. ♪ >>> donald lawson is a very clear goal in life.rstar in sailing. >> i grew up watching michael jordan, tiger woods, if he can win 14 championships why can't i? >> a champion sailer with an unusual introduction to the sport. >> six years old my mother got me in sailing. she tricked me as a kid i didn't like boats, water. i was afraid to go out there. so summer camp she sent me out there, i walked on the boat, and first if thing i thought the boat didn't sink, hey, good, this is fun, i will be safe. >> got his first taste of danger crewing a trip for bruce schwab. >> when we left a hail storm, waves smashing through them, and i steered the boat for four hours and he told me that night he said awesome job out there, and that boosted my confidence, skills and abilities. >> from there, lawson launched his racing career. >> fearless. kind of willing to push the boat, push himself a little bit. he's not afraid to take a couple chances, and try to push his boundaries a little bit. >> also out to break old stereotypes. >> i have been confus

that is lawson, with his older brother, zach. at what age did you start cooking for everybody?probably about, i'd say, 12. >> reporter: each bates kid seems to take on household duties with a smile. even the six to seven daily loads of laundry. is that the dirty pile? >> that, unfortunately, is the dirty pile. >> reporter: what they do seems impossible. the care and feeding and nurturing of now 19 young people. and while this is not the way most of us would choose to live, there's likely a lesson for each of us in the way they do. i'm juju chang, for "nightline," in lake city, tennessee. >> and the bates family, baby makes 19, airs march 20th on tlc. >>> and coming up, from "the real housewives" to the snarky bachelorettes, how mean girls own the moment. i am so glad to get rid of it. just to be able to wake up in the morning on your own. that's a big accomplishment to me. i don't know how much money i need. but i know that whatever i have that's what i'm going to live within. ♪ ♪ ♪ [music playing] confidence. available in color. depend® for women is now peach. looks and fits l

i'm pat lawson muse. >> and i'm wendy rieger.tice department acknowledged that the fbi is looking into the death of florida teenager trayvon martin. last month a neighborhood watch captain shot the unarmed 17-year-old. he told police he felt threatened and claimed that martin attacked him. martin, again, unarmed. the watch captain has not been charged. >>> the republican presidential primary is under way right now in illinois. there are 54 delegates at stake. the polls leading up to at that's vote suggested mitt romney had a comfortable lead, but rick santorum also has pockets of strong asupport. >>> it's official, peyton manning signed a contract to join the denver broncos. it's a five-year deal worth 96 million bucks. the quarterback will wear number 18, the same number he wore as an indianapolis colts. >>> and stocks took a hit today on the heels of two reports that suggest an economic slowdown in china. the dow lost 68 points to close at 13,170. the nasdaq fell 4 points. the s&p 500 was off 4. >>> a viral video is renewing th

i'm pat lawson muse. >> i'm jim handly. we're crossing our fingers today. this is the question everybody has been asking for weeks now. here's how the trees look. >> today we found out just when the cherry blossoms are expected to reach their peak bloom. news 4's megan mcgrath has the story. >> reporter: bruce and his dog pilot took a walk around the tidal basin this morning looking at the small buds already on the trees. he thinks the blossoms may come early this year. >> it's going to be real early, real early, yeah. got a good chance of it. >> but is he right? that remains to be seen. what happens over the next few weeks is critical. in his preliminary bloom prediction the chief housing authori authority -- horticulturist said -- >> sometime between march 24th and march 31st. >> reporter: if the prediction holds it means plenty of blossoms for the first part of the festival depending on the weather they can last between 10 and 18 days. >> i think 70% so you come two days later at 100% does it really -- it's the period of

i'm pat lawson muse. >> i'm jim handly. first up at 4:00 anxiety is mounting all over the midwest and parts of the south now as more twisters threaten to tear through those regions. today in alabama two tornadoes destroyed homes and sent people to the hospital days after the deadly storm system that struck southern illinois. jay gray is tracking the latest round of severe weather 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 storm shelter. over pretty quick. >> reporter: but the twisters were on the ground long enough to rip apart neighborhoods, splintering homes, scattering debris, and downing power lines. storm chasers got a glimpse of this storm outside chattanooga, tennessee and this morning nashville was warned to be one of the areas t

i'm wendy rieger. >> i'm pat lawson muse. it has been described as hate crime and now an arrest in that troubling shooting at an ihop restaurant in columbia heights. pat collins is live with more on the suspect in custody tonight. >> reporter: wendy, they say it started with words of hate. that led to a physical confrontation. it ended in gun fire. and today an arrest. the trigger man in the ihop hate crime shooting turns out to be a woman. police today charged 27-year-old leshan carson in the asalt on a 31-year-old gay man at the columbia heights ihop about two weeks ago. >> what we can say is that there were some, what started as a verbal confrontation, then escalated to a p

