>> reporter: wine nans knew not only of houston's struggles but her faith. >> we sang together "i go to the rock" and it is that rock of salvation, that rock, that faith that we have in jesus that sustains us during times like this. >> reporter: meanwhile in los angeles, the county coroner's office has issued speeches to houston's doctors and medical providers. they are seeking pharmacy and you medical records, standard procedure in death investigations but results of toxicology tests are still weeks away. they will determine whether prescription drugs found in houstons ahotel room were a factor in her death, yet even with that question unanswered, the white house's drug czar says houston's admitted struggles with substance abuse represent a teachable moment. >> when the cdc calls it a public health epidemic, i mean, it is very clear that we have to deal with this. >> reporter: one source of consolation -- >> i really do miss whitney. >> reporter: -- in a time of grief. mark barger, nbc news. meanwhile, houston's ex-husband, bobby brown, issued a statement today regarding the health of houston's daughter. the statement said, in part, "bobbie christina is doing much better after being taken to the hospital on sunday. "bobbi kristina who is 18 is houston's only child. after seven days of sometimes graphic testimony, the prosecution rested its case this afternoon in the trial of a former university of virginia lacrosse player charged with the murder of yeardley love. now it is the defense's turn. george huguely is accused in the beating death of his ex-girlfriend in may of 2010. earlier today, huguely's teammate was among the final witness for the prosecution. ken clausen said that huguely's mood changed dramatically the night love was found dead and he said he had a blank stare on his face. other friends and teammates testified that huguely was drinking heavily around that same time. the prosecution is trying to convince the jury that huguely had a violent encounter with love in his apartment -- in her apartment. she played for the women's lacrosse team. julie carrie will have the latest in a live report from charlottesville, virginia, on the news at 5:00. after moments of angry party line bickering, it appears it is a bipartisan deal up on capitol hill to extend the payroll tax cut and extra jobless benefits. republicans backed off their demand for spending cuts to match those tax cuts. steve handlesman has the latest. >> reporter: if the payroll tax deal holds on capitol hill it is a win for president obama and the middle class. >> this tax cut means that the typical american family will see an extra $40 in every paycheck this year. and that's gonna help speed up this recovery. >> reporter: republican leaders tried to spin the deal as their win. >> we were not gonna allow the democrats to continue to play political games and raise taxes on working americans. >> reporter: but the president in which is today was celebrating more good economic news. a bump in u.s. manufacturing, his rising popularity forced gop lawmakers to back down and make the tax deal. >> republicans saw that in december when they held out for spending cuts, resisted that payroll tax extension. they were pounded for blocking a tax cut for every american. >> reporter: the tentative deal would keep payroll tax rates at 4.2% for all of 2012. with no spending cuts like republicans demanded and no tax hikes on the rich, the democrats demanded. so, it adds $100 billion to our deficit. and on the linked issue of extended jobless benefits, unemployment gets cut from 93 weeks to 73 weeks in hard-hit states, 63 weeks in the rest. senators who worked for months without a bipartisan deal on anything major are relieved. >> congress is not enjoying such a great reputation and here's the opportunity to reach an an agreement to show we can get our work done. >> reporter: president obama says he will sign the payroll tax cut extension as soon as it passes. republican leaders hope that will be this week but tea party lawmakers who came here to cut spending and cut the deficit complained this deal does neither. i'm steve handlesman, news4, capitol hill. no ral loin wall street today. the three major indices all ended the day in the red. the dow had its worst day since december 28th of the last year. the nasdaq and s & p 500 also closed in negative territory. clear skies all day today but don't get used to it, folks. >> no. >> is going to change tomorrow. >> when is it gonna rain? storm 4 meteorologist veronica johnson joins us now with news about the weather. >> and that's right. we are talking about some rain again. not any snow, just rain. we have got, once again, a break in the cloud cover and feeling really nice outside again today. it has been a broken record all winter long. just how good it feels, we are at 53 now. look at the current temperature, wind out of the north-northwest at 8 miles per hour. throughout the area, up one to three degrees