island, which is in the middle of the persian gulf. according to a u-s senior defense official - the boats were enroute to kuwait from bahrain. one of the boats may have had some type of mechanical issue causing them to run aground. that's when the 10 sailors were picked up by iran. this comes less than a week after we learned an iranian military vessel fired near a locally based aircraft carrier. you're looking at the video of the incident right now. it apparently happened the day after christmas in the strait of hormuz. the uss hary s truman was nearby. in that video you can see five small boats - which are iranian boats according to the navy. flashes on the screen are rockets. that's a situation we

beautiful out today -- but --- showers and colder air are moving in where's everything at right now? chief meteorologist don slater is in the super doppler 10 weather center with our first forecast. tonight: stray showers before 10pm...maybe a flurry or two for the northern neck. otherwise, cold! lows fall into the upper 20s. wind: nw 10- 20mph wednesday: cold with sunshine. highs only in the mid-upper 30s. wind: wnw 10-15mph. thursday: mainly sunny. very cold am (20s), but warms into the low 50s by the afternoon. wind: sw 10-15mph. a strong cold front will cross our area tonight. as it moves by, it could create isolated showers...but even a flurry or two for areas around the northern neck.

will filter into our area tonight. lows will fall below freezing, and it'll be a struggle for highs to reach the upper 30s tomorrow (wed). to no surprise, temps will rebound back to around 50 degrees by thursday with 60s on deck for the kick-off to the weekend. there will be an area of low pressure that rolls into our area along with a warm front friday night rain looks to be sunday, and it gets colder by early next week.

have been working on dozens of bills ahead of the start of the legislative session. delegates and senators meet in richmond tomorrow and will work for sixty days. ten on your side's erin kelly spent the day talking to some of the people who represent you to find out more about their priorities. she's live tonight in richmond. erin? the states two year budget plan and education will be a big topic of discussion. but you'/ll also hear about issues important to hampton roads like sea level rise and transportation. on the eve of the start of the 2016 legislative session -- lawmakers in richmond have been working to file a flurry of bills. c0008 - 1403 we've got 5 bills so far 1404 democratic state delegate lionell spruill of chesapeake has a bill to move all elections to november to save money -- and wants to limit the rise of tolls for the people of hampton roads. c0007 - del. lionell spruill, sr. d - 77th chesapeake 1814 portsmouth and norfolk have lost business you see because

that tunnel. 1822 delegate daun hester of norfolk wants to stiffen penalties for negligence at home daycares. c0001 - del. daun hester (d) 89th norfolk 701 i think it should be a felony because you're an in-home provider and you have to put those precautions in place, and any time we lose a child, misdemeanor. 713 lawmakers we talked to expect the state's budget to dominate discussion during the 60 days the general assembly meets. c0016 - del. barry knight (r 81st) vb 3108 we want to be good stewards of our money and your money so we're going to take our time and see what's the best plan which includes a big bump in funding for public schools, colleges and universities. c0015 - del. glenn davis jr. (r) 84th virginia beach 2438 the budget, obviously, is going to be a very hot topic. this is the first year of a the governor, with regards to what should be the priority from a

one of the other issues expected to get people talking -- attorney general mark herring's move to end virginia's concealed handgun permit agreement with about two dozen other states. a navy ship is on its way to its new homeport in the land of the rising sun. japan that is. 10 on your side was pierside when the u-s-s barry shipped out of naval station norfolk earlier today. the guided missile destroyer is swapping with the u-s-s lassen. the lassen will head to florida for a combat systems upgrade. the navy says the move is part of its strategy to secure peace, security, and stability in the asian-pacific region. the ship's captain, commander jennifer eason says the crew is ready for the challenge. commander jennifer eason (01-14:37) "our sailors are excited, they're excited to get their ship underway, they're excited to apply everything that they've learned this summer. and something different for a

sailoe". nearly 300 sailors are on the missile destroyer. we're just a few hours away from president obama's final state of the union address to congress. the white house has promised tonight's speech will be different. in his final year in office -- it's likely the president will not spend a lot of time on new policy initiatives -- instead -- focusing on not just the year ahead -- but well beyond his presidency. it's expected obama will use tonight's speech to defend his recently announced executive action on gun control. the president will also likley look back on his administration's victorys over the past year -- including same-sex marriage -- and job increases. this year -- president obama will be joined by a new speaker of the house. paul ryan -- who recently replaced john boehner. earlier today ryan talked about what he's looking forward to hearing from the president tonight. one thing he hopes to hear are details about a plan to defeat isis. s/ speaker paul ryan/ (r) wisconsin :08 "we've

