>> good evening everyone pays for joining us, i'm joe hart. >> and i'm shelby sheehan. folks on the a record-breaking storms this weekend. >> here in nevada we are preparing for a storm of our own, much less severe but still winter weather. his a look outside this hour and chief meteorologist: jackson joins us with a first look at the forecast. >> the camera looks steady of the wind. we have gusty winds from the

25. on reno, we have some rate on the west end of town. pockets of shower in town. that's going to be with us definitely over night. we get to truckee, you've got rain and snow mix. controls mainly for trucks right now but that could change in an instant so taken with with you and be prepared. south lake tahoe, rain snow mix as well. levels will drop to 4000 feet by the time we get to tomorrow morning. that means reno on the valley floor we could see a dusting of snow and slush. they keep moving the camera, can't control that. we had a wider shot but

and will be ricky yelich -- busy all weekend long. >> there is a cold pocket sitting off the coast of california flooding in tonight and tomorrow morning. forty-three in carson city, most locations all in the mid- to upper 40s. winds speeds are gusty but most of these sites are fairly calm. saturday numbers are coming up next and they are interesting. >> the nation's capital is under a blizzard warning this hour as a potentially historic storm hits the east coast. cities from the carolinas to the big apple are bracing for a blast of real winter weather. we report from washington. >> reporter: for most of the east coast roadways were nowhere to be today as a potentially record breaking shovel busting storm threatened to make life miserable for more than 85 million americans. nashville got a early taste.

in charlotte the carolina panthers fought the illness to prepare for their championship game sunday night against the cardinals. out-of-town fans had trouble flying into the game because of the ripple effect causing thousands of flight cancellations. while some were stranded, others escaped to places with better weather. >> boston, where there's no snow. >> reporter: washington, dc is a expected bull's-eye where 2.5 feet of snow may fall in the next 36 hours. >> we had a forecast i don't think we had in 90 years. >> national mody was closed and much of the government. >> there is not much to do, we went grocery shopping for the rest of the week. >> reporter: store shelves were quickly cleaned up which is more than anyone can say for the roads, which will be seeing the light of day anytime soon. >> if forecasts are true this time could rival the all-time record holder in the capital,

storm of 22 that don't 28 inches of snow on the nation's capital. brian morton, nbc washington. >> snow already had a much of the east coast is causing a lot of problems for travelers. here's a look at flight delays around the nation. thousands have been grounded, mostly on the east coast, mostly in -- most out of philadelphia and most flames -- planes are not taking off out of miami and atlanta because destinations are closed to traffic. >> turning to political news, former president bill clinton is campaigning in nevada today on behalf of his wife. he met at the boys in club sports -- boys and girls club on foster and the president -- past president should be there in a few hours. >> reporter: he will be there later tonight. timing is key here. there are less than 30 days until the nevada caucus, the

west end all eyes will be on the silver stage. recent polling showed clinton trailing sanders in new hampshire while holding a slim lead in iowa. so the former president campaigning today focusing on issues tied close to nevadans. take notice what he said earlier today in las vegas in regards to guns. >> everybody knows you carry guns around every now and then something will happen that shouldn't. everybody knows that. but nobody wants to have systematic violence that is unaccountable for people that have no rights anymore just to their own person and their own safety. we've got to deal with that. >> reporter: now we can expect gun issues to be a topic here tonight. four resident is expected to arrive here at the boys and girls club on foster drive.

