>> and i'm pat lawson muse. it's breaking news right now from the white house. president obama says he now supports same-sex marriage. this is a switch for the president, who previously only supported civil unions. today in an interview with "good morning america's" robin roberts, he said those views have evolved after he watched gay couples on his own staff and in the military struggling because they didn't have the same rights as straight couples. >> at a certain point, i've just concluded that for me personally, it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that i think same-sex couples should be able to get married. >> we'll have much more on this breaking story, including reaction from around town in maryland, coming up on news 4 at 5:00. now to the drama in hollywood. the attorney for two masseusers suing john travolta for sexual

assault say other masseuser have now come forward with similar stories. they want $2 million a piece. >> the second john doe says john travolta made unwanted sexual advances during a massage in the actor's hotel room. the first massage therapist claims that travolta grabbed and groped him during a massage at a private bungalow at the beverly hills hotel. when he refused, he said travolta screamed at him and said he got to where he is now due to sexual favors that he performed when he was in his "welcome back, carter" days. travolta's lawyers blasting the suit by the two came. "the claim by doe number two is just as fabricated as the claim by doe number one. our client will be fully vindicated in court on both of these claims." there have been plenty of celebrity sexual assault harassment suits. the travolta camp is fighting back, promising a countersuit. it's been effective for other celebrities. when justin bieber was hit with a paternity suit, he promised to

counter sue and the lawsuit was quietly dropped. john travolta, married with children, has a message for those massage therapists. his lawyer plans to sue them both for malicious prosecution. >> the lawyer representing those alleged victims says there are other victims who are willing to join the lawsuit. closing arguments got underway today in the trial of the man accused of killing members of jennifer hudson's family. the singer and actress wiped tears way during today's proceedings. prosecutors say physical evidence links her brother-in-law, william balfour, to the murders. they showed jurors pictures of hudson's slain mother, brother, and 7-year-old nephew. balfour's attorney argued that prosecutors did not prove their case. balfour has pleaded not guilty. the so-called tanning mom will have a tougher time finding a bed to lie in. patricia krentcil has been banned from several tanning salons in new jersey for giving them bad publicity. krentcil is accused of taking her 5-year-old daughter into a tanning booth. she denies those charges.

now several salons say she's no longer welcome. they even posted her picture on the wall, so receptionists know to turn her away if she shows up at the the door. krentcil is due back in court next month. there are new details today involving that foiled airline bomb plot out of yemen. al qaeda apparently designed the wearable bomb so it would go undetected, even if the bomber received an airport pat-down. and steve handleman reports, there are now questions today, can future attacks be stopped? >> reporter: as tsa scrambles to review its procedures based on the attempted al qaeda attack, comes a new detail. the improved underwear bomb is slimmer and more form-fitted than this one, that fizzled in 2009. the new bomb, designed to vo ee detection if the bomber was patted down, either if he was selected for pat-down after being scanned or elected not to

be scanned. another issue, some overseas airports have started to screen with full-body detectors, but not all airports. u.s. officials are worried that an underwear bomb could still get on a u.s.-bound plane. >> look, this is an international problem. we need to deal with it at a multi-lateral basis. >> reporter: meanwhile, yesterday's leak that the cia unraveled the bomb plot from within, using a saudi double agent to penetrate al qaeda in yemen, has current and former federal officials worried. it lays out an infiltration operation that terrorists might never have figured out. >> i don't think that al qaeda will be shocked that we can use agents like this. this is parking light what the cia and other intelligence services attempt to do. but they will simply be that much more cautious next time. and it's going to make it a little bit harder for us to get people on the inside again and foil the next plot. >> reporter: and makes it more difficult, experts say, to get secretive governments like saudi arabia's to work with the cia.

