hey, jim vance. as we move through, it's going to dry out nicely. when jim makes an appearance in my forecast. that means i'm doing something right. >> or wrong. >> or wrong. yeah. >> thanks, doug. >> back to you. >>> bmw is recalling more than 1 million vehicles and high gas prices have vacationers staying closer to home. >> stay there vance. >> i'm going to get through this without vance walking through. the recalls include the five and six series cars. the premium car maker says it's possible a battery cable in the trunk was installed incorrectly. it could lead to an electrical malfunction, prevent it from starting and extreme cases lead to a fire. it involves 2003-2010. the repair will be done for free. no accidents or injuries have been reported. >>> record high gas prices are not likely to come down for summer road trips. they surveyed potential vacationers and found 54% said an increase in gas prices is going to affect their travel. 44% of vacationers planning to drive said they would take fewer summer trips. 44% would spend less money shoppi

this is not for jim vance. >> this is not jim vance. >> no, no. >> if it's not advance, why are we making such a big deal out of his leaving. >> sir, it's about joe krebs. >> joe krebs, is he the guy -- the zany guy that does all the overdramatic crime reports. >> no, no, no. that's pat collins. >> that's collins. >> not collins. joe krebs. >> he's the bookish sort of fell low that does the early morning stuff? >> you got it. >> all right. can we start again. joe, tom major from the montgomery police department wishing you the best of luck in your retirement. joe, all kidding aside, you were the consummate professional. it's been an honor to work with you throughout the years and wish you all the best. you are way too young to ride off into the sunset but i know spending time with your family is something that is profoundly important to you. i wish you all the best. i wish you good health, great retirement and we'll miss you. we'll miss you, buddy. good luck. >> i'm old and i lived the line of a barn animal. i

i'll be joining jim vance next for news 4 at 6:00. >> you have to stick around for that. >>> when we, we have a family feud over money and the unusual move of a man who adopted >>> an unusual story now out of florida about a millionaire there who adopted his girlfriend. john goodman is going on trial in a dui manslaughter case. he did the adoption to protect his fortune, in case he loses the case. he pleaded not guilty and today jury selection has begun. kerry sanders has the story. >> john goodman's sedan. a high end bentley allegedly ran the stop sign and t-boned scott wilson. pushing wilson's car across the intersection and flipping upside down into the canal. in the early morning darkness as wilson's hyundai sank into the water two years ago, goodman is accuses of stumbling from the scene. phoning friends, a lawyer and then 54 minutes later, finally dialling 911. >> yes, i just got in a wreck, and my phone was dead and i'm -- where am i? >> in that 7:50 call to 911. >> is everybody okay or what happened? >> goodman asks the same question three times? >> is everybody okay? >> i'm

i'm jim vance. we begin with breaking news in northern virginia. right now officers at a home in manassas, at 9:30 tonight, a police officer on his way to help out a fellow officer when he crashed into two cars. the impact of the crash caused all three vehicles to smash into a home on grant avenue. the officer has burns to his face and arms after his airbag deployed. two others taken to the hospital. the fire department is making sure that the structure of the house is safe. >>> now to the latest on trayvon martin. tonight people are rallying by the hundreds and taking to social media by the thousand demanding justice. the fbi and justice department continue to investigate the teenager's death. shooter george zimmerman in hiding. still free under florida's controversial stand your ground law. an internet petition calling for zimmerman's arrest has more than 1.5 million signatures. politicians, mitt romney and rick santorum are calling martin's death a tragedy so is president obama who talked about how the case is affecting him personally. >> and wh

i'm wendy rieger sitting in for doreen gentzler. >> i'm jim vance.hedown on the health care reform law. today the supreme court began hearing oral arguments on that case. one of the main issues is whether the federal government can require americans to buy health insurance. steve handelsman joins us now at the supreme court with the latest on the first of three days of arguments. steve? >>> jim, thanks. good evening. from the hh court such an epic case. people came here to the supreme court and camped out starting friday night to try to get a shot at about 120 public seats to watch the oral arguments. and the debate here today was not restricted to the supreme courtroom. outside the high court both sides rally. backers of obama health care.

