kiel do everything noes keep america safe. >> the government found out about the plot a month ago, followed it closely, and shut it down. it's time to get a first look at the forecast. chilly at least for my taste. especially where i'm coming from. >> you need sleeves. >> that's right. >> let's turn to tom kierein, we going chilly, cool, warm -- >> all of that. and welcome back, too. >> thank you very much, tom. appreciate it. >> it is on the cool side this morning. looking around the region, all these areas in green are generally in the 50s to low 60s. reagan national out in at 62. most of our suburbs now in fairfax, arlington, prince george's, montgomery counties now in the upper 50s. and it's in the low 60s parts of west virginia and on the eastern shore. and as we look at what's been happening the last 1 hours, we've had showers passing through the mountains moving southwest to northeast. they are continuing sort of on a conveyor belt out of kentucky into tennessee, much of west virginia. moving into western maryland, out in garrett, allegheny countys, getting light rain this morning. east of there, a mostly cloudy sky. a few breaks in the cloud cover. a lot of cloudiness. sunrise at 6:02. by mid morning, we ought to be in the mid 60s. by noontime, a lot of cloudiness, maybe a few peeks of sun and temperatures around 70 degrees. mid to a little afternoon we may see thunder and lightning. not severe weather thankfully. mid 70s mid-afternoon, dropping to near 70 at sunset, 8:08. i'll be back with another update at 4:41. danella's here with our tuesday traffic. good morning. good morning. taking branch avenue heading northbound at the beltway, we have police activity blocking all of your lanes now. there is a work-around in place, but you got to be aware of that and use caution. traveling on the beltway in prince george's county at kenilworth avenue, on the inner loop, only the right lane will get you by the roadwork there. on montgomery county avenue, we had roadwork set up. but it's clear. in fact, your travel speed on the outer loop, nice. driving 59 miles per hour, ten minutes to get from i-95 to i-270. back to you. >> thank you. new developments in decision 2012. rick santorum now endorsing his once-rival mitt romney. in an e-mail he urged supporters to join him in supporting romney. the support comes after the two met. in his message he reminded supporters of areas where he disagreed with romney during the primaries. he also said that he and romney agree that president obama must be defeated. president obama plans to lay out an election year to do list for congress today. he's pushing congress to eliminate tax incentives for companies that ship jobs overseas and new tax credits for small business small businesses and clean energy. the president will discuss the plan in new york and discuss about helping homeowners refinance on friday. he's said lawmakers have blocked his agenda even though millions of americans are out of work. mitt romney also talking economics and personally taking credit for the resurgence of the auto industry. the presumptive presidential nominee told a cleveland tv station he deserve a lot of credit for ushering companies through a managed bankruptcy. romney opposed the use of federal funds for a bailout. the president and others say taxpayer money was the only option. one of the women murdered inside an ellicott city church will be buried today. mourners will gather at the cathedral of incarnation in baltimore to remember mary marguerite cohn. on thursday, brenda brewington will be laid to rest in ellicott city. a homeless man gunned down the priest and church employee last thursday after he was turned away from the church's food bank. he then turned the gun on himself. in the john edwards campaign corruption trial, a former friend will retake the stand testifying for the prosecution. tim tobin described picking up edwards' pregnant mistress in the middle of the night. a long-time lawyer for aires bunny mellon testified his client gave thousands to edwards as a personal gift, not as a campaign contribution. after he testified, edwards whispered to his daughter, "it was a good morning for the home team." edwards denies the charges. prince harry accepted an award for his charitable work with wounded soldiers during a black tie event in d.c. news4 was there when the prince slipped out the back door of the ritz carlton downtown. he was at the 2012 atlantic council's annual awards dinner. he received the distinguished humanitarian leadership award, recognizing his charitable and humanitarian work. at the ceremony prince harry urged the british and americans to help wounded veterans. >> the very least we owe them is to make sure that they and their brave families they need through the darkest days. and in time, regain the hope and confidence to flourish again. >> earlier in the day, prince harry was at the british ambassador's residence to visit with wounded veterans who participated in last week's warrior games. that's the athletic competition for injured military members. he also helped plant a tree in honor of the visit and in honor of his grandmother's 60 years as the british monarch. this is the one that got away. the caps, seconds away from a