i'm kimberly in for geraldo rivera. moments ago, january ruer and alaska's former governor and fox news colleague sarah palin joined force the at a campaign event in phoenix where they also had tough talk for the president. >> our nation's government is broken. our border is being erased. and the president apparently considers it a wonderful opportunity to divide people along raisial lines for his personal political convenience. >> it is fair to ask whether he intends to be the commander in chief or the comic in chief. this is not an immigration crisis. this is a border security crisis. >> a final word to the bu boyct crowd and the majority of americans who support governor brewer's stand. if you really want border security. if you want to halt the human rights abuses that have resulted from our failed border security policy come visit arizona. you can say that here they are doing the job that our federal government will not do. >> it is time for americans to cross this great country to stand up and say we are all arizo

good morning everyone, welcome to "news4 today," i am kimberly suiters. >> and i am aaron gilchrest. let's turn to meteorologist, chuck bell. >> i hope you enjoyed your workweek, and now it's monday morning for some of us and off to a cloudy start after a beautiful day. clouds are going to be a big part of your weekend forecast. not a washout from start to finish but don't expect to do much in the way of sunbathing this weekend. there are light rain showers in the mountains of west virginia, and maybe one or two random rain drops. clouds are in place and rain will become more and more likely as we go through the remainder of the day today. keep that in mind. one of the things can you get out and enjoy today, the blues festival. again, plenty of dry hours between the rain drops for today. tomorrow the dry hours between the drops will be shorter. we will call them minutes, but still not a complete loss of a weekend. >> thank you, chuck. >> okay. >>> we are following a developing story from india. an airliner bursts into flames when it over shot the runway. the plane was coming from dub

. >> kimberly, thank you. we're staying on top of a disturbing discovery, authorities have shut down a prince george's county funeral home because of what they found in a garage. chambers funeral home and crematorium on cleveland avenue in riverdale. tracee wilkins joins us with details. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. on the website they promise funeral and also crematorium arrangements done in a respectful manner. when inspectors did a surprise inspection they found that is not the case at the funeral home. a pile of bodies was found in the garage. inspectors discovered 40 bodies in a 12 by 12 pile in the garage that contained the funeral home's cream atory. many of the bodies were cadavers and supposed to be cremated but the owner told the paper too many were coming in too fast and he fell behind. the state board has suspended the funeral home's license. the owner bill chambers tells news 4 he can't comment on the investigation but she cooperating and hopes to get this suspension lifted. they have

kimberly? >> david thanks. craig rivera joins me with an in-depth look at how that spill could happen again. >> two months before the deep water horizon spill 19 members of congress called on the agency that over seas offshore oil drilling to investigate a whistleblower's complaints about the bp owned atlantis another offshore oil rig which is stationed in 7,000 feet of water more than the 150 miles south of new orleans. >> last year the environmental watch dog group food and water watch learned from a whistleblower as a contractor for bp he discovered the atlantic platform was operating without safety documentation. item a bp data base showed it didn't have the required engineer approved and up to date documents for 90 percent of the drawings for the below water components. experts compare running an oil rig with flawed and missing documentation to cooking a dinner without the complete recipe. more than 6,000 documents did not have engineer approval including those for pipelines, flow lines, well heads and oth

news4's kimberly suiters found out how they did it and why. >> i spent all of my $8 on rice. >> reporter, beans and donated food. that explains the pizza box. to sample life on just $2 a day. that's where the challenge week starts every spring. this year his creation caught hold on a dozen other campuses. even though camping out for a cause is no picnic. >> i don't think very well out here. and i'm getting better with the caffeine withdrawal. >> sharing toothbrushes. >> there's such a low caloric intake your brain doesn't work as well. >> reporter: the students did allow themselves one luxury. >> very important to cope in relationship. >> reporter: a video camera to document their long hot days and sleepless rainy nights. >> week of self-sacrifice. getting around. >> reporter: they put hard and fast rules on themselves. no hot showers. no cold drinking water. >> we had to boil all the water before we could drink it. and it was really hot that week. it took several hours for the water to cool down. >> reporter: no shelter. except the one they built from trash and rebuilt because of the st

