colorado. denver right now could see the biggest snowstorm ever in february. they need 14 inches to do so. they're at about 12 inches right now in and around the denver area but just to the west a little place called black hawk, colorado, a casino town up there. they are just west of denver. they now have 48 inches of snow and that storm system is going to make its way our way. you could see how big this storm is also bringing big time snows into nebraska, kansas seeing strong thunderstorms around kansas city. watch what happens as we move down to the south and east around oklahoma city and down toward dallas, some very big storms and some of those making their way toward indianapolis where dan hellie and jim vance are. they might see a little rain during the night tonight. current temperatures right now 50 degrees in washington. 49 in rockville. 48 in reston. these temperatures are once again key. even if we woere to see snow ovr the weekend we've been so warm i'm not too worried about much

in the way of ice on the roadways as the temperatures have been warm. once again, in a winter that has not seen much snow there is at least a chance for that snow. we'll talk more about that coming up in my full forecast in a couple minutes. >> all right. thank you, doug. the rift between the susan g. komen foundation and planned parenthood turned into a national controversy this week. tonight it's still unclear how long they'll have a future together but there is back tracking and a reversal. news 4's derrick ward has reaction to the new developments. >> reporter: the komen foundation which sponsors the race for the cure raised millions for the fight against breast cancer and gave grants to other groups like planned parenthood. the group founder told msnbc's andrea mitchell that the decision to end their funding of planned parenthood was not politically motivated. the group originally said it was because planned parenthood was the subject of a gop led investigation into its practices. now the komen foundation says such an investigation must be criminally conclusive for funding to be cut. >> i think this came as a

surprise. given the fact that we're both focused on breast cancer, and in our case at planned parenthood in our health centers we conducted nearly 750,000 clinical breast exams. >> but because the group also supports abortion rights the issue only further heated the crucible of the politics of choice. support for planned parenthood from other sources actually spiked in the days following the komen announcement. some of that support came from private citizens like larry turner. >> absolutely appalled by what happened. and so i came down here and that's what it's about. >> reporter: with komen now rescinding its other decision there is back lash from the right-to-life supporters. >> susan komen foundation should stick to curing cancer and shouldn't dirty themselves with an abortion provider like planned parenthood. >> there are many issues that

divide us but there are many that unify us. >> reporter: they both see racing toward a cure for breast cancer as a unifying issue and for now there is a notion that the finish line may lie on common ground. come this summer that common ground will be here on the capitol grounds, awash in a sea of pink when the komen race for the cure actually happens. will this issue be resolved? what does today's decision mean for the relationship between planned parenthood and the komen foundation? have more of that on news 4 at 6:00. we are live on the capitol grounds. derrick ward news 4. >> a dramatic couple of days. we'll see you at 6:00. news 4 viewers are sound ofg about the komen reversal on our facebook page. quote, i'm sad that sgk caved to the pressure. they had a reason for making this decision and set that aside because people weren't happy with it. james williams writes, politics and religion have no place in women's health care. guess they should have thought about that first. marvin patrick writes, originally it was claimed that

komen was bowing to political pressure. it is actually the reversal that is bowing to pressure. andrea newman, if planned parenthood was smart they would refuse the offer. sounds like there are strings attached and always the threat of them pulling the funding, again, sounds like planned parenthood got more than enough support without them. angie moore writes, totally disappointed in susan g. komen's original actions. it shows how out of touch they are with women's issues. also today a transgender woman is dead after being stabbed at bus stop. police say bystanders actually pinned down the killer but he escaped when they went to help the victim. pat collins joins us live from d.c. police homicide branch in southwest. pat? >> reporter: wendy, it's a case of murder but it is also a hate crime police are investigating. police have identified the victim as parker jones who also goes by the name.

dione or logan, a 23-year-old transgender woman murdered last night at this bus stop at 49th and east capital streets northeast. they say there was an altercation here and a man stabbed the victim in the face. an unusual getaway. sources say there was a witness and after the stabbing the witness went after the suspect, pulled him to the ground. the suspect pretended to be dead. the witness goes back to help the victim and when the witness does that, the suspect takes off. was this a hate crime? here now from homicide, lieutenant robert alder. >> at this time it is too early for us to say whether or not it's a hate crime. we are investigating it, attempting to determine what was the cause that sparked this assault. >> i talked to some of the officials at the transgender empowerment center. debby mcmillan lives in the neighborhood where it happened.

