new virginia home. on exhibit soon for all to see. good afternoon. i'm jim handly. >> i'm barbara harrison in for pat lawson muse. two days ago we marvelled as discovery arrived at dulles airport on the back of a jumbo jet. today another tremendous sight. >> "discovery" and its sister shuttle "the enterprise" sitting nose to nose on the tarmac part of the four-day celebration to welcome "discovery" to the smithsonian museum there. as megan mcgrath reports now, because "enterprise" has to move out to make room for discovery it's also made for an emotional farewell. >> the shuttle enterprise all shiny and pristine was towed out of the museum early this morning. a piece of the hangar wall had to be removed to make room for its tail. enterprise has been on display at the center for nine years so it's with sadness the museum staff said a final good-bye.

>> i came down about 10:00 and  spent 15 minutes with "enterprise" saying good-bye. we've had a wonderful time being the care taker and steward of this orbiter and it will be sad to see her go. >> reporter: enterprise was a prototype and never flew into space and is headed to a museum in new york. discovery flew 39 missions and is considered the work horse of the shuttle fleet. >> it's really once in a lifetime. the fact i'm standing here and it is kind of surrealistic i'm looking at it. >> reporter: michael worked with the shuttle program and came up from houston for this. >> it's been part of my life. i've wanted to be an astronaut since i was a kid and so my entire adult life the space shuttle has been the space program. seeing the first one here at the smithsonian is kind of like the end of this chapter of my life and now looking forward to what comes next. >> the experience did not disappoint. discovery flanked by its former commanders and astronauts was towed on to the museum grounds

from dulles airport. enterprise and discovery were placed nose to nose for all to see. the contrast? quite striking. discovery with its charred tiles and space dust, enterprise looking almost like a model. >> it's shop worn. it's seen a lot of use. so it's wonderful. >> later tonight discovery will be towed inside the space hangar its permanent home. it will be on display when the museum opens tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. megan mcgrath, news 4. >> we'll have more on the shuttle investigation including reaction from former astronaut john glen who will help deliver discovery to its new home. >> that is coming up right now. turning to your first weather we could be seeing some storms this weekend. >> meteorologist veronica johnson is in storm center 4. >> it is still looking stormy for this weekend but less of our weekend now.

i'll give you the rest of the details coming up. as far as today goes we started out with clouds and fog early part of the day and have been seeing clearing, sunshine, a big area from central pennsylvania right on down to central virginia. but look at areas west around minneapolis, around chicago, it is stormy there and it is there over the central part of the country that at least one part of our upcoming storm system is organizing. more on that coming up later. but oh, what a fantastic day it's been. 72 degrees the current temperature. north wind, light breeze out there out of the north. that dry breeze for us. we've got laytonsville and wheaton at 68 degrees. glendale and green belt in prince george's county at 69. fairfax city and vienna coming in currently at 67 degrees. so a very nice evening it will be as temperatures drop to 66 by 7:00. again, a clear sky for us. it's going to be a very starry night. we'll drop to 54 by 9:00. 62 degrees or actually that should be 52 degrees by 11:00

p.m. so on your fast forecast then it's a pleasant evening for us just like this morning. i think we'll have some more patchy fog around the area with that light wind and, again, the weekend. we'll talk about what's looking better for the weekend. we'll have all the details coming up in just a couple minutes. back to you. >> people across the world today are reacting to the death of dick clark. >> the television icon suffered a heart attack yesterday. nbc's stephanie stanton as more on how clark is being remembered. >> reporter: among dick clark's greatest accomplishments bringing rock 'n roll to the main stream and launching hundreds of careers. >> here is the thing called the twist. here's chubby checker. >> reporter: from the supremes -- ♪ stop in the name of love >> reporter: -- to the beach boys. ♪ well it's been building up inside of me ♪ >> reporter: he even had a young michael jackson on his show. >> he was this guy that made it trusted and safe for generation after generation to discover what was new and what was hot in

music. >> reporter: but not only did america see its stars on "american band stand" over time it saw itself coming together as the show became integrated. >> probably the most significant thing band stand ever did. it brought people together as human beings. >> there is no doubt that in the big picture "american band stand" played a big and important role in integrating america. >> reporter: among them band stand regulars from the late '70s. >> i was devastated. i mean, he was like a father figure. >> kind of surreal. i don't feel like he's gone. you know? i just don't feel like he's gone. >> reporter: clark created a road map for tv personalities like ryan seacrest, who remembered him last night on american idol. >> i know that he's in a better place saying, hey, let's get on with the show. okay? you got it, boss. >> reporter: his lasting influence is sure to impact generations to come. >> without question he's going to be known as the man who started it all. >> reporter: dick clark, a television and music pioneer who

