good morning. welcome to "news4 midday." i'm barbara harrison. it is monday, may 7, 2012. we begin with breaking news from the d.c. courthouse. we are told a jury reached a verdict in the south capitol street murders. it has not been announced yet. five men are on trial for the shooting that killed five people. nine others were hurt. the attacks happened in march of 2010. prosecutors say the rampage initially started over a fake diamond bracelet had a was stolen. more than 100 witnesses testified during the trial. and lawyers presented more than

1,000 pieces of evidence. jurors have been deliberating since april 19. again the verdict is in. but it has not been announced. we will bring it to you as soon as we learn it. a 10-year-old girl is recovering from morning after getting grazed bay bullet. it happened at the intersection of new york avenue and fenwick street in northeast d.c. she was driven to -- or by the police to the police station on 42nd street. tracee wilkins has details for us now. >> reporter: d.c. police have providedome updates in this investigation. first of all, they say that the 10-year-old victim was actually grazed by the bullet during the shooting and not shot. she's expected to make a full recovery. meantime, police are still trying to figure out exactly what led to the shooting in the first place. just after 3:30 this morning, d.c. police say that an adult woman pulled up to the sixth district police station and carrying a 10-year-old girl who had been injured in some sort of a drive-by shooting.

she drove her pickup truck nearly three miles from the scene of the actual shooting. d.c. police say that the shooting started here at new york avenue and fenwick. now according to the adult woman who was in the pickup truck another vehicle pulled up next to her truck. this was a white vehicle. we don't know if it was a truck or car. she told police there were three women and one man inside of that vehicle. and that that's where the shots came from. striking her truck. she then drove across town to the 6th district police station. why the woman drove to the 6th district police station at 42nd and benning road will be part of the investigation. since the 5th district police station was closer. also howard university hospital is just down the road. we counted at least two bullet holes on the side of the truck. it also had a flat tire. a d.c. police say they believe that the adult female who was driving the pickup truck and the 10-year-old victim may be related because they both have the same last name. they are not saying exactly how

they are related. the investigation is continuing. in northeast, i'm tracee wilkins, news4. happening today, a member of british royalty is headed across the pond. prince harry will be here in d.c. for a special honor. news4's megan mcgrath has more now from the ritz-carlton downtown. >> reporter: it is a cause that's near to his heart. since serving in afghanistan in 2007, prince harry has been actively involved in charities that help wounded soldiers. tonight he's being honored for his work and will receive the atlantic council's award for distinguished humanitarian leadership. >> needs attention and who better to give it to him, high profile. >> i think it is wonderful. i think he's done great things and i remember diana well. i think that he's doing a wonderful job. >> reporter: but first, prince harry will meet with wounded soldiers at a reception at that time british am a ambassador's residence this afternoon. he will visit with service men

and women from the uk who just participated in the paraolympics sporting event warrior games in colorado. then it is off to the ritz-carlton to receive his award. women who work in the area say that it is exciting, prospect of seeing the dashing young prince. >> i would love to meet him. yeah. young, handsome devil like that, you bet. i would love to meet him. the fact he is here for such a cause is wonderful. >> i would love to bump into the prince. yes, i would. i love him. that's great. i didn't know he was going to be this close. we may have to work late tonight. >> well, he will be here soon. turning to the weather and gray skies we have out there this morning, storm 4 meteorologist tom kierein joins us with the first forecast. it is going to be nice and sunny the for the prince today? >> i don't think so. he will feel right at home. it is more like a london sky. >> that's true. >> than washington. we have the low clouds that are with us and as you saw there in that live picture, they are hanging low over the metro area. over the last six hours, you

look here at the view from space, you can see there are breaks in the clouds, parts of calvert county, sun there and sun on the eastern shore. also some sun breaking out just to our south and southwest. little bit of sun trying to break out in southern montgomery county, loudoun, prince william, stafford, spotsylvania. over the district now, we have quite a bit of cloudiness and it is going to stay mostly cloudy throughout much of the region as we get into the afternoon. temperatures right now under those clouds, 64 now at reagan national. low and mid 60s suburbs and rural areas across virginia and maryland. although they had a lot more sun out in west virginia, mountains. look at petersburg, 77 there. cumberland, 68. nice and sunny in western maryland. under the low clouds, we are going to hold steady in the 60s to just into the low 70s by late they are afternoon. and we will have a south-southeasterly wind at around 5 to 10 miles an hour. we will look at our seasonable pattern here for the rest of the week. that will be coming up, 7-day outlook in a few minutes.

