and now from washington's leading news station this is "news4 midday." good morning, everyone, and welcome to "news4 midday," i'm barbara harrison, it's tuesday, june 5, 2012. we begin with jury selection in the jerry sandusky trial sex abuse case, which is under way right now. the former penn state football coach entered the courthouse in pennsylvania this morning with his legal team. yesterday, the pennsylvania supreme court denied the request to delay sandusky's trial. a judge ruled the alleged victims will not be allowed to use fake names when they take the stand. they will have to use their real names. sandusky is accused of abusing ten boys over a 15-year period.

he denied all of the charges, opening arguments are scheduled for next week. five men face drug charges after police say they were operating a suspected meth lab in howard county. police got a call about possible illegal manufacturing at the holiday inn express on marshalee drive. news4's tracee wilkins has more. >> reporter: the scene clear here at the holiday inn express in elk ridge. but last night it was amazing, there were fire trucks and police cars and emergency crews here. because any time that you're dealing with a possible meth lab, you're looking at the possibility of an explosion. folks staying here overnight reacted to the fact that all of this was happening at their hotel. >> i got woke up by the fire department about quarter to 12:00th and they said we had a hazmat situation. come downstairs and later learned there was some kind of meth activity going in a room. >> reporter: it was the most unexpected wake-up call for

guests of the holiday inn express and suites in the 6,000 block of marshalee boulevard. someone reported a strong, unusual order coming from a fourth-floor room. >> i didn't personally smell anything, when i come out of the room. i didn't smell anything prik prior to that. >> gene was just a few doors down from the hotel room turned alleged methamphetamine lab. he was one of many guests evacuated from the fourth floor. >> third floor got to go back in i'm going to say about 1:30, 2:00 this morning. they escorted us back upstairs about 4:00 this morning. >> reporter: luckily, no one was injured. five adult males were arrested for manufacturing methamphetamine. police say they believe the men checked in saturday night. the dea, howard county police and narcotics detectives were on the scene. but some guests were not evacuated from the hotel and

were unaware what happened until they saw it at the morning news. >> we were sitting there eating breakfast and i said, i think that's our hotel. and sure enough, they said the holiday inn express, and it's pretty shocking. >> others say all is forgiven and they don't blake the hotel. >> did happens. >> i'm guessing the drugs must have got to them. that's all i can say. you know. that's just -- it's beyond me. >> reporter: howard county police say all five of these men are facing a slew of drug charges. they say none were from the area, but were traveling through the area for work. they believe they were making this meth for one another. because they didn't know where to find methamphetamine here in this area. they also say that they recovered heroin and a handgun from inside of that room. in elk ridge, tracee wilkins, news4. new from overnight, police are looking into what led to a deadly fiery crash in montgomery

county. the single-car crash happened around 1:00 this morning near dickerson road and near mount ephraim road. it appears the car hit the abutment of a railroad bridge and burst into flames. one person died at the scene and another person taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. now we check on the midday traffic with danella sealock, she joins us with the latest now, danella? >> traveling i-66, left lane is blocked at nutley street due to road work. but you're able to get your way past after nutley. let's head out to the outer loop of the beltway in montgomery county, a couple of accidents earlier this morning. they're now gone. but you're still seeing delays on the outer loop, in fact, 20 miles per hour as you approach university boulevard. i'll give you a live look right now. look at this at colesville road, jammed in fact. 22 miles per hour, from i-95 to i-270, barbara, back over to you. thank you, danella. turning to the weather now,

skies brightening up out there after a cloudy start to the morning. storm 4 meteorologist tom kierein joins us with the first forecast. expect rain today, tom in. >> no, just a small chance, maybe of an isolated shower popping up maybe this evening between now and then. we'll have some sun playing peek-a-boo with the clouds, as we look at the last 12 hours, we've had a few showers passing south of washington this morning. you can see there's quite a bit of cloudiness across virginia. and right along the potomac and the district of columbia, but then north and east of us, on the eastern shore, as well as northeastern maryland, they've got a lot of sunshine right now. some of the dry air may try to make its way into the metro area over the next couple of hours. these are the temperatures, the areas in light green are into the 60s. the dark green areas still in the 50s, including much of western maryland into west virginia and along the blue ridge and closer to washington now, the mid and upper 60s in the district, as well as the nearby suburbs in prince george's, arlington, fairfax and

