>> later on today the temperatures -- not like yesterday morning. we started in the 20s and end up in the mid-40s so a 1 to 20 degree jump. thatill not be the case today. we're in the mid to upper 30s now and i think mbe three or five degrees is about all we're going to see the temperatures go up today. clouds a hanging tough out there first thing this morning. they should out of the way by about lunch time. a little bit of dimun first thing this morning. 36 degrees here in downtown. 34 in annapolis. 36 waldorf, la plata and quantico. 32 in sterling and leesburg and a wind blowi out there windchil in the mid-20s right now. get thisibbon of clouds outf the way. sunshine this afternoon but thanks to the nohwest wind temperatures will ruggle today to get into the lo40s for only a brief time and by midafternoon i think the colder, drier ai is starting to push itself in. we wl notice it for sure tomorrow. a ttle chance for se light snow tomrow after sunset. we mayave to worry about some

freezing rain tuesy morning. back to work andchool. >> thank you, chuck. today a chaps for people to get back in the j market. the recession might technically be over but a lot of pple are still struggling to find work but two new arlington hotels are looking to hire more tha 200 people and they' holding a job fair today to find candidates. derrick ward is liv at the crystal gateway marriott on jeff davis highway with more on that. good morning, derric >> reporter: well, indeed. you know the service industry is vital to the local economy so, of course, anyti there's activity it's worth ting anytime 250 jobs openingp, at's definitely good news. we are indeed re at the crystal gateway marriott in crystal city where this job fair is going on now. these jobs are actually at some of the newest hotels in this area, in this corridor at the renaissance view hotel and the residence inn arlington capital vi. if you traveled there on route 1 around the potomac yards area, you've seen the new construction

there. that's where the job are and they're looking for 250 peoe and of cours as we're saying that is good news. now joining m now this morning is jerry,he general manager, viously. good morning. od to see you. first off, what does this say about the loc service industry,he fact these new jobs have opened up? >> well, we believe there are great portunities for people in theervice industry not just to start their carrs but to ntinue them and to look for litime opportuniti in the hotel industry. >> so are you looking for folks with prior experience in the service industry or is that is not thesely a requirement? >> we don't necessari look for people tt have to have experience before. weook for folks that have the right character,he right personality, thaenjoys servicing folks. in some technical jobs we do look for people that have experience but, more than anythingwe look for peop that enjoy worng with others. >> reporter: and you talked about the lifetime opportunities. i imagine you'll get more than

250 people showing up. if you apply and you don't get a job are you now, though, in the system, so topeak? >> we have a very corehensive system. we have folks from throughout the mro d.c. area helping us to select candidates. many of those individualslso have positions that are ailable and i'm sure that they'll be looking at these candidat for their positions as well. >> reporter: these new hotels, it's a significant extension of the general commercial area down this corridor. aryou sort of thenchor of that now and wha does it mean to be part of that new devepment south of here? >> ll, i don't know we're the anchors but we are the new hotel on the blo. tohe degree that we can draw mo attention and attract more business to the crystal city, to the arlg arlingtonarea, we're happy to contribute. >> reporter: we want to show you some infmation about t times of the job fair. again, it'going on are for the next tw the next three days

actual actually and is a good opportunity to get down here. starts at 8:00 a.m. and runs until 6:00 p.m. and they're oking for 250 people, come down and see what happens. we're live in cryal city. now back toou. >> derrick ward, thank you. the search for a new general manager from metro entered an important phase this weekend. "the washington st" reporting that current intim general manager and two other candidates inteiewed for the permanent job yesterday. one candidate h a backgrod of public transit. the other is from the corporate sector. metro's board of director conducted those interviews. another amazing step in congresswomanabrielle giffords' recovery as she no longer needs a respirator. do doctors sagiffords underwent surgery sarday morning to replace a breathing tube with a different one. they added the breathing te is single precaution as she h been breathingn her own. one of those victims in the shooting has been arresd for threatening a tea rtier.