>> 14 people, including 12 kids, have been taken to the hospital after a school bus collided with a van in prince george's county. it happened around 8:15 this morning on indian head high way and ft. washington. this is a picture of the van. there it is. shortly after the accident. we are looking at the bus and the van there. the driver is hospitalized, in critical condition, we understand. 12 students and the bus driver were taken to the hospital with only minor injuries. this accident closed indian head highway for two hours today. we will check in with danella sealock now to see how things are moving there now. >> right now the accident has been moved to the right shoulder lane. travel lanes are open as you head northbound on indian head highway. i can tell thaw it is a slow trip. right around ft. washington road, that's where the delays start and they continue as you make your way past palmer road. other things to look out for in our area, traveling 66, road work taking away your left lane. this is 66 at gallows. travel pete not bad. driving at 59 miles per hour.

i'm back with a look at the 14th street bridge. we still see road work here. for now back over to you. >> great. we will see new a few minutes. this morning, prince george's county police are still looking for a hit-and-run driver that killed a man. 28-year-old samuel diaz was crossing university boulevard on saturday night when he was hit. police say the driver of a silver suv didn't stop after hitting diaz in front of adelphi plaza. pedestrians say there are not a lot of cross walks around the area. police started a street smart campaign to warn and ticket reckless drivers and jaywalkers. d.c. police are searching for the person who shot a woman in northeast washington. the shooting happened along fitch place just before 10:00 last night. we are told a woman was shot in the stomach. she was taken to the hospital in kritcle condition. so par no arrests have been made in this case. new from overnight, an early and unexpected wakeup call for residents of one prince george's

county apartment. a car plow flood the building on good luck road near kenilworth avenue just before 4:00 this morning. police say the driver lost control of the car and jumped the curb and drove right into the building. no one was hurt, though. police are not saying whether the driver will face charges. residents of the southeast washington apartment also got an early wakeup. a fire tore through the building on 53rd street near east capitol street. one person had to be treat order the scene for injuries. fire fighters are still pigging out what caused the fire. 11:08. coming up, new evidence a rockville man kidnapped by al qaeda last summer is still live. we will hear from the woman from the center of the secret service sex scandal. she is talking for the first time on u.s. television. world markets react badly to the results of elections in europe. we are going to show you. will u.s. markets follow? also, stay with us for the announcement of a verdict in the south capitol street mass shooting case. five people were killed in the shooting in d.c.

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pakistan. nbc news cannot confirm when and where this video was made. in the video weinstein pleads with president obama to agree to al qaeda's demands. he claims he will be killed otherwise. al qaeda said without it release weinstein if the u.s. stopped air strikes in afghanistan, pakistan, somalia and yemen. it also wants al qaeda and taliban us is pegs around the world preede. weinstein works for je austin associates with advises pakistani businesses and government organizations. legal experts say a trial against five men accused in the september 11 attacks could droog for years. the defendants, including khalid sheikh mohammed, the self-proclaimed mastermind of the september 11 attacks. the group disrupted saturday's hearing. they knelt in prayer, ignored the judge, and wouldn't listen to arabic translations and instructions. at one point the defendants asked that all their charges be