. >> i'm pat lawson muse. there are new demands for action and outraged citizens are urged to remain calm in response to the trayvon martin shooting case today. civil rights leaders are pressuring authorities to at least arrest the man accused of killing an unarmed black teen last month. we have the latest from sanford, florida. >>> demonstrators calling for the arrest of george zimmerman are especially outraged at the treatment zimmerman has received so far from florida police. >> as far as we know he is still in possession of the nine millimeter that he used to shoot this young man. >> reporter: they're calling for his concealed weapon permit to be rebuffed but cries for his immediate arrest have even reached the halls of congress. >> trayvon martin was murdered 25 days ago and, still, there has been no arrest. the evidence is overwhelming. >> reporter: that evidence is zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer in sanford following martin on the evening of february 26th although 911 tapes show police told hi

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i'm pat lawson muse. >> i'm jim handly. a campaign volunteer for ward 7 candidate evan chavous has been charged with murder today. ellsworth colbert was arrested sunday for allegedly stabbing his neighbor to death after the two got into an argument. he pled not guilty this afternoon in court. >>> rush limbaugh lost two more advertisers today. a total of nine companies have abandoned the show. this is a response to limbaugh's comments about a georgetown law student last week. limbaugh said he was sorry on the air today after issuing an apology over the weekend. >>> this was the scene in fredericksburg early this morning, a winter storm bringing snow flurries to parts of central virginia forcing some schools to cancel activities this afternoon. there was even more snow farther south. it came as a disappointment for many who hoped winter was over. >>> and worries about slowing economic growth in china and the possible setback for a bailout of greece dragged on the markets here today. the dow lost 14 points to close at 12,962.

i'm pat lawson muse. >> i'm jim handly. 640 million dollars. that's more than half a billion. it sounds big no matter how you say it. >> it is so much money that it's hard to imagine how to spend it. there are a whole lot of people who are trying or willing to try. nbc's jay gray has more on megamillions fever. >> reporter: megamillions mania continues to sweep the country. >> everybody is excited, right? everybody hopes to win. so keep your fingers crossed. >> reporter: with the hope of hitting it big, and this time we mean really big. a world record jackpot of more than $600 million. >> that's serious cash. serious cash. >> reporter: so it takes a serious strategy to find the winning numbers. >> anniversary, birth date, tda we got married. those things. >> i have a special $1 susan b. anthony coin i'm going to use to buy it. that one is going to win. >> reporter: regardless of the method this psychologist says all the megamillions madness really does do something to our brains. >> we secrete that adrenalin. we have neuro transmitters like dopamine and endorphins and also the

. >> i'm pat lawson muse. first, breaking news. a third letter with suspicious substance. a suspicious powder was found just moments ago in the district. thinking one was discovered at 1201 constitution avenue in northwest d.c. the letter had a return address from texas. we have a news4 crew on the way to that scene, and we'll bring you more information as it comes in. >> there were two similar scares in the district. both happened around 11 thank morning. one at the osteria bibiana on new york avenue in northwest. police say a chef opened a letter with a white powder in it. people in the restaurant were evacuated as a precaution. >> in southwest, an envelope with powder inside was discovered at amidon bowen elementary school. that envelope was found before students got to class. and students were not allowed inside this building. both scenes were quickly cleared. this is the second day this week d.c. police have responded to the scene where suspicious powder has turned up. so far the letters pose no threat to the public. erika gonzalez is headed to the scene on constituti

