it's friday, january 21st, 2011. breaking news out of maryland. one man is dead after a shooting. it happened in the 1700 block of richfield roa about 8:30 a.m. this morning. lice were called out for a home invasion. whenhey arrived oneerson was inside the home. right no there's no word on whether that person was inred. police doot have anyone in custody at ts time. an american teen detained i kuwait is now bac in northern virginia this morning. goul mammed spent the last moh in custody overseas. he tald to news 4's megan mcgrath shortly after taking questions from the fbi. >> reporter: it took him nearly two hours to get tough customs, and he says tha he was interviewed by the fbi one final time bore he was free to go. but shortly after 8:30 mohammed was reunited with his family. a long await and emotional welcome at dulles airport as relatives rushed to greet him. >> i feel great to be back, and i can't even talk. have loss of words. i'm glad to be back. >>eporter: the 19-year-old was take into cussed to neuwait nearly a month ago and was placed on the no-fly st. during recent court hearings, e justice department would n elaborate on why he wasaken into custody, but mohamm, a naralized americancitizen, had traveled to his birth place of somalia, then to yen, then to stay with relatives in kuwait mohammed said he was tortured while inuwait and that the fbi interrogated him despite his requests for anattorney. >> the are people out there who have been tortured lik i was. and my voice has been heard, but their voices are not being ard. >> reporter: mohammed's attorneys say the obama needs to change the process for placing ople on the no-fly list. and better protect american tizens abroad. but as for today thelan is for a hot shower, prayer and a good meal. >> i want to feed him. all we want too is giveim big hugs. alwe want to do. >> reporter: it's unclear if mohammed is free toindithout restrictions of any kind or whether he was just permitted to take this o flight back to the u.s. his attorney says a lot still needs to be challenged and work out. megan mcgrath, news 4. todayresident obama's headin toew york. mr. obama just landed andrews air force base. these are live pictures. he's traveling to upstate new york to tour general electri ant. this comes after gaming ge's ceo jeffrey immelt to a new position. immelt will share theewly created president's council o jobs and competitiveness. ge is the current and until the end of this month parent company of nbc universal including our station,nbc more snowell this moing in the n york city. we showed youictures earlier. there it is central park. it's beautiful up there. 4 1/2 inches fell this morning alone. delta canceled several flights from reagan to theew york ar. meanwhile, the washington area did not get too much snow, but crews were readyor anything. plows, salt and sd trucks were out othe streets in north west overnigh the story here,cold, wind out there. tom joins us now to tell us what we c expect for the weeken boy, it is pretty up in new york today, isn't ? >> they did getbout three or four inches there around the new york city area. that's the same storm that passed over us. as it did, it was still in its weak phase. but it did intensify quite a bit as it got off the coast. that's been whipping us with winds all morning low. up to a quarter of an inch. areas about 30 miles north-northwest of our region and farther wes andorth and upo an inch of snow we've been havg passing snow showers. exiting montgomery county coming intonn arundel unty. and the temperatures right now are still for the most par belowreezing in most areas. reagan national is at 35 andhe potomac river there is ice-free rit where the airport is, but just north o the airport it's icebound and it's cold. all around our region, we'veot these winds that are gusting over 30 toearly 40 miles an hour. look at dulles. a gust of 38 miles an hours a result our wind clls are down into theeens in many locations to single digits. all this coming from thi rapidlyeveloping area of low pressure that's pushing through new england. snow should ending in the next fewhours. only in the teens in the mountains, single digits ohio zero, illinois, wisconsin, minnesota. partly cloudy for the afternoon. windy and colder. we'll drop out of the 30s where we are now into the 20s throughout the aftern colder tomorrow morning. a look at the wkend and io next week in few minutes. >> okay, tom. thank u. out to the roads with steve hershorn for the midday traffic. >> we look at something that's been goi on for ahile here. th is southbound 270 just before you get to the lane divide. a truck lost its load looks like steel beams or similar material. and it ended u in the t right lanes. they're still caning itp. it still there for a couple of hour before