raleigh that is rain right now, raleigh, atlanta, georgia, when that meets the cold air coming up from the south. so because of all the icy conditions that we will have around the area tomorrow, we've got a winter weather advisory. as you said, it does cover the area. we expect from 0.1 to about 0.25 inch of ice north and west and that ice the freezing rain, a little sleet, that could hang on a little longer tomorrow morning. instead of just shutting down around 7:00 or 9:00 could last in some of our northern and western suburbs until about noon time. 34 current temperature right now with a light east wind at 3 miles per hour. so we've got snow on tap for 11:00 and freezing rain for 5:00 and 7:00 a.m. tomorrow morning with a temperature of 33 to 34 degrees. with that, there's going to be more moisture hanging around for sunday so it's not just saturday that we've got to deal with. i'll have the details coming up with your fourday forecast in a few minutes. back to you. >> sounds nasty. thanks, veronica. see you in a few minutes. the impending weather has road crews on alert in maryland

and northern virginia. crews got an early start pretreating the roads and making last-minute preparations before the first flakes fall. news 4's shomari stone is in fairfax. >> reporter: we're here at fairfax circle on route 50. as you can see over my left shoulder this is a main roadway leading to other routes. right over here you can see on the roadway here on route 50 those white lines. this roadway is pretreated along with others throughout virginia. v dot says they are prepared for tonight's weather. right now they have closed the salt domes and plan to reopen them tonight before the possible snow, sleet, or freezing rain hits. v dot tells us they will first target the potential trouble areas such as maybe some bridges along with on and off ramps. drivers are advised to be prepared for slippery roads and it might be hard to see while you drive. v dot says they pretreated the interstates. they have 600 trucks and will bring out more tonight when it's needed. >> sure, with the wintry mix forecast we always want to be

extra careful because ice can be just as bad if not worse than snow accumulating on the roads. so we're always preparing for the ice sticking. >> reporter: now they're not the only ones. in fact in maryland, maryland d.o.t. has also pretreated the roads and crews aren't going home. they issue a warning for people planning to drive to foxboro for the new england patriots/baltimore ravens game. they say they expect more snow possibly in the northeast so they want you to be careful. also in prince george's county officials are telling us that the extracurricular activities that are tomorrow, while they are expected to start at noon, pushed back because of this potential bad weather, will continue to bring you the latest updates on nbc washington.com and on twitter, , nbc washington. back to you. >> stay warm. thank you. >> i will. we are following breaking news in prince george's county where there is extensive damage to a house after a fire in district heights. the fire broke out in the 7200 block of mount forest terrace.

no injuries. investigators still trying to figure out the cause. this is the last full day for republican candidates before the south carolina primary. it is tomorrow. mitt romney struggled this week to regain his footing after calls to release his tax returns knocked him off message. but hundreds of people stood in the rain today to hear him speak. however, newt gingrich appears to be surging and some polls suggest he could win. today romney challenged him to release the results of the house ethics investigation that resulted in a $300,000 sanction. rick santorum is piling on. today he called gingrich in his words a little radioactive. mitt romney got a coveted endorsement today from virginia's governor bob mcdonald. julie carey is here to tell us why that endorsement could end up benefiting both men. >> reporter: as head of the republican governors association bob mcdonald's position had been that he would remain neutral at least early on. but with the south carolina primary just a day away and

romney's campaign struggling, mcdonald decided to step off the sidelines and give romney an important boost. mitt romney and bob mcdonald together in fairfax county back in october when romney came to virginia to help get out the vote in the general assembly elections. now it's mcdonald coming to romney's aid. after a rough debate performance last night and with paul's tightening in south carolina, romney started this day with the announcement that mcdonald is backing him. mcdonald told cnbc about his decision explaining he'd always said governor or former governor should be the gop nominee. >> that's why it's time now for me to get involved. it's a southern primary. i'm a southern governor. i thought i could help the governor by coming out today. >> reporter: mcdonald's endorsement comes a day after texas governor rick perry dropped out of the contest. mcdonald is also close with perry and with him out, mcdonald was free to back romney. mcdonald headed straight to south carolina to campaign alongside the republican front-runner.