u.s. officials confirm a leak investigation is underway. i'm steve handelsman, nbc news, washington. the family of trayvon martin is in the united kingdom to thank the the british public for its support. martin's parents and older brother visited the steven lawrence center that provides education and training for disadvantaged young people. it's named after a british teen who was killed in a racial attack. martin was unarmed when he was shot by george zimmerman, who was on a neighborhood watch in a florida neighborhood. zimmerman claims martin attacked him. a john edwards former spokeswoman took the stand today, describing a confrontation between elizabeth edwards and a donor. jennifer palmierry testified that in '07, edwards confronted the donor and his wife who supportly supported john edwards' pregnant mistress financially. she said elizabeth was shocked to learn about a paid shopping

trip for rielle hunter. john edwards is accused of misspending nearly $1 million in campaign money to cover up that affair. well, get ready for more rain tonight. >> storm 4 meteorologist veronica johnson is in the weather center with your first forecast. >> we're going to have more showers coming through the area. we haven't had a whole lot of rain at all today. some showers early this morning, and it left with some real small puddles across the area. take a look at storm 4 radar, where you're seeing the green and the blue. that's where the showers currently are. hagerstown, down south towards win chester, lereah, and charlottesville. so from washington county south toward paige and rockingham county, you get more down toward the south there. southern virginia, roanoke seeing some thunderstorms just east of the city. richmond, virginia, has some thunderstorms approaching the area, and big storms moving through north carolina right now with a severe thunderstorm warning up just north and west of raleigh. that's where the thunderstorms and the heaviest rain has been today. i think overnight, we could get another maybe tenth of an inch of rain.

so the green you're seeing there, satellite and a radar. the white, that's the clouds. and we are certainly covered in a mostly cloudy canopy right now. 75 is your temperature in d.c. 75 in frederic. 74 in fredericksburg. just a tad humid today, again, the moisture that's been hanging in the air and the potential for some more rain. the rain showers, as we are going to get some more moving in here, that's going to wind down just past 11:00 p.m. as far as the rest of the forecast, a lot of folks already asking about mother's day weekend. are we going to have sunshine? clouds, rain, what? we'll have the details for you coming right up. the struggling u.s. postal service has a new strategy to stave off bankruptcy. the post master general says the agency will shorten hours of operation at some low-revenue facilities rather than closing those facilities altogether. many of the 3,700 post offices slated for closure or consolidation starting this month are in rural areas. the post office now plans to

seek regulatory approval and get community input for the new plan which could take several months. the washington capitals have a big problem. lose tonight, and the season is over. game six is tonight at the verizon center. the rangers lead the series, three games the two, and you can catch game six tonight on the nbc sports network. the puck drops at 7:30. a northern virginia high school has been named the second best in the entire country. u.s."u.s. news & world report" together the top 100, thomas jefferson high school for science and technology in alexandria came in second. other local schools chosen include george mason high school in falls church. it came in at 19th. winton churchill high in potomac placed 57th. and bethesda's walt whitman high school came in at 84th. there were no d.c. schools on the top 100 list. a component of spicy food, or ingredient, could be the key to shedding those unwanted pounds. according to a new study, the ingredient that gives peppers

their heat can actually melt away body fat. nbc's erika edwards explains. >> reporter: some guzzle beer to douse the fiery flavor of hot sauce, but as it turns out, the heat of chili peppers may help melt away a beer gut. >> i love chili peppers. >> reporter: and for good reason. this doctor has been studying an ingredient called capsaicin that gives chili peppers their intense heat. he applied tiny cloths soaked with a capsaicin solution directly to the nerve around lab rats. it led to weight loss. >> by selectively destroying this passage of signals from the intestine to the brain, we have been able to change the way food is absorbed in the intestine. >> reporter: this could be a surgical alternative to bare at

ric surgery. >> there's a group of people this would be perfect for, and it's probably the super bees. >> reporter: it's a major procedure that can come with considerable risks for the morbidly obese. the capsaicin application is still surgery, but much less invasive, and it targets bad fat around the organs in the stomach. >> it's not if you're fat, but where you're fat that matters. >> reporter: extra belly fat is associated with heart disease and type 2 diabetes. it's too early to fill your bellies with hot chili peppers. doctors say it wouldn't have the same effect, but it is lighting a fire in the world of weight loss research. erika edwards, news 4. >> when we come right back on news 4 at 4:00, she's one of the sexiest women in the world. details about her big breakup next. brad pitt does something no man has ever done before. and as it draws closer to mother's day, dr. jackie is here

