assembly. lawmakers in annapolis passed a number of bills last night during the final hour in session. but now there are calls for a special session, since the general assembly failed to agree on a budget. it also failed to vote on a bill

to expand gambling in the state. the house and senate had reached a tentative agreement to bring table games and a sixth casino location to the state. but they failed to vote on the bill before the midnight deadline. governor o'malley said he would probably sign the bill. but it would also have to be approved by voters in a november referendum. lawmakers also failed to pass a budget package for the first time in 20 years. the state now has to adopt a doomsday budget which balances the state's books entirely through more than $500 million through cuts. the senate and the house had agreed to pass an income tax hike on individuals who make more than $100,000, but failed to vote on that before midnight. that wasn't the fate of every bill, though. governor o'malley's flush tax got approved, doubling the rate from $30 to $60 year and a bill to limit septic systems to reduce pollution in the chesapeake bay also passed. coming up. a health alert that may have you

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police in tulsa, oklahoma say two suspects confessed to a shooting rampage that terrorized the city's black community.

in documents given to the "associated press," alvin watts and jake england admitted to shooting three people and facing charges. they seriously wounded two others on friday. all victims were african-american. england and watts are both white. police are now looking into whether this was a racial incident or not. >> that will certainly be considered at the appropriate time. >> police in philadelphia are considering filing charges in a deadly warehouse fire. the vacant building had been cited for fire code violations several times. police are looking to file charges with the owner of the warehouse, the fire spread to a furniture store next door, the roof collapsed killing the two firefighters. navy investigators are reviewing the come pit recorder from the jet that crashed into a

virginia beach apartment complex. the navy says that quote catastrophic mechanical malfunction caused the crash. the f-18 slammed into the apartment complex minutes after takeoff on friday. no one was seriously hurt. the navy is giving out emergency relief checks for people who can't get back into their homes. the general services administration has placed an eighth employee on administrative leave following an investigation into the gsa for going on a taxpayer-funded training conference to las vegas in october 2010. the members involved racked up a bill of more than $800,000. there will also be three separate congressional hearings into that scandal. and we have a warning for you if you are or have a dentist appointment any time soon. a new study is raising cancer concerns about dental x-ray exams. yale university researcher studied 1500 patients when a meningioma, the most commonly-diagnosed brain tumor in the u.s. those who had the exam every

year were twice as likely to have this type of tumor. >> dentists have been trained and they're reminded by the dental association to use as little in the way of x-ray radiation and take as few films as necessary in order to make a diagnosis and to treat a patient appropriately. >> outside experts say there are caveats with the study. the researchers depended on patients to remember the types of scans they had decades ago. they also say radiation exposure is much lower these days. well you may pay more to ride metro this summer. the proposed fare hike is being scaled back. fares are still expected to go up 5% and parking fees by 25 cents, but you won't have to pay an extra $4 tore $6 to use a paper card. instead paper will get a surcharge of just $1 and the system is considering a 28-day unlimited pass, allowing riders with smart trip cards to ride

any time of day to any location for $230 a month. metro made the changes after discovering its deficit will be $16 million less than originally expected. if you've enjoyed the break from track work on metro, well all good things must come to an end as they say. metro resumes weekday work next monday and all the work on the tracks will begin on the 16th. the weekend work will begin friday the 20th. metro released a list of major work through the end of the year, including five straight weekends of work on the red line this summer and some major closures over the labor day holiday weekend. fairfax county is expected to get the green light to the second phase of the dulles rail project. the county's board of supervisors will vote on the $2.7 billion project today. if approved, the county will pay 16% of the total building costs and a portion of the operating costs once the silver line is complete. phase ii will extend from reston to dulles airport, into loudoun

county. the project still remains in jeopardy. the state has backed off from paying $300 million towards the project and loudoun county still has to approve its funding. well, storm 4 meteorologist tom kierein is here with some news about our weather out there. kind of windy today, huh? >> the winds picking up after a calm morning and a chilly morning, the winds are beginning to pick up. we've had wind gusts around 20-25 miles per hour over the last hour. but they're probably going to be increasing into the afternoon. there's a live picture from our city camera. look at the jefferson memorial, surrounded by the green trees now as everything has been leafing out earlier this year. the pollen county continues to jump. right now at reagan national, temperatures at 61. and we have a wind coming in out of the south, around five to 10, occasionally gusting up to 20 miles per hour. and the pollen count is up high. the latest count over 1200, mostly oak tree pollen and you can certainly see it visually and you can certainly feel it if you're an allergy sufferer.

