want to you know before you buy a firearmment a deadly storm is blasting the east coast. how it's affecting thousands of people and how you can help them without leaving town. news 4 at 5:00 starts now. you're watching news 4 at 5:00. on your i'd in high definition. good evening and thanks for joining us on this saturday. the death toll continues to rise as winter weather battles more than 70 million people on the east coast. 17 people have been reported dead. the blizzard nicknamed jonas is leaving thousands of motorists stranded on highways in several states. on top of that, thousands of flights have been canceled, hundreds of thousands are without power because of wind and severe coastal flooding is threatening several mid atlanta states. it has stot down the nation's

the biggest storms in history. united blood service asking for donations to make sure those affected have the life saving resources they may need. the nonprofit collected donations at several locations today and they're continuing the drive tomorrow. you can head to one of 3 united blood services locations to donate between 7:00 a.m. and 3 in the afternoon. they do have donation centers in reno, carson city, and sparks. you can save time by filling your health history online out before you head to the donation center. winter weather and more dangerous driving conditions on our -- conditions on our local roads. here's a look outside. lets get a check on our forecast with our meteorologist over in our weather center. kathy. reporter: hi. we are wrapping up all of that active weather you saw. we don't have blizzard conditions. we did see quite a bit of snow last week.

photo that was sent in by ron. meadow. this last 24 hours we've got inimpressive snow totals. lingering right down into the upper single digits. 9 inches at north star. homewood. testimonies. that's above average. we will see that trend continue. right now 44 degrees with those winds out of the west, northwest, roughly 18 miles per hour. with this storm system we saw some wind gusts up to 53 miles per hour. mountain rose registered 50 miles per hour gusts. pleasant valley, 55, we do have good air quality. take a look at your next 24, we will see those cloudy conditions partway by morning and then build back up because we have another weak system

i'll have the details on that coming up. it's going to be a big night on campus at the university of nevada. the wolfpack is getting ready to host unlv. our sports director is live outside the event center right now. they're expecting a big crowd tonight. reporter: yeah. let me set the scene four. this is going to be awesome tonight here. all of these students -- [ cheering ] reporter: they have been waiting for hours to take on the rebels. look at the line. hundreds of students. we haven't seen it like there in years. since the -- unlv in town. they're 12-7. who cares. nevada is 11 -- 7. what's going to happen tonight. >> we're going to win hopefully. reporter: hopeful snow let me

>> what's going to happen tonight. >> we're going to win. reporter: that's right. unlv against and a half and a half -- nevada. university officials encouraging you, if you're going to come down here, get here. they're loping for a sellout. we'll have highlights for you tonight on news 4 at 11:00. later on in sports, we're going to have a preview of this game. we're going to go live inside here and show you what's going on inside. out here in the cold with the students, we'll send it back to you in the studio. looks like a lot of fun, topping our crime news, reno police are investigating a stabbing that happened inside the casino this afternoon. officers importanted at about 2 clog and police say someone pulled a knife after an argument between two people. they say one person did receive a minor puncture wound. they did not want to be taken to the hospital. officers say they have detained everyone involved but have not made any arrests.

stabbing, you can head to www.mynews4.com. friends and family remember a eureka county deputy sheriff and his nine-year-old daughter this morning. a public funeral happened this morning at summit christian church in sparks. the deputy sheriff was driving his wife and daughter on state route 318 when their truck hit black ice on the morning before thanksgiving. mike and the hailey died on scene. his wife died but spent a month in the hospital with major injuries, including more than 20 fractures. sheriffs officials and members of the marines were there today. >> she was bright and witty. she was sen airbus. she loved athletic things, loved horses horses and dogs and just was a bright addition to a small 200 person community. >> he was talking about hailey there. shelly, the mother. still has extensive recovery to

if would you like to help her out, we have information on how to do that in the trending section of our website, www.mynews4.com. in the next two weeks, drivers can expect to see double or even triple the normal amount of law enforcement. starting this weekend, the nevada highway patrol is teaming up with local law enforcement agencies to crack down on drunk and impaired driving. they do encourage people, of course, to designate a sober driver if -- driver if you decide to drink or you will be arrested. their increased presence will continue through february 8th. today's 44 annual university of nevada talk drew more people than ever before. the event sold out the pioneer center selling 1200 tickets. 25 speakers and performers takingphage about half of them were locals. ted talks have grown every year and they time break the ice about top takes usually don't