changed the face of entertainment. stephanie stanton, nbc news, lang. we're following developments out of the gulf of mexico where a small plane went down this afternoon. the pilot is now missing. fighter jets started tracking the plane after it took off from slidell, louisiana this morning. they failed to get any response from the cessna. it crashed shortly after noon 120 miles west of tampa. aviation officials say the pilot was the only one onboard. there is no sign of him at this hour. three secret service agents have already lost their jobs in the fallout from the scandal that began unfolding ahead of the president's trip to columbia last week. nbc news has learned that more resignations are expected in the near future. mark potter has the latest now. >> reporter: as investigators continue to sort out the varying accounts of what happened here, at least two versions are surfacing publicly about an argument that occurred at this

hotel which caused the scandal to blow up. the "new york times" reports that an unidentified woman who says she will not be talking to authorities claims she was with a man she later learned was an agent and that they argued vehemently over $800 escort fees later whittled down to $225. but in a second version a u.s. official tells nbc news the argument was between a prostitute and two agents she was with that night. she wanted a double fee somewhere in the area of $60. two wildly different accounts. investigators are here for both the secret service and the u.s. military trying to determine exactly what did happen and who was involved. mark potter, nbc news, colombia. back to you. >> and the woman who spoke to the "new york times" said the men never mentioned they were in colombia to protect the president. she described them as very discreet. a new judge has now taken over the case against george zimmerman. the florida man accused in the shooting death of unarmed teen trayvon martin judge kenneth lester was appointed to the case

yesterday. the previous judge stepped down because of a potential conflict of interest. her husband works with an attorney who is providing tv commentary about the case. the new judge will preside over zimmerman's bond hearing. it's set for tomorrow morning. new polls out today show the race for the white house is very close between president obama and the presumptive nominee mitt romney. the economy continues to dominate voters' concerns. today congress got involved. steve handelsman reports. >> reporter: in the battleground state of ohio, mitt romney went to a closed factory to blame the president. >> needs to sit down with folks and understand how difficult these years have been and take responsibility. >> reporter: just yesterday president obama campaigned in ohio and michigan, touting his economic record. >> i place my bets on american workers. today gm is back on top. 200,000 new jobs over the last

two and a half years. the american auto industry is back. >> reporter: the election seemed sure to be about the economy -- proof from the new cbs/"new york times" poll. 20% of americans said their mortgages are under water. a third called fuel prices a serious hardship. 40% said college expenses are a bigger worry. the obama/romney matchup is a tie in that poll. obama ahead 46-42 in today's quinnipiac poll. 48% of voters view the president positively versus 33% for romney in today's nbc news/"wall street journal" poll. on romney's main theme -- >> it is time for us to get our taxes down and get people working again. >> reporter: he got help today. house republicans pushed through a bill to cut taxes for employers. >> it gives the ability to small businesses to create jobs here in america.

>> reporter: democrats protested it is not just small businesses but companies like law firms with up to 500 employees. >> one-half of this so-called small business tax cut will go to millionaires. >> jobs, taxes, and millionaires. so far the campaign's main neems. that tax cut for employers passed up here today in the republican-controlled house is part of this campaign. and there seems no chance it will pass the democratically controlled senate. i'm steve handelsman, news 4, capitol hill. we're just getting started on news 4 at 4:00. a new side to jennifer love hewitt. what the actress looks like without makeup. >> remember halogram tupac? dr. dray reveals the next celebrity he'd like to resurrect. >> the jetsons aren't so far into the future. we'll introduce you to helper robots that could make your life a whole lot easier. >> the pea pock

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jones is going to launch a new album. she played for a ground in germany last night and gave them a first taste of her new work. the album features 12 songs she cowrote and produced with musician brian burton better known as danger mouse. >> i'm never wanted to make the same album over and over and i don't think i have. and sometimes you go a little further than others. you know? this time it's maybe a little more different. >> norah jones little broken hearts will be released at the beginning of next month. still sounds the same. it is very distinctive. >> she looks great. a new look. >> yes. who might be the next big music star immortalized as a halogram and why is one of the real housewives of atlanta calling it quits? >> uh-oh. time for hollywood headlines. joining us is georgia alfredas cohost with russ mar morning show heard week days on 93.9.

