knowing he can get barbara harrison in a bumper car, call our specl adoption hotline. 1-888-2-adopt-megon to nbcwashington.com. >>> all right. >> we should te the whole newsroom to take over bumper cars if barbara is willing to do it. >> that would be something else. 17 now before the topf the hour. 62 degrees here. we're getting up there. >>> yes, indeed. on our way up to near 80 degrees. can this really bectober? >>> the holidays are closer than you think. it looks like the rockefeller center sking rink officially opened. the rink opened to visitors yesterday for its 74th year. it first opened in976 on christmas day and attracts more than 250,000 people every year. it's open to the public october through early april. didn't expecthat. didn't see that coming. >> whenou started to read that tease, i'm like, oh, no. not christmas decorations already. a skating rink is all right, i gues but, man, just thinking the holidays are that close drives me crazy. my mother's birthday is tomorrow. >> get on it, chuck. >> i'm working on it. she doesn't need anything. doesn't wantanything. honey, ju

barbara harrison, news4 for wednesday's child. >>> and if you have room in your home and your heart for please call our special adoption hotline. you can go to our home page at nbcwashington.com. >>> when we come back, the science behind getting bumped or getting moved to first class. what your airline ticket says that could help determine how >>> hello. welcome back. a beautiful day out there with plenty of sunshine. say goodbye to th sunshine. take a long look at it, too. rain is in the forecast. currently 70 degrees in the d.c. area. 66 down towardthe air force base. satellite and radar showing the high pressure that will move out. in behind it, rain. a nationally day tomorrow. 60 degrees for a high. we begin looking at rather wndy conditions through the day on saturday. thanks. >>> the next time you take a flight, youay want to check your ticket for more tn your departure team and your gate assignment. there is an airline code that can tell you the chances of getting an upgrade or getting bumped from your flight. grant stinchfield has the story. >> reporter: when it come to air trav

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i'm wendy rieger. >> an i'm barbara harrison.of dui arrests in the district are under question tonight because the equipment used by police was not properly certified >> pat collins is live with an update to a story you saw first on news4. pat? >> reporr: indeed, wendy. scores of dwi arrests in the last months in question because of improper police procedures. >> all the people that plead guilty or were found guilty of dwi based on these scores were wrongfly convicted. every single one of them since march of this year. >> reporter: how many people? >> hundreds. hundreds of people. reporter: tom key is an experienced defense attorney, a special in dwi cases. he says hundreds of recent dwi arrests made by d.c. police are flawed because of procedural errors.

barbara harrison takes to us meet j.d. at six flags. we apologize.e'rhaving some technical difficulties bringing you that report. we'll bring it to you later. >> we know you want to hear about him. first the moment isn't ghaing the company that serves it is. >> up next, the big change coming to a ballpark near you. >>> in sports, dan introduces to us one of theizards hoping to help make a difference on the court this season. >>> hello, everybody. i'm coming to you with a cool day today and another cool night tonight. and then just some fantastic weather in store. 60 degrees, the current temperature. winds out of the west at 14 miles per hour. some gusty winds as well. and actually, we're seeing some sunshine out there rht now in some areas. live digital doppler radar, not much in the way of rain. that's the good news. i wouldn't be surprised to see a couple areas, a sprinkle or two. our area of low pressure that has been dominating our forecast over the past couple of days. the cloud cover and those cool condions is finally beginning to move out. it

barbara harrison tes us to meet jennisfer. >> reporter: hi, jennisfer. >> hi. >> reporter: do you rememberarbara. >> reporter: that's right. it's so great to see you again. it's been a while. >> yes. >> reporter: we're going to a special place today. it's the school for arts in learning. the school, also known as washington very special arts, is a perfect place for kids and adults are challenges to explore their creativity. two years ago when we firstet jennisfer we took her for her first visit to the circus where we got a little creative with the own costumes. good to see you. i want you to meet jennisfer. >> very good to meet you. welcome to vsa. >> reporter: the school ceo showed off artwork ofther students here. some pictures even became greeting cards. >> so each these cards has a different theme. >> reporter: jennisf was interested in painting a horse. >> jennisfer, this is jude. he will work with you today. >> generals fer h been in care since 2005 and she came in care due to abuse and neglect. >> reporter: art teacher shows jennisfer how to draw a horse beginning with circles and t