you get to lane divide. mon troez road 270, look at the slow traffic heading down to get past is. once you do, you're heading down to the beway, all right after that. let's ta a look over at springfield briefly and no problems there. >> thank you very much, steven we'll be checkin in with you again. >>in other news this morning, police i alexandria a looking r a driverho hit and killed a man cssing the street, then took off. 26-year-old melbourne leach jr. of alexandria w crossing king street at park enthorring the drive just after midnight las night when he was hit. tracee wilkins talked with his latives. >> reporter: at this point there's stl little information for alendria police as they begin this investigation, but they do kw a man was hit and killed jt after midnight here in alexandria. th also have a wness who lieves that they have a good description of the vehicle involved. >> i just seen clues- >> rorter: for tammy dewalt, there are no words to describe the ss she's feing. >> a neighbor ran to theoor telling me that he was hurt bad and he was laying in the street. >> reporter: this morning poli say her fiance,melbourne leach jr. was killed in a hit an run accident just aftermidnight. it happened about a block from their home at the inteection of king street and park cente drive in alexandria. >> he'd been hit by a vehle and a witnessaid that a vehicle that struck him stopped briefly and then fled the ene. the victim was transported to alexdria hospital where he later succumbed to his injuries. >> reporter: leach had left behi his 2-yeaold daughter and his fiancee is expecting their second child, a n, due about a month. his fiance is asking whoever is responsible to turn themselve in. >> i'm pretty sure they know they hit somebody, ty need to comeforward. >> reporter: witness on the strike describe the vehicle as a four-door black sedan silar to a lincolnown car. police say it may have some damage. they're askg anyon who may have seen in vehicle or have any information th can help in this investigati to give exandria police a call. in alexandria, i'm trace wilkins, news 4. police are loong for answers after finding man eeding from a head wound this morning. it happened aund 1:00 a.m. this morning in the 200 block of north avenue northeast. right nowolice don't know how the man sustained theinjury, but they do know he was attacke by someone. and police are still looking for the man who shot and killed a man who was on his wahome from the shakespee theater wednesdanight. william mitchell was walking home from the station wn he got into an argument with the gunman who shot and killed him. inveigators say thegunman hopped on a bicycle and took off. if you hav any information, plse contact police immediately. the tragedy in tucson for coresswoman gabrielle gfords has a critical transition today. giffords is beg moved to a rehabilitation center in houston. we'll take a look at live pictures fromucson where cameras are following every step of giffords' trip today which gints here at the univeity medical center. she'll go by ambulance to the nearby airport sce in tucson, then on to texas by air. jay gray h more on the turning point in her covery. >> reporter: this morning could mark a milestone in the recery of wounded congresswoman gabrielle giffords. later today, less than two weeks after being shot at point blank range in the head, she's schedule to leave university medical center in tucson. >> i'm eremely hopeful that gabby's going t me a full recovery. i mean, she's a fighter like nobody else that i know. >> reporter:er fight willow continue athe renowned texas institute of rehabilitationnd search at memoria herman hospit in houston. we're eager to start a comprehense rehabilitation program that will take into consideration not just the physical recovery but the cognive andmotional recovery. >> reporter: it is still not clear if giffords can speak or just how muc she can see. while she's bn able to move both arms and legs, even std, doctors still aren't sure how much strength giffos has on the right side of her by and warn it will be a long and difficult road back. >> months. no question months we're very optimistic because her recovery here has been quick. >> reporter: oimism shared by hehusband, who made a bold prediction about her recovery and turn to tucson. >> she'll be walking, talking and in two months you'll see her walking through the front door of this building. >> reporte the difficult fst stepin that return trip could come later today in texas. jay gray, nbc news, houston. t trip fromucson to houston is more than 1,000 miles. ctors say giffords faces little risk in that flight. so far swelling has n been a problem in her recovery. doctor say there's less pressure on her brain sin par of her skullow has been moved. our time