>> it lets me know that there is balance still going against transgender women and i do personally believe that this individual was targeted because they were a transgender woman. >> reporter: this act of violence has people in the neighborhood upset. wendy medley lives about a half block away. >> i don't think that just because of a person's sexual preference that they should be stereotyped and crimes should be committed on them. i don't think that's right. >> reporter: last july not too far away in the 6200 block of dick street northeast, la shea mcclain a 23-year-old transgender woman shot and killed after an exchange of words with two men. no arrests have been made in that case. now back to the bus stop murder. coming up at 6:00 we'll hear from the victim's mother. reporting live in d.c., i'm pat collins, news 4. >> all right. thank you, pat. the funeral is set for an alexandria activist who was found murdered in a well.

services for lenny harris will be held monday at greater mount calvary holy church in northeast. it will be followed by a public reception at charles house houston rec center in alexandria. meanwhile a 20-year-old arrested yesterday in harris's death was denied bond in a court hearing this afternoon. ivan newman is facing murder, kidnapping, and robbery charges. 49-year-old lynwood johnson is also being held in this case. a former d.c. police sergeant was sentenced today for scamming an 85-year-old woman she was assigned to help. 36-year-old aisha hackly got an 18-month prison term. she pled guilty to the crime last august. police say hackly met the victim in december of 2010 during a frayed investigation and instead of helping her police said hackly forged the woman's signature and took more than $40,000 from her bank account. hackly has since painful restitution. well, the numbers are out and the country's jobless rate is now at 8.3%.

that is the lowest it has been in three years. employers added 243,000 new jobs in january. it is the fifth straight month that the unemployment rate has fallen. president obama and republican house speaker john boehner had the same reaction. the new numbers are good but not good enough. that may be their only point of agreement on this new report and a visit to a fire house in arlington today the president urged congress to stay out of the way of this economic recovery. >> i want to send a clear message to congress. do not slow down the recovery that we're on. don't muck it up. keep it moving in the right direction. >> so if the president really wants to get the economy moving again, really wants to improve his own chances for re-election, maybe he'll pick up the phone and call senator reed and ask senate democrats to get off their rear ends. >> speaker boehner said there are 27 jobs bills that the senate has yet to pick up. meanwhile out on the campaign

trail the republican candidates are getting ready for the nevada caucuses tomorrow. "meet the press" moderator david gregory will join us in a few minutes with thoughts on where the presidential race stands right now. >> standing by. can't wait to jump in here with a big show this sunday. just about two weeks ago we learned that the giants and patriots would face off in super bowl xlv. now we're just two days and counting until the kickoff and ending. >> jim vance and dan hellie have been there all week. they have a look at what's coming up tonight. coming up in the broadcast tonight we've got what i think might be an interesting story on how the folks here in indianapolis decided to approach their stature as the host city for the super bowl. instead of looking at the short term they're looking at the long term economic and social impact of this. >> yeah. actually, roger goodall the nfl commissioner was asked if indianapolis could have another super bowl. he said sure. why not? we're here aren't they? they want to get to the big game and i got a chance to catch up with al michaels and get his

take on how he prepares to call the game. he has been here so many times before. one of the best in the business. always fun to hear his insight. >> we've got another guy who has been to a couple superbowls himself. four in fact right? >> yes. joe was so fun to catch up with today. great stories. some nonfootball related, nonredskins related stories the best part of the intervunchts the coach is still coaching. those stories and more coming up. >> thank you, guys. we'll see you in a bit. >> a reminder you can watch the super bowl sunday night on news 4. patriots and giants kick off at 6:29. after the game watch the season two premiere of "the voice" followed by news 4 at 11:00. >> we've got a whole lot more to come tonight on news 4 at 5:00. a young fashion designer's dream comes true in fairfax county. the prom dress she designed that's now for sale in a major store. >> local schools are warning about a dangerous game that sent some kids to the hospital. this game is so dangerous it could have killed them. >> and a man learns his fate for driving drunk and killing a nun.