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the prosecutors claim he used the money to hide his affair with rielle hunter. edwards den use knowing of the coverup and pled not guilty to that. charge. he faces 30 years in prison if he's convicted. new today. a change of leadership in russia. vladimir beautin was sworn in as the country's new president. the 59-year-old has ruled russia since 2000. first he served as president. then as prime minister for the last four years. and he's now president again for the next six years. and he has the option of running for a fourth term. putin pledged to dedicate his term to democracy. despite the security several thousand demonstrators tried to protest along putin's motorcade roof from moscow. many were detained. president obama says he's looking forward to working with the new french president, fran saw hollande, socialist beat sarkozy after a bitter campaign. hollande ran against sarkozy's

economic policies. hmo and favo-- hollande renew a approach. hammered stock markets today. the main exchange in athens is down a massive 8%. key indexes are the stock market in paris and frankfurt and they also dropped by more than 1%. asian stocks plummeted to three-month low. stocks here in the u.s. are also opening the dawe lower. we are going to get the latest from cnbc later in our newscast. race for the white house will really heat up this week. the white house says it had start running ads extensively this week. touting the president's accomplishments during his first term. this comes as a couple of days after he officially launched his re-election campaign with ral niece richmond and ohio. his likely opponent in november, mitt romney will hold a town hall meeting today in the cleveland area.

today on capitol hill, student loans are a priority as congress heads back in session. a democratic plan in the senate would keep interest rates on subsidized loans from doubling july 1. $6 billion needed to do that would come from social security and medicare you payroll taxes from high earnings owners. republicans have their own bill. it would freeze interest rates for a year but money would come from eliminating preventative health program instead. let's talk about the weather. on the chilly side. overcast. not so bad out there today. >> it is good for outdoor exercise. and recreation. some low clouds are coming over the region right now. and it is refreshing. we have a southeasterly flow and you can see those clouds at the low levels. cruising over washington now. lowest clouds are up there at about 1,200 to 1,500 feet. above that, we have quite a bit of cloudiness. there are a few breaks in the clouds south and east of washington. on the right is reagan national airport where the temperature now sunday the clouds is at 64.

humidity up there a little bit. winds are out of the south there off of the potomac at 5 to 10 miles an hour. now as we take a look at one of our viewer photos, this was sent in by jim messinger. peonies in his yard are popping out. if you have an interesting weather or nature photo send it to weather@nbcwashington.com. there is a lot of sun out in the mountains. all the area in yell so well into the 70s here. across kentucky, west virginia, southern ohio, western pennsylvania. closer to washington, though, under the clouds, all thesers in a green. it is in the 60s throughout most of virginia and eastern shore was in the 40s this morning. under a clear sky there. few clouds developed there and with that wind coming off of the atlantic, it is a cool flow for them. aloft the upper level flow is come out of the norths and west. there are a few showers up here in pennsylvania. we had a few sprintlecles passing north of washington this morning. latest satellite image is showing nice breaks in the clouds.

here is a closer view of that. some sunshine now in the northern neck of virginia. and calvert county, parts of the eastern shore. there is the cloud cover over northern virginia, district, few thin spots out here in loudoun county. and right along the blue ridge, they have sunshine breaking out but levels below 3,000 feet are pretty much socked in with clouds right now. fredericksburg has sunshine. as we go forward, over the next 48 hours. that leaves clouds in and out and a few peeks of sun off and on into the afternoon. overall quite cloudy pattern. into tonight, remaining cloudy. then during the day tuesday, here comes showers in the area and breen and yellow. these are zones of potential showers moving in. maybe thunder and lightning and later in the afternoon, might get some strong storms. that would be late tomorrow afternoon and into early tomorrow evening. potential for severe weather. for the rest of the afternoon expect mostly cloudy sky. temperatures only peaking in the low 70s around. of the region. warmer out west where they had a lot of sun this morning. southeasterly flow will keep it

cool and comfortable. overnight tonight, too, lot of clouds around. rather cool. down to the low 60s by midnight. and then by dawn tomorrow, 50s much of the region and clouds around tuesday. temperatures reaching the low to mid 70s during the afternoon. pretty good chance of late afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms. earlier in the day, though, mountains, again, isolated storms tomorrow might produce damaging winds and hail. as we get into wednesday, maybe some more showers and thunder. that may linger into thursday morning. and then we ought to dry out thursday afternoon and sun coming back and looks like a beautiful day friday. although chilly start and in the 40s friday morning. friday afternoon, 60s to just near 70. over the weekend, heading to the mid 70suring the afternoon, saturday and sunday. and some sunshine. looks like a nice weekend coming up. >> great. that would be nice. thanks, tom. out to the roads we go. danella you said there are problems on the 14th street