it will remain high, not much relief on the way. we need some rain to wash it out. we just have a few clouds coming in now to the north of the potomac river around washington, to our south, much of virginia, southern maryland, eastern shore. lots of sunshine. but it's partly cloudy to the north as well as off to our west out of the islands of west virginia, where it's still chilly, only the low to mid 50s there. shenandoah valley, in the 50s to near 60. but the blue ridge east, from south mountain east, it's generally upper 50s to around 60. fredericksburg up to 66, the pax river is at 63. the highs this afternoon may make it up to around 70 around fredericksburg, culpepper, warrenton and manassas, closer to washington, ought hit the mid 60s. chillier weather along the pennsylvania border, highs in the mid and upper 50s there. over the next 48 hours this area of color where you see the green coming in tomorrow, we might get a few passing showers, that

might help to wash some of the pollen out coming in from the north heading south. we'll clear out after that into wednesday night andnd during the day on thursday and into friday we'll have high pressure back over us with more cool weather on the way. so for the rest of the afternoon, we will have temperatures climbing low to mid 60s around the metro area, a bit warmer to our south, winds gusting to around 30 miles per hour. lots of sunshine, just a few clouds coming through. we'll have the clouds in and out as well. and clearing after sunset and chilly, it will be dropping down to the 40s by midnight. the winds will be diminishing tonight. under the clear sky, the temperatures will continue to drop, all the way down to the mid 30s. by dawn on wednesday. and then tomorrow, a cooler day, we'll have afternoon highs into the mid 50s and tomorrow, another day, too, with some rather gusty winds and a lot of cloudiness tomorrow. and we have the chance of a passing shower. mainly during the afternoon on wednesday. and then clearing out wednesday night. cold start again on thursday morning, down to the mid 30s. afternoon highs in the upper

50s, near 60 on thursday with lots of sunshine. and the winds will still be a bit blustery on thursday. but the winds will finally die down on friday. temperatures still chilly in the morning. friday in the 30s, sunshine on friday, afternoon highs into the low 60s. now here's a look at the weekend. warming up just in time. we'll have it into the upper 60s to near 70 saturday afternoon with some clouds in and out and then partly sunny on sunday, highs mid 70s. a small chance of shower perhaps late sunday into early monday. but the national's home opener is thursday, should have great weather for it, a bit blustery and cool. thank you, tom. let's check on the midday traffic again, danella has a look. >> traveling i-270, great commute for you, a live look at father hurley. traveling southbound, your lanes are open, no accidents to report as you continue to make your way through rockville connecting to the beltway. northbound as well, nice and clear at this time. heading over to i-66, a live look at fairfax county parkway,

making your way eastbound on i-66, not bad at all, 54 miles per hour, 11 minutes to get from fairfax county parkway to the capital beltway. and i-95, making your way northbound at the rest area in dell city, no issues, southbound is clear in this area as well. barbara, back to you. >> thanks, danella. the peak bloom season has come and gone and most of the cherry blossoms are past their prime. but the centennial celebration isn't over. it's in full swing. this weekend is the cherry blossom festival parade and it's got some serious star power. astronaut buzz aldrin and kristi yamaguchi are our honorary marshals. katie couric and alex trebek are hosts of the parade. 11:23 the time. still ahead on "news4 midday," a middle school student comes to

