cornell is accused of having inappropriate contact with a 14-year-old student. been on leave since february mt. a woman will need extensive plastic surgery, a dog bit her lips off on rose theater circle in olney. tracee wilkins talked with neighbors. >> reporter: neighbors tell me she is called the dog whisperer of the neighborhood. she has such a good relationship with the animals that if someone is having a problem with their dog, that is who they take the animal to see. now, she is recovering from an unexpected dog attack. this olney suburb is the perfect neighborhood for dog lovers. >> almost every single house has a dog or two. >> reporter: part of the reason so many people here are shocked by yesterday's dog attack. he saw the woman who was attacked. >> i saw a young lady sitting on the grass and two other people helping her out she was bleeding around her face. >> reporter: animal control officials say a 24-year-old woman was walking her parents rottweiler when the dog attacked the neighbor. everyone involved lives in the neighborhood, they all know one another. >> the neighbor i saw helping her out was really stressed out and she -- i was looking at her face, i recognized her, i knew something was terribly wrong. >> reporter: animal control officials say the woman was severely injured, will require a number of plastic surgeries to correct the damage done. the incident has left people who live here wondering how this will now impact this dog-lovers paradise. >> we are dog lovers, when something like that happens, when look at ourselves and say my dog would never do that, but there are certain breeds that do stuff like that. >> reporter: montgomery county animal control will be investigating to try to figure out exactly what led to the attack. in the meantime, the dolg is now restricted to the homeowner home it can go outside to relieve itself and then back in the house. no visiting public spaces. that is going to be the deal over the next ten days or at least until the investigation is wrapped up. in olney tracee wilkins, news4. a group of animal lovers are asking maryland governor to reverse a maryland court ruling that deemed all pit bulls as dangerous. the baltimore sun votes groups are calling the governor to ask him to override the decision. the ruling means people attacked by pit bulls longer have to prove prior violent behavior. owners are liable for damages. a landlord is also liable if the attack happens on their property. taking a look outside, cloudy, dark morning, later wet weather, we think is on the way. let's ask tom kierein about that. >> tlas good chance by later this afternoon, the sky is dark we had shafts of sunlight from time to time, areas south and ooe east of washington. generally in the 70s eastern shore, areas in southern maryland, in virginia from fredericksburg south, but farther north the areas in green in the 60s, north and west of washington, reagan national is at 70 degrees and view from space with the radar over the last 12 hours showing a lot of rain passing north of washington this morning, beginning to take a bit of a jog farther to the east now, and the radar showing the leading edge of any rain is in the shenandoah valley, northern prince william, drifting north and east, loudon county, no thunder and lightning yet, that may develop around the metro area by later this afternoon. so, have an umbrella handy for the next several hours, rain and maybe thunder and lightning by late afternoon as temperatures hit the 70s. overnight tonight, more rain, we'll look at that and big change for the end of the week in the weekend and just a few minutes. barbara? >> all right, tom, we'll see and hear you in a few minutes. here is traffic. >> you'll see delays in both directions on the red lines. over to the roadway, northbound in third street tunnel an accident blocking the left center lane, this is as you approach massachusetts avenue, please use caution if you're traveling in the third street tunnel. i-66 things look good. yesterday road work taking away the left lane, right now 59 miles per hour, 11 minutes from the fairfax county lin to the belt way. a woman is behind bars gloria mcmillan hit and killed shelinda arrington with her suv. she had been on the run until last night. one driver's strange behavior in manassas. corbin shannon faces four charges including reckless driving, virginia state police say shannon was driving the honda suv that you see there, police say when he pulled out from the shoulder, right in the path it caused a crash right there. after the crash witnesses told police shannon ran in traffic and jumped on four cars, even smashing the windshield of one of them. he was taken to the hospital and held overnight for observation. police have ruled out alcohol and drugs as a factor in this case. d.c. will pay out thousands of dollars to a handful of people who challenged their drunk driving convictions. four people will receive $20,000 each. they were part of a group of 20 that said their convictions were