>> my message will be if you want to win the race in november vote for mitt romney. he's the best candidate that we've got to beat president obama. >> reporter: political observers say mcdonald's decision to endorse rather than stay on the sidelines could end up helping him if he hopes to be strongly considered as romney's runningmate. >> it's a logical move if he is trying to put himself into a better position to be considered as a vice presidential nominee he should run and get the republican nomination. >> reporter: mcdonald is also taking a risk by backing romney so soon. >> the risk here of course is that the governor may alienate the conservative base in virginia and elsewhere. there's a lot of conservatives who are not happy with the likelihood of mitt romney as the republican party nominee and there is this anybody but romney faction in the republican party right now. i think the governor of virginia is going to feel the wrath a little bit. >> of course mcdonald's endorsement will also help romney in virginia's march 6th primary in which only romney and ron paul are on the ballot. coming up at 6:00 you'll hear how virginia republican voters

view mcdonald's endorsement and its timing. back to you now. >> all right. julie carey, thanks. a hearing is under way in charlottesville, virginia right now to determine what can be shown and said at the trial of a chevy chase man accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend at the university of virginia. attorneys for george hughly are asking graphic pictures of yardly love be kept out of the trial. new forensic tests show blood found at the crime scene matches neither. huguely's trial is set for february 6th. if he is convicted he could get 20 years to life in prison. a teenager from the district will spend 14 years in jail for killing another teenager in petworth back in october. 17-year-old derek johnson was given a sentence today in the stabbing death of 17-year-old jamar freeman. court records show johnson and freeman were friends but johnson thought freeman had broken into his home. johnson was charged as an adult in the case and pleaded guilty back in november. police in new carrollton, maryland are looking for

suspects in a violent home invasion that happened at a house on carrollton parkway late this morning. police say three men began attacking the residents. the residents resisted and the suspects did run off. one of them was discovered by police nearby and was caught after a chase. the search continues for the other two. police believe they are armed. a 6-year-old girl and her 10-year-old sister died in a house fire this morning in cumberland, maryland. their mother managed to escape the home unharmed with a 7-month-old baby. the fire broke out about 6:00 this morning in a row house on east harrison street. there is no word yet on what caused the fire. five other row houses were damaged by all the smoke and flames. the future of the alexandria waterfront could be determined tomorrow. the redevelopment of the area in old town has kept community leaders, residents, and business owners at odds for years now. news 4's erika gonzalez is live from the waterfront with both sides of this debate.

erika? >> reporter: good evening. like you said, the plan to redevelop this water front in alexandria has been in the works for years. but tomorrow, it'll come down to one vote. the plan to revitalize the city of alexandria's water front started three years ago with a series of public meetings. then last spring the city unveiled this plan. it calls for new parks, hotels, and commercial development among other things. alexandria city resident nicky enfield says the current space isn't being maximized. >> commercial viability is actually much more historic than grass land. >> reporter: however, andrew mcdonald of the citizens for an alternative alexandria waterfront plan says the proposal would take away the historic and quaint nature the city has come to be known for. >> it's a vision created by developers not by the community. >> reporter: in a letter to the city attorney mcdonald has asked vice mayor kerry donnelly to recuse himself from tomorrow's vote citing the bank donnelly works for has vested interests

with local businesses that would be affected by the proposed plan. donnelly tells news 4 he plans to vote on the plan. >> i think there is a cozy relationship with the development community. >> reporter: mcdonald says he also has concerns alexandria city mayor bill yule has a conflict of interest because he is invested in a restaurant near the waterfront. 200 residents have petitioned seeking a super majority vote tomorrow. the mayor tells me it won't happen. >> i just think folks are, you know, fishing for reasons to further delay the process. >> reporter: if approved, city officials say construction of the new water front would take place over the next 15 years. tonight at 6:00 mayor bill yule tells us he has no conflict of interest with this new redevelopment plan and he plans on proving it. we'll tell you how tonight at 6:00. we're live in alexandria. erika gonzalez, news 4. back to you. >> thank you. still ahead, a violent attack carried out by a

