she s sexually assaulted and left for dead. two residential assistance were fired and a supervisor and program manager were suspended. at the same time, safety measures are being enhanced. >> we initiated immediate review of all of our security policies and conducted a retraining on those policies for staff where we thought necessary. >> reporter: the criminal investigation continues. news4's learned 13-year-olds at the facility is the only suspect and has been moved to another detention center. the state's attorney wouldn't confirm who the suspect is but says that charges could be weeks away. >> ongoing investigation. i think the police are making good headway on it. so we are pleased with the direction it is taking. >> reporter: once that investigation is complete, ivey will decide whether to try his casen juvenil or adult court. at the same time, there are questions as to whether the program at murphy cottage will continue. more on that coming up at 6:00. live in prince george's county, aaron gilchrist. he bragged to prosecutors about how he killed a teenage girl from manassas. now more than a decade after that murder, it is execution day for paul powell. the 31-year-old has kwloens to die in the electric chair tonight in jarret, virginia. it was 1999 when he stabbed 16-year-old stacy reid in the heart. he also raped and stabbed her younger sister. powell got the death penalty but virginia sreme court overturned the verdict. powell responded by taunting the prosecutors in a letter and by revealing new details about the crime. he was convicted again in 2003 and sentenced to death again. his execution is set for 9:00 tonight. julie carrie will have more on the story coming up later in the newscast. gas leak closed parts of the north and southbound lanes of georgia avenue today in silver spring. around 11 clon 30 at a construction site near the 1,000 block of king street. a damaged two-inch gas line is believed to be the cause. the precaution about 100 students and staff from nearby montgomery college were evacuated and no injuries reported. promising news from the democrats' health care reform bill is gendel aing president obams overseas travel plans. the congressional budget office says the bill will cut the federal deficit by $138 billion in the next decade. that means more house democrats who were on the fence are more likely to approve the bill. now democrats are hoping for a vote by sunday. the same day that the president was supposed to leave for trips to indonesia and australia. he's now staying in hopes of signing the massive $940 billion bill by monday. >> international alliances are critical to america's security and economic progress. the passage of health insurance reform is of paramount importance and the president is determined to see this battle through. >> the president's trip has been pushed back now to june. good afternoon, everybody. meteorologist chuck bell out here on the front lawn of channel 4 on a spectacular friday. look what i have here for pat and wendy. still fresh white snowball making snow to be found here on the shady north side of the wall of our station. full sunshine and 70 degrees outside on a beautiful thursday afternoon. more great weather to come. your fast forecast, great evening to get outside and enjoy your favorite sidewalk fe. satisfaction. guaranteed satisfaction on your friday. first real springlike weekend of 2010 is just around the bend. also chances of rain coming up as well. detail all that. a snowball fresh made for each one of you. >> how nice. lob them at the building. >> just what we want. beautiful sunny weekend in washington expected to snarl traffic even more than usual as people are drawn to the series of public events and demotrations. spilling on to city streets. and if you plan to drive in washington, you need to plan ahead. news4's tom sherwood has a detail. >> reporter: noon nurse in downtown, demonstration march urging congress to repeople don't ask, don't tell was just getting started in the bright shine. two arrests of former soldiers that shackled themselves to the white house fence. police already were escort vans for the public affairs committee meetingn town. a lot is going on through the weekend. >> not just this weekend. we are getting into the whole events season. can a cherry blossom festival kicking off next weekend and seen a lot more pedestrian activity and booik bicycle activity. >> reporter: police are preparing for crowd control at the biggest event this weekend. anti-war rally saturday around lafayette square and the white house. the group answer ad coal toygs stop war and to end racism expects tens of thousands of m demonstrators on saturday. >> not just on a particular day but a new broad grassroots movement that influences the politics of this time. much the same way as the anti-war movement in the 1960s. >> reporter: protests