james eric fuller was arrested for disorderly conduct. police say during the taping of a tv program he threatened the leader and said, quote, you're dead. he was immediately taken out of the room,arrested, and wl undergo a mental aluation. as much as we talk about the victims of t tragedy in tucson or the alleg shooter loughner, there are tse who would prer to stay out of the spotlight. >> those are t first responrs who were on the scene just minutes after the shooting. nbc's lee cowahas more now on their persptive of what happened last week. >> reporter: it was station 33, le than three miles from that saway that got the call first. >>11, where is themergency? >> 911, there was a ooting at safeway. >> reporter: paramedic tony was just two hours into his shift. all i saw was cos, lots of people moving around, people on the ground. i'll admit right now when i t up there, my mind went a little blank for a while. reporter: it was shocking. he counted four dead right off the bat. he had two priorits, first,

congresswoman giffords. >> we all know where sheas shot and she was the only e with that kind of an injury that was alive. >> reporter: at her side intern daniel hernand told paramedics jackson he rused to leave. >> okay if you'rgoing to stay. i'm gointo put you to work. >> reporter: any helping hand w valuable. atntion then turned to little year year christina green. cpr was under way. r condition, tony feared, was >> not good. >> reporter: refusing to give up, he distched two other paramedics to christins side who found themselves fighting thoughts of their own children back home. >> it makes you sorry for the families and it makes you realize what you have. >> reporter: within minutes, the victims were on their way to the trauma center. but for those paramedi, the day didn't e there. >> we were up three tis after miight that night on another ca. >> reporter: and amid all of that, his heart was back at at

safeway parking lot not only with those they know they di help but alswith the familie of those who they could not. >> i want them to know we did everything in our power do what we could. >>eporter: gabrielle giffords' revery is testamento that. lee cowan, nbc news, tucson. also this weekend in tucson, an organization called crossroads of the west is feeling some heat as they decid to hold a gun ow a week after the shootingst the safeway there. the show's organizers say he coidered canceling the event but said the shooting, quote, was notbout gun rhts but about a deranged person ab to carry out whatever his agend was. it's 9:07. still ead, a middle schl student says he got disciplined in school just foreing a pittsburgh steels fan. and we'll go live to the nbc 4 health and fitss expo to see what you can be partf without paying a single nny. [ female announce] this is a strawberry pop tar..

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morning. we've been talking about the free medical tests and health screenings available this weekend but, youknow, you need to know there's a who lot of fun to be had here as well. take a look. we have some new tennis players learni how to play tennis wh the washington tennis association. they have it set up already for beginner tennis playersn a litt smaller court. if you've always wted to try tennis, this is the place to do it. let me introduce the executive director of the tennis associion. we're glad you are here. who should com down and pla tennis with you. >> tnis is for anyone and everyone. want everyone to come out. this is thepecial format f 10 and under. these kids here are first-time-everlayers and they're using a sma er racket so they can learn the gameore easily and quickly. >> and a lot of people think tennis is jus-- is not for everybody. they don't think it's for them. i know that t washington tennis association has a kinds

of programs to get young people involved, right? >> yeah. we have t quick start program foat. we have junior team tennis. we he adult league. so we have kids, we have tnis for everyone ages 6 on up. you can be 104 ande have it for you. >> reporter: you have some friely tennis pros to help people get som poters, right? >> yes. >> reporter: all right. we're glad you're here. we'll let you go bac to the tennis game. thank you. if you can't find something fub to do he, on the otheride of this we have people ballroom dancin there are all sorts of dancing demonstrations throught the day today. i know they have square dancing, finances classes. just on the other sides big old walking track so you can come down her and get se exercise the kids can play soccer. there's golf. there's rock climbingwall. there's a kids fitness challenge from the ymca. there are lots of oppornities to come down here and get active

today. we are at the d.c. convention center until 5:00 today. i pe a lot of people wl come downere and join us. i want to recommendhat you ke metro because parking can be a bitf a challenge around the convention center and metro is easy. it wilbring you right into the convenon center. we will be here unti5:00. wear your comfortable shoes and some clothes you can work out in. kimberly and aaron, that's it for now. i'll be back in a lite while wi more about what people can findt the expo. >> if you stay iplace, put a bike helmet on. we wer afraid you were going to get bopped in the head >> repter: well, you know, maybe i ould disclose those are soft foam tennis balls. >> good for you. >> reporter: i have been hit in the head with aew tennis balls, i wl tell you. i don't think i'm in any danger re. >> all right. thks so much. we lookorward to your next report. >> sure. >>we'll turn to chuck bell for a ok at what's to come in the forecast.