. >> hello, i'm jim vance and we're on the air because it's over. >> nobody expected this.rstand it. we just weren't prepared for any kind of terrorism, any kind of take-overs or anything because we figured we were washington, d.c., our nation's capital. >> it was an incredibly important event to the people who were impacted, and a lesson for the world to know. >> i'm pat collins, noews 4. >> his 11 followers were tried and sentenced to long jail terms. he himself died at the federal penitentiary in buttner, north carolina and he was 83 years old. >>> it was a warm welcome home this afternoon for 39 members of marine reserves. they arrived tonight after smoevens in afghanistan. on their tour of duty the marines worked closely with afghan government officials and helped build schools, health clinics and roads. we're glad they're back safely. >>> it's gotten cold out there tonight after a nice afternoon. >> very cold. tomorrow temperatures in the morning will be about 50 degrees colder than they were yesterday afternoon. >> whoa. >> that is pretty cold, and that's the cold fr

. >> and i'm jim vance. a rally initially planned for only 400 people drew thousands of people to sanford, florida tonight. and now leaders both in and out of that city are responding to calls for action in the killing of 17-year-old trayvon martin. today the police chief of sanford announced that he is temporarily stepping down. city leaders will allow the reverend al sharpton and martin's parents to have the floor during a council meeting on monday. and the governor of florida appointed a new prosecutor to investigate why and how an unarmed black teenager was shot and killed by a neighborhood watch captain. but the lack of an arrest in this case continues to outrage people all over the country including here in our area. shammari stone with a report now from howard university where they had an event tonight. >> reporter: tonight howard university students paid tribute to trayvon martin. at times it was very emotional. >> saddening to see someone lose their life over something so minuscule. >> reporter: ang

good evening, i'm wendy rearing sitting in for jim vance. >> i'm doreen gentzler.a major shift next year. box met david cameron at the white house. they talked about how to move forward in the nation despite increased violence. brian mooar is on

you got jim vance in one room. you put patdown the hall. t jim, doreen, everybody. >> all right. thank you, billy. >> see you tonight. >> thanks a lot. >>> aretha franklin. let's have a listen. ♪ >> she's looking good and celebrated her 70th birthday over the weekend in a star-studded event. the queen of soul is reuniting with one of her musical mentors for a new album. franklin is teaming up with sony music mogul clyde davis who engineered her comeback in the '80s. franklin says there will be new music but they haven't decided which songs yet. she also has other things in the works she'll be performing in california and is currently negotiating a record contract for her grandson. >> actress eva longoria got divorced last year but hasn't given up on love. there are reports her production company is developing a primetime dating show. it's tentatively called "all about love" a group of professional match makers will set up singles with potential mates. the show goes into production next month. >>> titanic film director james cameron completed

i'll be joining jim vance for that and much more coming up in just a little bit on news 4 at 6:00. >>> and up next, a mother lost both of her legs shielding her children from a killer tornado in indiana. tonight an exclusive look inside her recovery. >> for all your news you can follow news 4 online. search nbc washington on >>> it began as a story of incredible survival but has become a story of recovery and determination. stephanie decker is the indiana mother who placed her body over her children to protect them during a tornado earlier this month. the children survived without a scratch. but she lost both of her legs. nbc's savannah guthrie has an exclusive look at the rehab efforts since leaving the hospital. >> reporter: stephanie decker is learning a new way to manage life's everyday tasks. >> how about that? >> that's ten. >> reporter: and bidding up her strength for her physical challenges. >> we can do this. >> reporter: she says her fierce determination comes from a great gift -- a second chance. >> i have another shot at life, and i don't want to blow that. you know? i wan