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another honor for the queen of soul. aretha franklin will be among those inducted into the gospel music hall of fame in henderson, tennessee. franklin's father was a prominent baptist minister. her 1972 album, "amazing grace," has sold more than 2 million copies. it is one of the best-selling gospel albums of all time. dolly partin and elvis presley are already in the gospel music hall of fame. franklin will be inducted in august. ♪ it's fun to stay in the ymca >> a legal dispute over the village people's song "ymca" has finally been settled. a california judge ruled this week that former singer victor willis can reclaim partial ownership of the 1970s hit. two publishing companies sued willis. the suit claimed the ex-member had no rights to the song after 35 years. willis says the ruling benefits all song writers. the win could mean millions of

dollars for the former lead singer. the final rehearsal for the lighting of the olympic flame went off without a hitch in olympia, greece, today. an actress dressed as a high priestess used a mirror to focus the sun's ray and light a torch under the bright, sunny skies. the flame will serve as a backup just in case the clouds block the sun tomorrow during the official lighting ceremony. well, if it weren't for the 1948 london olympics, an italian fashion empire may never have been before. missony is now a global brand that designs everything from clothes to bed sheets. she m he was competing in the hurdles and she was a shy italian girl who was in london studying english. they met by chance. >> i was invited to join some

friends, the president of his club, for lunch in brighton. and the meeting was in piccadilly circles, just under the column. and later on, i realized that on the column, there was a cupid. so i kept my finger crossed. >> the couple eventually got married in 1953 and then opened a small knitwear shop in italy. the rest, as they say, is history. it's still a family affair run by their children and grandchildren. when you're pregnant, your body goes through a whole lot of changes. mothers to be have a lot of questions about those changes. in get healthy for life, we have answers to the most commonly asked questions if you're pregnant or if you're planning to get pregnant. dr. jackie is here with us. let's run down the list of

questions, dr. j. first one is, why am i short of breath? does pregnancy do that? >> well, the first trimester, actually, naturally, the hormones can speed up your rate of breathing, so you can feel like your panting. and as the baby grows, it starts to push up on the diaphragm and the lung and you'll start to feel that and you'll have to breathe a little faster. lastly the area i'm most interested in is asthma. women can certainly have asthma that gets worse in pregnancy. you need to go see a physician who specializes in that and take your medication. so if you don't breathe, baby doesn't breathe. >> bad. why is my nose stuffy? i can't breathe. >> it's not your allergies. people will come in and say, it must be my allergy. it's something called rhinitis of pregnancy. it's the pregnancy hormones that make the inside of your nose swell. there is medication for that. >> and if you already suffer from allergies, you can have a double whammy there. >> you certainly can have a double whammy. >> i'm breaking out in hives.

am i allergic to being pregnancy? >> no, this is a common thing, it's where you break out in hives, usually the last few weeks of pregnancy. as soon as you deliver, that all goes away and it can also be treated with antihistamines. >> okay. want the dark line running down the middle of my belly. >> or sometimes blotches on the face. this is called the mask of pregnancy or the line of the belly. the reason why that happens is because of the pigments in the body. everything's growing when you're making a baby and your own pigments will start to pick up and you'll get lines on a stomach or the mask on your face. >> and the dark mask, is that more common in women of color? >> it is more common in people who have more to begin with. >> why does everything i eat cause me gastric distress? everything! >> and this is because of reflux. the hormones of pregnancy are doing their work and one of the things they do is soften all sorts of muscles, including the muscle that keeps the acid in your stomach. so if you start to eat something and then particularly go lie

down, it will loosen up that muscle, and all the acid will reflux back and forth. >> so what's the relief? >> so watch what you're eating. no fatty foods, no acidy foods, no caffeine foods. and make sure when you finish eating, don't go lie down right away. >> can you prevent allergies in the baby by avoiding foods like peanuts and shellfish? >> no. this is where really, i hope for all those mommies to be, they just drop the guilt all together. it doesn't make a difference what you eat when you're pregnant. if your baby's going to get a food allergy, their going to get it. eat whatever you want. all those babies that ate lots of skippy end and ended up with babies with peanut allergies, it's really not your fault. >> thanks. when we come back, we dive into the alarming rate of concussions in girl's soccer. why girls are twice as likely to have brain injuries than boys. ♪

>> plus, the story behind this viral video of the day.

