darcy's diary. >> another related story. >> cousins. >> darcy, darcy, darcy. >> [laughter] yes, mr. darcy is the biggest draw, i think. it all started with the 1995 adaptation with colin firth. the red shirt. yes. >> it was a moment that inspired a new industry. it was not just elizabeth bennet's heart that was sent aflutter. >> miss bennett? >> among my books are mr. darcy's obsession. >> i want to relive elizabeth falling in love with mr. garcia over and over again. >> snell, incredible output, but you are taking on the mantel possibly one of the greatest writers of the english language. >> yes, i think i am brave to do that. i could never, never ever emulate her. i do it because i love it, yes. >> bbc news. >> we have got plenty more to come here, stay with us on "bbc world news." >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding for this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. and union bank. >> at union bank, our relationship managers work hard to understand the industry you operat

darcy takes the plunge fully clothed -- >> mr. darcy!r: that scene has 3 million views on youtube, the most popular "pride and prejudice" clip by far. >> it's all full of sex that's about to explode on us all. >> reporter: as a british sex symbol, mr. darcy is the opposite of james bond, rarely shaken or stirred. whether it's lawrence olivier or colin firth -- >> my affections and wishes are unchanged. >> reporter: -- he is the thinking woman's heartthrob. >> when i was about to play the part, everybody i knew was horrified and astonished. women i knew said, "don't! you'll ruin it forever!" >> reporter: no chance of that. there's now the bollywood version, "bride and prejudice," the zombie version and on the internet -- >> my name is lizzy bennet -- >> reporter: a version where mr. darcy maintains a twitter feed. tonight, we're in pasadena. southern california could not be more different from the world of jane austen and pemberly. and yet here, everyone is dressing the part. this is the jane austen equivalent of a "star trek" convention.

hi, darcy. >> reporter: hi, jim. i couldn't even get one.f i tried to jump ahead in line, i think there would have been major problems. there are tons of people in town, many of them are taking metro. usually on a sunday evening downtown is pretty quiet. you can see there are tons of people out, even at this hour. and if you were hoping to get one of those special smart trip cards at this point, it's too late. >> any day you want all day long. >> reporter: at metro center downtown people waited in line to get these, the commemorative obama inaugural smart trip cards selling for 15 bucks apiece. >> i have been to two different metro stations before getting here, and i got them. >> how many? two? >> reporter: the cards sold out across the system around noon, but word spread that there were a few thousand left still for sale here. metro ordered 100,000 standards, more than what sold in 2009. >> i think it's a collector's item, but i have family here, so i use them every time i come back. >> reporter: it's been a busy day for metro and it's not

darcy has the latest developments for us. hi, darcy. >> reporter: yeah, the fire broke out down the street, around the corner from where i am standing. the man remains in the hospital tonight after he tried to put the flames out himself. the cell phone video shows flames shooting in the roof of a million dollar single family home in fairfax. >> it was pretty shocking. the flames were coming out of the roof, probably 30 feet above the roof. very intense fire. it took a while, even with all the water they put on it to knock the fire down. >> a man in his 80s had to be flown to a local burn unit after trying to put it out himself with a bucket of water. >> he was injured. he's been flown to washington burn center with respiratory-type injuries. >> reporter: the flames broke out on the second floor and quickly spread. officials say the victim brought his wife to safety and went in without immediately calling 911. >> this was a delay in notification of the fire department. he made several attempts to fight the fire and retreated f

hi, darcy. >> reporter: hi, jim. there was an awesome concert tonight at the washington convention center. then we made our rounds to a couple galas, including one here at the renaissance hotel. ♪ >> reporter: the stage was set with star performers at the kids' inaugural ball at the washington convention center. usher kicked it off. ♪ i will never make it without you ♪ >> reporter: the event hosted by first lady michelle obama and dr. jill biden was in honor of military members and their families. >> when i think about what makes america great, i think about all of you, our men and women in uniform, our military spouses, and our amazing military kids. >> reporter: the concert was just one of several events held across a district just two days before the second inauguration of president barack obama. ♪ at the renaissance hotel, the illinois state society hosted an inaugural gala. these women traveled from wisconsin to take in the events. >> it's been fantastic. it's just a lot going on, different activities, so it's j

