we sent chuck bell straight out toward west virginia. he is there right now. it is still snowing. i got to tell you, you did not see this very often in late april. >> reporter: no, this is a rarity, doug. no doubt about it. we were talking about it over the course of the weekend as well. this snowstorm is all about elevation no doubt about it. we have a couple inches on the ground up here. it's been snowing most of the day. as you know, barely anything, hardly a flake to be found anywhere in metro washington. but, boy, that story changed as soon as you drove up the hill. just outside of frostburg we have turned the calendar back to winter time. when we left washington only a couple hundred feet above sea level. the grass was green, trees in full leaf. now just outside of frostburg, maryland we're here just above 1500 feet. 2 inches of snow on the ground. it's snowing like crazy out here. >> tell us your thoughts about snow in the third week of april.

>> yuk. not what we wanted to see. not at all. >> reporter: has it been a snowy winter? >> no. we didn't get much snow at all. very minute compared to other years and really nice. >> reporter: we're out in northern garrett county, maryland. this is asa king, expert snow measurer. asa, how are you enjoying the snow in the middle of april? >> i don't know. it's pretty good. >> reporter: did your mom make you shovel the driveway yet? >> no. >> making any snowmen or snowballs? >> no. the snow is not sticky. >> we have our official measurement. take a measurement in your front yard and tell us how much snow you have here. okay? >> about 4 inches. >> reporter: excellent. job well done. >> reporter: all right. so he had 4 inches of snow in his yard and up here in western garrett county as we saw in the

first part we were only about 1500 feet up, just 2 inches of snow. now we're at 2800 feet above sea level and here it's a whole lot more in the 5, 6, 7 inch range. i know it's not a pat collins yardstick but this is as good as the weather department can afford, doug. >> chuck, i will ask you this one question. i did not wear my nbc coat all winter long. is this the first time that you have put on this coat? >> sadly, yes. we had 2 inches of snow all winter in washington. they had 6 inches in april up here. how cheated do i feel? >> no kidding. amazing. we were talking about that. the lack of snow across our area and now for us just the cold air. right now talking about cold air where chuck is he said 32 degrees. fortunately the roads are doing okay. look at these numbers though. 43 right now at the airport with winds at 14 miles per hour out of the west. that puts our wind chills in the mid 30s and then you add a wind gust of 22 miles an hour. you have the rain out there. it is nasty out there this

evening. it's going to stay that way. 43 in leesburg. 46 in fredericksburg and toward patuxent river. the warmest spot today average high of 69. the warmest area 51 degrees right now. the current wind gusts across the region upwards of 20 to 30 miles per hour across the area. those winds will continue at least for about the next hour or so and then will die down a little bit. we'll let you know a little later how long winter is going to try to hold on. if you lived here in 1984 you remember this crime that gripped washington. a mother beaten to death in her northeast neighborhood. today a judge is hearing new evidence to determine if those convicted in the case should get a new trial or be set free. pat collins is outside d.c. superior court. pat? >> reporter: who do you trust, cliff yarborough of 1984 who gave a long, videotaped statement detailing the murder

of katherine fuller, or the cliff yarborough today who said that statement was all a lie? and that the cops made him do it? cliff yarborough is one of the men doing big jail time for the murder of katherine fuller some 27 years ago. in fact, he gave a videotaped statement implicating himself and others in the crime. but today in court under oath cliff yarborough said detectives forced him to confess and his relatives say they suspected this all along. when you saw him on the stand today what was your feeling? >> proud because the truth is coming out. that's all -- for 25 years this is what we've been trying to do, get the truth out. >> it'll prevail itself. they're all going to get out. i promise you that. >> reporter: on the stand cliff yarborough says detectives threw him around, hit his head on a

table and held him over a toilet to get him to talk. he said they spent hours rehearsing what he'd say before they taped his statement. i was scared, yarborough said. i'd do pretty much whatever they wanted me to do. yarborough and seven other men convicted in the 1984 murder of katherine fuller. katherine fuller, 48 years old, the mother of six, attacked in an alley behind 8th and a streets northeast. she was beaten. she was robbed. she was sexually assaulted with a metal pole. the case dominated the news for weeks. now, some 27 years later, questions about whether they got the right man. defense lawyers working with the mid-atlantic innocence project says there is evidence someone else might be responsible. defense attorneys say most of the witnesses have now recanted