5-year-old. >> automatically he said, you know, why is there blood everywhere? >> her son is accused of stabbing three people. coming up the young mother shares her personal struggle to control that child. plus crews gained ground on a wildfire that's devoured two dozen homes out west. >> redskins fans, are you prepared to go to the other side? would you cross the purple line? i'm pat collins. the story coming up. news 4. >> news 4 at 5:00 i

firefighters in nevada are working around the clock to keep the upper hand on a raging wild fire that started yesterday. it has been spreading quickly because of incredibly gusting winds. it has already destroyed dozens of homes and structures, more than a thousand people had to evacuate. that included vice president joe biden who was in the area for an event. >> laurel is halfway between d.c. and baltimore in maryland but when it comes to professional football, there is nothing halfway going on there. pat collins is in laurel with

more. hey, pat. >> reporter: hi. how are you? it's playoff time. the redskins are out. the ravens are in. and we found that some skin fans are crossing over to that purple li line. i'm a ravens fan. did you used to be a redskins fan? >> once upon a time. >> are you a ravens fan? >> absolutely. >> you used to be a redskins fan? >> once upon a time. >> reporter: welcome to the city of laurel. you might think of it as middle town. it's 20.8 miles from downtown washington. it's 20.6 miles from downtown baltimore. at the michael's in laurel, ravens posters. go ravens plates. ravens candles. ravens flowers. little ravens footballs. they even have go ravens wreaths.

nothing redskins. hey, are you a redskin fan? >> sometimes. >> are you a ravens fan? >> sometimes. >> hum. how do you choose? >> well, the winners i always stick with. >> reporter: a number of redskins fans here are crossing the purple ravens line. and they're doing it with gusto. are you a front-runner? >> yeah. >> reporter: are you a front-runner? >> you better believe it. all the way. >> reporter: at duncan, team pride donuts. the sprinkles. they're not burgundy and gold but baltimore ravens purple and they're selling like hotcakes. full disclosure. you know who else crossed the purple line? this man. this man's my son. ever since he was a little boy, he's been a redskin fan. he knows about sonny and billy,

john riggins and thiseman. but you know what he did last sunday? you know where he was? he was in baltimore, rooting for the ravens. why? >> to watch my ravens win. >> what about the redskins? >> got sick of wasting my time and money on the redskins organization. >> reporter: i should have been a better father. here. have a purple donut. >> yum. so good. >> reporter: now coming up at 6:00 we put it all to the honk test. honk for the ravens. honk for the redskins. the results? they're not pretty, doreen. >> pat, is your son going to be able to cross back over when the season is over? will he be allowed in the house? when the redskins are playing again? >> reporter: i'm hoping so. you know, he's bigger than i am but i'm still his father.

you know what i mean? >> that carries a lot of weight. all right. thank you, pat. >> see you at 6:00. we have our suspicions about veronica's allegiances too. >> what's going on there? purple lady? >> hey, i live in a ravens household. i can't help it. it wears off on me. the guys go crazy. >> i know. you have to have peace and quiet somewhere. do what you got to do. >> i don't want them yelling at me. they yell at the tv. >> the redskins are out of it. i think it's okay to cross over temporarily. >> good. i'm glad the game is not on saturday. >> yes? >> i'm glad it's not in baltimore. >> yes. >> because it is going to be icy and dicey around here. i took a look at the number of hours we could have snow somewhere between three and five. overnight not a big deal. but in terms of the number of hours of freezing rain and ice somewhere between seven and ten. >> whoa. >> exactly. big whoa. that's what has me worried and of course a lot of other folks, too. especially in the counties just north and west of us. freezing rain for several hours. icy conditions where we may even

