it's not fun, doreen, it's scary. >> all right. thanks, doug. >> we'll check back in a little bit. >>> coming up be careful what you post online. we'll tell you why a man is facing jail time for what he put on facebook. >> the mystery surrounding the ♪ [ male announcer ] for our families... our neighbors... and our communities... america's beverage companies have created a wide range of new choices. developing smaller portion sizes and more low- & no-calorie beverages... adding clear calorie labels so you know exactly what you're choosing... and in schools, replacing full-calorie soft drinks with lower-calorie options. with more choices and fewer calories, america's beverage companies are delivering. >>> authorities in uganda are trying to figure out what killed an american television producer. 39-year-old jerry rice was found dead in his hotel room last weekend. his assistant was also in the room and is now reportedly in a coma. an early autopsy revealed large amounts of cocaine in rice's stomach. his family believes rice may have

doreen explains what to watch out for in "news4 your health." >> it's a miserable week, coughing nonstop. just not -- no energy at all. >> feeling horrible, feeling achy, just everything. all the stuff that comes with the season. >> so far this year, doctors say they haven't seen many cases of the flu. at the health system in virginia, physicians say there's been about 15 cases each month since flu season started. >> flu hasn't hit yet. flu, our experience with flu right now is that it's kind of flat. and it's going to tick up shortly. >> reporter: dr. john howell, a physician at the pediatric emergency room said he expects flu cases to spike by the end of january. right now, though, he's seeing lots of kids coming in with bronchialites, an infection in the lungs that typically affects babies age 2 and under. >> the illness lasts usually up to about two weeks. it's cough, a little bit of wheezing, maybe some trouble breathing, runny nose, fever. >> reporter: he said he's seeing 15 cases of bronchialites a day in the pediatric e.r. in adults, doctors are seeing respiratory viruses that ar

doreen gentzler has the report. >> i first started using xanax when i was 19 years old. i took it at a party, and blacked out the first time i took it. >> nick is a recovering xanax addict. >> i was taking probably 12 to 15 pills a day sometimes. >> it's the 11th most prescribed drug in the u.s. it's typically used to treat anxiety and panic disorders. it's commonly abused and habit forming. it's one of the most abused sedatives among people ages 12 and older. >> absolutely, xanax can be addictive. >> dr. wilson compton says most users take the drugs safely following doctor's orders. >> they're taking them to get high or for intoxication. >> one reason for addiction, people will feel withdrawal symptoms immediately. >> one issue with xanax is that when people stop it, they may not expect the severity of symptoms that they can experience. the withdrawal symptoms from hair heroin and opiates is expected. people don't expect that this much with xanax. >> reporter: people can experience seizures, and according to the fda you don't need to take large doses of the drug to beco

jim, doreen. >>> a developing story from capitol hill. there is a tentative deal in the payroll tax cut battle. it extends the current tax cut through the end of this year. it translates into about an extra $20 a week for the average worker. it would also renew long-term unemployment benefits. >>> now to a high school rivalry game that led to a near melee at a local mcdonald's. it happened in downtown mcclain, and tonight fairfax county school officials are trying to keep a lid on it. jane reports. >> reporter: this picture of a mob scene at a mcdonald's was snapped by a langley high school student following a basketball game friday night. after the packed game at mclean high, police arrested five students from both high schools for public drunkenness. >> there was at least 100 teenagers in mcdonalds. >> reporter: channel 4 was denied permission to go on school property to get reactions, and according to a volunteer coach school officials told him and others not to talk the to the media about the arrests. the mclean mcdonald's incident co

doreen gentzler has the details. >> your chest gets heavy. a lot of pressure there. my jaw started hurting. everything just started aching all over. >> reporter: michael wynn is all too familiar with what it feels like to have a heart attack. that's because the 67-year-old virginia man had three of them last year. >> that's kind of the way the last year went. it seemed like every time i tried to do anything, i would have a heart attack. it's kind of a scary thing, because you'll just be doing fine, and the next minute you're going. >> reporter: after surviving the trio of heart attacks, he and his wife said he must have nine lives, but they also realize it's likely he'll have another episode, and that's no laughing matter. >> i know eventually i'm going to have one, and i won't make it. that's just the way it is. it's family history, smoker, all the odds were against me. >>eporter: wouldn't it be nice if wynn could get a warning before his next heart attack? now doctors are testing a new device called guardian, which can alert patients when there are changes in their

