veronica now has a story she wants you to hear. >> reporter: veronica stempo is only 21 years old but has been a recipient of a heart transplant. she was diagnosed with an enlarged heart. >> my heart started failing to the point i couldn't climb up the stairs. i couldn't breathe. nothing. >> reporter: that happened when she was 20 years old. she was hooked up to a heart pump and was on the wait list for a new heart for ten months. >> every time your phone rings, you have this anticipation that it's -- oh, you know they found something. they got something for me. anytime, even -- it sounds horrible. even when you see a crash you're like i hope i get a heart soon. >> reporter: her father don had the same heart condition and received a heart transplant. he passed away in 2009 just a few months later his daughter's heart got worse. >> i kind of wish i had him to share my story with and compare and everything. i guess he's in my heart too. >> reporter: veronica says it took a few months but she's back to her normal activities. >> i still hang out with all my friends. i go to concerts. i do

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i'm veronica de la cruz. today we begin with a supreme showdown. the justices of the u.s. supreme court take up the constitutionality of president obama's sweeping health care reform law. it's a decision that will have a broad impact on america's health care system. nbc's brian mooar joins us now live from the supreme court with the very latest. brian, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, veronica. the health care law was sweeping in its scope and so is the challenge before the high court. from the moment president obama signed his signature health care reform law, this day was inevitable. now it's time for the supreme court to scrutinize the most sweeping legislation in a generation. citizens on both sides of the debate have been waiting outside the high court for days. >> you don't get many opportunities to witness something like this firsthand. >> reporter: many are hoping to catch a glimpse of an extraordinary three days of arguments destined to make legal history. >> i have a daughter 27 who has epil

i'm veronica de la cruz. today we begin with a decisive win. mitt romney had a victory in the presidential primary in illinois last night with 47% of the vote, romney's double-digit vote further justified his claim to be the presumptive nominee landing romney the majority of that state's 69 delegates. tracie potts with details. >> reporter: narrow victories he eked out in michigan and ohio, the question seems to be can he do better than that in the midwest and last night, he did. >> we thanked the people of illinois for their vote and for this extraordinary victory. thank you so much. [ applause ] >> reporter: illinois, mitt romney's big victory outspending rick santorum 7-1 and won with 47% of the vote. a crucial step, romney says, defeating president obama. >>> it's time to say these words. this word, enough. we've had enough. >> reporter: exit polls show superconservatives both for santorum have identified themselves as evangelical or born again. >> if we get romney we're getting obama all over again repor

veronica. >> hopefully the skies will get its act together, right? we have thunder out there right now. and over the next 30 minutes, expect this area to track from bethesda, pretty sizable. the way i have zoomed in. and this is making its way southeast. move right through d.c. toward silver hill and capital heights. by 7:15, just east of the beltway. heavy rain, and wind too around mclean gardens and right into d c. wheaton, bethesda, and chillham, a lot of lightning at that. light wind out of the east/northeast. noon time, back to sunshine. sunshine and warmth as we head up to 73, allow the thunder showers and storms to fire once again. so seven 7:00, 9:00, 11:00 p.m. game for scattered thunderstorms. mild today. >>> a difficult commute traveling in montgomery county. right now, police are temporarily blocking i-270 at the beltway to allow the funeral procession to pass through. 270, looking like, just sitting. a live look at democracy boulevard, traveling southbound. delays can be felt as far up as father hurleys, see cars just come to a complete

veronica? >> tracie potts in washington, thank you. >>> following the announcement by senator owe llympia snow of that she will not run this year, one lawmaker has decide to run. shelly pancree today rachel maddow last night that people are fed up with gridlock in washington and that's why she expects strong support in maine. >> we're not a hyper partisan state, we're a third republican, third democrat, third independent. we like shelly snow and we like chellie pingree. people are looking for people who will reach across the aisle and find common ground. we want to fix the problem not get stuck in ideology. that's what people want you to run on. they want you to talk about what you have done, your record, the things you're engaged in, fighting for the middle class, clean energy, jobs, health care. things that matter to everybody that are not really left or right. they want us to move beyond political ideology, constant elections, you know, one fight after the other. they want things to start be