i'm kimberly suitors. >> and i'm aaron gilchrist.ook at news headlines in a second. >>> first, the forecast. meteorologist kim martuchi, helping us out on a wet morning. a long, wet day i guess. >> couldn't bring the sunshine with you? >> instead i brought torrential downpours around 2:00 this morning when i was leaving fairfax county. heavy stuff over, but more rainshowers to get to. take a look outside your window. a lot of low clouds around. how does it look on digital doppler? we can pinpoint down to your neighborhood where we had the most. you might be attracted to the lightning bolts we saw earlier down across southern maryland. it looks like that is petering out. chesapeake beach, a light sprinkle. north and west, toward langley and reston, and just inside the beltway, falls church, more rain with some decent downpours, and up to the north, don't want to forget you at sharpsburg, we have a little bit of rain for you as well. 66 is where we're getting started, and a high between 70 and 75. average high is 77. today will be a we

kimberly's case has everything to do with it.ll over it. >> good to see you back avenue and sound. >> it was crowded. i love it. >> thanks geraldo. edward and reel hunter made headlines on oprah claiming these racy photos from gq were a big mistake. she destroyed the graphic sex tape we have all heard about that reportedly shows the one time presidential candidate with a very pregnant reille. the reaction has been mixed and someone who has much to say on the topic joins geraldo now. >> andrew young author of -- what's it again? >> "politician" the book? >> "the politician." reille's interview. >> you stop i'll talk. so what did you think of rielle's interview? >> i think oprah did a good job giving her enough rope to hang herself. in a word i think it was biz glar. she talked kind of like edwards. that's why we call the book "the politician." rielle and edwards use these big weeping words like seeking truth, seeking enlightenment then their actions completely be tray what they really are. >> she said you were the one who came up

good morning, kimberly. >> reporter: six family members and friends testified, all but one are minersall confess ever since this disaster, they are under a doctor's care. even though coal mining has been their only way of life, they can't bring themselves to go underground ever again. >> i lost my brother, rex. in the mine explosion. >> reporter: everyone knew there would be emotion as six family members and friend gave voice to those who died in the upper big mine explosion and those who are too distraught to speak out. >> she cries the entire time. she's having an extremely difficult time with the loss of her husband. >> reporter: this father talked about conversations with his son, weeks before he was killed. >> i said, do you think it's unsafe and you want to be put in a safer area and see what they tell you. the boss pulled him to the side and said if you're going to be that scared of your job, you need to rethink your career. >> reporter: each of the miners testified to unsafe conditions the the mine, so much so they took notes and left them for their notes and left them for the

kimberly suiters reports. police are investigating alleges of a violent history between the suspect and victim. >> there's no way that george huguely would do something like that. >> reporter: those are the very first thoughts in michael preston's head. the moment he heard his childhood friend, george huguely, was accused of murder. >> it is devastating. i mean, i can't imagine what his family is going through and even worse, what the -- miss love's familiar sly going through. >> reporter: details of the crime and court records devastating to both families. huguely admitted he was involved in the altercation with love, that he shook her and her head repeatedly hit a wall and kicked his foot through the bedroom door. police found love beaten, bloodied and bruised. some of yeardley love's friends he threatened her in text messages but preston never knew his friend that way. the last time the would were home together preston saw huguely in georgetown and life seemed perfect. >> he seemed happy. he was playing lac

i'm kimberly suiters.t of the beltway west of telegraph road in alexandria will be reduced to one lane for road repairs. the northbound lanes will also be closed. officials are predicting 10 to 15-mile long backups. it will also be a tough weekend for anybody that uses the chain bridge. the entire span will be shut down all weekend long. crews have been working to restore the bridge for one year now, and when it opens monday morning all three lanes will be open again. >>> and a heads up for metro riders this weekend. expect big delays because of track work. add 30 minutes to your trip on the red, orange and green line, and this comes in what is likely to be a big weekend. >>> your weather is coming up next. stay with us. . >> i don't think we're in kansas anymore. >> reporter: online ticket seller fandango says ticket sales are outpacing those for the original. the sequel picks up two years later. >> we're getting a little bit too mr. and mrs. married. she is trying to redefine tradition for herself and sh