doreen gentzler has a growing group of people out there who are calling themselves a flexitarians. >>uld be a piece of steak, a hamburger, meatloaf, meat lasagne, sausage speak get tirks everything. >> reporter: for 44-year-old ray, a meal wasn't a meal unless it included a piece of meat. >> growing up in my family, we had meat and potatoes, meat and potatoes, that's just what he had. >> reporter: after his doctor diagnosed him with high cholesterol and prescribed a daily medication, he realized his diet was probably sabotaging his health, sew met with registered dietitian judy kaplan who encouraged him to cut out the meat. i think especially motivated after he had seen the doctor and really upset his cholesterol was elevated and did he not want to go on medicine. >> reporter: he tried something new, what kaplan called a flex diet, woe eat vegetarian on most days but could allow himself some meat occasionally. kaplan says more and more americans are adopting this flexitarian way of life. >> today, people are broadening their idea of what's healthy and what they can eat, so it is not j

jim, doreen? >> thanks, wendy. >>> 911 call show a troubling delay in response to the house where a father in washington state killed his two sons. a social worker called 911 after josh powell locked her out. but dispatchers waited nearly eight minutes before they sent any deputies. when asked when they would get there, the dispatchers said, quote, we have to respond to emergency, life threatening situations first, end quote. deputies arrived 14 minutes later. by then powell had blown up his house, killing himself and his two sons. >>> a group of nuns outside chicago is fighting a strip club set to open right next to their convent. the $2 million gentleman's club will feature partially nude dancers. stone park's mayor said he agreed to allow the strip club only after the developers sued the town. the convent houses elderly nuns and gives training for young women who want to become nuns. >> we are supposed to be performing in an environment conducive to prayer, quiet and a place where they can grow

. >> and i'm doreen. let's go to doug. doug? >> it's making its way to cincinnati and back toward sint louis, st. louis now switching over to snow and that whole storm system moving our way. temperatures made it up to the mid-50s across the area and even close to 60 degrees, but we do have some colder air start to go move through the area. 46 right now in state college, 46 in hagerstown, 46 in west virginia. most of that moisture will start a snow, and for many of you it may stay a snow. we are expecting some accumulations. i'll have an updated snowfall map, but it's not just this storm we're watching. even more wintry weather making its way just in time for the weekend. i'll have a full report coming up. >> thanks, doug. >> paramedics examined perry before the state of the district address. he needed some help walking out after the address. however, in a tweet to several members of the news force staff not long ago, barry says he's feeling fine now. even went out to dinner tonight with his godson. >>> in the rals fce for the wh

jim, doreen? >> thank you, wendy. >>> still ahead on news4 at six, the state of maryland wants counties to help foot the bill for teacher pensions but local leaders say that move could backfire, hurting students in the long >>> dog he is rescued from a hoarder in mississippi have arrived to washington animal rescue league. nearly 110 animals were found living in deplorable conditions late last year. now 19 are here. soon, they will be ready for adoption. the dogs range in able from two weeks to eight years. >>> a pekingese in the spotlight after being crowned a champion. malachi, four years old, won the coveted best in show. that was the prize last night at the westminster dog show in new york. he caught the judges' attention with those flowing locks and that smushed-in face and that wobbly little walk. this morning, malachi was on the today show. look at that his handler says that they are still soaking in the news. >> how did you celebrate the big win? >> well, a lot of champagne. >> for you or

. >> reporter: doreen diaz's 11-year-old daughter had to repeat fifth grade this year because she waseading at a second grade level. >> she wasn't learning. it came to the point where she would cry every day before she came to school. she didn't want to come to school. >> reporter: her school, desert trails school in adelanto, california, is one of the worst performing schools in the state. more than two-thirds of sixth graders here are not proficient in math, so doreen diaz and other parents are using a law taken from a local school district. if a majority of parents agree they can use the so-called parent trigger law to close the failing school, change its staff, or turn it into a charter school, publicly financed or privately run. there are now similar laws in at least three other states. armed with 280 signed petitions the parents in addelanto are demanding the school hire a principal of their choosing, one with greater authority to hire and fire teachers. current principal david mobley has only been on the job for four months. he wanted more time to fix things it's learning how t