higher than we were yesterday. down south, culpepper, virginia, fredericksburg, 57 degrees, go up to the north, 48 to a rally, 43, german town, kensington, rockville and wheaton, 53 in prince georges county, new carrollton and adelphi, maryland. all right. a break in the cloud cover, but guess what, the clouds are going to be moving back in throughout the overnight period. as you heard jim say talking about rain in the area. the rain establishing itself while off to the west and down to the south, as a matter of fact there are some big storms down to the south, so what are we going to get here? details on that in a couple of minutes. at least for your good night forecast, we will be dry. we will dip down to 47 degrees by 7:00, 46 by 9 p.m. with a partly cloudy sky by that time. sun sets today at 5:45. by 11:00, only down to 43. not going to be that bad at all, temperatures during the evening hours. so, we have got one storm system here to talk about tomorrow and the potential of a bigger storm, possibly a coastal storm coming our way this weekend. i will give you the time and the details on that, jim in a few minutes. >> all right. we will see you then, veronica. thank you. friends and family of a fallen alexandria paramedic are paying their final respects today. joshua wiseman died in the line of duty last week when he fell nearly 20 feet from an overpass on i-395. news4's megan mcgrath has more now on how the community is honoring him. >> reporter: alexandria's fire stations are draped in black bunting, a sign of mourning for a fallen comrade. joshua wiseman will be laid to rest on thursday. visitation is from 5 p.m. to midnight tonight so that wiseman's colleagues may attend. firefighters from neighboring jurisdictions will staff the fire houses for a 48-hour period. the different fire departments regularly work together so they are already familiar with alexandria's operations. >> the individuals coming into the city of alexandria know the city. they know the protocols, they know the channels, all of our radios are co s are compatible other and they will be operating on our channels with our dispatchers through our 911 center. >> reporter: thousands of firefighters are expected to attend the services. 200 fire trucks will take part in the procession there will be extensive rode closures and congestion. people not attending are asked to avoid the area between the everley wheatley funeral home. between 1 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. wednesday, closures will affect the following streets --. alexandria schools will close early on thursday, including -- tonight's viewing is expected to have a big impact on rush hour traffic. motorists are asked to avoid the area around the funeral home. that's the 1500 block of west braddock road. in alexandria, megan mcgrath, news4. a college campus is rocked by a massive early morning drug bust. officers arrested 17 students at texas christian university. that's in fort worth, texas, today. four of those students are on the football team. police say during a six-month investigation, the students sold pot, cane, ex-stas circumstance acid, prescription painkillers and other drugs undercover officers. investigators trying to figure out how or if the students are working together. more arrests are possible. we are just getting started here on news4 at four, the top dog at this year's westminster has plenty of hair. the backstory on this furry friend there is a face under there. 400 shades of lipstick contains small amounts of lead. liz crenshaw joins us to explain. michaele salahi starr ♪ oh, baby give me one more chance ♪ >> maryland's own erin willett, we told you about the soulful singer from gaithersburg yesterday on news4 at 4. on monday, she sang her way to a spot on the hit nbc show "the voice." but the audition didn't come without a major challenge for willett. she learn herd father had pancreatic cancer just before auditioning. her dad was able to cheer her on throughout her performance but not long after that taping, he lost his battle with cancer. >> probably the most nervous about seeing my father on tv, knowing that he has already passed away. i'm so glad he was there for t and, yeah, i got a little angel on my shoulder for the rest of the show. so, i got a little -- i'm one up on everybody else, i think. >> yeah, she has a lot of people rooting for her. chuck willett was once the voice of a d.c. oldies band. his daughter says she has drawn much of her inspiration for singing from him and you can watch "the voice" on mondays, 8:00, right here on nbc. michaele salahi, remember that name? she has some sharp, biting things to say about her estranged husband, tarik. >> many people got to know the salahis through the white house gate crashing episode and the reality show, "real housewives of d.c." but they split back in d.c. when michaela left tarik for journey guitaric, neil schonn. this morning on "today," she spoke about why she