be looking at some scattered power outages with ice setting up on those power lines and on the trees. 34 degrees the current temperature. we don't have anything falling right now. but, hey, if you do start to see some flurries by the time we get to 7:00, 8:00, 9:00 go ahead and send me a tweet at v. johnson nbc 4. we'll get it on and talk about it, too. we want your pictures as well. 34 the temperature reagan national airport. look at some of the other readings. 30 mount airy. 36 at fredericksburg. 34 in culpepper. we're not far from freezing throughout the area. now there is some moisture running into the area. a lot of this not falling but it is not going to take long before we start to see the atmosphere get saturated a little more and actually the precip make it all the way down to the surface. down to the south we've got charleston, roanoke, raleigh, north carolina all getting rain right now and that's the moisture that's coming up from out of the south. cold air to the north. our area of low pressure right around eastern kentucky and tennessee. it's all going to be meeting over our area in the

mid-atlantic states. so for us, flurries at 9:00. 32 your temperature. snow for 11:00. then freezing rain again for several hours through tomorrow morning. we are not the only ones that are going to have to deal with this. areas up into pennsylvania, new jersey, areas of new york around new york city, chicago, likely seeing some snow so it goes far and wide. these winter weather advisories and winter storm warnings where there could be some snow. let's put it into the future now. here's 9:30. the pink is the freezing rain. that is the ice. that's not looking good because you can see there's quite a bit of it that moves across our area with that low pressure. starting around midnight it's snow but after 2:00 or 3:00 a.m. it's freezing rain that could go just past late morning tomorrow and maybe up until noon. so maybe an inch of snow to about 0.1 inch of ice and a quarter inch of ice in the areas north and west. so your forecast then as we put it into motion here for the evening, 30 to 34 degrees with that snow and sleet developing. again it's brief. only about three hours of snow

and sleet for tomorrow morning freezing rain. slick roads and an icy accumulation of around a quarter inch. 28 to 32 degrees for your afternoon. we will be above freezing. 37 to 39 degrees with rain ending around 2:00 or 3:00 p.m. but anything that we have left for saturday night could be some freezing drizzle around the area. wanted to give you one more breakdown there noon to 3:00 your rain. your fourday forecast real quick a few more showers expected on sunday. then we're back up to 57 for monday. >> so are you talking about the number of hours we could have the freezing rain? >> exactly. somewhere between seven and ten. >> once we get to about noon you think we'll be -- >> i think out of the woods. a total amount of folks, get your breakfast items tonight. >> okay. we'll be looking for your update later tonight, too. >> all right. >> thanks, veronica. still to come one fee for unlimited metro rides. a new plan could save regular commuters a lot of money. and the fight over food trucks. why the rules regulating where a food truck can set up shop are

likely to change. i'm liz crenshaw. why do you need to show your i.d. when purchasing computer screen cleaner? that's the question. the answer is

so why do you need to show your i.d. when you are

purchasing cleaner for your computer screen? how are tvs recycled? how do you replace a lost birth certificate? it's friday. liz crenshaw joins us now for ask liz. >> the audience thinks you're happy that i'm here. >> i'm always happy you're here but happy you're here on friday. so welcome, welcome. >> thank you. >> the first one, this is interesting. when you teased this at 4:00, it was like what? tim in winchester recently went to pick up some computer screen cleaner at k-mart and was required to show his i.d. to make sure he was over 18. why? >> why was that? we asked k-mart to clear this all up. it tells us that customers are required to show i.d. to buy some products such as screen cleaners because state regulations require retailers to restrict the sales of some items to customers younger than 18 and the regulation is put in place to stop teens from using the cleaners as inhalants. so it's an abuse issue. it's a chemical abuse issue. >> that's sad. all right. our next question comes from