brian, good morning to you. >> reporter: hi, veronica. the health care law was sweeping in its vote and so was the challenge before the high court. from the moment president obama signed his signature health care reform law, this dau was inevitable. now it's time for the supreme court. those on both sides of the debate have been waiting outside the high court for days. >> you don't get many opportunities to witness something like this firsthand. >> reporter: many are hoping to catch an extraordinary three days of argument destined to make legal history. >> i have a daughter 27 who has epilepsy. >> reporter: for this mother the fight is personal as it is for this carolina coastline. >> related to religious rights and freedoms in america. >> reporter: at the core of this case can congress force every american to pay for health care? >> 26 states are challenging the law including georgia. >> we look forward to the supreme court later this june holding the act unconstitutional. >> reporter: it is a showdown welcomed by the obama administratio

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i'm veronica de la cruz. >>> thousands gathered to demand the arrest of a neighborhood captain who shot an unarmed teen trayvon martin. the chief of police has temporarily step add side. nbc's jay gray has details. >> reporter: the cries for justice. grew a bit louder in florida. >> i stand before you not knowing how i'm walking right now because eye heart hurts for my son. >> reporter: a growing pain and anger pushing thousands to this rally for a young man who couldn't be there. >> trayvon is my son. trayvon is your son. >> reporter: 17-year-old trayvon marten carrying only a bag of candy and iced tea was killed by george zimmerman. >> zimmerman should have been arrested that night. >> reporter: it's been almost a month and still no arrest despite growing questions about his claims of self-defense adding to the pain of martin's grieving parents. >> i pledge i will not let my son die in vain. >> reporter: they assigned a new state attorney and called for a task force to investigate and with the tensions grow

>>> welcome back to "first look," i'm veronica dela cruz. >>> a call girl is claiming former senator and presidential candidate, john edwards was a client when she worked for an alleged new york millionaire madam. edwards lawyers says he denies the allegation. >>> syrian president bashar al assad's wife may be cut off by the european union, after she reportedly spent lavishly on clothes and furniture. >>> the state of mississippi executed william jerry mitchell last night by lethal injection for the brutal murder of a convenience store clerk in 1995. it was the third execution this year in mississippi, the 11th in the nation. >>> calling it an invasion of privacy, connecticut's richard blumenthal said he's writing a bill to stop the practice of employers asking job applicants for their facebook passwords. >>> and a nasa spacecraft orbit around the moon has sent back images with a view of the far side, with the earth a tiny image in the distance. the images were chosen by fourth graders in montana. >>> the dow opens at 13,046 after losing 78

>> chris, veronica was born with a heart condition.e figured a transplant would be in her future. but she never thought it would be so soon. before her 21st birthday. veronica stumpo is only 21 years old but already is the recipient of a heart transplant. she was born with an enlarged heart. >> my heart just started failing where it got to the point where i couldn't even walk up the stairs. i couldn't breathe, nothing. >> reporter: that happened when she was 20 years old. she was hooked up to a heart pump and was on the waiting list for a new heart for ten months. >> every time your phone rings, you have this anticipation that it's, oh, you know, they found something. they got something for me. any time, even, you know, it sounds horrible, but any time you are like on the road and you see a big car crash you are like, oh, i hope i get a heart soon. >> reporter: her father had the same heart condition. he had also received a heart transplant. the former news 4 photographer passed away in 2009 just a few months later, his daughter's hear

i am veronica de la cruz. today we begin with a decisive win. with 47% of the vote romney's double-digit victory over santorum further justified his claim to be the presumptive nominee. >> mitt romney shored up his frontrunner status in illinois. another win, this one by a large margin in another big midwestern battleground state. >> join us, join us, together we will insure that america's greatest days are still ahead. thank you, guys. >> romney showed his strength, winning men and women voters in illinois, and most said the economy was their number one concern. >> i don't care what the unemployment rate is going to be. >> rick santorum campaigned on freedom from big government. he missed the opportunity to show he could win in the state republicans would need in the fall, but he stuck to his theme. >> economy, national security concerns, and the family, and it's all at stake and it's freedom. >> the republican race boils down to delegates. santorum win as share of illinois. mitt romney most likely wins more illinois delegates, and he is not on