felt compelled to end that marriage. >> had gotten -- our relationship was very controlled by tarik and anyone that watched the show or even spent 24 hours with tarik and i knew where i had come from and what i had been through. there wasn't a time, you know, that's one of the things through the real housewives that they kind of joked about, they couldn't get to have lunch without him right there. and what he did was push me away. when there's control or abuse or hurting someone mentally and that, you know, on someone, it's not love. >> michaele salahi stars in a new music video for the journey single "resonate", the video was leased late monday, the same day tarik salahi filed a $50 million slaw suit against neil schonn claiming emotional distress and other issues. >> i'm going to go out on a limb and say that video is not going to make $50 million. >> interesting if he gets it. a peek his was crowned top dog at the westminster dog show. >> he brought it with a lot of fur. check this out, 4-year-old malachi won the coveted best in show prize last night in new york, wowing the judges with his flowing locks and that smushed face. this morning, he appeared on the "today" show after the big win. his handler says both he and his furry friend are still soaking in the news. >> how did you celebrate the big win? >> well, a lot of champagne. >> for you or for malachi? >> for me and my friends and the other owners. we had a big party after dog show. >> his handler says malachi has taken home 115 best in show titles, wow, and he is now retiring from the competitive world, competition, that is, to enjoy the relaxing life as a house pet. we learned he is also going to be kind of studded out, right? >> i wonder how relaxing will that be for him? you never know. >> living it up. the man who created the tv show "the simpsons" is honored with a star on the hollywood walk of fame. matt groening created the snow 1989. he was honored yesterday in los angeles. hank azar yark the voice of moe, joined in the ceremony along with yeardley smith t is the longest running animated series in television history. it will air its 500th episode on sunday. >> the faces behind the voices still going strong. >> greet see them. something many women put on every single day lipstick. the latest testing on lipstick shows popular brands can contain traces of lead. >> liz crenshaw is here now with what this means for consumers, a lot of people talking about this today, liz. >> both got it on. >> both have our lipstick. you don't have your lipstick. >> not today. >> reports about leaded lipstick are not new and the food and drug administration still does not set limits for lead in cosmetic bus what the agency did this time around is taken a expanded look at lipsticks. the fda tested 400 lipsticks. it found traces of lead at an average of 1.1 part per million. close to an average recorded during the fda's previous testing in years past. the top five worst offenders on the list are mabel lean's color sensational pink petal, lore yale's color rich volcanic, nars semimatte red lizard. ruby remix from hughes and rounding up the top five, nars semimatte funny face. lead in lipstick is not new. the campaign for safe cosmetics has long asked the fda to set lead limits for lipstick. the fda says it does not consider the lead levels found in lipsticks to be a safety concern. for a list of all 400 lipsticks that it did test, go to our website, nbcwashington.com and search lipsticks. so, again, fda does not consider this to be a threat. other consumer groups say, you know what lead lipsticks on the mouth not a good idea. >> tested 400. who knew that there were that many colors. >> the brighter colors they were talking about? >> a question of the deeper colors, the brighter colors. fda did not make an assessment of that but said we are looking at it, we don't think it is a safety concern, but i think we will hear more about this. >> thank you, liz. >> thank you. >> thanks. coming up on news4, a local military spouse receives a valentine's day makeover. here's before. we are going to show you the after, coming up next. plus, police dash cam videos released on the arrest of singer randy travis, why he was so upset with the officer. and for all of your news, be sure to follow news4 online, search nbc washington on facebook and twitter. yesterday on news4 midday, it was a special valentine's salute for a special group of women. they are wives of soldiers and marines treated at local military hospitals. this he received flowers and gift bags for their courage during the challenging times. the gifts included a head-to-toe makeover from neiman marcus, bobbie brown cosmetics i and a local salon. heather is one of the makeover winners our cameras followed along yesterday she got a new hairstyle, makeup done and picked out a brand-new outfit she returned to our studio this morning for the big reveal. here she is. heather, how do you like it? >> i love t. >> you