it's all digital and i just type them in. i listen. i was just there. >> that's important. everyone is abuzz about these tupac halograms and dr. dray is weighing in on who is next. >> he wants to see jimmy hendricks and also marvin gaye. pop question a poll, 50% of the people on that poll wanted to see michael jackson, amy winehouse. i was very surprised to hear he wanted to see jimmy hendricks. you know. >> that's cool. >> really cool. pretty amazing. some people have called it scary looking just because it's just so real. his mother loved it. she wasn't there but did see it on the internet and thought it was really cool. >> can you imagine being in the audience seeing this? jennifer love hewitt is creating quite a stir not because of something she was wearing but because of what she wasn't wearing this isn't rihanna so you don't have to worry about her being naked. she is clothed but doesn't have makeup on. i think she looks gorgeous.

here's the deal. people were saying, some were saying really nasty things. i think she looks fine. >> she looks great. >> she looks young and natural. this is what i don't look like when i'm on the red carpet. >> it's awful people feel they have to see a person all made up or they don't like them anymore. >> exactly. i like she had the courage to say this is what i look like when i wake up in the morning. you go, girl. >> i like it. two men are suing abc and the producers of the bachelor. they say the show discriminates based on race. what is this all about? >> well, there have been tons of people who said the same thing. if you watched the bachelor or bachelorest there may be two or three girls, you already know the first week they're out. on the bachelor i have never seen any black men and these guys say they went to the audition, they were kind of pushed aside and actually one of the producers was like, what are you doing here? and they're like, we're here to audition. now this is what they're saying. they are alleging they were pushed aside and that they weren't given the go ahead.

they're attractive guys but we don't know their past and i guess they didn't fit the look if that was african-american or not. >> you're right. they say out of 23 combined seasons there are only a handful of people of color. >> and david spade has done the funniest thing on youtube with this. you know, he's done like a spoof of the bachelor and the bachelorette. hilarious. >> one of the real housewives of atlanta is calling it quits. which one is that and why? >> well, today it's sharay whitfield. tomorrow it might be kim. that is another story. here is the funny thing. despite what people were saying last week they were saying she got fired and that she was begging for her job and crying. she says no it was a mutual agreement between myself and the people at the housewives of atlanta. she says she wants to do something more positive which is great since she was usually in the midst of something incredibly messy on the show. >> she's staying, mimi. >> mimi makes a million dollars a year. >> she's been right here. we're tight now. >> you guys are cool. all right.

good. >> "forbes" magazine has put out a list of the richest rappers. probably no surprise who is at the top. >> you know what? it was a surprise to me. who would you think would be number one? i'll tell you i would think it would be jay-z. it's not. it's diddy. i'm very surprised though he has the nyc clothing line, the serac. >> they do so much. i don't consider them just rappers. >> he is number one worth $550 million. jay-z is not far behind. he is worth $460 million. >> dueling at the top. >> that is the list want to be on except i can't rap. >> i bet you could. >> trust me. it's bad. you don't want to hear it. i start with roses are red violets are blue. that is not pretty. >> it doesn't work. >> what's up tomorrow? >> we have tickets for someone, a lucky listener and four friends to fly to l.a. to hang out and go to an awards show and

do shopping. i can be a friend if you want to take someone with you. go to kosdc.com for details. >> very cool. we'll listen in. thanks so much. great to see you again. >> good to see you. georgia alfredas, 93.9. >> i'm glad she got called. >> never good at numbers. thanks, georgia. helper robots are causing quite a stir at a trade show in denmark. >> seen here, the robot has moving eyes and lips. he is also equipped with interactive features for speech recognition. >> another robot shown feeds people who can't feed themselves and the robotic bed helps the bedridden move during sleep. one designer at the show says she hopes the new technology is available when she gets older. >> pretty amazing. >> they do everything now don't they? >> incredible. coming up on news 4 veronica has more on the possibility of storms this weekend. >> you okay? >> saved by a phone call. a woman's alive thanks to a pollster who called her