montgomery counties. for the rest of the afternoon, clouds in and out. it should be mild, we'll be climbing into the low 70s, about ten degrees cooler than the average high for this time of year. we'll take a look at the evening, look at rest of the week, too, big changes for the weekend. that's all coming up in a few minutes and a reminder about the transit of venus, we'll talk about it in a few minutes. we'll see you in a few minutes. there's a new question into george zimmerman's finances. his attorney says zimmerman knew about a pay pal account that raised money for him. he says he was confused about his finances. right now, zimmerman is in jail. the defense is requesting a second bond hearing. a judge revoked his bond in the shooting death of 17-year-old trayvon martin. prosecutors say george zimmerman and his wife did not disclose an online pay pal account. containing more than $135,000. his attorney says a separate website has raised $37,000 for his legal fund.

loudoun county leaders have less than a month to decide whether metro's new silver line should extend into the county. more than 100 people toward the board of supervisors last night why they support or oppose the plan. they would have to pay $200 million for construction of maintenance. supporters say the cost would be offset by the economic boom the silver line would bring to the county. opponents fear expansion would bring new and higher taxes. >> the power to tax is the power to destroy. that's what chief justice john marshall said in murdoch versus maryland, years ago. >> we are a suburb of washington, d.c., however, a rail all the way out to loudoun would help solidify the position, that we have some connection into the city. >> the county board of supervisors must vote on the plan by july 4th. just minutes ago, ♪

♪ ♪ god save the queen [ cheers and applause ] >> the queen of england and the royal family wrapped up the final diamond jubilee celebration. the queen greeted the crowd of thousands surrounding buckingham palace. the four-day celebration was capped off with a royal air force fly-by and rifle salute. and it ended with three cheers started by the royal guard and echoed by the huge crowd gathered outside the palace. the queen watched, giving an occasional smile as a steady rain fell. a little more than an hour ago, the queen took part in a formal royal carriage procession through the streets of london. queen elizabeth rode in the 1902 state landau. it's the same open-top coach that carried the newlywed duke and duchess of cambridge from westminster abbey to buckingham palace on april 29 of 2011. queen elizabeth is attending her

diamond jubilee celebration today without her husband. prince phillip, the duke of edinburgh is in the hospital. buckingham palace officials say he is being treated for bladder infection. queen elizabeth was accompanied by diana, lady farnham. nine minutes after 11:00. coming up, the juror accused of flirting with john edwards tells her side of the story. she says there are two big reasons why she has no interest in the former presidential candidate. plus, will clouds keep us from seeing venus today? tom kierein has the latest viewing forecast. [ male announcer ] are you paying more

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one falls church woman got quite a story to tell about her night last night. rachel click got to meet president obama and former president bill clinton. click was one of the winners of the evening with two presidents contest. the obama campaign was holding. she and her boyfriend went to new york, attended a fundraiser at the waldorf astoria and met the current and former commander-in-chief. it was one of the fundraisers that presidents obama and clinton attended last night. >> i don't think it's important to re-elect the president. i think it is essential to re-elect the president if we want this country to have the kind of future that our children and grandchildren deserve. >> president obama will be back

in new york later this month, for a fundraiser at actress sarah jessica parker's house. virginia is expected to be one of the most hotly-contested states this november and it's where michelle obama will make her first solo appearance this election year. the first lady is expected to speak thursday at the vfw post 1503 in dale city, in prince william county, where president obama held his final rally before the 2008 election. mitt romney will spend the next two days raising money in texas. eel criss-cross the lone star state with events planned in dallas, san antonio and houston. romney is not expected to be seen with former president george w. bush or governor rick perry, who of course dropped out of the race for president back in january. romney was in the seattle area, for a fundraiser yesterday. today there's a recall election in wisconsin. voters will decide whether to keep governor scott walker in office or replace him with democrat tom barrett.