veronica? >> well, a mechanical bull.so funny because when i told my daughter today, i think i'm going the ride a bull today. she goes a real bull? i said no, no, no, a mechanical bull. so i knew i was coming down here to national harbor. there is a lot to see and do, of course. you can really get a lot of exercise just walking around because there are so many shops. but as you look out just in the distance there, you can see the woodrow wilson bridge, the clouds above. of course the traffic in the distance. and a lot of folks that are coming off of the water taxi. so that's just one of the ways that you can get down here, not just by driving, but by taking the water taxi from old town or georgetown. i'm told too for some of the shops there is a wine bar not too far in front of me that if you're up high in the wine bar, you can actually see the washington monument in the distance on a nice clear day. and off in the distance there, of course, a beautiful sunset. it doesn't get any better than this around here. breath-takin

tease us, veronica. > >> it's this nice, jim.body is walking a round wi with short sleeves and short pants on today. i figured i might as well do the same because i haven't gotten enough time to be outside today. but it sure feels nice. we expect a fantastic evening. i saw somebody tweet today if this is what spring is going to be like i sure hope it sticks around for a long time. let's take a look outside. there's a little bit of a light breeze blowing with pretty blue skies up there for your evening forecast. it is going to be breezy. our temperature right now at 67 degrees. th there is your wind at 13 miles per hour. so some occasional gusts at 20 but once the sun sets, that wind is going to be diminishing. your good night wakeup forecast with temperatures throughout the area there we are going to be dropping down tonight heading on down into the 30s and 40s. 35 to about 40 degrees right inside the beltway. we're going to be waking up with a mostly clear sky and then we'll start to pick up some clouds tomorrow. your high tempe

i'm veronica.ere are the top stories making news this morning. >>> hundreds of grieving students marched through chardon ohio, to their high school where three classmates were shot and killed monday. classes resume today. charges were filed thursday against the student accused of the shooting. >>> a man allegedly fired a rifle at a high school two miles southwest of phoenix, arizona. one teenage student was slightly injured and a 40-year-old suspect was arrested soon after the incident. >>> fbi director robert mueller says the agency needs help from private sector professionals to combat cyber threats. mueller says that cyber security will likely surpass terrorism as america's number one concern in the future. >>> nasa has done a successful test drop of the orion capsule which will bring astronauts back to earth in the next generation of space vehicles. from 25,000 feet, a parachute safely carried the capsule back to earth. >>> now here is your first look at wall street. the dow opens at 12,980 aft

veronica johnson in storm center 4. veronica?t they are, big, big changes with a huge storm system that's been moving slowly through the midsection. that storm arrives this weekend. today, today is really the day to get out and enjoy things. we could actually see the monuments in the distance this morning. it's been so foggy the last couple of mornings. 61 is your temperature. there is some patchy fog around the area, though it is not very dense or widespread this morning. sunrise today at 7:06. the fog lifts. we get the sunny breaks, and temperatures take off. 59 to 63 degrees at 9:00 a.m. by noontime, into the 70s. mild, a nice mild wind. and i'm forecasting here that we're going to top out around 83. areas south could hit 85 degrees. coming up in a couple of minutes, i'll tell you about the storms that we could have this weekend. possible high winds and even hail. danella? >>> following a couple of accidents affecting your commute this morning, let's start in chevy chase. we have tracee wilkins on the scene of this accident th

i'm veronica de la cruz. >>> today, we begin with more trouble on the horizon. the national weather service warns more punishing storms could be on the way in parts of the midwest and the south where a devastating tornadoes have already taken a heavier toll earlier this week. nbc jay gray reports. >> reporter: night fall can't mask the devastation here or hide the twisted metal, splintered wood for miles. earlier the sounds of survival echoed through harrisburg. crews pulling out or piling up debris although many can't clear away chilling images of the deadly storm. >> i'm nervous. i'm shaky. i'm tired. i just don't even have words for everything that you feel. >> reporter: words can't really describe the overwhelming sense of loss. at least 13 dead across five states. six of those victims in harrisburg. more than a hundred injured in the storms. and now, as survivors search through what 180-mile-an-hour winds left behind they must also worry about the latest forecast which includes the possibility of even st