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washington state as he suffers a heart attack and passes out while driving a bus filled with students on their way to school. when one of the students, 13-year-old jeremy washic jumps into action. >> i grabbed the wheel he was big, i turned it to the right. took it on the side of the road. took the keys out of the ignition. the bus started slowing down. i'm like oh, someone call 911. >> the bus driver is recovering in the hospital this morning. when asked what compelled him to grab the wheel, he said he just acted on instinct. he added that a superhero book he had just read inspired him to take the key out of the ignition, so the bus would stop. our time now, 11:27. coming up in the next half hour of "news4 midday." new developments in the trayvon martin case. find out when the special prosecutor could decide on charges. and a conservative group goes undercover to show the need for voter i.d. laws here in the district. but do they catch election fraud going on? we'll show you. tom will be here with the

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right now on "news4 midday," law enforcement of major u.s. cities are joining d.c. police to announce a new plan to curb cell phone thefts. now devices will be disable when stolen, which makes it inoperable and worthless to resell. police are planning to use cell phone i.d. numbers to track stolen devices. mystery surrounding the megamillions is finally over. maryland lottery officials say three people claimed their piece of the record jackpot yesterday. they say the winners, two women and a man, work together in the public school system. all three say they will keep their jobs, each will take home about $35 million after taxes. the winners want to remain anonymous. police arrested two men after crashing their car into

the reflecting pool near the capitol this morning. officers tried to pull the car over, but the driver sped off. police later found the car in the pool in the lower senate park. the suspects ran off, but officers did catch up with them a short time later. the man who shot and killed trayvon martin could find out as early as today if he will be charged in the teen's death. but a special prosecutor assigned to investigate the case will make that decision on her own. news4's melissa has the latest from news4 superscreen. melissa? >> a special prosecutor has been working with a team of state agents for three weeks now, trying to determine if there's enough evidence to charge george zimmerman. the case was initially supposed to be handed over to a grand jury, but at this point instead, angela corey has stepped in. she says she will now decide herself if zimmerman should indeed face charges. it's now been 46 days since 17-year-old trayvon martin was killed in his florida

neighborhood. now, a decision on whether charges will be filed against the man who shot trayvon could come as soon as today. >> by not going to the grand jury, she's decided this is a decision she can make. it's going to be a decision she can justify without needing any cover. >> angela corey's office released a short statement monday, saying in part, the decision should not be considered a factor in the final determination of the case. corey has two options, she can announce charges or stick with the state's decision to let him go free. if she determines he feared for his life and stood his ground as florida law allows. >> it's an indication, i think that she's probably close to the end of her investigation. and i think it's an indication she's going to make the decision based on the law and the evidence. that's all it really tells us. >> vigils have been held across the country since martin's death. many people calling for charges to be brought. martin's family says they believe corey will conclude the law is on their side. >> we believe that she will

charge george zimmerman in this case and we believe that he will have a chance to prove his case and prove his self-defense theory to a jury. >> zimmerman has not spoken out since the shooting, but has gone online. his lawyers tell nbc news, this is his new web page where zimmerman writes, as a result of the incident and subsequent media coverage, i have been forced to leave my home, my school, my employer, my family and ultimately, my entire life. he also posts a link to donate. at a town hall meeting in florida, residents have differing opinions on whether zimmerman should be asking for money. >> everyone is entitled to a defense. >> if i was innocent, and i knew i was innocent, i wouldn't be soliciting anything. >> several dozen protesters staged a sit-in at the police department in sanford, florida, monday because of that. the city had to close the building. some protesters were invited inside to talk to special prosecutor corey by phone. she promised them a fair

decision. back to you. all right, thank you. meanwhile, maryland senator ben cardin is joining the movement, calling for justice in the trayvon martin case. he spoke at a prayer vigil for the teen last night in columbia, maryland. cardin encouraged protesters to keep the case in the public eye. he also said the shooting was avoidable, and spoke about the need to change laws and end racial profiling. we're going to check again now with tom kierein on the forecast. see if there's anything new he can tell us about it. winds still picking up out there, tom? >> yeah, they are, barbara. we're seeing gusts over 30 miles per hour parts of the region. we have clouds racing in from the west. sky watcher camera looking toward the west-northwest way out on the horizon is sugarloaf on the frederick-montgomery county line. off to the left is southern loudoun county on the horizon. and all around the metro area, a few clouds coming through. temperatures now still cool. only in the 50s to around 60 degrees.