doreen. >> wendy reporting. thanks. >>> a dramatic emergency landing tonight at newark international airport. the nose gear collapsed on the jet forcing the united express regional jet to land on its belly. passengers evacuated the plane by sliding down the emergency chutes. 69 passengers including a baby made it off without injuries. one runway remains closed at the airport. the ntsb is not sending investigators to the scene but will collect information from the black box. >>> to the final push in michigan now, romney mnszmitt re state. tonight polls have romney and santorum in a near dead het. steve handlesman with more on this. steve. >> reporter: thanks. these candidates are watching these polls. santorum can't aafford to do his own, but the combination of the latest ones show this race tomorrow could be virtually tied. rick santorum claimed tonight he's closing strong in michigan. >> i think we're going to surprise a few people tomorrow night. >> reporter: but santorum lost his lead in this recession-ravage

jim, doreen? >> kind of frustrating.ms with a lot of talent but you don't know who is going to show up on any given night. >> absolutely right. let hope the right team shows up tonight for the wizards. >> we hope so thank you, dan. >>> next, secrets from inside [ female announcer ] more people are using wireless devices in more ways than ever. and our networks are getting crowded. but if congress frees up more wireless spectrum, we can empower more people to innovate, create jobs, and put momentum behind our economy. and a spectrum auction could raise as much as 30 billion dollars to help fund the payroll tax cut. it's simple. more spectrum means more freedom. for everyone. >>> so, good news for schools in maryland and children who attend them. the state is the first in the nation in advanced placement scores. the college board released its annual ranking today. maryland comes in first with nearly 28% of high school seniors scoring high enough on exams to earn college credit for ap classes. more than 30% of montgomery co

doreen joins us with a preview. >>> tonight on news 4 at 6:00 countdown to michigan.ht the republican presidential hopefuls are fighting for votes ahead of next week's primary in the battleground state. plus a show of silence in virginia. the political issue that brought out hundreds of women in protest today. also help for couples having trouble trying to conceive. details behind a new fertility test for men that can be done in the privacy of your own home. those stories and more coming up on news 4 at 6:00 in just a few minutes. see you then. >> thanks. >>> coming up next, dozens of lives changed forever after a marathon kidney swap. >> and for all your news be sure to follow news 4 online. just search nbc washington on facebook and twitter. we're coming right back. [ male announcer ] for some reason those five food groups sound a whole lot better when you put them in a taco shell instead of a pyramid. old el paso. when you gotta have mexican. fantastic! pro-gresso ] they fit! okay-y... okay??? i've been eating progresso and now my favorite old jeans...fit. okay is

but when i say flakes, doreen, i literally mean one here and one there. it's not a storm at all. >> okay. it seems hard to imagine. >> yeah. >> thank you, doug. >>> coming up tonight, the search is on for a person who sexually assaulted a woman near a college campus. >> lights out at dupont circle tomorr >>> one student was killed and four others seriously wounded this monk when a classmate opened fire inside a high school cafeteria in chardon, ohio, a town near cleveland. the suspect turned himself in about a half mile away from the school. no word on why he did it. >> students and staff at dematha catholic high school in prince george's county are mourning after the death of a senior football player over the weekend. rico webb died on sunday. the medical examiner ruled the death to be from natural causes. earlier this week the star lineman had accepted a scholarship to play for alabama state. >>> down to the wire for tomorrow's republican presidential primaries in michigan and in arizona. the race between mitt romney and rick santorum has tightened up i

news4's doreen again thes letter joins us with details on this. >> hi, jim and wendy.omen should know is that pfizer says nobody will get sick because of this recall. it involves two products, the first is the brand name lo/ovral 28. a typical packet comes with 21 active and 7 inactive tablets but an error caused packages to include too many or too few of the active form. the main risk associated with this is unexpected pregnancy. we talked with a doctor at george washington medical university what women should do. >> definitely, if you are taking birth control pills that are involved in this recall, for the remainder of the month that you're on this pack of pills, you should use a backup method and consult your provider to figure out what would be the next best step for you. >> these two products are not the most popular forms of the birth control pills but it does involve about 1 million packets nationwide. no small thing. we posted a link to the list of all the lots involved in the recall on our website, nbcwashington.com, if you search birth control, you will find

doreen, back to you. >> steve handelsman reporting. thank you. >>> there was mixed reaction to president obama's birth control plan. coming up in our next half hour derrick ward speaks to catholics in the region. find out their thoughts and the one thing that they all agree on at 6:30. >>> and an emotional day in court today as a police videotape of george huguely was played. huguely is the university of virginia la crosse player charged with murdering his ex-girlfriend, a woman named yardley love. the taped interview brought huguely and several others in the courtroom to tears. julie carey is in charlottesville, virginia with more on this. >> reporter: only jurors, the judge, and attorneys could see that videotaped interview but all could hear it and hear george huguely's sobs and shouts of denial when police tell him yardley love is dead. it was a videotape flashback that brought accused killer george huguely to tears as he sat at the defense table. huguely broke down listening to the moment in his videotaped statement to police in w

