good morning, everyone. i'm angie goff. >> and i'm chris gordon. welcome to news 4 today on this sunday, january the 8th. we'll get you to your headlines in just a moment. but first the weather. >> yes. >> nice. did you enjoy the yesterday that we ended up with? >> i did. but i ended up going and buying a ton of movies to watch inside, which was kind of against what i should have been doing. >> right. because yesterday, even though we had a little bit more in the way of cloud cover, we still made 68 degrees yesterday. >> burning up.

>> 25 degrees warmer than average. >> how is today going to compare? >> put the top down, just like you said. >> exactly. >> play golf. >> you don't need me to tell you to play golf. no doubt about that. i also had the car out yesterday with the roof down. i'll show you a picture of that later on this morning. for now we'll get you into the forecast. a pleasant enough way to get your day started. temperatures in the low 40s around town but noticeably colder up on the north and west. martinsburg, 33. cumberland, maryland, down below freezing at 30 degrees. nothing showing up on doppler. looks like another rain-free day in the washington area. closest rain drops down across the virginia/north carolina border. so we don't have to worry about that. area of low pressure across alabama may bring a little bit in the way of cloud cover and a slight chance of showers late in the day on monday. we'll be keeping an eye on that. for today, no complaints at all.

mix of sun and clouds. sun in the front half of the day. clouds building in for the second half. today's highs only 48 to 55. no more temperatures near 70. this is still mild by january standards. we'll talk more about the cloud cover and our next rain chance in the next weather segment. for now, back over to the headlines. >> thank you, chuck. we begin with decision 2012. in just a few hours the candidates will be facing off in their second debate in as many days. last night the republican contenders met in new hampshire just days before the state's primary. nbc's steve handelsman has a recap. >> reporter: as they met in new hampshire two and a half days before the vote, the republican candidates debated who would create more u.s. jobs, like the 200,000 in december celebrated by front-runner mitt romney. >> it's very good news. i hope we continue to see good news but it's not thanks to president obama. his policies have made the recession deeper. >> santorum attacked romney.

>> he said i've got business experience. well, business experience doesn't necessarily match up with being the commander in chief of this country. >> romney's firm capital reorganized trouble businesses. >> and taking out the ones where we lost jobs and those we added, those businesses have now added over 100,000 jobs. i have a record of learning how to create jobs. >> ron paul, polling second, took on santorum. >> what really counts is his record. he's a big government, big spending individual. >> it's a ridiculous charge. and you should know better. >> rick perry unleashed a shocker. >> i would send troops back in to iraq. >> mostly perry and john huntsman watched. the focus was on the front-runner. >> i wasn't too far behind. and doing pretty well catching up on mitt every single day. >> but romney's far hit and got through another debate relatively unscathed. i'm steve handelsman, nbc news,

manchester, new hampshire. >> the candidates are right back at it today with another debate in concord, new hampshire. complete coverage on "meet the press". moderator david gregory, sponsored by nbc facebook and the new hampshire union leader. we'll have the debate for you right here on nbc 4 at 10:30. well, this morning congresswoman gabrielle giffords is in tucson marking one year since the tragic shooting that killed six people and left her and 12 others injured. a series of events begins this afternoon at 12:11 our time with the ringing of bells to mark the moment of the shooting. giffords and her husband mark kelly will attend a candlelight vigil. kelly said on thinks facebook page, giffords visited for the first time since the attack in the parking lot there. giffords was in the middle of a meet and greet event at the

grocery store when the alleged gunman opened fire. he has spent the past year in intensive rehabilitation in houston. members of the brady campaign are encouraging people to light candles across the country to honor the victims from tucson and other shootings. the campaign is named for former press secretary james brady gravely wounded in the assassination attempt on president reagan. it is part of a national effort called too many victims remembrances. a local candlelight vigil at shiloh baptist church tonight. the man charged with the deadly rampage has not gone to trial and it may be another year before he is determined competent to do so. he is getting treatment for schizophrenia. the 23-year-old has been in a prison hospital since being declared mentally unfit to stand trial. the court ordered him medicated against his will. he pleaded not guilty to the

charges. drivers, you now have another way in and out of d.c. as the second phase of the 11th street bridge is officially open. you can get directly to 295 from the southeast/southwest freeway. the second phase opened early with vdot tweeting out the news. it is the largest project ever taken costing $300 million. the third and final phase of the project is expected to be finished this summer. new from overnight, a reunion for a specially trained dog. fairfax police say a man found a search and rescue dog not far from where the german shepherd took off thursday. 3-year-old vito wandered off chasing a fox. a man working nearby found the dog. he saw a news report about the missing dog and called police. he returned the dog to his handlers at a gas station in bowie last night. a wonderful ending to a story.

we were worried about that little guy. >> yeah, exactly. >> well, the dog was out just wandering yesterday. >> taking a break in the beautiful weather we had. >> he had weather on his side, for sure. >> when we come back, how long our relatively mild january weather is going to last. it's not going to be 68 degrees. again, any time too soon. but it doesn't look all so frigid by january standards. a check on the sunday forecast coming up next. it's my coffee when i want it. you press a button, you have great dunkin' coffee. i got my coffee for the morning, i got my dunkin' k-cup packs for the rest of the day. only available at dunkin' donuts restaurants. america runs on dunkin' coffee. ♪ [ male announcer ] combine a pnc cashbuilder visa credit card

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your sunday. and as you make your plans to get out and about later on this afternoon, no short-sleeved weather today. just put your lightweight jackets back auto as temperatures rise into the upper 40s and low 50s. never really got all that cold in washington during the overnight hours. we're at 43 right now. the winds have gone calm. gradually a little bit of light north to westerly breeze coming in later this afternoon. on the whole, a relatively nice way to get outside and enjoy sunday in january. martinsburg, west virginia, 33. down into southern maryland we go, 39 in waldorf, la plata. down towards sullivan island. nothing all that cold outside. temperatures with a little mix of clouds and sunshine today. we'll gradually rise into the upper 40s and low 50s for a time. so a little bit of a lightweight jacket probably required for today. here's the cloud cover we're dealing with early this morning. this is on its way out. a little break in the action here. a break or two of sunshine late

this morning, early this afternoon. clouds will start to come in late tonight and into tomorrow. a fairly cloudy day. so feeling more like winter, although still not bitterly cold. high pressure coming in. a ripple of low pressure to our south will bring rain showers to the carolinas and georgia. some of those clouds may bring a random rain drop or two into far southern maryland, central virginia during the day on monday before everything clears out and goes out to sea on tuesday, allowing tuesday, i think, to be the pick of the litter for the upcoming week. today a mix of clouds and sunshine. a tendency to see more clouds later in the day. highs today upper 40s in the low spots to low and mid-50s in virginia. for tomorrow a lot of cloud cover. a chance of a few slight sprinkles south of washington. chilly as well. highs low to mid-40s. here's the all-important seven-day forecast. 52 today. 46 tomorrow. i didn't put a rain drop on the monday because i think most of

us will be dry. keep that in mind. you folks in southern maryland might get a drop. tuesday looks nice. everybody has rain chances for late wednesday and through the day thursday. look for more january-like weather next weekend. a little bit on the chilly side. >> all right. thank you, chuck. >> you're welcome. >> let's turn to sports now. the caps must have a fear of sharks as san jose continued their california dominance over washington. the final was 5-2. washington continues their west coast swing tomorrow against the los angeles kings. >> well, the nfl wild card weekend is under way. >> hakim dermish has that and more in this morning's sports in a minute. >> reporter: good morning, everyone. your sports minute begins with the nfl playoffs. new orleans hosting detroit. saints quarterback drew brees was awesome. throwing for 466 yards and three touchdowns, the saints beat the lions 45-28.