their testimony. that at the time cliff yarborough talked he was just 16. that he had an i.q. of 69 1/2, that he could only read at third grade level. he was scared and vulnerable. >> my brother was 16 years old. we'll see what's going on. >> reporter: the hearing is almost like a retrial. a judge will decide whether to stay the conviction or whether to throw it out. it could take a couple weeks. live in northwest, pat collins, news 4. george zimmerman walked out of jail last night in sanford, florida. he is free on $150,000 bail and now sanford's police chief is officially set to step down as outrage over the shooting death of trayvon martin continues. nbc's kerry sanders is live in florida for us with the latest details. kerry, what is next for zimmerman now that he's free again?

>> reporter: he is free and has to return here where there is a trial. as you know justice moves slowly so he may not actually be seen for up to a year before the actual trial. there will be an arraignment but his lawyer says they will just file the paperwork. he will not show up here. a big reason is because when he came out of jail he was wearing a bullet proof vest under his clothes because they are fearful he has been targeted on twitter and other internet sites. there have been calls all day, people feeling they need to kill him. so they're treating this as if it is a very serious threat. if they just think are hiding anger behind their key boards they're not going to accept that as simply somebody spouting off. they fear it really could be an issue. so he has gone into hiding and is wearing an ankle monitor. that is hooked up to gps so the sheriff's department can track his every movement. even if he leaves the area to go

visit his brother in virginia they will know where he is at all times. he has been given permission to leave the state. >> what is the martin family saying about his release today? >> reporter: they are extremely disappointed and did not support the whole idea of him getting bond. they say they understand the system which allows somebody to post a bond and get out because you haven't been convicted of a crime yet. in this particular case they're like well we don't think it is right but they are willing to accept this is the system working. you have to remember they started out at the very beginning feeling nobody was paying attention to them, that the system was failing them. then a special prosecutor was called in and there were charges. so they may be unhappy but they say they're very thankful things have moved to the point it has. >> so much criticism leveled against police and the chief.

what is next for that department? >> reporter: it is certainly a department in turmoil. the police chief is stepping down today. he had been in the position for ten months. and was really a well respected law enforcement officer long before as a member of the sheriff's department so it was not easy. some members of the city council are not happy that he is being they say forced to step down. they thought there was going to be an independent review and investigation before he was pushed into this situation. it was his department that initially investigated this. some people accused them of botching the investigation. they actually recommended to the state attorney's office that there should be charges. it was the state attorney's office that concluded based on florida's stand your ground law that no charges could be filed. then of course the governor appointed a special prosecutor and they decided there would be a second-degree murder charge. jim? >> nbc's kerry sanders in sanford, florida.

thank you. there are new developments in the secret service sex scandal. today the number of agents accused of soliciting prostitutes during the mission in colombia rose to 12. six people have lost their jobs and the chairman of the house homeland security committee is predicting that number is going to go up. the committee sent secret service director mark sullivan a list of 50 questions. it wants them answered. this is what it considers the most important. >> did any of those foreign nationals have access at any time to any information of any type that could have compromised the president of the united states. >> the committee wants to know if any white house staff members were involved. the white house says it has already been investigated. breaking news in prince george's county where police say the person responsible for the murder of act rhett livist lenn is connected to other murders. jackie bensen is live with new details. >> reporter: this information is chilling because the murders

just appear to be so random. all of them related to robbery. a 17-year-old kid walking home, a hard working cab driver doing his job. a community activist just trying to help people. police say they all had the awful luck of encountering 26 tyrone lewis and being robbed by him. police say the crimes go back to 2005 and in one case he had an accomplice a man named calvin walker. police say the startling information came to light during the investigation into the murder of alexandra community activist lenny harris whose body was found in a well in the oxon hill area many months after he was reported missing. >> our informationrom detectives talking with people involved in the lenny case which led to other people. they've been working since january and were able this morning to get the warrants. you know, with that information, we just don't go out, run out and act on it. we have to corroborate it and run it, you know, that little

bit of information leads to other information which becomes a big ball of information. we were able to corroborate it and obtain warrants. >> reporter: police are looking into the possibility whether the two are responsible for other crimes. reporting from palmer park, maryland, jackie bensen news 4. we're just getting started. what happened when singer jennifer hudson took the stand today in the trial of the man accused of killing her mother and brother? also tonight a new twist in the plan to bring slots to prince george's county. and new guidelines that could help migraine sufferers prevent the debilitating [ female announcer ] with xfinity,

