not expected to play again for the rest of t year. good afternoon. i'm pat lawson muse. the redskins are out of the playoffs so shanahan is going in a did you have direction. today he announced rex grossman will start the final three game and donovan mcnabb will be the third string quarterback. he said he hopes -- he has not be more disrespected his whole career than he has this season. it is absolutely ridiculous, he says. coach shanahan said he told mcnabb with the decision after practice today. >> i want to get a el on ho they can run the offense. what i would like to do the end of the season, to be able to evaluate where we're at. >> i'm as surprised as anybody else on the scene. i've been around a while so i've seen a lot of stuff.

it is what it is. >> always something. it's the nfl. >> and that is today's web poll question. do you agree with the decision to bench mcnabb? you can vote on nbcwashington.com and also, leave your comments on face sgobook and on witter. stephanie wrote, it's much easier to bench mcnabb than hold the offensive line accotable. each and every skin should be playing for eir jobs including the coach. and gwynn wrote, really, coach, for this game withur bitter mostest rival? how much more demoralized do you want the team to get? >> the winter sfotorm that dump two inches of sw, iis a challenge to buck to work or school.

there was lots of shoveling yet to be done. that's why many sool systems like montgomery county decided to open le today. students got an extra two hours of shut-e and marnparents had t rearrange their schedules. >> it is wonderful. we went sledding yesterday and i had a lot of fun. >> tell me what you like. >> i like sledding down the hill and being in snow ball fights. >> going in late was good, huh? >> yeah. >> now morning commuters found the roads in good shape. since the sidewal haven't been shoveled, folks had to run gingerly to get to work today. a water main break in montgomery county created quite a mess. this happened on the 11500 hundred block in wheaton during the break. water flowed on to the streets, making it a very wet commute. crews repaired the 16-inch pipe around lunch time.

there was a chance of snow for this weekend but that seem to have changed. >> chuck bell joins us with a look at the weekend. >> hey there. good afternoon to you and a good friday afternoon, evybody. sunshine for a nice change outside. still on t cold side. our weekend snow chances, though diminishing, have not completely gone to zero just ye we're still keeping a close eye on the te saturday night front half of the day on sunday. it doesn't look like anything big but i can't completely rule out snow flakes. we'll keep you posted. right now, with sunshine out there. 38 degrees here at nbc 4. so far, this december, we've only had two days now out of 17 that have been warmer than average. and i don't see any warm days anywhere in the near future. for now though, here's a look at radar. light snow showers in weern most pennsylvania. portions of southern ohio. those won't be bothering us. we'll keep mostly clear skies. the clouds will art coming back. temperaturesre in the mid to

upper 30s and enjoy it. this is about as warm as we'll be. the good night wake-up forecast into the teens and mid 20s tomorrow morning. a cold and dry evening for your friday night plans. clouds coming back during the day on saturday. saturday night into sunday, plenty of clouds around. so sunday's storm looking like a little further out to sea. but still might be close enough to the coast to bring at least some chance for snow. better chances for you on the other side of the bay toward the eastern shore. ocean city, more likely than here to get snow. we've got breaking news out of poolsville, maryland. where a house is on fire. these are live chopper 4 pictures of the house as you can see. it is burning. it looks like the garage. we'll have more on this story. no one has been injured in this fire. several amtrak trains were delayed.

some electrical cord fell on to the tracks near wilmington, delaware. two were canceled. as derrick ward reports, more cancellations are expected. >> reporter: downed power lines led to some long line the commercial power line came down on amtrak's overheadlines south of delaware and that led to problems along the.c. to new york corridor and beyond. got here early. and they said everything was on te. then they had an announcement that there was a delay due to problems on the tracks. >> reporter: others were caught on the other side of the problem. and they had to with it on board the train >> i was just relaxing on the train. it was warm and comfortable. we were in business class. it wasn't a big problem. >> reporter: the problem had started last night. the tains had to be single tracked for a 13-mile stretch. that pushed some delays earlier

to as long as two hours for some travelers. >> we're going into sleep mode. it's fine. >> reporter: there is something calming about train travel for some, even when a delay stands between a weary worker and the last leg home. >> when i got to the other en, i can just get in my car and drive home. so it is much w are than sitting in an airport. >> amtrak said th disruptions are not affecting the line. just the northeast regional trains at this point. the trains 181 and127 from new york to d.c. have been canceled. and they say more cancellations and delays are possible throughout the day. if you're traveling on amtrak, you should check with them before you travel. at union station, derrick ward, news4. >> metro riders are being told expect random searches of carry-on items. the escalation of security come the same week an afghan threatened to bomb the system.