kimberly's case has everything to do with it. he's all over it. >> good to see you back avenue and sound. >> it was crowded. i love it. >> thanks geraldo. edward and reel hunter made headlines on oprah claiming these racy photos from gq were a big mistake. she destroyed the graphic sex tape we have all heard about that reportedly shows the one time presidential candidate with a very pregnant reille. the reaction has been mixed and someone who has much to say on the topic joins geraldo now. >> andrew young author of -- what's it again? >> "politician" the book? >> "the politician." reille's interview. >> you stop i'll talk. so what did you think of rielle's interview? >> i think oprah did a good job giving her enough rope to hang herself. in a word i think it was biz glar. she talked kind of like edwards. that's why we call the book "the politician." rielle and edwards use these big weeping words like seeking truth, seeking enlightenment then their actions completely be tray what they really are. >> she said you were the one who c

eun, back to you. >>> kimberly suiters in the newsroom.ll we could be in for another volatile week on wall street. courtney regan joins us now live with more what to expect. that's probably the last thing i want to hear. >> reporter: unfortunate thing to talk about on a monday morning. it looks like we could have another roller coaster week on wall street. all remains to be seen. stock futures are trading lower this morning which leads us to believe we'll have a lower open. despite friday's rebound, markets still sank overall last week on more investor anxiety on european stock crisis. europe is a tad higher. we'll gate live economic data this week starting with existing home sales late they are morning and then reports on home price, consumer confidence and gdp growth. the dow rose 125 points on friday. but the index still dropped 4% for the week. the nasdaq gained 25 points on friday. it fell 5% for the week. house and senate leaders to pick 12 members of the congress committee that will hammer out a financial rear form bill. the bingham

welcome to news 4 today, i'm kimberly suiters. >> and i'm aaron gilchrist. sunday, may 3, 2010.eadlines in a moment. first, a quick check of the forecast. we want to welcome kim martucci to the team. helping out on the weekend for chuck. >> i'll be able to get up bright and early with you. you know, no traffic. we got to remember that. there is a perk. good morning, everybody. really nice to see you. it is 9:30. time to take a look outside. despite the low ceiling, planes no trouble flying across our live tower cam, but awfully cloudy. 6 8/our number and there is a rain total. .69 inches with thunder boomers that came throughto town last night. rain pretty much falling across frederick county, maryland, to clarksburg. aside from that, not too busy this morning. just tapered off to springfield. so let's see the temps. haegerstown at 70 along at quantico. and annapolis, fo good morning. it's 65. we'll watch temperatures stay right around 70 to 75 today. more clouds and sun, and essential a couple of showers a possibility. i'll detail the next seven days when i see you in a few min

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news four's kimberly sut ters is live with the investigation. >> reporter: huguely admitted to fighting with love and she died from blunt force trauma to her head. the report will confirm whether that's exactly how she died. but no matter that outcome, friends are calling the entire ordeal a double tragedy. >> there's no way that george huguely would do something like that. >> reporter: those the very first thoughts in michael preston's head the moment he heard his childhood friend, george huguely, was accused of murder. >> just devastating. i can't imagine what his family's going through and even worse what miss love's family's going through. >> reporter: details of the crime in court records devastating to both families. huguely admitted he was involved in an altercation with love, that he shook her and her head repeatedly hit a wall, that he kicked his foot through a bedroom door. police found love beaten and bruised. some of yeardley's friend says huguely threatened violence in text messages. >> i never saw any signs of violence. george was too good of a guy. he was so poo ligfor h

i'm kimberly suiters. >> and i'm aaron gilgilchrist. the news ahead. kim martucc inci filling in for chuck bell. you brought the rain with you. >> we needed the main, so it's not too bad. the timing is the weekend, we want to make it better.