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we're following breaking news right now from metro. there are problems on the green line tonight. someone walked on the tracks at the west hyattsville stop. metro suspended service between that stop and fort totten while police search the tracks.

metro buses are heading to the area right now to help people get home. we'll have more as it comes into news 4. well, talk about a firestorm. today as we mentioned at the top of the newscast the susan g. komen foundation reversed a decision announced earlier this week to withdraw some grants to planned parenthood. >> and that withdrawal prompted a storm of criticism. some women's groups blamed politics. "meet the press" moderator david gregory joins us with some perspective on this. so they reversed it. >> yeah. >> how do they put that into context considering it was a policy issue that they said started the original decision? >> right. i think they totally misjudged how much opposition there would be around the country to this. you know, i was reading in california a number of the branches really lodged a very serious protest. they misjudged that i think and now they had to recalculate. the overlay of politics into this and some questions about who's running the organization

and where it goes from here. i don't think that this is easily recovered from. i think there's going to be more fallout from this because it was a policy decision and about how the organizations continue to work together as we move forward. i think that was, you know, certainly not what was intended. but now they've got a bigger problem on their hands. >> it's still not over. >> i don't think so. i think the anger will persist. the decision as you say because it was a policy matter the initial decision made is continuing to make people angry. >> allegiance is shifting back and forth. how much money are we talking about? >> well, it was -- there was a number of grants that were offered, people online donating money, the mayor of new york offering $250,000. they were able to overcome their original grant money but now it becomes a principal issue and where komen is coming from and what they'll do in the future. >> let's switch to more politics. >> yes. >> we have nevada tomorrow. romney has donald trump's

blessing. is that anything, does that have any legs? >> i don't think, you talk to the romney people and they say, look, people are with us and against us. you can understand that. trump might be able to help with some fund raising. it's tea party support. look for romney now to spend his time not on establishment support, not on senators and governors and what not. he needs some real conservatives. the bigger names besides donald trump are mike huckabee, michele bachmann to a lesser degree but still somebody that gets tea party attention. i think that's where he would like to really gather some momentum as well as the contest we're talking about in nevada. >> he is way up in nevada in the caucuses, polling. >> i guess neeuess nevada. i'm from california. >> we say nevada. >> she says nevada. >> you know, aunt, norfolk. whatever. >> okay. you can get away with it. >> you have a huge guest. >> we do. >> the polls show or if they stay as they are in nevada he could lose in a big way. newt gingrich is going to be

with you sunday morning. >> newt gingrich will be on the program. nevada is not decisive in that sense. i think gingrich will have a money and organization problem but he wants to keep pressing until super tuesday in march. that's part of the calendar that makes it a little more favorable for him. february is tough for him. that's the difficulty. >> right. all right. good to see you. >> good to see you. big sunday. we got "meet the press" and then the caps-bruins game and then super bowl sunday. a huge weekend. i can't wait for sunday. >> get up early. >> i will. >> big pot of coffee. >> always. thanks, david. >> good to see you guys. again, david will have all the latest political news and analysis sunday morning. "meet the press" starts at 10:30 here on nbc 4 guess who is going to be up late after the game. very late. our own doug kammerer. >> david, are you going to the game, the super bowl? >> no. >> i'm happy to be -- >> you know, he can help you out with some tickets. >> i couldn't leave my kids. i like watching it on tv. if i got tickets i mean --

>> kids, dad's got two tickets. can i go? sorry, buddy. >> you know what? sunday is now turning out to be a day everybody is going to enjoy watching the super bowl because i tell you what we're looking at some rain and maybe some snow in parts of the area but nothing, nothing compared to this. take a look. you might remember pictures like this from last year during snowmageddon two years ago. carmageddon last year. this is denver snowmageddon. this could be and could end up being the biggest snowstorm ever in the month of february in denver history. right now denver about a foot of snow. they need 14 inches to get to that record breaking number. just to the west of denver, how about 48 inches in toward black hawk, colorado? that is just west of denver and, wow. four feet of snow already. 50 degrees the current temperature for us right now. we are not going to see any of those travel problems in our area from that storm. but we are going to see something. we'll talk about it in a second.

