were still able to make it up into the 70s with the warm northwesterly wind coming in right now about 12 miles per hour. take a look at the numbers around the region and look at the numbers to the south. fredericksburg, charlottesville, both coming in at 80 degrees. 73 in culpepper. 76 in la plata. up toward gaithersburg right now current temperature along 270, 72 degrees. up toward frederick, maryland, coming in right now at 70 degrees. so a very warm afternoon but it's not going to stay that way. we have our frontal boundary that's right on top of us right now. to the south of that front we're seeing some thundershowers around roanoke, richmond, and norfolk, all seeing some thunderstorms right now and some of those on the strong side. for us, we're not going to see any shower activity. what we are going to see though is the cooler air moving in from the north. it will be mild to start the evening down to about 63 degrees by 9:00. 58 by 11:00 but waking up the temperatures in the mid 40s. many of you will wake up to temperatures in the 30s. i'll let you know how long this cooler weather is going to stick around. it's going to be here for a little while. >> thank you, doug. victims of yesterday's violent storms that ripped through the dallas/ft. worth region are now surveying damage. >> as many as a dozen tornadoes left behind a trail of destruction. jay gray has more on the stories of survival. >> reporter: survivors are working through what is left of their homes and the shock of what has happened. >> i don't know if it has sunk in. >> reporter: miles of debris stretch out across dozens of neighborhoods in the dallas/ft. worth area. hundreds of homes and lives torn apart. but through the tears and all of the rubble there are amazing stories of survival. this is all that's left of chris wilson's home as he looks at the stairs that once led to a second floor. he can't help but think about what could have been. >> my wife could have been in the bedroom. you see it's gone. my son could have been upstairs in his room. that room is gone. >> reporter: but they are not. somehow no one was killed during the violent storms. >> everything worked in the city. the sirens worked. the early warnings worked. that's why i think everybody is alive today. >> reporter: including in at least two cases a couple best friends reunited with their owners. >> so glad to see you. i'm so worried about him. >> reporter: concern stretches across the region right now, frustrated residents still unable to return to their battered neighborhoods. >> we can't check out our house. why? >> reporter: officials say even though the skies are clear there is still a real danger in some of the hardest hit areas. >> we have to make sure safety is the first order. you have no power, limited utilities. there's not a lot that you can do at this point in time. >> reporter: even though there is so much to do to try and get things back to the way they were before the storms. all of this damage and debris is evidence that's going to take an awfully long time. in texas, jay gray, news 4. health care is a big issue in the upcoming election. even with insurance, seeing the doctor can be very expensive. today a group of medical experts unveiled a campaign to keep americans from spending too much on treatment that they may not need. brian mohr reports on a push to educate both doctors and patients. >> reporter: every year millions of americans pay the price for unnecessary medical treatment and a panel of national medical experts is trying to spread the word that safe is not always better than sorry. >> it turns out that's not true, that many of these tests and treatments have side effects, risks to patients, and are not necessary. >> reporter: nine organizations representing some 375,000 specialists are pinpointing over used tests and procedures such as ekgs and stress tests and imaging for headaches. >> they also can expose you to things that make the doctor think they need to have another test and another intervention, yet another intervention. >> it's a shocking amount. estimates are that as much as 30% of the health care performed doesn't contribute to people's actual health. >> reporter: some worry this is an effort to cut back on care. >> it becomes a concern, however, when those outside of the doctor/patient relationship, for example the government, start to use that information in ways that instead limits patient choice. >> reporter: but "consumer reports", which is part of the effort, says this is about empowering patients. >> they need to know both sides. we think when they know all of the information they'll be able to be just as involved in these decisions as the physicians. >> reporter: and an effort to treat patients and the health care system while doing no harm. each of the nine specialty groups has come up with a list of five key questions for patients and doctors. brian mohr, nbc news, washington. >> some examples are unnecessary ct scans. studies show brain scans do help the outcome of most patients who faint unless there is evidence of a seizure or other neurologic symptoms. now to the megamillions. earlier this week we told you of a baltimore woman's claims she has one of the three winning tickets in last week's record $640 million jackpot. >> well, today merlan wilson called for a press conference but when news 4 arrived she refused to talk. wilson is a mcdonald's employee. she and some co-workers went in on a lottery pool but she says she also bought separate tickets for herself. wilson claims it is one of the extra tickets that actually won. her co-workers meanwhile are crying foul. today she briefly defended herself but declined to answer any specific questions. >> you're wishing this would be over. >> i wish it would be over. >> do you have the ticket on you right now? where is the ticket? do have you anything to say to the other people that work with you? if it's their ticket? coming up tonight on news 4 at 5:00 we'll hear from wilson's attorney about why he is telling they should leave her alone. now for the latest in the presidential race tonight. it is almost as if the general election campaign is under way. republicans have not yet named their nominee but president obama and mitt romney are trading bars. steve handelsman reports. >> reporter: the day after his triple primary win that signals to many the end of the primary seas season, mitt romney went after his likely next opponent. >> this is not the time for president obama's hide-and-seek campaign. >> reporter: it was a personal attack. romney charged a deceptive president was unmasked when he told russia's medvedev he'd have more flexibility if re-elected. >> he doesn't want to share his real plans before the election. either with the public or with the press. by flexibility, he means that what the american public doesn't know won't hurt him. >> reporter: it sounded like pay back. president obama had mocked romney yesterday for backing the house gop budget. >> and he even called it marvelous. that's a word you don't often hear generally. >> reporter: that's a personal attack. >> he's painting romney i think as an efite northeasterner even though he was born in michigan who is out of touch with the rough-and-tumble of daily life. >> reporter: rick santorum's daily life for three more weeks will be in pennsylvania. his last shot is to dominate his home state primary, april 24th. >> we have to win here and we plan on winning here. >> reporter: as he tries, santorum seems short of being mostly ignored by mitt romney who is in general election mode, taking fire from barack obama and firing back. why get personal? if the november election is close, likability and trust could determine who wins. i'm steve handelsman, news 4. in maryland a hotly contested house race is now set for this fall. businessman john delaney won the democratic primary for district 6. he'll face long-time congressman roscoe bartlett. the republican is fighting to keep his seat for an 11th term in the house, redistricting changed district 6 and could favor a large portion of montgomery county, which traditionally votes democratic. in d.c. the democratic at large council race is too close to call right now. incumbent vincent orange leads the challenger by just 523 votes. about 3800 absentee ballots still need to be counted. those results may not be in until next friday, april 13th. a school that provides medical and health care training closed all its campuses in northern virginia without any warning. a.c.t. college operated for 30 years. as julie carey reports, students and teachers are shocked and demanding answers. >> reporter: crushing news hit aaron as he arrived for class this morning at a.c.t. college. he enrolled three weeks ago with hopes of becoming a dental assistant but this letter from the college president informed him the health sciences college had abruptly closed. >> i have no idea what is going on. i just showed up today and see you guys here and was told that school is being closed and so now i'm going to try and find out, what do i have to do with the loans, the grants that i just got? you know, where am i going to go to school now? this wasn't my future. >> reporter: a for profit institution a.c.t. college has ybanez round for about three decades and has three locations in manassas, fairfax county, and roslyn. they train students to become medical and dental assistants and radiologists. now more than 500 students and faculty are in sudden limbo. teachers haven't been paid in weeks. the letter from a.c.t. college president jeff moore blames the u.s. department of education for withholding funds after an audit revealed problems at the school. the student council president doesn't buy the explanation. >> well, the current explanation we have is just a letter that's been drafted by the president of the college, a man who obviously doesn't care enough to be here to give us the news himself. i am very skeptical about the information he has provided. >> reporter: students are worried especially about whether the course credits they've earned here will transfer elsewhere. and some have financial aid packages totaling as much as $15,000. they don't know what will happen with those either. there are few direct answers about that in this letter to them from a.c.t. college president jeff moore. he concludes his letter by writing, we sincerely regret having to close our doors but are left with no other choice given the circumstances. in manassas, julie carey, news 4. meanwhile the school says it will try to provide information to help students complete their studies. when we come right back on news 4 at 4:00 ryan gosling is a real-life action hero. how the actor saved a woman's life in new york. ♪ ♪ >> and america saved her from going home from "the voice." now maryland's erin willett reveals what we'll hear next from her. crispy chicken three cheeses ♪ >> and the commercial that launched a social media firestorm. we'll tell you why this ad is so controversial and why that's not the reason burger king pulled the reason b[ woman ]g pulled when my asthma symptoms returned my doctor prescribed dulera to help prevent them. 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[ bird chirps ] ♪ ♪ ♪ two aspiring stars from our area. one gets to stay. the other gets sent home. >> moses stone and erin willett have been representing our area and doing it very well this season on "the voice." >> but last night was the end of the road for one of them. angie goff has more now with a recap of last night's results show. >> hi, jim and barbara. yeah. it was a bitter sweet night. moses stone, a native of laurel, maryland traded in his rapper style for something softer this week. but it did not get enough votes to keep him around. >> here we go. in no particular order, america's first save is erin willett. >> that's gaithersburg native erin willett on the other hand who sailed through to the next round thanks to america's votes. she is now just one of four contestants left on blake shelton's team. erin dedicated her performances on "the voice" to her father who passed away during the battle rounds. today we had a chance to catch up with her out in los angeles to check how things are going as the competition moves forward. >> i just was so shocked and so thankful for anyone who voted. it was crazy. but i'm really excited to come back and show, you know, another side of me. i think that i've kind of stuck to this like motown groove that i've, you know, i did "i want you back" and "living for the city" the other night and i'm excited to maybe do something