jeff in bethesda when he goes to the recycling center. he sees rows and rows of the old tvs at the shady grove transfer station and because everyone got new tvs over the holiday. how do they resickle those? it is so interesting. there were so many flat screens sold all of these big huge tubes are sitting there. we turned to montgomery county for the answer to the question. it says that an independent company called creative recycling is responsible for recycling all of the electronics that come to the station. creative recycling breaks down the materials in old electronics, remanufactures old tubes, copper, and other equipment, and all montgomery county residents can bring old electronics like radios or tvs or computers or cables or printers to the station for recycling. he was so cute. he took pictures of all of the ones that were lined up. he said he'd never seen so many. >> it's good that they're making use of all that material so it's not in a landfill. the last question comes from doris in fredericksburg. she says she lost her birth certificate so what does she do now? >> she can't make one up.

the national center for health statistics, a part of the centers for disease control, says an official certificate of every birth, death, marriage, and divorce should be in a permanent file. these records are stored in the state, city, county, or other local office where the event occurred. and to get any of these records replaced you need to make a written request to that local authority. you can get more information on replacing your vital records simply by going to nbc washington.com and search certificates. we've got more information on how to do it. if you have a question you'd like us to consider for ask liz as always send it to ask liz at nbc washington.com and connect with me on twitter. just search liz crenshaw. and on facebook by searching liz crenshaw's consumer watch. >> great. always good to see you. >> always good to see you. particularly on friday. >> yes. >> happy friday. coming up, some serious news. a 5-year-old's violent outburst. >> he reached over and stabbed her in the side of the leg.

you know, and like i said, by then it was not -- it was not him any longer. it was like he was just, you know, it was a little robot. coming up a virginia mother speaks out. why she says her son lashed out and stabbed three people. i'm jane watrel. from a reston shopping center to the russian ballet, i'll have the story of a local dancer who is now going to be seen on an international stage. and food trucks are everywhere these days. but it could soon be a lot harder to find your favorite truck in the distr

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we have some wintry weather ahead tonight. the salt sheds are stocked and trucks are out right now. they're putting down a salt brine solution which prevents the first snow from sticking. plows are on stand by to make sure the roads stay clear. officials tell people the best advice, stay home if you can during this storm. >> you're going to slowly see light snow develop for the late evening hours and early part of the night but it's tomorrow morning that you'll need real caution on area roads because it is going to be icy with freezing rain and perhaps even still some left over sleet. 34 is the temperature currently. we're just past sunset. in most neighborhoods we're hovering around freezing. so definitely there by 9:00 where i think we could have some flurries falling. 30 degrees at 11:00 p.m. we switch over to snow and more moisture moves in after midnight. so the real problem comes when

we make the switch over to freezing rain likely to be very icy. many locations just up to our north and west. as a matter of fact, we're looking for area roads up around i-81, i-70 and 270 with icy conditions. 2:00 a.m. to noon time freezing rain and then noon to 3:00 rain. we'll take a look at your seven-day forecast in a couple minutes. >> thanks, veronica. a 5-year-old virginia boy is accused of stabbing three people inside his home. now his distraught mother is speaking out publicly about the tragedy. as laura french reports the mother says she hopes it will help get her son the help she has been seeking for a long time. >> he said mommy why is there blood everywhere? >> reporter: the first words out of a 5-year-old boy's mother after he stabbed three family members in his shady grove home the first victim his 12-year-old female cousin. >> he reached over and stabbed her in the side of the leg. you know, and like i said, by

then it was not him any longer. it was like he was just a little robot. >> his 26-year-old mom who we are not identifying to protect the child says her son got into this robotic state after a day of feeling picked on. the final straw not being able to play with the neighbor's football. >> between myself and my sister-in-law we weren't able to keep him restrained so we had to call the police department. >> the green county deputy was able to calm the child. the expelled rutgersville elementary kindergartener suffers from a severe mood disorder. mom thought the deputy got through to her son until her child headed to the kitchen for a drink. >> he walked by, went to the refrigerator, opened it and stood there and it was like there was this blank -- he lost himself completely and was not there any longer. >> mom said she thought her son was getting a straw until the kids started screaming knife. >> my nephew got upset because he stabbed his sister. he kept trying to throw things at him and was trying to hit him