next week new orleans will play on the road at san francisco. in the afc, texans taking on the bengals. here's the play of the day. second quarter tied at 10. intercepted at the line by rookie defensive end j.j. watt. he returns it 29 yards for the touchdown. houston moving on with with a 31-10 victory. texans play the ravens in baltimore next sunday. college basketball. ninth ranked georgetown at west virginia. bryant and jones combined for 47 points. and west virginia defeats georgetown, 74-62. snapping the hoyas's 11-game win streak. 11-game win streak on the line in charlottesville. bennett and the cavaliers against former george mason and miami. less than a minute to go. cavaliers up to inside to mike scott. he goes to work. spins. puts it up and in. game high 23 points. number 23 virginia hangs on to

win it 5, 2-51. cavaliers won 12 straight fort fifth time since the 1981-82 season. in fairfax, george mason taking on georgia state. a team high 17 points. george mason wins it, 61-58. coach paul hewitt and the patriots remain undefeated, taking sole possession of first place. that's your sports in a minute. i'm hakim dermish. have a great day. >> you too. >> we are going to be back in 15 minutes for the morning's top stories and of course your sunday forecast. but for now, here's jim hanley. >> good morning, everyone. i'm jim hanley. welcome to reporter's notebook. in the district today, a lot of news coming out. we have two formal federal charges, felony charges against d.c. councilmember harry thomas jr., one for filing false tax returns, the other misuse of more than $300,000 in city

funds. what does this mean for ward 5? what does this mean for other investigations involving city leaders? >> it looks like there's going to be jail time, which opens up a spot on district council. there will have to be a special election. someone will come in and fill his spot. it's ironic these charges first came to light by his republican opponent in the last election had questions about this charity that harry thomas was running and was wondering how he was using those funds and gradually the story developed from there. it's another piece of bad news for the council and the mayor to have one more scandal escalate. it's been bubbling around for a while. between the gifts that council got, the way in this case they used a charity, people hired by the mayor, all of that continues to roll around congressional eyebrows raised and federal investigations. and this is just the latest. >> this cracks the ice.

because a lot of people have been wondering when are we going to get these investigations to some hit. when are we getting them off the books. people feel that the city business has not been as progressive as it could be. but let's look at ward 5. the thomas family in war 5 is very strong. very much liked. if you ask anybody right now what is going to take its place for ward 5, it's a big question. because the whole -- from his father, mr. thomas senior, harry thomas senior, the late thomas, sr. as well as the son, harry thomas, they were -- they had good pathways into ward 5. so the question remains what's going to happen to ward 5 now. kwame brown said the people of

ward 5 won't suffer. >> well, it also opens up a new era, as you pointed out. you have legacy type elections. we see them all the time. marion barry, for example, is thinking about the same type of thing. it's a sad story. >> yeah. >> i mean, it really s. because i think a lot of us like harry thomas. we have never had any difficulty with him. and i suspect, and i will have this on tape, there probably won't be a big trial. i suspect that he probably will have a plea bargain. and the rumor is already out there. usually when there's rumors that he's cut a deal, he will do some time, pay a fine. someone has probably already leaked it. >> you raised the name, jerry, qwame brown. what does this mean involving other city leaders? does it show others that, you

know, the feds mean business? >> well, it depends on what the judge does here. already we don't have a ruling from this judge. but if the judge comes in a conservative mood and really throws the book, three years, for a federal offense you can get three years under the federal law. if that happens then this is a signal the same as in chicago, the governor of chicago when they threw the book at him and people started saying, hey, they are tied with this kind of stuff. >> here's the point. this prosecutor is a young man who is well trained. he's out of detroit. i think he used to clerk for a federal judge keith if i'm not mistaken. he is a no-nonsense -- >> that's my point. >> -- person. and i think jim's point is a good one, don't mess with this prosecutor that we now have in washington, d.c. >> to single it down to that, i agree. but overall, i'm still saying

that people are tired. the public is tired of this. >> does this mean we will see some type of closure pretty soon on other investigations? and how do these other scandals, if you will, compare to what we have seen with harry thomas jr. in terms of seriousness? >> well, he is accused -- and they're all innocent until proven guilty. we established that of all. >> sure. >> he is accused of using inappropriately a charitable fund, among other things. the mayor, what's swirling around the mayor is people were hired who may not have had the right amount of experience. and there were contributions made. there were a number of things that give the aura of special favors being given. then there was the car that kwame brown decided he wanted to drive around in. >> right. >> you know, our viewers can decide that the scale of values

here. but actual two counts that were brought in against harry thomas are very, very serious. they're the most serious things we have seen so far. >> and all of this comes into this whole thing that the council has been dealing with over the past two weeks, ethics. and so when we talk about ethics, i would -- i say dave is right. the difference here is that one is -- these are federal offenses. >> by virtue of -- >> regardless, they're serious. they are federal. >> all right. staying in the district, let's talk a little bit about the cold weather is upon us and upon the protesters and demonstrators down at occupy d.c. the d.c. department of health is going down to check up, make sure everybody is safe and healthy and the conditions down there are safe, too. how long is this going to go? does it have staying power through a cold, rough, winter. >> if it gets to a cold, rough winter and they get into spring, i mean, they then have made a

statement. and i suspect that there's pressure coming from business community saying use something. it becomes reality. there are a lot of restaurants you can close for violations. >> right. >> you know, but this is probably, if they apply the law honestly and there's problems they have a chance to correct the problems. if not they're going to be fined and people will have to pay a fine or dismantle. >> they tried to do something about the weather. they built two units, of course it was illegal. >> they weren't legal. >> this was part of our eloquent plan for the district of columbia. >> i would like to have that property. >> there you go. >> but the fact is, if they do last i think joe is hitting it -- if they do last, we're talking about spring in an

election year. >> that's right. >> both republicans and democrats and the president of the white house will have to address. >> how strict are these instructions going to be? is it going to be enough to close it down? do we close down free speech? you know, demonstrations. some would saline kwrepbt. others say a very effective and very democratic attitude towards demonstrations. they tolerate them as long as they can. but clearly patience is growing short and around capitol hill. we talked a lot about this question that's been raised on the hill is the owe bam a ma administration helping to keep these people going by using the park service and other agencies to give them permission to do what they're doing. the administration denies that. >> we've got to take a quick break. on the other side we'll pick it up from there. a lot more to talk about virginia, d.c. and maryland as well. stay with us.

>> and welcome back to reporter's notebook. a bill under consideration requiring all high school students i guess to apply for college and take the s.a.t. is this a good thing? >> what if they don't want to go to college? i'm 18 years old, graduated from high school and i would rather go in the service. i would rather go into the united states armed services. or i just don't want to go to college. >> and the bill doesn't have an exemption for you if that was the case. look, i understand what he's trying to do. we want to encourage young people to get a higher education if at all possible. but college is something you should be motivated to do. and that motivation starts at home. it might start in the classroom.

there are counselors. you know who really wins, in my opinion, are the folks who administer the s.a.t. my god, can you imagine if every student in a city has to take an s.a.t.? they have to be paid for. >> yeah. >> then what do you do when you have to have funds to go with the college application? this really bothers me. >> yeah. >> because, once again, i think it's a job of counselors, parents, a community. it's something you motivate young people to do. >> it is a worthy goal but critics say this fails because it focuses on one thing. it just doesn't broaden the abilities. >> yeah. because if i don't want to go to college and i'm required to take a s.a.t. or fill out an application, what am i going to put in here? i'm required to fill out this application. i really don't want to go to college.