opponents are upset the republican governor ended collective bargaining rights for most state government workers. the latest poll gives walker a slight advantage. and alternate juror who sat in the john edwards case is speaking out about false assumptions made about her during the trial. denise spate said she and the other alternates wore coordinated colors to help lift the spirits of other jurors who spent days deliberating the case. a tv producer described her as flirting when she wore an off-the-shoulder red shirt. at the time the journalist didn't know that she was a mother of two, married to a model. spate said edwards smiled at the group one day in court, but not at her in particular. >> i really don't think john edwards sitting there facing 30 years potential is looking for his next date. i just thought it was ridiculous. >> yeah. and you better not be looking for your next date.

>> spate said she wore the shoulder-baring red shirt because she was going out after an evening in court, not to get his attention. the producer later apologized. the juror acquitted john edwards on six counts of corruption. there's a call for a prisoner swab between cuba and the u.s. the daughter of the cuban president tells cnn cuba could release potomac man alan gross in exchange for five cubans being held in the u.s. all the cubans are accused of spying. gross is serving a 15-year prison sentence after he was convicted of spying in cuba. gross says he was just trying to set up internet access for cuba's jewish community. we're going to check on the weather again now. let's talk to tom kierein about what we can expect today and the rest of the week. tom? >> we're hoping that the cloud cover is going to break up enough for us to see something like this. the transit of venus. there is venus, this is an image

from the 2004 transit of venus. and now here we are, 2012, eight years later, this is going to be the last time for another 105 years before we will see this happen again. >> hopefully we'll get the clouds breaking up. we'll see venus tracking across the face of the sun as it passes between the earth and the sun. it's about 24 million miles away. it's about the same size as the earth. you can sort of get a general idea of how much bigger the sun is from the way the earth and the venus are. you know, our sizes are similar. it is going to be a fascinating thing to see and a very rare celestial event. definitely don't look directly at the sun. here are some locations around town. the best one is the telescopic observing party. it's going to be taking place at the national air and space museum. it is free. that is right down there on the mall. and you can get there, try to get there around 5:45 or so to

be able to get in line to be able to have a look at it safely through their filtered telescopes. and it's going to be running until about 8:00 sunset is at 8:30, by then it will be below the tree line or the buildings, but hopefully we'll get breaks in the clouds, to be able to see it right now look at the cloud cover over washington, there's a few sunny breaks, but still quite cloudy. 67 at reagan national. an easterly breeze at around five to ten miles per hour. here are the temperatures around the region. right now it's into the low 60s to mid 60s in montgomery county. arlington, fairfax, prince george's, near the bay, low to mid 60s. this is so much cooler than average here for this time of year. for june the 5th, our average high is 81. and i don't think we're going to get anywhere close to that we've got all this cloud cover coming in from the north and east. far northeast of washington, around baltimore and the eastern shore. those areas, northeastern maryland are all bright and

sunny. around the district, throughout much of virginia, it's mostly cloudy, especially around the shenandoah valley and the blue ridge. as we go forward over the next several hours, there may be a few scattered showers here. these areas in green. right along perhaps the central southern shenandoah valley and perhaps the central blue ridge around charlottesville. later into the evening hours, any of the rain activity ending, we'll go partly cloudy tonight. by dawn on wednesday, a partly sunny day tomorrow. but then we've got a greater chance maybe tomorrow afternoon, over a wider area of some showers popping up. and then, we'll have another chance on thursday. so for the rest of the afternoon, these clouds in and out. and we'll have the light breezes out of the north and east. we may reach the low 70s by mid afternoon. back down to the upper 60s by sunset. which is at 8:30. and then partly cloudy, so enough breaks in the clouds, between 6:00 and 8:00 for the viewing of the transit of venus, we'll be down to 50s by midnight. and low 50s by dawn tomorrow. wednesday looks partly sunny, with afternoon highs mid 70s. a little greater chance of an