." >>> good morning, and welcome, i'm barbara harrison. it's onday, october 25th, 2010.ne of the most anticipated trials in this area is now under way. opening statements started this morning inhe trl of the man accused of killing chandra levy. news4's tracee wilkins has more now from d.c. superior court. >> reporter: opening statements are under way in the chandra levy case. and what's expected to be an uphill battle for the prosecution. >> susan leavy, her mother, walked in wearing sunglasses and a scarf, covering part of her face. after years of waiting, she is expected to testify her daughter's murder trial. it's the beginning of one of the most controversial murder cases in d.c. history and is expected to be one of the hardest to prosecute. the nine-year-old murder case of chandra levy is brought with errors, according to legal experts and even the prosecutor admitted during the pretrial hearing that mistakesarly in the trial left virtually no physical evidence, also no eye-witnesses, no dna and no weapon. >> ihink the government lacks direct evidence, anything that

. >>> welcome back to news 4 at 4:00, i'm barbara harrison. >> and i'm jim handly. here's what's happening in the news right now, four people stabbed outside a bar nea university of maryland's campus overnight. three victims were students. those students were under age, and should not have been in the bar in the first place. police tell us it started as an argument inside. one bar, then the stabbing happened down the street in front of another. all of the victims are expected to be okay. so far there have been no arrests on the case. >>> filming on the transformer's three movie is back up again. it was suspended after one of the main transformer's vehicles collided with a d.c. police cruiser. the scene tonight will shut down pennsylvania avenue between 3rd and constitution around 6:30 p.m. >>>ozens of chilean miners are just hours away from freedom. they're set to be rescued one by one. the rescue is expected to last up to two hours. >>> taking a look at wall street. stocks made moderate gains after losing ground toward the end of the trading session. the dow gained

. >> and i'm barbara harrison in for jim handly. what police originally called a brutal beating may not have been murder after all. >> this morning police said they chased down a man and beat him death after he threw arick through the bar's window. sources say the medical examiner was unable to confirm that he died from the beating. we'll have much more coming up at 5:00. >>> a manassas man was killed near a commuter lot this morning. the victim, 38-year-old miguel was apparently crossing the street when he was hit by a pickup truck. the driver remained on the scene and has not been charged. >>> some of the men rescued from that mine in chile are out of the hospital and headed home. at least three of the men were released late last night. others are expected to be released throughout the day today. the miners have made a pact to not talk to the media about the ordeal unless they are paid for it. >>> a traffic alert for drivers in son's corner. chain bridge road will be shut down tonight at the beltway. crews are working to take down

i'm barbara harrison in for jim handly. >> we start with a scary situation for parents. right now a toddler is recovering in the hospital after she and her mother were hit by an suv. it ppened around 10:30 this morning at the interction of aspen hill road and georgia avenue. police stay 36-year-old woman and her 17-month-old were crossing the street when they were hit. the toddler was in a stroller. witnesses stopped and performed cpr on the child. she is expected to survive. so far no charges have been filed against the driver. news4's pat collins talkedith some of the witnesses. their story is coming up on news4 at 5:00. >>> the half brother of albert haynesworth died after a motorcycle crash in tenessee. police say 23-year-oldance mccoy crashed into a sprek had pulled into his lane. witnesses say he was speeding. they say he tried to change lanes but was unable to avoid the crash. the driver said he did not see the motorcycle before the impact which spun his vehicle into a 180-degree turn. mccoy was the youngest of three sons of lind haynesworth. she has left town for

i'm barbara harrison. it's thursday, october 7, 2010. now to breaking news from southeast washington. police were called to ballou high school for reports of a large fight. it happened about an hour ago. a d.c. police officer was injured when he or she was sprayed with mace or pepper spray while attempting to break up the fight. police say the injury appears to be minor. no word on arrests or what started the fight. we have a reporter head to the scene and bring it more when it becomes available. >>> we are following a developing story out of northwest washington. a woman is dead after she was hinear dupont circle by an suv. a vehicle that took off after the accident. police say the victim of struck in the 1300 block ofonnecticut avenue at around 1:30 this morning. officers tracked down the suv that they believe s involved in the accident in chevy chase, maryland. megan mcgrath is live in northwest washington. >> reporter: police were able to track down that suv thanks to information provided to them by a very determined eyewitness. that