darcy? >> reporter: jim, i've been out here for a while.i was hoping to catch a glimpse of some of the stars who are expected to perform tonight. no such luck on my part. but i was able to talk to some of the people going to the event tonight. thousands of military members, family and friends are expected to attend the invitation only event, officially called the kids inaugural, our children, our future. this military family came from charlottesville. >> i think it's a great opportunity for my family, something for my kids have been looking forward to all week. so we're just happy to be here. >> we're here as a family. there are lot of opportunities given to service families and members that we don't goat go to together. it's great to celebrate that. we have military kids and they're here to celebrate the inauguration. it's a once in a lifetime chance for them. >> reporter: it's a star studded vent. katie perry and singers from glee will be here. >> how did you score the tickets? >> my good grades and high grade point average. >> these sist

but we start with darcy spencer, live on the national mall. darcy, the big crowd comes tomorrow, but it's been busy tonight, too. >> reporter: it certainly has. if you're planning to come here tomorrow, be prepared to see a lot of this. this is the fencing that is all over the place that's going to help with crowd control. things are pretty much locked down and we're pretty for things to get started tomorrow. tonight, many streets surrounding the national mall have been closed and barricades are up, and the nation's capital stands ready for inauguration day. >> this is such a rare opportunity. it's like once every four years. >> reporter: traffic tonight very heavy on the streets that are still open. by 3:00 a.m., everything will be shut down. >> the traffic has been more congested this time than it was in 2009. >> reporter: many tourists are already in town, but officials are expecting a smaller crowd than 2009, when 2 million people showed up to witness mr. obama be sworn in as the nation's first african-american president. >> hopefully i ca

news 4's darcy spencer spoke to the boy's mother today about the arrest and what comes next. darcy? >> reporter: imjjim, the little boy's mom is relieved about the arrest but she wants those that allowed this to happen to be accountable. she sat down with an interview as police were still investigating the case. joakim rams charged with first-degree murder in the death of his 15 yelled-year-old son. authorities say the little boy drowned in his home last october. >> i had always dreamed i was going to be dancing with him on his wedding day. and he's never going to have one. >> reporter: this is the little boy's mom. she says after she left rams due to alleged abuse, she fought to keep her son from having unsupervised visits with his father. >> this is something that absolutely could have been prevented. >> she says that the montgomery county family judge grantsed him unsupervised visits. and on the fourth saturday visit she got the call that forever changed her life. >> all i know is i dropped off a healthy little boy that morning. i was chasing him around and he was laughing and sm

darcy? >> reporter: jim, just within the last few minutes prince george's county police released some mug shots of men arrested in connection with one of the incidents. 17-year-old samuel chicas and 15-year-old benjamin chicas and 20-year-old edgar hernandez. all three men live in liverdari. they have been arrested and charged with a restaurant robbery early this morning. first crime happened at 3:00 this morning outside the shanghai cafe. police say three men were arrested for robbing a student outside the restaurant. they say the robbers armed with grass knuckles and a knife took the victim's wallet and iphone. do you walk around route one at night? >> all the time. a lot actually. like from library and back to get food, you know, just things daily. >> reporter: are you going to watch a little closer now? >> a little bit, yeah, definitely. >> reporter: about 1:15 this afternoon police say a student was a victim of an attempted robbery. it happened on the fourth floor of the new varsity hig

darcy, thanks.f you're out tonight there are plenty of ways to get home without getting behind the wheel. metro is open until 2:00 a.m. the sober ride taxi program is also running until 6:00 tomorrow morning. you can call 1-800-200-taxi for a free ride up to 30 bucks. uber is on surge pricing. base fares can be as high as $100 before adding extra for time and the mileage, too. and police want you to speak up. if you see someone driving drunk, call 911. well, we have been waiting an awful long time to say this. the redskins are the nfc east champions and headed to the playoffs. fans we talked to today are on cloud 9. >> i'm delighted, not just happy. i'm ecstatic. >> hail to the redskins! hail victory! we are on the war path and fight for all d.c. >> that's a plunger he is holding. the skins play the sea hawks on sunday and just that one game at fedex field means some big bucks in business for prince georges county. officials expect sunday's game to yield more than half a million dollars in amusement

