>> and i'm jim handly. we're a buiit out of practice. road crews were out today, getting set in place. you can sigh one of the trucks out this afternoon treating the roadways in montgomery county. what time will the snow start arriving? i can't even say it. >> you're out of practice, but you're not, veronica. >> no, i'm not. we've had some of those instances of snow here so far this winter. this is not going to be a big system at all. the national weather service has not posted any winter weather advisories yet, that's likely to change. take a look here on the satellite and radar. there's a little bit of rain and snow to the north of that. that's the system that will be continuing to organize and make its way eastward. for today, we have temperatures in the 50s in the mid-50s, some spots down to the south around culpepper, up to 60 degrees today. overnight, we're going to drop

down around freezing in a couple neighborhoods, and back tomorrow to around 40 degrees. once the precip comes in, our temperatures will be falling throughout the day tomorrow. i like the fact that we're in the 50s today, that's going to help on road surfaces. 55 up to the north in frederick maryland. 55 in d.c., 57 in laplata. right around 60, still culpepper, fredericksburg and charlottesville right now. here's the deal, we're dry for tonight and we'll be dry for tomorrow morning. 41 degrees by 11:00 p.m., temperatures in a lot of neighborhoods, you're going to drop down below freezing. we get the clouds, more clouds for the evening hours, we're dry for the morning rush. it's the afternoon rush. the evening hours and early part of tomorrow night where we're really going to see the snow come down around parts of this area. we're going to talk about snowfall amounts and how much your neighborhood could get, and we'll have more on exactly when the snow is going to start and when it's going to end coming up in a couple minutes. >> thanks veronica. now, to the republican

presidential race. three states are holding primaries or caucuses today, colorado, minnesota and missouri. and in those states, a new issue is spilling over into the battle for votes, involves contraception and the health care law that republicans call obama care. steve handlesman has the story. >> reporter: rick santorum figures this could be the start of a comeback. >> if you're looking at the polls, today could be a very good day for the conservative caucus. >> for two weeks, the former senator has focused on colorado and minnesota and missouri, where today's primary voting is already underway. santorum's catholic social conservatism helped him win iowa. now he has a new issue. the department of hhs requiring religiously affiliated employers like catholic colleges and hospitals next year to pay for

birth control as part of health care coverage. gop front-runner mitt romney jumped in. >> this kind of assault onp religion will end if i'm president of the united states. >> reporter: newt gingrich accused his rival of hypocrisy. >> governor romney insisted catholic hospitals give out abortion pills against their belief. >> we're going to continue to work with religious groups, to try to allay their concerns as we implement a policy that provides this coverage to women across the country. >> reporter: back on the trail, gingrich's struggle, hammered by 16 million in negative ads by romney's super pac. president obama opposed super pacs until he flip-flopped last night, urging democrats to pump cash into his. as ron paul, santorum, gingrich and romney compete to take the president on. this could be a late night nail biter as the caucus results come

in from colorado and minnesota, the primary in missouri is nonbinding. steve handlesman, news 4. it appears she was not joking. roseanne barr is launching a presidential bid of her own. barr's name will be one of the three green party candidates listed on the ballot for the presidential primary on june 5th. the two major parties are not serving the american people, and as a green party candidate. she looks forward to working with people who share her values. the green party will select a presidential nominee at the convention in baltimore this july. russia's foreign minister met with the syrian president today in damascus, to urge reforms to end the violence. more than 15 dissidents were killed today alone in syria. ayman mohyeldin has the latest

from cairo. >> reporter: thousands of syrians welcomed the foreign minister in their capital. he was meeting with bashar al assad. the idea was dismissed by the opposition, who says the president is not genuine about reform, and they would not enter into agreements before assad steps down and hands power over to a deputy. eyewitness reports suggest that the syrian military has stepped up its brutal crackdown on descent across the country following a veto at the united nations. say that it has been interpreted as a license to kill. >> for russia and china to have veto vetoed this resolution at a time

when unarmed protesters in residential neighborhoods are being attacked, is simply incendiary. >> diplomatically, the international community continues to ratchet up the pressure on the government of assad. with many european countries withdrawing their ambassadors and in some cases expelling ambassadors from their country. the trial could start this evening. jury selection in the george hughley murder trial is now in the second day in charlottesville. the process could wrap up in the next hour. that means opening statements could begin later tonight or tomorrow morning. the chevy chase resident is charged in the beating death of his ex-girlfriend. at last check, 26 jurors had been chosen. the target number is 28. from that, 12 jurors plus three alternates will be seated. yeardley love who played on the women's lacrosse team was found dead in her apartment back in may of 2010.

