police were called to the 9300 block of columbia boulevard last night. in the same house where two people were killed back if 2002. tracee wilkins is live in silver spring with what she has learned. >> good morning, barbara. this is shocking for the people in this community because they have lost their neighbor. and also, because of how ironic it is that there were two people killed in that house less than ten years ago. let me show you right now. police are out front of the home. they have yellow crime tape all the way around the house signifying this is still considered a crime scene. we talked to some neighbors who tell us this man was very close to co-workers at school. in fact, police say that's who found him dead. >> people who live in this community are trying to wrap their heads around a third person found dead in the same home in less than ten years. >> it's surprising because it's already the second murder that happened in that house. >> 42-year-old brian betts, a highly acclaimed d.c. middle school principal was found dead in his home last night. police say he was discovered by co-workers after not showing up for work. upon further investigation, police discovered that betts nissan xterra was also missing. they are investigating this as a suspicious death. >> the investigation is still very fresh and detectives want to hold a lot of these details right now. >> he was hand picked by chancellor of schools michel rhee to be the principal for pattern son junior high. it's iron yuckic in 2002, greg russell and his daughter were both brutally murdered in the same house by an armed intruder. their killer was convicted and now behind bars. police say the two cases are not relateded but betts was the next person to move into the home in the 9300 block of columbia boulevard. >> i don't know if the state of maryland has is allowed to tell us if these houses have been tainted and when he found out, i understand he wasn't too happy. well, you own the house so there's nothing you can do about it. >> now, police are looking for a dark blue 2007 nissan xterra, and the license plate number is a maryland plate, 562 m 222. they believe that that can help them to figure out exactly what happened here last night. they are not calling this a homicide at this point. while some people in this neighborhood may be calling it that, police are still calling it a suspicious death right now, not releasing any information on cause of death. did say they're waiting for an autopsy report. just as a side note, neighbors tell me that when mr. bets is first moved into this house he did not know about the murders that had happened prior till after he found out, he called in a priest who did a full ceremony and bless the home immediately after finding out. i'm tracee wilkins, back to you. michel rhee released a statement this morning that said in part, he was an inspirational teacher for the students and teachers and that leadership was bringing results. he knew what the children under his care were capable of and he was determined to show them how to get there and expressed shies to betts family and to the family he has built at shaw middle school. a montgomery county spokesman at the school says brian bets had work there had from 1989 until 2008. and new at midday, a veteran u.s. capital police officer is under arrest on child pornography charges. 55-year-old dennis bell was arrested by fbi and prince william county police yesterday charged with one count of distribution of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography. he's being held at the prince william county detention center pending a may 25th court hearing. police say several computers were seized from his woodbridge home. and teenagers in two bethesda schools find themselves at the center of a sexting scandal. students at pyle middle and whitman high schools sold racy and explicit photos of classmates. the discovery was made last week when a student brought an ipod touch to class with the picturesen 0 it. school officials notified police and then told parents in a letter the pictures were sold during the school day at pyle middle. in one case a student collected money from classmates to let them see the photos. the girls are either nude or partially clothed. some of the photos are, no, of the girls nether regions if you will, below the waist and some of them are just the breast area. >> many of these kids are straight "a" students, great kids who in a quick decision made a choice they're going to have to live with for a long time. >> administrators are disciplining all of the teens involved. they do not believe any school computers were used to spread these pictures. another university of maryland student says he was injured by police. david markman talked exclusively with news4 ran show us video of himself being handcuffed and led away by police and describe it had as a violent unprovoked arrest. it was one of 28 arrests in college park the night of march 3rd when maryland students spilled into the streets celebrate the men's