a winter storm paralyzes the south. both of e carolinas a under a state of emergey. thousands of flitghts have been canceled and now parts of the northeast could see upwards of a foot of snow. good evening. i'm doreen gentzler. >> and i'm jim vance. fortunately, we're n the ones who will see the big snow, but we'lsee a little of it. >> this will benother storm where everydylse gets hit hard across the east but us. let's see where it's comin through right w. it's been coming through southern virginia for the last couple hour virginia tech has abo a third of that snow on the ground right now. danville, virginia, too, reporting some sno as well as around dublin. wintereather advisories cover the area, but these don't go up until 4:00 p.m tuesday and they stay up until 6:00 a.m. wednesday. that's the area that could get snow all thrgh the

metropolitanarea. so from 5:00 a., 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m., we have advisories. we'll talk more copping up. th nation paused today to remember the shootg victims in arizona and to pray for the congresswoman. gabrielle giffords remains in critical condition as a memorial grows in tucson. those who died are remembered on the capitol stepsn washington. president obama pla to have a memorial service on wednesday. firs we go t jay gray. he is live in tucson. ja >> doreen, that's absolutely right, president obama makg his wayo tucson for tt morial on wednesday, although many here are already rememberinand honoring the victims othe attack. quietly they gather around this growing memorial atniversity

medical center, hundreds throhout the day, many looking for the same thing as the victim inside: healing. the emotions here are still so raw, somr faces saying wt words right now cannot. >> you know, thiis our town and it's just horrible that something like this could happen here. >> reporter: a horror that's tied to washington, where colleaes of congresswoman gaielle giffords and the president paused for a moment of silence for the viims, including their friend still fighting for her lif as they stop to remember that many are still recognizi the heroes of at day. ke giffords' intern, daniel hernandez, who kept her alive until first responders arrid, then rused to leave her side. >> i just wanted to make sure sh knew she wasn't on her o and she wn't going to be in a situation where she wod have to be alone at any point. >> we had done cpr.

>> reporter: nurse fancy bowman in the crowd when the shots rang out was trying desperate to save john roll, when her huand, a physician, finally told her it was too late. >> he finally said, honey, there are other peopleleeding who need your lp and you can't help him anymore. i just looked at him and said, i'm so, so sorry. >> reporter: new images release tonight for the man police say is responsible. jared lee loughner just stood there and said yes when he was asked if he understood what he was being charg for. a violent rampage that so many are still struggling to understand. ana couple notes now, no one from loughner's family was in the courtroom today, and he was not requed to enter a pl. his nex appearance will be at a preliminary hring set for

january 24. live in tucson, i jay gray. doreen, jim, back to you. >> all right, y, thank you. here in washington, security has taken on new importance at the capitol. so has the did ebate about how calm an etionally crged and increasingly partisan nation. crai melvin continues that coverage from the hill craig? >> reporter: jim, as you can see behi me the flag stilllies at half mast at the capitol, a symbol of grief. side today there were also conversations about the best way to prevent whahappened saturday morning in tucson from ever happening again. some of the sad who stoed knew the victims well. >> i actuallyew personally john roll, the judge who was killed, and just trying to come to grips with wt's gone on. >> reporter: tre were signs of stepped-up security and signs of these and this, a makeshift

memorial on theentral stepsf the eastern entrance honoring the victims. insidehe capitol, a dirtive to senator of arms, members of ngress and their staffs they need to commucate to us ery time there is a threat or somethingsuspicious. >> with100 senatorsnd 45 members of the house, a personal guard for each is not realistic. but he wants them to take precautis. >> ithe hair on the back of their neck stas up about something, they need us tdo an evaltion on how that might tie in with other threats. >> reporter: psonnel plan to brf themn additional consequences today. meanwhile, neighbors of gabrielle giffords have already made changes. >> back in arizona, we're going to work with local authorities to enhance that serity, get more of it.