right now is 11:11. why some federal workers should be concerned aut cutbks, but e roleeversal for the supreme court justice. we'll explain which one. an they ask for whole new looks for this year for the brand new year and ty came to thhealth and fitness expo to find out about that. we'l show you their wish come true in our late ambush makeover. president hu jintao is in chicago visiting mayor daley and pat quinn. president hu wl visit a school and auto par plant while he's in the windy city. a group of house republicans have proposed a plab to shrink the federal decit, but it wod mean cuts for federal workers. the republican study committee just unveiled itspending reduction act of 20. it would extd president obama's pay freeze on federal workers from two to five yrs d cut the civil service pay by 10% over theext ten years and prevent fedel workers from serving as unionfficialsn governme time, actually reduce the si by 10%. the lawmakers claim the changes would eliminate $2.5 trillion in snding over the next ten years. t 2012 election is sti 21 months aw, but some people are revved up and rdy to run for president. 76 people have already filed with the feral electio commissionor the 2012 presidential election. ong them a man who owns a gutter business, oneho is an investor, and one who is a home remodeler. now under federal campaign laws ey're not official candates until they raise or spend $5,0. in 2008, 366 people filed to run for president. fries, family and colleagu will gather in washington to say good buy to sargent shriver toda he died on tuesday in bethesda. he suffered from alzheimer's disease. shriver was married tojfk's sister eunice shriver and was one of the last living linkso thkennedy white house he was also appointed founding director of the peace corps. a publicake be heldrom 4:00 until 8:00 this evening. a ivate funeral mass will be held tomorw at our lady of mercy in potomac. we'll broadcast that live. on comct, that's channel 208, verizon fios. cox channel 803. for those over the airiewers it's 4.2. nasa has set a date for t final mission of its space shuttle flee "atlantis" will make its final tr into space on june 28th. it will be delering a module to the international space station along with spare parts. two more missions scheduled before that. "discovery" set to lauh on february4th and april 19th. elena kan holds one of the most prestigus titles in the country. but she's still just like the rest of us she was summoned for jury duty. the d.c. superiorourt to be considered as ajuror. people there say she spent her time lking over a legal brie taki some notes. others took pictures of kag while she waited in the end, sheas not called as a juror and returned to the other side of e bench. take a lk at this picture we just got in from main reading room at the jefferson building at the library of congress. a hawk is loose in that building. this picture was taken just this morning. see it pered up the? we'll see how they try to g down. tom, you may have some suggestions. open some windows maybe on this cold day. >> it doesn't want to fly out. it's warm in there. that's h it got in. we've had really strong winds blowing out of the north and west. we've had gustso nearly 40 mis an hour. and that's bringg in the chill, a big chill at that. look at those clouds comg in. they were producing some flurries just in the last several hours, though, those flurries have dissipated. for the most part, 35 at national airpor but at international falls, minnota, this morning, it got down to 46 below zero. that ishe coldest it's been there since 1909. and back in that january of 1909 it gotown to 55 low zero. so this has been over a hundred years since it's been th cold in minnesota. we're still seeg a few snow showers just to our north in ntgomery county, southern howard and northrince george's county. and a few around downtown baltimore. that will dissipate as it heads off to the east. the tempetures around the region are generally bew freezing. reagan national near thepen water of the potomac. but its froze over from the 14th street bridgen up. arlington, fairfaxnd points west, upr 20s in loudon county. shendoah valley, thenp to frederick and washington counties in maryland. osest to the bay in annapolis is near freezin right no and winds at 38 a dulles mid20 gusts to 30 milan-hour gusts mmonly around t region. our wind chills are down to the teens and single gits. wind chill inhagerstown down to 13 degrs. that's just fridge it. a dusting of snow t our north and someain to our sth. then behind that, those cold winds have continued t push on in only in the teensight now. 14 at elkins, west virginia and pittsburgh, columbus, ohio, onl 9, cincinnati only 8bove zero. lo at chicag a little above zero the last few hours. t only up to zero