based on breathalyzer scores from machines that weren't calibrated correctly and therefore, inaccurate. the other 16 cases are still pending. last february, police were ordered to stop using those machines because of the inat rat test results inaccurate. the one that got away. what looked like a sure win now sets up a must-win for the caps. the rangers -- yep, the rangers did tie the game at 2 with six seconds left to send the game in overtime. then less than two minutes in the extra frame, new york strikes again to earn an i amprobable 3-2 win. the puck drops at 7:30 on nbc sports network tomorrow night. eight minutes after 11:00, same plot, new threat, how terrorists are changing their tactics to bring down an american jetliner. a new report that could have you keeping a close eye on who gets in the car with your teen. this morning, we're remembering the author of one of greatest childrens books of all g[ male announcer ] are you all paying more and more for cable and enjoying it less and less? 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>> thanks, melissa. one time rivals are now allies in decision 2012, rick santorum is now endorsing mitt romney. the two clashed on various issues earlier this year during the primaries. s santaram urged supporters to support romney. polls in west virginia are open now until 7:30 this evening. two new polls show the race between president obama and mitt romney virtually a dead-heat at this time. the 12 swing states surveyed by galop and usa today, the president edged out romney 47 to 45%, with 4 point margin for error. in march the president held a nine point lead and a politico poll shows romney with the one point lead over the president. >> the senate will vote on plan to keep interest rates on federal student loans from doubling july 1st. democrats want to pay for the freeze with a tax hike to social security and medicare payroll taxes for privately owned companies. republicans are demanding a vote on their own alternative. it would also freeze interest rates for a year but money would come from eliminating preventive health program. allowing interest rates to double would cost the average student about $1000 more over the life of the loan. tom is going to talk about the weather. we might see more rain out there today, is that right? >> we need it, we do have a gray sky, we had a lot of cloudiness around this morning, around dawn we had quite a bit of sunshine breaking out just south and east of washington it's rather sunny but right over the metro area, it's all cloudy, that is a live view overlooking the potomac river. reagan national, a few thin spots on the cloud cover at 70. a rather brisk breeze coming in from the south off the river at 15, 20 miles an hour. elsewhere under the clouds, north and west of washington just in the mid 60s, most locations, south and east where the sun shines out, beginning to climb in the low 70s. this area will probably have the highest temperatures in the upper 70s, southern maryland, fredericksburg, charlottesville, most areas west of i-95 are cloudy. from space, the break of the clouds south and east, but the cloud area is hanging in. getting light showers in the shenandoah valley, nomoving fro the southwest to the northeast, embedded waves of low pressure slowly drifting our way but the clo closest rain in loudon county, l is heavier rain but not heavy in the shenandoah, allegheny and garrett county. that will continue to advance through during the afternoon from time to time, maybe thunder and lightning, too. of we have temperatures likely reaching upper 70s, southern maryland, low to mid 70s around the metro area, southerly breeze to 20 miles per hour. then this evening, you need an umbrella, flashes of lightning, temperatures near 70 at sunset, 8:08, by midnight to the mid 60s. over the next 48 hours, this area of color the zone of potential rain, looks like heavier rain to the north at northeast of washington but likely get enough rain, a quarter half an inch by the time it tapers off by late evening, this moving color is potential rain. then as we get in wednesday in the morning, might have some low clouds, drizzle around and maybe a few breaks in the clouds but during the afternoon, a chance for more showers to more through, and that area of rain will move east and by late on wednesday night, we will begin to clear out and have sunshine back on thursday. so a couple days with rain, we certainly do need it, like to make up the deficit, will likely reach 70s tomorrow and maybe a few sprinkles in the morning, showers in the afternoon and in the early evening on wednesday. thursday and friday, sun back, chilly in the mornings, near 50, afternoon highs near 70. in the weekend, saturday, bright and sunny, chilly in the morning in the 40s, afternoon highs in the mid 70s. then sunday, partly cloudy, another beautiful day, looks nice as we get in the weekend. first part of next week might get showers on monday. now, last week i traveled to alex andrea and visited the mount vernon