>> i'm jim vance. we begin with a whole lot of cash on the line tonight. the megamillions lottery jackpot is growing huge, big time. it is now at $640 million. people are strategizing, standing in long lines, teaming up with family and co-workers all in an effort to beat the odds to take home the largest lottery jackpot in history. pat collins in northwest d.c. now with more on all of this. >> reporter: i'm at the tinley market and people continue to line up hoping to get that lucky lottery ticket. the numbers are mind boggling. what could you do with all that money? you're going to what? >> buy the state of alabama. >> reporter: then what? >> give it to people. >> send my children to college and then buy a great big castle. >> reporter: not a house. >> i want a castle. >> i'm going to become great friends wiand buy my own privat island. >> $640 million. >> reporter: who is going to win it? >> me! >> reporter: it's the biggest jackpot of all time. with all that money at stake you just can't sit on the sidelines. >> really? wouldn't your money be better spe

. >> good evening, i'm jim vance. >> i'm wendy rearing.oreen has the night off. >>> we begin with politics. as the dust sets from super tuesday, mitt romney is emergencying as the clear republican front runner, he has more delegates than anyone else t is not all good news. steve handlesman just returned from ohio, he is on capitol hill with the top story. steve? >> reporter: thanks. romney did not dominate. and so for the first time here in washington, senior republicans worry that their front-runner may not be

i guess some of our people here, jim vance says he buys his hats from you. >> he is wonderful. he has a hat for every occasion. >> a lot of people love hats. >> and year-round. but this is the season, are people wearing more hats this year than last? >> they really are. people are really enjoying the hat. they're also understanding how a hat can work for them. professionally as well as for their health. you know, people should wear a hat for sunscreen. >> well, yeah tlarks is true. >> absolutely. >> a lot of them don't work quite that way and some of us feel conspicuous if they're wearing a hat inside, any place other than church. >> that's not true. we carry a collection called the pc collection, which is professional casual. for, because more and more women and men are traveling in and out of offices, and they want to look nice when they go out into inclement weather and then have to go in and meet with a client or a customer. >> i want to show as many hats as we can. so let's get started with the show. tell us what we can expect. >> well brights are definitely in for ladies.

i'm jim vance. >> i'm doreen gentzler. we we begin with the battle over birth control.s failed to block president obama's policy on contraceptive coverage. the new rule requires most employers to provide free o%ployers to provide free contraception even if they b object on religious grounds. steve handelsman is on capitol il hill with the latest. steve? >> hi, doreen.

i'm jim vance. >> i'm doreen gentzler.owing over the shooting of an unarmed black teenager in florida last month. there has been no arrest yet tonight and officials in sanford, florida are standing their ground and claim the physical evidence and the testimony prevented them from arresting the man who shot and killed trayvon martin. we've learned the shooter has strong ties to northern virginia. he grew up here. >> reporter: demonstrators today calling for the

. >> i'm jim vance. we begin tonight with new video in the trayvon martin case. the video shows the night that the man who shot martin was taken into custody was last month after that unarmed black teenager was killed. it is what you don't see on the tape that has some people alarmed. jay gray has our report. >> reporter: this police video shows george ziman

. >> i'm jim vance.tings and a man hunt in france. >>> french president nicolas sarkozy has raised a terrorism alert to its highest level across southern france. that's where a gunman opened fire at a jewish school today. here's the latest now. three children and a rabbi were killed in what is being called the worst ever school shooting in that country. one of the weapons used on monday was the same one used

. >> i'm jim vance.th breaking news on all the severe weather that's tearing across the south and the midwest tonight. at least three people have been killed reportedly in clark county, iowa. tornadoes in indiana that is. two twisters in northern alabama also put several people in the hospital this morning. the destruction stretches from the gulf coast to the great lakes and all comes only two days after another deadly storm system killed 13 people. jay gray has more on all of this now from nashville, tennessee. >> reporter: the first hit came as a pair of violent tornadoes touched down mid morning in northern alabama. >> by the time i literally ran from one end of my house to the other, by the time i got to the garage door and opened it, my big garage doors were just, you know, sucking in and out and i ran to the sto