there w. minneapolis/st. paul, they got down to 15 below zero but the suburbs were nearly 30 below zero there. northern minnesota, internatnal falls theren the canadian border, 46 be low zero there this morning. this cold air coming in behind thistorm system that's spreading ow into new england, boston could get 4 to 6 out of that. this l is what's responsible for our winds. it has deepened dramatically afr it passed over us and intensified. right now sitting right over cape cod. it will continueo pull away. as it does, it will allow this cold, dry high essure that was in the upper midwest this morning begin to move over us, but it will weaken. it won't be that cold he. butertainly much colder weather. and then as it does weake we'll have quite a bit of cloudiness around during the day on saturday. then on sunday, we ought to ge mo sun. for theest of the friday afternoon, gusty win up to around 35, near 40 miles an hour. winds in the teens, then the single digs. still frigid near 20 by midnight. then down in the teens o turday. highs in the 20s each day with teens in the morning. looking into nex week, we could have snow developing on tuesday and then wedneay dending on ho the trackf the coastal storm goes, rain and snow in the area. remaining colder than average. that's the way itlooks. barba? >>hank you very much. we'll look at the traffic now with steve hershorn. >> still slow on 270. a live look at 270 southbound at montrose road. e problem before that just before the lane divide, a truck lost its load of pipes o the road. they just clean it up. everything is opened right now. on to 70, some lingering delays hopefully not too much longer before that starts t clear up. over to virginia on the ram fr the prince william parkway to weson 66 all lanes are blocked with an overturned hicle. back to you. >> thank you, steve. >> 11:22 is the time. still ahead, what george clooney isaying with his bout with a potentially deadly disease. plus a look at the new movies in thears this weekend. > george clooney's latest trip to sudan gave him more than he bargained for. paubl cy for the starctor says hecontracted malariahen he was there earlier this nth. he's visited often as an activist. says his ownxperience with malaria shows how proper mecation can fight this deadly diseas if meone's going to be in my bed at 2:00 a.m.ho i don't have to lie to. >> i hate breakfast. >> that's the premise of the movie "notrings attached." natae portman and ashn kutcher are old friends who want to take their relationship to the next level but without the relationship part. their seeminglyerfect plan might be ruined as romantic feelings get in the way. it isated r. if you'r looking for something a little more serious, lohow abt "the way back" soldierwho cape from aiberian prison in the 1940s. th travel across the arctic, the desert and the himalayas. he way back" is pg-13. and fo aovie about more dern struggle, cck out "the company men" a year in the life ofhree men dealing with corporate downsizing. the three main characters b affleck, chris cooper and tommy lee jones a deal with the struggles many americans are facing right now. it is rated r. and file this next story awa as an important reminderfhat not to say or ask about women. tennis player kim clijsters busted a former player turned reporter todd woodbridgebout a text he sent. fortunately for us bause we get to hear it, shehose to do this in front of a crowd aer her match at the australian open. >> she showede a textessage that you wrote to her about me in sydney. >> what did say? >> you thought i was pregnt? >> oh! we, i guess we got ask, are you? >> no. >> oh, that's a question you never ask a won. not when she isn't especially. clijstersas a good sport about it, though. she and woodbridge a friends so there are no hard feelings apparently. it is 11:27. coming up in the next hour, ngresswoman gabrielleiffords is being moved to a rehab center today. plus dozens of dogs rescued if a puppy mill in the midwest arrive in our area. and is it going to be cold this weekend? we'll find outrom tom kierein. why you should make indoor plans. i guess that's aint. right now on "news4 midday" a teen from alexandria is now with his family. gouletohammed returned he after being detained in kuwait r a month when his name appeared on a no-fly list. he w questioned by the fbi for two hours before being released. police were initially called out for a home invasionn the 1700 block of richfield road this morning. when they arrived one perso was inside the home. right now there's no word on whether that person was injured. > today marks a new mileone in the tragedy in tucson. take a look a the ambulance taking congresswoman gabrielle giffor to the airport now. she's leaving theospital this morning and moving to rehabilitation center