don't put it away just yet. those umbrellas are getting a workout. >> just strap it around your waist. >> carry it around for the next couple of hours, if you're going to be out in the early part of the night. you're certainly going to need it, because there will be some more showers moving into our area. i don't know if we're going to see anything too heavy. let's head outside and see what's going on. we've got the gray skies and it really covers the entire area. if it's not raining where you are right now, chances are you will be getting some rain in the next couple of hours. showed you earlier where the leading evening of that rain line is. it's hagerstown to leastburg and down toward warrenton right now. there's a few pockets of some moderate rains just south of win chester and around lereah and just east of frostburg right now. spots like hagerstown and down around winchester, wet with some generally light showers. but especially south of fredericksburg, virginia, and right down i-95.

down through north carolina. so much so that, look at these beefy storms that are moving through the raleigh area down in north carolina. they're producing a lot of rain and a lot of lightning and they've even had some severe thunderstorm warnings down there. for us, we'll pick up about another tenth of an inch of rain. anywhere south of d.c. could get a little bit more. 75 is your temperature with a northwest wind at 8 miles per hour. in the 70s throughout the area. not bad. and we are expecting slightly warmer conditions tomorrow. so the rain will be wrapping up about 11:00 p.m. or midnight and then we're going to see rapid clearing tomorrow morning. and with that clearing, i think the winds will be picking up in a hurry too as the morning unfolds. we're talking about sunshine for tomorrow, mostly sunny sky. there will be a few clouds lingering well off to the west. but breezy conditions with that sunshine. and then even more sunshine for your friday. it's just really, i think the start of the weekend, which is looking very nice for all you moms out there. mostly cloudy areas of showers.

again, heavier south, 62 to 67 degrees for your evening. then tomorrow morning, a cooler start for us, right? because we'll be behind the cold front. 49 to 56. again, wind out of the northwest at 10 to 15. and i even think that by about 8:00 or 9:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, those winds could be gusting up to 20 miles per hour. by the afternoon, we will be looking at gusts for up to around 30 miles per hour. so sunshine back tomorrow. seasonally cool. then your four-day forecast. you like the warmth? sure, who doesn't, right, for moms. because we want to be able to take our moms outside and have a nice lunch somewhere. the high right now, 78 with sunshine. and there it is for sunday. the high on sunday, 80 degrees. >> oh, my. >> perfect. >> coming up in a couple of minutes. we're going to do a little bit of fly around on our map and zoom into a couple of neighborhoods and take a look at sunday's forecast. >> pretty cool. all right. thanks, veronica. still ahead on news 4 at 4:00, a spelling error at a school that went unnoticed for

eight years. hear from the full-time four on "the voice," including the the winner. and what exactly was christina aguilera wearing last night? >> or not wearing. what was that? and a former miss

and welcome back, everybody, at 4:30. i'm jim handly. >> i'm pat lawson muse. a look at your headlines right now. president obama says he now supports same-sex marriage. this is a switch for the president who previously only supported civil unions. he says his views evolved after watching gay couples in his administration and in the military struggle for equal rights. we'll have complete local reaction coming up at 5:00. al qaeda designed the underwear bomb so it would be form-fitting and go undetected, even if the bomber received an airport pat-down or scanning. that's according to u.s. officials who have said a plot using such a device was disrupted because a double agent had penetrated al qaeda in yemen. an investigation was launched today to see how that top-secret operation became public. a former spokeswoman for john edwards took the stand at his trial today. she testified about a meeting in 2007 when edwards' late wife

confronted one of the donors who reportedly supported his pregnant mistress financially. john edwards is accused of misspending nearly $1 million in campaign funds. on wall street today, stocks ended off their worst levels, but still wound up in negative territory. at the closing bell, the dow down about 97 points. the nasdaq dropping 12 and the s&p 500 was down nine points. america crowned a brand-new winner last night on the season finale of "the voice". >> oh, it was a big finish. from the final four, that winner walks away with $100,000 and a recording contract with universal republic. mark barger takes a look back now. >> the winner of season two of the voice is -- >> reporter: the tears were flowing, even before the announcement. >> those tears, when i was standing up there were just tears of pride and joy. >> reporter: but the last two standing on "the voice" came down to one. >> jermaine paul! >> reporter: the 33-year-old