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he is a former presidential candidate and vice presidential nominee. john edwards is facing decades in prison for alleged corruption and coverup. erika gonzalez has more on what happened today in court as that trial got under way. >> wendy, the stakes are high for edwards. as a matter of fact, a conviction could land him in prison for the next 30 years. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> reporter: john edwards walked into a greensboro, north carolina courtroom today with his daughter. edwards is accused of receiving almost a million dollars in illegal campaign contributions and using the money to hide and provide for his then pregnant

mistress rielle hunter. >> this particular section of the federal election law and the definition of a contribution has never been challenged in this way. >> reporter: the defense says the former senator never touched the money much less put it in a campaign fund but former aide to edwards andrew young is expected to testify that edwards himself set up the hush fund. edwards claims it was young that kept a lot of the money. >> i think a central theme in this case is going to be one admitted liar against another admitted liar. >> reporter: attorneys anticipate the trial lasting a month with edwards possibly taking the stand to defend himself. the big thing that is at stake here that is in question, the federal election commission regulations in the 2008 election cycle state that an individual could only donate $2300 to any candidate for a primary election and that presidential candidates were prohibited from accepting contributions over that amount. wendy, jim? >> all right. singer and actress jennifer hudson struggled to hold back

tears today when she testified at the trial of the man charged with killing three members of her family. she was the first witness to take the stand in the trial against william balfour accused of killing her mother, brother, and 7-year-old nephew in 2008. he is the ex-boyfriend of hudson's sister julia. prosecutors believe he opened fire on the family because he was jealous of julia's new boyfriend. while testifying today hudson's voice broke when she described how she felt when her sister said she was still going to marry him. julia also testified saying balfour was even jealous of her son. balfour has pleaded not guilty. as many as 40% of migraine sufferers could benefit from preventative treatments. according to the american academy of neurology. it released guidelines today suggesting migraine sufferers use prescription drugs to prevent migraines or reduce their severity. also some over-the-counter drugs

like aspirin, adville and an herb also prevent migraines. they say fewer than a third of patients are using the drugs and the patients should talk to the doctors about their options. doug's back with a suntan. we know you did not get it here yesterday. >> no, no. maybe i got it on saturday. 82 on saturday. and then yesterday all over. my goodness. right now we're struggling to have a wind chill of 39. >> yikes. >> how about that? what a difference a day makes. you think it's april, we've seen a very warm winter. spring is starting off incredibly warm. we're done right? not so fast. mother nature put it on the brakes a little bit and giving us a little more winter chill out there across the area today. take a look at this. a very dreary picture as you look outside right now and you've got plenty of clouds, showers moving on through. even some moderate rain at times coming through the area. 45 degrees is the current temperature. humidity at 81%. winds out of the west-northwest at 10 miles per hour and the winds gusting over 20 miles an

hour and that really makes for a very chilly afternoon. look at these temperatures. 43 in frederick. 43 in gaithersburg. 45 in manassas. these are closer to average low temperatures for this year. our average high today? 69 degrees. we are 20 degrees cooler than that for a high temperature today. simply amazing. look at the wind chill. 36 in frederick. 39 in washington. 39 in manassas and 37 degrees, a wind chill in the third week of april. incredibly cold atmosphere. that's why some areas are seeing some snow. back toward the west and even a few snowflakes in some of the grapple we've talked about mixed in in some of the area during the day. a lot of you have seen rain and not just rain but abundance of rain. st. mary's city at 2.25 inches. st. michaels in southern maryland 2.5 inches. for the belvoir with over 3 inches over the last 48 hours. we needed the rainfall. most of you say yeah the rain is great but bring it with warmer temperatures. rain and cold air?