win. instead they're heading home, down 3-2. >> score! >> the rangers scored less than two minutes into overtime to snatch the win away from washington. it was all set up by a high-sticking penalty against joel ward. the rangers used the power play to score with just six seconds left in the third and then again in overtime. ward, he took this loss pretty hard. >> no secret i -- you know, i cost the game for the squad. it came down to a couple of seconds, working, battling hard. just -- i take pride in being out there at that time and getting pucks out and doing my job. i didn't execute and, therefore, it cost the team the win. >> the caps come home for a must-win game six tomorrow night. puck drop at 7:30 at verizon center. >> you can't be a caps fan if you don't have a strong heart. they don't just lose, they completely -- we were winning with seven seconds left. >> on the flp side, the-- on th side, there are two games left. >> i'm not giving up hope. this is really hard. >> tomorrow they've got to win, game seven. >> yes. maybe. >> still potential, a possibility. >> and you know i'm going to say go, caps. it is 4:37. 61 degrees. ahead on "news4 today," we've seen the video of a maryland native held hostage. now hear what president obama is saying about the message from the man's captors. plus, not letting them get away with. it the trouble one would-be thief was in after swiping a phone on metro. a cloudy and cool start to the morning. welcome back. "i'll have another" is in baltimore preparing for his next race in baltimore. the 3-year-old colt won the derby by coming on strong at the end of the race and passing up the race favorite bodemeister. the next task for the horse and trainers, the preaknot on may 19. i'll have -- preakness on may 19. vile anoth i'll have another, another chance -- >> i'll have another. >> don't you love the names? very interesting. >> he'll have another win, thank you very much. >> exactly. 4:41. tom kierein's in storm center 4. tom? >> we have a few clouds this morning, but no travel problems weatherwise as you head off to work and school this morning. right now, looking at the view from space. with the radar, the areas in green are sprinkles of rain in the panhandle of west virginia, allegheny, washington counties in maryland, way out into northern west virginia. those will be passing west of the metro area. around washington, it's near the low 60s to upper 50s. and all around our region today, for your day planner, we will have our sunrise at 6:02. we might have sun in and out this morning through noontime. otherwise, a lot of cloudiness around. a cloudy afternoon. there's a small chance of a thunderstorm by 3:00. a much more -- greater chance, a likelihood in fact by late afternoon, 5:00, 6:00, :this evening that we'll likely have showers and thunderstorms around. a look at the rest of the week and weekend. looks like a nice weekend coming up. details in ten minutes. danella's coming up with traffic. good morning. still seeing the northbound lanes of branch avenue shut down at the beltway due to police activity. you do have a work-around in place. please use caution if this is your commute this morning. traveling on the outer loop of the beltway at braddock, we have a disabled vehicle there. but luckily, it's just in the shoulder lane. travel lanes are open. traveling on i-66, guess what -- i have your commute. it's coming up in exactly ten minutes. back to you. >> all right. thank you. it is 4:42 now. still to come this morning, dangerous driving. the factor that could put your teen at greater risk for an accident when they get behind the wheel. plus, ready to pay up. the settle. for several drivers who challenge their drunk driving [ female announcer ] with swiffer wetjet, cleaning better, doesn't have to take longer. i'm done. i'm going to... drink this... on the porch! ♪ give me just a little more time ♪ [ female announcer ] mops can be a hassle, but swiffer wetjet's spray cleaner and absorbent pads can clean better in half the time so you don't miss a thing. swiffer. better clean in half the time. or your money back. and for dry messes big and small try swiffer sweeper vac. 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[ cellphone rings ] everyone grows with miracle gro. the wrongful death trial focusing on a duck boat accident is sglournd way. new video showed during the trial shows one of the two tourist killed in a boatcident moments before the crash. the video shows the 16-year-old hungarian student through or life vest to a deck hand who jumped overboard a few seconds hit by a barge on the delaware river in philadelphia. a judge will now determine how much the two companies will pay for their roles in the collision. the trial expected to last about a month. the white house says it is concerned about a maryland man kidnapped in pakistan but says it does not and will not negotiate with al qaeda. the terrorist group released a video of warren weinstein from rockville. in it, the 70-year-old man said he would be killed if president obama did not agree to al qaeda's demands. white house spokesman jay carney said the administration condemns the kidnapping and called for weinstein's release. attorneys for two penn state administrators