61 at reagan national. just to our south it's reached the mid 60s through north central virginia. from fredericksburg, culpepper, manassas, and warrenton. but further west, only in the 50s. a the four-day forecast, we'll have a breezy afternoon. winds gusting to 30 miles per hour. and temperatures around the metro area, hitting the mid 60s. 70 to our south and 50s near the pennsylvania border. biehl have lots of sunshine and tonight temperatures plummeting to the mid 30s by dawn tomorrow. a cooler day wednesday with more clouds around. maybe only reaching the mid 50s during the afternoon. might have passing shower. that will wash some of the pollen out of the air. still blustery on thursday, sunny and still cool and a sunny cool day friday. but warming up just in time for the weekend. a few clouds around. highs in the mid 70s on sunday and monday. barbara? >> thank you, tom. a prince george's county police officer is on administrative leave after shooting and killing a man in

landover. it happened 7:00 p.m. last night on sheriff road. police say the officer approached three men acting suspiciously who tried to get away. the officer was able to catch one of the men and eventually used a tazer on him. but the man pulled the prongs of the tazer out and then reached for a gun. the victim has not been identified. this morning police are considering whether to file charges in connection with the accidental shooting of a child in prince george's county. the 6-year-old boy did die. it happened yesterday afternoon at a home along ar beaut is lane in clinton, maryland. the boy found a gun inside a book bag who found a 20-year-old man who lives in the house. we're told the man is not a relative and police say the boy's death was avoidable. >> this didn't need to happen. it seems like it happens every year. somewhere around and within the washington metropolitan area. it just does not need to happen. >> the boy was in the house with his great grandmother and his two sisters at the time of the shooting and no one else was

hurt. james o'keefe, the man who conducted a hidden camera investigation on the community group a.c.o.r.n. claims he now has evidence of voter fraud. last week during the d.c. primary, someone from o'keefe's group walked into a polling place and claimed the u.s. attorney general eric holder. he asked if he could vote. even though he forgot his i.d. >> do you have an eric holder? that's the address? >> please sign the, there. >> i forgot my i.d. >> you don't need it, that's all right. >> as long as you're here and you're on your list and that's who you say you are. >> the justice department is refuting the video saying the man posing as holder didn't expose any kind of voter fraud because he didn't actually vote. holder has spoken out against voter i.d. laws, saying they actually disenfranchise some

voters. >> decision 2012 is back in full swing. rick santorum is returning to the campaign trail today. the republican presidential candidate took the holiday weekend off but ended up caring for his 3-year-old daughter, bella. santorum's daughter has a rare genetic condition in chromosomes which can be fatal. she was treated in a virginia hospital for pneumonia and was released last night. santorum will speak at two events later today in pennsylvania. newt gingrich is back on the campaign trail, despite admitting that he can't win the nomination. gingrich will be in north carolina again today. yesterday he told supporters that he could no longer compete with mitt romney, but hoped to shape the race by pushing the gop to stay conservative-minded. and front-runner romney is aiming at two key states notice next round of primaries, the former governor will be in delaware and pennsylvania today for a campaign rallies.

both states will vote in primaries in two weeks from now. and meanwhile, ron paul is focusing on his home state of texas. he's hoping to build support and funding in a series of town hall meetings this week. the texas primary doesn't take place until the end of may. but the reward is more than 150 delegates. and today, president obama will hit the road to push for the buffett rule. the plan would make wealthier americans pay more in taxes. the president is traveling to the swing states of florida to make his pitch to crowds in west palm beach. and the buffett rule is named after billionaire warren buffett who said he paid a lower tax rate than his secretary does. while in florida, the president will also attend to two campaign events, including one at a private home. a young girl in our area acted well beyond her age when she had to call 911 to save her nephew. fairfax county is recognizing 10-year-old cynthia amanderez

for her bravery and her smarts. the fifth grader called 911 in july when her nephew was unconscious. she kept her cool and translated cpr directions in spanish to her mother. they were able to get the little boy breathing before help arrived. >> push him down on the foerd and pull up on the chin. [ speaking in spanish ] >> i was like a little bit scared. but i knew that i had to someday calm so i controlled it. >> she is 10 years old. cynthia almanderez was given the citizens life-saving award, one of a dozen people honored for their dedication to safety. congratulations to her. 11:41 the time. still ahead, eyebrow care. what causes eyebrow hair loss? and how you can prevent it. we've got some interesting ways to