bridge. >> definitely. first i-want to show you delays on the metro. if you are traveling on the orange or blue line metro has scheduled track work. you are seeing delays on both lines in both directions. over to 395. this is where the road work is blocking right lane here but luckily your volume is very light on 395 as you make your way northbound across the 14th street bridge. but if this is yostick to the lt and you will be okay. travel need, 4 miles per hour. you are under speed now. looking at 15 minutes to get from the beltway to the 14th street bridge. >> thank you, danella. breaking news from the d.c. courthouse. a jury reached a verdict in the south capitol street murders. this decision comes after more than three weeks of deliberations. let's check in now with megan mcgrath. live at that time courthouse with more. >> reporter: we are still waiting for that verdict to come down here. we received word that the jury has made a decision. we are all in place here at the courthouse. waiting for that verdict to be announced in the courtroom. judge t judge denied a request

for a mistrial earlier in these deliberations. after a juror said she felt pressured to change her views. the judge told the jury to go back and resume deliberations and now it looks like we do indeed have a verdict in this case. this is one of the deadliest shootings in the city as history. five men, orlando carter, carter, jeffrey best, robert bost, lamar williams, are on trial, were on trial for multiple counts of first-degree murder, conspiracy, and gun charges. now, this all began in march of 2010. five people died in three separate shootings on multiple days. violence sparked over a missing piece of cheap costume jewelry. now the trial began eight weeks ago. we had three weeks of deliberations. certainly a long and complicated trial. one that's being followed very closely. given just the severity of this crime and how many people died. again, we are learning that a verdict has been handed down. we are here at the courthouse.

as soon as that verdict is learned, as soon as it is read in the open courtroom, we will bring it to you. reporting live from the courthouse, megan mcgrath, news4. >> thank you, megan. we will get back to you as soon as you have? information for us. still ahead on "news4 midday,"s who prize money is it? the person who threw away the winning lottery ticket tore person who found it? what a judge decided. bold fashion choices heading into summer. we will tell you about the right way to mix prints. here is a look at what's hot on nbcwashington.com.

♪ the final showdown on nbc "the voice." tonight kicks off the first part of the two-day season finale. four remaining contestants will sing solo and then duet with their respective coaches. you can watch part of the season finale tonight starting at 9:00 right here on news4. and our own angie goff is in los angeles. look for her live reports tonight and tomorrow on "news4 at 11:00. ." one woman's trash was another woman's treasure. a lawsuit in arkansas is headed

into an appeal over a million dollar lottery ticket. the prize that went with it. one woman found the winning scratchoff ticket in her trash or in somebody's trash. a judge awarded the money to the woman who bought the ticket and threw it away. the woman who found the ticket already spent part of the earnings and has no idea how she will pay back the money. >> you have already spent $190,000 of the $680,000. >> yes. >> so what would it mean to you to have to try to find a way to pay that back? by the way, i understand up weren't working at the time. >> no. >> you redeemed the ticket. your husband since lost his job. >> yes. he has been unemployed now for nearly a year. >> so is there any way in the world you could figure out how to pay that money back? >> no. there's no way i could figure it out right now but i would have to, i guess. >> the woman who found the ticket believes she will win the appeal the other woman declined to discuss the case at this

point. 11:26 is our time. the woman at the center of that secret service sex scandal is talking for the first time on u.s. television. what really happened that night. another first for aviation in our area. the new plane flying over us today. gray skies out there this morning. but will the clouds here? tom will be back with an update. [ male announcer ] are you paying more and more for cable and enjoying it less and less? stop paying for second best. upgrade to verizon fios tv, internet and phone for just $89.99 a month guaranteed for two years with a two-year agreement. act now and we'll add a special bonus: $250 back. but hurry, this offer ends june 2nd. unlike cable, fios is a 100% fiber-optic network