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welcome back. 16 after the hour and wre in this space where -- uh-oh, space? the time period where we're looking at the temperature and

it's warmer and going to get colder as thday progresses. >> yesterday was the warmest -- >> simpleenough. >> sometimes it's easier to just- i know whatou mean. yesterday was our warmest day in more than two weeks around here and a whopping 46 degrees. toy our high temperature has already occurred. we were in the low 40sn the early morning le 2:00, 3:00, 4x early morning hours and now temperatures back down int the s once again. we may be able to recover just a little bit to the 40-dree mark. that's going to be just about it. northwesterl winds will push colder air back into the region and i don't think if woe don't maket to 40 degrees we will probably not see 40 again for more than a week. outsidon your sunday morning there are some mid and hi-level clouds out there this moing. 36 degrees our turnt temperature. so farow the weekly check of snowfa for the entire winter we've only had 3 1/2 inches of snow atational airport.

1.6 inche below average and way off pace from a year ago. right now 36 degrees. one or two lony little breaks of sunshine getting through. that north breeze at 10 miles an ur will ctinue to reinforce the cold air. temperatures will struggle to climb too much me we might get back into e upper 30s to near 40 that going to be about it. 29 in hagerstown now. 32 at dulles internional airport. 34 degrees at the naval academ 38 at the navalir station. snow showers way up to our north. that's where ty're going to stay for today. you folks in northern most maryla and southern most pennsylvania might see the randomnowflake or two. the colder air, though, and it's a lot colder to our north and west. detroit 11. minneapolis 4. that northerly wind is the air mass tt will be moving into ou area. that little bubble of mild air we had yesterday is now leaving and this big bubble of cooling air back out to our wes is what we will be continuing with for the first half of t week. lake effect snows continue up to

thnorth. sunshine dow to the south. a gd day for traveling up and down theastern seaboard. high pressure in chae of our weather for the next couple of days. today itelps things out by bringing some sunshine in. during the course of t day tomorrow, that area of high pressure moves off the coast line. we pick up an east to northeasterly flow. that adds moisture to a cold atmosphere. moremportantly moiste along the gulf coast is coming northbound. by 6:00 tomorrow night this aa rightere including the washington metro area may get a little bit of light sno after about the time the sun goes down tomorrow. could pick up an inch to maybe two ihes in a few spots. not looking for a big accumulation because warm air i coming in. we may he to contend with freezing in. so for today, sunshine coming ba. highs today, upper 30s and low 40s. tomorrow, ligh snow late inhe day. not expecting a big problem there. we'll watch carefully the early morning urs of tuesday morning we could have some freezing rain. eventually by late tuesday morning above t freezing mark.

might end with a snowflake on wednesday morning. keeping our eyesn fday as well another opptunity for snow but i don't s any snowstorms inhe future. >> i'm very sad about that. >> i know, me, too. >> i'm not. thank you, chuck. te now for our check on what you'll find in ts week's kids post. here's eun yang. good morning. this week on kid pt on tv a winter fling, a tribute to dr. king, and money for your school just by walkin joining me once again is tracy grant of kidsost and "washington post." thank you for joining us. >> it's alway such a pleasure. >> you know weove animals and what could be cuter than animals playing in the snow? kids post,here's nothing better tha animal pictures. on tuesday we have a great page that shows animals playing in thenow and some of them are our beloved own animals. this is athe national zoo when we got our dusting of snow this

week. outside the gat ape house, a semang. i didt even know what it was. and this is blie jean. >> i remember billie jean. very cute. >> lots mor pictures including elephants engaged in a snowball fit in tuesday' kids post. >> and of course tomorrow is marlin luther king jr. day, a very important dayand this week you pay triblt the civil rights leader. >> and in moay's kids post we have a reallnice prevw of the martin luther king memorial which is being builty the tidal basin betwe fdrnd the jefferson. and kids and tir parents might want to take a sneak peek. it won't be formally unveiled until august but there's some beautiful details that you can see of dr. king walking out of the dome. and what a nice way to spend tomorrow.