doesn't make for a very nice day. storm 4 radar still showing the shower activity across the region. once again a few moderate showers are now associated with this band as it's making its way off toward the east. behind it, it is snow. back through western maryland we saw chuck bell a little earlier. some locations picking up over 6 inches of snow. in the laurel highlands here back toward pennsylvania, over 13 inches. one report of 18 inches of snow and once again even that area did not see a lot of snow at all for the winter. this might be the biggest snow in the entire winter for them and here we are in spring. cold air, making its way in on the back side of the storm system. the storm will move up to the north tomorrow. i still expect fairly chilly temperatures tomorrow. i also expect a peek or poke of sunshine and that should help temperatures to move back to the 60-degree mark tomorrow. on wednesday, a lot nicer. we'll see a lot more sunshine and very nice weather. high temperatures back to where they should be this time of year. high around 68 degrees. now tomorrow morning moistly cloudy, damp, breezy and cold.

34 to 40 with wind chills in the upper 20s in some locations. tomorrow afternoon mostly cloudy, breezy, and cool with more sunshine late. temperatures 57 to about 62 degrees. here's the next couple days showing we will get to 68 on wednesday. 72 on thursday. that's going to come with a pretty good chance of showers. maybe a thunderstorm on thursday. and then temperatures on friday still around 66 degrees. so if you look at the average high there we still have about the next 3 of 4 days below average after a week we saw above average temperatures last week. >> it sort of all balances out. >> it does. >> the earth is always shifting and changing. >> okay. thank you, doug. >> we feel better. coming up on news 4 at 5:00 tonight, up next, how your next trip to starbucks can help a need. >> liz crenshaw reports on four rules you need to know. it's going to help prevent those unwanted robocalls from disturbing your day. there is a member of the wizards whose passion growing up was something other than basketball. he got a chance to relive that

dream here in the district. plus, coming up at 6:00 if you're planning to book a vacation, now is the time to do it. tell you how to get the best bargain on spring travel deals. yes, it is still spring.

always nice to live out a childhood dream and there is a

wizards player doing just that. >> the dream wasn't actually playing in the nba. that's the amazing part of the story. another rough season for the wizards. kevin serafin is one of the bright spots. the french big man has quickly developed into a player who will be part of the wizards' future. it's his past though that is the most interesting. >> life as a professional basketball in the nba is a pretty good gig. for the wizards center kevin seraphin it wasn't even his first choice. >> he scores with a left hand. >> reporter: a native of french guyana on the northern coast of south america grew up chasing a different career path than the one he has found success in today. the leif of a firefighter. >> for me it's amazing. that's why i want to do it. i want to be a hero. >> it all started when kevin was a bystander to a horrible

accident. >> i was there and then i saw accidents. >> reporter: the experience left a lasting impression and he committed himself to enroll in his town's fire training. last week was a walk down memory lane. he spent the day with new recruits at the district fire training academy. while there he got a first-hand look as the next crop of firefighters prepare for the job he thought he had. oh, how things turned out different. >> to do what they do. >> on the hardwood he's known for his ability to drive the lane and finish strong at the hoop on this day. serafin did a little different type of driving. i think it's fair to say the big man could use a little practice. >> hey, for real. >> reporter: proof by his off road experience in the fire engine simulator. in the end it was all for fun.

>> that was cool. because i used to do the same thing. >> reporter: on this day he even took the time to share a couple words of wisdom. >> so i just tell them to keep going. >> reporter: as for drawing any similarities between battling in the paint and fighting fires -- >> no, except you have to be athletic. but now, no. that's different. >> the firefighter. he's been putting out fires this year. only has 19 career starts for the wizards. still very raw. this month serafin is averaging 16 points and seven rebounds per game. serafin and the wizards trying to extend the longest winning streak of the season to four tonight. they host the bob cats. i think they'll probably do it considering the bob cats, michael jordan's team, has lost

