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school board meeting as a gunman threatens members and fires shots. new threats against metro are popping up on facebook discussing pipe bombs and making references to the twin towers. a holiday gift inside a northern virginia jail as incarcerated mothers are given a few precious hours with their children. and good evening. i'm dwwendy rier. jim and doreen have the night f. the temperatures are getting close to zero and doug is standing by in the weather center. >> close to zero is right, wendy. outside, current temperatu 22 degrees. we're looking at mostly clear skies tonight but temperature and wind creating the wind chill. still seeing some gusts upward of 30 miles an hour around the region. 20 in sterling down toward the

south in quantico, that 20-degree mark. same area of kwaunquantico comi with a wind chill of 11 and 8. frederick, maryland coming in with a wind chill of 5. many areas will be near zero. it's not just the cold. there's not one but two chances of snow in my forecast. i'll show it to you cong up. >> thanks, doug. for the second time in eight weeks, agents have arrest aid man in northern virginia for making threats against the metro system. these threats included plansor pipe bombs and made reference to 9/11. jackie bensen joins us live. >> reporter: this happened after someone saw something live on facebook and called authorities. these images show fbi agents showing search warrants to

units. federal prosecutors believe that during an early december facebook chat he said, quote, he could place a pipe bomb under a sewer head in rush hour to create the greatest number of casualties. further stated, certain metro trains had the highest number of commuteron them and he could place pipe bombs on them and they wouldn't be noticed. neighbors say they are shocked. >> they are good people. and i was so shocked. she's trying to raise them and ought them up this far, and one is in college. >> he used facebook to threaten them with authorities. then they sit there wondering

why we drop the twin towers like a bad habit. what's the matter, spoiled brat, are you scared? do yourself a favor and tell your father to cancel work tomorrow. eunice knew the man rode metro to work. it's the second time this year someone has been arrested for threatening the transit system. last year a man from loudon coty thought fbi agents were militants. metro takes it all in stride. >> ty do the best they can with the resources that they have. >> metro says it is another reason for its riders to remain vigilant. ja in florida a gunman fired at the board before taking his own life. we want to warn you some of you may find this video disturbing. the gunman walked up to t podium in front of the board and pulled out a gun.

a female member tried to knock him down with her purse. after that failed, he fired shots at other board members. police say he shot and killed himself as a security guard opened fire. none else was hurt. investigators say he may have been angry about his wife losing her job. a fire tore throh one townhouse and spread to two others in largo, maryland tonight. this two-alarm fire started about 7:00 on garrett morgan boulevard. fire officials say the townhouse where the fire began is a total loss, and all six families living in the row of townhouses have to livelsewhere for a while. there were no injuries. the sole survivor of a medical helicopter crash in maryland has filed a $50 million lauit today. jordan wells was originally inred in a car crash in september of '08 and was being flown by medivac to the hospital when that chopper crashed in bad

weathe four others were killed. she is now suing saying the air traffic controller failed to give updated weather information. we wi welsh has had more than 30 surgeries. it will not affect its implementation. that's according to the white house. the ruling says that congress has no power to fce people to buy insurance. but that's not stopping the federal government. officials from 46 states are coming to d.c. this week to discuss setting upstate-sed insurance marketplaces. they will be called exchanges. meanwhile, virginia's governor is urging the administration to bypass the appeals process and move this case directly to the u.s. supreme court. visitors' hour took on a special meaning for some inmates

in northern virginia tonight as the mothers all got a rare chan to hug and kiss their children. jane watrell reports. >> reporter: a running leap into a mother's arms. for many of these arlington coty inmates, it's the first time they've held their children in seven months. >> i didn't want to cry, but i was just happy that someone let us have a christmas momen with them. >> reporter: thichristmas moment is part of a holiday program that allows female inmates contact with their children. arlington county sheriff believes it will help lessen the impact of separation while the women are incarcerate >> the children are not the ones that made bad choices to end up in jail, and as a mother, i think it's really critical and important for the kids to continue hing that relationship with their parents.