the weaer may even operate. >> very good. and finally a story that gives neweaning to being true to your schoo >> well, you know, kids inherently want to do good and in wednesday's kids post we highlight some kid who have some great ideas and actually got money to forwa their ideas including the students who won a ,000 grant by walking and biki to school. >> hey, some great ideas to raise money. >> absolutely. >> tracy grant,hank you so much as always. and for som fun family activity visit nbcwashington.com or washingtonpost.com and click on kids post. and that is kids post on tv for this week. i'm eun yang. thank you. well, the sles at an ohio ski resort will be open today but not one particular ski lift. it stalled yesterday and left about 80 people dangling and get this it took rescuers about three hours to get everne down from the lift at alpine valley resort. no one was hurt. nerves a little frayed.

none was hurt. the resort manager believesome sort of gearboxmalfunctions. siother lifts it at theesort are still working. the incent comes after another ski lift in maine derailed lt month that september fivehairs to the ground and hurt eight people. a rough ta for a dog in california. workers d to break down a wall after this shar-pei mix got stuck in a tiny crawl space just inches wide. he was trapped between two walls. the canine contortionist seemed ay after he was rescued. just a little dusty and pretty thirsty. an the rescuers named him wally, appropriately. >> very. well, sports fans are always proud to show off their team colors. for one young pittsburgh steelers fan, h found himself in hot water for t love of the black and gold. brendan bailey is a steelers fan living i seattle. both teams made the playoffs. his middle school, which has

dress code, had a spirit day where kids could wea seahawks colors. but he decidedo show the colors of his favorite team even after he was told hecouldn't. he explained what happened when the principal saw himn the black and goldin ste instead of green and blue. like i told you, you couldn't wear that. he said you eitherave to change or you get an in-school suspension which is just like sitting in a room all day. and i just walked outside and called my dad to come pick me up. >> word trals fast to the steel city. defensive tackl lamarr woodle heard about this and sent him an autoaphed picture thanking him for supporting steelers nation i'm partial to the black and go,myself. your whole house is decorated in black and gold. >> my school colo.

hakem dermish has this morning's sports in a minute. goodorning, everyone your "sports minute" begins wi the nfl playoff. first in the afcavens against the steelers. just over two minutes to go tied at 21-21, the stlers pull off the play othe game on third an19. ben roetisberger connectwith antonio brown for a 58-yar gainer. sets up the game-winning touchdown. the ravens had a cnce to come back but t.j. houshmanadeh drops the ss ending baltimore's comeback bid. the stlers defeat the ravens, 31-24, advancing to the afc championship. in the nfc, packers take on the falcons. green bay's aaron rodgers threw three touchdown passes and rushed for one. the packers crushed the falcons -21. green bay advances to e nfc championship game. they'll play eithethe winner of today's seattle/chigo game. in the nba wizards at home against the raptors. nick young pumped in a game high 29 points. 18 in the ird quarter.

shington hangs on to beat toroo, 98-95. up next a 1:00 home game against the jazz on monday. college hoops, maryland on the road at number 7 villanova jordan williams had points helping the rps build a 12-point ld with ten minutes to play. the wildcats went on a 19-0 run and maryland les 74-66. in new jery georgetown against rutgers. austin freeman took ov scoring a game high 25 points. the hoyas go on to win it 74-65. snapping their three-game losing streak and impving to 2-4 in the big east. elsewhere, vginia loses to duke. virginia tech defeats wa forest. george mas winners over georgia state. and george wasngton falls to harvard. that's your "sports minute." i'm hakem dermish. have a great day. t is 9:26 right now. looking for job? coming up, we'll tell you one company that's hiring and wre u can go to try and get one of those jobs.

and we'll go back live to the nbc 4 health and fitness expo which is goingn right now at the convention center downtown. [ alarm clock buzzg, indistct conversations ] [ female announcer ] important events can sneak up on you.

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sunday, january 16th. firs chuck bell has oureekend and eklong forecast d i've changed my mind. it still cold outside. >> it's gotten colder since we came to work. >> i've been say iing that sinc cember. >> october. >> everything sie october 24th has been cd to aaron. temperatures have continued to go down here even though w are no two hours past sun rise. there's a lite bit of sun light staing to get through. a golden glow on the south se of the washington monument. temperures have gone down. it was 43 degrees a midnight last night. we're down t36 now here at 9:00 in the moing. in loudoun county,virginia. 34 in montgomery county, maryland. a littl bit of a breeze out there as wind chills are in t mid-s. ait of a bundle up factor. temperatures aren't going to move too much today. that cloud cover right on top of the wasngton area but it is moving east and southbound.