50 degrees right now with winds out of the northwest at 6 miles per hour. as far as the temperatures go, around the region we're currently seeing into the 50s or upper 40s to around low 50s just about everywhere and i'm going to have to step out of here just for a second as i click on to yet another map. what are we going to be seeing? you know those temperatures are going to be cooler this weekend. we'll continue to see those numbers dip down just a little bit. overnight tonight we are looking at a cooler evening. temperatures right now sitting at 45 degrees in winchester. 46 in leesburg. 48 right now in culpepper. 52 in fredericksburg. let's show you the radar. nothing on our radar screen. but as we widen out to that storm, you could see just how big it is. this is a monster storm here. but it's running into some blocking along the east that is going to allow it to really just kind of fall apart. we'll only see a piece of that energy. here is denver. it is still snowing in denver. still seeing heavy snow west of denver. once again upwards of 2 to 4 feet already. they may see a little bit more overnight. they still have the winter storm

warnings in effect there. here's the area of high pressure that we're seeing today bringing us all the sunshine and the nice weather again but say good-bye to high pressure. just in time for the weekend say hello to our chances of rain. we could see rain in here as early as 5:00, 6:00 tomorrow afternoon and then i think it continues right on through the night tomorrow and we could see it change as some colder air moves down. we could see it change to a mixture of snow, sleet, and rain just to the north of washington. we're going to have to watch this very closely but this is not going to be a big deal as our temperatures have been so warm over the last couple days. clear skies this evening, looking at 43 to about 47 degrees. the next couple days here you go. those temperatures dipping down. sunday, cold. high of 43 degrees. with that chance of rain, snow in some areas. 50 degrees on monday though and rebounding nicely as we start next week. super bowl sunday, you know you'll be inside anyway with all your friends and buddies. good time to do so. >> all right. thank you, doug. still ahead "the washington post" food critic tom seitsma

has ideas for super bowl dining. and how do you keep the parties safe in the answer is coming up on "ask liz" on news 4 at 5:00. and a woman from gaithersburg accused of stalking the yankees general manager but her lawyers say he's just covering for an affair.

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the super bowl is right around the corner. how did you keep those parties safe? why does michael's require a photo i.d. when making a return? can you use energy efficient light bulbs in an electric oven? well it's friday and liz crenshaw is back with the answers. these are good ones. >> super bowl is, um, sunday night. >> right here on nbc 4. >> oh, is it here on nbc 4? oh, yes. >> our first question has to do with super bowl xlv. some of our viewers will be having large gatherings to watch the big game. what can they do to keep the party safe? >> a food safety issue. the u.s. department of agriculture has covered us with some of the super bowl safety tips. it says that large gatherings do tend to increase the chances of becoming sick from a food borne illness. yuk. the usda says always use separate cutting boards for the uncooked versus the ready-to-eat foods so there is no cross contamination. it reminds us, never leave foods for more -- out for more than two hours at room temperature.

you want to refrigerate or freeze the leftovers as soon as possible to prevent bacteria from growing. so super bowl is a long event. take stuff out, you know, take out bits at a time and add stuff to it, etcetera, and don't leave it out for too long at the crenshaw house you have to worry about food fights. >> it's just terrible especially when it's the giants. >> our next question comes from carol in silver spring. she wants to know why michael's craft store is now requiring customers to present a driver's license when making returns. even, liz, if you have the original receipt. >> we contacted michael's for this answer and michael's does confirm it requires all customers to present a valid photo i.d. to complete a return. the photo i.d. requirement is designed to protect customers from identity theft and to make sure that all returns are authorized. michael's says the photo i.d. information is only used for preventing fraud so customers should not worry about their i.d. information being used for things like marketing or other mailings. so keep an eye on that.

>> our last question comes from robert in crofton. robert has an electric oven that currently uses regular watt light bulbs. he wants to know if he can replace them with fluorescent bulbs. >> the alliance of save energy gave us this answer and says it simply depends on the type of light bulb you are trying to replace. if it is that light bulb inside the oven, no. you cannot replace it with a cfl yet. stick with that type of incandescent bulb made for the oven but in the fan hood over the range top it is perfectly safe to use cfl, halogen, or l.e.d. bulb. some of these bulbs are specialty bulbs however and may not yet have energy efficient models to fit them. if you have questions about whether your oven range can take a cfl simply call your oven manufacturer. if you've got a question you'd like us to consider for ask liz send it to ask liz@washington.com. also on twitter and on facebook.