>> reporter: for many of these inmat inmates, it's the first time they've had any physical contact with their children since they arrived in thearlingtonjail. they're allowed only two 20-minute family visits per week behind glass. the mothers and children create gifts and get to eat a meal together. for vanessa coward, it's the first time she's hugged r daughters since february. >> it feels good to hold them and touch them. i haven't done that in a long time. >> reporter: not every reunion is a happy one. some children show resentment, others don't show at all. >> in order to get here and have their visit with thei kids, they have to basically take the carrot athe end of the stick. they have to participate in the program. >> reporter: for the women, the message is clear. >> i just need to do what i need to do for my kids so i can be with them. >> reporter: the next jail house reunion isn't scheduled until mother's day. a robber takes the bagio

by storm, reminding everyone of a possible movie. he drove out of his way to smash a snowman. one man, one trainer, no surgery. wel tell you how he got results that would blow the biggest lose era way. wendy, what do you got? the capitols searching for answers after a six-po

it is still not clear what started a fire that killed three generations ofne family in baltimore overnight. firefighters say strong winds intensified the flames, forcing them out of thehouse. the fire spread to three other homes before it was put out, and it is at that point that the

firefighters found six bodies inside. an elderly coup, their granddaughter and her three young children ages nine, three and one. it's also not clear tonight if the house had working smoke detectors. frnds and family members of a famous fashion designer say goodbye to her in northern virginia. sylvie cachay's funeral was held tonight. she was found musrdered in her apartment last week. her boyfriend, nicholas brooks, has been charged with her murder. he is the son of academy award winning songwriter joseph brooks. in just three minutes, one man robbed the bellagio casino in las vegas of $1.5 million. the man came in wearing a motorcycle helmet and went straight to the craps table. he pulled a gun, grabbed as many chips as he could and then ran,

jumping on his motorcycle which was parked in thealet circle and away he went. police think he is the same man who stole chips last week rat another casino. a man lost 325 pounds in a local gym, and he did not have surgery. a man watches as the same man commits the same

earlier tonight, nbc crowned the newest biggest loser, but the way contestants lose ight on that show can be unrealistic for a lot of people. we're going to meet a man who lost 370 pounds at his local gym without the help of surgery. cheryl heard has our report. >> as straight. get your butt back.

good. >> reporter: working out isn't easy no matter who you are. >> i weighed 10 pounds 14 ounces when i was born. >> if you're stephen lee, being a big baby when you're born in his mind may have something to with weighing a lot later in life. that's because he weighed 650 pounds. >> when you walk in the door, you have that she that, embarrassment. that's what hinders you. how could you not look? >> reporter: he wore a size 7x. the same pants you see here are the same pants he's wearing in his pre-diet, pre-exercising pictures. he lost 370 pounds. now he weighs -- >> 284.

i did it allithout surgery. >> his trair,e.j.castillo, remembers seeing lee walk through the gym door. >> i went overnd introduced myself as a trainer and started giving him tips to how he can maximize his time in the gym. >> reporter: lee changed his diet, got rid of processed foods and started eating healthy. >> not only was i motivating him, he was motivating me in how i trained my clients from then on. if he could do it, a guy pushing 700 pounds, anybody can do it. >> reporter: lee went almost a year without having a job. his trainer was so impressed with him, he hired lee as a team leader. >> here was a person that had, in his mind, an in seizure --

insurmountable amount to lose. >> i tell you, that is impressive, because the last thing you want to do is go to a gy when it's this cold. you want tgo home and put your pajamas on. >> three degrees in some locations. that's just thredegrees away from zero. that's where we could ben some areas during the day tomorrow. and also we have a couple storms to talk about that could bring us a little bit of snow. let's get o there as far as the temperatures are concerned. its a cold night. you already know that. not just a cold night, but it has been a very cold month of december so far even though our first day officially was at 65 on december 1st. since then we have gone downhill. this is only the third time we have seen temperatures in the 20s inmid-december. you don't see this very often and it looks like we'll see another day in the 20s for some of us during the day tomorrow.