career backup singer was finally in the spotlight himself. >> i couldn't believe that they actually voted for me. it was a dream come true. and honestly, i didn't see it coming. >> reporter: but paul's coach, blake shelton, did, and he took a hands-off approach. >> i kind of figured out about a month ago, i was like, man, i probably just need to stay out of this guy's away. >> reporter: 26-year-old rocker juliette simms took consolation in being runner-up by only four percentage points. >> i am so happy for jermaine. he deserves it. the joy i have for him winning couldn't be more if i had won. >> reporter: third place went to the former mouseketeer, tony luka. >> it doesn't diminish any gratitude for what happened to me on this show and how i feel i've benefitted. >> reporter: less than a point behind luka in fourth place was classical singer chris mann. >> i've had more fun in the last six months than i've ever had in

my entire life and my future is starting now. >> reporter: life's also taken on quite a different look now for jermaine paul. >> i just wanted to give my best performance every time i hit the stage. and come from my heart. and it worked out. >> reporter: and "the voice" has a new champion. mark barger, news 4. >> that was quite a finish, wasn't it? >> it was. it was powerful, with his wife on stage at the end, dancing. and what a perfect song. >> and he cried through it, but he got it out. it was very moving. >> well, why the focus last night was on stage, today some of that shifted to the coach's chairs. >> a whole lot of folks were buzzing today about christina's interesting wardrobe choice. when she got up to stand with her contestant, chris mann, she revealed her very short hot pants. it's not the first time the 31-year-old star has made that fashion statement. she even tweeted today about which designer's helped with this look. aguilera also stepped out last night, tipped out, actually,

without doing any post-show interviews. i guess she didn't want to talk. there's a lot of speculation that it had to do with her apparent feud with coach adam levine. now, this is the viral video of the day. >> take a look at this. two 6-year-old friends decided to make a music video. they loved the song, "somebody that i used to know." check it out. ♪ you didn't have to cut me up ♪ acting like it never happened ♪ ♪ we were nothing ♪ i don't even need your love ♪ but you treat me like a stranger and i feel so rough ♪ >> some grown-up lyrics, more than 400,000 people have watched these kids dance to gotea's song. they just posted it on youtube last week. . hey, "the avengers" movie is such a big hit, there's already a plan to make a sequel. >> the family of superhero

fighting duos debuted over the weekend, taking in over $700 million. disney execs are banking on its popularity to help them make up for other movies with disappointing sales. "the avengers" teams up popular marvel characters including ironman, thor, and captain america. all three of those characters are also set to star in their own upcoming sequels. no date has been set for "the avengers" sequel. >> just endless there. a lingerie company in japan has come up with a really cool way to raise awareness about the country's energy crisis. >> introducing the super cooling bra. the cups are made with refrigerated cooling gel pads. if that doesn't cool you down, the bra also comes with a mini fan. there's even a little bamboo ladle added for good measure, in case the wearer wants a splash of water. it's not for sale, though. the company created the bra solely to encourage people to conserve electricity this summer by wearing cooler clothing instead of relying on ac.

>> it's really personal refrigeration there, air-conditioning. >> i can see christina in that too. then she's got everything covered almost. >> that would complete the outfit, wouldn't equipmeit? >> it would. forget angelina jolie's leg. kate middleton dazzles during a night out. plus, how a pit bull put her ow

kate middleton wowed spectators when she attended a black tie dinner with hubby prince william in london last night. the duchess stepped out in a cream-colored gown with a slit on the side that exposed her leg, a rather large portion of the leg. the top of the dress was a bit more modest with its high neck and long sleeves, and you can't see them, but on her feet, a pair of mile-high silver jimmy choo sandals. some observers say it's really one of the raciest looks she's ever had since coming into the public eye. >> not aguilera racy, though, we should say. hey, a former miss usa avoided time behind bars. a judge sentenced her to probation and community service

for drunk driving. she must also attend an alcohol safety class. in december, the beauty queen was arrested in michigan. police say her blood alcohol content was more than double the legal limit. she pleaded no contest to driving while visibly impaired. in 2010, she became the first arab american to be crowed miss usa. a daring and devoted dog comes to the rescue of her owner and is now being hailed as a hero. >> her name is lily, an 8-year-old rescue pit bull put her life on the line as she pulled her elderly owner out of the path of an oncoming train. this happened last wednesday when the dog's owner accidentally fell on to some train tracks in a suburb of boston. lily jumped in and jumped into action when she saw what was about to happen. >> from one of the witnesses said, as the train was drawing near, he saw the dog pulling -- pulling my mom off the tracks. >> lily's owner was not injured, but lily suffered a broken pelvis and her right leg eventually had to be amputated.