>> all right. thank you. >> have a good super bowl weekend. >> you too. we'll see you monday. >> yep. >> wendy, back over to you. still ahead before the super bowl there is the puppy bowl. the predictions these animals are making ahead of the big game on sunday. you think you've seen a lot of metro delays just wait until you hear how long all this track work is supposed to last. a man learns his sentence for driving drunk and killing a nun.

fast 4 ward through the headlines. after a firestorm of controversy and criticism, the susan g. komen breast cancer charity is dropping its decision to cut grants for planned parenthood. last tuesday komen said it could not fund organizations that are under investigation but today it changed course and also issued an apology to supporters. d.c. police have identified the transgender woman stabbed to death at a bus stop in northeast. the victim is japarker jones. police are looking for the killer. >> the funeral is set for an alexandria activist found murdered in a prince george's county well. services for lenny harris will be held monday at greater mount calf have calvary holy church in d.c. >> convicted of driving drunk, sister denise moeser and two other nuns were badly hurt. we have more from what happened in court from julie carey. >> reporter: 24-year-old carlos

ma martin elli came to court convicted of felony murder for driving drunk and crashing his car into a vehicle carrying three nuns. two of them sister charlotte lange and connie ruth lufton were badly injured and sister denise moeser was killed. prosecutors asked the judge to deliver a sentence above the guidelines. >> this man's actions were outrageous. they took a life of a selfless woman who served her community, served her religion as a teacher, had been a missionary, severely injured two other people of cower community. >> reporter: martinelli's blood alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit that tragic morning. it was his third d.u.i. the bolivia native was also facing deportation proceedings. the case provoked a community outcry about immigration enforcement. but in court today he told the judge he's a changed man. he says he's found god, attends aa meetings in the jail, and is studying to become a pastor some

day. he and tearful relatives asked for mercy. >> i really am truly sorry for what i've done to the sisters. i would rather my life be taken than that of an innocent person. >> reporter: the judge told him his remorse convinced him to lower the stiff sentence he originally had in mind. >> i know you've made changes and great strides while you've been incarcerated. the problem is with your history not only is there punishment to be meted out but also society has to be protected because there's very little guarantee you won't get in a car and do the same thing again. >> reporter: the sentence? 20 years. martinelli's attorneys say they are satisfied with the term but plan an appeal of the unusual felony murder conviction. but even if that appeal is successful on the felony murder charges wiped away he'll still face 20 years in prison for the other six charges he pleaded

guilty to. coming up at 6:00 more on what prosecutors have to say about the message they hope this case sends. reporting live from manassas julie carey, news 4. >> all right. thank you. fairfax county saw a big drop in the number of disciplinary hearings in the past school year according to the school's hearing office. a total of 716 disciplinary hearings were held during the 2010-2011 school year. 530 of those were expulsion hearings. the school board says they have seen a 30% drop in the number of disciplinary hearings in the last four years. expulsions among minority students have also declined. the county has come under fire for its discipline procedures after an expelled student committed suicide. tonight school officials in washington are explaining just how a man talked his way into an elementary school and sexually assaulted a student earlier this week. authorities tell us the man spoke with an adult aide here at ketcham elementary school in southeast about picking up a student. that aide claims to have recognized the man and assigned a student escort to lead him to

a classroom in violation of policy. d.c. school officials tell us policy requires all visitors to check in with security upon arrival at a school. anyone entering a school building must sign in and present proper identification. officials say it's unclear whether a security guard was at the entrance as required at the time this all happened. between track work and numerous delays metro riders have had to deal with a lot on the red line and it will get worse before it gets better. megan mcgrath has more on the plan to revamp the red line but the plan is expected to last over the next few years. >> reporter: it's the busiest line in the metro system and riders on the red line are also among the most frustrated. and now comes word that major track work won't be completed for another three years. >> kind of ridiculous.

they've been working how many years before that? >> reporter: why so long? metro says years of neglect have taken a toll on the red line. a lack of money and resources pushed preventative maintenance to the back burner. the result? a huge backlog of work. >> this is a system that is building its way back out of a hole that took years to get into. now we're trying to make up for that and get into a routine where this kind of catch up work isn't necessary. >> reporter: the system is also making safety upgrades required by the ntsb following 2009's deadly crash. although the work won't be done until 2015, metro says there will be gradual improvement in service as the project progresses. to try and reduce the pain, major work will be done overnight and on weekends and holidays but riders should expect some station closures during off peak periods. >> we know it's an inconvenience. we're going to do everything we can to mitigate that. that's why we went to a shutdown approach. gets the work done faster.