hughley faces life in prison if convicted. the entire staff of the los angeles area elementary school has been remused after two teamers were arrested on allegations of child sex abuse. more than 120 staff members including the principal's teachers, even the cafeteria workers will be replaced while officials investigate the allegations. both teachers last week, they have each been teaching for more than 20 years. >> the action that we're taking is to find a support staff and simultaneously determine if there are individuals who have done something wrong. >> my son has the perfect tea teacher to me, and i don't agree on them changing all teachers because of two americans. >> new staff willing be in place on thursday. the current staff is not being fired, they will be moved to new schools that are currently under construction. there are new developments today in the split between two

major health organizations involving women. a top executive with the susan g. komen breast cancer charity resigns. karen said her decision to step down as vice president for public policy was fuelled by funding disagreements for planned parenthood. she favored cutting off financial support, komen announced last week it would stop issuing grants to planned parenthood because of its government investigation. the charity later reverses that decision. it's a day of cheers and confetti as new york city welcomes home the super bowl winning new york jets. thousands of fans lined the street streets -- 30 tons of ticker-tape rained down as floats carrying team members made a mile long trip from the southern tip of the borough to city hall. the team was given symbolic keys to the city. the mayor joked that new york should be given a new nickname, big blue apple after the parade.

the giants headed to met life stadium in new jersey for a rally there. >> everybody on the floats, they're taking the pictures. >> of course. a moment to remember. >> they know how to do it up there. clint eastwood is still defending his appearance in a super bowl ad. >> some critics are saying that the chrysler commercial has political undertones. >> people are out of work and hurting. and they're all wondering what they're going to do to make a comeback. and we're all scared because this isn't a game. people of detroit know a little something about this. they almost lost everything. but we all pulled together. now motor city is fighting again. >> almost immediately after the spot aired, former bush adviser karl rove criticized it as being an endorsement of the auto bailout and president obama. eastwood said in a statement today, nothing about it was meant to be political. he said in part, there is no

spin in that ad, on this i am certain. i am certainly not politically affiliated with mr. obama. it was meant to be a message about just job growth and the spirit of america. i think all politicians will agree with it. today a federal appeals court struck down california's ban on gay marriage. a three-judge panel ruled two to one that proposition eight violated the u.s. constitution. prop 8 passed in 2008, limiting marriage to one man and one woman. just five months after same sex unions became legal in california. sponsors of proposition eight have vowed to appeal to the u.s. supreme court to oversteturn today's decision. stocks traded near highs at the end of trading today. the nasdaq was up about 2 points, the dow up about 36 points. stocks fell earlier in the day after talks over spending cuts in greece.

stocks later reversed the losses, after reports of the number of available jobs in the u.s. jumped in december to the highest level in nearly three years. news 4 at 4:00 is just getted started. up next -- ♪ move to the music >> just two days after her super bowl performance, madonna announces her world tour, and she's coming to washington, folks. kris humphries has plenty to say about his impending divorce from kim kardashian. if it's tuesday, it's cain day. who are better shoppers? men or women? we dwee bait the issue with

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in washington. cain says she's going to have a couple, she'll sell out that fast. madonna will perform at the verizon center september 23rd, tickets go on sale this wednesday. her 20th studio album is set to be released march 26th. first we watched them walk down the aisle on tv. now we may get a chance to tune in to their divorce trial. kris humphries is asking for it to be televised he wants to prove in court that kardashian got married to boost her reail sti sh ty series. she phied for divorce just 72 hours after saying i do citing irreconcilable differences. who makes the best food shoppers? men or women? a new 2re7bd in compatrend in c.

and michael jackson's dance moves, a 9-year-old in trouble. >> joining us to talk it up is cain from hot 99.5. >> hi, guys. >> you talk about a lot? >> yeah, we have a long morning show. >> tell bus this 9-year-old who is getting into some trouble. >> i want to show you this video of a catholic school talent show that happened last thursday. the principal is suspending this 9-year-old. watch for the crotch grab. wait for it, one, two, three -- that should count as two, that was a long time. here's the thing. is this kid's been doing it for a while, his mom says that he has rehearsed this, done several in the past, and there haven't been any problems. the principal said it's not the grab, it's the number of times and the length of the grab that makes it indecent. right now she currently has him

out of school awaiting a final decision on exactly what the ruling is. i guess the idea is, you can go ahead and suspend the kid for that but you have to say how many times is inappropriate and for how long. >> he's just doing what he saw m.j. do? >> that's right. and that's part of the performance. this morning, sammy from our show brought up the fact that that's what made it iconic, that was part of the dance. should he be suspended or not? a lot of people are going crazy this morning. >> we never timed his. >> no, we never did. but i'm going to you does tube that. >> kissing on valentine's day. >> we just zwoverred that all three of us are germophobes. this is the middle of cold and flu season. mono, can you get that. this is most prevalent --

hopefully they know each other. i hope they all know each other, here's what doctors are saying. this is the middle of cold and flu season, you might not realize it, if you don't have anybody to smooch one week from today you may want to bewear this is the time to get sick, it takes 12 to 14 days for your flu shot to get in your system and even work. even if you got one today. >> not in time for valentine's. >> be careful about that. you may not be able to stand for, but there's a new trend. >> you go to a meeting that you don't feel like, it's a standing staff meeting every week. companies are doing this as a trend. they're showing meetings that you have to stand in. they make them go faster. the meetings are are just as effective and half as long because nobody speaks up, nobody asks any questions. there are tips you can do. holding a ten pound medicine