basketball team's victory over duke. the biology major says he grabbed his camera and was taking pictures that could have been used for the student newspaper. >> i got hit with the right shoulder once and didn't fault first time. then was hit a second time and tackled to the ground. it was that officer i believe who was laying on top of me pinning me down with his baton on the back of my neck. another officer then jumped on top of me also. i was hit with the baton multiple times. >> the 20-year-old says he and others arrested were discouraged by police from reporting their injuries. markman has hired an attorney. meanwhile, a total of four prince george's county officers are off the job for their role in this beating shown on video. two officers were suspended yesterday and two on wednesday. a sergeant is among them. the department says it has received a number of violent threats and there are serious concern for every officer's safety. and today is the emancipation day in the district. that means public school students are off and the government closed in commemoration of the day that ended slavery in washington. more than 3,000 people were freed on this day 148 years ago when president lincoln signed the compensated emancipation act. the emancipation proclamation went into ninth months later in confederate states. emancipation day became an official holiday here five years ago. on this holiday, sunshine. maybe some clouds out there, as well. 75 doigs and chuck bell is here for tom to tell us what we can expect this day and through the weekend. good morning. >> good morning. wow, it has really warmed up outside. big time. lots of sunshine out there, an abundance of tree pollen as well as any al serge sufferer can attest to. early this morning, temperatures mostly in the 50s. 57 downtown for a wakeup temperature this morning. there were some 40s from spring spooeld, virginia, out towards culpep culpeper. check out these will will:00 a.m. temperatures feeling like the middle of summer out there. our temperature at national airport has hopped up now to 81 doigs. 8 out in fairfax and loudoun counties. 81 in manassas and frederick, maryland. 71 at the naval academy in annapolis. a hint of a bay breeze there. quantico, a breeze coming you have the tidal potomac. no rain just yet. we are waiting on a chance for showers to come in late this afternoon, primarily this evening part of a weather front coming our way. a couple of sprinkles in northern west virginia. increasing clouds, very warm, quite breezy out there. chance of showers late in the day. probably after the sun goes down. mid 80s today, barbara but this is it. no more 80s in the seven-day forecast. >> it sure has been nice. of course, we will get it again later. thanks a lot. and jerry edwards has an update on the midday traffic. how is it looking out there at this hour? >> looking pretty good. we're recovering from a couple of issues. beltway northern virginia, there had been a crash the left side of your screen, the inner loop between route 50 and i-66. authorities remove the accident and the backup's beginning to dissipate slowly. still heavy between springfield and braddock roads. things much improved after that. maryland, along 270 where again today there's roadwork. northbound and southbound. the left side blocked off generally between gaithersburg, montgomery village headed north to germanytown moving on right now despite the rumor. >> we'll see you in a few minutes. an event-filled weekend will keep area roadways and railways packed. the nationals play the milwaukee brewers at home. the capitals have a playoff game at the verizon center and d.c. united plays tomorrow afternoon at rfk stadium. on top of that, metro expecting is major delays because of track work. more on then weekend. good morning. >> good morning. pretty big delays. fwhild an extra 40 minutes of travel time. it doesn't matter where you're going because several lines on metro will share one track. various repairs and maintenance work will be done systemwide, and it all starts late tonight. they're doing switch replacements and track upgrades. the red, green, orange and blue lines will all be affected. here's a closer look. customers riding between the courthouse and soggy bottom stations on the orange line and the arlington foggy bottom stops on the blue line should expect long delays, 40 minutes again at least. if you're on the red line this weekend add 30 extra minutes between medical center and friendship heights and finally, customers between college park and greenbelt stations on the green line should expect 20-minute delays. >> i have experiences before. it is definitely inconvenient but looks like no other option for them. >> going to build extra time in? >> we have to. we don't know how much time we have to put in. >> you know, a lot of delay but we'll make it. we'll do the best we can. >> so you understand they've got to do the work. >> yeah, they've got to do the work. we have to have patience with them. >> all the work is expected to wrap up sunday