. >> i'm pat lawson muse. we are taking a look at apple's website where you can see the brand new ipad 3. >> this new tablet has all the power of the previous models and much more. nbc's mark barger has a look at the specs. today we are announcing the new ipad, and it is amazing. >> reporter: apple ceo tim cook unveiled the newest incarnation of the company's top-selling tablet this afternoon, simply called the ipad. among the new features, a high-resolution retina displayed screen, like first introduced on the iphone 4 with over 3 million pixels. >> a million more pixels than your hdtv at home. >> reporter: resolution combined with the 4 g connectivity should enhance video streaming possibilities. >> a a lot of people may not have been interested in the idea of a 3 g ipad but a fast 4 g one with capabilities becomes a lot more compelling, especially for businesses. >> reporter: updated ipad will have a higher resolution camera, capable of hd video and slightly thicker, heavier than its predecessor it will hav

. >> i am pat lawson muse.n the news at this hour the terror alert level has just been raised in france. this morning a gunman on a motorcycle shot and killed a rabbi and three children at a jewish school. police say the attack may be linked to two deadly shootings in the same region last week. french soldiers of north caribbean or north african descent were the targets. >>> the cherry blossom festival starts tomorrow the first day of spring. peak bloom begins tomorrow and runs through the 23rd. officials encourage visitors to ride metro or use shuttle bus service. this year is the 100th anniversary of japan giving the u.s. the gift of cherry trees. the centennial celebration runs for five weeks. >>> and a perfect world, all children would happily eat their apples and celery sticks as snacks. >> but as we all know we don't live in that perfect world and sometimes junk foods went out. nbc's erica edwards sought out the best of the worst if you will snacks to delight both their kids and parents. >> reporter: 2 1/

i'm jim handly i'm pat lawson muse. in this video of george zimmerman right after he shot trayvon martin it is adding to the controversy over the death of the unarmed black teen. >> what you see and don't see in this video is also adding to the confusion about zimmerman's side of the story. jay gray explains. >> reporter: this police video shows george zimmerman brought in for questioning just after he admitted to shooting and killing trayvon martin. they are the first pictures of the community watch volunteer from that night. most telling according to the martin family attorney because of what you don't see. >> it is clear now we have heard with our ears the 911 tapes. now tonight america sees with our eyes the video and we know that that police report is a fabrication. >> reporter: the official police report says zimmerman's back appeared to be wet and was covered in grass as if he had been laying on his back on the ground. that zimmerman was also bleeding from the nose and the back of his head and that he was given f

i'm pat lawson muse. >> i'm jim handly. more on that in a bit but first get ready for more rain, folks. the potential for severe weather is here. >> storm 4 meteorologist veronica johnson is in the storm center with details. veronica? >> there will be some neighborhoods getting some moderate and even brief heavy rain and hearing a lot of thunder, too. already this afternoon we've had a handful of severe thunderstorm warnings and look at all of this area shaded in pink. that is where there is a severe thunderstorm watch right now. that is until 9:00 p.m. for winchester, la ray, down toward charlottesville and off to the west. we've even had a handful of severe thunderstorm warnings with an elevated risk where the storms have been producing high winds. as far as what's going on right now a little closer inspection for you. fauquier county down through culpepper moderate to heavy rain. anywhere from a quick 0.1 to 0.25 inch of rain in that one cell in fauquier county moving east-southeast toward areas of brentsville in the nex

i'm wendy rieger. >> i'm pat lawson muse. jim handly is off tonight.reaking news in the trayvon martin case. the police chief in sanford, florida says he is temporarily stepping down. bill lee had been heavily criticized after his officers decided not to arrest george zimmerman. zimmerman is the neighborhood watch volunteer who v-dot martin to death last month. zimmerman claimed he shot the teen in self-defense but martin was unarmed, carrying a bag of skittles. he was only 17 years old. today the police chief said he has become a distraction but he

i'm pat lawson muse in for doreen gentzler. >> i'm jim vance.gin with an important issue before the supreme court. it's 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