community school. they have over 100 second graders, i want to thank christina connelly for the invitation to talk to the students. we had a great time talking about weather, it was a lot of fun. thank you, tom. let's check the midday traffic with danella. >> good news, northbound third street tunnel had a crash at mass avenue, that is clear. germantown, traffic lights are out at clopper and warring station road. over to i-270, this is the commute this morning, make your way from germantown to the beltway, both directions no issues to report, you're absolutely free of incidents and accidents at this time. over to i-95 in occoquan, no issues, northbound at 62 mississippi, jumiles per hour. 19 minutes after 11:00. still ahead on news4 midday, celebrity style and volume. prince harry visits dc to be awarded for his work with wounded warriors. >> here is . you're watching news4 midday. look in any celebrity magazine and you will see the hair styles that many of us aspire to have but celebrities have normal hair too, they benefit from having stylists who can transform hair in those kardashian volume hair-dos look like they have been in the salon all day, probably have. a lot of the magic has to do with hair extensions, michelle elizabeth, joins us with a look at some of the options available. welcome. good to have you with us. >> glad to be here. >> how did you get interested in extensions? >> it started out because i had damaged my hair for years by color orri colororing it, and i asked my stylist what to do, she said go back to the natural head color and cut it off and get healthy again. and after i had my haircut, i realized i could not live without longer hair. i was so used to having long hair. >> it is the style these days. >> it is. >> so we discussed the different methods of hair extensions, most all of them are damaging and take quite a long time to have them put in. >> you brought some things that this is something you have done in a salon? >> absolutely. these actually have glue on the tips, they are used -- it kind of looks like a flat iron. >> hold it up so the camera can see it. they take these glued by the tips. >> they glu defrn them on sections of the hair and that is done in rows and layers through the air. >> you brought something else here as well. >> this is just a straight weft which they sew in your hair. >> your hair will hold? >> they do a braid that goes across the back and take a curved needle and literally sew them in your hair. >> how many hours does that -- >> they can take up to six to eight hours. >> to do a full head of hair. >> you have several others. these are what? >> these are clip-ones, the clip-ons are most generally used for women who want to do this by themselves and take a less expensive way than going to a salon. but they are very time-consuming, it takes a lot of if i necessafinesse and you e them to stick. >> you brought models with you. let's look at model, they appear to have long hair, they really don't have long hair. >> can you toss your heads around. let's see, can you take that hair off to see how easy it is to come off? >> ja >> one is wearing two. they are non-damaging, they go in and out in seconds. >> let's see you put them back on while you talk to me a little more about some of the other things. most of these products, can you wash, blow your hair, curl, straighten? >> if you buy human hair extentions, you can do that. but most of the synthetics on the market you cannot do that with. these, on the other hand, are a special patented synthetic that you can use.own shampoo and conditions, blow them dry and use heat styling tools. >> can you get most hair dyed to match your own hair? >> only if it's human hair. you could get them dyed to your natural color. >> this is prom, wedding season, is this a good idea for women looking for a glamorous look? >> it's a funny thing, we have a lot of brides come on and they come to us for this because they want it and then they end up saying to me i love wearing them so much that i actually wear them all the time. >> there are a lot of people we think have long hair who are wearing including you? >> including me. >> it looks great and looks real. i have a lot of friends who never admitted it i think they might be wearing them. >> a lot of celebrities wear our extensions they won't admit they are. >> michelle elizabeth, great to have you. >> thank you. >> thank you for coming to see us and your models, thanks so much, you got it back on, looks great! looks real, matches your hair perfe perfectly. 11:27, in the next half hour, things in your home right now that could brighten your skin, plus protecting your teen driver, how their friends could lead to a departmentally distraction. a touching reunion, a mother and two daughters left dangling from a bridge, thank their rescuers. grab the umbrella, tom has a look at a wet afternoon. l[ male announcer ] are you paying more and more for cable and enjoying it less and less? 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