nbc news justice correspondent pete williams is here with more. what can you tell us about the warnings or threats that they're hearing? >> it is a very generalized thing. it is true the fbi and the security did send it into law enforcement. it is a history lesson reminding theof recent attacks. reminding they will, too, that al qaeda seems to have an interest in seasonal attacks. there was the attempt to blow u a plane bound for the u.s. on chistmas day last year. there was the plan by a man arrested in portland who wanted to try to bb the christmas tree lighting ceremony there. and there have been other attacks in other countries where al qaeda tries to target large concentrations of people who are gathering for events, or seasonal events. for these reasons, the fbi and homeland security says local police should be extra vigilant. now, of course, what i'm told is there is a constant threat stream and it has been getting

busier over the past several months. wee seen some of the thin come into public view. the cargo bombing plot, for example, that was foiled. there's nothing specific. no actual specific threat that the government is worried about. but th are urging police to change things up. and i think that's one of the reasons why you're seeing what metro is ing. don't make your security procedures predictable. throw a little uncertainty into the mix. >> so what metro will do is search bags and packages. >> anything that could potentially contain an explosive device. and metro is saying we're doing what they've done in boston and new yorkwhere the public seems to have accepted these searches. so they'll try to do it here randomly. >> so what are they going to be looking for? just anyone carrying any specific kind of bag? >> well, backpacks, for example. backpack have been a favorite of terrorist groups. they've tried plant explosive devices with backpacks before. backpacks seem to be a look at

the foiled plots in knocking. you look at what the london subway attackers brought their explosive devices with. so i'm sure backpacks will be something they'll look at. they'll check them. they'll run the little sort of trace detectors on them like they use at airports. if there is a positive match, and the dogs alert them to, they will look inside and try to karat out. >> they've got, there are a lot of bus stops and stations. passenger. a few dozen security officers. how widespread willthese searches actually be? >> not very in fact. again, what metro says quite candidly is, we're trying to throw the pbad guys off stride. we don't want metro to know we'll always be at metro center but not at dupont circle. they don't want that predictability. >> okay. pete williams. thanks. when news4 at 4:00 continues, the final weekend before christmas and retaile are going all out on des. >> also ahead, a rare brunch

between kate middleton and her future mother-in-law, the queen. also, what is middleton going to wear on her wedding day? and our 12 days of giving continues. call if you're able to help the district alliance for state housi housing.

the dallas cowboys quarterback tony romo is engaged. he is planning to marry a former miss missouri. he proposed to candace crawford yesterday while they were celebrating her 24th birthday. she is a sports reporter for a dallas tv station. her station's website said she has a passion for sports and loves going to cowboys games. romo has been off the field since october when he broke his collar bone. this will be the first marriage for both of them. in the past he has dated carey underwood and jessica simpson. you would think years of dating a prce would get you plenty of face time with the queen but you would be wrong. kate middleton is learni what it is really like to be part of a royal family. >> reporter: introductions to the future in-laws are intimidating for anybody anywhere. imagine meeting the entire extended family, aunts, uncles,

cousins who also happen to be dukes, duchesses, princes, princesses, and the party is being thrown by the queen of england. kate middleton isn't officially a member of the family yet. but an invitation from the queen to her annual christmas lunch is a sign she is already an important part of the royal inner circle. "people" magazine reports that both kate and william attended the annual gathering at buckingham palace on thursday. >> this is the first time she really met the entire royal family in one place together at the same time. and royal experts say hit to be an extremely daunting experience. >> reporter: kate has only met the queen once before. >> the whole notion that kate and the queen have had intimate lunches together or cups of tea by themselves is not true. really, kate has had very little interwax the queen because the queen is so busy. >> reporter: a photographer snapped these photos as they left the palace. kate is smiling from ear to ear.