i'm veronica de la cruz.ood morning. deadly winter twisters. 12 people killed by a twister that roared through the midwest on wednesday. it touched off one killer tornado with winds up to 170 miles per hour. nbc's jay gray has details now from harrisburg, illinois. >> reporter: splintered wood and twisted metal and shattered glass twisted across five states. >> all of a sudden, windows went out just like a big shotgun went off. >> reporter: threatening communities. >> opening up the door. the whole neighborhood was gone. >> reporter: shattering lives. >> they are devastated. they lost one member of the family. >> reporter: a path of death and destruction stretching from kansas through kentucky. >> overturned semis and cars. >> reporter: harrisburg, illinois, may have taken the hardest hit. winds of 170 miles an hour soaring through this tight knit town. >> we have lost children and lost loved ones and lost part of our family here in this community. >> reporter: six people died in harrisburg. at least a dozen

meow. >> exactly. >>> let's go to veronica to see what the weather looks like. veronica?> the weather couldn't be better for today. the weather built for the outdoors. tomorrow's weather, built for the inside because it is going to be turning wet. take a look at temperatures here as we are at 5:41. 61 in d.c. and raleigh. take a look at boston at 68 degrees. it's just as warm right now in boston as it is all the way south in new orleans. it's going to be very warm through the east today. and we've got a little fog out there this morning. by 9:00 a.m., fog lifts. 59 to 63 degrees with sunny breaks and a lot of sunshine coming your way bay late afternoon. the light wind out of the east. we warm up today, guys, to 83 degrees. some locations could hit 85. danella? >> good morning. right now, still following breaking news. this was the scene earlier at chevy chase circle. we had a fiery crash that actually shut down chevy chase circle and surrounding streets. if we go to the live map, i can show you now we have closures along connecticut avenue. connecticut avenue is closed, a

and veronica says the nurse cuts too far. >> there was blood everywhere.was all over her shirt, my shirt, my face. and i mean she was ready -- red, screaming. and i looked at her hand. she didn't have her finger anymore. i started screaming that, her finger, her finger. and that's when she panicked and threw the scissors. >> reporter: veronica said doctors picked the finger tip off the floor, sent them to tgh but the finger could not be reattached. >> the family is suing for psychological damages that selina may suffer growing up. but this is about making sure this does not happen to another child. >> reporter: regardless of the legal outcome, veronica says her daughter will forever wear someone else's mistrach. >> reporter: following -- mistake. >> reporter: following the incident, the hospital released a statement. an unfortunate accident happened. they go on to say we deeply regret the harm to the child and want to reiterate our compassion to her and her family. >>> trying to save fellow riders some cash. >> and we've flown in today to save the mbta. >>

i'm veronica de la cruz. we begin with the heart of the matter. it was essentially a warm-up, day it two of the supreme court's three-day hearing will dig into the president's health care law, requiring every american to be insured or pay a penalty by next year. steve handelsman has details. >> reporter: the supreme court showdown on the obama mandate. chief justice john roberts. >> it's a command. the mandate is a command. >> reporter: no disagreement about that. the bill the president signed requires almost all americans to buy health insurance by 2014 or pay a fine. 26 states sued. >> coming into federal court to challenge this unprecedented obligation to buy a good or service that consumers don't want. >> reporter: a new survey finds two-thirds of americans want obama health care struck down. >> if we went on the individual mandate, obama care in totality will fall either legally or practically speaking. >> reporter: rick santorum showed up for blaming mitt romney for pioneering the mandate in

i'll let veronica talk more about that later. now, a terrific time to come down here and see it. take metro, your best bet. cars a bit of a liability down here. not a lot of parking. seeing congestion as well. seeing a terrific time to come down. >> thank you, meagan. >>> time, 5:37. more potential changes for parking in the district. where new red-topped parking meters could be pulled off district streets. >>> let's check in with veronica johnson at the superscreen to take a look at the weather. hi, veronica. >> hey there. meagan will have the sunrise shot before long. look at the sunset shot. doesn't get prettier than this. all of the colors of sunset and the beautiful cherry blossoms around the tidal basin. that image, sent in from jack nevit. i'll tell you how you can send in your photos. blossoms peaking march 20th to the 23rd. 70 percent or more of blossoms will be in bloom. we expect temperatures to stay in the 70s. low to mid 70s and probably 80 degrees. plus by the end of the work work, the weekend we're talking about co

