the admission came after an exclusive report by our own senior investigative correspondent, lisa myers, who has our follow-up report tonight. >> reporter: army lieutenant colonel sarah smith and her family were foreclosed on by chase almost two years ago, while she was on active duty in iraq. >> i remember it being very difficult, very hard. >> we love you, honey. >> reporter: marine captain jonathan rolls and his wife, julia, were overcharged by chase for their mortgage, then harassed for money they did not owe. today the couple told an outraged congressional committee they had been battling chase for five years. >> we've spoken with managers in south carolina to texas to california. nobody knew how to fix our problem. >> you spend your time trying to not worry about home, and it's still in the back of your mind when you're fighting. >> reporter: to spare troops financial stress while in harm's way, federal law limits how much interest they can be charged and generally prohibits foreclosures while on active duty. chase acknowledged today that it had inadvertently violated that law, ov

lisa myers, nbc news, washington. >>> driving got a lot more expensive in the past week. aaa says prices rose 19 cents a gallon. the national average for a gallon of regular is now 3.35, that's the highest level since october 2008. >>> up next, on oscar night, the decades-long drama that led up to "the king's speech" and the moving story of the man who wrote it. >>> tonight is oscar night and many people predict "the king's speech" could win it all. while much has been made of the true story behind the film, king george vi overcoming his stammer, many people don't know the story of the man who wrote the screenplay. his triumph is just as inspiring. here's nbc's lee cowan. >> reporter: by now, even if you haven't seen "the king's speech," chances are, you've heard it. that debilitating stammer that in a way, is the film's star. >> why are you here then? >> because i bloody well stammer! >> reporter: it was a real-life affliction george vi was forced to battle publicly. in listening to wartime broadcasts like that was a young british boy, who like the king, had a lot to say

lisa myers has an update. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, matt. the bank is being called to account for seemingly violating a federal law designed to protect troops from financial stress while they are in harm's way. so far, chase admits overcharging 4,000 troops and wrongfully foreclosuring on 14 of them. that doesn't count a family we talked to -- foreclosed on while the mother was in iraq. >> hey, whose job is dishes this week? >> reporter: sarah is a california mother of four. >> did you practice your trumpet? >> reporter: and a lieutenant-colonel in the army reserve. in 2008 smith went on active duty to iraq. while she was there her husband rory lost his job in the economic downturn. they quickly contacted the mortgage company and asked for a modification or temporary help. >> i was being proactive, and put it in writing that sarah was on active orders in iraq. they came back and said, well, really, we have nothing to do for you. >> reporter: at that point, their lender, washington mutual was taken over by jp morgan chase. matters only got wo

>> lisa myers in washington, thank you very much. here's meredith. >> matt, thank you. it's a disturbing statistic. women serving in the u.s. military are more likely to be raped by a fellow soldier than killed by enemy fire. now a group of women is alleging they turned a blind eye to reports of sexual assault and harassment while on active duty. here's the exclusive details. michael, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the number of reports of sexual abuse in the u.s. military is alarming and a lawsuit being filed today pins the blame on the defense department's top leadership. 25-year-old rebecca havrilla was a sergeant in the u.s. army in 2007, the only female member of a bomb squad in eastern afghanistan. she said she was constantly harassed and groped by her team leader. >> he made a habit of telling me exactly what he wanted to do to me, trying to pull me into bed with him, grabbing my waist, trying to kiss my neck, grabbing my rear end as i would knock by. >> reporter: though she faced enemy fire from the taliban she said her most harrowing day happened when

myers. a check on the rain. let's check in with lisa argen. >> good morning. check it out. we have a wintry mix around the bay area. winter weather advisory for the hills above 2,000 feet. we are looking at two to three inches of snow that could pile up across the bay. we've got cold air in place. we've got more moisture coming in with a few peeks of sunshine don't be surprised to see a clap of thunder. look at the north bay vallejo and san francisco around daly city. down to 280. 101 into san leandro. south bay more wet weather for saratoga. as you head toward the santa cruz mountains. this is where we'll see the concentrated rain later on today. when will it end, i'll let you know. >> earlier this morning the republican controlled house cut $60 billion from hundreds of federal programs. >> i think you've done yourself proud this week. >> the vote was mostly along party lines and led by freshmen republicans. $1.2 trillion measure would keep the government running through september. there is sweeping subsidies to domestic programs but it protects oil and coal companies and