>> reporter:s law enfcement and lawmakers tried to figure out ways to make sure nothing like this ever happens again, th finger pointing ntinues. was it the emotionally charged healthcare? were those on t left unfaiy blaming politicians on the right for the tragedy? monday, d.c.'s delegate addressed that. >> democrats and republicans equally respsible. >> this morning we heard senator lautenberg is planning to dorse banning the sale of those highly-charged magazines used saturday morning. we also learned that loughner was able to get off 31 shots beforeeing tackled. from capitol hill tonight, craig melvin, news jim, back tyou. >> thank you, craig. a local pastor is recovering tonight after fighting wh a burglar inde a church. the conontation happened in wheaton last nig as the pastor tried to clean up from a

break-in that d happened just the nit before. that's when he realid someone else was iide the church with him. jackie bensen has our report. >> reporte the new creation baptist urch in wheaton is no lofty cathedral. the one-time home to former slaves is now a house of worship for two congregations, one heavy american, the other latino. they've come togetr over a series of crimes that culminated in an attack on pasto jose leva saturd night. he and hisife came to clean up after a busy weekend. th found a man who had bken . pastor revas gbbed a rake to defe himself. >> i said, what are y doing here? you're not supposed to be he right now. he didn't want toleave. he wentumping for the ndow. >> rosa revas cled 911. >> i said everythg because i'm scared for her life.

>> the pasr noted it was the third burglary from the church since november. the first time a heavy safe was taken, the second time a bible and pennies that had been collected by childre of the congregation. >> a water jug that contained 30,000 pennies, another bag that contained ,000 pennies had both been taken fm the church. >> pastor ella whefield says it's been a tough year financially for the church. >> we love them and they're good people, very good people. we kno they love the church. >> reporter: the church wan to adddditional outdo lighting and possibly highe security for saturday night rvices. the probl is both of those things costoney that they don't have. in wheaton,ackie been, news4. coming up tonight, a baby r sale on craigslist prompted some swift action fro the fairfax county poli. a lobbyist and congressional chief of staff fnd dead inside a burned-out suv this moing.

michael douglas shares good news about his fight with cancer. coming up in spor, jeffco addresses ryan taking a personal approach. the

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leaving her home o eighth street in southeast. she was trying to maneuver o of her garage and apparently hit mething that caused a car fire. she did not me it out of the vehicle. >> she was a wonderful young lady, and always cordial and charming. >> police are investigating whether aedical event might have played aole in the crash. turtan was the motherf three young children. she was married to a top white house aide. police in fairfax are looking into a bizarre incident on craigslist in which a baby was listed for sale. the posting on friday lted a two-moh-old female for sale. administrars of craigslist quickly took it down. investigators go a search warrant. they went to aouse in annandale, but thesaid no actual baby was involved. so far nobodyas been charged

with anythin still to come on news4, winter weathermacks the southeast, blowi travel on the ground and on the ai veronica joi us oncegain to tell us how muc snow we will see and when. >> i'm louise crenshaw. a consumer warning tonight. joining a gym may seem like a

the newear may have you thinking about joining a gym to get in shape, but beforeou do, liz crenshaw sheer with a warning. >> doreen, there is no need to break a sweat when choosing a heal club, but you do need to know the rules. washington checked out more an 0 local health clubs and found out the best way is to exercise your rights as a consumer. >> i actually erate, overslept. >> i probay need to lose abo 20 pounds. >> i never joined a gym before,

this might be my fst time since getting o of college. >> okay. here's the truth about health club memberships. >>he number onehing people do wrong is they join a gym and then they don't use it. >> so to incree your odds that you will use it consumer's checkbook sa folsom simple rules. first, try before you buy. either buy a trial membership or ask for a guest pass. that way y can check the cleanliness, the condion of the equipment, the helpfulness the staff. >> try out the facility, talk to the other memrs. >> second, it's all about convenience. >> my m, it's verclose to work and it's close tohome, so it gives me more incentive to go. >> i like it because it's new, it's open 2 hours. >> third, shop and save. for example, checkbook found two popular area health clubs had more than a $500 difference tween them for a one-year membership with full access to equipment and classes a both places.

number fr, know the res of cancellation. if you change your mind, move, get hurt can you get your money back or free your membership? >> if didn't have to sign a contract, i would definitely join a gym. >> and last but not least, did you know you could haggle the price? >> press them on price. you may find that they have a special price justor you. >> you can negotiate t price. >> you can negotiate. >> iained a little bit of weight over e holidays, but i'm going to take it off. >> we'll take it off. more on washington consumer's checkbook checklist and to review its ratings on the health clubs, look at our web site. check that canceation policy for sure. some people do chang their mis. >> thank you, liz. and wn it's this cold outside and you're getting ready for snow, you want to move inside for exercise. >> you wanto stay inside and t some joggingn. for folks who want the snow ts season, this is the season you want to get in your r and go