>> reporter: megan mcgrath, news 4. riders on the orange and blue lines can also expect delays this weekend. the roslyn station and the arlington cemetery station will both close tonight at 10:00. free shuttle buses will be running to get you around the closed stoms. there will also be single tracking on the red line between van ness and friendship heights. all the work should be done in time for monday morning's commute. and v dot is shutting down the inner loop near tysons corner tonight to hang a 250-ton steel bridge girder. crews will begin closing the lanes about 9:00. major delays are expected so be warned. construction should be finished by 7:00 tomorrow morning. coming up she calls it an extra marital affair. he calls it stalking. a woman in our area is accused of trying to blackmail the new york yankees general manager. school officials are warning about a game that sent several kids to the hospital and could have killed them. and "the washington post" food critic tom se

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tailor my response to the inevitable question i get this time of the year. where should i go for valentine's day, by posing a question of my own. what kind of diner are you? for the traditionalist almost everything about dinner in the jefferson hotel is designed to make you want to come back for your next anniversary or pay raise, whichever comes first. pools of space separate one beautifully dressed table from another. chandeliers sparkle from the ceilings. the chairs are so plush you're tempted to curl up and take a nap. the eyes stay open to examine the silk wall paper that sets you in 18th century monticello. and now for the hipster. the taiwanese style ramon shop acquired a cult following that knows to be in line by 5:00 p.m. or risk an uncertain outdoor wait. there are fewer than 30 stools and all but a few squeezed in front of a narrow ledge that rings most of the room. strapping bowls of steamy noodles from taipei born, woodbridge raised eric bruener

yang are the lure but the setting register is a 10 on the fun meter too. skate boards stand in for guard rails, shingles for foot rests. faux tree branches and lanterns bathe the room in amber glow. the wood above your head suggest a place that has been around a very long time which is precisely the tone the chef wants to foster. he wants it to look like my father's noodle shop, old world. >> nice. so you can catch tom's restaurant reviews every sunday in "the washington post" magazine and also see the reviews he has done here at nbc 4 on nbc washington.com. >> they're lining up outdoors to get into that place. early. >> we have good eating in this town. >> seriously. coming up after the break a teenage girl from fairfax designs a prom dress that's for sale in a major bridal store now. we'll tell you the inspiration behind her design. >> find out what the puppy bowl is predicting. -dad, why are you getting that? -that's my cereal.

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it is an old school game that is becoming popular again thanks to websites like facebook and youtube and has become such a serious problem in charles county, maryland the kids are being rushed to the hospital. news 4's tracee wilkins has a warning tonight for parents about the so-called pass out game. >> this is something that goes back to my generation. >> reporter: a lot of the parents we talked with knew what the knock out or pass out game was but they were surprised to hear the dangerous challenge was

making a comeback. >> they think it's fun. they think it's the feeling you get when you pass out. they think it's, you know, fun. but the parents need to elaborate that it's killing their brain cells. >> reporter: this is youtube video posted by a nonprofit group that's warning kids of the dangers associated with playing the game. but most of the pass out game video found on social media is teaching kids how to do it and the consequences are serious. >> yesterday we had three students taken to the hospital because they had passed out and what we learned was that they intentionally passed out. we also had reports from other schools that tsunamis had been seen in the nurse's office for the same thing. >> reporter: yesterday charles county public schools sent out a robo call to its parents encouraging them to warn their children after a number of high school and middle school kids made themselves sick playing the game at school. >> wou do pass out. you lose consciousness. you can fall. when you fall you can hit your head. you can do brain damage when you

lose oxygen to your brain. the ultimate effect is that, you know, someone could die from this. >> reporter: students told school administrators they learned the game online while they can't access social media sites within charles county schools many are doing it at home. >> i don't know why anybody would promote something like that. >> i heard vaguely about it when i was a kid. it's very serious and alarming so hopefully kids will understand the severity of it and not do it. >> the school system has decided that students who are caught participating may face disciplinary action for interrupting the school day and their parents will be notified. in charles county i'm tracee wilkins, news 4. well, in fairfax county a teenager there got the surprise of her life today. she entered a nationwide sketch your prom dress contest and she won. 17-year-old samantha bryan is a senior and art student and entered the contest a few months