she is, though, expected to make a full recovery. brave little dog there. >> yeah, canine instincts there. they do it. coming up on news 4 at 4:00, a school changed its name to honor a teacher, but there was a spelling goof. also, a concussion crisis for girl who is play soccer. the reason girls are twice as likely to get these br [ mosquitoes buzzing ] ♪ [ female announcer ] repel mosquitoes without spraying your skin. try off! clip-on repellant.

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>> well, we're in the going to have any rain around. the sky is not going to look the way it does. that's some really good news, right, for the weekend coming up? >> sounds perfect. >> in fact, we've got the mother's day weekend. as promised, we'll go into a couple of neighborhoods here and see what you can expect if you're going to be taking mom out. luray, virginia, 76 degrees. this is for sunday, mother's day. partly sunny, a few clouds there. conditions pretty nice. they, on saturday, have their festival of spring, so maybe you want to, you know, do something there, both days over the weekend in luray, virginia. frederic, maryland, 78 degrees on sunday with a partly sunny sky. it will be nice, it will be warm. maybe you're going to stroll down brunswick, main street. that's a real nice area if you've never been there. indianapolis, maryland, 79 the high on sunday, sunshine, and looking really good. ocean city too looking pretty nice with a high of just 73 degrees. but still a nice one. check out the water temperature. 59 degrees. don't think there'll be too many

folks going in the water just yet. as far as our forecast, again, we've got some rain, showers are going to be moving back into the area. those will be sticking around for 9:00, 10:00, probably 11:00 p.m. before that rain starts to end. it will be ending right around midnight. our temperatures drop to 62 tomorrow morning. in the 50s, anywhere from 52 to 56 degrees. again, we're going to clear rather rapidly with that rain picking back up. so some showers now making their way just east of martinburg now. the highs for tomorrow, 69 to about 70 degrees for the area with a lot of sunshine returning to the area. so breezy to windy tomorrow. keep that in mind. 73, your high on friday. so we go from 69 to 73. the weekend could not be better. 78 degrees on saturday. 80 on sunday. looking very good, nice and toasty. monday, right now, the high is 78 degrees. but rain returns the early part of next week. so timing is everything, right, and the timing with this lovely

weather, right on. >> good sunday. put a bow on it. >> thanks, veronica. it is a battle against a series and life-threatening crisis. concussions have become an epidemic in youth sports. >> what parents might not know is that girls are more susceptible to these injuries than boys. nbc's kate snowe explains why. we found a team in chester springs, pennsylvania, a remarkable story to tell. >> show of hands. how many of you have had a concussion? how many of you have had more than one concussion? how many of you have played through a concussion? you just kept going? >> reporter: one group of friends, more than a dozen concussions. girls are reporting twice as many concussions as boys in the sports they both play. >> girls as a group have far weaker necks. the same force delivered to a girl's head spins the head much more because of the weak neck than it does to the guys. >> reporter: while most kids

fully recover from concussions, some don't. three of the girls here, kimmy, engi jenna and allison, have had such bad brain injuries, that they were forced to give up the sport they loved. >> i lost my identity. i lost my love for a game. i lost my social life. i don't think i'll ever get that back. >> reporter: allison's room is lit with with blue light to reduce her nearly constant headaches. >> it's like a break. it's visible. but it's almost like i need a sign on my back saying, my head is broken. >> reporter: despite all they've been through, they're not telling their friends to quit soccer. casey biddle, who has had two concussions, was cleared to play again this season. >> i'm like, why am i still playing? but i'm like, i just love it, so there's no point in stopping. >> where is the line where you cross over and say, it's not worth it anymore? it's just a game? >> well, i think that our family is standing on that line right

now and it's very scary. >> and you can watch more about the concussion crisis tonight on "rock center with brian williams." that's at 9:00 right here on nbc 4:00. coming up next here, a big oops that almost no one caught. a school spelling error, next. and a gator caused quite a headache for drivers today. i'm wendy rieger. coming up on news 4 at 5:00, caught on craigslist, how a local man turned the tables on a bike thief in the district. tonight's installment of "what's your workout." we're looking at a local gym helping people slim down for the summer, free of charge. coming up on news 4 at 6:00, we're learning about the death we're learning about the death of fashion icon,