and city wide marathon saturday morning and an immigration reform rally on sunday has city officials urging motorists to pay attention all weekend. >> be aware that if you come across a detour it is usually temporary, try to take an alternate route or, again, try to map yourself out before you go anywhere. >> reporter: tom sherwood, news4, washington. there will be a lot of activity on and around capitol hill as congress tries to complete work this weekend on that controversial health care bill. president obama signed a jobs bill into law today. more needs to be don to spur hiring. mr. obama signed the measure this morning in the rose garden praising democrats and republicans for getting it through congress. the senate passed the bill last night. measure includes about $18 billion in tax breaks for businesses that hire unemployed workers. >> we will forgive payroll taxes for businesses to meyer someone who has been out of work at least two months. tax benefit that will apply to unemployed workers hired between last month and the end of this year. >> the jobs bill also pumps about $20 billion into high way and transpoation programs. the economists estimate that it could create upwards of 200,000 jobs. the latest unemployme numbers show a slight improvement for the job market. amount of newly laidoff workers seeking jobless benefits for the first time it fell by 5,000 last week. it is down to 457,000 people. drop of just about 1%. the average number of weekly job loss claims has gone up about 30,000 since the start of the year. analysts say that may be a sign of persistent unemployment that will stall the economic recovery. two children in california are being hailed as heroes. they called 911 when their mother unexpectedly went into labor in the family's bathroom last week. she points to the spot where she gave birth to her baby boy. sanders was home alone with her three other children when she went into labor. thinking fast her two oldest children called 911. >> the baby is coming now. she's starting to bleed. the baby's already here. >> the baby was just born. without pulling on a cord, tie a string or shoelace tightly around the umbilical cord about six inches from the baby. do not cut it. >> sanders says she is so proud of her children. saying they made it through the process without getting into a fight. her husband, who was than home at the time, is also calling his kids super heroes. "news4 at 5:00" is just getting started. police released video of a brazen robbery. hoping it will help them catch this thief. members of the d.c. national guard returned home from their third tour in iraq. we will have the emotional homecoming. >> tonight the nation's largest retailer is under fire after a racist announcement was made over the public address system. we will find out which simple vitamin could help improve brain function in people who ju suffered a stroke. "news4 at 5:00" continues right after this. taking a look at the roadways. we have some trouble spots. starting off out of virginia, look at that. 95 already overwhelmed with volume. each of these still in good. center of your screen there. as you con that trip southbound, take a turn for the better out of woodbridge. back on the brakes, dale city, off and on towards the rappahannock bridge. look at that. capital beltway, inner and outer loops. starts to pick up the pace at tyso tysons. both are very slow. let's take a look as you pass by river road. delays just keep on coming. pace does turn after connecticut avenue. as you approach university boulevard and finally back up to speed after college park. stay tuned. "news4 at 5:00" continue . by have more now on the execution of paul powell in virginia. the man who killed one teenager and then raped her sister and then bragged about it in a taunting letter to prosecutors. news4's julie carrie spoke with the mother of the victims and prosecutor who won this trial. >> reporter: the victim's closest relatives, her mother and sister, since moved away from virginia but today they are back. at this hour en route from manassaso the greenville correctional center in jarret, virginia. christie reid was just 14 when she survived powell's attack. the night both women are prepared to watch the death of the man who killed their loved one. earlier today, christy reid who survived poll's vicious attack and her mother, lorraine, gathered the family at a friend's home and read e-mails from support others. the women admit they are nervous about watching an execution. but the messages help. >> i get messages daily from people i don't even know. i can't express how much -- >> reporter:r:hristy's neck still bear the scars from the brutally attack. the then 14-year-old returned home to find her sister stacy dead. powell then dragged christie to the base many where he raped and stabbed her and left her for dead. powell's first