night just in time for the monday morning rush hour. barbara, back to you. >> elaine is, thank you. and our time right now, 12 minutes after 11:00. more travel delays. going to tell you how long flights to parts of europe will be canceled because of ash from a volcano in iceland. if you're out of a job this morning, the federal government threw you a lifeline overnight. we'll explain. and the unauthorized biography of oprah winfrey, the author kitty kelly sits down with us in the next half hour allergies? chlor-trimeton. hey, one dose of this, six hour relief. chlor-trimeton relieves itchy, watery eyes and sneezing for 12 full hours with less drowsiness than benadryl. it does all that? chlor-trimeton. less drowsy relief that lasts 12 hours. laxatives? i've tried all these. this one's gritty. this one can make you bloated. clearly, miralax is the one for me. it relieves my constipation with no harsh side effects. miralax. restore your body's natural rhythm. president obama is taking steps to allow gays and lesbians to make medical decisions for their partners. he want to come up with new federal rules that will insure that hospitals respect the reitz of patients to designate visitors. the order will cover hospitals receiving medicare and medicaid. those designated including powers of attorney and health care proxies would have the same visitation reitz as immediate family members under the new order. president obama also restored unemployment benefits to hundreds of thousands of americans out of work for an extended period of time. he signed legislation late last night hours after it was passed by congress. it allows people to apply for additional weeks of compensation after their state-paid benefits run out. many republicans voted against the bill because they say it adds another $18 billion to the national deficit. lawmakers will decide again this year whether to give the district a voice in congress. steny hoyer says he'll bring a bill to the house floor next week that would grant washington a vote in congress. orrin hatch is threatening to filibuster the bill if he gets it in the senate. hatch is angry about a provision that would granted an additional house seat to utah. voters from the entire state would pick the new congressman, but hatch says only voters who should weigh in are the ones that he represents. now to a developing story. affecting hair travelers around the world. more than half of all transatlantic flights have been canceled today because of a volcanic eruption in-land that pushed a plume of ash 30,000 feet into the atmosphere. that ash contains, rock, sand and glass and can be very damaging to planes. half a dozen european nations have closed their air spaces completely and it could be days before they reopen. >> it can affect an engine, the performance and ultimately cause an engine to shut down. we take that very seriously to ensure that safety of the system is our number one priority. >> the polish airport where world leaders are expected to land for the weekend funeral of the country's president has also been closed. the white house says president obama is still planning to attend that event. we're going to kek on weather for washington for today and through the weekend. let's go to chuck bell here for tom kirn. >> hey there. i've had to move the forecast tonight temperature up a little bit because as you can see, right here, our current temperatureses have started to hop now into the 80s in a lot of the spots. as a result, i think we may be warmer than 81 or 82. it might be more like 85 or '6 before the day is through. be ready for a toasty warm one. as you look live over our city camera view, beautiful day outside. 81 our temperature at national airport in what has been an exceptionally mild april. of course, today is april 16th. i did a little check.hree yearsf 2007, seven of the first 16 days failed to make 50 doigs for a high temperature. more than half. neve it above 50 doigs. by comparison here in this april, our coldest high temperature of the month so far is 58, and we have not had a high temperature below 50 doigs since march 27th. a very amazing april around here. there you can see, more very warm air now all across the virginia piedmont up into suburban maryland, as well. 82 in frederick, 81 downtown. 