veronica johnson is back with an update for us. i was shocked to find out how many couples don't sleep in the same bedroom. but in the sleep number store, we hear it all the time yeah, nine out of ten couples disagree on the firmness they want in a mattress. i sleep on the couch. with our bed, the sleep number setting represents the firmness that you like on your half of the mattress. don't mess with my side because i'm comfortable. i can adjust mine to my liking and she can do the same. go ahead and switch sides so you can feel what the other side feels like. you're on his side. how does that feel? it's hard. i like my side i like my better, too. side better. this is this is too soft. too hard. why don't we switch back to where you were. i am so glad to be back. oh, yeah. you can have comfort and you can be in the same bed. there's no debate or no squabble because you can have it your way and i'll have it mine. so we save a lot of marriages. discover the amazing sleep number bed, only at a sleep number store where during our semi-

let's go to veronica johnson. she's in "storm center 4." veronica? >> we're going to have fog burning off around 9:00 a.m., joe. fog until 9:00 a.m. we can see a little less fog around the area, but more sunshine, guys. more sunshine today. highs topping out in the 70s today. it's not going to be bad. we start with a look at your hometown forecast. 55 degrees for the early part of your day here and then by the time we get to the afternoon, we'll be rising into the 60s. so as i make my way over here, 69 degrees, partly sunny skies, 77 degrees, here we go, by the time we get to hockey and 64 by 1 178 p.m. so we're not going to get a chance to clear out. as far as this morning, though, not clear at all. we're at 61 degrees out there right now. we've got temperatures that range from the 50s to the upper 50s down to the south. but we do not have any rain. that rain sit downs to the south and east of us around the coast of north carolina and then off to the west there. that big storm that's produced all of this weather and a lot of rain throughout the sout

veronica? >> tracie potts in washington, thank you. >>> a new republican election year budget proposal unveiled yesterday drew immediate criticism for proposing to cut deeply into medicaid and programs for the poor, while sharply lowering tax rates. congressman paul ryan detailed the proposal which would reshape medicare and calls for turning over to the states responsibility for major federal programs for the poor, including medicaid and food stamps and calls for slashing personal and corporate tax rates. democrats, vowing to protect the elderly and the poor point out the senate has no plans to even consider the gop proposal. >>> nbc news has learned that president obama plans to speed up the process of building the southern part of the controversial keystone pipeline. on thursday in oklahoma, the president will announce his decision to expedite the permit process for the pipeline from oklahoma to the gulf of mexico. in january, the president denied a permit for the other part of the pipeline

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>> that's my plan, veronica.to the roadways, it's not looking too bad but i want to let you know about construction. this is landover blocking two of the right lanes. it's on the right side. checking cameras in that area, not seeing any construction on camera, but more importantly not seeing delays, your volume is really good in this area and that's nice. now let's check the beltway this time in virginia. so if you're crossing over the wilson bridge heading to van dorn street, you're in the clear. you're seeing fog in the some areas. you can see here. that's what's happening. travel speed, 57 miles an hour. taking you about six minutes to cross over the wilson bridge. now over to the beltway in montgomery county, clear, no accidents to report on the inner loop or the outer loop of the beltway here. your travel speed, 59 miles per hour on the outer loop, not bad. taking ten minutes to get from i-59 to i-270. i'm back in ten minutes with another look at traffic. eun, over to you. >> thanks very much. >> more reason

to veronica. >> that's right.e'll all be walking on a cloud or driving on a cloud this morning, right? we've got a lot of tiny, millions of water droplets helping to produce the fog. it's dense in areas. take a look at the temperatures. pretty warm, too. the start at foggy bottom, temperatures of 61 degrees. 61 in d.c. ft. washington and camp springs just east at 57. annandale and reston, 58 degrees. we'll go up to the high of 75. more of this will pop up later. the showers west of leonardtown moving southeast toward the northern neck. so for today, 58 to 61. around 9:00 a.m. the fog lifts. the high today, 75. by noontime, already up to 70. >> sounds good. >>> on the rails, open, no reported delays. let's check the roadways now. if you're traveling along i-95, travel speeds there at woodbridge, northbound, 63 miles per hour. continuing at fairfax county parkway, 60 miles per hour. very foggy at backlick road. areas of dense fog. you've got to be careful. 395, if this is your commute, i'm coming back with travel sp

. >> 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 next 48 and 56 minutes and into erly within the next three minutes potentially producing very heavy rain. we've seen a lot of lightning, reports of one-inch hail in west virginia and even gusts of 4