afternoon shower. on thursday, an even greater chance of an afternoon shower and thundershower. but still cooler than average. finally near-average temperatures on friday, and then above average saturday, sunday, monday. feeling like summer over the weekend. barbara? >> all right. thank you, tom. and don't forget the national air and space museum is hosting a public transit of venus viewing party. admission is free, it starts at 6:00, don't look at the sun directly without proper protection. the sun rays can damage your eyes. we're going to check the midday traffic now. danella, what's it looking like? >> let's start with metro. if you're taking metro today, you're going to see delays on the red line again today, due to scheduled track work. so metro single-tracking between twinbrook and shady grove metro station, delays in both directions. on the roads, we have an incident northbound route 3 at johns hopkins road. what happened was a truck lost its load. you may see a few lanes blocked because of debris on the roadway. please approach with caution. barbara, back to you.

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. ♪ we got trouble right here in river city ♪ >> it's been called one of the best musical comedies of all time. "the music man" is now playing at the arena stage. one of the stars of the production, burt moses joins us this morning with more on what audiences can expect. welcome. >> thank you very much. >> a lot of energy required, right? >> a lot of energy required in this part. >> how do you do it every part? >> you have to go like this first and then go like this and

you warm up the voice and then you get out there and basically perspire your face off. >> that's part of the whole thing. >> the director said to me, if you're not sweating like a race horse you're not doing the "music man." which is true. >> are you enjoying it? this certainly not your first time doing this show. >> i did it like kate and i, kate baldwin, my co-star and i did it in summer stock at different places. which means we threw it up in several days and put it on and both of us, i think were looking for a, just a process that full rehearsal process. that's what we have here. >> you're enjoying it? >> we have a lovely production and the arena stage is just theatrical heaven, molly smith has create thtd amazing center, called the mead center. which is new, i guess last year, two years ago. and it's just delightful. it's a delightful place. >> we want to talk about your character. you play a guy who is both

charming and dishonest. >> he's a con man. >> he's a con man. >> this guy fascinates me. he's a con man who actually dreams of being his con. his con is to be a music man, to be a band leader. except he doesn't know music whatsoever. he's going to sell the instruments, sell the uniforms and get out of dodge. but he dreams of being a music man himself. he dreams of being leader of the band. and in many ways, he is the leader of the band, he just doesn't know it. it's a wonderful character. >> you mentioned that you've played with kate baldwin, your co-star in this before. have you, or you worked in two separate places. >> we did the show in two separate places. i knew kate several years ago, we did a benefit where we sang a number together. i didn't know her other than who's the living doll with the red hair. >> you've never worked together. this is new for you? >> we only worked together that one number this is brand new. and i've got the best leading lady in the world. >> the songs in the show are

classics, do you have a favorite of all of them? >> every time i hear the show and i hear the show every night i go that's my favorite, no, that's my favorite. but i do love all the stuff with the barber shop quartet that kate sings with them, "liyda rose". >> and we saw you do one that's popular. >> "trouble". >> that's the one that has to come out of your mouth, you have to chew the words. >> are you enjoying being in the washington area. >> i love being in the washington area, although i haven't seen much of it because i've been recuperating from doing harold hill every night. but i have to get out more. we were out on the potomac yesterday, it was lovely. >> you'll be here in this show through july 22nd. >> yes, we're selling like hotcakes, there's still plenty of seats left. if you order now you'll get great seats, it's a great show. >> it sounds fantastic. we've got to get over there and have a look at it. i'm hearing great things about

it. >> thanks so much for coming. >> and it's 11:26 now. and coming up -- next half hour of "news4 midday" today, the district of columbia joins a federal immigration enforcement program. why city leaders are fighting the program. plus worries the new maryland live casino will bring more than just gambling to the area. and tom kierein is back to let us know if the clouds will be clearing. i was paying too much with cable.