reporting live, darcy spencer, news4. >> news4 today starting early tomorrow, making sure you get the latest weather, traffic and any school delays as you head out the door. tune in right here starting at 4:00 tomorrow morning. >>> an investigation under way after that deadly nightclub fire in brazil. more than 230 people killed inside the packed club in the college town of santa maria. francis coe has more on what started the fire and why it was so deadly. >> reporter: amateur video captures the chaos and panic outside a nightclub. mean are seen taking off their shirts, trying to fan away smoke from survivor's clothes. others join firefighters in knocking down the windows and walls to free those trapped. witnesses say a flare lit my band members evolved into a fast-moving blaze. the club had only one exit that was partially blocked by dead bodies. bouncers originally hampered people from running out thinking they were running out on bar tabs. the process of identifying the dead has already begun. relatives and friends gathered at a local gymnasium, turned into a makeshift morgue. the

darcy. >> it made him be smart. i thought it has been well research. she would not mind in any way. >> is a love story that no matter how many times to be told, it always has the same ending. abc news. >-- bbc news. >> that is pretty high affection. we have to agree. that brings us to a close. you can continue watching this from updates around the world. it is good your local listings and you will find our channel number. from all of us here, thank you so much for watching. >> makes sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding is made possible by vermont, and honolulu, newman's own foundation, and union bank. >> at union bank, our relationship managers work hard to understand the industry you operate in, working to nurture new ventures and help provide capital for key, strategic solutions in a wide range of industries. what can we do for you? >> "bbc world news" was presented by kt,os l angeles. vo:geico, committed to providing service to its auto insurance customers for over 70 years. more information on auto insurance at geico.com or 1-800

in virginia, darcy spencer, news 4. >>> children in stafford county will see a lot more security whenhey head back to class tomorrow morning. the county sheriff's office plans to do daily checks of all public schools in the weak of the newtown, connecticut tragedy. the first time daily police patrols at schools. this is a precautionary measure and is not in response to any threat. survivors of the mass shooting at sandy hook elementary in connecticut go back to class on thursday. tomorrow, there is an open house for parents. students will use a vacant school building in the nearby town of monroe. school administrators have transferred desks and other things from sandy hook in an effort to make the surroundings more familiar for students. parents of a maryland first grader suspend foed for pointin his fingers like a gun. the boy is at roscoe nix elementary. suspend aid week after the shootings in connecticut. the family's attorney says the 6-year-old was playing with friend, not making any threats. >> keep in mind that a 6-year-old is presumed not to be able to form the intent to commi

in fairfax, virginia, darcy spencer, "news4 today." >>> we have a traffic alert this morning. crews are tearing down a bridge along a busy virginia highway and that means delays. right now crews are working to bring down the courthouse road bridge along route 50 arlington boulevard. westbound traffic will be forced to detour through 8:00 tonight. traffic to and from courthouse road will be detoured through august as crews rebuild the bridge. >>> we're just getting started here on "news4 today." the time 9:06. essa lating violence in egypt has the u.s. taking action this morning. >>> up next, how the u.s. embassy is trying to protect americans as riots break out in tahrir square. >>> why new credit card fees that go into effect today don't necessarily mean a higher bill in the mail. >> stay ahead of the winter weather coming our way. you can download the storm team 4 weather app to your smartphone or to your tablet. search nbc washington weather in the app store or on google play. >>> a developing story this morning out of egypt. the embassy in cairo is shut down because of int

if a plan to increase the speed limit gets the green light, darcy spencer telling us how high it can so how high can go, how can you sound off whether this proposal, whether you think it's a good idea. that's something we all want to hear. >>> if you're driving on the icy c, you've got to keep your speed down to 55, but soon, you might be able to put the pedal to the metal, all the way up to 70 miles per hour. the house of delegates bill would raise the maximum speed on interstates and expressways in maryland from 65 to 70. right now, the speed limit on the wide open icy c toll road is 55. some say that's too low. >> everybody picks a lane, it's 45, 50, 55 miles an hour. >> too slow? >> too slow. >> reporter: and there's talk of lowering the icc tolls to address the complaints that the charge is too high. the speed limit, too low. so lots of drivers are getting tickets. >> i actually think that's a really good idea. i feel like you pay to use that road and there's always a lot of police officers out there. you really have to watch your speed limit so i hope you get places a lot quick