in houston. police have lined the route the ambulance is tang. this com less than two weeks after she was shotn the head january 8th when pice say jared rofnloughner at a campaig ent. she's able to seeze a hand, even give thumbs up. three days after tha with friends in the room, she opened her eyes for the first time. then an january 19th with help, dwifrds stood up f the first time. as she moves on to rehab, doctors in houston say her treatment tre will start wa thorough examination. >> the evaluation is quite comprehensive. we ask questions, we review records, we perform examitions and see wt the person can and cannot do >> and prior to today's move congresswoman giffords had a thereutic visit outside her hospital room yesterday. a photograph ctured giffords and her husband takg in the sun and a view of the santa catalina mountains. as you may recall congresswoman gfords was holding a political event outside a tucson grocery store when all this haened. heristrict director ron barr was standing nearby h when he was shot in the thigh and face. federal jge john rollied in the attack when he apparently used his bodyo try to shield barber. barber had his wife at his side wh he described that moment duringhe "today" show this morning. >> i was standing right next to judge roll. he was standing jt about a foot behind me. we had been talking bore the gunman came into our are and started shooting, b knowing who john is and the kind of man that we all knew him to be, as both a judge a as a family n, i'm not surprised that he tried to protect me a i think anyonelse in the area would have been protected the same way by him. he's a butiful man and we're just deeply saddened byis loss >> ron barber also saidn outpouring of community support the helping him emotionally cover from the shooting. wel talk to tom about our weather. the fact thaweudged that snowstorm but we're getting the ld out there today. >> light snow just to our north ana dusting here at washington. now our sky mostl sunn few clouds rolling throh. earlr gave us showers and flurries. most have dissipated. a lingering snow shower in eastern howa county andower anne arundel. at internional rport, southern virginia now mid-30s, but north and west ofhere it below fezing now. over the last 12 hours that low prsure deeply intensified and gained strength off the jersey coast this morning. and now it's just east of boston, and it continues to wp us with win bringin in the chill which will be in place here throu the weekend. tempatures right nowhere it is in the 30s will drop into the 20sthroughout the rest of the day. the winds will be gusting to 40 mis an hour. as the turs will plummet down into the low teens to midteens tomorrow morning, hhs in the 20s on saturday. more of theame on sday b with moreunshine and remaining cold, below freezing mday and tuesday. could get snow tuesday into weesday. that's the way it looks right now. >> all right, tom. thank you. take a look at this. drivers were having a tough time staying between the lines in oklahoma city because of t icy roads there. this suv spun complely around. part of the winter storm blew through the dwest. let's talk about our weather out there. we had the trus out there rey for whatever we were going to get steve hehorn. >> pretty dry right now. fortunately, barbara, weave a coup of thingso watch out for now on i-35 i viinia. road work bloing a lane. then an accident near the exit for 123 in tyson' corner, also on theinterloop on 495. that's much better on the dry pavement at 270 o monose road. the problem earlier south of that was a truck that lt its load in t roadway. it's all clear up now. everything is moving very well. springfield, nooad work today southbound. ba to you. >> thank you, steve. may want to add onxtra time to your trip if youe planning to use metro this weekend. arting tonight at 10:00, crews will berepairing the tracks. working crews constructio on th dulles corridor. they'll be fixing tunnel leaks on the orang line. between east falls church and west falls church may be delayed upo 20 minutes. shady grove and glenmont. l the metro rail work should be finisd by monday morning. and this morning, police are looking for a man that they say abductednd assaulted a woman in fairfax county. this is a sketch of the suspect, a 20ear-old woman told police that she was walking ang route 1 i loreton on wednesday when a man pled over and puld her into hiscar. she thenold police the man drove away and sexually assaulted her. e woman eventually escaped from the car in woodbridge. anyone with any information is aske to call police. meanwhile, authorities say th arrested nearly 50 people on drugs and gun charges in a roundup th they called operation bull run. policeade the arrest yesterday after a two-year investigation. detectives