contemporary. >> you're going to have a chance to hear that in two weeks when erin sings again. meanwhile, next week it's team cee lo and team adam's turn and catch all the action next monday at 8:00 p.m. on monday and on tuesday at 9:00 p.m. the night of the results show right here on nbc 4. back to you. >> very exciting. >> she was great. >> she sure was. >> she is getting a lot of requests, what kind of lip stick is she wearing? her lips are famous. >> and a whole new hair-do. she looked fabulous. >> she did. she has the iconic look. >> already. >> there are t-shirts already being made. >> thank you. ryan gosling to the rescue. a british woman says the actor saved her life in the busy streets of new york city. >> gosling apparently stopped her from getting struck by a taxi cab yesterday. the woman broke the news on twitter today where she declared gosling to be her hero. other people on twitter were quick to mention how jealous they were of her bizarre celebrity encounter. well, levi johnston is about to become a father again. >> johnston first became well known you'll remember during the 2008 presidential race when sarah palin became john mccain's runningmate. palin's daughter bristol was pregnant at the time with johnston's child. well, they were engaged twice but broke it off both times. their son tripp is three years old now and johnston's current girlfriend is expecting a child. they've been dating about 16 months. singer/actress hillary duff has some baby pictures she is sharing with the world. >> baby luca is just two weeks old. duff posted this picture of her blue-eyed baby boy to her twitter followers. >> this is duff's first child with husband mike connery, a former professional hockey player. the two have been married about two years now. the former lizzie mcguire star announced her pregnancy last august on her facebook page. well it's candid camera with a twist. betty white's new show "off their rockers" makes the season premiere tonight here on nbc 4. >> she still has it going strong. this is hysterical. white sends a fearless band of seniors to the streets to pull hilarious sometimes shocking pranks on the younger generation. the stunts, candid moments, and priceless reactions are all captured by, you guessed it, hidden cameras. betty white is the star and executive producer of the show. >> there are a whole group -- i have a whole posse of people who are just marvelous. they carry on these conversations and, oh, they don't realize of course they're being overheard. but they conveniently make sure that that young person accidently hears them and it's great fun i think. >> oh, hi there. >> conveniently. yes. however, white says the stunts are not mean-spirited in any way, just funny. "off their rockers" premieres tonight at 8:00 right here on nbc 4. >> looks like it's going to be fun. >> it does. >> can't wait for that. the official announcement came today. ryan seacrest is coming to nbc but maybe not in the way some people were expecting. >> months ago rumors began swirling that seacrest might replace matt lauer on the "today" show. this morning matt came right out and asked him about his plans. >> i've worked with the e network for years and they're the same family and so the plan is for me to join the nbc family and continue to have a role at the e! network. the first assignment will be to join the primetime team for the olympics on nbc. >> there you have it. ryan seacrest in london with nbc at the summer olympics. as for matt lauer's future there is less than a year left on his contract but he and nbc are reportedly close to a deal on a new contract. >> an interesting exchange. the back and forth between the two. wasn't it? i don't think ryan saw it coming. though he was good on his feet. up next on news 4 at 4:00 ever heard the customer is always right? of course. dominos seems to disagree. why the pizza chain is telling its customers no. plus, a movie that changed her life forever. why kate winslet says watching "titanic" makes her cringe. temperatures are well above average today but don't expect it to last. turned out to be nice out there. is it still nice? >> it is beautiful. even with the cloud cover. temperatures are still in the mid 70s. >> loving it. >> wouldn't it be great if this was going to last until, well, until maybe next year at this time. unfortunately i don't think we'll see that last any time soon. we are going to see changes. take a look right now. just a beautiful day. yes, we have seen the cloud cover across the area but now the sun trying to break out across parts of the region as well. that sun helping to warm things up just a little bit today. temperatures in the 70s everywhere. current temperature right now at the airport 73 degrees. winds out of the northwest at about 12 miles per hour under these mostly cloudy skies. take a look at the numbers all around the region. nobody in the 60s. everybody in the 70s. frederick the coolest number at 70 degrees. but look in fredericksburg. 80 degrees. 80 in charlottesville. 73 in culpepper. 77 in la plata. down toward pax river. so a very, very warm afternoon. it's going to be a nice, warm evening, too. then we'll start to see some changes. still a lot of shower and thunderstorm activity. some of which just down to the south, just down to our south around cincinnati down toward raleigh and norfolk. that storm system that brought dallas the big time storms yesterday is now making its way across the area. the biggest storms now across the gulf and then back here in toward the high plains. no real severe weather. nothing like what we saw during the day yesterday. and notice this right here. this is actually a cold front that's going to bring down that colder air overnight tonight. here's what's happening around our region. a few showers and thunderstorms that i think will clip our southwestern viewing area down around maybe shenandoah county, rockingham and maybe around charlottesville. maybe as far north as culpepper but i expect most of us if not all of us to remain on the dry side. charlottesville, like i said, it could be you. most of us will stay dry for the rest of the evening and i think we're looking at a very nice evening. that cold front right now draped right across the area but you wouldn't know it by the temperatures. warm tempe