>> i was very surprised when i first heard about this. why he is diping into this educational thing this way when there are other matters in the educational arena in d.c. they should be addressing. >> yeah. >> critics say somebody at 18 may not want to go to college. in four or five years, they change their minds. they're fresh with the test in their minds. >> but there are all kinds of programs today where kids can go to college. >> that's true. let's move on to virginia. joe, this is something we were talking about a little bit earlier. considering a loyalty pledge to vote in the primary. tell us what this is all about. this lit up your listeners on the radio. >> oh, my goodness. here's what it is. virginia has open primaries. so in order to get a ballot to vote in the republican primary you have to sign a loyalty oath that you will vote for whoever the president -- the republican presidential nominee is. it doesn't make any difference.

if you do not sign this loyalty oath you cannot get a ballot to vote in the primary. >> on the one hand you should have the ability, people would argue, to change your mind from the primary to the general. on the other, as pointed out to me before the show, is going to know who you're voting for. >> then there's that. >> because you sign a loyalty oath. >> that would violate an even larger constitutional issue. >> all i can say is -- and i'm not playing politics here, but they're awfully desperate. >> the key is to focus on voter registration. not loyalty. but it's so stupid because, again, okay, i'll sign it. and then i'll go in -- >> and they're already taking heat because only two of the big republican candidates for president qualified and have to have their names to get to the ballot. they're wondering if it's not a

little too stringent. he backed off and said, no, you can't change the law. >> it may be on the ballot there in the virginia senate race is bob marshall, a republican from prince william county. seriously considering taking on allen. >> because allen is not conservative enough for the tea party based on the republican party. you would think he is, but he's not. so he sees an opening, which could very well benefit the democrats. >> if marshall succeeds against allen, this is going to be quite fun. >> go ahead. >> i was going to say that the tea party held the convention just this past summer in virginia. so they're going to have some voice on this. >> marshall himself backed off. you know, he reluctantly didn't get in the race to smooth wait for allen. whether he senses that allen -- he can do a better job than allen, that allen is having trouble, which allen denies. but the democrats just have to say there's a god in heaven

that's giving us this kind of blessing. >> real quick. in maryland they head back to work. state capital. one of the big battlesis gay marriage. do you think they can get that done this year or have a big battle on their hands? >> i think this is because unions now are backing gay marriage. but i don't think unions will supersede the religious communities lobbying effort. >> very strong religious community in maryland. >> they balked at that. >> more people are there than in union halls. >> interesting point. did not think about that. >> let me write that down. joe said -- >> do we have to quote ow that if we use it repeatedly? >> i'll go get a trademark or copyright. >> thank you for coming in. we appreciate it. thank you for watching reporters notebook. now back to news 4 today. enjoy the rest of your sunday, everybody.

good morning, everyone. i'm chris gordon. >> is and i'm angie goff. welcome to news 4 today. we begin with a look at our weather. and tell us, is there going to be another pleasant day in store for us? >> mostly, yes. >> okay. >> now, you can't expect it to be 68 degrees again. yesterday, what a bonus that one was. that was 25 degrees warmer than average. >> even with all the cloud cover. >> i know. i wasn't too happy about the cloud cover. even i thought it was going to be a little sunnier. i tweeted a forecast update at 1:00 saying cloud cover may interfere with the high temperature. cloud cover is just interfering with my mood. we still made 68 even with the clouds yesterday. it is allowing us to get off to a relatively mild start.

43 in washington. 43 in leesburg. 36 in winchester. colder out into the mountains of west virginia. martinsburg, 33. petersburg, 28 degrees. nothing showing up on doppler. a dry finish to your weekend. there might be a few late tomorrow across southern maryland. most of us will be waiting until wednesday afternoon, into thursday before rain drops become much of an issue. so for today plenty of sunshine early on. we'll pick up clouds later in the afternoon. still warmer than average. highs today, upper 40s to low and mid-50s. we'll talk more about the rest of the week and rain chances can coming up. new from overnight, a man died in a shooting. it happened just before 3:00 this morning this morning near 58th street in northeast washington. no word if a suspect is in custody or if police are

searching for a lookout. the name of the victim has not been released. well, this morning police are trying to figure out who is responsible for a hit and run that killed a married couple. it happened on the 6200 block of oxon hill road in prince george's county. police think they know what the car looks like. news 4's darcy spencer reports. ♪ michael thomas and mildred freeman died after being struck by a hit and run driver while crossing oxon hill friday morning. >> he was a nice, loving guy. kept you on our toes. when you was down he knew how to bring you up. my "stepmom" took the role of my mom when my passed away. >> they were married a dozen years but they acted like newly weds. thomas would hold her hand as

they walked to the bus stop every morning. she rode the bus to to her job at a thrift shop. >> like i said, she's been there 20 years. i've been there 30. we worked together all those years. ♪ >> dozens of friends and relatives gathered where the couple were struck. they are hoping someone will be able to identify the driver. it was a gray compact car. >> they need to seek justice. that's all i want to know. >> find out who did it so it won't happen again to somebody's brother, sister-in-law. who knows? they might do it again. >> the couple had made it partly across oxon hill road and were standing in the turn lane when they were hit. it's a busy road that is in front of the shopping center. >> they need to turn themselves in for real.

that's family right there. right now my mother lost both her parents. >> the striking vehicle should have extensive front-end damage. anyone who knows where that vehicle is or who is behind the wheel is asked to call prince george's county police. gaithersburg man is in critical condition this morning after being shot during a fight. it happened early yesterday morning at a home on the 1200 block of noel mist lane police say the two men got into an argument when one of hem grabbed a gun. the two were wrestling for the gun when it fired, hitting the victim, who was not involved in the fight. police are still unsure how it all started in the first place. this morning a hunter is in critical condition after he was accidentally shot in the stomach in prince george's county. police say the 60-year-old man was deep in the woods near route 210 and old fort road. that's in fort washington. police are still trying to

figure out whether the hunter shot himself or if another hunter accidentally shot him. penn state has a new head coach for the first time in more than 40 years. yesterday the nittany lions introduced bill o'brien as their new head coach. he is the offensive coordinator for the new england patriots. he replaces legendary coach joe paterno who was fired in the wake of the school's child sex abuse scan dan. o'brien said he is looking forward to leading the team and the school through these difficult times. >> we will take very seriously our duty to interact in an exemplary faction with our students, faculty, fans, media and members of the community. there's so much pride in penn state and we will never, ever take that for granted, ever. >> o'brien will continue to coach the patriots's offense throughout their playoff run. today, metro riders will

have a different experience on the rail cars. that's because there's a good chance fellow riders won't be wearing any pants. today is the annual no pants metro ride. this afternoon hundreds of metro riders will take to the rail cars sans pants. this is not a nudism event or a protest against pants but just a funny event designed to make people laugh. at least they're not going to be too cold once they get off. >> no. it's a beautiful day to do that. i don't see people doing that. but, you know, metro has had a hard way to go the last couple weeks especially. bringing a little lightness to it. and the boxer shorts with the big red dots. >> looking good. all right. well, it's 6:37 right now. overnight "b" day for bee yon say and her husband jay-z. >> plus, words of encourage. . how local students hope to

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welcome back. some talented students from northeast washington showed off their skills while at the same time spreading an important message. ♪ >> the students from william door public charter school were filming a simple anti cyber bullying campaign. since the kids were obviously enjoying themselves and showing off their talent, the directors decided to expand the campaign. >> to just have all this going on. i'm almost like a father to see them just the excitement in the air. and then the professionalism of the kids. the kids are very, very well behaved.

they're articulate t. they are doing a fabulous job here. i'm excited for the kids and the parents who came out and supported them as well. >> and they sound great. look at that energy there. this rap video and anti bullying campaign will soon be released nationwide. >> a lot of energy there. a lot of talent. now for a preview of what you'll find in this week's kidspost, here's eun yang. well, we will have that later. let's go to find out what's ahead. >> okay. yes, we do. we will come back. when we get our act straightened out we'll give you a complete check of your sunday forecast. check of your sunday forecast. don't touch that dial, please!