death penalty conviction was overturned you about then wrote a profane taunting letter to commonwealth attorney paul ebert that allowed prosecutors to win their death penalty conviction. christy provided critical testimony. >> i didn't want to die. >> reporter: now witnessing this execution as a family will be an important part of the healing process. especially for christie. >> don't have to worry if he will come after me again or get out or hurt somebody else. that's always got to be in the back of her mi. i want her to be free of that. to never have to worry about him again and for her to start the final healing process that she deserves. >> reporter: the prosecutor will be at the family's side during the execution. he formed a close bond with them during the two trials in many years. >> we met last night and had dinner together. i think they are ready. lorraine has become extremely religious. christie had waited important this day a long time. looked forward to seeing mr. powell meet his maker. >> reporter: one of fifth death row inmates to choose the electric chair over lethal injection since 1995 when the choice was offered p.m. coming up on "news4 at 6:00," you will hear how prosecutor ebayert and the victim's mother view this chosen method of death. julie carey, news4, jarret, virginia. the terror suspect known as jihad jane pleaded not guilty today in court. colleen larose was arrested last october in philadelphia on her return to the u.s. she is accused of conspiring with jihadist fighters and pledging to commit murder in the name of muslim holy war. larose denies seeking to kill a swedish artist targeted by radical muslims. or agreeing to marry a terrorism suspect to help him get travel documents. a new jersey walmart is reviewing security tapes after someone made a racist comment over the store's p.a. system. the alleged incident happened during the store hours on sunday. customers say that they heard someone over the p.a. system tell all black people to leave the store. customer says the manager immediately issued an apology over the loudspeake while mart has since said they are calling the incident appalling. they are not saying if the person that got access to the p.a. system was an employee or customer. >> the day was amazing and amazing we still have snow out there. i knows to the shady side of the build. >> i brought exhibit "a" into the building. slow drip mode over our water bucket here. i didn't want to make a mess on the desk. i was pleasantly surprised to find there was good snowball making. be careful. mostly crystalized now. when you pack it up, these things can make seriously hd snowballs. it is getting harder and harder to find actual real fresh green -- fresh white snow out there. beautiful day today. brute blue skies are overhead. temperature actually did officially make it to 70 degree ats in aal air important. as of the 5:00 hour we are mostly sunny and still beautiful out there. down 1 degree to 69 degrees, light northwest wind out of the airport. more of a breeze in northwest washington. that's about a 10 to 15 miles per hour northwest wreez here. humidity 18%. last ten years we have now tied for the second latest first 07-degree day of the year. tied with 2003. temperatures some our channel 4 neighborhoods today, 70 degrees in germantown, maryland. after a 33-degree start this morning. meanwhile, in other locations, get over towards springfield, virginia, 71 degrees. current temperature there. after a 33-degree start this morning. very cool start in some of our western and northern suburbs. certainly off to a very pleasant day outside today with temperatures climbing gradually out of the 30s and 40s and into the upper 60s and low 70s. 69 officially downtown. 61 in atlanta. cooler weather across much of the southeastn united states because of the extra cloud cover. and associated with the storm system headed off the south carolina coastline. dew points measure of moisture in the atmosphere, nice and dry. bubble of extremely dry air will provide us another cool start first thing tomorrow morning. this little cell of high pressure will gradually come our way over the weekend. it will protect us from that area of low pressure sitting off the carolina coastline. as this ridge of high pressure moves on in and allow that storm system to be kicked out to sea. good riddance to it. few thin clouds to the southeastern skies remainder of this evening and maybe very first thing tomorrow morning. here you go on our future cast model by 8:00 tomorrow evening, that low being pushed further and further away from us. high pressure comes on in. very light winds and beautif day coming up tomorrow. great weather will last all the way through the kay saturday as well. next area of storminess back out across the lower part of the great southern plains. that arrives here late sunday and into monday. for your thursday, clear skies. beautiful temperatures. mid 60s early this evening. into the upper 50s by 11:00. waking up tomorrow rning, sun up at 7:13 in the morning. low 40s along the bay and mid 40s in town. sunshine, per friday weather. you could make it to work on a day as beautiful as tomorrow, considering that it is a friday, you deserve a -- i don't know. girl scout mint cookie. great spring weather pictures. send them to me if you like. great weather on saturday for the running of the national marathon. our next chance of rain doesn't roll in until late, late sunday. most of that rain comes on monday. we will be monitoring the snowball here the rest of the show. >> all right. thanks, chuck. 