>> everybody's looking at ted talks to jump start conversations. we don't like to talk about things because we're so worried about offending other people. but what you have -- when you have a ted talk, it's a safe place to talk about whatever your idea is. >> and organizers say they're hoping to bring more ted talks to carson city later this year. keep truckee meadows beautiful says they collected nearly 10,000 christmas trees this year. more than 500 volunteers took part in the christmas tree recycling program. this year we partnered with the fire district to offer more drop off locations. the recycled trees will be turned into mulch for parks and people could receive free health care during a series of clinics at the university of nevada reno today. medical students there are hosting the clinic supervised by health professionals. they hosted a women's clinic offering services like pregnancy and std tests as well

they're offering one more free clinic on tuesday, january 26th. that one will focus on general and pediatric services. people can get free physician, checkups, and immunizations. that runs from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. at the school of medicine's family center. when we return, the road to the 2016 nfl draft started for dozens of athletes that played in the east-west game. coming up in sports, highlights and more.

its way toward welcome back. officials at kabyle as have noticed a recent boom in new begun ownership. to make sure customers are comfortable, experts at the store are hosting educational classes. we stopped by today's seminar to see what you should know before you buy a gun educating the public and making safe decisions. reporter: you bought your gun, ammo, and you're ready to go. do you know,000 use it? >> everybody researches online. unless you have hands on or see it explained in person, sometimes you could be missing the point. reporter: so educate first time buyers, officials are offering free classes. >> teaching about your basic safety, how a handgun separates what to look for in different mods els for home protection, concealed carry, range use, how

reporter: shooting is a man's sport which can make a woman feel excluded. officials are trying to day this. >> women are overlooked in shooting sports often, so if we get a women only class, they feel a lot better around other women. reporter: classes have been held since the start of this year. so far it has been successful. >> they are a little bit more informed. they know if i'm going to carry it, it should be something small and light that i can carry on me that is comfortable and just knowing how their begun works -- gun works is a big part of it. reading the manual isn't enough. reporter: and they are hosting those classes until the end of february as well as other seminars and demonstrations throughout the year. to learn more about the classes they offer, you can visit www.mynews4.com. well f you're stilling -- looking for something to do. the chamber orchestra is having a concert at 7:30 and features

she will be performing with the orchestra at the concert hall, tickets range from $25 to $50 for adults and $5 or students orchids under 18. if you can't make it to that concert, they will be performing again tomorrow afternoon at 2:00 p.m. about you're more a fan of bluegrass music, there's a different kind of concert tonight. local bluegrass band sierra sweethearts is performing at the regional park's interpretive center. come in from the cold series brings musicians there every saturday night. it starts at 7:00 and is free to attend, but they are asking for a $3 donation if you can afford it. for weather. -- over to weather. >> it looks like we're having some issues with cassy's weather microphone.

one right now. again, we're talking about this winter weather out of the east coast pounding the east coast tonight. they're getting feet and feet of snow. they're saying it's supposed to be a historic storm tonight in washington dc and as we mentioned earlier, it already has killed about 17 people at least. that's what the ap is reporting tonight. they're losing power. they're getting flood warnings. it's really not a good scene on the east coast, but i think we are about ready to send it back over to cassy. she's getting set up with a new microphone right now. so lets send it over to cassy wilson for your full forecast. we're going to have to hold on as we go. we'll make it through. we do have some residual showers lingering around here. it's going to dissipate. this is our storm system moving through sunday. it's a pretty weak system. most of that rain and precipitation is going to stay north of the suzanneville line. then gore going -- we're going to watch for clearing skies the

week. weekend. right now in reno, 44 with hour. we're going to see the winds die down today and then -- into the evening and then pick back up tor form -- for tomorrow. current temperatures still in the 40s for the most part. 43 degrees in carson city. 33 degrees up in south lake tahoe. then those winds are starting to die down. we saw very gusty conditions. the last 24 hours had winds up to 50 miles per hour. so lets time out this residual lingering showers on our future cast. nothing is going to make it all the way to the valley floor. there we go. that tiny pulse of energy is going to hit by sunday alt 4:00 p.m. maybe rain and snow to the area and then clear skies for the rest of the week. so it's going date of birth above average week for us and it's going to be clear. tonight, 30 degrees. it is a full moon tonight. if you can get outside and check that out, go for it. but 20% chance of rain before 10:00 p.m. and then mostly cloudy