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a new alarm clock guarantees you'll never be late for work again. a 25-year-old new jersey man created it. there's actually no snooze alarm. not one. once the alarm goes off, you have to get out of bed and punch a code into a separate keyboard which the creator recommends you put in another room. that's the only way to turn the alarm clock off. there's no snooze button and the alarm keeps going even if you unplug it. the clock costs $350. facebook now owns one of the most popular photo-sharing apps and it didn't come cheap. the social networking site purchased the app instagram for $1 billion. it allows users to take quick pictures and edit them to make it look like photos were taken years ago. it's the biggest deal ever for a single app. facebook's ceo mark zuckerberg

said it will run as an independent company and rival social networks like twitter and others can use it. best buy shakes up its leadership. cnbc's julia hoorsten joins us with more on that. >> stocks opened mixed on disappointing news about the economy. all three indices are now trading lower. the dow down just under 100 points, the nasdaq off more than .5%. and the s&p 500 down by nearly 1 percentage point. this after the national federation of independent businesses said that its index of small business optimism fell in march after six months of gains. driven down by higher gas prices, which raised concerns that small businesses may not be able to hire as many people as hoped. best buy's ceo brian dunn resigned this morning. a mutual agreement as best buy struggles with increasing competition from online rivals

like amazon. the problem is that people are using best buy as a showroom and spending all their money online. it follows news that best buy is closing 50 stores and cutting 400 employees, best buy made the announcement. alcoa, wall street expects the company to post a loss on slowing growth in china and weakness in europe. barbara, back to you. >> thanks so much, julia. cellulite has been a woman's worst enin i for decades, now there's a new treatment, revolutionary treatment we understand to get rid of it. it's called cellulaze. doctors insert a laser under the skin which not only melts fat, but helps new collagen growth to keep cellulite from returning. it also apparently keeps the cellulite away for a year or who. the procedure is approved by the fda, it is already and cost $2500 and up, depending on the location. well today we're talking

about hair loss, but not on your head. we're talking about eyebrow hair loss and not many people may be familiar with the reasons behind it and that's what we're talking about. dr. sheryl burgess is with us and she brought along some assistants to show us some of the things she's going to tell us about. what is the cause of highbrow hair loss? >> well the most common cause is overplucking. and women particular start plucking their eyebrows at a young age, teenaged age. but there are medical conditions that can cause you to lose your eyebrows such as thyroid disease or alopecia, so you should check it make sure it's not something medical that's happening. >> i know i went through this with my teenaged daughters. they pluck, they think it's going to come back. is there a point at which you've overplucked and it's not going to come back? >> overtime you're traumatizing the follicle or the root of the ir. so it will not come back.

so i have an example here, katherine, who has overplucked for years. and there is a way to determine the length of your eyebrow. and so yashir here, who is the most fabulous eyebrow shaper in the world, i think, is going to show you that the medial aspect of the eyebrow should fall along the eye, the arch of the brow should be through the pupil and the lateral side is almost from the nose out to the corner of the eye. so that is the length of the eyebrow. so you can kind of know if you're losing your eyebrow or not. >> most people are born with that much eyebrow. >> and some even with the unibrow, it develops over time. men as well, not just women. so shaping of the eyebrow, when we do facial enhancement, my purpose is to bring the focus to the eye area. so you want to make sure your eyelashes look good.