20 straight games. >> that's sad. >> he never needs a ladder. he is towering over everybody. >> he is. he is kind of an under sized center for the nba, really tough. an easy guy to root for. >> thanks. >> thank you, dan. when we come back on news 4 at 5:00 tonight we'll have an update on our spring snowstorm. >> there is a new twist in the plan to place a high end casino in prince george's county at a new location now on the table. >> and a strain on social security leads to a new prediction

a rather miserable day across the area today. high temperatures so far 49 degrees. that is only the third time we have been below 50 degrees for a high temperature in the last six years. so if you thought this was a very cold day, you are definitely right. a lot of you on my facebook and twitter pages today saying hey if it's going to be this cold at least it should snow. chuck bell thought the same thing. and right now he's up there in the snow. what's going on, chuck? >> you are correct, sir. if it's going to be snowing and cold in april i want to be in it. there is no doubt about that. it's not going to be a blizzard by any standards up here but it is a solid 4 to 6 inches across most of garrett county. it was all elevation dependent. on our way up here the snow started up about 1500 feet. we're at about 2800 feet now. that was really the cut off and what we were talking about all along. as you came up the hill there

are almost no leaves at all out on the trees around here. i was really surprised by that because as you know all of us that live in and around metro washington it looks like the middle of summer already. if you need to see some winter drive up the hill, doug. >> a very good point you mention that. you and i talked about this earlier. parts of pennsylvania, parts of new york are seeing snow or rather snow on those leaves. leaf covered trees and heavy snow, they'll see a ton of power outages. fortunately it does not look like a problem in western portions of maryland. we'll get back to chuck by 6:00. outside right now storm 4 radar showing shower activity across the area. you can still see the snow back toward garrett county in through portions of western maryland but again it's mostly a rain event for us and mostly just a very cold and rather windy day out there. wind chills right now in the 30s. but as you know, it is the end of april so we are going to see a warmup coming up soon. i'll have that for you once again coming up in a few minutes. >> thanks, doug. a warning from metro

tonight. one of the bus operators diagnosed with viral meningitis. metro says the employee's recent shift was friday morning. metro says the driver worked the route 52 and route 54 buses between 7:00 a.m. and 10:20 in the morning. the routes go between 14th street northwest and la font plaza. the buses involved removed from service. metro says it will disinfect all 164 buses in the northern division later tonight. according to the cdc viral meningitis generally is less severe than the other types of meningitis. the symptoms can last 7 to 10 days. usually goes away on its own without any additional treatment. the u.s. marine accused of stabbing another marine to death on busy 8th street is expected to be in court this afternoon. it happened this weekend in the busy barracks row area of capitol hill. derrick ward is at the courthouse now with the latest. >> reporter: well, he has just appeared now. he entered a plea of not guilty. he has been ordered held without

bond on the second-degree while armed charge. second-degree murder while armed charge. based on the incident that happened on barracks row over the weekend. we are learning more about the background of private first class michael pof, the accused. according to information in court today, he was in the process of being separated from the marine corps. in other words, according to the prosecutor the marine corps was looking for a way to do a less than honorable separation. among the allegations they say are that he used the synthetic marijuana drug spice and also had problems with other marines. we are also hearing that according to him the victim may have followed him for some point before this and he is going to seek a self-defense claim. the other things we are hearing though also is that he was heard to say, this is private first class pof, was heard to say i'm going to stab somebody tonight. i'm going to cut their lungs out. up to a half hour before this

incident occurred between he and the other marine. now we'll have more details on this as they become available. we've spoken to the attorney in this case. one of the attorneys in this case. and we'll be able to bring you more of that coming up on news 4 at 6:00. again, a not guilty plea. the marine private first class michael poth being held without bond until a hearing on may 15th. live at d.c. superior court, derrick ward, news 4. leaders in prince george's county tonight are hoping the governor will call for a special session that will revive plans for a county casino. one local developer hopes his little known casino plan for the boulevard at capital center in largo will gain some traction with this. news 4's darcy spencer has the latest. >> reporter: you may have heard of national harbor or even rosecroft raceway as possible sites for a casino in prince george's county. but chances are you haven't heard about the so-called third option, casino largo. it would be built at the boulevard at the cap center in