. >> and i am kimberly suiters.ad but first we want to check in with meteorologist, chuck bell, who joins us live in the studio with the rain drop forecast. >> not a washout, off to a dry start in many neighborhoods this morning and for folks that live further out to the west will definitely get in on the rain drops sooner than the folks to the east. outside we have plenty of clouds. temperatures on their way up in the mid and high 60s now, although a few spots made it in the 70s. and leonard town, 69 degrees. i am sitting on the dock of the bay. the chesapeake bay blues festival happening today. temperatures in the mid-70s today. there is a risk of a shower coming up late rur this afternoon, and today will be the better outdoor weather day for you. so if you are trying to decide today or tomorrow as for the preferred day, they are coming our way. we will figure out which bay sitting on the dock of the bay is? >> he was inspired by san francisco. >> the chesapeake bay does have nice docks. >> works for us. thanks, c

thank you so much to kimberly smith for the pictures.u have pictures or video from your part of the world go to ireport.com and click on the upload now link. >>> certainly plenty of adults have to watch their cholesterol. but it's an issue for some kids, too. and their young age may affect how they treat it. elizabeth cohen has more in our "health minute." >> reporter: cholesterol tests aren't just for adults. >> take a deep breath and blow. >> reporter: maddy is 10 and has already been tested three times because of a family history of heart disease. >> we are waiting for the results of your lab. >> reporter: pediatricians like dr. jennifer shoo recommend the blood test for certain youngsters ages 2 to 10. >> the children who would be the most concerning are those who are already overweight or obese or if they have a family history of early heart disease. >> reporter: if a child's cholesterol is high, what do you do about it? doctors point to lifestyle changes such as daily exercise and eating a healthy diet. as a last resort, a small pe

sergeant kimberly moonly, who was a sergeant, a fort hood police sergeant, whowas attributed the success of bringing down this particular ngerous person, despite being shot herself. or a 19-year-old nutritionist, who put a tourniquet on a wounded soldier and carried them out for medical care. i am grateful that the committee has accepted my amendment, and i ask my colleagues to support the idea of more or continued post traumatic stress disorder counseling for the civilians on this base and to ensure that that happens if ever such a tredy occurs again, to be able to provide them wi that kind of support system. i promised the community that i would return, and intend to do so, check on how they are doing. but it is important that we stand here today as we look toward memorial day, mourning those lost to be able to say to those here that we will counsel or provide them with the services necessary in po-traumatic stress disorder. i started out quickly, mr. chairman, by talking about humanity, and i finish by saying i've heard all of the talk about don't k, don't tell. it is interesting to k

host: our first call comes from greenville, mississippi, kimberly, on our line for democrats. caller: i was wondering -- i do agree that there should be some type of legislation in place to help with illegal immigration. however, i do wonder if officials will be looking for people who are other than hispanic. i am sure there are illegals in the country and arizona that are from other parts of the world. are they going to be constantly looking for people that are hispanic, or, i'm sure, on its face, the law applies to people from all over the world. guest: you bring up two important points. i think we can all agree that something has to be done about immigration. in arizona, we are facing a crisis. we need immigration reform. the problem with this legislation is is that it does nothing to actually crack down on the problems that we see which are the gun trafficking, the drug trafficking, and the violent human trafficking. if this does nothing to address that real crisis. the second issue is that this bill should apply to all individuals said art in the country without proper do

sergeant kimberly d. munley and sergeant mark a. todd senior both civilian employees, members of the american federation of government employees, who responded to the shooting at fort hood. these are civilian employees but they confronted an armed gunman and also mass chaos. the two police department officers brought an end to the tragic rampage of fort hood that killed 13 people and wounded 43 others. also sara bloom, an employee, attorney at the u.s. attorney's office in my own district in massachusetts. sara led the legal case against one of the major drug manufacturers and recovered $2.3 billion on behalf of the american people in fines and penalties, the largest health care fraud settlement in the history of the united states. jamie, an intelligence analyst at the f.b.i. he provided vital he are sources in the fight against commercial and sexual exploitation of children which has resulted in the conviction of more than 500 individuals and predtors and the rescue of more than 1,000 child victims. also carl w. pike and the projec