we'll get some sunshine back but chilly sunshe at that. temperates only in the 30s today and only in the 30s tomorrow. a cnce of lig snow late in the day tomorrow. we're watching on that tuesday morng time frame for slipperiness. >> we've been warned. thanks, chuck. we're following a developing story out of rockville rig now wher police sayive men were stabbed outside of a sports complex. officersay the fight broke out just before 1:00 this morning a the rockville sports plex on uth lawn court. all five victims went to the hoital. there's no word onheir conditions at this point and police have not yet said what led tohe fight. prince george'sounty police are searching for a driver who hit andilled a man and kept going. e victim was tryg to cross the intersection onew hampshire avenue in adelphi just after 9:30 last night. police say the driver hit the ma a never stopped whilehe victim was still in the road, a second car hit him. that driverid stay o the scene. police he not revealed the name of the driver killed. >>the new year has been a

deadly one soar in prince george's county. mo than a dozen murders in the first 15 days, six of them dru relate for the first time this year we're hearing directlfrom the county executive about the rash of crime there. a stop the violence vigil was held saturday night. police say they're doing everything they can to prevent future violence in the area. earlierhis weekark mcgaw added extra officers to the homide and narcotics division. leaders say they are determined to endhis deadly streak. congresswoman gabrielle giffords took very important doctors say gifrds underwent surgery saturday morning to place her brehing tube with a differe one and she is no longer on a respirator. they added the breathingube is a precaution as she had been breathing on her own the entire time. giffords remainsn critical condition while two other victims are in good condition.

>>an effort to create more jobs in our area is happening right now in northern virginia. two new hotels are holding a joint recruitment fr today. the w renaissance a residence inn in crystal cit say they ve a combined 250 job openings. opening pt time and full-time positions include housekeeping, culinary, bell desk and front desk. now because the hotels don't openntil march, they are holding theair at the crystal marrtt until 6:00 this evening. e fair continues tomorrownd tuesy from 8:00 a.m.ntil 6:00 p.m. and today is a chanceorou and your fily to get a free health screening, many of them actually. let's go back out to the washington conventn center and check in with doreen gentzler. what's going on? >> reporter: gd morning agai aaron and kimberly. got a whole lot of good reason to bring the whole family down here to the d.c. convention

center for the thnbc 4ealth and fitnes dance revolution. i've tried this. i can tell you that they make it lo a lot easier than it for adults. and, also, we have rock climbing wall which is always popular and the lis are very short. it's safe activity. theyave a lot of supvision but it's a great place to come do and try out some new activities that you might not otherwise get to take -- to try out. these are great activities for kids. i can tell y that adults can try the rock climbinand the dance dance revolution, too. bring the wleamily down here. there are lots of active things for everybody to do. e other great reason to come down to the health expo all of the free medical testsnd

screenings. you can have your cholesterol chked. your blood pressure checked. you can be seened for kney sease, for diabetes, for skin cancer. you can haveour eyes checked. you can ask an expert your dical questions. therare a whole lot of good republics to co reons to come down and take care of your health and do good prevention as weiven a new year. it's a good time to come right now. it's not all that crowded. hustle on down here on the metro sohat you don't have to wor about parking. wear your comfortable clothes. a lot of people will come down and join us. weill be here until 5:00. the nb4 health and fitss expo. we hope to see you there. aaron, i hear tha you tried out the rock climbing wall down here yesterday. i think you ought to come back day and bust a move on this dance dance revoluti. what do yo think? >> i'm with youn that, the idea the rk wall is not necessarily for those of us who think we're young enough to

climup there. it wasn't my mt successful feat. i'll tell you that. >> hey, doreen? >> reporter: yeah? >> we've been lotime admirers how you have stayed in shape. will you share few secrets how you stay fit? >>eporter: i like to rupp. believe it or not i do play a little bit of tennis though it may not have looked that wa when i was at the washingn tennis association booth. i like to lif weights a little bit. i try to mix it up and work in f fitness when i get the chance. >> all right. well, you're ainspiration to a lot of us. >> reporte thank you. >> thank you so much. >> reporter: thanks. i'll see yousoon. >>okay. still ahe this hour, some ideas on how to helphe community morrow in honor of martinuther king jr. day. and we will introduce you to this week's wednesday's chd. a young man who could be t wo