the president to put forward a plan to defeat this threat and i hope that he will deliver." ryan encouraged americans carolina governor nikki haley, republican response -- calling her a leader who has "gotten things done." you can watch president obama's final state of the union address right begins at 9. a peak inside el chapo's hide-out -- and more on sean penn's role in

less than three weeks to go before the iowa caucus -- and according to the latest weekly election tracking poll -- donald and hillary clinton remain national party's nominations. nbc news and survey-monkey -- shows trump has an 18 point lead over senator ted cruz. trump is leading among major demographics and income

his strongest support comes from men and senior citizens. on the democratic side, hillary clinton holds a 15 point lead over bernie sanders. however, sanders beats clinton by a wide margin among voters under 24 years old - with sixty-eight percent of those young democrats supporting the vermont senator. john mccain says he has no plans to endorse any of the gop candidates for president. the arizona senator did -- however -- talk about why he thinks donald trump is doing so well in the polls. he says it's from what he calls the "kardashian effect." s/ senator john mccain / (r) arizona:20 "all i can say is it's the 'make america great again'.. it's partially the kardashian effect .. it's a lot of things all segment of our american citizenry that inspires a lot of emotion in them." mccain went on to say -- if trump ends up being elected president - he'll have to work with him. coming up on wavy news

new details about how authorities tracked down el chapo. the role sean penn played in his capture. wow. the internet is crazy fast here. i know, right? it's so nice to have everyone over. hi hey. mmm. i just laid an egg. does anybody want it? joey, you want some gasoline? yes, please. mom, guess what? i married a clown and we're having tiny little clown babies.

with internet fast enough for everyone, your guests might get a bit carried away.

just into the newsroom - virginia beach police are looking for a man they say exposed himself to a child inside a book store. this video is from the barnes and nobles on virginia beach boulevard. police say friday night, the man in the video walked up to and flashed thee child. the suspect is described as 25 to 40 years old. police tell us a similar incident happened at the dollar tree on independence boulevard saturday afternoon. we're told a man with a similar discription exposed himself to two children. take anoother look at the video here. police say do think the same person is responsible. if you know anything about the incidents

call the crimeline. also -- new at five-thrity - more details are emerging about sean penn's secret interview with notorious drug lord joaquin "el chapo" guzman. and now mexican authorities have allowed media to tour the home where el chapo hid before his arrest. nbc's gabe gutierrez reports from los mochis mexico. l/ los mochis, mexico :02-:06 s/ file :40-:50 l/ mexico city, mexico 1:07-1:11 l/ amoloya, mexico 1:12-1:16 s/ gabe chapo's safe house in los mochis, mexico. and today rolling stone magazine posted its full 17-minute interview with the world's most wanted drug boss. joaquin el chapo guzman says he's a in 20 years. he says freedom is beautiful...while on friday his freedom ended right here after a fierce gun battle at this safe house in his home state of sinaloa. the walls riddled with bullets. there was a tunnel, and even several d-v-d copies of a movie starring kate del castillo. she is the soap opera star who sean penn says facilitated the meeting role penn played in el

mexico's attorney general says the actor's meeting with guzman was essential to the investigation because it gave away guzman's location in october when authorities were tailing the kingpin's lawyer. but u-s authorities say penn played no role, not even inadvertently, in the raid friday. a mexican official tells nbc news guzman's being held in isolation at the same maximum security prison where he escaped from six months ago. (on camera) s/ gabe gutierrez/ nbc news/ los mochis, mexico 1:16-1:30 the mexican government has now started the formal process to extradite guzman, but his lawyers are fighting it. that process could take months, even years. gabe gutierrez, nbc news, los mochis, mexico. tonight: stray showers before 10pm...maybe a

northern neck. otherwise, cold! lows fall into the upper 20s. wind: nw 10- 20mph wednesday: cold with sunshine. highs only in the mid-upper 30s. wind: wnw 10-15mph. thursday: mainly sunny. very cold am (20s), but warms into the low 50s by the afternoon. wind: sw 10-15mph. a strong cold front will cross our area tonight. as it moves by, it could create isolated showers...but even a flurry or two for areas around the northern neck. otherwise, very cold air will filter into our area tonight. lows will fall below freezing, and it'll be a struggle for highs to reach the upper 30s tomorrow (wed). to no surprise, temps will rebound back to around 50 degrees by thursday with 60s on deck for the kick-off to the weekend. there will be an area of low pressure that rolls into our area along with a warm front friday night into saturday. this will bring some rain our way during that time frame. then, the next chance for rain looks to be sunday, and it gets colder by