80 in upper marlboro and brandywine, cooler alongside the bay along the northern neck of the potomac there. it's going to be a warm one outside today. we are waiting on a chance for showers late today. not this afternoon. probably looking like a little bit later on this evening, as well. all is dry for your evening or your afternoon and early evening plans. look at the warm air. all the way up into washington but not new york. there is a weather front just up to our north. new york city current temperature 53, boston's current temperature, 42. whoo, that backdoor front never made it to us obviously. it's going to stay up to our north. the weather front now draping down across places like chicago and notre dame up in south bend, indiana there. that front is going to be making it through here but it's going to take into the overnight hours tonight before it makes progress to get through. by 8:00 tonight, the front moving through pittsburgh pa. we could pick up a shower, maybe a thunderstorm this evening primarily after about 6:00, 7:00, 8:00 this evening. as the front drags its way into the area, we may have sprinkles around first thing on saturday morning. tomorrow afternoon, even though it's not going to be raining all day, the clouds very hard to break up. so saturday a mostly cloudy day starting off damp and that very gusty southwind today will become a northwest wind tomorrow. as a result, temperatures take a tumble. because of all the intense daytime heating, a slight risk of severe weather today. we'll keep an eye out for any thunderstorms we get cooked up here early this evening. temperatures today upper 80s to near 90 degrees from i-95 southbound into the tar heel state. so warm and breezy, increasing clouds. a few showers coming up late today. temperatures well up into the 80s this afternoon. but look at the change. tomorrow with that will northwest wind, a 30% chance of light rain or drizzle. partly to mostly cloudy. that northwest wind 15 to 30 miles an hour keep temperatures in the 50s tomorrow. the cold air sticks around sunday, as well. mid 60s by monday, tuesday, wednesday time frame of next week. this is going to be far and away the warmest day of the next seven, barbara. >> better enjoy it then. >> yes, we should. >> thank you, chuck. jerry, are you enjoying it so far? >> so far, so good. good morning. let's see how we're doing. folks in a bit of a backup this morning on the belt way inner loop from springfield on up toward braddock road. there was an accident just before 66 which is cleared. also a work zone same location. we're not completely out of the woods but hopefully with time, things begin to improve. 95 quite heavy and slow as you make the trip from the capital beltway to points south. this is the beltway that was 95. right now the travel lanes open, 59 southbound. this is typical friday. a few folks getting a early start on the weekend. back to you. >> thank you, jerry. it's 21 minutes after 11:00. still ahead on new"news4midday, how the caps did in game one of the playoffs. plus, a group of talented multicultural youth whosing, dance and perform about environmental awareness. and a look at what's new at the means this weekend. we'll take that look. but first, here say look what's hot on nbcwashington.com. the washington capitols are off to a disappointing start this playoff season. they lost to the montreal canadiens, 3-2 in overtime last night in game one of their series. tomas scored the game winner in ot. the caps are the top overall seed in the playoffs. and heavily favored to win the series. the team is trying to remain positive after the loss last night. >> it's not the start we wanted but whether we win or lose, it's a long series. we knew that coming into the game. we got the start we wanted in the game and you have to give them credit. they hung around and converted on the next power play and kind of struck when they had their chances. >> the capitals hope to rebound in game two of the series which is tomorrow night at the verizon center. and listen to this. don't be faking if you're hiding bacon when flying into dulles airport. the guy denied having any food products with him at customs. workers didn't buy that and this is what they found. 15 pounds of pork. the guy lost his meat and some cash to boot. he was fined $300. it is 11:26 now and coming up in the next half hour of "news4midday" we'll have an update on our top story. a d.c. principal found dead in his silver spring home. what police think happened to him. >> plus, today is the third anniversary of the virginia tech shooting rampage that left 32 people dead. and the fbi thought he was the guy, he was called a person of interest in the anthrax case that killed five people. now dr. stephen hatfill is talking about the nine years the fbi pursued him. and chuck is back with an update of the cooler weekend. stay with us. we're co [ male announcer ] this year, get the most out of your lawn with the fertilizer that gives you the most for your money. scotts turf builder. it has what other fertilizers don't. scotts patented all in one granule. every key nutrient combined into a single particle so every part of your lawn gets more even feeding. bargain brands have separate nutrients on separate particles, so feeding can be hit or miss. and a lot of what they give you isn't even food, it's filler. some have up to 40% sand, sawdust, even gravel. but scotts turf builder is 100% food. the perfect 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pornography and being held at the prince william county detention center pending a may 25th court hearing. if you're taking metro this weekend, leave yourself plenty of extra time. the red, blue, orange and green line trains could be delayed up to 40 minutes as crews replace all track components. making