i'm barbara harrison. it's date. we're following two breaking news stories this morning. we begin with an accidents involving pedestrians in aspen hill. it happened on aspen hill road and georgia avenue. it involved a mother and her child. police and rescue personnel are on th scene right now. we have live pictures from chopper 4. the intersection remains blocked. the injuries to the victims are said tbe critical. we'll have me as details become available. first we'll talk to the captain who is with usn the telephone from montgomery county fire and rescue. what can you tell us about what happened? >> fire and rescue were notified about a pedestrian be struck, a mother and a child at the intersection of georgia avenue and aen hill road. there was a cpr in progress by a bystand bystander. that child has sious life threatening injuries right now being transported to e trauma center. mother also injured, however the status of her injuries unknown at ts point, believed to be nonlife threatening. appears there was an suv traveling in the northbound lanes of georgia avenue right

i'm barbara harrison, it's tuesday, october 5th, 2010. we have breaking news. firefighters are battling a blaze. corning avenue and austin hill. fire file thors called a second alarm this morning. megan has details. >> reporter: good morning, barbara. the firefighters have basically finished their work of knocng down this fire. but you can see all of the crews that still remain here on the scene. they're watching over things. from time to time, they've had toeal with hot spots and flarups that haveappened through the morning. again, the bulk of the fire has been knocked down. now, this fire did quite a bit of damage to this building. but fortunely, no one was injured. firefighters sprayed water on sections of the burning roof. no longer on the top of the building, but now on the ground below. dirk smith just moved in 12 days ago. he sprang out of the batht when a neighbor began banging on his door. >> everything, i.d.s, money, all my clothes, all my money. i just got my social security check. th's been burned up. i don'tnow what else to say. i thank god my daug

i'm barbara harrison. it's friday, october 15, 2010. we begin with breaking news. a man beaten to death this morning. now five employees at a u street corridor bar are charged with his death. it happened at the intersection of 9th and u street early tis morning. tracee wilkins is live with at they've learned. good morning. >> reporr: good morning. we've been here since early this morning watching this unfold throughout the morning and now new details about what happened here last night. it all started here at the d.c. nine club that broken window there to the right is a major part of what happened here this evening. this is what we know, according to police and sources. and also an employee who works here. an employee told us early in the evening a drunk patron smashed a window who was inside the bar. while they were trying to clean that mess up after hours another man kept coming back and forth to the bar looking to get inside and get a drink. they say that the last time he came back, he had two bricks in his hand and threw them through the window here knocking ou

. >> good morning, everyone, i'm barbara harrison. news 4's megan mcgrath is in rockville with more. >> reporter: good morning, barba. in less than a week, we've had several high-profile pedestrian accidents, two of them happened in montgomery county, the most recent occurred early sunday moing and left two men dead. investigators say the driver of that striking vehicle had been drinking. now with all the that's happened in the last few days, police wa to remind both pedestrians and drivers of their shared responsibility out there on the roadways. a deadly weekend in montgomery county. two men struck and killed early sunday morning as they tried to cross rockville pike. it was 3:20 in th morning. police say ada and rory had left the metro stag and stepped into the stres when they were hit by a passing car. police belve the driver, a-year-old alejandro roman, had been drinking. investigators say roman initially stopped and then left the scene but did rurn a short time later. it's unclear who was at fault, and it could be weeks before a

i'm barbara harrison. it's thursday, october 14, 2010. >>> you may notice some major security presence at d.c. department of public works yard. new security measus were put in place this morning after a gunman shot two workers. the shooting happened at the facility along the 1,200 block of w street northeast. tracee wilkins reports. >> reporter: as the investigation continues into yesterday's murder one day after that shooting, there's a definite difference here. these are the kind of changes that workers say they've needed. >> you can see now -- >> reporter: spot lights running on generator. one of the first things workers approaching the department of public works cited brentwood noticed. they say normally the lot is pitch black. >> long time coming but i'm glad that it's out here. >> reporter: at the front gate. >> thank you very much. >> reporter: anrmed protective service officer is chking i.d.s of employees entering the facility. this all follows yesterday's deadly shooting of 51-year-old larry hutch

i'm barbara harrison. today we're getting a better picture of just how powerful and devastating yesterdas storm really was. part of our area still under water right now. southern maryland was hit particularly hard. and joining us now on the phone is karen everett, blic information officer for st. mary's county. we talked yesterday and looks like you did really get hit even after we had soken and good morning. >> gd morning, barbara. yes, we had sustained rain until 2:00 a.m. >> we're looking at pictures of some of the devastation. can you describe what people are seeing this morning? >> that was the major problem our commuters faced this morning, what you're looking at. that's a major interchange in st. mary's county. it was closed this morning but i did just hear about five minutes ago it has reopened. >> so some of the water starting to recede there now? >> yes, ma'am. we exrienced high tide early this morning and so that was the crest of many of the tributaries that we watched carefully and water is sta