look fantastic. >> thank you. hart. d >> what did your husband say? >> he was excited. he loves shorter hair, excited to see that he loves my red hair, very relieved and please they had didn't take away from that. >> heather is from minneapolis. her husband, corporate mark letenski lost both legs and an arm after stepping on a landmine in afghanistan in 2010. heather says he is doing better now and thriving. and so is she. tomorrow on news4 midday we will show you the results of another makeover, on news4 midday at 11:00. >> love seeing makeovers. >> bryants that screen. love her beautiful red hair. >> same thing i was going to say. >> even though she didn't have to be changed it changed her on the inside. felt better about herself and her husband was excited. >> good for the new year. right. well, wither not maybe getting overly excited right now. >> uh-huh. there. is a slight possible that we could be looking the a coastal storm this weekend, what might bring a little bit of snow to the area. >> really? >> on guard, watch it as it develops the next couple of days but for today, we have got a lot of sunshine throughout the area. you probably have been loving the temperatures. we have been in the low 50s today, very light wind out of the northwest. and we are talking about some cloud cover that's going to be moving into the area and we are talking about rain possibilities for tomorrow. so, let's go ahead and take a look at things. for some reason there, we got a little bit of a glitch here on the computer system, let see if i can get it to catch up real quick for you you temperatures in the 50s throughout the area. step over to the weather computer here and see what could possibly be going on. we are in the 50s again, clouds will be on the increase and as far as tomorrow morning goes, i do think that tomorrow morning, we will be looking at some dry conditions across the area, with rain developing probably around the tail end of the morning rush. so, as far as the overnight period goes, we are going to be dipping on down into the upper 40s to low 40s throughout the area there is a look, 39 to 40 degrees at 5 and 7 a.m. so for the area right now, we are dry. we have got some showers are developing off to the west, around ohio, and around kentucky. you can see it there. cincinnati, a little wet. memphis, tennessee, too, a bit wet and big storms down south around louisiana and eastern texas. so, that's where the storm system will be coming from, down through the deep south and around the gulf coast states, so that area of low pressure very quickly moving in. may have a sprinkle or two around the area early part of the day tomorrow. then that area of low pressure comes in and we are wet for the evening rush tomorrow. we are not going to get a lot out of this weather system, probably only .1 of an inch of rain, out of here by friday morning early. the way it is looking now for our next weather system. we have got some clear skies, a nice evening, 45 to 49 degrees, northwest wind, 10 to 15 miles an hour. tomorrow morning, mostly cloudy, nice start. you will need the umbrella, 42 to 49. cloudy with periods of rain, mainly light, 47 to 52 degrees. wet weather for tomorrow but we are just talking about rain. friday right now looking dry with sunshine, the early part of the weekend, too dry with sunshine, but again, right now, there's a 50% chance that we could see a coastal storm around the area on sunday with a little bit of rain changing over to possibly snow. another citizscenario gives us snow. i will explain on the next weather hit what is happening on the two scenarios, the way it is looking for the weekend. >> we have had it so easy. keep us on our toes. keeps us in weather on our toes. >> not a real winter yes. just a little bit. when we come back on news4 at 4:00 this afternoon, a royal treat. the famous couple is becoming a doll now. plus, betsy johnson is known for her outrageous clothes. today, we hit the cat walk with the designer and her new and welcome back at 4:30. i'm jim handly. i'm barbara harrison in for pat lawson muse. and here's what's happening right now. medical records and pharmacy records have now been subpoenaed from whitney houston's doctors. the l.a. county coroner's office says that is standard procedure for any death investigation. meanwhile, reverend marvin wine nans who presided over houston's marriage to bobby brown will deliver her eulogy. houston's funeral will be held on saturday. in charlottesville, the prosecution reds the case today against george huguely, the former uga lacrosse player charged with murdering his ex-girlfriend, yeardley love. today, his teammates testified that his demeanor changed the day love was found dead and he began drinking heavily. the defense begins presenting its case in the afternoon. after months of angry party line bickering, there is a deal on capitol hill to extend the payroll tax cuts and job benefits. republicans backed off their plan to