we do have a 20% chance of rain tomorrow into the afternoon and evening hours. but it's looking like we don't get too much on the valley floor. a nice warm 45 degrees for reasony. across the region only out in elko we are watching for temperatures to be if the upper 30s for tomorrow. snow chances into the afternoon and evening as well as that sport pulse of energy comes into the northern nevada area. central nevada tonight, mostly cloudy skies. tomorrow we're going to be watching for that rain and snow by 4:00 p.m. temperatures up into the 40s for the most part. carson city looking at mid-20s mostly cloudy skies. we do have some lingering showers so some rain and snow before 10:00 p.m. and then by 4:00 p.m. tomorrow. so warming up to that 40 degree temperature. up at the lake, those temperatures are a little bit colder, but that's not going to be the story for the rest of the week. building.

upper 30s, 38 degrees in glen brook with those snow showers hitting by the afternoon. mostly rain for our viewers in suzanneville tomorrow with sunshine as well. so kind of a mix of sun, rain, and clouds with temperatures reaching into the upper 40s. 42 degrees for suzanneville. a little bit warmer on the valley no, sir for tomorrow with that chance of rain rolling into the afternoon hours. we mostly will see that maybe up in the northwestern suburbs. 45 degrees for the reno sharks valley floor. looking at your extended forecast, we are watching this winter storm wind down, but it will linger tonight into blowing. this wednesday through saturday, high pressure average temperatures. we'll keep an eye on that air quality as we do move through the week. so stay tuned and we'll keep you updated on that. thank you. first, your nevada's men's

the pressure of the rivalry game between nevada and unlv from the day he signed his contract. today he's going to feel it they will tip off and host rebels in the first and of of two meetings. we are live at the event center with much more. reporter: hey us back to. i i am pretty excite ford that one. they have opened the building. the students are here and expecting one of the biggest crowds maybe in a decade. this schwab lot of fun. home. they lost just one game. that was last week to an undefeated boise state team. that left nevada's hair on fire. they did not play well enough for the full 40 minutes. coach eric said they have to play complete game tonight in order to knock off the rebels. >> we have to play flawless basketball to stay in the ballpark with inlv. i've said it before. they are one of the most

if we come out and play 80% of what we can, we will not be in the ball game. we have to play near flawless basketball because of their talent level and how deep they are. we're not a deep team. they're 'deep team. they got great talent and they have experienced guys as well. so we have to -- we have to play as well as we played all year to compete with unlv. >> now, boat these teams had ten wins on the season. this unlv team had a great start to the season, even had a top 25 win over indiana. after a slow start, they fired their head coach. since then they have fired off three straight wins. so which team shows up tonight? can nevada keep the way they've been playing? we'll have the reaction for you tonight at 11:00.

it should be a fun one. if you're coming out here, get here soon. i'll send it back to you. >> looks like a lot of fun. i'm wearing blue for the big game. wolfpack women's basketball team played the south rivals. the coach was one win a wray from her 500th career win. she did not hit it just 6 points shy of getting the win. they topped nevada 65-59. we are on the path to the nfl draft. some of the best talent showcased in the 91st east-west game today. here's a look at the locker room. wisconsin's quarterback throws a pass, but his fellow teammate fighting on -- he gets picked off and brought down at the 11. that leads to a field goal for the west. they go up 23-9. we'll start in

indiana quarterback takes the snap and throws a strike to allison for a second td catch of the game. that would be the final, west just dominating the east in a great showing. happening now is the nfl pa bowl and this game they are represented by three former pack players. defensive ends and running back.

team the big story of the day. the business arrested bringing east coast. while it's causing troubles for many, some are taking advantage of it. dozens of kids and grown ups spent their saturday sliding down capitol hill in washington, d.c. sledding was not extreme enough for some snow en newscast.

and had a friend in an suv tow them. that happened near the u.s. capital. lets see if we can see it here. here it is. it looks fun, but maybe not the safest. >> you know, we did get one of our viewers, they sent in a photo from visiting. so take a look at this one. how would you like to shovel

luckily we don't have that on this saturday night, states of emergency as a massive blizzard roars through the eastern part of the country. at least 16 people are dead. thousands stranded. travelers paralyzed in more than three feet of snow in some areas as the nation's largest city all but shut down. we have it all covered tonight