life's mt persistent and urgent question is what e you doing for others? dr. martin luther kg jr. asked that question an as we cebrate his birthday this long weekend, you have a chance to answer . from greer d.c. care joins us now to talk abo a holiday of

service is what you all call it, right? >> exactly. >> help us to undstand what this is d what you hope peoe will be thinking about tomorrow as they go into the who will dales. >> dr. martin luther king holiday of svice is the first holiday of svice. we have two. 9/11 and this being the first of that. and it's really an opportunity to really honothe legacy of dr. king. he was someone most think about as a civilights lead. he gave his life in service to others and this is the opportunity for all of us to step up and that same thing in the commuties in which we live. >> and the gat thing -- the thing really love abouthis is you're not asking peoe to do huge,onster things. every little bit that any one of us is willingo give in terms of svice is enough, right? >> it's lpful and the reality of it is service is needed 365 days a year. there are many around us in our communities that are fragile and need our help and suppt. greater d.c. cares, we actually

ha service opportunitie 365 days ayear. on the large days of service, ke dr. martinuther king holiday service, we organize the opportunities to make it easy for peoe to serve. >> and you he 2,000 people and companies that are already onard for tomorrow to do what? >>e have -- we focused on two areas for this day of svice -- education and the onomy. homelessnesspecifically. and so with our 30 different sis we have oppornities for you to go in and beautify and uplift a school or a learning opportunity. we're making cold weather kitsy scves and hats and mittens for thhomeless shelters, et cetera. we are doing mentoring. with corporate suppo like target and others as well as the community at-lar we're doing a great, great a lot of work tomorrow. >> forolks w have not yet been able to find something to do tomorrow, youave a few

spaces op, right? >> the cmunity has stepped up for this and we have really nearly our 2,000 voluntes that are there but therare still a few opportunities. if anyone is interested they can go to r website www.greaterdccares.o. aaron, you also canook around yourself tt within your own community, within your own neighborhood, loo at your neighbors, there is someone that probly needs your supportnd i just encourage anyone toet engaged whether it's through their church or o communiti themselves to come in and make a fference in someone's life. >> that's a great message to end on. good luck with the day of service. >>hank you, aaron. >> thanks for that inspiring message. this morning' wednesday's child a 10-year-old who impressed some archaeology experts with his knowledge. ou barbara harrison introduces us n to amir and shows us his adventure at the museum of tural history. >> reporte hi, amir?

how are you? >> good. >> reporter: i'm rbara. >> i'm amir. reporter: i'm so happy to meet you. >> i'm happy t meet you, too. >> reporter: thank you very much. ar you happy about sing some tarantulas be a dinosaurs a things? when you're a 10-yeaold facing the rld without a family, you n't admithere's much that scares you. it's calle self-preservation andere mopping the preserved mains of the scariest creatures th ever inhabited the earth, amiwas ready to show he had a hdle on things. is there a fossil? yes. it's like arint left over. >> reporter: that's exactly right. >> i know, a dinosaur and a t triceratops. >> he knows about everything that's here. here is a guy who also knows about things. an expert on this exhibit here at the smithsoan museum of naturalhistory. can you tell us the name?

>>hat's a carnivore, a t-rex. >>exactly. get you closer. >> is that a real fossil? >> reporter:mir was thrilled to get this close-up loo at things he had read about with great interest. those who know him say he is a terrific student >>e is a super intelligent kid. very observant, pays aention to detail. >> the otherinosaurs -- >> reporter: ami kept impressing our host with the accuracy of his facts about the creatures here. the social worker says wha he needs most is encouragement from a familyhat loves him. >> i want t give you a littl something, a book about our exhibits, all about mammals. >> reporter: perhaps some day amir will comeack here wh a family of his own who will be impressed by his knowledge but love him for simply who he is.