matters worse, there are several sporting events in town. the nationals, capitals and d.c. united all have home games this weekend. the man once accused in the 2001 anthrax attacks is breaking his silence. dr. stephen hatfill is speaking out for the first time about being investigated by the fbi. his name has been cleared in connections with those attacks but he told matt lauer on "the today show" this morning that the wounds caused by that probe have not yet healed. >> dr. stephen hatfill had worked as a scientist at the u.s. army's medical research institute of enfeshtious diseases in maryland which holds scores of anthrax. when the fbi started investigating the attacks it looked at more than 1,000 people. he was not surprised to be one of them. >> did you volunteer to take the polygraph or did they ask you? >> they asked if i would and i said sure. >> that would be a moment that would get my blood going a little bit or at least my heart beat. >> i think this is standard. >> no arevations about that whatsoever. no, why? >> what kind of questions did they ask you? any jump out at you? >> sort of mundane things. >> they didn't come right out and say did you kill people with anthrax? >> no, actually i got upset with all these mundane, did you ever cheat on a test type things. and why don't you just ask me. the guy said yeah, okay. and that was the end of it. >> but unlike the others, he became the focus of the investigation. after two outside sources said he fit the profile of the anthrax killer. for the next five years, hatfill's life would be turned upside down. >> imagine being the fox chased by the hound. and i think you begin to get an idea of what it was like for stephen hatfill. >> on june 25th, 2002, hatfill's name became very public. the fbi said it wanted to take some tests at his home. feeling he had nothing to fear, he agreed. >> well, we'd like to do some swathes. it will be very discreet, quiet. >> sign signed the consent form. >> you got home later that day. >> no, i walked out in the parking lot and there were already news cameras filming me walking to the car. they were taking me back to the apartment and the whole news thing was out there and the helicopters and all this. >> didn't you say to one of the fbi agents how did this get leaked or didn't that person say to you someone must have leaked this to the media. >> i can't remember the exact -- but i said what's going on here. well, it got leaked. what a performance. >> when you say what a performance, they were lying to. >> you i'm watching this on television and there's guys in has mat suits. i mean, this is, what, a show. and apparently that's what it was, a show. >> bruce ivans, senator scientist at the lab where hatfill worked later became the focus of the anthrax investigation. he later took his own life as federal authorities were closing in on him. memorial ceremonies are being held across virginia today on this third anniversary of the virginia tech massacre. on april 16th, 2007, a student named seung-hui choleopen fire on the campus killing 32 people before turning the gun on himself. the school has canceled all classes for today. instead, it will host a memorial run and vigil in honor of the victims. governor bob mcdonald also led a service this morning at the virginia state capitol. on this anniversary, three virginia congressmen are urging colleagues to support closing the so-called gun show loophole. democrats jim moran, bobby scott and gerald connolly are pushing for a bill that would require private sellers to perform background checks on buyers at gun shows. the families of victims of the virginia tech tragedy have fought to require these checks in virginia. a bill was introduced in ngress last may but has yet to be heard in committee. russian officials are trying to clear up the confusion whether the country has put a hold on u.s. adoptions. yesterday, a russian foreign ministry spokesman said all u.s. adoptions had been put on hold but now other russians and u.s. officials say that's not true. this fallout comes after a tennessee woman sent a 7-year-old adopted russian boy back home on a plane with a note saying had he psychological problems. state department workers are now scheduled to meet with russian officials in moss qmoss quo nex week. president obama launched a new initiative to preserve the country's environment called america's great outdoors initiative. he says it will also help the economy. >> it's how we're going to spur creation in the tourism industry and recreation industry. it's now we'll create jobs president bushing and maintain our forests, our rivers, our greatout outdoors. >> the president will begin with a listening tour across the country to find what programs work and which ones don't. he hopes the initiative will get people active and out there enjoying nature. let's find out if this is going to be a great weekend to do that and talk to chuck bell up in storm center. we're going to have a little bit of rain tomorrow morning, right. >> i cannot heart question. >> tell