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. >> i'm pat lawson muse. the president made his first public comments about the shooting of trayvon martin today and he described it as a tragedy that's touched him personally. that's also the case for people across the country as demonstrations and calls for justice spread. jay gray has the latest. >> reporter: hundreds gathered again today in florida, students from more than a dozen high schools marching and at this miami high school spelling out their frustration forming the initials t.m., a tribute to trayvon martin. protests over the unarmed 17-year-old shot and killed by neighborhood watch volunteer george zimmerman have become a national movement. >> this is a tragedy. >> reporter: a tragedy president obama like so many across the country is taking personally. >> if i had a son he'd look like trayvon. and i think they are right to expect that all of us as americans are going to take this with the seriousness it deserves and that we're going to get to the bottom of exactly what happened. >> reporter: th

lawson had a season high 28 and denver won it 108-91. the heat lost their congame in as many days. time winding down in the first half. george threw up a prayer and it was answered. everything went right for the pacers. they won it 105-90. pistons and wizards, you know why those seats in the front row are so expensive. they come with a free gatorade bath. knight doused everybody and everything in sight. it was the wizards who were washed up. rodney stuckey drained the game winner with less than a second to play. nfl it's not too often a back up quarterback has a nationally televised news conference but then again not every quarterback is tim tebow. he was introduced as a member of the jets and in true tebow fashion he said all the right things. >> i'm so honored and humble to be a jet. i'm thankful that they wanted me. i'm so excited about meeting my teammates. i had a pleasure to meet quite a few already. i'm looking towards my future as jet. >> when is a tie a loss? when it comes to olympic qualifying. el salvador scored the game tying score. the tie eliminates them from olympic

pat lawson muse has her story. three this is the hangar at general dynamics. >> reporter: linda rabbit is founder and ceo of rand construction, the area's fifth largest commercial interior construction company founded and owned by a woman. >> we were in fact the first woman owned general contractor and i learned it as i did it. >> reporter: she is a former teacher who in 1985 found herself divorced with two children. she took a job with an accounting firm. >> i didn't want to become cpa so i could never get into the corner office. so i decided the only way i could really support my two little girls was to learn something else. something i could be in charge of. >> reporter: it was at the height of a local building boom and a friend invited her to start a construction company. but with few women in the construction business, winning the acceptance of men was tough. >> we started small and started with things we could understand like paint and carpet. you know, things that i had done in my own home. >> reporter: the

lawson chicken ranch was along 19th ave. >> [inaudible] >> not exactly. he donated the land later to the city, though. sort of the farm house feeling of the richmond. >> there is a water tower with a windmill in the back. >> right, get your water from wells. that was the early boathouses. looking at that map, sporting men would come out in the horses, have little races with their horses and carriages and the sea horse races, maybe get in a card game, have a drink of the way to the beach. >> but this was when there was county land, so there was no gambling. the move people out to county for the race track. >> they were away from intense public scrutiny out there. >> my of the state is there were four racetracks in the city. -- my understanding. can you name them? >> pioneer, union, in the side, and oceanside. >> there ago. maybe there are more. >> we have a big article on race tracks on our website. outsidelands.org. >> the ingleside, you can still see that. >> they developed where that race track was, just south of ocean avenue, they kept the oval of the

. >>> and a landmark lawson a woman who does the same job as a man can get the same pay. >> we'll makee that our daughters have the same rights, the same chances, and the same freedoms to pursue their dreams as our sons. >> wow. welcome back to "hardball." that excerpt is from a new 17-minute obama campaign video. that message of the president's stump speech these daze. he makes clear the first piece of legislation he signed at president of the united states was a law that benefits women. at a time when women's access to health care is being challenged in washington, d.c. here and numerous state legislatures around the country. it's a powerful message and very hot politically. lily ledbetter has fought for women's rights, the rights for equal pay. she didn't stop until it was law. the lily ledbetter fair pay act. she tells her story in her book "grace and grit." we're fortunate tonight, congresswoman allison schwartz of pennsylvania from where i grew up, one of the nine states with legislation pending, it's not her fault by the way. this is the state legislature, she's a national legis