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>> yesterday some local area golf courses scheduled at 8:00 were delayed to 8:45 because of frost. >> and you were not impacted by that because you were here at work. but you heard rumors. >> i got there at 11:00. smooth sailing. >> a great day for golf yesterday. no doubt about that. was your score reflective of the nice weather? >> yes, it was. i did okay. >> are you lying? >> yes. >> honesty is the best policy. >> i was reading your body language. you looked away. >> i never met a casual golfer who won't lie just a little bit. it was in! it was in! >> what a great day yesterday turned out to be. again, not a bad outdoor weather day. not quite the 68 degree saturday we had. still, temperatures running 7 to 10 degrees warmer than average again by january standards. so outside we go. just a few fair weather clouds out there. as a result of the clouds won't be quite as chilly first thing this morning as we had. yesterday we made it from the

mid-30s in the morning into the upper 60s during the afternoon. today will be just a little bit less of a temperature spread. we're at 43. we're off to a milder start. because of the temperatures in the low 40s now we make it into the low 50s for high temperatures. it's a little colder back out to the west. 34, winchester. 33, martinsburg. mild in southern maryland, calvert county and st. mary's county. so your day planner in and out of the clouds and the sunshine. a fairly bright start to the day. clouds will thicken up by later this afternoon. no rain anywhere around our area. those are not coming our way. our next chance of rain is this little impulse bringing showers to alabama and mississippi today. that will be bringing a very slight chance of a few showers on monday. most of us, though, waiting

until wednesday afternoon, wednesday night, thursday before our next chance for area wide rain returns. so feeling more like winter today than yesterday. but still not all that bitter cold. highs today, as i mentioned, upper 40s and low 50s. we'll call it cool. tomorrow, a lot more clouds in the area tomorrow. it will feel a lot chillier. only in the low to mid-40s. with the cloud cover around that will feel noticeably colder. sunshine returns for tuesday with relatively mild air back in place. today, sun and clouds. much cooler than yesterday. still mild enough to call it a pleasant enough day. highs today 48 to 55. then for tomorrow, all clouds all the time. as a result, chillier. tomorrow's highs in the mid-40s. sun is back with a mild day tuesday. high, 56. rain chances for everyone wednesday night into thursday. and then colder air, more seasonal air returns for friday and saturday. >> cold air on the forecast. not used to seeing that.

>> we'll put more in there later, you'll see. >> all right. thank you, chuck. now for a preview of what you'll find in this week's kidspost, here's eun yang. >> good morning. this week on kidspost on tv, endangered species in the deep blue sea, a quiz to figure out how normal you're like me, and a polar bear who is as cute as can be. joining us is tracy grant. good to see you, tracy. >> great to be with you, eun. >> a study that might be alarming to fans of finding nemo. >> this was a really clever study that scientists did and we report in today's kidspost. they looked at the speech sees if finding nemo to the shark and dory and tracked how they are doing actually in the wild. and it was pretty amazing. for example, sharks, despite their reputation, are one of the most endangered species. marine turtles, very endangered.

and while clown fish are horribly endangered right now, their numbers did dip after the movie because people wanted them for their aquariums. so even the affection for the clown fish actually hurt them a little bit in the wild. >> you were telling me there were no clown fish in the atlantic ocean. >> this is my fun fact. clown fish live only in the pacific and indian oceans. no clown fish in the atlantic ocean. >> that's too bad for our side of the coast. >> right. we have to go to the great barrier reef to see them. >> up next, a quiz to determine how normal you are. i don't feel very normal at all. >> this is based on a great very fun new book from national geographic called "are you normal"? it's a series of questions meant to encourage kids to figure out their unique place in the world. for example, are you right-handed or left-handed? >> i'm right-handed.

>> that puts you strongly in the majority. only 15% of people are left-handed. crunchy, crunchy or smooth? >> i like chunky. >> you're in the minority there too. well, what really surprised me is that about 20% of kids don't like any kind of peanut butter. >> 20%? >> 20%. do you have a sib lincoln? >> i have one. >> six out of seven kids have at least one sib lincoln. so throughout the course of this book kids can answer these questions and figure out at the end of each section they place you on the weirdo meter. it's just a whole lot of fun. we have more details in monday's kidspost. >> my 5-year-old son's favorite word is weird. >> see where he fits on the weirdo meter. >> the world's popular polar bear. we can't get enough of him. he's so cute. look at him!

>> in tuesday's kidspost we have a picture page devoted to him. this is a polar bear whose mom couldn't feed him. so the zookeepers had to let nature take its course or raise them himself. sea ice is the meaning of his fame. >> wonderful. and he might not have faired well on his own. >> no, he would not have done well. but he's thriving now and there are great pictures in tuesday's kidspost. >> thanks so much as always. for fun family activities visit nbcwashington.com or washingtonpost.com. that is kidspost on tv this week. i'm eun yang. >> thank you, eun. a couple of blowouts kick off the nfl's wild card weekend. >> hakim dermish has those highlights and more in this morning's sports. >> reporter: good morning, everyone. we're talking football.

for the saints it was a good night. for the lions it's goodnight. no surprise new orleans is really good at night. in fact, this season the saints beat opponents by an average of 47-16 in home games after dark. we're at the superdome. drew brees and the saints entering the play aoffs, riding an eight-game win streak. the lions in the playoffs for the first time since 1999. second quarter, tied at seven. calvin johnson, 13 yard touchdown. he had 211 yards receiving and two tds. lions take a 14-7 lead. third quarter, saints down 13-10. brees fakes the handoff. up top and deep, connecting with henderson. 41 yard touchdown. brees throws for 466 yards and three tds. saints lea 17-14. fourth quarter. saints go marching. handoff to darren sproles. 17 yard touchdown. the saints score 21 points in

the fourth quarter and go on to win it, 45-28. next week new orleans will play on the road at san francisco. two rookie quarterbacks facing off for the first tomb in the super bowl era. texans hosting andy dalton and the bengals. second quarter, tied at 10. check it out. intercepted at the line by rookie defensive end j.j. watt. returns it 29 yards for the touchdown. see it again. a light bulb moment for j.j. watt. hands up. makes a play. texans take a 17-10 lead. dalton was intercepted three times. his counterpart t.j. yates would fair much better. third quarter yates going deep for andre johnson. and he's got him. wide open. 0 yard scoring strike. houston making its first playoff appearance moving on with a 31-10 victory. texans play the ravens in baltimore next sunday. college hoops now. georgetown's winning streak is

over. simply put, the hoyas didn't play their best basketball and west virginia did. mountaineers one-two punch of bryant and jones are the real deal. yesterday the two seniors helping west virginia knock off ninth ranked georgetown. coach john thomson the third and the ohio yas struggled mightily. starks for three. no good. later in the half, jason clark tries a three-pointer off the rim. another try from clark in the second half. huh-uh. the hoyas were 2 of 14 from three-point range. ensuing mountaineers possession, they start to pull away. kevin jones, who leads the big east in scoring hits the three-pointer. jones finished with 22 points. mountaineers up seven. later, darryl truck bryant rolls off the screen. and then buries the three ball. he had a game high 25 points. west virginia defeats georgetown, 74-62, snapping the hoyas 11-game win streak. there was an 11-game win streak on the line in charlottesville.

coach tony bennett and the cavaliers against former george mason coach and miami. less than a minute to go. cavaliers up two. inside to mike scott. goes to work. spins. puts it up and in. we went for a game high 23 points. 52-48. then final seconds. it's a one-point game. miami with a a chance to win. scott drives baseline. takes his shot. and it's no good. he gets his own rebound. time runs out. that's it. number 23, virginia hangs on to weupbt, 52-51. calf hraoergs won 12 straight for the first time since the 1981-82 season. that's impressive. jim's former school, battling for first place in the caa. second half, patriots up six. bonds on the break. gets the tough shot to go. plus, he's fouled. vaughan with a team high 17 points. george mason, 42-34 lead. a minute to go.

patriots up just one. ryan pierson gets it. drives. his shot. no good. but mike morrison underneath. there on the cleanup, morrison finished with 14 points, 15 rebounds. george mason wins it, 61-58. coach paul hewitt and the patriots remain undefeated in the conference taking sole possession of first place. elsewhere, wake forest edges virginia tech, 58-55. george washington loses to st. louis, 78-56. and american university crushes colgate, 82-54. that's your morning sports. i'm hakim dermish. have a great day. >> and there's still more news 4 after the