right now 22he current temperature. winds out of the west-northwest at 10 miles an hour. even colder off to the nort and west. hagerstown, 18 degrees. 20 in sterling. down towards quantico, 21. falls church around 20 as well. look at t wind. still gusting upwards of 30 miles an hour in some locations. 32-mile-an-hour wind gusts in sterling, and this puts the wind chills in the single digits. 3 degrees in sterling, 3 in hagerstown, 5 at andrews air force base in quentin, but we're still dealing with it here and it's going to be a very cold night tonight. wind chill advisory well to the west of us because wind chills may be down to minus 10 in western portions of virginia. we still have that northwesterly flow. we're not going to see them tonight. we'll see clea skies, windy, very cold conditions overnight

tonight and into the day tomorrow. that cold air is ging to set the stage for ou next storm system that will come in here on thursday. this will bring us some accumulated snowfall. how much? i think an inch, maybe an ich and a half. at most two inches. but that will still cause problems because all of this will be on the road. ere will be no melting from this, so we cou still deal with some problems on thursday, so one to two inches. it's not a lot of snow, but that's what we could be seeing. for you tomorrow morning, mostly clear skies, windy and very cold. 15 to 18 degrees, wind chill between 0 and 8. there's that snow on thursday. a good chance of that snow now, more like a 70% chance. then on fday and saturday, temperatures near the 40-degree ma. then on sunday, we've been talking about this in some other areas. you may have heard a big storm coming. not going to happe i think this one will move out to sea now. >> you're confident. >> i am pretty confident about this, but we'll still watch.

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they just can't break that spell. >>ou're talking about being sick. give the wizards some echinacea. not good timing to face the lakers. kobe bryant played just 24 minutes tonight, but he matched that number inpoint. the wizards couldn't match the

tempo beyond the first quarter. but the new nationals, mr. wirt was there to watch the game. nick young, this guy loves playing against the lakers. hit the jumperver kobe bryant, giving the wizards a two-point lead. young had 21 points off the bench. the wizards led 21-22 after the first quarter. kobe had an explosive third quarter. he scored 16 of his 24 in that time span. ter in the third, look at odom bottom of the screen. goes behind kobe who just sets up and drains the three like butter. after that he wen t to the benc. 23 points total for him. the lakers win 103-89ut afterwards saunders had some praise for his young guys. >> at no point did i think our guys didn't compete and play hard tonight. think that's something we have to build on, d that's all the

guys are after. we made some progress. we got to keep on plugging away and keep on getting better and better, cut down on the little mistakes. we got tory to get healthy here in the next 48 hours and try to go find a way to get our first road win. >> the wizards will be back on the court thursday in new jersey still looking for that first road win. to the football field, it will be a while before the vikings get to play on their home turf. the weight of 17 inches of snow caused the metrodome roof to collapse. after the bump against the giants, the next game will be played at the univsity of minnesota's tcf bank stadium. in sunday's game, kicker graham missed two goalie punts. he took the blame after the game. today the redskins agreed they cut smith, signed a new

punter. his name is sam palescu. hunter has averaged 45 yards per pu, but the final game against the buccaneers is what really cost him his job. the washington capitols will try to break a six-game losing streak. they were back today after a day off and a loss against the rangers. the coach summed up his rspective on the capitols' recent woes. >> i hate losing. it's something that weighs on me because i think i have a big part to do with this team, and obviously you don't like what's going on, but i do believe in everybody in the room that we're going get out of it. >> andhe teammates, all his players, all believe that as well, and they actually think that going through this losing slide might help them gel as

opposed to what winning sometimes does. >> that's one way of looking at it. >> it's a good thing. >> do it eay in the season rather than late. >> it doesn't really matter until april, but they've got this crew following them, and they can't necessarily do what they would normally be doing as far as getting after each other. still to come, speaking of cameras, we're going to take a look at

we have some video from a tv station in dallas. the crew was doing a story abou an armed robbery at an atm when a man pulled a hood over his head and snuck up on an suv that was at the atm, clearly robbing it. a few seconds later the driver sped off and the man in the hood was seen then trying to punch numbers into the atm and get his money out. the news crew called police. a few minutes later the robber was arrested and is thought to be the same suspect who had robbed the at previously, which is the whole reon the news crew was there. so there. a city bus driver in illinois resigned today after a run-in with a snowman. the snowman was built in the road by some students who wanted to see what would happen. one car swerved to avoid it, but thbus coming the other direction dre straight int

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