sketching a prom dress inspired by vincent van gogh's starry night. david's bridal and "17" magazine sponsored the contest and judged more than 2,000 entries and today surprised her with a big win revealing her dress and a $25,000 scholarship. her dress will also be sold at david's bridal shops starting next week. >> i always wanted to be a fashion designer since i was 11 but i didn't think i would have anything of my own in stores until i was in my 30s or even later. i always assumed it would take me so long. i'm 17. >> good for her. >> vera wang watch out. >> she says she plans to wear her dress to the prom as she should and says it's okay if other girls are wearing the dress as well. i'm sure she would love that. >> that is astonishing. >> lovely. i like the inspiration from van gogh. good for her. >> might need a coat over it this weekend. maybe an umbrella too. we got a little mix going on. >> yeah. a little bit of a mix. i think we are going to see cooler air move in for the weekend.

enough of that cool air moves in, we may see some of this rain moving in late tomorrow into early sunday morning change over to some sleet. maybe some snow. i don't think it's going to be very big in the way of problems but it is still a storm to watch. this one is developing and we'll continue to watch it for you. 50 degrees the current temperature with winds out of the northwest about 6 miles per hour. nothing on the radar right now. don't expect rain on this friday evening and don't expect it tomorrow morning either. i think we still have a good 12 hours before the rain starts to move in. maybe 24 hours. storm 4 radar though showing that big storm system back to the west and this is a monster. most of it, though, will peel off and that's what will make its way our way so that monster of a storm will not make its way in here intact. that is for sure. temperatures tomorrow, a little bit cooler. 49 in washington. 47 in gaithersburg. 47 at frederick. right now looking at 48 manassas with rain coming in late in the day. there it is. lucas oil stadium where they are playing the super bowl. if you're going out there, a

couple people out there today. tailgate forecast looks good. temperatures there around 42 degrees. kickoff around 32 but of course it's indoors. temperatures will be a lot warmer. that's where we'll find dan hellie and jim vance. of course they got to go to the super bowl. but we didn't get to go. so we're making them take us to lunch. we're talking about doreen and i. if you'd like to come to lunch with us all you have to do is go to nbc washington.com and go to our facebook page and then like us on facebook. if you can do that maybe you can go to lunch with the four of us and ask any questions that are approved. >> you can order anything on the menu, right? >> of course. >> good. >> vance is paying. >> all right. we'll hurry to it. >> order everything on the menu. >> exactly. speaking of the super bowl has gone to the dogs. literally out in montgomery county, pet dominion hosted a huge super bowl celebration today here in rockville. among the festivities, a puppy bowl featuring all the pets there today for doggie daycare.

the pooches were divided into two teams the paw $piates and the growlers. the growlers mvp went to a beagle. there she is. named bonnie. and she played for the growlers we just learned. okay. >> all right. now see what vance and hellie are missing by being out in indianapolis? we've got some major stuff going on back home, guys. what have you got? >> shame on us. >> yeah. >> how do you like the fact they just volunteer you to pay for lunch all the time? >> they can say whatever they want to say but i'm the one that's got to reach for the wallet or not. may i say there are no questions that are unapproved, folks? feel free. and then dan is going to show me how to like somebody on facebook. first you'll show me what facebook is right? we'll stack the deck. >> you have twitter already figured out. we'll conquer facebook in a minute. you've been to five super bowls or six? >> this is the fifth. >> this is the fifth super bowl. i've been to seven.

al michaels getting ready to broadcast his eighth super bowl. his first in 1988. that was super bowl 22. you probably remember that one. >> the one in minnesota? >> no the redskins and the broncos. >> 42-10. >> the one where everybody lost their voice. the second quarter. >> explosion. >> oh, yeah. >> that was his first one. he said it was a great game if you're a redskins fan. terrible game if you're a broadcaster because you're not hoping for a blowout but a close game and there have been a lot of close games lately. we caught up with al michaels to find out what else he was hoping for on super bowl sunday and exactly how he gets prepared for the big game. >> there's no such thing as another super bowl. you get excited about it but again like the players you don't want to, on tuesday, start to go over the top. so in other words i will know how to get myself to the game and ready to do the game. i've been there before. that's the great benefit of having some experience. then you're excited and you want the game to be a great game.