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right now on "news4 midday" we are polling breaking news from d.c.'s superior court. we are told a jury did reach a verdict in the south capitol street murders but has not been announced. five men are on trial for the shooting that killed five people. nine others were hurt. the attacks happened in march of 2010. we will bring you that verdict just as soon as it is announced. right now d.c. police are investigating a shooting involved in a 10-year-old girl. the girl was grazed in the leg

while in the car at the intersection of new york avenue. fenwick street northeast. she was then taken to the police station on 42nd street. she aeks expected to make a full recovery. britain's prince harry will be in d.c. today. he is accepting an award for his charitable activities on behalf of wounded servicemen. harry will attend an awards dinner at the ritz-carlton hotel tonight. he will also visit wounded veterans at that time british ambassador's residence today. the prostitute at the center of the secret sex scandal is talking it. suarez told the agency stupid brutes. nine of them have been nird from the agency. melissa mollet is here with more on what suarez is saying about her encounter with the men. >> reporter: the 24-year-old single mother says she thinks the agents' partying in colombia last month put the president's security at risk. she appeared on the "today" show this morning describing the

night she met the men. did any of them say they had done this before? >> translator: no. but the way they approached us it seems obvious they were used to doing it. people that do this for the first time are very shy. >> reporter: were they shy about asking for sex? were they have direct about it? >> translator: very direct. i would say too direct. rip suarez says the three men that propositioned her and her friends were, quote, drinking vodka like it was water. but were still coherent. she said she made it clear a night with her would cost $800. at the end of evening the agent she was with fell asleep. she tells nbc news she could have gone through her stolen -- gone sxlu stolen everything in the agent's room. next morning when she wanted to leave he got very angry. he gave her $50 and ordered her out and closed the door. what do you think of these guys? you laugh. why do you laugh so much? >> translator: they seem like

completely stupid, idiots. i don't know how obama had them for a security force. what dumb men. >> she says other skagts got $250 for her and investigators have not yet spoken to suarez because she left the country. the agents she says she was with that night has now resigned. suarez says she will never work as a prostitute again but has been contact bad major american publicing house interested in book deal. she says that's something she is considering. >> thank you for that report. another top white house official now says he supports same-sex marriage. education secretary arne duncan says he supports the union putting him at odds with president obama. this comes just a day after vice president joe biden came out in support of gay marriage on "meet the press." >> i am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men and women marrying women and heterosexual men and women are

entitled to the same exact rights. >> president obama does not publicly support gay marriage but says that his position is evolving. the white house says the vice president joe biden's comments on "meet the press" were not an endorsement for same-sex marriage. the vice president commented on the sentiment americans are increasingly showing support for gay marriage. a first today. reagan national. boeing's new 787 dream liner is in washington for the first time. the new state of the art plane landed earlier in morning at dulles before heading to reagan. transportation secretary ray lahood is at the airport important the big event. boeing calls the dream liner the future of air travel. it has several amenities for passengers, including bigger windows and it is more fuel efficient, too. a preservation group says secretary's birth place is among the most endangered historic sites in virginia.

the racehorse was born at meadow farm. the farm is one of 11 properties that made preservation virginia's annual list of endangered sites. meadow farm is the former home of the state fair. it is up for auction this month. among the other entries, historic overlook over the james river in richmond, train depot in franklin county, and the rural landscape of pennsylvania county, virginia. we are going to check in with tom kierein now to find out about our weather forecast and when we may see some sun. >> it has been a cloudy and cool morning throughout most of the region. we had a little sunshine breaking out. temperatures around the reege region are in the 60s. montgomery i will have arnlgsvi prince william county. and as we look at other temperatures, reagan national is at 64. eastern shore is -- what a warmup. they warmed up 20-something degrees since this morning's 40s. now it is into the 60s.