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and veronica johnson is with us to tell us about it. >> wind and heavy rain. if i could really rank our days, today would rag rank way up here, this weekend in terms of getting outdoors, would probably just below nye name, down here. >> a movie? >> playing some games with the family if you get along right? >> house cleaning. >> spring cleaning. maybe find a sale on some spring cleaning and detergent. we've got temperatures up to the 70s, 72 at reagan national. we're getting rid of the last of the fog across the area. 72 in d.c., 72 in raleigh and 72 degrees in new york. so the warm air right there, jacksonville even in florida, up to 77 degrees. the warm air for us today, but then it's gone. there will be chilly air sneaking in for the second half of the weekend. let's open up the radar, you can see the leading showers into central ohio, and coming up northward. into areas of atlanta, georgia. not just rain, but thunderstorms here. this is one huge storm system. and the spin of it, the area of low pressure, right here in missouri. that's the low that will be o

and as veronica mentioned, we are seeing fog. you need to definitely slow down as you're making your commute this morning. heading to the beltway in virginia, this time the outer loop approaching the dulles toll road. at last check only the left lane was getting by. i did see delays making your way toward the construction zone. but it looks like they're picking that up now. and here's the fog that we talked about along with construction. this is robinson terminal making your way toward braddock. in the right lane. you see here very difficult to see. please give yourself extra time. allow extra space between you and the other drivers. i'm back in ten minutes with another look at the traffic. for now, back to you both. >> thank you. >>> breaking news now out of france. police are involved in a standoff with a man suspected of shooting and killing three children and a rabbi this week. right now french police have surrounded a house two miles from the jewish school where the shootings occurred in france. overnight police exchanged gu

thanks, veronica. >>> our weekend rain washed away most of the cherry blossoms over the weekend. thousands of people stood in the rain as the fireworks marked the start of the festival. the peak bloom is already over. however, events are planned for the rest of the festival. >>> for the next six to eight weeks be prepared to see construction cones along maryland's new intercounty connector. police are making repairs to the highway that runs from i-370 in shady grove to i-95 in prince george's county. in the fall inspectors found premature cracks on four bridges. the affected overpasses are at georgia avenue, emory lane, muncaster mill road and needwood road. the state says there are no immediate safety concerns but they are making repairs as a precaution. the icc will stay open during the repairs. >>> pope benedict has arrived in santiago, cuba for an historic three-day visit, the next stop on his latin american tour. he started in mexico. the pope will celebrate mass tonight in the city's main plaza where he will address the faithful and in a country that until recently has been

>> veronica johnson is in the storm center with her first forecast. >> they dropped down to 34 degrees at reagan national airport. the average low, 41 degrees. still well, well away from the record low for the day, which was 20 degrees here. here this afternoon, we managed to bounce up with the sunshine. we managed to bounce up from the 20s. areas north and west, 28 in gaithersburg. so many locations started out below freezing giving us the lowest since march 11th. the wind is calm at 54 degrees. tonight, the temperatures are dropping off. it's not as cold as last night. we are headed down to the upper 30s to mid-40s throughout the area. we have 55 degrees in frederick with full sunshine throughout the area. 56 in fredericksburg, virginia. stafford and charlottesville, 57 degrees. satellite and radar, hardly a cloud to be found across the area. but, tomorrow the clouds are going to be on the increase. we have showers and thunderstorms to talk about in the forecast for tomorrow. your good night forecast heading down to 51 with sunshine at 7:00. 48 by 11:00 p.m. under a very clear and st

we have veronica with us today.ell us what we can expect the rest of the week, too. >> i like this month of march. this week, like march, overachiever. really reaching far beyond where it is supposed to be. ship one needs to tell march that it is acting like may. >> we have noticed that. we don't mind. >> no. >> this week back up into the mid 7 ons for a high. 69 is where we are now. we are talking about a chance of rain, too, this week. all week long, i only think we are going to see a tenth to quarter of an inch of rain. shower, light shower, north of winchester. here is your future weathercast. by 5:00 you can see the area of rain making its way south and southea southeastward. could have an isolated shower coming our way overnight. there we are early tomorrow. i think we will have more fog ask like today lit take time for the clouds to lift. tomorrow much of the same from mostly cloudy to partly sunny sky. we have a chance for isolated showers, loot winds tomorrow. 78 for a high on wednesday. 79 on thursday. and