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who are you calling "mom"? dunkin' sausage pancake bites, delicious like mom's, only easier to carry -- get three for $1.59. good morning, everyone. i'm angie goff. >> i'm chris gordon. welcome to news 4 on this sunday, january 8th. if you like the weather, the hits just keep on coming. >> today's hit won't be quite as good. yesterday was the breakout smash sensation hit. today is an old standard. >> are we above average still? >> yeah. no complaints at all. temperatures nearly 10 degrees, in some places warmer than average. yesterday we were 25 degrees warmer than average. so that was the real bonus. that was your favorite song

ever. outside we go. temperatures are chilly but not cold. 42, national airport. 39 in leesburg. 39234 germantown, gaithersburg. down to the far southern maryland, 39 degrees. so for today we'll call it a mix of clouds and sunshine. i think clouds will gradually increase by later on in the day. most of our sunshine in and out before two or three this afternoon. cooler than yesterday by quite a margin. highs today upper 40s in the high spots to low 50s in town. a few spots could reach as much as 55 degrees today. not quite as great as yesterday. clouds are back tomorrow. a chilly monday coming. >> great. looking forward to it. >> thofrpbg the republican presidential candidates are preparing for their second new

hampshire debate. second in 12 hours. they'll participate in a debate moderated by "meet the press" david gregory. they met last night for the new hampshire primary scheduled for this tuesday. this morning congresswoman gabrielle giffords and her husband mark kelly are in tucson marking one year since the tragic shooting that killed six people and left her and 12 others injured. she spent the last year in intensive rehabilitation in houston. michael thomas and his wife mildred freeman died after they were struck by a hit and run driver in prince george's county friday morning. police are trying to figure out who is responsible. up next, nbc's 4 "viewpoint". >> and we'll be back in a few minutes with another update. . good morning. i'm jim hanley. welcome to "viewpoint". this morning we're talking about a huge effort under way to help

military spouses find employment. the summit and job fair is coming up this friday at the washington convention center. in conjunction with our health and fitness expo that follows that weekend. here to tell us more about the fair and unemployment among military spouses are vivian green for blue star families. also with us, back in the studio for "viewpoint", laura dempsey, program director for military spouses at the u.s. chamber of commerce, hiring our hero. and jim senior director of recruiting at capital one. i want to start with your viewers, give them a big picture and staggering figure. unemployment among military spouses is around 26%. how did it get that high? >> 26%. a lot of that is due to the high mobility of military spouses. they move an average of eight times over a 20-year military career. that wreaks havoc with your

resume. over time what happens is your resume starts to look like a patchwork quilt. different jobs everywhere you go. and over the course of time, that can hurt the spouse's chances of getting the next job at the next assignment. >> capital one is among 100 companies taking part in this job fair. jim, tell us about capital one's role and how they got involved in this. >> sure. we're excited to be part of this event and the partnership of the u.s. chamber. jim, i want to start by saying capital one's people philosophy is simple and straightforward. we work to create an environment where they can be great. we actually look at the military community in total. retired service members. an exceptional talent pool that really fits in very well with our company's philosophy around talent, people and with the competencies we seek to bring into the organization.

>> and i want to talk more about what businesses like capital one will be doing for people. you're expecting about 100 companies. but i want to find out more about blue star families and the role that your organization, which you helped found a few years ago, what role you play. >> sure. and thanks for having us here too. this is amazing. blue star families is a national military family organization. most of our programs are aimed at supporting and empowering and connecting military families. active duty reserve, veterans, military family members, spouses, parents, cousins, anyone who wants to support their military family member. and we've been very good at connecting to make our military community stronger. and so some of the findings out of national surveys that we do of military families have indicated that military spouse employment is a huge issue within the military community. a big concern for military families. so what we're going to be doing

at the fair is looking at resumes and how we can help create military spouses or volunteers. a lot of times in place where they can't get jobs. and you have these skill sets they builds up that they don't necessarily how to apply in a resume situation or maybe they don't think it matters they were a treasurer or newsletter writer or frg leader. so what we want to do is take them and show them how they can take those volunteer skills and really put them into resumes that companies are looking for. >> and they'll be down there taking part in workshops and sessions there to learn about how to put their best foot forward. >> yes. there are two parts to this event we're having. there's the hiring fair, which is the largest ever of its kind. we're expecting 1,000 spouses to show up. and 100 plus companies. that alone makes it unique. while the spouses are there we like to add some extras for them

so they can either enhance the career they have or even explore other careers so they can plan for their future and not just react. and so we have great nonprofits like blue star families, devry university is coming. resume writing, minute mentoring with the center for women in business at the chamber where high-powered female ceos and trade association presidents, sheila casey. >> oh, my goodness. >> is coming to speak to women in small groups to give hem advice on their careers. >> jim, we talked a little bit before capital one such a prominent role on friday. you'll actually have jobs yourself to offer people. >> we will. and they will represent roles across different types of job functions and levels. both roles for hourly associates and salaried positions. it will range from everything

from a technologies for an i.t. role to a project manager. which will be any line of business and into the positions and customer contact. so a range of positions. and others. >> that's exciting. we'll take a quick break. if you would like to learn more or get involved or take part on friday, here's the web address. you can go to the hoh.greatjobs.net. big expo down at the washington convention center this friday, the 13th. we'll be right back on "viewpoint", so stay with us.

and welcome back to "viewpoint". again, we're talking about a big job fair summit coming up this friday at the washington convention center in helping military spouses find employment. vivian greentree, we want to talk a little bit. we keep talking about the special assets that military spouse can bring to an employer. also challenges too.

how do you turn those challenges -- >> into opportunities? >> exactly. >> as we move around the country we become flexible, adaptable, resourceful. often where during deployment, you're doing volunteer work. time managers. everyone says we're timely as well. always on time. and very loyal. so those type of things that companies are already looking for really they find a very big talent pool in military spouses. they're a national asset. it's nice that the chamber is providing the foundation in companies like cap a tal one, the assets we bring and the positives. we're ready to be hired. >> jim, you were mentioning during the break that technology has really made a difference in terms of hiring people and staying connected with people. >> absolutely. i think to build off what we

just heard, i think there's a whole segment of military spouses who are not even attempting to enter the workforce at times because of the movement that you mentioned, laura. i feel that the technology that exists today, individuals can stick with the company because they work remotely. we have associates at all levels. hourly and salaried associates able to work from home, telecommute. when a person moves across the country it doesn't mean their career ended at capital one. the collaboration all the work they do in the community and at home will transfer actually to great fits with jobs in our organization. they can stay with the company even as they are required to move. and in the past that was the end

of a career at an organization. they had to start over again. >> that's a great point in terms of flexibility. we're seeing that in government and all companies doing it. >> it's true. in order for it to work, you need great companies like capital one not only participating but building programs around spouses, helping to sponsor this hiring fair and you need events so you can put the spouses in a room together so they can find each other and talk about how spouses can stay with the company. everyone is working in a void. spouses don't know where the jobs are. so we have to get in a room together and talk about it. >> laura, talk about the kinds of jobs offered down there. are we talking full-time jobs, part-time jobs, a mix? >> we have everything. it doesn't matter what your skill set is.

everyone is required to have at least five jobs open. national down to local. in d.c. and other areas. some of these national employers have a job that you can apply for as well. so we really welcome all commerce to this fair. we don't want anyone to think it's not for them. >> vivian, talk a little bit about some of the military spouses we'll find down there. how hard has it been trying to find employment and how much looking have they done in the months or years? >> they've been military spouses? that's a really good question. i know this year's survey, 2012 military lifestyle survey, 44% of military spouses said they felt some sort of discrimination based on their military affiliation. normally that comes from the fear of the employer of their transferability and moving. we like to kind of change that and focus on the assets. but it is hard out there when

you're facing a group of other people. once you've moved they have also been in a certain area and have had the same job and have been able to climb up in a direction that has taken them to the top. you've been a teacher in three different states you had to recertify. if you're a lawyer you're dealing with the bar in each different state. >> true. >> and while offices might not hire you because you can't work in the same with nurses and teachers. for those who really want a career and they haven't found the outlet yet. we're beside ourselves with happiness that companies are involved and the chamber is involved and the community is involved. because military strength comes from a strong community. >> this friday at the washington convention center. if you would like to learn more, we'll put that web address on

our screen one more time. hoh.greatjob.net. we'll be back on "viewpoint" as we'll be back on "viewpoint" as we continue the conversa style like a fashionista. save like a maxxinista. fashion direct from designers. savings direct to you.