quite a bit sunshine. sun in northern maryland 37 fredericksburg up to 68. petersburg in west virginia, a lot of sun there. southwesterly wind. and it is already near 80 degrees there now. locally, though, under the cloud covers the still generally into the 60s. but where you see darker areas, that's where we got the sun. there's sun now in southern maryland, northern neck. fredericksburg, prince william county. few thin spots in loudoun county and in the highlands of west virginia. lot of sun there. around the metro area are reaching the low 70s this afternoon. mostly cloudy and then showers and thundershowers tomorrow. during the late afternoon and evening hours, the timing on that now, there is a possibility of an isolated severe storm tomorrow. then on wednesday, some showers and thunder coming through. lingering showers thursday morning. drying out after that as we get into the weekend. looks like a nice pattern for the weekend plans. saturday and sunday may make it into the mid 70s. >> okay. thank you, tom. look again at the traffic. we had earlier problems.

how is it looking now? >> road work 395 crossing 14th street bridge and i-66 eastbound as you make your way to the beltway. over to the beltway, crossing the american legion bridge, no i shall news this area. outer loop and inner loop clear. looping around into virginia, there you are going to see some road work. just past braddock, blocking the right lane here. excuse me, left lane. stick to the right. you will be fine. traveling on the outer loop. inner loop, you are clear as well. >> thank you. today in montgomery county the legal process is beginning in two different murder cases. gaithersburg man accused of killing his son will make his first appearance in court. police say 55-year-old wayne price got in a heated argument with his 23-year-old son, matthew price. it happened in the apartment on spiceberry circle saturday nature. police say that the father tried to walk away but the fight continued. he pulled out a gun and shot his son. the detectives say wayne price

told a security guard in the area what happened. he's charged with first-degree murder. silver spring man accused of stabbing his wife to death will be in court this afternoon. witnesses told news4 hector gonardos started an argument with anna in a parking lot on garland avenue. then stabbed her. she was sitting in the passenger seat of another man's car about to go grocery shopping. neighbors say he was jealous of the friendship between his wife and the other man. this evening d.c. leaders will address a nightclub's impact on its surrounding community. the district temporarily pulled the liquor license for mood lounge after a double stabbing outside the club in january. ward 2 council member evans said neighbors complained about violence, noise and trash near the club in northwest d.c. today leaders from several district offices, including the police, will address those concerns. and that meeting is at 6:30 tonight and kennedy rec center on 7th street.

today an autopsy will be performed on a man found dead at church him downs. just hours after the kentucky derby. police say the victim, 48-year-old anaun perez, worked at the racetrack. a security guard found his body in a barn. police say the death is being investigated as a homicide. so far no arrests have been made. the family of linebacker junior seau is reconsidering their decision to donate his brain to science. seau's family is consulting with a group of elders before making that decision. seau committed suicide last week in his california home at the age of 43. yesterday hundreds took part in a paddle-out to honor the longtime nfl star. fans swam out on surfboards, boats and kayaks to show support for the family. will will be a public memorial service this friday at qualcomm stadium in san diego. imagine getting ready to take your dog for a walk,

looking out your back window and seeing a giant sinkhole just about to swallow up your entire house. this happened to one florida family. the family was forced to move out of the orlando area home because of the 50-foot deep hole. it opened up last thursday morning and already devour ad couple of trees. >> i just wanted to take the dog out to go to the bathroom. that's when i went to the door and -- saw just the earth open huge and huge chunks of dirt falling in. i witness ad tree slide down into it and it took me actually a minute to stand there and realize what i was seeing to comprehend it all. >> no one knows what caused the sinkhole but experts say that dry weather conditions may be a factor. fans of "the andy griffith show yts down this morning. george lindsey passed away yesterday. you may know him better as

goober pyle. george lindsey was 83 years old. it is now 11:40. still ahead, we are watching the markets closely after elections in europe caused new economic worries. plus, the hottest fashion trends heading into summer.

a few restaurants are changing up their men use to accommodate people on a gluten-free diet. domino's is unveiling its pizza crust made without the protein found in wheat. gluten-free version will cost about $3 extra. although the crust will be gluten-free it will still be made in the ovens with regular pizzas. domino's is not you a loan. today anheuser-busch is rolling out michelob ultralight cider which is gluten-preand p.f.