after 8:00 o'clock. doors open at seven 30:0050 people are asked acting -- expected to rsvp and admission will be first, first serve. reporting live in middle, news four. >> all right, thanks, dan. >> investigators are investigating a stabbing that happened this morning. firefighters of paramedics and police responded this morning. we made call to several authorities and have not heard back yet. we still don't know this circumstances surrounding the stabbing or the extent of injuries. >> spoke police are looking for three suspects in a home invasion that sent two people to the hospital on wednesday night. they are offering a reward for anyone that has information to officials say the man broke into a house on the 2200 block of west eighth street and

handguns forced a man in a pregnant woman inside on the floor floor. one of the suspects had the man on the head. the woman was being treated for pregnancy related stress. >> and police say people saw the suspects leaving the area in a dark car, possibly a four- door sedan, two suspects divided -- described as wearing black hooded sweatshirts and wearing all gray clothing. secret witness is now offering a $1000 award for information that could lead to an arrest in the case they change the wet five tonight, 40 people died on the job in nevada during 2014. the numbers from the bureau of labor show most of the fatalities in the manufacturing industry. officials say five of the deaths and bennetta were homicides and four were suicides. a quarter of the total deaths in 2014 worchester tatian incidents, and seven related to

six worth due to false, slips or trips, and all but three of the 40 deaths involved men. >> former nevada first district court judge michael farming has died. representatives with its henry funeral home say he died at his home earlier this morning. he was just 78 years old. the funeral director said he was receiving in-home hospice near the end of his life. arrangements have been made -- not been made but we will let you know when plans for service are announced. >> funeral arrangers are set for a deputy and his stepdaughter. michael harder was driving his wife shelley and daughter hayley on state route 318 on the morning before thanksgiving when their truck hit black ice. . michael and haley both died at the crash. michelle's survived but was hospitalized for more than a month with injuries including 20 factors -- fractures.

the summit christians pritz church in sparks. >> there is controversy involving nevada's public utilities commission, some groups criticizing a decision that could do away with popular energy savings programs. terry, critics are saying this decision takes us in the wrong direction. >> you know, joe, in december they'd ceased --/two popular energy saving programs. critics want you to know that by next year those programs that saves money, helped the economy and environment might also be eliminated here in the north. >> the puc decision eliminates -- [audio problem]

same cuts could happen here in the north. >> next year there is going to be the same process for northern nevada so we would like to get people involved in defending the efficiency programs that helped them save energy and money. >> he and others believe doing away with these programs will have a negative impact on the economy. >> one study suggested that there is going to be an economic loss of $55 million because we will be spending more for energy than me would have had these programs been kept in place, and that's the wrong direction. >> mark mackey is a sales manager and sells led lights and lighting systems. he says if the led rebate program is cut in the north, it will not only run his business but commercial accounts and nonprofit agencies. >> they will consider whether or not what it takes to keep the lights on, reduce some of the lighting. and i think that's kind of a tragedy because we have the technology to bring us into the 20th century.

might be hurt by the decision too, as energy costs would go higher keeping that money out of the classroom. >> overall benefits to energy efficiency are tremendous. the puc is not adapting those into its decisions, being penny wise and pound foolish. >> we reached out to and be energy and the puc and are still waiting to hear back. . >> all right, dez, terry, leaving nevada following a suit in suit with several others

centa vice solar energy. premier solar solutions and henderson is closing a store because of price hikes for solar customers. the company laid off 66 people and plan to move to a state with more favorable policies. national companies sunrun said they laid off more than 650 employees paycheck coming up, experts are calling it a "pandemic in the making." how the seek a virus is affecting children in south america. >> and now amazon is offering full recap -- refunds for customers who bought hoverboards, how the fires have affected online retail sales.

for now but we are . >> public health officials in south america are advising them and to put off pregnancies passing on competition from those mosquito borne zeke a health officials recommend women who are already pregnant sick of it out those the risk of mosquito bites. there are nearly 100 cases of woman contracting the virus in that country. other countries are seeing cases of zikca like brazil heave seen a spike of spikes of michael fairly a rib defect in babies. they have smaller than normal heads and their brains not fully developed . the cdc has warned that pregnant omen in the u.s.