t.j.maxx. let us make a maxxinista out of you. congresswoman gabrielle giffords and her husband mark kelly are in tucson marking one year since the tragic shooting that killed six people and left her and 12 others injured. giffords spent the last year in intensive rehabilitation in houston. this morning the republican presidential candidates are preparing for their second new hampshire debate in 12 hours. they will participate in a debate by "meet the press" david gregory. they met last night. the new hampshire primary is scheduled for tuesday. the second phase of the 11th street bridge is open for business. drivers can get to 95 from the

southeast-southwest freeway. it cost about $300 million. we're back in about 15 minutes with more news in your forecast. but for now we'll send it back to "viewpoint". and welcome back, everybody, to "viewpoint". again, we're talking about helping military spouses find jobs in this tough economy, particularly tough for military spouses. jim, you were talking about a capital one. you have a network within your association of people who are in some way affiliated or connected with the military. >> yes. thank you for bringing that up. we have an active military network. which means these are associates at the company. they have already joined capital one. they have gotten very involved in a group. they have been a veteran, retiree and they're active in working with the community to help issues with recruiting

associates, doing things to help develop and mentor. so they're going to be present at the job fair next week. they'll be on site and talking to individuals, getting information and advice on how to do a job search. and talking to individuals about specific positions. >> it sounds, laura, very one on one and hands on, too, down there. >> it is. and i would like to point out that more and more companies are taking capital one's lead. they realize they do have a core of military-friendly employees in the country, off within the senior ranks. they're reaching down and trying to help the new spouses and veterans get a toehold in their company and stay. so one of the things we're launching at the event is our e-mentor program, partnership with academy women, a nonprofit located out west. they have created this wonderful online platform where this consider of veteran and military spouse can network with new

military spouse hires and tell them about all the great opportunities where there might be a job opening. they can ask a question and get corporate culture advice. we're excited. we don't want it to stop on january 13th. we're going to keep going with the help of capital one and blue star families. >> and you said there can be one military member in a family or organization that can make the difference and show everyone that they should be following that lead. >> definitely. i mean, we hear that all time. what's the best way? how can we convince them military spouses are good employees. and just hire one military spouse. you'll end up creating the basis for them to go too. and so -- and a lot of times internships. we look to companies to create internships if they're not hiring and let the spouse continue to hone her skills. and maybe that might grow into a position. we're seeing more and more of that. so that's exciting. >> we started out with this

unemployment figure of about 26%. there's unemployment -- underemployment that is rampant as well and this tremendous wage gap of about, what, 42% between the civilian population and the military? >> that's a dod figure as well. 42% wage gap between military spouses and their counterparts. that increases as the spouse's education, work experience actually increases. so it's a big problem. and it can become very debilitating for families. i think a lot of people think of this as sort of the secondary issue. this might be a second income, military choice for spouses. but many families need a second income just to survive, including a lot of military families. and then you throw in there the fact that a lot of families have a vet who is transitioning out of the service and will be unemployed soon or comes back wounded or maybe doesn't come back at all. for many military families, a

growing number of families, this is a critical need. >> you need at minute pupl two paychecks tphao these families. >> yes. >> because they are not large paychecks. >> right. i think people have this assumption military families are well taken care of and they have a lot of money and a lot of benefits. but it's just not always the case. they do have good pay and benefits. we love our military lifestyle but we don't have a lot of people who want to trade with us. >> there are offers at all levels. if someone is out there wondering i don't have maybe my high school degree or a cling degree, i don't have that much experience, all levels are being looked at down there at the convention center. >> right. it's the same thing with vets too. they come back and they say, you know, i pack parachutes or i did this. i don't have any skills. they're probably leading people. they were probably responsible

for millions of dollars in equipment. same with military spouses. if you're the head of a family readiness group you could be in charge of millions of dollars, you could have planned christmas parties, silent auctions. there's project management skills right there they don't give themselves credit for. like laura said, it's important to say to any military spouse that's looking, you don't have to have a college degree. you just have to want to work. you know, by and large they do. and they have all these skills. so they will bring them and i'm sure they will meet employers who have a broad spectrum of availability and i think we will find some really good matches. >> that's a day-long fair. it's happening down at the convention center in washington, downtown d.c. there's the web address to find out how you can take part, volunteer or write a recommendation to a friend or family member. stay with us.

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and welcome back. we talk about resume building, interview skills and things like that. we're also going to have free child care, people should know. >> free on-site child care. one of the great things about herring our heroes, kevin has hired a staff of 100% veterans and military spouses. so we know what military spouses are looking for in an event. one of the first things i look for is child care. free on-site child care all day long. we have fun things for people who are there maybe reentering the workforce. we have 100 spouses who preregister will be selected for a full makeover, including a designer suit and hair and makeup. >> great. >> so if your reentering the workforce and you want to spruce up your image, you can do that there if you preregister. a great speaking program.

patty is our key note speaker, joining forces initiative and we have several spouses who will be attending and shaking hands and making sure pwe don't screw up. so we're very excited for the day. >> it's a very large family but a close-knit family. >> yes, it is. >> when you talk about everyone recognizing the need for child care who better than when you're talking about members of your own family down there. >> that's right. >> you had raised at the very beginning about volunteering. so many of these spouses have spent countless hours doing important volunteer work. >> sure. 81% in our last survey said they volunteered in the last year, which is a huge amount. then when we asked the amount of time they did spend formally and informally, about 10% were volunteering more than 30 hours a month. and so, you know, the things they're organizing and they're doing and being industrious during the times and helping other people, those will translate to resumes and we want

to help them do it. because we know they have the work ethic and background to be successful employees. so we're looking forward to it. >> and that dove tails into capital one's corporate culture. >> it's a great example. thank you for bringing it up, vivian. it is geared toward activeness in the community from the associate base. a great example how that would be a great cultural fit is individuals who are so passionate and the military spouse ranks. in virginia alone, associates of capital one volunteered 40,000 hours into different types of community activities. again, just an example how it is right there a nice cultural fit and a match with the characteristics and the characters of the individuals we're looking for. >> laura, we've talked about the challenges. and some of the obstacles they can face when their husband or wife is injured, perhaps killed. instantly they are just out

there in desperate need of employment and income. >> that's right. >> we have some spouses, we invited spouses from bethesda, walter reed, wounded warriors from all over the area. we're helping to get them here as quickly as possible. we welcome the spouses too. some of the programs we have are very much geared toward people just entering the workforce and need a very nuts and bolts instruction on how to build a resume, conduct an interview, whatever they need to get started. we want them to come out and get something out of this too. >> this is an educational experience for a lot of them it will be the first time they're hearing all this valuable information. if somebody is on the fence, should i go down there, they're not going to have jobs for me, what do you tell them?

>> in any kind of situation like that, we're comprised of military family members. we will have military spouses, parents at our tables that are instantly relatable. i'm sure it will be that way for many of the other nonprofits and companies participating. if you come down to network to find a future potential job or something like that, there's going to be something there for everyone. >> that's great. and capital one is at the forefront of all of this. you're expecting about 100 companies down there. >> we are. we're on track for 100 companies. they all have jobs. we need spouses to fill them. >> that's fantastic. how many people? we're looking at 1,000 people? >> we're on track to get about 1,000 people. it's going to be a big one. >> a big one. come on down, as we like to say. if you would like to learn more, let's put up the web address one more time if we can. that way you can find out. you can preregister on this web address. come down friday the 13th at the washington convention center. thank you for joining us on "viewpoint".

enjoy the rest of our sunday, everybody. now back to news 4 today. good morning. i'm chris gordon. >> and i'm angie goffment welcome to news 4 today. glad you could join us. and we've got another great day. not as great as yesterday. >> no. >> but we can't really complain too much. >> the complaint department is closed on the weekends. yesterday was sort of the bargain day in the month of january. today will still be mild. not quite that nice out there. a live picture over washington. the mirror calm surface reflecting a partly cloudy sky out there. we will get sunshine through there before the day is done.