coming up on wavy news tonight: stray showers before 10pm...maybe a flurry or two for the northern neck. otherwise, cold! lows fall into the upper 20s. wind: nw 10- 20mph wednesday: cold with sunshine. highs only in the mid-upper 30s. wind: wnw 10-15mph. thursday: mainly sunny. very cold am (20s), but warms into the low 50s by the afternoon. wind: sw 10-15mph. a strong cold front will cross our area tonight. as it moves by, it could create isolated showers...but even a flurry or two for areas around the northern neck. otherwise, very cold air will filter into our area tonight. lows will fall below freezing, and it'll be a struggle for highs to reach the upper 30s tomorrow (wed). to no surprise, temps will rebound back to around 50 degrees by thursday with 60s on deck for the

there will be an area of low pressure that rolls into our area along with a warm front friday night into saturday. this will bring some rain our way during that time frame. then, the next chance for rain looks to be sunday, and it gets colder by early next week. tonight: stray showers before 10pm...maybe a flurry or two for the northern neck. otherwise, cold! lows fall into the upper 20s. wind: nw 10- 20mph wednesday: cold with sunshine. highs warms into the low 50s by the afternoon. wind: sw 10-15mph. a strong cold front will cross our area tonight. as it moves by, it could create isolated showers...but even a flurry or two for areas around the northern neck. otherwise, very cold air will filter into our area tonight. lows will fall below freezing, and it'll be a struggle for highs to reach the upper 30s tomorrow (wed). to no surprise, temps will rebound back to around 50

60s on deck for the kick-off to the weekend. there will be an area of low pressure that rolls into our area along with a warm front friday night into saturday. this will bring some rain our way during that time frame. then, the next chance for rain looks to be sunday, and it gets colder by early next week.

ten at five- thirty - lower back pain -- a majority of americans will suffer from it at one time or another. what new research says could be your best defense against it. and i'm tom schaad. at 6-- we continue to follow the breaking news on the navy ships being held by iran. plus-- a frightening crime-- and a man under arrest. what we know about a sexual assault of a worker at a north carolina motel. and big plans in the works to transform the oceanfront. a bigger pier and a ferris wheel is among the ideas-- will it get off the ground? a look at the pitch when nicole and i see you at

it's not too late for a flu shot, if you want one. flu season starts to peak around february. right now -- the centers for disease control is reporting widespread flu activing in two states: maryland and north carona. cases have also increased in virginia -- as well as in connecticut, iowa, massachusetts, new hampshire, and pennsylvania. the cdc recommends everyone over the age of six months get a flu vaccine. it takes about two weeks for the vaccine to become fully effective. back pain -- it's one of the most common medical problems. according to the national institutes of health -- it affects 8 out of 10 people at some point during their lives. decreasing your risk could be as easy as exercising. that's according researchers from the university of sydney. scientist found that exercise -- in

-- reduced the odds of having episodes of low back pain. exercise alone had less of an impact - but still decreased lower back pain by 35-percent. education, back belts and shoe inserts were not linked to improvements in back pain. coming up on wavy news ten at five- thirty - with menu items like "the joey" and "the phoebe" -- this friends-themed cafe has re-created the popular central perk cafe right down to the comfy sofa. okay. so right now, everyone is saying, "hurry! you gotta get fios." but why? well, because there's never been a better time to get a greatdeal from fios, the fastest internet and wi-fi available. only fios has speeds from 50 to 500 megs. because your devices run better on a better internet. and for just $79.99 a month online, you can get 50 meg fios internet, tv and phone for yourfirst year. plus with a 2-year agreement, fios gives you $400 back, and all of the premium movie channels for a year. this is your last chance. offer ends january 16th.

>> an update on the breaking news we first broke at 4:00. the rainy holding the crew of two small -- the iranians holding the crew of two small

tom: the pentagon says the boats were moving between kuwait and bahrain when the u.s. lost contact with them. nicole: one of the boats had an issue and ran aground. john kerry in president obama has been in constant touch with iran. iran insists the cruise will be returned. -- crews will be returned. tom: the harry s truman were among the ships. our coverage continues on nbc nightly news at 6:30 p.m. nicole: keith richardson's family tells us he died at the hospital today. police say this started when officers were called out for a

officers tried to use the dog to arrest richardson, but they say he shot it. family says richardson was shot twice. family took him off life support this afternoon. tom: the sunshine was out today and temperatures very close to normal for this time of year. nicole: the second blast of cold air is moving in, temps are going to drop once again. the arctic express is making a beeline to the east and south. tom: tomorrow's temps are going to look nothing like today. lake-effect snow is burying areas from ohio to new york, not inches, but feet. don slater has chilly temps to