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i'm jim vance. >> i'm wendy rieger.oreen has the night off. 39 deaths is the lasting impact of friday's tornado outbreak across the midwest. and now a heavy, wet snow is adding to the misery. jay gray reports from henryville, indiana. >> reporter: the blanket of white can't hide the dark reality of what's happened here. the splintered wood, shattered glass, and twisted metal still pushes through the snow and so do survivors. >> you'll have to work through it. we don't have a chance rnch the soggy and cold conditions have made the effort a bit more difficult if that is even possible. you see, when you've lost everything, four or five inches of snow doesn't really make that much of a difference. still, somehow in all of this mess families are finding important pieces of their lives before the storm. >> we found our homeowners insurance policy. completely dry and buried in some rubble. started digging and

. >> i'm going to go as jim vance. >> that's not going to help you at all. i'd like to see how that turns out, though. >>> coming up tonight, discount airlines have revealed their deals for spring travel. some really cheap fares out there. >>> there's been another ride-on bus fire in montgomery county, but there is something distinctly different about this one. >>> we'll tell you about the outrage after the deadly shooting of an unarmed florida [ female announcer ] with xfinity, you can always expect more. like more on demand shows and movies than ever. and more ways to discover them too. plus more speed from america's fastest internet provider. so you can run more devices at the same time. ♪ feel a firework [ female announcer ] and best of all, it keeps getting better. no wonder more people choose xfinity over any other provider. ♪ love can be so mystical ♪ i am tired of fhfaebeecoehen. >>> some teachers in montgomery county are suing the principal of their school. they say he's been a bully. his name is floyd stearns. teachers say he created a hostile work

i'm jim vance. >> i'm pat lawson muse. doreen is off tonight.ose now calling for justice in the death of trayvon martin. mitt romney called the 17-year-old boy's death a tragedy and said it shouldn't have happened. rick santorum c

. >> i'm jim vance. we begin with an important issue before the supreme court.one that could have an impact on the health care of everybody in america. the justices will decide whether the health care overhaul law is constitutional. today was the third and final day of oral arguarguments in th case. the justices also have to decide which parts of the law have to remain in effect or whether they'll have to throw the whole thing out. steve handelsman at the supreme court with more. >> reporter: you summarized it perfectly, jim. here at the high court today it was a day of what if oral arguments. the justices deman

i'll be joining jim vance. >> they're from tuesday night's drawing. >> there is a little catch there.umbers could be good. >> hey, still ahead on news 4 at 5:00 students in d.c. take a stand as a new movie >>> a new movie tackling a childhood epidemic hit the big screen today but it won't be playing at any local theaters. news 4's richard jordan shows us now how some area students are putting on their own performance to spread the movie's message. the film "bully" opens today but don't expect to catch the movie at a theater near you. the debate over the strong language left the project without a rating and without a wide release. it's only playing in new york and los angeles. >> just smile. >> reporter: but there is a growing campaign to get the film to other cities and into schools. these third to fifth graders put on a flash mob near the capitol. >> we're doing this to stop bullying to each other and to respect each other. >> reporter: and it's personal for some students. >> i get bullied too. it makes me and the other kids feel bad about ourselves because, like, we're always gettin

. >> hello, i'm jim vance and we're on the air right now because it is over. >> nobody expected this. you know, we just weren't prepared for any kind of terrorism, any kind of takeover because we figured we're washington, d.c., our nation's capital. >> it was an incredibly important event to the people who were impacted and a lesson for the world to know. >> reporter: i'm pat collins, news4. >> hamas abdul khalese and his 11 followers were eventually tried and sentenced to long jail terms. khalese himself died at the federal penitentiary in butner, north carolina. he was 83 years old. >>> syrian troops launched a new assault on its people in a new region that's been the center of the uprising against the syrian president. amateur video posted online show smoke billowing across the skyline. dozens of tanks fired at neighborhoods, causing massive explosions. while the fighting raged, u.n. envoy kofi annan met with the syrian president in damascus, but the talks ended with no agreement. >>> meanwhile, family and friends of an american journalist killed in syria are remembering her today.