chang's added seven new items to its menu. "the avengers" dominated the box office. >> avengers. that's what we call ourselves. like a team. earth's mightiest heroes. >> the marvel superhero epic took in $200 million. "avengers" featured a star-studded cast for captain america, hulk and ironman. the aje it beats the old record of $169 million set by harry potter finale. u.s. stocks were under pressure in early trading because of new worries in europe. we are going to check in with cnbc's brian sackman. he joins us live with more on that and the rest of the day's business headlines. >> good g to see you. markets, yes, still digesting last friday's does appointing

jobs report as well as two major elections in europe. new leadership in france and key company for theure zone. greece might the one to watch. new government there might jeopardize fragile bailout agreements. stocks slightly to the downside. which -- pretty good if considering overnight there were fears might abbig sell-off. we are down across the board. not by much. one potentially positive market moved from friday's oil now well below $100 a barrel. this on the heels of the lundberg survey which says gas prices are down seven cents in the last would weeks. national average is $3.85. if oil stays at this level, you can expect gas prices to possibly ease even further as we head into the summer driving season and status of facebook to change from private to public. executives beginning what's called a road show as it markets an upcoming ipo. the word this morning is founder and ceo zuckerberg is in new york for all the hoopla. and the rumor also is that the average investor may get a chance to get in on this ipo,

social networking company could get a valuation in the neighborhood of $100 billion. pretty good neighborhood, barbara. get that ipo in a week or so which is i wish i were in that neighborhood. sounds good. brian have a great day. if you are a risk taker this season's fashion trends are for you. from hats to mixing prints. holly simmons joins thus morning with examples. >> hi. >> we have been talking about hats. we have had hats on last week in and saw lots of interesting ones. you say they are going to be hot this spring. >> yes. this spring, yeah, this summer is all about breaking out of your jeans and t-shirt rut. maybe adding a little fun accessory such as a hat. i'm partial to the wide-brimmed hats. they are great for barbecue as the summer. you wear that to a barbecue? >> i would, yeah. >> wow. >> it is about taking risk. >> what would you wear with it? are you going to tell us about that later? would you wear a dress? pants? >> i would wear a simple sun

dress. because the hat is so loud and, you know, attention grabbing i may tone down the outfit. >> you would not wear that with jeans or something like that? >> it is a little more formal for a jeans look. you could. >> speaking of hats i understand you also think that the fascinators will stick with us this summer. >> yes. since al qaeda middleton wore one, she wears them a lot, she is a big fan, they are a little easier to wear than hats. they are a mix between a hat and headband which makes it more demure and easier to wear. >> definitely come off as looking dressy, don't they? having a little something sitting on the side of your head. >> they do but more playful. it is a -- you know, having fun. like to -- >> she wears p pants suits. does she wear the hats with the pant suits? >> yes. >> we can wear those out there, too. except to the movies. don't wear them to the movies. okay. let's move on to prints. for your clothing. you say that it is okay to mix prints. >> yes. what was once a no-no is now a

fashion do. lillian, our model is wearing a floral skirt with zebra print top ask works because it is keep everything in the same color scheme. >> you have to -- i see you have a little bit of black and white, is that what you have to do. >> yeah. it is a little loud. the goal here is to keep everything in same color and that way it looks like you didn't -- >> use your imagination. you don't just buy it that way. that looks like it may have been bought like that. >> no. we bought two separate -- >> wow. that's cool. you say that you -- you should add print even if it is with your jewelry or shoes? >> yes. if the head to tow principle is not your thing, another way to inject prints is through your shoes. your bags. you can wear head-to-toe black and add pop through your accessories. >> i think we have a picture of a bag. that's pretty. >> yes. >> you do that even with a printed outfit? >> could you, yeah. if you were so inclined. for those who want to stick to more classic look.

>> those are going to be hot. let's take a look at the printed shoes you mentioned. wow. a lot of them. mostly like in the dual color shoes, floral prints, too. >> do youal color. you will see a lot of snake skin in that image. . >> okay. you are telling us that not only to wear but in your home, prints are going to be in. >> yes. if you are more of a suit lady, then you can take advantage of the prints trend in your home. mixing your sheets and your pillows. due various covers which are great because you can change them throughout the season. if you get sick of something, take it off and throw something else on. >> all right. thanks so much good to have you. we will remember we will keep our eye out for those printed shoes and bags.