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don't ill your coffee but there's snow i the forecast. does that rk? >> would that scare you? >> that was pretty delirate. i liked that. ou producer's in-laws are in town ande had to work the spill in the conversation. >> sunshines spilling into the area. they couldn't have picked more easier word lik sunshine. could have worked sunshine in. >> it's jt for them. >> we just threw the whole thing anyway. for us we will get little sunsne back in our lives for lar on this afternoon. that is a ttle good news indeed. a very challenging week to get muchn the way of sunshine so eny what little wll get this afternoon because the clouds are back tomorrow and it's going to

be a fairly cloudy and cold week. outside on a sunday morni now, little bit of sun light getting through. those clouds arelowly but steadily inching their way around washington. th already have the sun. down to the east and south, sunshine still at a premium but i can see t sun light fing the white house there. a beautiful rning. temperatures aren the mid-30s. t tribly cold by january standard north breeze at 10 meals an hour. windchills back into e mid and upper 20 a bundle up because temperatures aren't going to climb to terribly much this afrnoon. mid-30s around the region right now. we might get bac upo 40 degrees in a few spots today but most of us are sck in the 30s now for the remaind of the day. light snow activity across portionsf southern pennlvania. that's not going to be bothering us at all today but the cold air th's up there, that is going to be inchin its way ever southward. the warmer air we enjoyed moving away. e colder air back out to our st is what is going to be replacing it. plenty of snow showers if you're

travelinup to erie, pennlvania, syracuse, you'll run back into the snow. clear sailing south along 85 a 95 today. high pssure building i it's going to keep us dry for the remained earp of our sunday and sunday night. as we get into the d tomorrow, that high presre are will start to put msture into this co air ands a result by about sundown tomorrow there will be an opportunity for some light snow around e area and then overnight mony night into tuesday that's whethe forecast gets tricky. a lotf warm air is trying to change everything to rain but there may be a spot in the shenandoah valley, the panhandle, northern most may maryland, thermight be an extended period ofreezing rain. a few spots will be cefully monitoring that. just be ready first thing tuesday morning for at least a couple of hours with slipperiness before everythi changes back to rain today becomin mostly sunny. colder than yesterday. breezy at time tomorrow cloudy, cold once again, chanc of some light sno

as early as about sundown tomorrow and wmight be able to get up to an inch or two inches of snow before it goes over to rain andashes it all back away again. rain through much of theay on tuesy and it will beain with temperatures above freing. cold air behind that one means we might end with a brief snowflake first thing. no big probls expected with that and the an opportunity to e some snow on iday. doesn't look like a big deal just yet. we're watchingit. is is the winte where we're getting glancing blows. everybody noh and south is getting snow ande're getting a whole lot of nothing. >> i read every state in america except florida -- a couple of days ago. >> -- snow on the ground. thank you, chuck. a hisric night at theiss america pageant. >> coming up, we'll tell you why this year's winner is so this year's winner is so special.

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nbc 4 is the home for politics on sundaymornin >> and there is aot to talk about today. chris matthews to s what he s coming up. morning, washington. at sock on"the chris mthews show" this past week may have been presidentobama's strongest in the two years of his presidency but two years in can restarthe effort tond our de divisions? can amicans who oppose this presidenincluding those who most resent that he's in the white house join the vast majority of hope for bipartisan progress plus, how will the dozen republicansunning for president handle sarah palin? how will they handle the video she put out this week? today w look at one candidate the, tim poe lint plus filmf what our city looked like 5 years ago during that frigid inauguration of john f. kennedy. join me and morah o'donnell for

a great roundtable discussion. now for a look at what's coming up on "meet the ess" here is vid gregory. good morning. we will gethe very latest on the conditn of congresswoman giffords from a good friend, n rk city senator kirsn gillrand. then with a conversationnder way about political discourse, mental illness and gun safety, what can washington do to prevent anythingike this from happening again? ining us thisorning the senior senator from new york, democrat charles schumer, and senator tom curn, republican from oklahoma. plus, our special roundtable examines how the events in arizona could change attitudes about security f memrs of congress and civility in politics. it's all coming uphis morning on"meet thepress." well, this morning there is a new reigning miss america. >> let's show you the crowning moment complete with dramati paus >> your miss ameca 2011 is -- miss braska!

teresa scanlan. that's teresa scanlan from scottsbluf the formeriss america from fredericksburg virginia, crowned her. scanlan gets a $50,000 scholarship. she is 1 years old. thatakes her the youest miss america kroupd since the page t pageant'sirst xe competition when a 15-ar-old won. miss arkansas and miss virnia made ithrough the top ten. >> congratulations >> she wants to be a judge but she can't even vote yet. >> that's true. good int. that is it for us th morning. thanks for spending time with us.