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right now, jury selection is under way in the jerry sandusky child sex abuse case. sandusky accused of abusing ten boys over a 15-year period. he's denied all charges.

opening arguments are scheduled for june 11th. five men are in custody after police say they were involved in a suspected meth lab. howard county police say they got an anonymous call about a strange odor coming from a room at the holiday inn express on marshalee drive. starting today, a new immigration enforcement program called secure communities will be begin in the district. fbi agents will share information with immigration officials and local police as well. the big question is how long d.c. police will detain someone and who will pay for it. district leaders are not happy with the new program. they're introducing emergency legislation today. news4's megan mcgrath is live outside the wilson building with more on this now. megan? >> well, barbara, district leaders don't like the secure communities program. they think it's thrust local law enforcement into the controversial sphere of immigration enforcement.

lawmakers are trying to place limits on the level of the district's cooperation. the relationship between the police and the immigrant community. d.c. lawmakers are concerned that the secure communities program will upset the delicate balance. >> people afraid they'll get caught up in the immigration system are then afraid to report crimes. that means that criminals can commit crimes and it doesn't get reported to the police. >> reporter: under the secure communities program, the fbi automatically sends the fingerprints of persons who are arrested, to immigration and customs enforcement, known as ice. ice determines immigration status and whether the person should be deported. while district leaders would like to opt out of the program altogether, they can't so councilman phil mendelssohn is introducing emergency legislation that would limit the district's level of cooperation. placing restrictions on how long someone is held and for what

type of crime. >> we're saying if i.c.e. wants us to detain somebody on a civil detainer, we'll only do it for 24 hours and we'll only do it if the person has a proven record of violent crime. >> reporter: now the bill would also require i.c.e. to pay for the cost of detection. while district leaders don't like the program, i.c.e. see things differently. they say that the program only applies to people who have been arrested for other crimes. they also point out that 39,000 hard-core criminals have been deported. criminalers like murderers and rapists since the program began. in northwest, megan mcgrath, news4. thank you, megan. right now in alexandria, a trial is under way against a man accused of causing a d.u.i. crash that killed a little boy. police say 22-year-old victor aldana was drunk in january when he drove his car off duke street near i-395. the car hit 8-year-old brian hernandez chavez walking with

his mother. the mother recovered from her injuries. one d.c. councilmember wants to put an end once and for all to city leaders' stadium ticket tiff. jack evans has sent a budget amendment to his colleagues, proposing they split tickets to nationals park and verizon center evenly among the mayor and council members, ticket disputes among city leaders have made headlines in recent years. some council members criticized chairman kwame brown for how he handed out tickets to verizon center events last year. and in 2009 then-mayor adrian fenty refused to share baseball tickets with council members for more than a month. word of caution as you consider lunch outside as the weather gets warmer, especially you women. patio dining presents the perfect crime of opportunity. thieves can easily snatch your purse or bag hanging on the back of a chair or on the ground. d.c. police say they're getting dozens of calls each day for these types of thefts. officers say cell phone thefts are also a problem. with people leaving their phones

on the table. and we're going to check in to see if this will be an outdoor dining kind of day. here's tom kierein. >> still a bit on the cool side around the region now. it's still just generally in the 60s. rather cool, a northeast breeze, as well around five to 10 miles per hour. a few breaks in the cloud cover allowing a little sunshine to break out around the metro area, highs reaching low 70s. this evening, partly cloudy, down to the 50s tomorrow morning. another cool day, cooler than average tomorrow. afternoon highs, climbing to the mid 70s for a brief time and a small chance of a shower, greater chance of a shower or some thunder and still cooler than average on thursday. then friday, sunshine and then we warm up for the weekend. afternoon highs near 90 with sunshine on saturday, sunday and again on monday. last week, i traveled to fairfax county, visited the falls church sharifwood elementary school in fairfax county. talked to the fifth and sixth graders about all different kinds of weather.