42 in washington. 39 in annapolis. 39 in calvert county. huntington at about 40 degrees this morning. 36 in culpepper. amosville, 38. our forecast a mix of sun and clouds. sunshine. much cooler than yesterday. mild by january standards. highs today upper 30s in the high spots to low 50s around the city. you folks towards culpepper, fredericksburg, a few neighborhoods that will get as much 55 degrees. tomorrow, cloudy and chilly. highs in the low 40s. a chance of a few sprinkles in parts of southern maryland although i think we'll be rain free in washington. we'll talk about your seven-day forecast coming up. we begin with decision 2012 where they are set for their second debate in just 12 hours. last night the republican contenders met at st. ansilim

college just days before the state's primary. nbc's steve handelsman has a recap. >> reporter: as they met in new hampshire two and a half days before the vote, the republican candidates debated who would create more u.s. jobs, like the 200,000 in december celebrated by front-runner mitt romney. >> it's very good news. i hope we continue to see good news but it's not thanks to president obama. his policies have made the recession deeper. >> santorum attacked romney. >> he said i've got business experience. well, business experience doesn't necessarily match up with being the commander in chief of this country. >> romney's firm capital reorganized trouble businesses. >> and taking out the ones where we lost jobs and those we added, those businesses have now added over 100,000 jobs. i have a record of learning how to create jobs. >> ron paul, polling second, took on santorum. >> what really counts is his record. he's a big government, big spending individual.

>> it's a ridiculous charge. and you should know better. >> rick perry unleashed a shocker. >> i would send troops back in to iraq. >> mostly perry and john huntsman watched. the focus was on the front-runner. >> i wasn't too far behind. and doing pretty well catching up on mitt every single day. >> but romney's far hit and got through another debate relatively unscathed. i'm steve handelsman, nbc news, manchester, new hampshire. as for today's debate, nbc will have complete coverage of it on "meet the press". moderator david gregory will oversee the gop debate sponsored by nbc, facebook, and the new hampshire union leader. we'll have the debate for you right here on nbc 4 at 10:30. this morning, congresswoman gabrielle giffords is in tucson marking one year since the tragic shooting that killed six

people and left her and 12 others injured. a series of events begins this afternoon at 12:11 our time with the ringing of bells to mark the moment of the shooting. giffords and her husband mark kelly will attend a candlelight vigil. kelly said on his facebook page, giffords visited for the first time since the attack in the parking lot there. giffords was in the middle of a meet and greet event at the grocery store when the alleged gunman opened fire. she has spent the past year in intensive rehabilitation in houston. members of the brady campaign to prevent gun violence are encouraging people to light candles across the country to honor the victims from tucson and other shootings. the campaign is named for former press secretary james brady gravely wounded in the assassination attempt on president reagan. it is part of a national effort called "too many victims remembrances." a local candlelight vigil at shiloh baptist church tonight. the man charged with the deadly rampage has not gone to trial

and it may be another year before he is determined competent to do so. a judge put the case on hold while loughner is getting treatment for schizophrenia. the 23-year-old has been in a prison hospital since being declared mentally unfit to stand trial. the court ordered him medicated against his will. he pleaded not guilty to the charges. police are trying to figure out who is responsible for a hit and run crash that killed a married couple. michael thomas and his wife mildred freeman died after they were struck while crossing oxon hill road in prince george's county friday morning. dozens of friends and relatives gathered where the couple were struck for a vigil. >> he was a nice, loving guy. kept you on our toes. when you was down he knew how to bring you up.

my stepmom took the role of my mom when my mom passed away. >> relatives hope the driver will come forward. the only description police have so far is it was a gray compact car. police say it should have extensive front-end damage. as the second phase of the 11th street bridge is officially open. it opened early. ddot tweeting out the big news. it is the largest project ever taken costing $300 million. the third and final phase of the project is expected to be finished this summer. well, if you have driven on the intercounty connector recently you have probably seen an exit sign for norwood. one problem, the town doesn't exist. historians say there was a norwood back in the late 1800s, but it disappeared shortly after losing its one and only post office. it's so obscure that montgomery

county historical society doesn't keep a file on it. icc officials say norwood was the best locator they could come up with for the area. the last chance to see julia child's kitchen at the smithsonian before it closes temporarily. the national museum of american history will reopen later this summer as part of a new exhibit on food and wine in america. it featured julia child's kitchen from massachusetts used as the set of three television shows. she donated it to the museum in 2001. >> that's really night. new from overnight, a reunion for a specially trained dog. fairfax police say a man found a search and rescue dog not far from where the german shepherd took off from his handler thursday. 3-year-old vito wandered off while chasing a fox during training at white marsh park in

bowie. a man working nearby found the dog. he saw a news report about the missing dog and called police. he returned the dog to his handlers at a gas station in bowie last night. coming up, the powerful message behind a music video stagger students right here in d.c. also, why metro riders may see some people on trains without pants. you're watching news 4 today.

well, don't be alarmed if your fellow metro riders aren't wearing any pants today. it's just part of the annual no

pants metro ride. this afternoon hundreds of metro riders will take to the rail cars in their unmentionables. this is not a nudist event or a protest against pants, just a funny event designed to make people laugh. >> will you be riding the metro today? >> no. i'll be driving. >> all right. it may be winter but d.c. parents are already looking to the fall and choosing the best school for their kids. the d.c. public charter school board held its third annual recruitment expo at the washington convention center. the mayor said the district started the charter school movement in the country and has the best programs available. >> it provides choice for parents. it provides opportunities to be able to choose between d.c. public schools, d.c. schools and charter schools. so i think it provides a level of choice. >> the district has 53 charter

schools and each has a different application and enrollment process. enrollment for next year runs through the spring. >> well, some talented students from northeast washington showed off their skills while at the same time spreading an important message. ♪ >> the students from william door public charter school were filming a simple anti cyber bullying campaign. since the kids were obviously enjoying themselves and showing off their talent, the directors decided to expand the campaign. >> to just have all this going on. i'm almost like a father to see them just the excitement in the air. and then the professionalism of the kids. the kids are very, very well behaved. they're articulate. they are doing a fabulous job here. i'm excited for the kids and the parents who came out and

supported them as well. this rap video and anti-bullying campaign will soon be released nationwide. >> too cute. well, it is a baby girl for superstar couple jay-z and beyonce. she delivered the baby last night via scheduled c-section. reports are the a baby is named blue ivy carter. news of little carter spread like wildfire with the baby's name becoming a trending topic. beyonce revealed her pregnancy to the world back in august during the performance on the mtv music awards. we should mention on twitter there is a debate. people don't know if it's blue ivy or ivy blue. >> she's queen of twitter. i can't believe you don't know this. >> at first i tweeted out it was ivy. now they're saying it's blue. >> and good sources on this. >> my ivy is green.

so that confused me. >> you're so funny. >> anyway. >> oh, man. so talking about the weather. >> yeah. >> things are looking up? >> yes and no. they're not looking as up as they were yesterday. there's a live picture over washington. a beautiful now increasingly blue sky overhead. we'll give you the forecast

>> people rolled up their sleeves to enjoy the spring-like weather this weekend. this is central park yesterday. temperatures soared into the 60s across the northeast. in philadelphia, some people ditched the idea of ice skating and headed out onto the water instead. it's been quite warm across the u.s. according to the weather

channel, 1,100 record highs shrb broken between january 1st and january 6th. >> short sleeves and shades were the order of the day yesterday. >> correct. no doubt about it. i have my sunglasses on. i took that out yesterday afternoon. for the drive around. it was a little cloudier than it of going to be. as a result i was already out. i had the roof down and sunglasses on. >> it just felt nice. everybody was in good spirits. >> 6 degrees. so nothing to complain about at all. and the 1,100 record high temperatures in the first week of the year compared to only 30 record low temperatures. so a really mild start. and a lot of those record highs across the northern plains in bismarck, north dakota were in the 60s. their average high temperature up there is like 25 degrees now. so they were plus 40. >> but this doesn't mean that we're not going to get hit with something along the way. i mean -- >> no. it's still winter.