i'm barbara harrison. it's monday, october 4th, 2010. if your family and friends are planning to ache a trip to europe oon, be aware. the is a travel alt in place for all americans living and traveling there. the u.s. state department issued a rare advisory for american travers to be on notice there are potential terrorist threats in europe. news 4's megan mcgrath has reaction from some travelers headed for europe from dulles. >> reporter: the travel warning is rather general. it des not mention specific targets or even countries. but americans traveling to europe are being asked to use caution, especially when visiting spots known to attract foreign tourists. at dulles intnational airport, everything appears normal. travelers board planes. nothing unusual in the terminals. passengers flying out of dulles, though, are aware ofthe warning but are not concerned enough to change their itinerary. >> what are the changes that's going to happen? minor. so, hey, i'm not going to let them rule me. >> i figure my faith will come upon me as a gran

barbara harrison has >>> oh, my god. what's going on with that? i wl return them today. >> why didn't you just wear your own pants today? >> then i'd have to carry these around. now, i don't have to carry them. you wear the pants instead of carrying the pants. mas sense. >> playing the lg-suffering wife. cheryl is taking on a new role as executive producer of nbc's new show, "school prid" a proactive series shows communities coming together renovating their aging public school. she will be on tomorrow to tell us about it. >> i'm excited about it. >>> coming up in the next hal hour, if you're one of the miions of people unemployed for a long time, you may be asking where are the jobs? we have the best jobs in america and high paying positions and the growth potential. >>> if you're looking for a new >>> that nor'easter is just developing over us no and it is a wave of low pressure that's ssing through the region. it's giving us rain right now. but as it does begin to deepen and move north and east we'll ha strong winds beginning to push in by tomor

i'm barbara harrison. in the "news 4 today" you may see extra security if you ride amtrak today.00, metro will close the mcphearson west for track improvements. theower track will also be closed. no orange or blue lines will pass through any of these stations. instead shuttle buses will take passengers bween stops. all lines should be open by tuesday morni. and veronica is here with our forecast. good morning. >>> it's an a-okay forecast. nothing but blue skies through the area. the temperature is now at 59 degrees. fair fax, 60, 62 currently in the district with a high today of 79 degrees. the weekend couldn't be better. close to 80. and around 80 degrees. on monday we stay dry. steve? >> all right, veronica. we're going to take you back to springfield right now where it's a prk aing lot. you go south of i-95. in addition to the columbus day, we have closing. > thank you, steve. today on nbc 4, ellen wraps up magic week with a disappearing achlgt plus >>> from nbcnes, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> hello, ever

i'm barbara harrison.. rescuers pronounced him dead at the scene. >>> bless are questioning men in the overnight murder of a man o was beaten to dea in the 2000 block of 9th street northwest. investigators say he threw a brick through a nightclub window when he was denied entrance. that's when he was chased and beaten to death. >>> we've got a great weekend coming. >> a live view from the sky watcr camera showing the blue sky with the sunshine and a little tinbling of fall color here, but much farther to our west and the area of orange in west virginia, good color. good weekend to go out and check the fall foliage there. we'll have the winds increasing. small chance of a passing shower. gh winds, blustery tomorrow and sunny sunday. how's the traffic? >>> as you make the trip on 3et 5, the accident gone. in from the west along interstate 66, a medical emergency on the shoulder here. this is near nutley street. as a result, we're late clearing out from 123 headed for the capital beltway. so be careful out th

i'm barbara harrison. we have breaking news.in northeaswashington. we're looking at a live news conference right now with the chief of police here. the person who was kill order shot, identified as 51-year-old larry hutchins, a 24-year employee. it happened in the 1200 block of w street this morning. that shooter is still at large. stay with news 4 for more updates on this situation. >>> and tom joining us now for a look at our forecast. tom? >> cooldown your night. it's still cool. rain is likely tomorrow with a high near 60. them on friday, a small chance of a shower. otherwise blustery and chilly. friday into saturday, sunny in the 60s. >>> a problem is an accident on 395 downtown at the exit for the u.s. pital. police, fire and rescue crews on the scene. one more stop to see how wre doing. outer loop the heavy. i-95 too. barbara? >> thank you, jerry. coming upon "news 4," nate berkus showing you how to take captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> in nbc news, in the "today" with kathie lee giffordnd hoda kotb. live