doreen, back to you. >> steve handelsman reporting. thank you, steve. >> you're welcome. >>> virginia voters may have to wait even longer to cast their ballots in the u.s. congressional primaries this year. today the commonwealth's house elections committee voted to push the primaries back from june to august. it's to give the general assembly more time to straighten out new voting district boundaries. a newly redrawn district map is being challenged in court. last year redistricting also delayed virginia state legislature primaries until august. >>> a transgender woman murdered at a bus stop in northeast d.c. the victim stabbed in the head last night on east capital street near sycamore. tonight the killer is on the loose and pat collins has more on how this unfolded. >> reporter: police have identified the victim as japarker jones who also goes by the name of dione or logan. a 23-year-old transgender woman murdered last night at a bus stop at 49th and east capital streets northeast. today we talked to the victim's mother. >> reporter

>> i would like to nominate doreen woo ho. >> seconded. >> are there any other nominations for port commission president? are there any other nominations for port commission president? are there any other nominations for port commission president? [laughter] seeing no one, the board closes the nomination. all in favor? >> aye. >> any opposed? i would like to congratulate commissioner woo ho, and pass the gavel. [laughter] [applause] >> i guess my first order of business, i would like to say a few opening comments and call for nominations, opening the floor, for the port commission vice-president. i would like to move to not make kimberly brandon for the vice president of the commission. are there any other nominations for the vice president of the commission? are there any other nominations for the vice president of the commission? seeing no one, shall be closed the nomination process for vice president? -- shall we closed the nomination process for vice president? -- shall we close the nomination process for vice president? all in favor? congratulations, kim. [applause] i wanted to open with

. >> reporter: no question about that, doreen, it is quite a party. the crowds and chaos building on bourbon street behind me. the french quarter filled with revellers on this fat tuesday. hundreds of thousands getting the most out of their mardi gras experience here. >>> the rhythm of new orleans is full on festival right now. >> mardi gras, carnival. dress as you please, please come out, who dat. >> it's a fair question as you wander through the crowd in the french quarter, a place on fat tuesday where you can see just about anything from superheroes and villains, to nights in full body types. pigs, pirates and police. this is not a costume. ghostbusters, babies, pink wigs and dresses. >> it's fun, it's good times it's a party. it's a big party. it's the biggest party in the city. >> reporter: and big business. >> new orleans is going for a renaissance of sorts right now. the investment into the community. the direct impact into the community will be close to $200 million, but the party and those profits can't mask lingering problems just across the

doreen gentzler has our report. >> we thought it was a dream but it wasn't. >> reporter: it started fourher then-10-year-old daughter, samant samantha, woke up in the middle of the night a totally different child. >> she wanted to touch everything. it was like a literal immediate onset of just severe ocd of a touching ocd. >> reporter: soon she developed tics were her whole body would spasm. lawrence says for nearly eight months, doctors struggled to figure out what was wrong and soon, her other daughter, melanie, started acting strangely, too. they noticed her symptoms started after being sick with strep throat. >> i didn't think anything of it. i just thought, okay, she has strep. by thanksgiving, she was no longer able to do school work. >> sometimes i have to do stuff over and over, it just wasn't good enough or right or something. >> reporter: the girls were diagnosed with pandas, pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with strep. research beers live it happens when strep antibodies attacks a part of the brain that controls behavior and movement. >> these kids ar

doreen gentzler has the story about energy drink dangers tonight at 11:00. >>> new warnings tonight for popular group of cholesterol lowering drugs, the fda is adding safety warnings to statens because of memory loss and elevated blood sugar. statens are prescribed to nearly 32 million americans. accord together fda, most problems related to memory loss were generally not serious and went away after patients stopped taking the drug. >>> we had another lovely day, but we're going to -- now we have to water the place a bit. >> that's very well said, wendy. we do need the water. we're well below average by about two and a quarter inches. we need to see some rain, a lot of things starting to bloom outside, very early because of the lack winter like temperatures this rain is going to help some things out there a little bit. right now, look at this, a pretty nice shot, clouds trying to stream on through the area, not too bad. you have some high cirrus clouds there. the temperature right now, 54 degrees under mostly sunny excise. winds right now at the north-northeast at 7 miles per hour. it's