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talk about an embarrassing mistake. a texas school, at least the folks at the school, have misspelled their own name for the past eight years. take a look at the sign for sunrise-mcmillan elementary in ft. worth. there's an extra "i" toward the end of the war mcmillan. eight years ago, the school was renamed to honor its first teacher. recently, one of her relatives pointed out the spelling. now they're in the process of reprinting everything. it is a school, after all. >> you've got to get it right. an alligator caused a traffic jam in miami today. take a look. the gator wandered on to a busy road during the morning rush hour. it happened near a school zone. police closed a lane of traffic until wildlife officials cleared the gator off the road. we're told the animal might have been hit by a car. the gator's leg was injured and

it might have to be euthanized. still ahead at 4:00, the wife of a man on the run is now charged with murder.

the family of a missing film executive is using social media to help find him. 57-year-old gavin smith hasn't been seen since leaving a

friend's home in ventura county. that was in california, may 1st. his black mercedes-benz is also missing. the 20th century fox film exec is married and has three children. his son, evan, has post eed messages on twitter, asking for help to help find his dad. he is now one of america's most wanted man and now his wife and mother is behind bars. ana mayes is accused of helping kidnap a woman and her three daughters. a manhunt has been launched in the woods of tennessee and mississippi. nbc's traun traung has the latest on this story. >> reporter: this is newly released video of adam mayes in the white t-shirt. in the store surveillance tape, mayes jokes about his haircut. police believes he changed his

appearance while on the run. the video was taken on april 30th, that's three days after police say he can kidnapped jo ann bain and her three daughters in tennessee. two of the missing were found buried. the victims, jo ann bain and her 14-year-old daughter, adrienne. bain's two other girls are still missing, 12-year-old alexandria and 8-year-old kyliyah. the fbi believes that adam mayes is holding them captive. on tuesday, a break in the case. police arrested mayes' ex-wife, teresa, and his mother, mary. investigators say the women helped mayes carry out the alleged kidnapping. according to court documents, teresa mayes admitted she was involved in the removal and/or confinement of bain and her daughters. and she drove the family from hardemann county, tennessee, to mississippi. mary mayes is charged with four counts of conspiracy. authorities say she knew what

adam and teresa mayes were planning and went along with it. police say adam and teresa mayes were friends of the bain family. teresa is is seen here with the bain girls. teresa mayes' sister spoke to nbc affiliate wmc by phone on tuesday, saying the two had discussed disturbing details about adam mayes. >> my sister has told me things, yes. she knew he dug the grave. >> oh, she did? okay. >> that was my understanding of the conversation with her, because i was yelling at her, because i'm like, you what?! you know? >> well yeah. >> well, what she said was, i saw him digging a hole. >> police won't comment on that conversation. >> reporter: as teresa and mary mayes sit in jail, hundreds of police officers are searching for adam mayes and the two missing girls. they're stopping cars, checking trunks, and asking questions in mississippi, tennessee, and beyond. >> that was nbc's traun trung reporting. now the latest on breaking

news. president obama weighs in on same-sex marriage. we're following three big stories tonight. first, supporters of same-sex marriage now have an ally in the white house. why president obama is speaking out for the first time in support of gay marriage. a northern virginia man kidnapped at gunpoint, robbed, and then tossed into the trunk of his car. how he was able to escape and call for help. a thief tries to swipe a woman's iphone, but he didn't get far. the metro takedown was all caught on tape. >> it's a busy days in the news, everybody. >> i'm jim handly. >> and i'm wendy rieger. for the first time, president obama is saying that he supports same-sex marriage, but he hesitated to make that revelation until now. chris is live in the studio with more on what led up to the president's decision. chris? >> good evening. president obama says he hesitated on gay marriage, thinking civil unions would be sufficient to give couples hospital visitation and other civil rights. he withheld comment, even after members of his administration,