on friday before the severe storm. i was warning them about the nasty weather that may be heading our way and i told them all the different things they need to do to stay safe when severe weather threatens. i want to thank the principal for the invitation to the shrevewood elementary school in fairfax county. a new casino opening in our region could also bring along some traffic concerns. maryland live sits right next to anne arundel mills mall. people who live nearby say the area is also congested and the casino isn't even open yet. >> there's so many people coming to the casino and coming out, it's always hard for me to pull out. i almost got in a car accident just going out of this road. >> maryland live opens tomorrow night at 10:00. and watch your speed when you roll through the district. today is the last day you'll get only a citation from 27 new

speed cameras set up in the district. a one-month warning period ends today. tomorrow, d.c. police will start sending out tickets to drivers caught going above the speed limit. the new cameras set up along streets with the highest number of crashes and injuries. we'll check again on the midday traffic with danella. good morning, thanks, barbara. right now if you're traveling westbound, independence avenue in southeast, it's closed between second street and first street. police activity is taken away the westbound lanes, please be aware of it. now let's head up to the outer loop of the beltway in montgomery county, sees delays from i-95 passing georgia avenue. you're under speed at about 28 miles per hour. at colesville road. and here's a look at the 14th street bridge, yesterday we saw construction here, it's gone today. and it looks pretty good. back over to you. thank you, danella. the parents of a murdered virginia tech student hope a new sketch can lead to a break in the case. police released a revised sketch

of the man suspected of kidnapping and killing morgan harrington back in 2009. her remains turned up in a remote field near charlottesville several months after she disappeared from a metallica concert. the fbi plans to launch a billboard campaign with the new sketch. the man suspected of being the east coast rapist is making it difficult for his lawyers to proceed with his defense. attorneys for aaron thomas filed a notice of their plans to enter an insanity plea. an actual plea can't be made until thomas meets with mental health evaluators. but he is refusing to do that. a hearing is scheduled for friday. thomas is accused of attacking three teenaged girls in prince william county in 2009. he is also suspected in other assaults in maryland, connecticut and rhode island. the transportation security administration fired five agents at the fort myers airport in florida. the agency also suspended more than three dozen tsa workers and supervisors for not conducting

random security checks. all of the agents work at the southwest florida international airport. the tsa says a two-month investigation last year found agents stopped making random screenings during the late shift. >> tsa is a giant organization, it's got tens of thousands of employees. those folks are doing a very mundane, day in, day out, high-volume, high-stress job. >> the tsa says it's holding owl of its employees accountable for its actions. the agency says it will have zero tolerance for misconduct. people in fairfax county are chipping in to offer a $7500 reward to catch a person attacking animals in that county. a calf, two goats and a chicken were injured at frying pan park in herndon over memorial day weekend. a group called friends of frien pan park put up the reward money. they say it's a shame for this to happen to such a family-friendly atmosphere.

>> it's just a good place for me to bring my son. he loves it here and he loves the animals. he loves the tractors and i can't imagine why anybody would want to do something like that to a place that's obviously good for the community. >> investigators are looking into the possibility, the same suspect attacked horses on a nearby farm. 11:40 the time right now. coming up on "news4 midday," the latest skin care technology being used to remove hair, treat acne and fight wrinkles, too. plus some highlights from the queen's jubilee celebration. stay with us, we'll be right back. i was paying too much with cable.

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carry-on bag. spirit airlines and ali giant airlines charged to cash carry-ones into overhead bins. this fall spirit says it's raising its fee from $45 to $100 for carry-on luggage. airlines createsed the problem in 2008 when they started imposing fees on checked bags. small gains on wall street. we'll check in with cnbc's bertha coombs with more. >> in terms of stock movement, it's a social day, we have in and out of positive territory in terms of investments, the dow is watching europe, spain is the new point of pain. the g-7 finance ministers, the finance ministers say they're monitoring the crisis. spain's debt costs are rising and the credit crunch loom there is. but stocks modsestly higher at the start. a little loafer after better-than-expected services data.