darcy spencer, news4. >>> we started the day with freezing rain, some sleet, and things are going toeeling a bit tropical around here in the next couple days. >> yes, they are, bring it, veronica johnson is in the storm center with conditions right now. it's not going to be nearly as cold as it's been. >> no, it's not. we'll stay well above freezing, no trap probably, but what we will see is the fog out there, because this warm air is coming up over areas that still have a bit of snow oregon, but i'll tell you what. the next two days will eat away at any winter precipitation that's left hanging on. the temperatures right now, we do have 30s showing up our our map. you head down south around warrenton, in areas around manassas, and we're mid 40s to upper 40s right now. during the overnight period, as i said, staying above freezing, we'll see some 34 degrees temperatures showing up way around here. into haguerstown, but generally between 36 and 38 degrees throughout our area for a start tomorrow morning. a look at the highs by day, we're not even going to need the coat tomorrow. how ab

darcy spencer join us to explain the rift in one bowie household. >> reporter: the crosbys are a footballily, but mom and dad never support the same team. danny crosby saws for the redskins, his wife april goes for any team but the burgundy and gold. >> let's go 'skins! >> reporter: he's rooting for the redskins, now she -- >> let's go seahawks. >> reporter: rooting for seattle. come game day, this going to be an interesting house. they agree on a lot of things but football isn't one of them. danny is a sporting 'skins and sunday and has tickets to prove. it april roots for the dallas cowboys but supports any team opposing the 'skins. >> i have something for them. whether a t-shirt or jersey, or just their colors. it's always something. definitely so you know that i'm not a redskins fan. >> when the nfl puts out the season schedule, she checks it and sees who we play at home and she'll order all their paraphernalia at the begins of the season. >> reporter: hoping the rookie quarterback russell wilson will get the attention he deserves. >> i'm really excited to see russell wilson, and he's

this is darcy welcome back the u.s. justice department has dropped charges against delays internet freedom access our swartz the twenty six year old committed suicide on friday the phrase decades behind bars over accusations he illegally downloaded academic documents for public use the department's decision came after shorter's family accused prosecutors of being complicit or his death and turns out thousands of internet users expressed support for the claim under rick for grinch and i.t. anti printer and founder of the swedish pirate party says almost all information should be free to whoever wants it you could easily say that for instance military secrets or medical journals should not be free to distribute because it violates privacy by the national security but in terms of access to knowledge in public so the public documents and records. certainly committed not no crime and that even goes with the law so what the federal prosecution did wasn't throw the book at him in the way this had been obtained in terms of how

several ways of this operation i mean first of all you have after the assassination murder of president darcy you had basically within hours to really. no merit in the other stream you caused the border with pickup trucks military hardware. but you've also had the failed attempt by the u.s. to so-called true partners in mali and other african countries. these new units military units just very very quickly and it was a complete failure and all these policy and when the french are pursuing the law going to fail because you can't we don't really solve a real crisis by military means or say there has to be complete cheek in the strategic simply forward thinking the united states in the west has. to focus on the underlying problems of economic. power to food sure it is xander that make these countries very weak and fragile and susceptible to these kind of the less that program shift occurred and we're just going to be doing more people. and will be doing nothing we. have been asking what she is saying the result of france's intervention in mali will be and let's not take a look at the options you

darcy first found love. i am talking about pride and prejudice. over 20 million copies have been sold. it has been updated into many different languages. >> jane austen was so proud of the novel. it took 16 years for the book she's started when she was barely out of her teens to reach brin. -- print. the writer was still anonymous, listed as the author of sense and sensibility. it claims the line, it is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. a whole new audience has been one with film and tv dramatizations, including spinoffs and cross-cultural interpretations. the book was already established as a classic of sparkling wit and a rich psychological observation. pride and prejudice has been transferred into a multitud n n e of different languages. >> human life is there. you will recognize the characters. you know people like these people. she is a tremendously funny writer. >> the house where she lived during the last years of her short life is now a museum. she started as a cle