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we're talking about rappers. she has her favorites. >> my gosh. >> you would have won that contest. >> i'm still laughing at you two. well, i think we've got something to smile about for the weekend. >> we do. >> we need the rain but some folks love their weekend. they like getting out. we're going to have a little bit of both this weekend and that means not as many hours of wet weather. we'll head outside right now to see what's going on. we have sunshine throughout the area but could be looking at thunderstorms for your saturday and some of those storms could bring some severe weather. here is the deal with the weekend. we'll get some thunderstorms in here. we're still going to get an inch in some locations but many neighborhoods, in fact, i think most neighborhoods will get around 0.5 inch of rain. there will be few neighborhoods that get that inch. spots off to the west like culpepper and up toward areas like frederick could get that

inch but we're not going to see a washout because the first part of saturday up until about noon to about 1:00 you'll be able to get the games in. 72 the temperature. the wind light out of the north at 5 miles per hour. from the north to the south we've got upper 60s to low 70s throughout the area. feels really nice. get closer to the water there. it's 60s for a temperature. 66 in annapolis. 68 degrees in eastern maryland. so for your good night wakeup forecast nice conditions for your evening. there's your sunset at 7:49. skies clear. it's going to be nice and starry. even late tonight with that light wind we'll see more fog forming. you know, the ground still has moisture in it so light wind will formation of fog. it is going to be a little cool, too, to start your day. upper 40s to low 50s. take a look at the radar. not a drop to be found right now but that system will be bringing us some rain again on saturday. friday we'll do just fine with some sunshine. it's a weather front that's going to be approaching the area. so late friday night, saturday morning we'll see it here come

through areas of ohio. what we're not going to get though it looks like we'd have phasing where you get one storm that joins up with another. that is what was going to give us the extra rain for sunday. but this system looks as though it is going to stay far enough off the coast. here we are at noon time saturday. some showers and storms forming. and indeed, we will have some thunderstorms. 2:00, 3:00, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 or so the storms will probably wind down around 8:00 or 9:00. as far as rainfall totals, a little more than an inch possibly in manassas and around culpepper and up toward gaithersburg, too. that's what we could have by sunday morning when this thing sweeps out. for your evening we're mostly clear. fantastic. 58 to 65 degrees. tomorrow morning clear and cool. 47 to 55. let's take a look at your day because we'll be shooting back up into the mid 70s for a high temperature. so here we are for the weekend. folks, best day out of the weekend now what once looked like it would be saturday now looks like it will be sunday. a little cooler though in the

mid 60s. we'll take a look at the extended forecast, guys, in just a few. >> thanks, veronica. >> thank you. and still to come on news 4 at 4:00 acura is facing allegations of racism because of the casting call for a super bowl commercial. >> plus it wasn't what the customer ordered. a mcdonald's worker ness jail because of something he put into a customer's drink. >> unexpected friends. how a chihuahua ended up nursing kittens. ♪

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welcome back. at 4:30 i'm jim handly. >> i'm barbara harrison in for pat lawson muse. right now the retired space shuttle "discovery" is being rolled into the smithsonian's hangar near dulles, airport where it will be on public display starting tomorrow morning. it is replacing the shuttle "enterprise" which sat in the annex for nine years. we'll have a live report coming up. more secret service agents' careers are on the line in the fallout over the prostitution scandal. the controversy erupted last week when agency employees allegedly brought hookers back to their hotel in colombia while setting up security for president obama's visit. three people involved have already lost their jobs so far and a top lawmaker says more firings are imminent either today or tomorrow. >> people around the world and

across the entertainment industry are remembering dick clark. clark is credited with bringing rock 'n roll to the main stream and launching hundreds of careers through his show american band stand. clark died yesterday of a heart attack. he was 82. >> when george zimmerman appears at his bond hearing tomorrow in florida he'll face a new judge. judge kenneth lester was assigned to the case after the previous judge stepped down because of possible conflict of interest. zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder in the death of unarmed teenager trayvon martin. more disturbing details are emerging today in the case of a texas woman who killed a mother and kidnapped her baby. verna mcclain appeared in court today. >> authorities say she may have committed the crime to hide a miscarriage from her fiance. >> reporter: in court thursday, verna mcclain charged with murdering the mother of a newborn so she could claim the babeas her own.