want charges against their clients dropped. the two are accused of lying to a grand jury and failure to report an alleged locker room assault by jerry sandusky. they say the charges should be dismissed because the statute of limitations has expired. the attorneys represent penn state's athletic director who is on leave and a fired vice president for business. they are making this new claim after the attorney general's office filed papers with the court saying the alleged attack took place in february of 2001 rather than march of 2002. the judge in the roger clemens perjury trial is asking both prosecutors and the defense to speed things up. the trial is already in its fourth week. prosecutors had said they might have star witness, brian mcnamee, testified today. now it looks like he won't make it until next week. a fire department says a local radio host who died stole half a million dollars from the department. drazey was a long-time personality in montgomery county and served as treasurer for middleburg's fire department. the department says drazey stole from the fund the last three years. he died of a gunshot wound april 16. investigators do not believe it was foul play. the embezzlement charges were disclosed in a news conference last night. today a group of lawyers will will go to court in hampton roads, virginia, to try to save a dog's life. a st. bernard named alchemy is scheduled to be euthanized for biting members of several foster families. the lawyers claim it's not the dog's fault, and the foster families provoked the animal. the lawyers are part of a group called the lexus project that defends animals in court cases. d.c. will pay out thousands to a handful of people who challenged their drunk driving convictions. the attorney general's office says the district will give four people $20,000. they were part of a group of 20 who said their convictions were based on breathalyzer scores from machines that were uncalibrated and, therefore, inaccurate. the other 16 cases are pending. last february police were ordered to stop using the machines because of those inaccurate test results. this morning a man could face charges in a bizarre incident following a crash in prince william county. chopper 4 flew over the scene last night. virginia state police say a car pulled out from the shoulder right into the path of a van near sudley in manassas. after the crash, the driver of the car apparently ran into traffic and jumped on four cars, even smashing the windshield of one. crews flew the man to the hospital. no one else was hurt in that incident. state police say they will release more information once the man is released from the hospital. metro says it now knows what caused some brake parts to fall off of trains causing major delays earlier this year. according to a report obtained by the "washington post," mechanical fatigue caused the friction rings to fall off those rail cars. metro says fatigue to the rings similar to a brake davie county a car caused them to -- brake davie county a car caused them to fail before their intended life span. one fell off damaging two cars and delaying service for hours on the orange and blue lines. another fell off in january near the stadium armory station. smartphones have become a big target for thieves on metro. but this morning, in a news4 exclusive, amazing video showing riders taking the matter into their own hands. it happened last month on the red line during the evening rush. check out the upper left of the platform. that apparently is the moment a thief snatches an iphone from a rider's hand. but as he is running from the station, angry passengers follow. they surround him, and when he tries to make another break, they get physical, wrestling him to the ground. ultimately police arrived to arrest the man. metros says thefts dropped 40% between 2010 and 2011. despite the good deed, metro prefers riders call police rather than take matters into their own hands. phillies pitcher coles ham ills is paying the price for welcoming brice harper to the big leagues. he is suspended for five games and will pay a fine for drilling harper in the back with a fastball in the game. hamills admitted that the pitch was intentional and just an old-school way to welcome the rooky to the majors. harper is taking the high road. >> you know, hamills threw a good game tonight. you got to give the props to him. he came out and threw the ball well. you know, there's -- nothing we can do about it. you know, we can't take anything away from him. he threw very well. he's an all-star. eight innings. you know, he really threw the ball well. >> the phillies -- phillies say they fully support the suspension and do not agree with how hamills handled that incident. i'm in that boat. i don't agree with it. i understand it's how they welcome the new guys in, but it's not high school. let's behave like adults. >> he could have gotten seriously injured, as well. >> exactly. >> good for bryce harper for being a gentleman about the whole thing. >> indeed. >> 4:51. time for weather & traffic on the 1s. rain headed our way? >> yes. for the commute, you won't need an umbrella. maybe when you're coming home from work and school, you may need an umbrella. there is the dry sky