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emptied the safe at wendy's in woodbridge, virginia. chris gordon with this story. >> reporter: it happened here at this wendy's restaurant on old bridge road in woodbridge. december 15th at 8:50 in the evening the surveillance camera shows two suspects dressed in dark blue hoodies wearing ski masks, ordering customers not to look at them. as one armed with a gun hit the manager in the head. knocking him to the ground causing a three-inch laceration. ordering him to open the store safe. the susct takes more than $600 in cash and then along with his accomplice makes his escape. employees at the wendy's cck on the manager who was bleeding and called 911 to report the robbery. police arrived and interviewed customers that witnessed the robbery. paramedics come to treat the manager's wounds. this video is the best evidence police have. it was shown to us by prince william county police officer eric hernandez. >> this video gives us a lot of information. violent. did hurt the manager. they are armed. they are definitely bold. customers coming and going. they are not afraid to do what they are doing. >> reporter: people who live in the area are reacting to the news of this violent robbery here at wendy's. >> manager hit over the back of the head. good three-inch laceration. armed guys wearing hoodies and masks and went in. >> cowards. if you are going to attack someone from behind you are a coward. >> reporter: it has been three months and the armed gunmen are still at large and considered dangerous. prince william county police are asking anyone with information that could lead to an arrest and conviction to call the crime solver's tip line. 1-866-411-tips. all calls will be kept confidential. prince william county, virginia, i'm chris gordon, news4. >> again, $1 how thousand reward being offered in this case. breaking news out of prince george's county. brush fire near the landover metro station is slowing the ride home for some commuters. live chopper 4 pictures or at least pictures from chopper 4. the fire is on the track. amtrak ask metro service is being impacted by this fire. we will have more information on this just as soon as it becomes available. again, pictures out of landover, maryland, this afternoon. a virginia man is in the hospital recovering from an attack by his pet monkey. this happened to a 60-year-old man in chesapeake. he told police that the monkey attacked him after he accidentally stepped on the monkey's tail. after the animal bit him, police say that the victim managed to get the monkey back into his cage and went to a neighbor's house for help. the neighbors say his hand had been bitten and one finger was nearly cut off. the man owned the monkey for several years and has a permit for it. drivers along a busy stretch of route 1 in prince william county won't deal with flooding anymore. they broke ground on a new bridge. it is an area prone to flooding during heavy rain. the new bridge is 17 feet higher than the other and act dates six lanes of traffic instead of four. $18 million project. completed six months ahead of schedule. also sound groundbreaking on a new housing development in northwest d.c. petworth neighborhood. vacant lot in the 3800 of virginia avenue. 49 condominiums. it will be a welcomeddation that has been happening onhe war of for a section of georgia avenue in recent years. emotional reunion at the d.c. armory today as the district's national guard came home from iraq. >> reporter: for many of the soldiers this was not their first tour of duty in iraq. families say it does not get any easier having their loved ones gone for nine months. today the soldiers returned and many families hoping to make up for lost time. welcomed sight for friends and loved ones at the d.c. national guard. then joy their first moments of being home. >> a breath of fresh air. to be around your loved ones. to be away from them for so long. it is amazing. >> reporter: the mother of michael cox, greeting her son and her hero. >> he told me not to listen to the news. it is hard not to listen to the news when your baby is away. i had the church and my