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breaking news from the d.c. courthouse. jury has reached a verdict in the south capitol street murders. this decision comes after more than lee weeks of deliberations. we are going to go to megan mcgrath right now at the courthouse. >> reporter: barbara, that's

right. we received word the verdict has been handed down and we are expecting the verdict to be read any time now inside of the courtroom. now this is a lengthy process that's actually taking a little bit longer than we were expecting. jury forms are very long and they are very complicated. this could take time. we got word about 10:30 that the jury was in. everyone is assembled here at the court house and waiting for that verdict to be read inside of the courtroom. this is one of the deadliest shootings in d.c.'s history. five people were killed in three shootings over the series of several days. this all began with a deadly shooting over a missing piece of costume jewelry. a cheap bracelet. and then ended in mass shooting on south capitol street after gunmen opened fire on a group of people who had gathered following the funeral of that original murder victim. again, one of the worst shootings in the history of the district of columbia. five men on trial for this crime will learn their fate soon. we will continue to follow this and bring thank you latest when it happens. reporting live from the d.c.

courthouse, megan mcgrath, news4. >> you can continue to wait important this verdict along with us. the announcement in d.on nbcwashington.com. we will have it at 4:00. later tonight the caps hit the ice looking for the series lead against the new york rangers. the caps tied up the series on saturday winning game four by a score of 3-2. mike green scored late in the third to seal the victory for washington. game five is at madison square garden. the teams head back to d.c. for game six wednesday. the puck drops tonight at 7:30. you can catch all of the action on the nbc sports network. one of washington's other young superstars is in the middle of a bit of a controversy this morning. the nationals harper was hit by a pitch during the first inning of last night's game against the phillies. this does not appear it was an accident. phillies pitcher hamel admits he was trying to pluck the

19-year-old phenom. after the game he said i was trying to hit him. i'm not going to deny it. it is something i grew up watching. that's what happened. i'm just trying to continue the old baseball. had the last laugh. advanced to third base on a single and stole home to give the national as 1-0 lead. that wasn't enough, though, to win the game. the phillies beat the nats 9-3. to make it worse, nats outfielder jason wirth broke his wrist. there is no word how long he will be out. the "today" show had a special guest on this morning. leader of the republic, admiral shabazz. actor sasha baron cohen. he spoke to matt lawer and spoke about his wonderful country. >> it is a wonderful place. a population of 4 million people. obviously that figure changes depending on my mood.

>> puck see "the dictator," it hits theaters next wednesday. america's growing problem with obesity may be rooted in toddlerhood. a new report coming up at 4:00. at 5:00, first of its kind program in northern virginia to battle childhood obesity. how the dynamic duo is helping transform lives. and stick around for "news4 at 6:00." president obama is teaming up with hollywood star george clooney. find out why the pair could make history together. final check of our forecast, here is tom. >> we had a lot of cloudiness around this morning. we had breaks in the clouds, parts of the region. they have sunshine and that's going to be the story into the afternoon with highs reaching 70 or so. metro area. warmer when more sun breaks out. tomorrow lot of cloudiness and does look like a likelihood of late afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms.

there's a slight risk they could be severe. then on wednesday, passing showers and thundershowers after perhaps more in tuesday night. that may continue wednesday into wednesday night and lingering perhaps into early thursday morning. but by thursday afternoon into friday, sunshine returns. cooler weather but then over the weekend, highs mid 70s saturday and sunday. have a great day and we will see you in the morning. >> i like your bright orange tie. >> it woke me up and i looked at it. >> like the shine. thank you, tom. that's "news4 midday." we thank you for being with us and invite to you tune in for news at 4:00, 5:00, 6:00, 11:00. we will be right back here tomorrow morning at 11:00 for "news4 midday." have a terrific day and we will see you in the morning.