and all kinds of stuff just trying to defend his sister. and we were trying to hold him back. >> reporter: mom says he stabbed his aunt in the arm while trying to get to his 11-year-old male cousin. >> when she grabbed her arm, we lost control of my nephew and he fell on the floor and that's when he got my nephew in the back of the head and neck. the rest of the police came in and they restrained him and it was like we had my son back because automatically he said why is there blood everywhere? he said where did it all come from? >> that was laura french reporting. the boy's mother says her son is being treated for his mental health issues at a hospital and says he is under full evaluation and she plans to be with him throughout his treatment. metro officials are now considering giving riders the option of buying a monthly pass. the idea was floated yesterday at a metro board meeting. mary hine says the price of the monthly cards would be tied to a certain number of trips per

month but any additional rides would be free. metro general manager richard sorrels has proposed a new wave of fare hikes but board members are concerned riders will not pay more for the system without some incentives. there could soon be big changes when it comes to d.c. food trucks. the popular trucks serve everything from pizza to cupcakes. they are now facing a possible total overhaul in where they can serve their food. megan mcgrath has the latest details. >> lunch time at farragut square. food trucks are lined up along the curb and customers are lined up too. >> i like the mexican food they bring into it and also i like the spicy food, the fusion between asian and new american food. >> reporter: a revolution in midday dining has taken root in the nation's capital. there are even apps to track your favorite truck from gourmet cupcakes to crab cake sandwiches mobile vending has gone high end. but with the success of food trucks has come friction.

regulations on the books are 30 years old and geared toward old style ice cream and hot dog trucks. >> and they're vastly out of date. they don't reflect the modern realities where food trucks are a new business that popped up in the past few years. >> but change is coming. the department of consumer and regulatory affairs today posted a new set of proposed regulations. changes could include the establishment of special food truck zones where the location and number of trucks could be regulated. there will be new rules regarding how long a truck could stay in place. right now the oeltd ice cream truck rule applies. technically a vendor can stop only if waved over by a customer and can remain stationary only if there is a line. >> it's been very challenging. extremely chael edging with small businesses just trying to make a living. >> sandra has been selling cupcakes out of her sweet bites truck for nearly two years. she says new regulations are needed. alex hopes it will be good for business.

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electric cars will have another place to charge up in bethesda. a new station is set to debut on elm street on bethesda row.

the management company is also planning a charging station for rockville's town square. drivers can already charge their electric cars at the sun trust bank on old georgetown road. >> from reston to russia a local woman is selected to be the first american to join the esteemed marinsky ballet. the classical company has boasted notables including anna p pavlova. jane watrel has more. >> reporter: she has been singled out by "dance" magazine for her star quality, called an angelic presence with eijiness and attack. now the local ballerina will be taking her dance to russia. the first american invited to join a centuries-old ballet company. >> i can't even describe how honored i am to have this opportunity and that's why when it came up, the only thing i could do is say yes. it's been a dream. i'm thrilled. >> this won't be keenan's first

trip to st. petersburg. the reston native spent three years at the academy there seen in this video dancing in the same ballet school that nurtured a generation of dancers including mikhail bareshnakov. >> when the russians graduate their ultimate goal toss join this company and if you don't you go other places and audition. as an american, i mean it's kind of unheard of. >> reporter: keenan's love of dance has humble roots. she began at the conservatory ballet here in a reston shopping center. from there she moved on to classes at the kennedy center. she credits her early instructors for nurturing her from the age of 4 to make it into the ballet world. >> one of the greatest lessons i learned from her was just to always be honest and sincere and if you're sincere as a person, and honest in everything you do, it shines through in your dancing. >> reporter: it was that shine that caught the attention of leaders from the marinsky ballet

