thank you so much, mary hines.ck to you. >> thank you. >>> and we are headed to maryland on thursday where we'll celebrate silver spring on "news4 today" beginning at 4:27 a.m. >>> the american dream coming true. coming up, a story of sacrifice and hard work to get to washington. >>> plus, whether you or your loved one has too much or too little hair. we have the medical solution that can help you get what you need. stay with us, we'll be right ba >>> your baby may understand what you are saying even if it can't talk yet. they begin processing speech months before saying their first word. researchers used a special brain scanner on a group of 7-month-old and 12-month-old infants as they listened to sounds in native and foreign languages and found that the 12-month-olds showed much more activity in the area of the brain that perceives the meaning of language. >>> well, the most common cause of hair loss is family history. men and women inherit the gene from either or both parents and that leads to the question, do h

arlington board member and metro board member mary hines with a tip for her counterparts in maryland.ome metro assets they haven't fully taken advantage of. that's a place to start. >> now, kim is a maryland commuter. she says she welcomes new options but admits it'll be tough to get her out of the car. >> the metro is so much more expensive some days. it's not that you save on money by doing that. >> now a changing landscape and changing transportation option to give more choices. another reason to do this project, take a look at the development that's here. pretty high end. condos from the sixes. town homes for $800,000. that's right. pretty expensive to live there. something you may not know. the planned purple line in maryland is a similar project. >> purple line in the silver spring area. >> that's right. >> this is great because once that's all said and done, then we're told by officials everyone's going to be living in walking distance of the metro. will really improve that area. >>> their job is to save lives over the phone. >> we see a spike on saturday and mondays in our tex

we have the fort myers swim team, from the county board, mary hines, the old guard car pool. are getting ready to hang out. i have not done this in 20 years, my goodness. we'll see you next time we celebrate silver spring! >> be careful, angie. at least you have a helmet on. thank you for the awesome tour in arlington. we appreciate you waking up with us. >> we'll be back in 25 minutes with your alert on your traffic and breaking news. we hope you join us then. until then, have a great day. >> make it a great tuesday, everybody. >>> good morning. breaking news overnight. a crowded subway train derails in moscow. at least 16 people are dead, more than a hundred others injured. this morning the first chilling images just in from the scene. >>> polar invasion. temperatures plunging near record lows across the midwest. up to 20 degrees bel normal for this time of year. while violent storms trigger dangerous flooding farther east and there's more severe weather on the way. >>> breaking his silence. the strange new host from oscar pistorius on twitter after he's involved in a heati

arlington board member and metro board member mary hines with a tip for her counterparts in maryland. >> part of the challenge is they've got some metro assets that they haven't fully taken advantage of, and, you know, that's a place to start. >> reporter: now, kim is a maryland commuter coming from buoy to crystal city. she says she welcomes new options, but admits it will be tough to get her out of the car. >> the metro is so much more expensive sdaz, anyway. it's not over -- it's not that you save on money by doing that. >> reporter: now a changing landscape and changing transportation option to give more choices. >> back here now along the transit way, along the route one corridor. now another reason to do the project. take a look at the development that's here. pretty highend. condos from the 6s. town homes from $800,000. in alexandria, i'm adam tuck, news 4. >>> this time doug is frolicking with mermaids and jumping on trampolines. >> he is frolicking in the wonderful weather. what's going on? >> and that's just meaning that it's time to eat. as you guys know, when you do that k

. >> arlington county board member mary hines says people are going to keep moving to this area so we have to find other ways to get them around. >> our projections show that something like 60% of the growth in arlington in the next 30 years will happen on this corridor. >> you don't have to be here long to find out what she means. juan gomez commutes to crystal city from stafford, virginia, every day. he says bring on the transportation options. anything to help cut down on the commute. hoping for more good days ahead. >> reporter: back here live along the transit way. this is another transportation project that virginia is getting off the ground. there is a similar project like this plan for maryland, but it's want happening yet. straight talk about that coming up next hour at 6:00. reporting live in alexandria, adam tuck, news 4. >>> that underscores just how many people need dental and health care in the state. the southern maryland mission of mercy group held a free dental clinic in walsdorf today. it will be opened for a second day tomorrow at north point high school. tomorrow's