>> you understand you have been clarnlgd with the offense of capital murder. >> yes, sir. >> reporter: mcclain is accused of waiting outside a pediatrician's office in a suburb of houston tuesday waiting for young mother kala golden and her new baby boy keegan to emerge. >> the suspect shot kala several times then took the child from the pickup, put him in her car knocking kala to the ground as she left the scene. >> reporter: police say kala golden was randomly selected, that mcclain had had a miscarriage recently but never told her fiance. >> she told him she was pregnant and had given birth to a child. >> reporter: baby keegan was to be that child. authorities found him unharmed at mcclain's sister's house a few hours after the shooting. he has since been reunited with family including his father who is devastated by the loss of his wife. >> i love you. i wish you were here to help me through this. >> reporter: after her court appearance the district attorney already called it a death penalty case.

>> ms. mcclain will get her due process as we seek capital punishment. >> reporter: while her attorneys alluded to an obvious defense strategy. >> there's a lot of work that has to be done to look into ms. mcclain's mental state and see where that takes us. >> reporter: the judge ordered mcclain be held through the weekend until a bond hearing monday. the casting call for an acura super bowl commercial featuring jerry seinfeld is at the center of a new controversy about skin color. >> i want it. i would love to have the first one. >> i'm so sorry, mr. seinfeld. you are number two on the list. >> who is number one? >> that guy. >> okay. >> the document, first published by tmz, the casting sheet for the car dealer, requested an african-american actor who was in their words nice looking, friendly, and not too dark, end quote. tmz says it obtained the casting document from an african-american actor who did not fit the profile.

the website reports that someone involved with casting the commercial says the skin tone restriction was in their words because lighting and special effects would get tricky. in the meantime the grio has published a statement from acura which reads in part we apologize to anyone offended by the language on the casting sheet. the statement also says we are taking appropriate measures to ensure such language is not used again in association with any work performed on behalf of our brand. a mcdonald's employee was arrested in south carolina accused of spitting in customers' drinks. police say 19-year-old marvin washington was working at the drive through this weekend when a mother and daughter ordered two sweet teas but once the women got their drinks they realized it was unsweetened. police say the customers then went through the drive through again and got two new teas but those were also unsweetened. so the mother and daughter went home deciding to add their own sweetener. that is when they found the

phlegm. >> the victims provided statements but we also had photographs of the phlegm inside the cups and then the investigators once they got the case ended up going to the mcdonald's and reviewing tape. >> police say surveillance video shows washington leaning his face down to the drinks. he has been charged with malicious food tampering. in kentucky a dream came true for a high school senior with downes syndrome. watch the young woman in the red dress now. yeah. her name is tarin mains. last year she asked a schoolmate named craig to this year's prom but he graduated and is playing basketball now at southern illinois. tarin thought she'd be going to the prom alone last weekend but he didn't forget their date. he showed up and took her to the ball. tarin's dream night didn't end there. she was named prom queen. now she has prince charming and the prom king.

>> she got queen. it made everything so much more special because she deserves it so much. >> if anybody takes anything from this it's that the -- to help people who need help and be there for people who need you to be there and just be, try to be a good role model. >> tarin's classmates say she inspires them to be better people. we have much more ahead on news 4 at 4:00 this afternoon. a peacock ruffling some feathers in a maryland neighborhood. >> are you okay? >> no. >> do you need us to call someone for you? someone for you? >> a routine telephone poll 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. s, you definitely can do this. we can do this. we can all do this together.

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the world's oldest man turns another year older today. he was born on april 19th, 1897. that makes him 115 years old today. he marked the special day surrounded by friends and family in his hometown of kyoto, japan. that includes 14 grandchildren, 25 great grandchildren, and 13 great-great grandchildren. happy birthday to him. >> how does he keep up with all those names. >> time to check out today's daily deals. >> and on living social time to root for the home team. >> pay $20 and get a ticket to see the washington wizards take on the bob cats at the verizon center, the team fresh off

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what a week it's been. you're looking live at dulles. the discovery going into the hangar at its final resting place at the museum of the smithsonian. look at the perspective on that. >> it looks so small when it was sitting on top of that 747. >> amazing it can get inside anywhere.