friends prague for him. i am just so glad he is home. >> reporter: the soldiers from the national guard and 10 th maintenance attach letter spent the last nine months in iraq. their duty was to escort and protect local troops to help rebuild the country. >> bombers and things of that nature. you tend to make sure you kind of stay our toes and make sure you are on top of things. so you stay safe. >> we were at a football game. a building was blown up. 200 mers away from us. that was really scary. >> reporter: for many it was their second or third deployment to iraq. but thankfully on this last deployment, everyone came home safe. theive sillian life now but the soldiers know the call to re-enter a war zone can come at any moment. >> donif they call, that's our . >> a special day for a brave group of local soldiers. still ahead, don't open that computer hacker targeted hundreds of millions of facebook users. what you need to know before you check your inbox. easily accessible vitamin that could help improve brain function with people who just suffered a stroke. beautiful day out there. beautiful weekend ahead. chuck is coming up with smnchlgts of your craft foods will become salty. kravpt plans to cut the sold by 10% but lit take the next two years to -- trying to appeal to health-conscious consumers. it will affect more than 1 thousand kraft products. the move is expected to eliminate more than 10 million pounds of salt over the two-year period. salt in the baloney will be cut by 17%. easy mac cups will have 20% less salt. velveeta will be 10% less salty. dose of niacin known as vitamin b may help restore brain function after a stroke. scientists in detroit gave niacin to lab rats. their brains began to grow new bloozes have sells and neurological functions improved dramatically. researchers are testing niacin on human stroke victims. if that works doctors say that the vitamin would be an easy cost-effective way to treat strokes and other brain injuries. beautiful day. we are wrapping up the week momentarily. one more day to go. >> i know. tomorrow is going to be an exceptionally difficult day to get to work once again because it is going to be beautiful and sunny and oh, the last of the snow finally melting. token snowball here fading away ever so slowly. meanwhile, sign of springtime outside. friend out in vienna, william full som continuing to send us the great spring flower photos. you can send me your spring flower photos. see if you can compete with william. look at that beautiful -- i suspect that's in the tulip family. gorgeous. early daffodils out as well. temperatures in the upper 60s to 07 degrees now. overnight tonight, mostly clear skies. seasonably cool again. temperatures mid 30s in the western suburbs to 40 degrees here in town. for tomorrow, high temperature once again up into the upper 60s to low and mid 70s. extended forecast here great weather for today. tomorrow. most of sunday is going to be nice. after late sunday afternoon, sunday evening, time frame, chance for rain showers. it will last through the day on monday. great weather for the running of the marathon saturday, everybody. good for runners. extra hydration will be required. spectators can sit in a comfy chair and watch. still to come on "news4 at 5:00," a warning if you use facebook. what you need the look out for to make sure your personal information isn't stolen. liz crenshaw. the wave says it is a fitness breakthrough promising visible results in ten workouts. does it really do that? find out coming up. lindsay is live in providence where no time for the gym? a ride on the wave is an option. the wave by the firm claims to sculpt and tone your entire body. >> you know question -- does it really do that? did you try it out? >> we did. the firm says it is a fitness breakthrough and promises visible results in ten workouts. but does it really do that? >> let me show you how on the wa you can get tight buns, killer legs, rocking body. >> looks great. we sent the wave to peggy to try it out. the wave cost about $60 plus shipping and handling. it comes with aerobic dvds, handbook and floor mat. >> now the wave will help you shed this you wanted pounds and inches even faster. with the firm i lost over 50 pounds. >> amazed me i could watch her butt lift. seriously. she just toned up instantly. >> but -- >> does it really do that? >> peggy wasted no time jumping on the wave. her two weeks of total of ten workouts as the company prescribed, peggy rocked it. >> don't stop. >> how's the wave? how is it going? >> it is fun. >> it looks tiring. >> well, it is. it is a good workout. doing the rock asking back and forth takes a lot of energy. you have v to stay stable and works your core muscles. that's a workout doing the rocking. i fell a nice soreness in some of my muscles. my back side and legs and waist, i could feel i was doing it. >> what