their first ever win over italy class on the river which opens on the penalty spot and sebastian lawson back to brace to help sweden thrashed relations three one euro twenty two off co-hosts ukraine held on to beat israel all the most poignant thanks to its all rails lose one nil it's time to costa rica this was well first match since the death of their manager gary speed in november the midfielder had made his first appearance for wales against costa rica at nine hundred ninety two sons tommy and graham last thoughts standing by the side of captain craig bellamy before it off. i mean it's wales lost one nil but manager chris coleman said the result wasn't. you difficult for the play be sure and start the game with justin sloan. in all fairness to them all occasionally always if you don't normally prepare for games like we did tonight but. it wasn't about us was it tonight is. basketball now and it is because i have gone through to the quarter finals of the year only despite losing sixty eight sixty three it's time to panic and like us what you next knew victory would secure them a spot

first ever win i recently watched the last and privileged open from the penalty spot and sebastian lawson find a brace to help sweden thrash croatia three one euro twenty twelve co-hosts ukraine held on to beat israel while the most poignant big song vials use one male one to costa rica this was wales first match since the death of their manager gary speed in november midfielder had made his first appearance for wales against costa rica in nine hundred ninety his time his son is tommy and edward mascots standing by the side captain craig bellamy before kick off there is also evidence of wells lost one nil but manager chris coleman said the result wasn't. good for the play be sure on the start they gave us. an orphanage for them. for games tonight but. it wasn't about us was it and i. it's. basketball now and it is because i have gone through to the quarter finals of the year early despite losing sixty eight sixty three as i am to patterson i calls only victory would secure them a spot in the last eight panels and i thought the business in the white shirts were also determined to win ensur

from lawsons, i am tavis smiley with a conversation with the equal pay act that carries her name, ledbetter. she spent nearly 20 years working at a goodyear plant where she is subject to unspeakable sexual harassment. despite court setbacks, she took her battle to congress where, in 2009, the lilly ledbetter fair pay act was passed. it was the first bill that president obama signed into law upon taking office that year. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it is the cornerstone we all know. it is not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with your community to make every day better pierre >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: if there are times when you think one person in our world cannot make a difference, consider then lily ledbetter. born into poverty in a small alabama town, she picked cotton to help support her family household, a home with no running water or electricity. in 1939, she went to work for good as base year in hopes for a path to the middle class. but it turned into a nightmar

unstable since the economic sense and the when you have risk you're going to reward and i can think lawson's and that's essentially where you have. profits of private size the risk is socialized so. that's money. which isn't whatever risky financial products they play so. once. you get this massive going to reward for that in the long term you can take economic downside when it turns out to be. confidence and then you have the popular both of which are. we incurred as well so you have a system that's consistently sucking money out of the lower and middle classes and funding options to get rich and that's no longer you just can't lie to people it's just not possible you know. amounts of. decreasing home prices education courses soaring food prices are going up britain is going up and wages for most of the economy so it's a matter of time until this perception shifts completely and we are now seeing the gutter stating a fact that all this i know at this point what needs to happen and what needs to change is that the whole system or is it more regulations or our last regulations what needs to b

bulls down two at the start of the second half when luol deng turns it over, and ty lawson converts fors 27 points. the nuggets opened the quarter on a 10- 0 run, and the bulls never recovered... the nuggets shot 50 percent from the field as the bulls lose 108-91. their most lopsided loss of the year snaps a four- game winning streak. after several rejections the university of illinois may have finally found bruce weber's replacement: ohio university's john groce is the leading candidate. groce is 85/56 in four years at ohio, including two n-c-a-a appearances. he was also an assistant at ohio state. blackhawks captain jonathan toews is almost ready to make his return to the ice. he's skated for seven days in a row, and says he's "pretty close" to be ready for contact. toews has missed the last ten games with an upper body injury, and he won't play tonight in new jersey. steve montador could return, after missing 22 games with a reported concussion. sox and dodgers in the cactus league: he finally drove in his first to right. sox lose, though -- 4- here are your midday winning lottery nu