jim, doreen? >>> traffic is back to normal at dupont circle tonight after the lights web with the dark for nearly six hours today. power was cut off at all 110 traffic lights and walk signs on purpose. crews spent the day doing upgrades. they installed a battery backup system to keep the signals running when the electricity goes out. officers were on hand directing traffic during those repairs. >>> it's kind of a sticky situation at wilson high school in northwest d.c. after a $115 million renovation, some students are still using the floor to get rid of their gum. the principal got fed up with that and did something about it. >> reporter: woodrow witness withen high school in northwest washington spent $115 million in renovations. it is now a green building. student grades are improving and so is attendance, look at the sidewalk and you'll see hundreds of black spot, from gum that's chewed and carelessly tossed away. the principal's message for the week sent home to parents urges students to resp

doreen, you are doing your part? >> yeah, right.y maybe moving on but don't have any intention of moving out. >> not talking about people but animals and tisha thompson joins us with this one. hi, tisha. >> hello. yep. we are talking about new housing construction leading to an interesting battle between man versus beast in our area. for several day we hung out with local animal control officers. now, when you think about animal control, you probably think about dogs and cats and other warm and fuzzy things but we discovered these officers have to tackle all kinds of critters. we saw crazy things from rack coop -- raccoons in the bathroom to a fox to a snake with no inattention to coming out of tree. we will show you why a house boom in the last few years has caused a serious problem for local governments and you can see where we are gonna go when we take own a ride to the wild side. that is tonight on news4 at 11:00. >> wow. >> thanks. >> interesting stuff. >> see you then. >>> coming up in our next half hour of news4 at 5:00, a su

pop top, you might drink the whole thing in one sitting. >> frightening. >> that's lot. >> thanks, doreen. >> sure. >>> we might be seeing more ads from much bigger companies on facebook now. this afternoon, facebook is meeting with large brand marketers up in new york to discuss new ways to sell their products. the idea is for the social network to draw corporations with the promise of precisely targeted ads that reach facebook's 845 million users. now, it comes as the company plans to raise $5 billion for its initial public offering. that ipo is expected to place facebook's value at $75 to $100 billion. where were we at the beginning? >> i have got about -- >> clueless, where we were. >> we are good. >> mm-hmm. >> wow. so we also are now are drenched. >> we are drenched than we needed to be. really needed to see some rain. we have been very, very dry. we are getting it in buckets, as you talk about, continue to see another round move through the rest of the evening. out there right now, you can take a look outside and you can tell, we have seen the rain, we have seen the cloud cover and

hi, doug. >> hi, doreen. right now, dealing with light rain across the area, definitely a cold rain, i like to say, a lot of you do, too going to be cold, just snow, many of us are seeing the snow to the north and west of washington, from washington south and east though, this has been mainly a rain event. check and show what you is

you could win lunch with the "news 4 at 11:00" team, jim vance, doreen gentzler, doug hellie. just go to our nbc washington facebook page, like us and enter to win by 10:00 a.m. tomorrow. when you watch the super bowl later today, you can thank an indiana high school team for all the great camera shots. fishers high school helped the nbc camera crews set up their coverage by filling in for the giants and the patriots. the high school team went through a full dress rehearsal as the teams, each being assigned a real-life giant and patriot to play. the players even got to run some of the plays that the pro teams have in store. the kids say it was an opportunity of a lifetime. >> i felt like it was the super bowl for us. it's very special to be part of the super bowl, which is in indianapolis, our hometown, just is amazing and it's going to be something special that we hold with us for the rest of our lives. >> well, the players said they might even use some of the plays from the pros in their high school games next season. >>> right now, salvage teams are working to remove fuel f

just ask doreen, she will tell you all about davy jones back in the day.he hits such as "a little bit of me, a little bit of you" and "daydream believer," did i get that right? >> yes. >> he died this morning of an apparent heart attack. davy jones was only 66 years old. >> "last train to clarksville," huge when i was growing up. >> take your word for t. >> had all their records. >>> tonight on news4 at 11:00, frustrated construction companies contact the news4 i-team saying the government isn't paying some of its bills. we are talking about roads and bridges you probably drive over every day in the district. tonight what the city has to say an i team investigation. >>> plus, did you just work a hump day for free? what? the secret about leap years and what your company may not be telling you. tonight at 11:00. >>> doug, you remember davy jones? >> oh, heck, yeah. >> read about him in school? >> yeah, i was talking, i used to love that show, in reruns. fantastic. >> thanks a lot. >> all right. >> thanks a lot. they live in florida. >> i was on an elevate we

they got a chance to sit down and eat with doug and van and doreen. they let me come too.erwards they got a tour of our studio where they got to try out the weather set and our anchor desk right here. they say it was an honor to be here. we say the honor was all ours.