i'm barbara harrison.upont circle. police say she was struck around 1:30 this morning in 11300 block of connecticut. they say the driver took off. they were able to track down the vehicle that they believe was involved in chevy chase thanks to the help of a witness on a bicycle who got the tag number after the accident. >>> and it feels pretty comfortable, very fall-like. >> exactly. very fall-like and a gorgeous weekend coming up, plus to 80 for the weekend. but definitely a good day to be on the outside, not the iide. we've got temperatures coming out of the 60s. 73 in winchester today and warrington and , 75, you folks around st. mary's. a bit of a breeze. then things quite down tomorrow but still sunshine. your weekend cloerks to 80 degrees. and then rain not until tuesday of next week. >>> all right. let's take a look at how we're doing. 270 southbound jammed an accident in hyattstown still in the roadway. as you head through landmark and shirlington, not bad. a slit little slow but the lanes are open

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i'm barbara harrison. far there have been more than 96 break-ins. policeay the burglar scales homes overnight and gets through unlock doors and also unlocked vehicles. >>> the woodrow wilson bridge will be waved tonight at 10:00 to let a large brish vessel through. it makes its way back under the bridge tomorrow night at 10:00. let's check our weather. veronica, good morning. >> good morning. he we're warming up a bit, despite all that stuff out there. >> a lot of clouds. >> a lot of clouds. >> i think it's pretty. >> kind of a good snapshot photo there hind us. temperatures are warming up. 57 in the district. falls church at 51 and 46 in alexandria. we'll have some passing showers for the afternoon, and then some sunshine for tomorrow. breezy sunshine, but we'll take it. 75 your high on friday. 76 on saturday and sunday. jerry? >>> a look at 395 orthbound. lanes are open. on the beltway north of town there had been a broken down car on the inner loopf the beltway in georgia. cleared but still backed up. b

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i'm barbara harrison. it's october 4th 2010. after an attack on campus. police say three men tackled a student around 4:30 yesterday rning and took his wallet and cell hone. this is the latest attack in a string of robberies targeting students. the others have happened off campus. >>> we'll check the forecast now. we have veronica with us. >> good morning, barbara. it's definitely damp out there and drizzly too. showers coming through the area with some wind. 52 is your current temperature righnow in the district. 50 degrees at merryfield, 50 at hillcrest. we'll see a high of 56 to 58. break from the showers tomorrow. we'll get a quarter of an inch and more showers. not much coming through on wednesday. >>> plenty of rush hour and it is very, very tough. 395 from the pentagon to the 14th street bridge just crawling. just the activity on the shoulder the only thing we can find. one more stop at the american legion bridge. it's well below the speed limit from the i-270 spur headed wn to tyson's corner. just the weather, no acciden

i'm barbara harrison. coming up on midd, it's going to feel like summer, a little more like summer.et better. get a smarter health plan, aetna.com. >>> we're back on this fun day with "today's buzz" and enou sop to keep you dishing all day long. >> between miley cyrus and ryan seacrest, an cohen has it all. >> how are you, doll? how was your weekend? >> my weekend was great. >> too bad we can't talk about that. but anyway -- >> weteased ryan seacrest coming out of the commcial, we said we were going to -- >> rumors. >> rumors abound. yes, please clear up the rumors. >> basically there are reports that ryan seacrest is starting a new cable channel. >> oprah has hers, where's ryan's? >> it is ryan seacrest in conjunction with caa and aeg, aeg, the big concert people, they'retalking about doing a new pop culture and music channel which sounds like they're gunning for mtv which doesn't do much music at this point. i talked to cao over the weekend d they said it is so preliminary, but it is so in the early stages, and as we have seen from oprah's starting her own channel, it takes a whil

i want to thank commissioner harrison for negotiating some of the improvements of that operation. it took some time and effort. thank you. >> eve, then barbara, ross, and ernestine. >> hello. i would like to comment on the food concessions in delores park. i am a resident of the mission. i operate a small business in the mission. i spent time in delores' park regularly. i took time out from my work to represent the silent voice of the mission, who support having food concessions. i have been looking forward to the food concessions in our park for almost two years. i have been following your process on posts and word of mouth. i have been bragging to friends and family in new york that we will have great local food and drink in our parks, just like they do. san francisco will be the new capital of the u.s. i have been aware of the loud voices of opposition led by the local cafes. this was predictable. with the withdrawalf