storm 4 meteorologist veronica johnson is in for tom kierein with the forecast. >> we have a bit of a clearing sky from west to east here for the afternoon. but if you missed those storms, let me take you back to 5:00. when they were up around gaithersburg, bethesda, watch it here, this is the loop, boom, there is goes through d.c. calvert beach area. by the time we got to the mid morning hours, now we're just left with a little bit of a shower around annapolis. but it didn't bring much wind as you heard megan say. our winds only got up to about 10 miles per hour. on the radar we're quiet, hardly a drop to be found and the clouds are thinning, around areas of prince william county and front royal and back to the west around petersburg, west virginia. clearing a little bit. we'll get some sunshine in here and a sky that will be partly sunny, the temperatures right now, 63 up in frederick, maryland, 63 in olney. 66 in d.c. and 63 in culpepper. your higher temperatures will be right there around the shenandoah valley, down through charlottesville at 78 to 77 degrees. and culpepper, that

it is pea soup, veronica, you're right. but the only bright spot amongst all this is joe's birthday. >> right. >> that's about it and the headligh headlights. that is "news 4 today." thank you for starting my birthday with you. >> the "today" show is next. we're back in 25 minutes with weather, traffic, any breaking news. we're back tomorrow morning at 4:30. un people! look at you! texting...blogging... all this technology, but you're still banking like pilgrims! get high yield free checking at capital one bank. why earn bupkis, when your checking could earn five times the national average!! and free atms anywhere. five times the national average!!! that's new school banking. sign up for high yield free checking at a capital one bank. what's in your wallet? somebody help me down.

i'm veronica de la cruz. a major new republican endor endorseme endorsement, mitt romney is back pedaling today. >> reporter: mitt romney's 12-point illinois win impressed big-name republicans. and won on the endorsement of jeb bush who said now is the time for republicans >> romney got undercut by one of his top aides. romney plans to erase his focus. like you shake an etch-a-sketch. >> he said you just take, turn it over, shake it and then you start all over. >> mocking romney as a fake conservative, which he rushed to deny. >> the issues i'm running on will be exactly the same. i'm running as a conservative republican. >> newt gingrich joined the attack. >> so here's governor romney's staff. they don't have the decency to wait until they get the nomination to explain to us how they'll sell us out. >> and santorum had the win-man to try to shoot romney down. >> city commissioners in stanford, florida, have voted no confidence in the police chief over his investigation in the controversial shooting death of

hey, veronica. >> hey there, guys. remember to hydrate. the temperatures come along so quickly, these warming temperatures hydrate, hydrate, hydrate. so you don't -- you know, suffer any more. and talk about suffering because the warmth today, 80 degrees, yeah the wind's blowing around, wind gusts 20 miles per hour and it is blowing around a lot of pollen. take a look at the pollen count for today it is high, 129 grapes per cubic meter for cedar, sign press and june per. i spoke to folks at walter reed medical center and said the last 14 years, we are seeing trees pollinate a lot earlier, right now, with warm conditions, we are running not just double but triple the average. >> mm-hmm. >> i'm joined now with dr. jackie, you have been in already this season talking about the pollen and what to do, things to do or not to do, like keeping the windows down if you do suffer. give us a few more pointers since we're seeing this really stick with us, the high pollen count, we know that's going tonight case because it's looking dry, it's looking

meantime, veronica towson must now do a paper tax return.. loved ones gather to say goodbye o a teenager shot to death in northhast baltimore. baltimore. a viewing was held tonight for 13-year-old monae turnage, followed by the southern baptist church on chester street.police say two boys, ages 12 and 13, weree playing with a 22-caliber rifle when turnage was shot. she was then dragged across an alley aad overed with trash bags.police say the gun was later found in a city police officer's vehicle. that officer's conduct in now under investigation. a newborn baby is found dead in the trunk of a car at a trailer park community in prince rederick. police say someone was cllaninggout the car of a family member last pnght when they found the infant. investigators did not release the child's name or gender. no charges have been filed at this time. police.../ are investigating.../ two... suspected cases.../ of... dog fighting...///. the inveetigation comes after - two pitbulls were left for dead in anne arundel county. janice park is live in brookly