over the nation's capitol. a live view from our h.d. city camera. the washington monument, jefferson memorial, under a partly to mostly cloudy sky. reagan national, now at 62 degrees, rather humid. we've got a wind out of the south at about 15 miles per hour. that mild wind will warm us up. right now, low 60s to upper 50s through maryland, virginia, west virginia, and the eastern shore. much of the metro area, upper 50s to near 60. over the last 12 hours, all this area in moving color is rain. it's moving southwest to northeast. west virginia, far western maryland, pennsylvania. eventually the line, a frontal zone with waves of low pressure will move our way later this afternoon. hometown forecast, waldorf, charles county, in the upper 50s. and we'll have sun in and out this morning. by mid morning, the mid 60s. by noontime, a little sunshine. a lot of clouds, too, low 70s by then. clouding up during the afternoon. temperatures reaching mid to upper 70s. and by late afternoon there and earlier in the mountains, there will be rain moving in. and then maybe thunder and lightning, too, late afternoon into the evening. by late even, 60s. by dawn tomorrow, mid 60s. maybe a few brakes in the clouds tomorrow. more showers moving in during the afternoon and evening, especially areas east of i-95 tomorrow. thursday, friday, sunshine back. cool mornings, though. afternoon highs around 70. looks like a terrific weekend coming up. plan accordingly. saturday, sunny, into the low to mid 70s. partly cloudy. sunday, another delightful day. monday, a lot of clouds around. there's a small chance of a shower. i'll be back this ten minutes. danella's back with traffic. good morning. good morning. still watching branch avenue. northbound lanes shut down at the beltway. there is a work-around in place, but police activity for now blocking all of your northbound lanes. to i-66, we had roadwork. completely clear now. sudley eastbound, fairfax county parkway to the beltway, driving at 65 miles per hour. just 11 minutes to get to the beltway. and continuing inside the beltway, also had roadwork in this area. it's gone. here's a live look at glebe. your travel speed from the beltway to get here at glebe, 5 miles per hour. just a seven-minute drive. back to you both. >> thank you. a brand new study released this morning on teen driving points out what many parents already fear -- teens' chances of an accident dramatically increase when they're with young passengers. aaa researchers found a 16-year-old or 17-year-old driver's risk of death goes up 44% when they have just one passenger younger than 21 in the car. the risk doubles with two passengers. when an adult is in the car, the risk of an accident drops 62%. aaa says similar studies are more than a decade old, and its research used crash data from 2011 to 2010. part one of "the voice" finale saw memp rabble performances. america has a tough choice ahead. ♪ i believe i can fly >> the remaining four contestants, jermaine, tony, chris, and juliet sang solos and duets with their coaches. you can still vote for your favorite. voting is open now until 10:00 a.m. after you vote, make sure to log on to our "news4 today" facebook page and tell us who you think will win and who you want to win. the winner will be announced tonight during the finale. the show will feature more performances from the finalists as well as the coaches. and musical guest justin bieber, whoa, hall and oats, slow rider, and lady antebellum. a diverse mix of performances there. you can watch the big show at 9:00 right here on nbc 4. our own angie goff is live from los angeles. you can catch her live reports on news4 at 11:00. >> big fan of the biebs, huh? >> you know what, listen. i give props to justin bieber, what are we going to say? >> eun jamming out to justin bieber every day on the way to work -- >> my teenage pop music fan that i am -- not so much a secret anymore. thanks. five minutes before the top of the hour. do you have a long drive to work ahead of you? it could be taking a toll on your body. coming up, the risk you face for -- further you live from work. first, safety al the maker of the so-called pink slime plans to shut down three processing plants leaving 650 people without a job. beef products, inc., is closing plants in iowa, texas, and kansas. only its plant in nebraska will remain open. the company says it could not recover from a tax over how its lean, finely textured beef is made. many supermarkets and restaurants stopped buying the excess meat that's heated and treated with ammonium. the fda says it does not cause a health risk. a second company recalling dog food because of health concerns in south carolina. wellpet is recalling its wellness complete health super 5 mix for large breed puppies. the recall involves five ounce, 15 pound, and 30-pound bags. the bags have best buy date of january 9 through january 11, 2013. the company says it tests all of its food for salmonella prior to shipping and that tests on these bags came back negative. they say they're voluntarily recalling the food out of an abundance of caution. chrysler is recalling more than 127,000 vehicles. there are worries a fuse may overheat and cause loss of control in chargers and other vehicles.