. >> i'm pat lawson muse.of students from d.c.s school without walls went about justice in the trayvon martin case. he was shot a month ago. no arrest was made. his family was on capitol hill today and vowing to keep fighting. there are growing questions about martin's past and the police investigation. >>> investigators believe a former police sergeant killed his teenage daughter in a murder suicide. they found the bodies of john jackson and 13-year-old alexis jackson overnight. john jackson worked for the fairfax county police department for 16 years before he left the force in 2010. >>> the second day of oral arguments on the health care law wrapped up. the biggest issue and the justice's returned to it repeatedly. can the government force americans to buy health insurance? >>> news about a slip in the consumer confidence index dragged on stocks today. the dow losing 43 points to close at 13,197. nasdaq down two and s&p off by four. >>> job interviews can be stressful enough. questions about your experience

caught up then scored sixteen straight points this is early in the third off luol deng's turnover ty lawsonilson chandler finds javale mcgee, who stayed with it and finally scored... denver out-worked the bulls all night long, thibs couldn't believe what he was seeing.... the nuggets beat up the bulls on the inside and the outside aaron afflalo with the fallaway three and it's denver easy, 108 to 91... coach thibs not happy... we let our guard down and you cannot do that and so we never got established defensively. hard rebounding effort was pour from start to finish so when we started missing some shots we had nothing to fall back on. illinois may be closing in on its new basketball coach... we're hearing tonight that ohio coach john groce has been offered the position and that an announcement could come as soon as tomorrow... groce is four years the head coach at ohio u, before that associate head coach under thad matta at ohio state... others are interested, most notably duke assistant chris collins and former chicago bull reggie theus, but it sounds like groce is the man.... women's eli

josh lawson, australian actor -- >> jimmy: i like what you do in the show, you have, like, this new terminology, it's this sort of management, consultant speak that they do to sort of you know -- all the subterfuge -- >> jimmy: all this magic -- yeah, yeah, yeah. >> yeah. look over here -- you know. >> jimmy: yeah, yeah, yeah, but what, like, give me an example of some of it. >> you know, "we want to open the kimono on this guy." >> jimmy: that's my favorite one. >> yeah, open the kimono. >> jimmy: but now, what does open the kimono mean? >> like, find out who this person really is. usually find out some secret that you can exploit, you know? that kind of thing. >> jimmy: that makes no sense. i love it. open the kimono. >> no. "chunk out a journey line." >> jimmy: "chunk out a journey line"? >> yeah. >> jimmy: like what is that? i believe you are ready. >> i-i-i have no idea. >> jimmy: no, yeah, yeah, yeah, "we've got to, we've got to get in here. and we've got to get everyone, we've got to chunk out a journey line." >> "got to chunk out a journey line on this guy --" >> jimmy: "and then we got

pat lawson muse has the results. >> reporter: according to the latest report by metro transit police, crime on buses and parking lots has hit a five year low. crime on the rails remains relatively high. the dean wood station ranked at the top with 67 crimes. those cases involve burglaries, larceny, aggravated assault and motorcycle theft. while dean wood ranks at the top, the four that follow in terms of crime are all on the green line. rounding out the top five. anacostia, and college park. on the flip side, five stations had no reports any serious crime, four of which are in virginia. they include arlington cemetery, eisenhower virginia square. you can see where your station ranks with the full list on our website nbcwashington.com search metro. in three months, fairfax and louden counties have to decide whether to fund phase two of the dulles rail project. they learned it will cost another 2.7 billion. it would fund more than 11 miles of that rail to dulles international airport and beyond as well as six new metro stops, more than a billion dollars was saved by eliminating an under

good afternoon, i'm barbara harrison in for pat lawson muse. >> i'm jim handly. we will get to the blossom story in a minute. >>> first, breaking news to start us off at 4:00 today, a verdict in the wrongful death lawsuit against virginia tech. today, the jurors found the school was negligent in the response to the 2007 campus massacre that left 33 people dead, specifically that the school delayed campus warping after the first shots were fired. this shot cable after 3 1/2 hours of deliberation it is a victory for the parents of two students killed in the attack who filed the lawsuit. each family was awarded $100,000 in damages. virginia tech released this statement just a short time ago. "we are disappointed with today's decision and stand by our long-held position that the administration and law enforcement at virginia tech did their absolute best with the information available on april 16, 2007." >>> turning now to the cherry blossoms, because of the warmer temperatures, this winter, the national park service says the trees are expected to bloom on march 18th