perhaps a sign that he go went well. perhaps a sign the future princess was relieved it was over. >> there's so much etiquette. so much decorum. so much that can go wrg. the fact that she emerged from this lunch beaming from ear to ear shows how successful she must have been. >> reporter: the next big success -- >> it is quite a stuffy viral. the royals at christmas is a veryregiment, well, the day before christmas eve and then the day itself runs like clock work with precision. >> reporter: this year, prince william, a reue pilot for the royal air forks will on duty at his air base in wales. convenient for kate who will get to spend the time with her family. once she is the princess, there will be no escaping. the image of the couple wi no longer be allowed on biscuit tins or tea towels. they said they only want pilots

are permanent and significant. the tea towel news will no doubt be a crushing blow for women across this country. nbc news, london. >> so let's talk wedding gowns. fashionistas around the world are waiting to see who and what she will wear. women were asked how they would dress her on her big day. take a look. vera wang said she went regal, yet poeti the hand pieced lace work and the high neck bodice with short sleeves. it is a mixture of stiffnd soft tule. and this call the blossoming dress. the inspiration come from the venus demilo. carl called the take on the wedding dress with a ist. that would be high boots and lots of pink bows. gucci that they wanted to have some balance in the gown.

contemporary but elegant. it is putting kate in a dress with clean lines, soft shapes and classing touches like the boat neck line. finally, this pictures kate going completelylassic in this off the shoulder dress but says, it doesn't matter what she wears. her beauty and grace will work with any design, they say. the district allianceor safe housing provides help for victim. joining us now is peg, the founder of dash. tell us about your emergency and transitional housing program. >> we started dash about four years ago to increase the amount of safe housing and accessibility to safe housi for survivors in the district of columbia. and so over those four years, we've really been able to triple

the amount of husing beds and units available to women and children escaping abuse. currently we run about 53 emergency and transitional housing units for wen and children. >> how many shelters are there for domestic violence? >> there are three different shelter programs. all which of have a tol of about 100 units now. so dash really comprises a large portion of those. >> the holidays are a tough time for so many families. why has it been violence, domestic violence tends to escalate around this time? >> well, you know, people are trying to hold it together during t hoidays. because they want it to be a peaceful and a meaningful time for their families. so they t sort of reduce any conflict. and it can create a lot of stress on families which then ultimately blows up. and so we end up getting more of our calls right after the holidays when that has happened. >> tell us about the help that dash needs. >> any kind of resources that we

can g that will help us to help the women and children that we serve to facilitate to independent lives. obviously funding is a huge need for us. and to give fol an idea, $30 will help us pay for a woman's application fee for permanent housing. $50 might help us get her emergency food when she first moves into emergency housing. $1,000 would help us pay for her to live in a permanent, affordable unit. so it really runs the gamut. >> real quickly, where does the majority of your funding come from? >> most of our funding come from the office of victims services near d.c. but we also get a large variety of funding from other front private sources. so we're grateful for any support we can get. >> all right. the number to call to help dash help victims of domestic violence in the stifl 202-686-nbc 4. >> thank you. coming up, just minutes ago,

president oba signed a bill to prevent a tax hike. plus, meteorologist chuck bell has your weekend forecast.

the snow packas it were, melted down just a little bit. i still think there's at least an opportunity for snow flakes to come. it doesn't look like a big deal. i think yesterday's one to two inch, that's about the p end potential that we even have sun morning. even that i think the storm is forming too far out to see do us too much in the way of snow harm. or snow good if do you. outside a friday afternoon, a little sunshine out there. the sun goes down at 4:46. 38 degrees with a few clouds passing by the dew point temperatures remain way down in the season. windchills down close to the freezing mark. here's a look at doppler. light snow showers across parts of western pennsylvania. they won't be bothering us a all. we're still waiting on the formation of a coastal storm for the next weather maker.

a light breeze, you can say around here, generally cloudy skies on the way back during the course of the day tomorrow. so we'll start off tonight with some clearkies and we'll start off saturday with generally nice weather. but there that goes ocean storm forming and it is a little too far out to see in order to throw too much moisture back our way. i do think still a 30% chance of some snow on sunday. especially in the morning. but it doesn't look like much of an accumulating snow. you folks out on the eastern shore have a better chance of seeing alittle accumulating snow. we're keeping a close eye on it. this evening, clear skies. not too bad. 25 for evening temperature. wake-up time on saturday morning, partly cloudy. connued ld. a few icy spots can't be completely ruled out. the wake-up temperatures, 15 toward manassas. and bull run and 25 i town. then tomorrow, temperatur back into the 30s once again. there's my cautionary snow flake for sunday. i don't want to pull it all the way out and then hve to risk

putting it back in. we're also watching a slight chance of snow as we get toward tueay and then clouds building back in late nextweek. we'll have a close eye on christmas day. >> a lot of folk will be happy to hear that. >> all right. thank you. still to come, your taxes won't go up next year after all. the latest from capitol hl. plus this weekend, retailers are stepping up les to get you in those storms. >> reporter: i'm liz crenshaw. why do some stores change their return policies during the holidays? [ male announcer ] are you watching cle?