say more than a million dollars in drugs incling heroin and cocaine were eitr purchased for seized fedel charges were filed against 25 people. state charges wereiled against 20 others. aozen adorable dog can now call the washington area home. their faces a sweet, but their story isnything but. the animals we rescued from a puppy ll and were in desperate need of somecare. darcy speer has more on the efforts to help them. >> reporter: these are the faces of more than a dozen dogs rescued from a missouri pup mill. spendi their first night in their n space at the washington amal rescue leue. >> this little dog in particar, tiffany here, was so badly matted we couldn't find her feet until we shaved her down. it tookn hour. shs doing much better already. >> everyone ll in love about this little guy. >> reporter: the human society of the united states transported 70 dogs surrendered to authorities in missouri, which is considered the puppy mill capital of the united states. seven shelters and rescues accepted the dogs. >> we are working nonstop to try d end this inhumane practice. >> reporr: missouri recently passed new rules govning breeng operations. >>hey have to feed the dogs every day, they have to exercise them, they have to see a terinarian once a year. but that was too much for some of the breeders anyway and rather than compl with the law, they decided to surrender their animals. >> reporter: for many of the dogs this will be the first time they've lived outside o a cage, first time they've gotten to see a veterinarian and the first time they've been around people. a spokesman for the whington animal rescue league says these dogs appear to be in better shape than my they get from th mills. >> typically puppy mills breed dogs as quickly as the can. they're high volume operations and they try to keep the costs low as possible. they're t treated not at all like family pets but more like livestock. >> reporter: the named them after bands like axl rose and cyndi laup, arriving here in washington aer a 36-hour ride. now they're getting something they haven't eerienced in a ng time. some quiet a some rest. >> step one in their habilitation will be a meal, step two is good night's sleep. reporter: in washington, day spencer,news4. now that it's official and washinon's giant pandas m mei xiang and tian tian will be at the zoor for five more years, thers hopes that there will be anddition to the fami. the report is that mei xiang can soon be in at. since they've arrived they had one baby, tai xiang. they hope the two will breed naturall investors are hoping for a strong endo the week after posive earnings repts on wall strt. we'll have the latest numbers for you. plus the amazingtransformation. wel have the results of our latest ambush makeovers. copd 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nearly three decades. buffett whose company own 1.7 million "washington post" shar. he served as alose aiser to the publisher's management. in a stement buffett says he'll continueo offer any help thathe company asks for. he'll step down from his formal role in may when his current term as director expires. a coue won the lottery and is sharing those winnings with the george washington university. gilbert cisneros and his wife jackie won $266 million in the california state lotte drawing last may. gilbert graduated from gw back in 1994 jackie wor at the nbc stion in los angeles some of the money will go toward a scholarship program for minority students. the rt of the money will fund the yellow ribbon program to support veteran education. we tried to contact the couple, but guess what? they aren hawaii. >> president obama is on his way to the birthplace ofeneral electric to talk jobstoday. we'll check i wit cnbc's julia boorstin. she joins us with that. >> scks are higher today after general electric, nbc's parent company and oth companies reported better than expected earngs. european markets are also closin higher wle stocks in asia are closing wer. president obams naming jeffrey emmelt the ceo of general electric to run his panel of economic advisers, replacing paul vcker who i stepping down. he will cha a new council on jobs and competitiveness, a new version of the boa chaired by volcker. this comes as ge's quarter earnin tops expectations growing to $4.5 billion up from 3 billion a yearearlier. this sent ge's stock 5% higher. gains we driven by rebounding demands for the likes of railroad lomotives and imaging devices. it is considered a bellwetr for the global economy. its return to organic revenue growth does bode well. google shares are tradi lower right now even though the company reported a 29% ris in increase after t market closed yesterday. it also reported a major managementshake-up. co-found larry page will take the helm as ceo replacing