on the corporate front, they used to be friends, but when it comes to mobile, apple and google are more like frenemies. apple may be getting ready to boot google maps from the iphone. apple is expected to unveil its own mapping system next week at a conference in san francisco. with the new system expected to come preloaded on the iphone 5, which is likely do launch late they are year. and if the facebook ipo had its own fb page, it's time that it would have read shares turned higher this morning. a new poll finds that 80% of users have never bought a product or service based on an ad on facebook and a third say they're spending less time on the site than they did six months ago. the social networking giant is apparently looking to expand a 900 million user base with the form of the network for children. meantime, when it comes to junk food, mucky isn't kidding around. disney building on its initiative to cut junk food offerings at theme parks, joining today with first lady

michelle obama announcing a new initiative to limit advertising of junk food during children's programming. foods and soft drinks in ads will have to meet the mickey check for nutrition standards starting in 2015. so mickey, old, but in great shape. >> a potential breakthrough in the fight against an aggressive form of melanoma. researchers say a new drug blocks signals that tell tumors to grow. and it does so without causing the side effects common with other medication. another cancer drug is also showing signs of battling advanced melanoma. >> now we have multiple knew treatments that we know can be game-changers in a profound way. >> both drugs now head to the fda for approval. lasers, light energy and photo therapy being used for everything from hair removal to treating acne and fighting aging

as well. dr. sheryl burgess joins us with examples of the devices and these that you brought with you are over the counter? >> correct. online, over the counter and also in the physician's office. >> most people don't think that they really work. a lot of people think they don't. >> well i've give you the pros and the cons. >> let's get started. >> we have a device that is to replace laser hair removal that we normally do in the office, it's called the no-no. an at-home device. it uses a thermal energy filament in the unit. and i'll have katherine demonstrate it. first she wiped the skin with alcohol and then you let it dry and then you can go right over it now it does smell like burnt popcorn or fritos. >> it looks like an electric shaver. >> yes. it does, it's zapping and burning the hairs. once you burn the hairs, there's a buff that comes with it and

you roll it around on the area and get the loose hair off. now, the thing is, they don't tell you how often really to use this. and what's safe to use. it's not advised to be used on the face. bikini area or on the breast area. so large areas like the legs and the arm are safe to use. however, it's very time prohibitive. if you were going to do something like that. but it's important to use these monthly. just so you're on the hair cycle. >> does it destroy the hair follicle or burn off the top layer of hair? >> the heat generate down the hair fiber, down to the follicle. >> okay. >> so -- >> a little bit better than just shaping. >> better than shaping, but not as good as what you can get in the doctor's office. but it's definitely a tolerable procedure that most people can tolerate. versus the ones in the office tend to hurt a little bit. >> tell me what's next. >> the next unit is a skin rejuvenation unit. it's this one here.

and you've heard of blue light and red light. this is actually the red light. which is a system that is for photo rejuvenation. susan here has googles. it comes with the googles. >> you have to use this even when you're doing it on yourself? >> you should. you kind of want to feel the areas and susan put it on your skin. it's on and you see the red light. now that is a wavelength of 60 nanometers, it can it's an l.e.d. light, it's fractionated l.e.d., which stands for light-emitting diode. it rejuvenates the skin, it increases the circulation, texture, decreasing the pores, so this is a popular device. you leave it in that area about three minutes. so as you can see, your arm could get tired with it. and you do this twice weekly. >> and does it work? >> a lot of people have seen it work. yes. >> what does it do, tighten the

skin? >> it tightens, it rejuf nates, the skin. >> what is it called? >> the tanda lux. >> and this is available online? >> yes. and physicians offices. >> doctor's offices. >> tanda. >> this system is a dual system. and i'll come back to that but we'll talk now about acne. because this one also has an acne head. this was one of the first units that came out with acne, it's a blue light. so the skin rejuvenation is a red light. this is a blue light. which is 414 nanometers this is put, if you have acne, there's a cartridge in here for about 300 or 600 minutes. it again is set on the skin. and we just apply it to the skin like this and you leave it, it's timed. i'm doing it quickly because of time.