largo. >> a lot of people haven't heard about that. why not? >> well, that is a great question. we certainly tried hard. we've been active throughout the session, the regular session, to communicate our location. >> reporter: charles hopkins, who grew up in suitland and is a local minority business owner, is proposing a casino with 4750 slot machines and 117 table games. the casino would have 5,000 parking spaces on top of the building. he says the project is shovel ready and could be up and running quickly. >> we could say from a development and build perspective at least two years versus the other locations. not to mention countless millions in infrastructure costs. >> reporter: the developer says the largo location would be ideal. it's very close to metro and has easy access to the beltway. but the question of whether the county will even get a casino is still undecided. the governor will meet with a house speaker and senate president tomorrow to discuss a special session. gaming could be part of the

talks. >> the gaming issue is about $69 million coming to prince george's county a year and millions of dollars going to the state. >> reporter: county executive rashan baker has endorsed national harbor as the site for any new casino and says it is more of a destination than the largo location. >> we think it's the best site there is in order to maximize the revenues coming into the county and to the state. >> reporter: darcy spencer, news 4. that meeting will take place tomorrow in annapolis. some unwelcomed news today about the social security program. there is a new report that shows the trust funds supporting social security will run out of money three years earlier than previously thought. the funds will run dry in 2033 according to a report issued by the trustees overseeing massive retirement and disability program. the report says high energy prices, the economy's slow rebound have weakened social security. medicare's hospital insurance fund also projected to run out of money in 2024. if both programs go dry, the

nation's two biggest benefit programs would collect only enough money in payroll taxes to pay partial benefits. coming up next on news 4 at 5:00 tonight how you can help out a cause during your next stop at starbucks. it is a one of a kind sighting for a group of scientists whale watch

a group of scientists in the north pacific say they found a very rare killer whale. he's been nick named iceberg. take a look. he is only the third all white orca whale found in the wild since 1970. experts believe iceberg is about 15 or 16 years old. the scientists say they saw the whale twice during expeditions off the coast during august of 2010. they didn't see him last year but are hoping to stumble upon him again this summer. well, starbucks is paying it forward. the starbucks foundation has $4 million to donate and spread across 124 nonprofits and the starbucks customers will vote on who gets what. all you have to do is vote on to vote give grow.com and use your starbucks card to cast your ballot. the votes will be tallied at the end of the month. when we come right back former baseball star roger clemens scores a legal victory

as his perjury trial gets under way here in d.c. i'm liz crenshaw. >> this is stacy at account holder services. calling in reference to your current credit card account. >> reporter: tired of annoying, unwanted robocalls? the four robo call rules you should know. should ki'm more of an absentee plant parent.

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when the phone rings and it's a machine on the other end, many consumers get annoyed and simply hang up. >> liz crenshaw says so-called robocalls are not just annoying. in a lot of cases they are illegal. >> wendy and jim, both the federal trade commission and the federal communications commission regulate how telemarketers can use robocalls to reach you. the ftc has had rules in place to make most robocalls to your phone illegal. the fec which has jurisdiction over banks, airlines, phone companies, has approved similar rules. the bottom line? almost every robo call to your phone will be illegal unless you give your consent. >> hello. this is stacy at account holder services. >> reporter: robocalls like this one interrupt consumers every day. just ask celeste ryan of takoma park, maryland.

>> press the number one on your phone now. >> all hours of the day and i mean it can start from like 8:00 or 9:00 a.m. >> it is urgent thaw contact us. >> it will go until 7:00 or 8:00. >> she says she would get up to five robocalls a day while home on maternity leave and all of the calls promise to help her reduce her credit card debt. >> calling in reference to your current credit card account. >> my husband and i do not have credit card debt. and it's just invading our privacy and i just feel like my rights are being violated especially when i don't qualify for the offer. >> reporter: federal rules are meant to prohibit unwanted robocalls and with the new combined effort by the fcc and the ftc, consumers should stop getting unwanted calls. >> the rules are meant to empower consumers to control the calls that come to their home phones and to their wireless phones. >> reporter: there are four robo call rules you should know. first, telemarketers must get written consent or electronic consent before placing a robo