i'm barbara harrison in for pat lawson muse. >> i'm jim handly. firps at 4 that woman was a mother of six. her name is heather mcguire. police tell us her estranged husband killed her in kensington earlier this week hours after he got out of jail. news 4's pat collins spoke with the victim's friend who says she feared for her life. >> reporter: did she think he would kill her? >> yes, she did. she knew it. >> reporter: friends of heather mcguire want to know why the judge let her killer go. last year she got a protective order against her husband, philip. she said he threatened to kill her. last weekend he was twice arrested for violating that protective order. monday a judge let gilberti out of jail. tuesday he killed his wife. >> how does somebody like that get out after two arrests in 72 hours on violating a protective order against somebody he has already beaten, stalked, and harassed over and over and over? that judge is a disgrace. >> reporter: i'm pat collins, news 4. >> pat collins will have a live report on this coming up at 6:00 today. >

i'm barbara harrison in for pat lawson muse. >> i'm jim handly. first at 4:00 george clooney is in washington this week using his celebrity to bring attention to what he describes as a man made crisis in sudan. he testified on capitol hill wednesday and today was arrested after protesting outside the sudanese embassy in northwest washington. tracee wilkins reports. >> reporter: hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside of the sudanese embassy this morning including actor/activist george clooney one of many arrested this morning. george clooney who just returned from a trip to sudan joined congressman tom andrews, jim mcgovern and jim moran of virginia who was arrested. also martin luther king jr. iii was here along with hundreds of other protesters. they're demanding immediate action to stop sudan's use of food as a weapon is what they're saying. hundreds of activists are supporting this demonstration and they were here today. 500,000 people in sudan's nuba mountains and other regions risk starvation and they're accusing sudanese president omar a

. >> 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

pat lawson muse is at the news 4 super screen with a look at what's trending today. >> an important health story tops tonight's trending topics. first up a new study finds that just one drink a day may increase women's risk of breast cancer by 5%. for women who have more than three drinks a day the risk goes up 50%. the study was published in the journal "alcohol and alcoholism" and previous research has suggested that moderate drinking could be good for your heart. now in today's viral video shows man's best friend and a hero's home coming. this dog is ecstatic when his owner returns to germany from an eight-month deployment to afghanistan. the clip was uploaded to youtube a week ago and already there have been more than 1.6 million hits. and finally, ron burgundy is back. remember him? he shared some breaking news on conan last night. there will be a sequel to "anchor man." there will be a sequel. >> will ferrell made the announcement dressed as the title character from "anchor man the legend of ron burgundy." it stars ferrell as a self-absorbed newscaster and no word on when the sequel

pat lawson muse joins us in the newsroom with a preview of things to come. >> coming up tonight on "news4 at 4:00," doctors' orders. dr. jackie will be here to tell us what we immediate to know to get the most out of the brief office visits. plus, you don't need to trade in your old ipad to get an upgrade. we whether show you how to transforyour model. what happens when you combine pley ates and boxing? it is called piloxing. some say it is the key to burning fat and getting sleek, lean muscles at the same time. >> like a lot much interesting things coming. let's take a final look at our forecast. >> beautiful day under way. temperatures are climbing now as we approach the noon hour. let's have a look. it is 60 now at reagan national. culpeper up to 63 and it is going to continue to climb and as we get into the afternoon hours into the mid and upper 60s, dreamy early march day. more of the same tomorrow. more clouds around. rain friday morning. then the weekend sunshine back but a chill in the air. that's the way it looks. have a good afternoon and see you tomorrow. >> thank you. >>> that

here's pat lawson muse. >> coming up today on "news4 at 4:00," how a major disaster was averted.or days under a pile of debris in an abandoned house. until her neighbor finally noticed she was missing and became concerned. then on "news4 at 5:00" today, quick bites with tom, "washington post" food critic, takes us to a little restaurant that offers big taste of pakistan in germantown. those stories and all the day's latest on "news4 at 4:00." >> thank you, pat. >>> time now for a final check on our forecast. here is chuck bell. >> thanks, barbara. sunshine that we enjoyed this morning is now disappearing faster and faster behind clouds and they roll in and rain showers not too terribly far behind. keep the umbrella handy for the remainder of the afternoon. a couple more dry hours left and that's about it. showers with a rumble of thunder moving in here. starting late this afternoon. most of our thunder chances, though, are really from about sunset tonight until sunrise tomorrow morning. so here is your forecast becoming cloudy and showers possible by late this afternoon. then ove