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it's time to get more this holiday season. it's time for fios. welcome back. here's what's happening right now. donovan mcnabb is on the bench and rex grossm will be starting quarterback on sun against the cowboys. coach mike shanahan announced that decision today. theecision to bench mcnabb. the quarterback isaving his worst career specifically since his rookie season. lindsay will have more reaction at 5:00. amtrak officials have canceled four trips after cords fell on the track.

ey say they're could not takt passengers, tryingo take trained 181 and 127. both trains are heading from new york to d.c. this evening. both say the other line are not affected. the fuel system is being checked out today. so far technicians say they haven't come across any problems the shuttle has postponed its final trip into orbit after multiple fuel leaks were discovered over the past few months. on ll street, stocks ended the week on a flat note following a day of mixed trading. the dow jones ended down about seven points. the nasdaq picked up about six points and the s&p 500 closed about one point higher. if you haven't nished why you holiday shopping, you're in luck. there are big deals this weekend but expect to see the stores more packed than ever. >> reporter: a big reason retailers are braced for an onslaught of last-minute christmas shoppers this week is because of what happened last weekend.

a major winter storm kept most of the country in the deep freeze. shoppers away from shopping and now in a rush. >> i'm going out on my lunch breaks. running around right after work. >> if you're last-minute, i hope something is still here or get a gift certificate which is what i'm doing today. >> reporter: even before this week, the national retail federation raised projections for holiday sales to 3.3% over last year. >> consumers look like they're willing to splurge. >> reporter: that means splurging on discretionary items, too, like jewelry. >> last year was a little tight. this year it seems like it pretty good. >> reporter: the push will continue right up until christmas next weekend. starting tuesday morning at 6:00, toys are us stores will stay open for 88 straight hours until 10:00 christmas eve. >> we know a lot of our customers have procrastated. >> reporter: it is

procrastination retaers can live. with one out of three shoppers is said to be only halfway through their christmas shopping. more than 700 merchants are offering free shipping today only. the deal ends at midnight. now for a list have retailer, go to nbcwashington.com and search key word shipping. what should you do with broken holiday lights? how do you keep your cams from become a hazard? and why do some stores change their return policies during the holidays? now a holiday edition of ask liz. >> because they're trying to confuse us. >> we' got some questions. the first question co from so diddy in d.c. she asks, why do some stores change their return policies during the hospitals? >> it is one of though things that's annoying. stores do this for a few reasons. some make their policies more lenient because they understand

there is a lag time between when it gets purchased and then when it received. others will tighten their policies in order to deter return fraud or shoplifting to see if there are any change in your favorite retailer, look for that return policy online. on the back of your receipt or on the wall at the store it is supposed to be posted. >> theecond question, e said she has a few string of broken lights. i have more than a few. >> both the national fire protection agency and the department of solid waste services helped us. then for safety, you use lights that have been, hve the label of an independent testing lab like u.l. on them and you don't want to plug more than three strands of lights into a sine electrical outlet or an extension cord. if you have lights that are broken or oerlgd montgomery county sum reply recommend recycling them. get this. locally mom organic market takes

in decorative lights for recycling all the way through january. that's a good place to drop them off. also the hard wear store is recycling. write your used lights to i? of the locations. that's a good thing. if it is not looking right, take to it tho places. >> all the lights are not broken. >> we know the loose bulbs are fire hazards, but there's another hazard, candles. what can we do? >> again the national fire protection association has some alarming stistics about this one. it says december is the peak month for home candle fires. with christmas and cistmas eve representing two of the top days associated with home candle fires. they recommd keeping candles out of the beoom where two and

five u.s. candle fires begin. and it may sound simple but always blow out candles when you leavehe room or go to bed. a lot of folks don't do that. if you' got a question you would like to us consider for ask liz, do send it in. you can also ask questions, get this, on our new facebook page. jump search liz crenshaw on the facebook page. coming up at 5:00, how can you make sure your pine branch there's last throughout the holiday? what are some tips for making smart choices when buying gift cards? and what rights do you have as a consumer when it come to gift cards. >> i'm going to be asking you those questions. >> i can't wait to hear the answers. president obama just signed

the tax bill. the framework for the compromise was negotiated by president obama. aspects of the deal generated outrage among liberal docrats and some republicans but with a deadline looming, lawmakers came together to prevent the t hike on january 1. here's much more to come at 4:00. after 25 years, it was time to hang up the suspenders. a look at larry king. and the dancing cop is back on the streets.