. >> not yet, doreen, not quit yet. the wind chills are now down in the 30s across the area for the first time in quite some time. look at the moon this evening. beginning to get a little bit more and more full. full moon just off about four, five days as a matter of fact. as we look out there right now, current temperatures sitting in the 30s in many locations, lower 40s at the airport. 58 degrees. that was the high today. the low was 44 last hour but i'm wondering where we are now. i think we're at 41. that would be the new low. about 23 degrees above average for the month of february, that is very, very warm. and that's where we have been. but right now anything but warm. 44 here with north to northwest winds at 10 miles per hour. the good news with that is we are no longer seeing wind gusts to 25 miles an hour last hour. that made the wind chill even cooler. 39 in winchester, 43 in culpepper, annapolis and krofton coming in at 45 degrees. 36 in leaseberg, down to the freezing mark in winchester, 44 in fredericksburg

. >> oh, that is so precious from them, doreen and, of course, jim. jim, you look good to me too, honey. >> later for that. >>> we got a very special guest in the house right now. d.c. mayor vincent gray and as jc said a short time ago, you were a child when she started on the air. >> i wish. >> thank you for being here. >> not only am i glad to be here, there's no where else to be other than you here celebrating 40 years of a fantastic career in the district of colombia, jc. >> thank you. >> i want you to know that today has been declared jc hayward day in the district of colombia. >> oh, my goodness. >> you are the only one for whom that's been declared today. >> oh, my gracious. how special that is. >> how special you are. >> thank you, mr. mayor. >> not only have you done a great job in your professional career, but i look at the things you've done for the city, the boys and girls club, options public charter school which i was delighted to be invited to be the commencement -- >> our first graduation speaker. >> absolutely. and i watched how those

jim, doreen? >> thanks, wendy. >> one of the biggest republicans events of the year is under way now at the marion wardman park hotel in d.c. c-pac runs through the weekend. gop leaders in the house and senate including john boehner and mitch mcconnell spoke today. presidential candidates mitt romney, newt gingrich, rick santorum are scheduled to speak tomorrow. >> if it's halftime in america, i'm fearful of what the final score is going to be if we let this president start the second half as a quarterback! >> virginia governor bob mcdonald is scheduled to speak tomorrow. sarah palin is to speak on saturday. occupy d.c. has promised to protest outside the conference both tomorrow and saturday. >> a top aide to former congresswoman gabrielle giffords a they will also pay cash to americans who lost their homes. the deal does not apply to homeowners whose mortgages are held by fannie mae or freddie mac. >> the school reopened today after the superintendent replaced the entire staff of the school. the

we're talking about doreen and i.you'd like to come to lunch with us all you have to do is go to nbc washington.com and go to our facebook page and then like us on facebook. if you can do that maybe you can go to lunch with the four of us and ask any questions that are approved. >> you can order anything on the menu, right? >> of course. >> good. >> vance is paying. >> all right. we'll hurry to it. >> order everything on the menu. >> exactly. >>> speaking of the super bowl has gone to the dogs. literally out in montgomery county, pet dominion hosted a huge super bowl celebration today here in rockville. among the festivities, a puppy bowl featuring all the pets there today for doggie daycare. the pooches were divided into two teams the paw $piates and the growlers. the growlers mvp went to a beagle. there she is. named bonnie. and she played for the growlers we just learned. okay. >> all right. now see what vance and hellie are missing by being out in indianapolis? we've got some major stuff going on back home, guys.

. >> reporter: doreen, ways to slash your monthly bills.100 people, real people saving real money. >> i have on a polo lauren pants. i got some florsheim shoes that i got for $6. >> how did rob end up with an entire outfit for under 20 bucks? he shopped at this thrift store. but it's not just any thrift store. it's located at fort myer, a military base. on sale, everything from china, furniture, furs, from the closets of military families who have lived around the world. and the deals? well, how about this super bowl team nfl jacket? >> extra, extra large, $28. >> leslie says she needed to slash her monthly bread bill. >> i decided to start making bread. i found i was spending $4 per loaf at the grocery store with a family of six, we were going through two to three loaves a week. >> baking your own bread, leslie says she spends on $1.50 a low. >> need to fight the high price of food, cheryl rote on our facebook page one week every month, she only buys fruits and vegetables at the grocery. it slashes that week's bill and forces her to eat th