you want to make sure that your eyebrows as well. so overplucking brings attention to it not a pleasant attention, but you can always see that it's been overplucked. >> giving her a hard time about overplucking her eyebrows. >> what i want to talk about today is threading, which is a technique that's similar to waxing, but there's less trauma on the skin. can you get a lot of skin laxity and burns and things from watching if it's not done correctly. so threading is an ancient technique that is done. and yashir is going to demonstrate how it's done. and it's just twisting the thread and actually catching the hairs within the thread and it will gently pluck the hairs out of the skin. >> you see that she's said she

overplucked. so why is he doing more? >> she's going around the area to reshape her. she's overplucked them as far as the length of her eyebrow. so this is like i said, an ancient technique, gentle on the skin and he's fabulous at what he does. >> how hard is it to find somebody who does this technique? i've seen it done on a lot of people here in our studio are having it done. >> you don't hear about it that often. although it has been around for many, many years. it's becoming more popular. because again, if you have damage to the eye skin, it can cause a little bit of laxity. >> i think we have a before and after. tell us what we're looking at here, just shaping of the eyebrow. now this is an area of eyebrow hair loss. and like again, you can have conditions, medical conditions that can cause that. here is overplucking and this is eyebrow transplant. so you can take hair off of the

head and transplant. also, what i think is more practical is latisse. i know i've talked about it a few times as far as enhancing and elongating the eyelashes, but it also works very well for the eyebrows. >> so if you're missing some eyebrow, you should look into latisse. >> even though it's off-label into how it's being used. it's wonderful. >> let's take one last look at our patient here. >> i can see you definitely have improved her lash. >> you see how it brings attraction to the eye area, that's what we're trying to do with the facial enhancement. >> you add a little mascara? is that mascara? >> eyebrow pencil. >> but men, don't forget, men who have the unibrow in the center, look at yashir's brow, how nicely they're done, men don't have to look so bushy and hairy. >> nice to have you here, dr.

burgess and thank you for coming. still ahead on news4, we have walk you through the rose garden and other gashedens at the white house, but you have to plan ahead if you want to do that. we'll tell you how. plus meteorologist tom kierein will be back with another check of the forecast. [ female announcer ] with xfinity,

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potential renovations for the national mall are now on display for the public. people can check out 12 different design plans for around the washington monument. constitution gardens and union square. one proposal for the washington monument would peel up the landscape around it to reveal an underground theater and other amenities. the trust will announce the winning design on may 3rd. and the plans are the national museum of american history and at the smithsonian castle. you can see them online at nationalmall.org. late they are month you have a rare chance to get access to the white house grounds. the white house announced the dates and times for its garden tours this year. tourists can walk through the jacqueline kennedy garden and the south lawn and white house kitchen garden, weather permitting, april 21 and 22.

visitors can get free tickets starting at 8:00 in the morning. tickets given on a first come, first served basis. let's take a look now at some stories we're going to be following on news4 this afternoon. here's pat lawson-muse. >> coming up at 4:00, a new report out today about toxins in nail polish and the potential dangers to the many women who use polish. plus, it's the elimination show we're going to go live to los angeles as "the voice" contestants learn their fate. we're going to be watching tonight. and then at 5:00 this afternoon, a safer way to treat prostate cancer. those stories and all the latest starting at news4 at 4:00. time for a final check on our forecast, here's tom. >> it's warming up a little bit. but still quite cool. we're in the low to mid 60s around the metro area now and later today we'll have the winds increasing a bit. gusting to around 30 miles per hour, lots of sun and clearing tonight and chilly start to wednesday. mid 30s tomorrow morning, afternoon highs tomorrow, only

in the mid 50s. about ten degrees cooler than today. might get a passing shower wednesday afternoon. sunny, cool weather for thursday and friday, but just in time for the weekend, warmer weather moves in. saturday, sunday and into the first part of next week. that's the way it looks, have a great afternoon and we'll see you tomorrow morning. >> thank you, tom. and that's "news4 midday" for today, we thank you for joining us and invite you to tune in for news and 4:00, 5:00, and tonight at 11:00 and bam tomorrow. until then, have a terrific day and we'll see you in the morning.