call to either your home or your cell phone. >> the company should not be tricking the consumer. there should be a clear disclosure about the kinds of calls that the company is proposing to send to the consumer. >> it is urgent that you contact us. >> this is your automatic call back service. >> reporter: two so-called business relationships have been eliminated. previously telemarketers could robo call you if you made a purchase or requested more information from a company. >> now we're moving toward consumers actually having to give real consent so that they're not surprised by calls that come to them simply because they've made a purchase or an inquiry. >> reporter: third, telemarketers are required to provide an automated, interactive, opt out option during each robo call. and, fourth, the new rules eliminate the number of aba abandoned or dead air calls telemarketers make. if you receive an unwanted call the feds want you to complain. for each violation the

telemarketer makes, they face up to a $16,500 fine. >> it can add up very quickly if they have called a number of consumers who don't want to be called who complain to us. >> your automatic call back service. >> when you start getting calls five times a day you feel like you're being harassed. >> thank you and have a great day. >> okay. so if you're receiving unwanted robocalls you should report them both to the fcc and the ftc. you can find those phone numbers and websites on our website. head to nbc washington.com and simply search robocalls. so it should get better but we do have to complain if you don't want them you must complain. >> those fines aren't just a slap on the wrist. >> no. if enough people say these guys called me and i told them not to i never gave my consent $16,500 times all those phone calls it may stop. >> that's great. >> thank you, liz. let's get the latest on our cold, wintry forecast. doug? >> you looked outside and you say what a beautiful -- maybe

not. plenty of clouds. rain continues to come on through in parts of the region yes. very, very chilly. right now a temperature of 45 degrees but any time you see one of those more moderate rain showers come through and there are a few of them out there, the temperatures do drop. winds right now out of the west northwest at 10 miles an hour so the wind chill right now for most of you is in the 30s. reston, last hour was 41 degrees with the shower. now up to 43. 43 in leesburg. some areas did report a little bit of snow mixing in with the rain. i saw a report out of leesburg. one right outside of reston around chantilly and another through prince george's county. so very interesting to see this rain moving through a little bit of bringing in some of the colder air so some of the snow was able to translate to the surface. 42 right now in rockville. 46 in college park. 45 in hunting town. a very cold evening. that's the way it's going to be. if you're going out and about this evening you know you'll have two things. the jacket if not the coat. and the umbrella.

you can see the showers making their way through. this was the band right here that did have a little bit in the way of some frozen precipitation but it is now moving off. most everything else is on the lighter side. around chantilly, just south of the airport around dulles and over toward manassas is where we're seeing one band. another one here around poolesville just on the opposite side of potomac river here in through gaithersburg just south of gaithersburg and a few more showers over toward portions of southern maryland. temperatures overnight tonight, going to be cold. 40 in washington. 35 in frederick. 34 in martinsburg. 33 in manassas. in some of the higher elevations you may get around the freezing mark. watch out for slick roadways overnight. once again you don't expect to see that during the third week of april. tomorrow a little better. 59 in gaithersburg, manassas. 61 in washington. that will be late in the day though and at least through around noon, 1:00 it is going to be a fairly chilly day. make sure you wear your jacket tomorrow. wednesday we rebound to near 70 degrees. over 70 on thursday.

that will come with a chance of some shower activity, friday looking at a high temperature of 66 degrees. there's your next couple days showing a chance of showers and maybe a thunderstorm coming up for the weekend. at least we're at 70 or better. >> thanks, doug. the jury was chosen today in the retrial of baseball's roger clemens who is accused of perjury. the government is trying to prove the former superstar pitcher lied to congress about using steroids. the first witnesses are expected to testify starting tomorrow. clemens scored a bit of a legal victory today when the judge said prosecutors cannot ask a former teammate where he got his steroids. prosecutors were hoping to tie clemens to that same supplier. the case ended last year you'll recall in a mistrial. the husband of a falls church council member is accused of molesting girls at his daughter's slumber parties. michael gardner went on trial today. julie carey is live at the arlington county courthouse where jury selection just got under way. >> reporter: well, it looks like the jury selection is going to stretch into a second day.