but it sits and it times how long you leave on the acne lesion. >> does it work? >> and it does work. how it works is it kills the porpherons, that are in the bacteria that causes acne. so it's actually killing bacteria. >> this one is called the tria. >> and that's available where? >> this is available online, also. >> and the last one is also acne, this you get two for one. if you like it. so mother could use it for rejuvenation, durt couaughter ce it for acne. >> again, this is again blue light. on the skin. >> for acne. >> for acne. >> dr. sheryl burgess, thank you so much. we've had a lot of people who have asked if you would talk about these things. >> and next week we're going to talk about skin-clarifying cleansing systems. >> next week, all right. thanks so much and thank you to your patients who came along with you. it is now 11:51 and coming up -- the fashion buzz from

london, plus meters tom kierein will be back.

the queen elizabeth, the queen of england, queen elizabeth, along with the rest of the royal family wrapped up the diamond jubilee celebrations with a formal carriage

procession through the streets of london this morning. hundreds of thousands of people camped out overnight waiting for a glimpse of the queen. among them, our own doug cammer, he shows us a different side of the jubilee celebrations. >> reporter: good morning from london. nice weather, right now temperatures only around 50 degrees, a little bit cool. the clouds are expected to roll in the rain is expected to roll in. but last night, just a fantastic, fantastic night for one of the best concerts you've seen in quite some time. take a look at what we shot last night. we were in what they call hyde park, which is really london's version of central park in new york city. we were there last night with hundreds of thousands of fans, all across the country. watching on video, the concert going on at buckingham palace last night. take a look at some of the people. everybody out and about. wearing their best british garb so to speak. it's almost like for us, it would almost be like a fourth of july party happening once every ten years, that's exactly what

this is for them. the diamond jubilee celebrating the queen's 60th anniversary on the throne. simply amazing to think she's been on the throne for 60 years. everybody out there enjoying it. we were enjoying it with the fans. we got to try some great british dishes, including fish and chips and mushy peas. we tried them last night. i got to tell you, it was pretty good, actually. i'm looking forward to maybe some more mushy peas over the next couple of days. after the concert, the queen lit the first of 4,200 beacons that are around the world symbolizing this historic event. a great night for all the british here, everybody just continues to say, wow, it's great to be british. the excitement here for britain is really, really strong. it's amazing and i'm just very happy to be here. so for everybody back there in the states -- hope you're enjoying yourselves, because i know i'm enjoying myself.

>> you can look for doug's reports all day today on news4. coming up this afternoon on news4 -- we're going to have continuing coverage, including the latest on the queen's diamond jubilee celebration, plus, disney's decision to join the first lady's food fight. tonight at 5:00. battling breast cancer. a simple blood test can predict a person's chance of relapse and death. and it's time for a final check on our forecast. we have tom with us. hey, tom. >> we've seen the cloud cover breaking up. we've had some sunshine breaking out and temperatures are beginning to warm up now. almost noon time and it's 65 at reagan national. and it's still, though, much cooler than average. average high this time of year is 81 for early june. and we'll be lucky to lime just into the low 70s by later this afternoon. quite a bit of cloudiness in  virginia, a lot of sunshine in a lot of maryland. around the metro area, it's partly to mostly cloudy still. that will be the story off and on through the rest of the afternoon. hopefully we'll get the clouds breaking up for the viewing of

the transit of venus between 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. then after that partly cloudy, partly sunny, perhaps an afternoon shower on thursday. but then feeling like summer for the weekend. have a great afternoon, see you tomorrow morning. tom, thank you. and that's "news4 midday" for today, we thank you for being with us and invite you to tune in for news at 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 and tonight at 11:00. we'll be back tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. and hope you join us. until then, have a terrific day. [ male announcer ] are you paying more and more and more for cable -- and enjoying it less? upgrade to verizon fios tv, internet and phone at a great price: just $99.99 a month, guaranteed for two years with no annual contract. or get $250 back if you sign a two-year contract. it's your last chance. don't wait!

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