amazing. >> it's huge. you have to be a good driver. >> so many people say they really loved seeing it with all of its under belly damage and dirty. >> it's got character. >> feel like it really has character. >> it's earned all the wrinkles. safe to say. >> look at that. >> it had great weather when it came in. great weather today. >> oh, yes. >> now we just need some, well, maybe not good weather for its scrubbing but for anybody who wants to do anything this weekend, right? maybe a little bit of cleaning up. and guess what? we'll be able to wash our car this weekend. >> great. >> it was looking like both weekend days we would get some rain but now it's really just one weekend day. let's head outside and see what we've got going on right now as we pan around the area. a beautiful blue sky. very few clouds out there right now. we're going to have one more day like this coming our way tomorrow. and it's going to be friday. that's awfully sweet. we've got a temperature of 69 degrees in montgomery county at montgomery village. annapolis, maryland at 66 as we

pan there across the area looking at the potomac there. district heights coming in at 71 degrees. college park, maryland right now at 70 degrees. so it's nice and comfortable out there with a light wind. overnight, and first thing tomorrow morning, we'll have a very nice evening first of all. sun sets at 7:49. early tomorrow morning it's going to be on the cool side again. we'll start out in the low 50s. a lot of locations off to the north and west in the upper 40s. and once again like this morning we had a little bit of fog around the area. more patchy fog with cool conditions for your morning and a mostly clear sky. so seasonally cool at the bus stop. there is your sunrise at 6:24. 46 to start your day tomorrow in manassas and culpepper, too. with oo for a starting out temperature in fredericksburg. then lovely weather across the area. 72 to 73 just up to the north. 74 degrees in d.c. the mercury? running a couple degrees above

average yet again. we had just that one cool one yesterday. right? sunshine. it is throughout the area. then we're going to see that sunshine. it's going to fade away. the clouds are going to be coming in friday night, saturday morning. here we are at 10:00 am with light showers that will start forming throughout the area. then for the afternoon after 2:00 and up until about 8:00 it's storms. we could pick up about an inch of rain in a couple locations. back out of the way we'll take a look at your four-day forecast. mild tomorrow. stormy for saturday. especially during the afternoon. then cool is the word really for sunday. but dry. we're at 60 for monday. early part of next week. but breezy. and look at that. most of next week we are going to be dry. so we get some beneficial rain but then that's it. >> we like it when it's dry although we do need a lot of rain. >> i like it when it's dry on the weekend. >> right. thank you, veronica. >> all right. an unusual neighborhood dispute over a peacock is

brewing in hartford county, maryland. >> it is a situation that's ruffling a lot of feathers and forcing city leaders now to review laws regarding the type of pets home owners can have. jane miller has our story. >> reporter: those aren't grasses on the other side of the fence blowing in the breeze. they're peacock feathers. need a better look? wait till dusk when the peacock ascends to the roof and fans them out. and then comes this. [ peacock calling ] >> what i really want to talk to you about is the peacock on your roof. >> petey? >> reporter: lisa mcnair and her family own petey a male peacock and other peacocks. they are a permanent fixture in the bynum overland community of abingdon. this is a pretty compact residential neighborhood. >> the county law says i can put anything in my law i want but a chicken. >> reporter: some neighbors as you might imagine aren't too pleased mostly because petey is noisy. i mean that is really loud. >> it is and it's only during the breeding season. >> they squawk all night long.

>> reporter: one neighbor who chose not to be identified said sleeping is the issue. >> at first it was pretty. it was really unique and i took pictures. but i get up at 5:00 a.m. so it's not pretty anymore. when evening comes he starts calling to let everybody know that this is his territory. >> reporter: does he think there are owe peacocks in the neighborhood that he has to worry about? >> there are other animals in the neighborhood. >> reporter: hartford county inspectors have responded to complaints about the peacocks, limited by county law for private property. hard to tell with the peacock -- we counted eight birds all together but any under six months old aren't affected by the limit. he is going to try it again, phil. go block him off. i don't want him out of this yard. >> reporter: there he goes. last evening we watched as the mcnairs tried to keep petey at home. not an easy task. how do you keep a peacock on your roof and not everybody

else's? >> that's why the kids are chasing him. >> reporter: the county prevents the mcnairs from caging the peacocks because the houses in the neighborhood are so close. >> if people would stay out of my business my birds would be penned but zoning said come and release the birds. >> reporter: the county considers the peacocks domestic animals albeit noisy ones. >> reporter: so is your plan to keep them here? >> yeah. they're my pets. >> try putting a leash on one. on tuesday hartford county officials considered a plan that would increase the number of animals property owners can have and, yes, that would include peacocks. they decided to table the bill. i guess they were chicken, huh? >> i think five is enough. >> yeah. i'd say so. they're big and they are noisy. >> certainly noisy. coming up on news 4 we'll explain how a chihuahua ended up nursing kittens. >> and the would-be burglar who just couldn't figure