countries in south america as a >> more than one third of americans are prediabetic and most are unaware. there are no symptoms necessarily for prediabetes but some common risk factors include being overweight and disease. how can you prevent weight loss is one, healthy diet another, and healthy diet and exercise all help reverse the condition. up to 3 percent of those with divide -- prediabetes will develop type two diabetes within five years. >> amazon is offering full refunds for customers who bought hoverboards on the website after instances of lithium-ion batteries using -- used to power the device is caught fire and exploded. the consumer product safety commission is investigating more than three dozen instances of hoverboards smoking or

amazon agreed to providerefunds for all hoverboards bought online. despite that, hoverboards sales have not slowed down. >> will come back every day, now where it five. twenty roughly and the rainfall is here, the roads are wet, a little wind but for now there is no snow in the area. that can change into tomorrow morning so tonight it's wet with continuing on and off showers. so here are the winter warnings and watches with winter advisory just two or west including part of the reno foothills, and that is a dusting of snow up to 3 inches by 1000 feet by tomorrow and that is in effect until tomorrow at four clock. also store morning on the other side of the sierra where here are the details, 1-2 feet of snow could fall. slow starts at 6500, drops to around 4500.

touch and go. at the lake you will find perhaps 48 inches but above 7000 feet to the crest, at least 2 feet of snow, which is great. valley floor? may be a dusting. today we got to 58, 46 the average for this time of year. now we are at 48 with rain and winds strong, southwest around 14. numbers haven't moved much from four clock, mid to upper 40s across the board, so a slight -- nice night if you like it wet. when it's really raining hard, cruise control is not advised because that can make you spin out. rain will be picking up tonight into tomorrow as the bulk of the storm comes through. first it's warm and then it's cold coming behind that. radar showed the reno area getting to the 5-7-8 timeframe

toward carson city a chance as well. so early morning getting kids to events is going to be tricky so keep your eye on that situation. by the time we get to the morning hours later on saturday afternoon, most of the snow skirts is and scattered flurries expected in the eastern sections of the state. overnight we drop to 36, rainfall chance 100 percent, ranadive mix of snow overnight, kind of a slushy mix's. southwest winds will continue at about 15-25 miles per hour. tomorrow only 46, rain chance stays with us before noon anticipates in the afternoon. strong southwesterly winds gusting possibly to maybe 40 miles. here are lows that we have picked up for you.

low. zooming in new the lake carson city 35 and a high of 43 so most locations will be about the same, into the mid-40s. so 45 in kb chair and tahoe will be just above freezing at 32. cyclist -- 34 will be the overnight low. how about local? thirty-six and doing a 32 will be high. it will be cooler tomorrow, and wet. chances last into sunday for carson city. south lake tahoe will also be affected with snow. drive carefully. there's a chance of rain at the end of the seven-day as well.

. >> our team is in place with coverage that is expecting to be a paralyzing snowstorm with travel impact will be on the east coast. hillary clinton positions herself as the true democrat. and a major new round of airbag recalls, find out if your car makes the list when we see you here tonight for nbc nightly news. >> and straight ahead, there is no denying we like the prices at the pump, but we are looking ahead at the hidden costs that come with cheap energy. it's coming up tonight on news for nightly at six. >> reporter: bennetta nutrition is going on -- the annual sheep dip show will be raising headlines this weekend. the show is rooted in nevada history from a time when she heard as would sheep end of that to remove coats of vermin before

if you have to be shows that the maggitt celebrity showrooms this weekend you'll see joe hart and terri hendry. joe was performing a comical asks joe segment. it's a little out there. and henry is also going to break a leg tonight. pace for representing us on the comedic side. >> i do what i can, shall be. they did dress rehearsal last night and they wanted more. >> don't you get nervous up their. >> it is, the live audience and the show. it's fun. you don't want to forget your lines because it will be a little awkward if that would happen. but so far so good. >> colony back in. we have a lot to talk about weatherwise and. >> light to moderate rain in the area. sunday would be the benefit. it could be a whiteout condition at times. we are going to look at one of the many cameras -- cameras we have available to us.

chances are have heavy on tonight. emergency. big cities and airports shutting down, bracing for a historic blizzard.