us what you know about the weather. >> my microphone is working. take a check from our city camera view here. one of the all-time favorites here on our city camera view just over to the left-hand side if we can have our city camera go back to the left just a smidgen. not so much. anyway, beautiful day to be outside today. hopefully have a chance to get out and enjoy fine weather. a lot of the dogwood trees starting to come out in full strength. temperatures on their way up. 38 doigs already in montgomery village. great falls, virginia, 81 doigs in your backyard. haymarket, virginia, also 81. reston, virginia, into the '80s as well with a westerly breeze. bris toe, virginia, current temperature 86 and çógermantown maryland, already 83 doigs. satellite review here shows mostly clear skies over washington for now. we will see an increase in clouds later this afternoon. one lonely shower in northern west virginia. on the watch for showers and maybe even a thunder shower late this afternoon out to our west and primarily during the evening hours here in the metro washington area. tomorrow, the complete opposite of today. barbara, cloudy with a few sprinkles in the morning. breezy, cooler and highs staying in the 50s tomorrow. >> chuck, you answered my question about the weekend. thanks a lot. let's get a final check on the midday track with jerry edwards. >> let's update folks how things are rolling or possibly not as we take a live look in northern virginia, left side of your screen, 95 southbound pretty heavy between newington down to dale city. a couple of separate work zones to slow you down a bit. route 1 seems to be working pretty well if you head to pounds south. northbound just a very brief delay if any at all. one more stop, beltway between greenbelt and silver spring moving without delay whatsoever. barbara, back to you. >> thank you. you may soon need to bring more change when you park in alexandria. city leaders want to raise parking rates this fall. you could end up paying as much as $1.75 an hour, that would be $.75 increase. officials are thinking of extending the hours meters are enforced. on the positive side, they want to add more parking spaces in old town and install parking kiosks. earth day is less than a week away. the community is getting an early start with a scheduled cleanup day. alan burris joins us to talk about the environment and wonderful thing that's going to happen this weekend because you're involved with something called enf kids, is that right? >> thank you for inviting me. >> what is enf kids. >> it stands for earth's -- and the kids are earl's natural force jam. basically what they do they go into the community and hopefully worldwide and basically talk about recycling and littering and teaching kids about through song and through dance about what to do in a positive way about the environment. >> i know joe coleman is a partner in this, one of the former platters. did he help write these songs? >> joe is fabulous. we went to high school together, roosevelt high school. and then we went to college together. joe is basically one of the major creators of the songs. he's a songwriter and you have joe and rock keith petteri who basically grasp the movement and get the kids very much involved. >> why do you think it's important to get kids involved at this age? these are young kids, elementary and middle school? >> yes, these kids range from 7 years old to around 14 years old. beak they are best to deliver the message to their peers. they're basically, they're going into the school systems and to the playgrounds and hale be able to say to children, respect yourself, respect the community, respect the earth. it's our earth, it's our planet. we have a responsibility to take care of it and one of these days obviously he will. >> they are the one hozzle inherit when we leave for them. i guess they ought to get involved for this hour. they're going to be performing this weekend, is that right? >> yes, they'll be performing for harry thomas, jr. in one of our neighborhoods. communities as well as they will be with epa on the mall. >> is that this weekend, saturday, tomorrow? >> actually, the one in the community is at 17001st street northwest. that's at 10:00. then we have a performance on the mall at 1:00. it says 1:30 but actually they move it had up to 1:00. we're inviting all of us to come and support the community. support our children. there will be singing on the mall. >> it sounds great. i look forward to seeing more of their performances. great to have youer. >> can i say one more thing? contact us by going on the web and e-mail address is earth's natural force, www.earth natural force.com. earth natural force. >> earth's natural force.com. >> thank you for coming, alan. good to see you. sounds like a great effort. it's now 11:41 still ahead, new saenz the economy getting stronger. we'll have a check on markets. plus sit down with kitty kelly, the author of the new oprah winfrey biography and ask her what would shock us most a well, it's a