attracted to you the wave? why did you even want to try it? >> it looked like a different type of exercise and looked like it might be fun. >> reporter: peggy goes to the gym twice a week and maintains a healthy diet. the wave comes with a 30-day meal plan. setting the meal plan aside, peggy kept up with her daily diet and added the firm wave to her fitness regime. >> when i could remember the routine i was familiar enough with the routine i could watch something else on tv and do the moves. >> reporter: did the device itself hold up? did it break, crack, fall apart? any problem was it? >> consistently made a very funny cracking sound. it has never actually shown any wear or break. >> reporter: does the wave, does it really do that? >> yes, it does. i think -- you can't really get visible results as dramatically as they say in ten sessions but it really is a good workout. >> reporter: for $60, would peggy buy it? >> probably no. >> reporter: too much? >> i think a little too much. half that, i would buy it. >> reporter: we contacted the company that makes the wave and it told us the wave package is a $350 value sold for $60. about that cracking sound, the company says it never had such a complaint and called it a solid piece of equipment. the cohen courages you to include the meal plan and join its web club for support. it says you do it all, you will absolutely see visible results in ten workouts. peggy says that she will continue rocking. have you used it since then? have you used it more than the ten workouts? >> i have. periodically i do. it is fun. >> reporter: the wave is called a balanced trainer. piece of equipment that the company tells us is meant for all ages. i think it is probably similar to the balls and stuff. >> okay. cool. >> if it works, it works. >> whatever it takes. >> excellent. virus tainted spam. specifically targeting the users of facebook. the virus can steal your bank's passwo password. it starts with an e-mail telling thank you password on your facebook account has been reset and asks to you click on an attachment to get new login credentials. once that attachment is opened it downloads several types of malicious software that includes a program that steals passwords. facebook says it will get this e-mail deleted and if you get it delete and it warn your friends. dan hellie is with us tonight. what do you have for us? >> lou the brackets? >> i hope you took a few chances in the first round. if not, you may be in trouble. >> gators. >> what happened? >> i will tell you. did not take long. first upset of the day in the ncaa tournament, old dominion takes down notre dame to save odut to beat georgetown at mcdonough earlier this season. you know that john thompson iii will be quick to remind his hoyas not to take ohio lightly. lindsay czarniak in providence where the hoyas tip off in less than an hour. i can already hear that speech that he is getting ready to give. >> exactly right. you know he will say take it seriously but also go out there and have fun. because that's what the hoyas think brings success. the team, we are told is on the way here to the done i didn't doughnuts center. getting set to play ohio. junior guard austin freeman has a difficult task tonight. not only will he try to do his magic on the floor but also has to battle a life-changing disease in the diabetes and was recently diagnosed with. he will have a team trainer as well as an indough krohnologist on hand to pay close attention to how he is look when he is out there on the core as well as he will get a blood test during the half. at halftime, just to make sure that his sugar levels are where they need to be and his teammates have said that watching him battle through this illness and come back to play in hi old form really has been inspiring. austin freeman was able to return to his team after his diagnosis and against cincinnati. that's when he scored a game high 24 points. freeman averaged 15 points, two points since he was diagnosed and a very big piece of the hoyas' success before falling to west virginia and the big east tournament. so in one of two georgetown players that have been to the ncaa tournament and he's so excited to be able to experience this opportunity to help georgetown make this a special run. coach john thompson iii keeps a close eye on austin on the court. he says that he knows he is feeling better but this has not been easy for anyone close to austin freeman. >> difficult. for house family to accept to say the words i'm a diabetic. that has not beenies why you for him to do. he's here. >> i'm not worried about what i have. when i get on the court, i'm still playing basketball. playing what i love. i'm not worried about it on the court. i take care of what i have. manage certain things. >> i know you are a humble guy. what does it mean to you the support have you gotten from the