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larry king signed off the air last night. >> he was on the air for the last 25years, as you probably know. he took a bow last night with a who's who of front page headliners. regis philbin, and the president along with the former president bill clinton. >by the way, thsuits wanted me to remind you what the zipper club is. if you've had open heart surgery, they had to zipper it up. i thought everyone knew it. >> bill and i looked confused. >> we were wondering -- >> i'm sure. do you have any questions? >> i'm glad you clarified that. >> i see what you mean. oh, oh. >> that one took me back a little bit, too. so just in case you missed it,

the zipper club is a reference to people who have had open heart surgery and not any other zier. king's show will air repeats until pierce morgan fills the spot next month. a rhode island police officer likes to dance to the beat. and he is back again this year. >> also known as the dancing cop, he is a retired providence police officer. he pulls out his old uniform during the holidays to show people he's still got it. on christmas eve, he gives drivers another look when he dumps his blue suit for a santa suit and he hands out candy. he has a few moves that he is still using there. >> he has some mov. when news4 at 4:00 returns, the frigid temperature are putting a big freeze on the potomac. >> and we continue with our 12 days of giving series. if you'd like to then organization d.a.s.h. which helps victims of domestic violence.

this is day eight of our 12 days of giving. today we introduce you to the ork of the district alliance for safe housing. it provides a safe place for victims of domestic violence. our volunteers are taking your calls in the phone bank. 202-686-nbc 4. joining us here in our studio is tiffany lewis. she is a client of dash. and tell us about the situation that sent you there. >> i became a victim of domestic violence earlier this year. i was a victim of, my abuser abused pcp. and i became a resident, a 6day program. they extended omore than one occasion. i've been with d.a.s.h. 11 months and i'm in a transitional program that's two years. they offer so much. they have an advocate team that is great.

theyffer counseling, and they have a play room for the children. where the mothers can regroup and develop themselves, they ake o children for two hours to give us time to rest, to meet with our advocates one-on-one. so d.a.s.h. has really helped me and provided me funding to go to cna school where i graduated. so a lot of programs. >> and you have two children. >> yes. a 2-yeaold son and a 4-year-old daughter. >> what has it been like making the transition from the domestic violence situation that you were in? >> for all tee of us, it started off a little rocky because of the new start. a new start to our new life. and it's been a year. we all have grown strong. we are better people that prepared me to be a better mom. to interact with my children from the time of domestic violence that i've been in, i lost that relationship with my children. so i'm really starting to regro and rebuild that relationship with my children. >> so it has helped you a lot.

what kind of help does d.a. ssk h. need? >> d.a.s.h. needs help. they residence us for free. other programs, you have to pay your rent. 30%. and i think d.a.s.h., it's great that we don't have to come in to give us two years. they pay everything for us. we can have more funding for support groups. more activities in the building. more clothes, christmas for the children. when we leave, the domestic violence survivors, we don't have nothing. >> you're on your way. we thank you for sharing your story. keep up the good work. you're an inspiration of a lot of victims of domestic violence. if you can help d.a.s.h. which is helping so many women, please call our volunteers. barbara? >> thank you. it is still early in the season but we're already seeing some hard evidence of just how cold it is out there. earlier today, our city camera got these pictures of the

potomac river. there is alady ice forming along good part of it. chuck bell here to tell us whether these freezing temratures will stick around for a while. >> our coldest december in ten years underway here. and more colder than average weather all the way through the next seven days. so quite a bit of cold weather indeed. the temperature so far for the month, we're about seven degrees colder than average for december standards. yeah. our coldest december in the last ten years. december 2000? i don't think we're in any danger of getting colder than that one. even after our ven day numbers are crunched, it looks like couple degrees milder. but nonetheless, it is plenty old. and a friendly reminder for anyone looking at the ice, the rivers, lakes and streams, don't go out on the ice. it is too thin. that water is very, very cold. it is not anywhere near thick enough to support people out there. be extra careful. outside on the radar, a couple snowlakes up there in western pennsylvania. ey won't come our way. we'll be generally clear and

quiet. temperatures right now are in the mid to upper 30s around town. manassas down to below the freezing mark. hagerstown at 32. even ocean city, cold at 33 degrees. so your good night wake-up forecast,enerally fair ski. back into the upper teens and low 20s. warrenton, manassas, blue ridge, upper teens. mid teens in the panhandle of michigan. then tomorrow, increasing clouds tomorrow with high temperatur generly speaking into the mid 30s. sunday, still watching at a slight chance for a few snow flake. especially sunday morning. it doesn't look like a big deal. on tuesday, little chance for more cloud cover coming for the end of next week. doug kammerer out there changing light bulbs, running wires. are you doing the lightsr are you hosting the lights? >> i will just hosting. i would have nothing to do with what he's doing.