that's the key thing. and once it starts, you're kind of back in your element and we've always treated our primetime telecasts as a mini super bowl. we have a large audience on sunday night. it's the only game that's being shown on sunday night. games normally feature, you know, great teams and great individuals. and that's the way we treat it. this is just taking it up a notch. we are pretty much doing the same things we always did. and then all you want is for the game to be good, to either be close, have great plays, maybe some controversy. and all of the rest and then if you hit the all time jackpot home run it goes to overtime. >> do you feel like this is the dream matchup? obviously people say nbc must be elated to have a new york team and then new england there as well. do you feel like this is a dream matchup in the super bowl? >> i think there could have been a number of dream matchups. last year don't forget green bay played pittsburgh and that was pretty much a dream matchup. >> sure.

yes this is in a way but that is not to say if green bay had got filene it, san francisco, that would have been pretty good and compelling. the thing about the super bowl is that no matter who is in it, it's a stand alone game. we did the super bowl three years ago. when the pittsburgh steelers met the arizona cardinals who of course had no history at all but here was arizona getting on this amazing run in postseason and larry fitzgerald looking like the greatest receiver in history and kurt warner and all of the rest and around the country people saying nbc really has to hate this. that wasn't the case. it turned out to be a phenomenal game maybe the best of the 45 superbowls to this point and when the ratings came out the next day more people watched that game than any show on television history. that tells you it's about the super bowl. >> and a man who knows a lot about the super bowl, joe gibbs weerks had

we had a chance to chat with today. >> we learned things that were surprising as a matter of fact. was that not one of the most pleasant interluds since we've been here? that guy is totally cool. looking forward to that at 11:00. coming up at 6:00 we'll have a report on a part of town that is not on the front page of the chamber of commerce brochure but we'll report on how the tens of thousands of people there will benefit from all the hundreds of millions of dollars that are pouring into this town because of the super bowl. >> reporter: that's all coming up at 6:00. >> a busy night. thank you, guys. coming up next a local woman is accused of stalking the yankees' general manager but she says it was romantic says it was romantic relationship that went sour. il? not yet. i want to buy used but how do you know what you're really getting. check out carmax. all their used cars are guaranteed.

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a woman from gaithersburg is in jail tonight accused of stalking and extorting money from yankees gm brian cashman. prosecutors say the woman has done it before but defense attorneys say cashman is not a completely innocent target. nbc's andrew siff has more. >> reporter: her name is luis meanwell although the manhattan da's office says she's also known as several aliases. prosecutors call her a serial stalker whose latest victim is the yankees general manager.

court documents acknowledge he knew meanwell and even paid her $6,000 personally depositing money in her bank account at two manhattan chase branches. but court papers state he wanted to cease all contact with her, that she persisted in calling and texting over ten times in one night and that she threatened physical harm to cashman and his family unless he paid her up to 15 grand allegedly for medical expenses. >> i think it is inappropriate to comment on the case. >> reporter: defense attorney steven mccarthy acknowledged meanwell has been charged with stalking before but said a recent charge in new jersey was reduced to trespassing. her punishment? probation. >> the judge in new jersey is actually very pleased with her progress. >> reporter: in the cashman case meanwell is charged with theft, stalking, and harassment. a spokesman for the yankees executive said mr. cashman is very gratified that this matter is in the hands of law enforcement. defense attorneys argued in court this isn't a stalking case

at all but instead involves a married man who had an inappropriate relationship and the manhattan da's office bought his account hook, line, and sinker. meanwell's bail has been set at $300,000. her mother was expected to post bond today but so far that hasn't happened. that's it for news 4 at 5:00. we hope your weekend is a good one. stay right there. news 4 at 6:00 starts right now. tonight the nation's largest breast cancer charity reverses its decision to cut funding for planned parenthood. >> the economy has been front and sent inner the race for the white house and new unemployment numbers could play in president obama's favor. >> and stabbed to death in a d.c. bus stop the victim's sexuality may have been a motive for murder. >> good evening everyone. i'm doreen gentzler. >> i'm wendy rieger. jim vance ness indianapolis for the super bowl. after three days of controversy