>> reporter: doreen, somehow this guy gets inside this elementary school. somehow he's escorted around by an 11-year-old girl. then he sexual assaults her. you can imagine how parents feel. after what happened at the school yesterday, this woman says she plans to take her children out. you didn't hear from the school? >> no, i didn't. no call, no phone call, no note, nothing. >> reporter: are you worried about your child? >> yes. my children walk. so now i have to leave work early and i'll pick them up and i think the best result is for me to transfer them. someone could come into the school. where is the safety? >> reporter: security concerns at ketcham elementary school after an 11-year-old student was sexually assaulted inside the school. sources tell the story this way. around 3:30 yesterday afternoon they say a man managed to get inside the school. he claimed he was looking for a student. in a hallway they say he sexually abused a girl who was escorting him around the school. police chief kathy lanier talked about it today on wtop. >> there was an adul

jim, doreen. >> thank you. >>> the whole kitchen was full of smoke. >> but it wasn't a stovetop fire,t was the dishwasher. a class action lawsuit claims a well known companies a hidden a dangerous product defect from the public. so the question is is your dishwasher safe? we've got a news 4 special report tomorrow at 11:00. >> usually you want to wash the dishes rather than cook them. >> yeah, mine better be safe. >> are we safe to head out into the sunshine tomorrow? >> the sunshine tomorrow but maybe not the darkness tonight. there's rain out there. some areas are seeing light to moderate maybe heavy rain into into southern maryland. it should be out of here by the time you step out of the door tomorrow morning. what's happening out there right now, a pretty nice evening around the washington, d.c., but just down to the south we are seeing the rain. right now just a few sprinkles around washington, but heavier rain down there. 63 degrees the high today. once again above average by nearly 15 degrees. last winter a temperature of 43.9 degrees. that's on the cold side. this winter, 50.

doreen? >> thanks, wendy. >>> a developing story in the district. one woman is in a fight for her life after being critically injured in a fire tonight. it started about 8:00 tonight in southeast washington. a child was also hospitalized with minor injuries. several others were treated for smoke inhalation. no word on what might have caused this fire. >>> a freak collision with a deer killed a virginia man and seriously injured two others. a car on route 9 in loudoun county hit the deer saturday night. the animal went flying and landed on the windshield of a car on the other side of the road. a passenger in that car died. the driver and another rider were hurt. >> i just heard like an explosion right into my windshield. it happened like in half a second. when i heard that, my reaction -- i mean, my foot went exactly into the brakes. >> police identify the victim as 26-year-old rodolfo viatoro of michigan. >>> tonight, a family in maryland is blaming the controversial alcoholic beverage called four loko for the death of their son. a car hit and kille

and, doreen, they've already won, quite a football game. >> it was pretty cool to watch. >> what's coming up? >> a bunch coming up. the latest on the patriots' super tight end. they're working on something special to try to get him ready for the super bowl. also a ton of highlights coming up tonight. georgetown, maryland, the capitals, wizards all in action. we call that a full boat. >> all right. we've got a lot to look forward to. see you in a few minutes. >> bye, guys. >>> also ahead tonight, how one woman's lawsuit over gas mileage could cost one of the world's biggest carmakers billions. >>> facebook prepares to go public and mark zuckerberg reveals some of his biggest revea[ male announcer ]gest this was how my day began. a little bird told me about a band... ♪ an old man shared some fish stories... ♪ oooh, my turn. ♪ she was in paris, but we talked for hours... everyone else buzzed about the band. there's a wireless mind inside all of us. so, where to next? ♪ >>> d.c. police hope this picture of a blanket will help them find the person who abandoned an infant in northeast last mont

. >> reporter: doreen diaz's 11-year-old daughter vanessa had to repeat fifth grade this year because she was reading at a second-grade level. >> she wasn't learning. it came to a point where she would cry everyday before coming to school. she didn't want to come to school. >> reporter: her school, desert trails elementary in california is one of the worst performing schools in the state. more than two-thirds of sixth graders here are not proficient in english and math. >> yes, we can! yes, we can! >> reporter: so diaz and other fed-up parents are using a controversial california law to take control from the local school district. if a majority of parents agree, they can use the so-called parent trigger threw close a failing school, change its staff or turn it into a charter school-- publicly financed but privately run. there are now similar laws in at least three other states. armed with 280 signed petitions, the parents are demanding the school district hire a principal of their choosing-- one with greater authority to hire and fire teachers. current principal david mobley has only