we'll show you this. we'll turn on the lights and we'll not only turn on the lights, we'll turn on the music as well. and you'll getwhy i say both of those coming up in a little bit. wait until you see what we had today. >> i can't wait. >> it was a pretty house before the lights and music. this will be good. we should go to the neighbors' house and ask them what they thinkbout it. >> i'm sure they enjoy the view. >> i would think it would be good up to a point. up to a point. >> you decorated your house? >>i put a tree up and i have the chris moose s out. >> president obama gave some local students a holiday gift. plus parents talk to "dateline" about their daughters testimony. the redskins announced

donovan mcnabb will be benched the rest of the season. plus the end of an era. and a rite of passage for childhood. writing letters to santa. it is what kids are asking for that is striking a chord with postal workers.

president obama paid a visit to young students in arlington, virginia. he read to about 90 second graders. he read from his new christmas book, our new cldren's book, go of thee i sing. he had a spial message to students. he encouraged them to beind to each other during the holiday season and to think about how they can be nicer to those who are less fortunate. general motors is recalling r 100,000 vehicles. the models being recalled are the 11 versions of the cadillac srx, chevrolet equinox and the gmc terrain. they discovered the problems in september. there have been no injuries or crashes reported. gm said its dealers will fix the problem for free and customer will be notified. now the elizabeth smart

kidnapper -- now that the kidnapper has been found guilty, her parents talked to "dateline" about what she went through. and we'll have a preview (voice 1) we've detected an anomaly...

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we're hearing more about the young woman and what she endured. natalie morales has a preview. >> reporter: more than eight years after brn david mitchell snatched elizabeth in the night, prosecutors were ready to try him for her kidnapping. her long held silence about the details of those months with mitchell was over. pat coveredthe trial. >> this is the first time we've heard in great detail about what happened to her. and the interest has been immense. >> overhe course of three days, elizabeth gave jurors a portrait of a young girl's fight to survive. elizabeth described how it began. that june night in 2002. the jolts from sleep. the intruder with a knife. hi bone chilling threat. >> i'll kill you a your family. if you make a sound. and he leads her out of the house. >> and toward a tra in the

foot hills behind her home. even in the moonlight in confusion, she recognizes him. >> emanuel who came in and worked on the house. she questions him. why are you doing this? >> the reporters heard how emanuel, aka brian mitchell, ignored her pleas. near daybreak they came to a remote campsite. a woman named wanda stepp forward and led the girl into a ten. mitchell following. >> that's when she is raped violently for the first time. >> even ashe described for the court the horror of that moment, elizabeth did not break down. her father ed smart was amazed at her composure. heart sick for her daughter. >> as i sat there listening to what she had to say, to hear her talk about that first day and how she felt, she felt

worthless. afteraving everything taken that she cherished and felt, that brian mitchell would take from her. >> you can watch the rest of that interview tonight in a special edition of "dateline." elizabeth smart, the way back home airs tonight at 9:00 right here on nbc 4. that's news4 at 4:00. news4 at 5:00 starts right now. the bitter cold, the whipping wind. we are enduring e coldest december in ten years. and after yesterday's taste of snow, there could be more winter weather coming our way. i'm barbara harrison. >> we begin today with more frigid temperatures and winter weather. >> snow is on the ground out there. some ice in parts of the iver.

the question is will we see any more snow coming this week? doug kammerer can tell us that. >> reporter: the good news for that, i don't think we'll see any snow from this next storm system but there are a couple more storm systems that could give us a little in the way of snow. win definitely holding on. e temperature have been well below average. is and yes, this is the coldest december since 2000. 36 degrees, the current temperature out there. windchills, about 33 degrees. around the rest of the region, what are we dealing with? temperatures into the 30s just about everywhere. a little warmer than we have been, actually. 34 in frederick. fw take a look at the satellite and radar. what you see is a little in the way of snow showers and the great lakes. look to the south down toward arkansas, texas, that's a developing storm system. we've been talking about a possible coastal storm over the couple days. there will be a storm. fortunately for us, we're going b