not just north but travel south. the soh has more snow there than what wve had righthere. let's take a look at what's going on in the area. we do have clouds overhead and the clouds will contie to increase. those high tempetures today, just 35 degrees. tomorrow, closer to the freezing mark. and tomorrow we're going to notice the win start to pic up late in the day as well. as far as snowfl for this season for us, just at 2.5 inches ofsnowfall. atlanta, though, for the season, six. raleigh 6 inches ofsnowfall. the wind chill at 21 degrees. let's take a look at what we can expect f tomorrow. it is going to be dry in the morning. the snow will start from the southwestround culpper around 10:00 a. for st. ma's, could be some sleet mixing in, but all of this will end about miight, but slick roads for wednesday

moing. here's a look at where that snow is right now. down to the south ofs moving through north carolina. it's been changing over, fayetteville and raleigh. it really is a two-piece system because there's another part over the mwest that's going to join forces,ut not until it's north of us. right now you canee the snow in cedar rapids and st. lou, missou. watch these two lows. what happens by wednesy morning, it res away. we're left with windy conditions here, but again, snow around this area not very much at l. here's a loo at the futurecast. it stas about noontime, down to the south, that's where there coulbe some sleet andreezing rain. then off to the east could get some moderate snow here around 8:00, 9:00 tomorrow, and thecn t all move out aroun midnight to 2:00 a.m.n the morning. two tothree-inch swfall totals from quantico,

fredericksburg, up toward mar n marti martinsburg. enough tdo a little light shovelg around the area, but that is about it here's a look at your morning forecast. cloudy skies, col conditions 18 to degrees. by the afternoon, only at 2:00, around freezing, but one to two inches of snow on the ground tomorrow eving. winds cou be a little slick driving home tomorroevening. by the time we get to the weekend, it's another storm, but it's rained for that one. little proems tomorrow te. >> may be lots of decisions for schools in t afternoon. >> i think we'll have delays wednesday morning. >> thanks,eronica. stil ahead tonight, some pele in arlington take taco eating t a new level. eating t a new level. >> and rex ryan says ts next

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hi, lindsa >> hey, there, doreen yes, the capitols play tomorrow night. they've got some stop wornging to their advantage right now. ey want to keep it that way. when you're trying topark scoring from your players that areslumping, you try different things and it's kin of like skolding a child. sometimes you're gentle and say that's okay, other times you take away responsibility. whatever method he's using, it seems he's fnd something. sarday night in tampa, it was a turnaround for a couple players,eginning with mike green, who would eure a

13-game scoreless streak to go in for his eighth goaln the year. later in thatgame, it was alex ovechkin who is on pace for his rst year in ter of goals. bruce boudreau says it's not like these superstars take a scoring slump lightly. >> they feel pressure. they kw what they have to do. and if you've everlayed, you kn what it's like to be a scorer and not score. i mean, it weighs on your mind. so you could see alex's score, he h the same reaction, mike scored, he had the same reaction, and i'm sure you'll see the same reaction when the other guys score. >> bruce boudreau and his tm faces the panthers tomorrow night. one thing is evident. jets coach rex ryan seems to be havingo much fun, it's kind of like he's checking off his persal to-do list under the glow of the national spotlight.

after saturday night's gam again, he facesbellick. he said it personal, him against beichek. why? because he was embarrassedn th13th gamof the season. rex ryan did notforget. he saihe did not have his team prepared. bill bellichek was the master mind, at the top of hisgame, and he made mincemeat othe jetshat day. rex ryan still feels the sting. he said this fight is not about the jets againsthe patriots. >> this is about bill bellichek rsus rex ryan. there's no question it's personal. it's about him against myse. i recognize he's the best and he's going to get my best shot. he's going toet everything he has, and we won't beat him.

i also told bellichek after the game, 'll see you in round three. he just looked at me. >> whatever team they playnext, if they advance, i wonder who it will be pernal against. thank god there aren't 52 plays. thanks, lindsay. comingp next, micel

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wall and unlimit free cos. >> just what you want after all the tacos. >> it will start noonte a little south and we, and then it's out of here wednesday rning, but easily we could get between one and four inches of snowfall. the higher amounts east and northeastf the area. sandy spring, clinton, two inches. as well as leesburg, 2.5 inches. a little messy for a morning rush. we'll see you tomorrow. have a good evening.