book everybody's talking about, the new book about oprah, it's number one on amazon.com right now. the unauthorized biography was release this had week and does not always present the talk show -- well, let's talk to her about it. kitty, welcome. you and i have talked some about other books before. >> over the years, it's always a pleasure. >> tell me, what's the reaction you've gotten so far on this book? >> well from, fans, from oprah fans, they love it. >> the oprah fans love it. >> they really do love it. the ones that have e-mailed. >> what are they saying to you? >> well, it's the first time they've had a full comprehensive look at oprah's life, the totality of it. they love the stuff about her childhood. some of them are astounded about her first ten years in television, which as you know, was much different from the kind of television and programming that she's doing today. they love one person posted that they love the range of interviews, you know, going from phil donahue to former supreme court justice sandra o'connor. they like reading that one fan even wrote in and said, you listed all the hlavac gifts she gives. it's fabulous but i never knew she had commissioned a portrait of henry kissinger's labrador dog to give to him. >> interesting. >> just details like that. >> did anybody try to stop you from writing this book and why did you choose oprah? >> well, i chose oprah because she is the most influential woman on the planet and she has influenced our lives and she want to influence our lives. so i really wanted to do a biography on her entire life. >> did you approach her? >> oh, many times. many, many times. >> and she just refused to talk to you. >> absolutely. what i did was take all the interviews she's ever given and laid them out so that i have her words and her thoughts for things that have happened in her life. i also interviewed people very close to her. i went back to kosciusko, mississippi to see where she was born and raised, the church where she first spoke at age of 3. >> you didn't have any trouble getting people to talk? >> well,dy have trouble getting people talk. in the end, i interviewed over 800 people, including her father, her aunt catherine, colleagues, classmate. >> what would we be most surprised to find? >> i think you'll be most surprised to find that the woman who appears so open and so uninhibited about her life really lives in a culture of secrets. >> and do you -- do other people say that, too? >> yes. >> have you had other people say that? >> from the very beginning. her father said secrets, secrets. he admitted that he has enabled that culture. her aunt catherine from mississippi talked about i think one of the worst secrets that her family is keeping from her, and that is they won't tell her the name of her biological father. >> and so the father you introduced or that you talk about in the book, is that her biological father? >> no, vernon winfrey is her father in every sense except her blood pep stepped in to take control of her life but they will not tell her who her real father is. >> i guess i'm going to have to read the book. >> you are. >> you have one secret you would like to share with us that we would be most surprised about? >> well, i've always loved jim vance and maybe i'll write a book about him. >> i'll tell him. >> we'll see what he has to say about that. it's always great to see you. glad you came in. the book is "oprah an unauthorized biography." housing starts rose in march. courtney reagan joins us with more on that and the rest of the day's business headlines. >> good morning. it's been a busy morning here. the dow is down about 125 points. really falling off a cliff on breaking news that's really still in the works right now. it turns out the sec has charged goldman saks with fraud related to subprime mortgages saying key facts were misstated or omitted. that's the big headline right now. lots of other things the traders are looking at today including government housing starts that rose 176% in march. that's it the highest level since november of 2008. building permits also rose for the month. nbc universal, dow component general electric, the parent company of nbc universalal did earn 21 cents a share for the first quarter, five cents above estimates. another dow component, bank of america also beating estimates earning 28 cents a share versus a forecast of just nine cents. google delivers another banner quarter. profits jumping nearly 40%. investors still left wanting more and realitied by google's big spending plans to come on hiring, buying up smaller companies and developing more new products because higher spending could lead to a crimp. future profits. united airlines and couldn't eventual are talking merger again two years after the carriers abandoned talks on a three-way deal, also involving usairways at the time. the renewed talks were kick start offed after word got out they were discussing a tie up. united pilots say that he would be more open to a deal with continental because there would be fewer