in northwest washington, darcy spencer, news4 today. >>> a special honor for members of the military.y will get to dance with the president, vice president, and their wives at the inaugural ball. an air force staff sergeant will dress with the president, and a machine gunnery sergeant will dress with the first lady. >> i am getting the opportunity to represent so many different people, and it's a pride point for them, you know, hey it's from poe dunk south carolina, one of us is doing it, and i think it's great. >> army staff sergeant will dance with joe biden, and a petty staff sergeant will dance with jill biden. >> i asked what he will be asking when dancing with michelle obama? >> he said not stepping on her feet. he is excited, but -- >> you would never hear the end of it. >>> we are coming back there is no mass-produced human. every human being is unique. and there is one store that recognizes it. the sleep number store. the only place in the world you'll find... the extraordinarily comfortable sleep number experience. an exclusive collection of innovations that totally individu

news 4's darcy spencer has our report. >> this cell phone video shows flames shooting through the roof of a million dollar single family home on shelly kras now lane in fairfax. >> it was shocking. the flames were coming out of the roof, probably 30 feet above the roof. very intense fire. so it took a while even with all the water they put on it to knock the fire down. >> fire investigators say a man in his 80s who lives in the home had to be flown to a local burn unit after trying to put the fire out himself with a bucket of water. >> he was injured. he's been flown to washington burn center with respiratory-type injuries. >> the flames broke out on the second floor around 7:30 and quickly spread. officials say the victim brought his wife out to safety, then went back in without immediately calling 911. >> there was a delay in notification of the fire department can. he made several attempts to fight the fire and then retreated from the home. >> investigators are still trying to figure out how the fire started. >> we also would love to find out what happened. everyone in the neighborh

driving along the icc in montgomery county, darcy spencer, news4. >> both hands on the wheel.y has been and it no problem. find out why smokers' lungs are being used for transplants now. is this a safe thing to do? >> grabbed the wheel. as soon as i stopped i saw hitting cars. grabbed the wheel. >> we are now hearing from the pass we gotta sell the car. where would we even start? get the car. hi howard. get in. hi, good to see you. start with an actual written offer when selling your car, no strings attached. carmax. start here. >>> most people that had to pick someone up at the airport experienced cell phone waiting lots where rooifrs wait for a cell phone call from their passenger at the term mal. these parking lots have become more than just a spot to wait. they have become places to find free wi-fi, restrooms and even food. airports have discovered such services make customers happy and turn a profit at the same time. there may be more of those to come. >> a gas station out there, convenience store. car clean flag silgts. all kinds of options you can offer out at cell phon

a family to the bishop of newcastle in the 1940s which is when it became a retreat house for the darcyse and durham, where people can go and have time-outs and renew themselves. how high has it been hanging? well, it's been hanging on a very nice stairway, but up near the ceiling. so, we think this is original dust. it's got lots of lovely age to it and the picture's incredibly dirty. the varnish has deteriorated. and you see on the right, um some of the original colors coming through, just by the edge of the frame. i was going to make a suggestion. i was wondering whether this could be a direct commission. we've got quite a clear view of this house just on the right side a very grand house. and i think that this could be a commission by perhaps the man on his horse. perhaps that-- looking at his house. exactly. because the artist has spent quite a good time making sure that the horse is well depicted. your picture is signed lower left and dated 1847. and, of course for robinson who's a rather obscure artist-- we don't know his christian names. um, an oil on canvas of this scale-- it mu

this is called "ruthlessly bedded by the italian billionaire," by emma darcy. [ laughter ] that's nots describing what happens. [ light laughter ] it's giving away the ending. you're not gonna want to read this. like three pages in, when the italian billionaire shows up, you're like, "i know. you're gonna be bedded by this dude, and it's gonna be ruthless." [ light laughter ] saving you time. a great cookbook. you guys like cookbooks? [ cheers ] good, i love them. 'cause they're always useful here. "the art and science of cooking with cannabis," by adam gottlieb. [ cheers and applause ] look -- look. zoom in here. let's see what we have here. we have a brownie, a brownie -- [ laughter ] and then, we've got boiled potatoes up there. i don't know what that is. that's pretty much what a stoner eats. [ light laughter ] let's look at the recipes here. yeah, here's a great recipe right here. hash oil and coffee. let's see how you make this here. it says, "several drops of hash oil can be dissolved in a hot cup of coffee with cream added." that's not a cookbook. that's just a let's-add-pot-t