eric schmidt who is stepping into the chairman role. at's not all. google has a big new product in the work to complet with groupon which turne down a $6 billion keover offer from google back in december. google's new sysm called google offers will allow consumers to access deals from local merchants. this will be one of several initiatives to help target local businesses wh local coumers. baara, back over to you. >> thank you, julia. there's a lot going on inhe entertainment business this week. tommy mly of 94.7 fresh fm joins us. >> the celebties were restless, all over the pla this week. >> a busy week let's bin with "american idol" which premiered this week. you have jennifer lopez and steven tyler joining randy jackn as the dges. what do you think? >> i got to tell you i'm in love with the new cast. i didn't know what to expect. i thought it was going to be kind of train eck, but it wa great, really cool. >> jennifer lopez. >> the one in the middle. >> exactly. randy is trying to play the simon ro. he thinks he' the big d now because simon's gone and he's en there. i'm such a fanf sven tyler. probably the biggest fan under 30 who doesn't like aesmith. he's just awese. he kno music left and right, upside down. he'll give the best advice to the artists. >> anybody come off as a tough guy, anybody as a softy this time arnd? >> it's funny because you can tell in theirst couple of isodes they're n really sure what going on. at one point, are we allowed to clap at the people they're trying to figure out as they go alon too. they'll figure out what tir roles are. steven is tough sometimes, then he's also like singing along with them. i don't know that there's a definite simon charact this time around. >> let's move on to jesse james, sandra bullock's ex-husband. >> america's grossest couple. >> wel not sana bullock. >> no, no. >> you mean that's your opinion of his new lady who is a tattoo artist cat von deet. >> heshe's the one that he cated with. how do you cheat on sandra buock. >> maybe there's somethi about this kat von diet. >> she's got so many tats. there's nothing wrong with th. but th just creep me out. they're so grs. i don't know what is it. i can't p my finger on it. >> you think she should be worried about hooking up wh a known cheater? >> leopards don't change their sps, barbara harrison. >> heheated on his first wife, he might end up cheating on her. that's what i'm thinking. sandra bullock's the greatest thing since sliced bread. ifou cheat on sandra bullock, you won't be happy ever. >> let's tal about the golden globes. we talked about ricky gervais and some of the things he said. he said that they knew -- maybe not the people but the producers ew the kinds of things he was going to say. >> i kind of agree with him. peoplenow what they're getting when theyire ricky gervais. he won't come out and tell knock knock jokes. did heo overboard? probably. a little rough? yeah. but i don't know that he -- i don't know thate wasctually that -- they know what ty were geing are him, y know what i mean? >> you think they'll ask him back? >> i don't thi so. he said he dsn't want to do it ever again. >> do you have a favorite thas hosted ovethe years? >> i got to say whe was my favorite because he sok it up. the holwood a-sters, if the only problem they have in tir life is ricky gervais lobbing a curveball at you,ou're all right. >> do you think people like to see people insultedy the host? that makes me uncomfortable. i don'tike to see that. but what about you? >> it was a little uncomfortable. i enjoyed it for the shock factor of, wow, did he really just saythat? i love the shock factor. and ricky's going to be on "the office" this seas, which will be cool. >> that will be one of his favotes, you think? >> i think so. >> always good to see you. thanks a lot for coming in. >> thanks foraving me. >> i can't wait to see what we'll talk about next week. >> bring it on. time rht now 11:49. coming up, our ambh makeovers. [ male announcer ] this is steven, a busy man. his day arts with his arthritis pain. that's breakfast with two pills. the morning is over, it time for two mo pills. the day marches on, back to more pills. and when he's finally home... but hang on; just two aleve can kee arthritis pain away all day with fewer pills than tylenol. this is stev, who chose aleve and 2 pills for a day free of pain. anget the all day pain relief of aleve in liquid gels. > we are back at it. today's ambushmakeover started at the health and fitss expo this past weekend. now, two women are spoing brand new looks for 2011. >> ambush makeov! >> the crowd gathered early, having heard we'd be offerin makeovers to two lucky people, both men and women. however,ust the ladies showed up this time. the guys must have been sleeping in. thos who came told us