because this is a well known defendant and because of the nature of the charges attorneys are taking great pains to find impartial jurors but it hasn't been easy. so far a number of jurors, most of them parents of young girls, have been disqualified or dismissed rather because they say they simply can't fairly judge guilt or innocence when the main evidence comes from 10 and 11-year-old girls. michael gardner's wife falls church city council woman and former mayor robin gardner was at his side as the child sexual abuse case against him began. gardner is well known as a falls church political and civic activist. the community was rocked last june when he was charged with sexually molesting three of his daughter's young friends. as jury selection began attorneys recounted the accusations that gardner allegedly first inappropriately touched a 9-year-old girl the night of june 16th when she slept over with his daughter at the gardners' home. the next night seven girls came

to a sleepover there. two girls say in the early morning hours gardner zipped open their sleeping bags and inappropriately touched them. on the tenth floor of the arlington county courthouse potential jurors were questioned about whether they could be impartial in the case. asked the prosecutor, does everyone agree with me that a house can look perfectly lovely outside and the family can look perfectly nice but sometimes you never know what's going on behind those doors? gardner is represented by prominent defense attorneys peter greenspun and jonathan shapiro who asked jurors this question. does anyone reject the notion that a child can make up something like that or be mistaken? they suggested in arguments outside the potential jurors' presence that it was so dark in gardner's basement the girls couldn't possibly have seen an alleged abuser. they've asked the judge to allow the entire jury to tour the gardners' home at night so they could see conditions for themselves. the judge told them he'd rule at a later date. prosecutors plan to bring the three girls to the stand to

testify. they're also expected to present evidence showing a high probability that gardners' dna was found on the clothing of the two girls at the sleepover. this trial is expected to last all week and the alleged victims are not the only children on the witness list. i'll tell you more about that on news 4 at 6:00. for now reporting live from arlington, virginia, julie carey, news 4. just ahead tonight at 5:00 the search for a 6-year-old who disappeared from her arizona home takes an unexpected turn. coming up at 6:00 the sex scandal involving members of the secret service is getting bigger. now some want to know if white house staffers were involved in the prostitution scheme. also, prince harry is coming to america and is going to visit d.c. details about the royal

see. now to the desperate search tonight for a missing 6-year-old girl in tucson, arizona, who vanished over the weekend. >> today police said they found suspicious circumstances at a possible entry point at the girl's home. as miguel almaguer reports it is raising fears she was abducted. >> we love you and we will find you and we won't give up. >> reporter: at a candlelight vigil for missing 6-year-old

isabelle solis prayers, hope, and tears sunday night as police struggled to find any leads. >> isabel is a blessing we need to give back to the family. she is missed dearly. please help us. >> reporter: investigators say the first grader known as isa was last seen by her parents friday night when they tucked her into bed at 11:00 p.m. by 8:00 a.m. saturday her father realized she was gone and called 911. last night police spoke for the first time about possible clues. >> we have a location where we think there could be a possible location of entry. >> reporter: within hours authorities scoured and sealed off isa's neighborhood. local police, the fbi, and u.s. marshals combed a 2 1/2 mile radius canvasing nearby neighborhoods, businesses, and tucson's desert. police are calling the case a suspicious disappearance, a possible abduction. detectives say isa's parents are cooperating. family friends say the doting mother and father were high

school sweethearts and have two other young children. isa's parents were questioned separately by police for hours. police say they won't rule anything out. >> we are expending every resource that we can to try and bring this investigation to a successful conclusion. >> reporter: a desperate search for a little girl who vanished from her bedroom. that was miguel almaguer reporting. now at 6:00, wild weather dumping snow along the east coast. off the top tonight a rare spring storm blankets parts of the east coast. some areas could get more than a foot of snow before it's over. a mother of six beaten, robbed, sexually assaulted, and tonight a new twist nearly 30 years after she was murdered. but first, sex, lies, and politics. john edwards on trial accused of using campaign money to cover up an affair with his pregnant mistress. >> good evening. i'm jim vance. >> i'm doreen gentzler. four years ago john edwards was one of n