when a school director happened to see keenan rehearsing with her former russian dance partner a contract was offered. >> it's a pretty special place to be for ballet. i mean, that's where it all started. just being over there you really feel it. >> reporter: keenan will begin her dream ballet job in june. jane pat trewatrel, news 4. >> she is a beauty. >> beautiful. an exciting opportunity. veronica is here with an update on the wintry weather headed our way. >> hey, doreen and wendy. i'm keeping a close eye on the radar where that moisture is right now. for tonight we'll see some snow, light snow develop and tomorrow morning probably some troubles getting around on area roads. 34 the temperature right now. a little bit of a light wind, 3 miles per hour. not much of a wind chill currently. look at frostburg, hagerstown, frederick and leesburg all seeing very light snow. a lot of this not reaching the ground yet. those are the locations up north where i think we'll have the biggest issues tomorrow with icing after about 2:00 a.m. and

probably running up until about noon time tomorrow. that means northern loudoun county, northern washington county, and western howard county up around i-15, i-70, and 270. and perhaps even i-795 up around baltimore. there is your freezing rain in the pink, the white, the snow. we'll definitely have more hours of freezing rain than we will have snow. that's the reason we're talking about anywhere from 0.1 to 0.25 inch of ice by noon time tomorrow. then the rain takes over for a brief period of time. as far as your temperatures go tomorrow, we will see a high just shy of 40 degrees. same thing for sunday with a bit more rain coming through and more rain on monday but the high on monday, 57 degrees. so still more up and down taking place. >> hard to keep track of it all. >> yeah. well, it is friday, and that means hakem is here with "in case you misted." >> my favorite time of the week. this week's installment, javierel mcgee is the center of

attention for the wrong reasons. a ravens receiver comes up big for his team and hakeem the dream knicks takes a dream at lambeau in case you missed it. in case you missed it columbia, kentucky turned into upset city. naia college basketball game. lindsay wilson against fifth ranked georgetown college. final seconds, blue raiders down two. off the missed free throw. lindsay wilson's chase gets the rebound and heaves it up for about 80 feet and it goes. the announcer also goes bonkers. >> full court shot. >> oh, my gosh. >> spreen beats the buzzer and lindsay wilson upsets georgetown college 79-78. how about back-to-back buzzer beaters? end of the first quart inner miami san antonio's danny green is right on the money.

then end of the second quarter from half court, got it. that's impressive. however, the spurs ended up losing the game. wizards guard jordan crawford can do that, too. at least once. crawford launches from just inside half court. buries it. same game. wizards down by six. mcgee throws the ball off the backboard to himself and throws it down. it certainly is highlight material but coach flip saunders was none too pleased, sending mcgee to the bench. javal had this to say. >> apparently if air 1-11 you're not supposed to do stuff like that. >> reporter: yeah. probably not a good idea. let's hit the ice. detroit's todd bertuzzi is a playmaker against the sabres bertuzzi gets the puck in front of the net. tries to beat ryan miller one way. he is denied but spins around and beats miller backhand.

nifty. in case you missed it, the ravens are rolling. last week baltimore receiving some help from an unlikely source. lee evans, who struggled with injuries in the regular season makes a big-time play in the postseason. a sweet one-handed grab and that 30-yard pickup helped the ravens beat the texans. baltimore advances to the afc championship for the second time in four years. we saved the best for last. giants/packers five seconds to go in the first half. eli manning steps up, throws a hail mary, and check it out. knicks comes down with it. are you kidding me? see it again. creating a giant nightmare for the packers. new york knocks off the defending super bowl champs. in case you missed it, you have now seen it all. >> i should probably get myself a hakeem knicks jersey.