overlaps with the routes. lots of news stories going on today. we're all still in the developing stages for many of them. >> we'll wait to hear more. have a great weekend. >> time right now, 11:50. ten before noon. coming up, a look at what's new at the movies and chuck bell will be back with another check of the forecast. stay with us. well, there are plenty of new means to choose from at the box office this weekend including everything from a brilliant marketing scheme to a missing body at a funeral. and some teenagers using bad words. rafael has a preview. >> putting on a mask and helping people, how is that impossible? dude, if anybody did it in real life, they would get their [ bleep ] kicked. >> that body part that gets kicked is also the title of this movie a phrase that rhymes with kick glass. aaron johnson is an ordinary comic fan who aspires to be a superhero. his crime fighting becomes an internet sensation leading a host of other do-it-yourselfers out of the shadows including nicolas cage and his daughter play the by khloe grace more ritz. kick glass is rated r. >> who's in this coffin because that's not my father. you got jackie chan in there. >> that's just the beginning of the morning mixed with hey hem in "death at a funeral." chris rock leads the cast of characteristics. turns out that family patriarch had secrets lead to threats, blackmail and old resentments. "death at a funeral" is rated "r." >> delicious. like them? >> sure. >> can you believe it. >> what sounds like innocent party chat ser actually a secret sales pitch in "the joneses." dave duchovny and demi moore seem like a perfect couple raising two teenagers but all members of a marketing team trying to get their neighbors to literally buy into their lifestyle. "the joneses" is rated "r.." >> he has just been awarded his first little league fran kis. >> i'm going to america. >> america. >> it's the bad new bears with a mexican accent in "the perfect game," based on a true story. it chronicles the story of a rag tag group of kids from a tiny town south of the border as they dream of playing in the world series. the boys learn about baseball, togetherness and discrimination as they embark on a once in a lifetime journey. the perfect game is rated pg. that's the box office preview. rafael seth, nbc news. >> we'll take a look at some of the stories we're following this afternoon. pat lawson muse joins with us a preview of things to come. >> we're working on several stories coming your way this afternoon. first at 4:00 today, fears about living and for some women, fears about whether cancer will rob them of their ability to have children. we'll tell you about a special program that's giving women new hope. and then at 5:00 tonight, we'll tell you about a great find. it's some of the hottest homes that have just hit the market. you'll want to see about these. these stories and all the latest news plus the latest on the gorgeous weather starting at 4:00. don't you love it. >> it's absolutely beautiful. can't wait to get outside. have a great weekend. >> you too. let's get a final check on today's forecast with chuck bell in storm center4. >> hey there. temperatures already now in the low 80s in nearly every neighborhood away from the water. it's going to get a little bit warmer from here if you can believe that. outside right now, let's take a check of our forecast. we've got plenty of sunshine out there. it's warm. breezy. winds out of the southwest 10 to 25 miles per hour will continue to increase up to about 15 to 30 piles an hour later on this afternoon. clouds on the increase and there will be a risk of a shower coming up late in the day. here's a check of live doppler. your lunch hour will be dry. your drive home from work and school will also be dry. but showers are in the forecast for late this evening. most of them may actually wait till after 8:00 or 9:00 before we have to worry about the showers. it's a late rain shower forecast. into early tomorrow morning, cloudy skies, maybe light rain or drizzle first thing. but the big change tomorrow, a northwest wind is going to hold temperatures in the 50s tomorrow afternoon and in the 50s again coming up on sunday. so about a 25 doig step backwards coming our way for tomorrow. so enjoy the is sunshine and mild weather while you can. we will not see 80 degrees again for at least another seven to ten days. >> thank you very much. have a great weekend. >> you do the same. you're going to have to wait till next month for the kentucky derby but don't have to wait for the running of the rodents that took place yesterday at spaling university in kentucky. staff, students competed for the prestigious garland of cereal. unlike the derby no, one placed betts on these row denies who raced. we thank you for joining us and we invite to you tune in for the daily connection at 2:00. we have news at 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 and tonight at 11:00. i'll be back on monday morning with news4 midday. until then, have a great day and a terrific weekend.