. >> well, the groundhog normally is, doreen. we don't trust that thing around here. >> thanks. >>> the white house announced today that this year's easter egg roll will be held on monday, april 9th. president obama and first lady michelle obama made that announcement today. the event will feature live music and games. kids 13 and under are welcome to join in the fun. tickets will be distributed through an online lottery system beginning on march 1st. >>> still ahead tonight on news 4, a lobster catch that has everyone in the northeast talking. wait until you see this. >>> and in sports, ovechkin found his scoring touch. the question, d the word is swapportunity. can i have the definition? swapportunity: the opportunity to swap a higher calorie snack for a yoplait light. can you use it in a sentence? mmm. swapping a 300 calorie donut for this 110 calorie strawberry shortcake is a good swapportunity. that's not a real word. oh haha it's real. [ female announcer ] delicious, creamy, yoplait light. over 30 flavors each around 100 ca

jim, doreen. >> thanks, wendy. >>> tonight a controversial bill requiring women in virginia to get an ultrasound before an abortion. that bill is on the verge of becoming law. the virginia senate approved the bill today by a vote of 21-19. the revised bill requires a less invasive procedure than the original bill. it also makes an exception for victims of rape and incest. the house now needs to approve the amended version of the bill, and then governor bob mcdonald says he will sign it. >> i'm a pro-life governor. i've been pro-life my entire life, and i think the more we do to embrace a culture of life in our society, the better off our world will be. >> critics call it an unprecedented invasion into women's rights. two democrats did vote in favor of bill. among nthem senator charles cogen. >>> at the u.s. capitol a stone was unveiled. it pays tribute to the slaves that help build the capitol. they say the slaves worked 12 hours a day six days a week. the government rented the slaves at a rate of $5 per person per month. >>> news about apple. analysts predict apple will unveil the th

doreen is telling us. >>> still ahead, creative genius or dishonest businessman? tonight the fbi releases secret files on former apple ceo steve jobs. >>> protesters outside the apple store in d.c. today and across the country. we'll tell you what was their beef. >>> a final plea from lawyers as the man who tried to assassinate president reagan fights to spend more >>> john hinckley's lawyer today made one last attempt to convince a judge that hinckley should spend more time away from st. elizabeth's mental hospital. a judge heard closing arguments today in the case against hinckley. hinckley is the man who tried to kill president ronald reagan back in 1981. he's spent the last 30 years in saint eve's hospital. hinckley's lawyer is trying to prove that hinckley is no longer dangerous and should eventually be allowed to leave the hospital. a final decision is not expected until april or may. >> the pentagon is considering a rule change that could allow women in the military to get even closer to combat. the new rules would let women serve in front line units and in

news4's doreen gentzler has that story. >> she was upstairs watching a movie with her boyfriend, he camening down and said there's something wrong with anise. >> she literally exhaled funny, like loudly and then she just started to go back a little bit, making noises. >> reporter: and that was the last time 14-year-old anise fornier would spend at home with her loved ones in hagerstown, maryland. >> it was horrible. i mean no other parent should have to go through that. >> reporter: her mother says anise suffered a severe reaction after drinking two large energy drinks in 24 hours. she was rushed to the hospital that day but she never regained consciousness and was later pronounced dead. her cause of death, cardiac arrhythmia due to caffeine toxici toxicity. according to the autopsy report, she had a pre-existing mitral valve prolapse, a very common heart condition, where one of the valves doesn't work as well as it should. her mother says she was screened regularly and was never given any caffeine restrictions. >> these drinks can be dangerous. >> reporter: med star washington hospital

doreen gentzler is here to tell us more about this. >> this is really curious. we've heard of conditions like ocd as mental health problems. what if the cause is something as straight forward as strep throat. a condition that most of us have had at some point in our lives. doctors are identifying a possible link between the two and it could be more common than you might think. >> pots and pans up top in our kitchen, if we brought a pan down, i was like no. i covered my ears like that, it was really not good. >> she's always been animated but as you listen to her speak, can you hear there's something else going on. her mother and doctor believe a strep infection has affected her brain, making her suddenly suffer from ocd, ticks and hypersensitivity to sound. we'll have more details about this tonight including the warning signs for this debilitating condition, that's the strep ocd link tonight at 11:00. wendy? >> wow! where did that come from. >> it is bizarre. >> yeah much. >> it will be interesting. that's at 11:00 tonight, we'll see you then. >>> meanwhile, we