why this is aream come true for th. >> because i'm really feeling like i need a makeover. i had a very rough year takg care of my -- on monday to be 91-year-olmother. >> wearing them every day. >> i see a lot of keovers but i never see anyone with doi makeup. >> everybo says, you two look actly alike. >> maybe i need makeover >> afteristening to erybody's reason for coming, our team of keoverxperts huddled, then came up with two ideal candidates. >> she told us she wanted a change for the new year. >> this is my normal look, hair back in a poniytail. i need to doing in so be more brant for the new year. >> what's your life like? >> i'm ngle. it's jus me. well, i'm single for now. after this makeover,hen i might not be single. >> t other picks, linda bruener. >> my family brought me here today becausthey say i do a lot for them and takeare of them every day andhat's it's somebody did something for me. >> sheaid her husband and kid saw the ad for themakeover on tv. >> she never stops. >> she doesn't have the time to do this stuff. and she doesn't get to get around. >> at the pr as part nrs saloon on g street, stylist james cornwell worked on a n look for christa. >> i s her slicked back ponyil with the beautiful smile and cheekpbones. we have to have her because she wears her hair in a slick ponytail almost every y. not any more. it's on. >> meanwhil stylist kim was working bring out the bestn linda. >> she's 39 years d. hard to believe wn you first see her. i can't wait for this makeover because it's goi to bring her inner shin and beauty out. >> and finally, rember christa? here's what she lood like when we first met her a few hrs fore. and here she is now. >> thank you, darling. >> and remember linda, the tired mom of four? >> oh, my gosh. it doesn't even lk like me. i never wear makeup. amazing. thank you. >> okay. let's take another look athe sults. here's christa's results, her before and her after. she asked for a vibrant new loo and i thinkhe got what she asked for. she looked beaiful and was very ppy. now we're just waiting to hear if she gets enged or married in the next few months. re's linda before and after. i bet this busy mom's famil was thried with the w she looked. we'll have two more ambush makeovers forou next week. so be sure ttune in. we'll take a look now at some o the stories we're followg for news4 thi afternoo aaron gilchristoins us. >> nice workn the keovers. a little controversy t get things started this afternoon. coming up at 4:00, has mtv's new show "skins"one too r? one parenting group says yea and one advertir is pulling out. comi up at 5:00, an unwanted vitor at the library of congress. how did this hawk get into this historic building and howre they going to get it out? we're at the library of congress right now where a rescue or eradication effort is under way. we'l have the latest at 5:00. >> let's hope it's not an eradication! >> just to get him out. >> i know it's coldut there, but i bet he'd like to be outside. thanks a lot, aaron. time to check on the forecast one more te for midday. >> it certainly is cold. the temperatures are slowly dropping. right now looking at our sky, mostly sunny sky now. we had somef the flurries earlier. there's the lingering ones there in northern anne arundel county. the low 30s to mid-30s in washington and farther to our west, in the 20snow, the storm that gave ushe snow and the rain has moved off over n england and quicklyxiting there as well. behind that strong gusty winds for the rest of the afternoon, guing from 35 to 40 miles an hour. wind chills, single digits and teens as w drop out of the 30s where we are in the 20s. the places in 20s. they'll drop bk to the teens later today. en the entire region down to the teens by dawn tomorrow. saturday, sunday, monday, afrnoon highs only in the0s with morng low in the teens. tuesday nr 30, maybe some snow in thefternoon andevening. perhaps snow and rain on wednesday. we'll see youn monday. have a gre weekend. >> all rit, tom. thank you very much. you have a good weekend. and now to a tribute even paul the octopus himself never saw coming. paul, everyone favorite world cup predicting cephalopod now has his own memori. three months after his deh. it was unveiled yterday at the sea life aquariu in his native rmany. it's called paul corner. in case you don't rememb, paul was e octopus who picked each of germany's world cup matches over the summer. he also predicted spain's victory over the netherlands in the final. paul passe aw, you'll remember, back at october at the age of 2 1/2. so we'll all be able to remember him now with this memori. that's "new midday" today. we invityou to tune in 4, 5, 6 and tonightt 11, all thrgh the weekend. i'll bback monday morning. pe you plan to join us for th. have a great day and a terric weekend.