a burglar tried to break into a pharmacy in texas but he had trouble getting past the front door. security cameras were rolling as the man picked up a rock and tried to throw it through the front door. didn't work though. and the would-be burglar got frustrated and gave up. police are trying to figure out if he is responsible for other recent pharmacy break-ins in that area. an abandoned chihuahua and two abandoned kittens were put

together at an animal shelter in fort lauderdale, florida. >> then something unusual happened to something very special. >> hey. >> the dog named marcy began nursing the kittens. here is the story. someone dropped off the newborn kitties at the shelter a couple weeks ago. the next day animal control called and said that they had a lactating dog with no puppies so they decided to put the animals together. marcy has been nursing the kittens ever since. >> they're doing very well. and i can't believe our luck that we actually had a lactating dog that could feed the kittens. it's wonderful. >> i think the mother instinct just takes over and she's got babies and her heart's full and her life is full. >> we're told the dog and cats are doing so well healthwise they will likely be available for adoption soon. >> all right. too cute there. >> they're a team now. >> yeah. next, the unexpected phone

a new york woman is saved by a phone call many people don't usually want to take. bobby berlin was going into diabetic shock when pollsters from marist college called her about an opinion poll. melissa russo has what happened next. >> i am feeling fine today.

>> reporter: 79-year-old bobby berlin might want to play the lottery because her luck seems too good to be true. on monday night berlin was at home sleeping with no idea she was slipping dangerously into diabetic shock. at the same time, pollsters from marist college in poughkeepsie were conducting a public opinion poll about mayor bloomberg. the computer program used in polling makes up random phone numbers using new york city area codes. out of millions of possibilities, berlin's phone rang. >> hi. my name is jason. i'm calling from marist college. >> reporter: when berlin answered the college student on the other end of the phone sensed something wasn't right. >> something just sounded off. are you okay? >> reporter: another student might have hung up but this one called in his supervisor, danielle carter. >> hi. are you okay? >> no. >> do you need us to call

someone for you? >> no. >> you sure? >> danielle doesn't take no for an answer. she stays on the line and calls 911 in duchess county. they call local responders who encounter another problem. the address berlin gave danielle -- >> 140 west 86th. >> reporter: west 86th street. >> reporter: was wrong. berlin actually lives on west 79th street but using her phone number the fire department was able to track down her correct address and get her the help she needed. >> the man from the ambulance said i would have died during the night. >> reporter: today danielle and jason paid a visit to berlin, who wanted to say "thank you" in person. >> i'm danielle. >> i owe my life to you. are you jason? >> yes.

>> i want to say thank you to both of them. >> it had to be fate. i mean, just has to be, because what are the odds? what if we hadn't called? >> reporter: berlin's only regret is that she did not get to answer the pollster's questions about mayor bloomberg. do. >> do you have strong opinions about mayor bloomberg? >> i certainly do and they are all negative. >> that was melissa russo reporting. now space shuttle discovery makes its move. >> the shuttle discovery now moves to its new home. >> a daycare worker now in custody after an incident that lost the daycare its license. >> a bizarre police chase in virginia today after a suspect punches an officer and steals his cruiser. good evening everyone. i'm doreen gentzler in tonight for wendy rieger. >> i'm jim handly. first up tonight at 5:00 rolling into a place of honor. the retired shuttle discovery is being moved into its new home today, the smithsonian museum near dulles airport.

at one point it sat nose to nose with the shuttle it's replacing. erika gonzalez joins us now live from chantilly with more on the transition ceremony today that included one of the greatest gatherings of astronauts in recent memory. erika? >> it's still a very active site. i want you to see this. we still have movement here inside the smithsonian. shuttle discovery has just been wheeled in or tugged in should i say less than an hour ago it was still sitting outside. enterprise was moved aside and discovery came in. now, you want to talk about precise precision? you have a 57-foot tall tail coming through one single panel. it was absolutely incredible and thousands of people have shown up to see discovery come home. on a picture perfect day shuttle discovery was tugged down the runway from the dulles international airport and welcomed into the air and space museum. a group of