coaches and teammates? they have been impressed watching you. >> it is big. all the support i get from my teammates. knowing that they care. keeps me going. >> i was more concerned with his health. i wasn't concerned when he could come back the court. as long as he is healthy, you know, safe for him to come back on the court, gladly welcome him. if hay would be all right, that's the biggest thing. now he's playing, he is going to be fine. >> that's chris wright talking about his teammate. georgetown is the only team in the big east that has three players in the top 20 in scoring, austin freeman leads scoring for georgetown averaging 16 opinion 7 points. this is a really big deal for him today to be able to be here with his teammates and family to take part in this and really just wants to be able to lead the hoyas to what he says he thinks could be a championship. >> it is going to be interesting to see how it plays out because they certainly have a lot of talent and beaten very good teams this season. we will talk to you again coming up at 6:00. >> sounds good. moving on we are talking about the terps. on the court in spokane. getting ready for their first round matchup in houston tomorrow. there have been upts in first roun but gary williams usually has his guys ready. last time the terps lost the first round game 13 years ago. since then they have railed off nine straight opening round wins. gary has relied heavily on the starters all season long and that's only going to be amplified in the tournament. the youngest of the bunch is big ben, jordan williams. he'srown by leaps and bounds this season. williams pleasant surprise, especially the last month or so. most important starter is acc player of the year vasquez. as for what gary will say to his guys, that's easy. >> by the way we played during the year, i think that's really key that there is a tendency as we said earlier to get two jacked up, we tried to do -- do things we don't usually do and have to stay away from that and playithiwhat you do. and play really hard. while do you that. there's very few teams that don't play hard in the ncaa tournament. you are not going to catch somebody not playing hard. >> all right. gary williams. maryland. play tomorrow. i misspoke earlier. that tip-off for georgetown is about an hour and a half from now. 7:25. >> all eyes will be on it. >> yes. we will be watching. >> thanks, dan. two the people around seem to be more excited or distracted? it could be the warm weather but probably march madness. it is getting into full swing. pat collins is prowling around georgetown today as the hoyas were getting ready to face ohio. >> picked out what mascot i like best. that's who i think is better. >> reporter: everybody seems to be have some sort of system as they guess and gamble as to who will go all the way. underdog picker? >> yes, i am. >> reporter: david versus goliath. >> david won. >> reporter: i like to think i'm a history picker. i go with my heart. >> end of the day, in your heart. go with your gut. >> reporter: heart picker. >> absolutely. >> reporter: you are a heart picker. >> from my heart. >> reporter: your heart. >> my heart. >> reporter: is your heart always right? >> no. >> i pick by the colors. i love purple. >> reporter: purple? >> yeah. >> reporter: purple teams will win. watching at work. if you are at work and you have a computer, all you have to do is log in and you can watch all the tournament action live right there at your desk. why waste a sick day? they have a special feature. if the supervisor walks up behind you, click the boss button and a spread sheet comes up on the computer screen. boss walks away, back to the game. we wouldn't do something like that here. because of the sensitive nature of this story, we decided to conceal the identity of the people we talked to. what do you do so you can watch the games but keep your boss from finding out? >> minimize the screen. >> reporter: keep it small. >> yes. keep the screen small and cut the volume down. >> early warning system where people are all over the office. keeping eye out for the boss. coming close, have the -- various people page each other from cubicle to cubicle. >> a tv in our lunchroom. i can just sneak in there during odd hours and people are eating lunch and totally take advantage of that. >> reporter: what would be your strategy to watch the games without your boss finding out? >> i'm the boss. i don't need to worry about that. >> reporter: sometimes it is good to be the boss. as the games go on, we will listen to heart your heart but don't let it hurt your wallet. wendy, back to you. >> it is official. we have all just lost our minds. thank you, pat. that's it for "news4 at 5:00." coming up the president post moans his trip overseas as the health care bill approaches a vote. jim vance and doreen gentzler are next with "news4 at 6:00."