i should wear it during the sportscast. >> yes. hakeem the dream. >> when i do my sports segment it's all sportsy. >> mm-hmm. >> kind of looking. >> decorate your house with it. >> my wife would be not happy with that. >> we are betting on that. thanks. coming up tonight on news 4 at 6:00, hope is fading as crews resume their search for victims in that cruise ship disaster off the coast of italy. plus a virginia lawmaker is lighting up a new debate. we'll find out why he wants state-run liquor stores to start selling marijuana. a surprise at the safari. you'll hear from a woman who had this scary encounter with a zebra. those stories and more tonight on news 4 at 6:00. after the break a little help from below. air traffic controllers jump into action to prevent planes from going down. >> for all you following news online search nbc washington on facebook and twitter.

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breakfast menu. it will initially debut in 750 res traunlts. it will include breakfast burritos and hash browns and coffee. there have been a lot of stories about air traffic controllers passengers describe as scary but what many of us don't hear about are the quick-thinking actions of some controllers that have saved lives. tom costello has more from reagan national. >> reporter: saturday, december 10th a typical shift for seattle air traffic controllers when an urgent call cut through the radio chatter. private pilot jim lawson was in big trouble. he had flown in from wyoming to visit his son. now he was circling in his single engine mooney m-20 above the clouds but unable to find a hole to get down. >> i can't get down through. getting low on fuel. >> reporter: very low on fuel and 7700 feet in the air with mount rainier looming in the distance. his only hope was that controll cersould lead his tiny

plane through the clouds to the nearest airport and soon. >> i didn't know where it was. it didn't matter. i just needed a runway. >> ken greenwood was the controller on duty. >> worst case scenario he never gets out of the clouds and he hits a hill or something. >> reporter: slowly greenwood talked him down through the clouds when things suddenly got worse. >> sir, i think i just ran out of fuel. >> reporter: lawson would have to glide in. he could see a runway five miles straight ahead but controller greenwood knew there was a closer runway just two miles away if he could just turn him to the right. >> i never told him, you're not going to make it to that one. i just kept telling him you need to look over here to the right. that's the airport you need to get to. >> starting to turn back to your right. it's a single runway at 2:00 and 2 1/2 miles. >> i got it, sir. >> runway 34 cleared to land. >> reporter: and hughes wasn't the only life controllers saved

in 2011. last may chicago controller steve mcgreevey was doing all he could to help the pilot of a piper seneca land in dubuque, iowa during a spring storm. >> turning hard right. come back to the left about five degrees. >> controller mcgreevey realized ice was weighing down the plane pushing it off course. >> the worst case scenario is the aircraft is no longer able to fly because of the amount of ice buildup on the air frame. >> don't make any dramatic changes in your heading or anything. >> reporter: repeatedly he reoriented the pilot and plane and tried again. >> the tower says you are cleared to land. >> thank you. >> well that was dramatic. that was tom costello reporting. that's it for news 4 at 5:00. news 4 at 6:00 starts right now. tonight at 6:00 we're following two big stories. it's the final push before the south carolina primary election

and the race that seemed certain is now in flux. >> but first brace yourself for winter weather. the same system dumping snow and freezing rain in chicago is headed our way this weekend. good evening. i'm pat lawson muse. >> i'm doreen gentzler. jim vance is off tonight. it is the calm before the storm. tonight cloudy skies will soon make way for a wintry mix. and road crews say they're ready. let's get right to storm 4 meteorologist veronica johnson who is tracking the changes. hey, v.j. >> hey, pat and doreen. the mix is going to bring us everything from snow to sleet to freezing rain and then eventually rain as the system tapers tomorrow. but for the late part of the night here, latter part of the night we are going to be seeing flurries. in fact i think in the next couple hours some of that moisture will start reaching the ground. that's the white you see just north of washington down to the south more moisture. that's going to be funneling into the system allowing our temperature to rise a bit. we'll see a change over then from snow, a little sleet mixing in and