>> wipe that smirk. >> we have to keep hope alive for a little bit of winter yet. i am enjoying saving money on the heating bill. even i appreciate a mild winter from that standpoint. but we need a little bit of some cold around here. or wait until you see how early the bug season starts. you need freezing cold weather to kill those. at least get them slowed down a little bit. for now, though, a beautiful looking start to your sunday morning. a very blue sky overhead right now. we will have plenty of sunshine especially in the first half of the day. the washington monument gleaming with the sunshine on the southern ex poerb herb of the monument there. also a lot of sunshine down on the roof at jefferson. wait out to the right of the monument and the right of the jefferson memorial the old post office pa vivian. the national shrine of immaculate conception. beautiful day to get your sunday started. it's a little cooler than

yesterday, but nonetheless it will be a good day to be outside. 42 degrees right now. a very light wind north-northwest at 6 miles per hour. and that general north to northwesterly please. only in the 5 to 10 miles per hour range. not terribly windy. low 40s around town. 40 in rockville. 40 at restin town center. 39 in gaithersburg. 34 in college park and silver spring. 35 in inwood west virginia. plenty of sunshine early o. we will pick up fair weather clouds during the course of the day. that won't bother anybody. highs today up into the low 50s in washington. you folks in central virginia, 54, 55 degrees out there. there you can see on storm form doppler. no rain around us. of course you have that beautiful blue sky. a couple of sprinkles across the outer banks of north carolina.

steadier rain showers way down south across alabama, georgia ga, mississippi. the second half of wednesday, into thursday. in the meantime, though, a pretty nice stretch of weather. a deck of clouds we had around early this morning. that's on its way out. as a result, clearing skies the next couple of hours. feeling more like winter today than yesterday. even so temperatures 10 degrees warmer than average for this fine average. clouds and sunshine. clouds will thicken up late tonight as a little area of low pressure and storminess well down to our south. that will bring clouds in. it may graze southern maryland with a sprinkle or two. southern maryland, down into central virginia, culpepper, charlottesville. a few light sprinkles tomorrow. we don't have any chance for rain here in washington. but the good news, we get sunshine back again as early as

tuesday but it will be short-lived. here's your forecast. today sun to start. clouds coming in later. much cooler than yesterday. still not so bad. highs today upper 40s to mid-50s. again, our average high temperature is 5 #. so that's well above average. a lot of clouds around. it will feel noticeably chillier. a chance of light rain or few sprinkles well down to the south of washington. low to mid-40s thanks to cloud cover. as a result we'll be into the mid-50s. that's the nicest day of the week. clouds back on wednesday with a best chance of rain coming the second half of wednesday, wednesday night, front half of the day on thursday ahead of some colder weather. more january-like weather next week, into next weekend. angie, of course, is the queen of twitter with 17 zillion followers. >> i tweet you all the time. >> you do. >> always great information.

>> i'm picking up tweeters every day because of it. >> and you're very, very witty. >> i appreciate it. >> all right. thank you, chuck. >> the capitals are not big fans of swimming in the shark tank as san jose continued their home dominance last night. caps tied the game early in the third period. but patrick scored just 16 seconds later putting the shark ahead for good. san jose won 5-2, snapping washington's four-game winning streak. the caps have not won in san jose since 1993. washington continues their west coast swing tomorrow against the los angeles kings. well, nfl wild card weekend kicked off with a couple of good games, but they turned out to be blahs and the ninth ranked hoyas struggled on the road.

>> hakim dermish has those highlights and more in this morning's sports. >> reporter: good morning, everyone. we're talking football. for the saints it was a good night. for the lions it's goodnight. no surprise new orleans is really good at night. in fact, this season the saints beat opponents by an average of 47-16 in home games after dark. we're at the superdome. drew brees and the saints entering the playoffs, riding an eight-game win streak. the lions in the playoffs for the first time since 1999. second quarter, tied at seven. calvin johnson, 13 yard touchdown. he had 211 yards receiving and two tds. lions take a 14-7 lead. third quarter, saints down 13-10. brees fakes the handoff. up top and deep, connecting with henderson. 41 yard touchdown. brees throws for 466 yards and three tds. saints lead 17-14. fourth quarter. saints go marching. handoff to darren sproles. he rolls into the end zone for a 17 yard touchdown. the saints score 21 points in the fourth quarter and go on to win it, 45-28. next week new orleans will play on the road at san francisco.

two rookie quarterbacks facing off for the first time in the super bowl era. texans hosting andy dalton and the bengals. second quarter, tied at 10. check it out. intercepted at the line by rookie defensive end j.j. watt. returns it 29 yards for the touchdown. see it again. a light bulb moment for j.j. watt. hands up. makes a play. texans take a 17-10 lead. dalton was intercepted three times. his counterpart t.j. yates would fair much better. third quarter yates going deep for andre johnson. and he's got him. wide open. 0 yard scoring strike. houston making its first playoff appearance moving on with a 31-10 victory. texans play the ravens in baltimore next sunday. college hoops now. georgetown's winning streak is over. simply put, the hoyas didn't play their best basketball and west virginia did. mountaineers one-two punch of bryant and jones are the real

deal. yesterday the two seniors helping west virginia knock off ninth ranked georgetown. coach john thomson the third and the hoyas struggled mightily. starks for three. no good. later in the half, jason clark tries a three-pointer off the rim. another try from clark in the second half. huh-uh. the hoyas were 2 of 14 from three-point range. ensuing mountaineers possession, they start to pull away. kevin jones, who leads the big east in scoring hits the three-pointer. jones finished with 22 points. mountaineers up seven. later, darryl truck bryant rolls off the screen. and then buries the three ball. he had a game high 25 points. west virginia defeats georgetown, 74-62, snapping the hoyas 11-game win streak. there was an 11-game win streak on the line in charlottesville. coach tony bennett and the cavaliers against former george mason coach and miami. less than a minute to go. cavaliers up two. inside to mike scott. goes to work. spins.

puts it up and in. we went for a game high 23 points. 52-48. then final seconds. it's a one-point game. miami with a a chance to win. scott drives baseline. takes his shot. and it's no good. he gets his own rebound. time runs out. that's it. number 23, virginia hangs on to win it, 52-51. cavaliers won 12 straight for the first time since the 1981-82 season. that's impressive. jim's former school, battling for first place in the caa. second half, patriots up six. bonds on the break. gets the tough shot to go. plus, he's fouled. vaughan with a team high 17 points. george mason, 42-34 lead. a minute to go. patriots up just one. ryan pierson gets it. drives. his shot. no good.

but mike morrison underneath. there on the cleanup, morrison finished with 14 points, 15 rebounds. george mason wins it, 61-58. coach paul hewitt and the patriots remain undefeated in the conference taking sole possession of first place. elsewhere, wake forest edges virginia tech, 58-55. george washington loses to st. louis, 78-56. and american university crushes colgate, 82-54. that's your morning sports. i'm hakim dermish. have a great day. well, the redskins have already started their off-season, but head coach mike shanahan is hard at work for another team. the skins head coach will lead the south team in the senior bowl. a showcase for senior nfl prospects. it is in mobile, alabama at the end of the month. the game is also helpful for shanahan's future with washington. they have the number six pick in the upcoming nfl draft. and leslie frazier with the vikings will be coaching the

north. i know they have the number three draft pick. this could be beneficial for both teams. >> i wonder what they're thinking. if you're coach shanahan, you have to figure out what do we need to do? what piece do we need? >> yeah. >> quarterback, quarterback, quarterback. >> so you think we need a defensive lineman? >> quarterback would be a good thing. they can throw the ball. >> and i just want to let you 2340e, we just checked our tweets. the nbc facebook tweet is trending. and blue ivy or ivy blue. >> everybody looks a baby story. >> all right. that does it for news 4 today. we will be back in 25 minutes for another update.