ball if you want to ask a question or make a comment to keep things short. some companies hold their meetings in cold stairwells so you get in and out. we did it today, and the meeting was half as long it was perfect. >> can it be true? do men make the best shoppers? >> why? >> he gets it wrong. here's the -- >> he doesn't know where stuff is. >> that's what we lead you to believe. men don't get as flustered, men show up to supermarkets with a plan. one third of women don't like going grocery shopping, because they get into fights with random strangers at the supermarket, men don't. we know how to do it, we just don't do it, because if we showed you we could do it, then we'd have to do it a lot. so maybe i shouldn't have said any of that.

>> you were talking about madonna earlier, you think she's going to do a second show. >> i have a feeling. 114 million people watch withed her on sunday night, i have a feeling, tomorrow on the show, we'll tell you how to get more madonna tickets. you can go to our facebook page and win them right now if you'd like a pair for her show. >> you guys are always out there. >> kind of what we do. >> jump on it. >> next tuesday -- >> thanks, cain. coming up next tonight on news 4 -- the new spiderman trailer is released online, we have a preview for you. his famous and expensive shoes were featured in a super bowl ad. he talks about his

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it was super tuesday here at news 4 this afternoon. a crowd cheered on as my pal and partner jim handly played in the jackie bradford invitational ping-pong tournament. jim took on last year's winner.

handly really worked up a sweat, he won the first set easily and took the second set and won. congratulations. >> it was tight. my apologies to both of you, i'm still a little ripe. i was sweating bullets out th e there. it was tight in the end. >> you're still in the mood? >> you have the ball -- >> what he's not telling everybody, is that he's a fantastic tennis player. >> i like the event the. tomorrow's going to be an interesting day. it's odd we can go from a day that's pretty and mild to a day like winter. >> we're talking about everything from intermittent snow, then picking up to reduce visibility to falling temps all for tomorrow. we're at 55 degrees right now, we have a northwest wind at 8

miles per hour, the air a little dry right now, the dewpoint temperature at 29 degrees, when the precipitation comes into the area like a lot of the last storms, it's going to take a while to saturate, for the snow to get going. we're in the 50s throughout, even close to 60 degrees, culpepper and around fredericksburg and down to the south. overnight, we dropped down to 49 degrees. there's your sunset, 5:36. we're dry for tomorrow morning 30 to 35. we have clouds building down to the south, our storm system around st. louis, around areas of memphis, tennessee, you can see the rain and cold air. there's snow there. that's what's going to continue to organize toward us. there's our area of low pressure, dragging a cold front with it. here we are at 8:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, by the time we get to noontime, there's snow on top of us. areas of moderate snow to the

north and west. and there's even a chance that some areas way down to the south and east that snow could hang on just a little longer. by thursday afternoon, back to sunshine across the area. here's a look at some of the snow totals we're expecting throughout the area. mostly rain down to the south, until we get to the very end of the storm. for charles county, st. mary's county. and then a thin area here from baltimore, even areas of northern d.c. on into manassas, falls church, between 1 and 2 inches of snowfall with the storm system really getting going. i think after noontime, it's probably not ending until we get to 11:00 p.m. or midnight tomorrow. as much as two inches could be falling into the west. areas around winchester, even areas of sterling, louden county. around two inches of snowfall, by the time this system ends midnight tomorrow. we're mostly clear for the evening, nice evening, enjoy, 48

to 53 degrees, with a light wind. tomorrow morning increasing clouds, we're cool, not cold. tomorrow afternoon, expect falling temperatures, we'll probably hilt a high of 43. just before the snowstorm, it's around 11:00 a.m. falling temperatures and low visibility with that snow that will be falling. right now we have 100% chance of snow for tomorrow. it is likely, you'll want to prepare accordingly. if we had any trouble at all, i don't think that would be until we get to about late evening, 9:00 or 10:00 p.m. at the end of the storm. the crews have been out already today. >> getting ready -- >> the afternoon and evening tonight we'll keep it right here. still to come, the voice mail a father left before he killed his children and him 168, the latest on the case of washington state. a pilot busted for crystal meth just minutes before the

welcome back to news 4 at 4:00. >> here's what's happening at 4:30. three states are holding republican presidential primaries or caucuses today, colorado, minnesota and missouri. there are more delegates at state than in iowa, new hampshire and south carolina combined. but the primary in missouri is nonbinding.

in charlottesville, the task of selecting a jury continued today in the trial of the former uva lacrosse player accused of murder. if it wraps up today, opening statements could begin later tonight or early tomorrow. george hughley of chevy chase is charged in the beating death of his ex-girlfriend yeardley love. a high ranking susan g. komen official who pushed to stop funding of planned parenthood resigned. she said she was deeply disappointed in the charity's funding strategy. last week it announced it would stop issuing grants to planned parenthood but later reversed its decision. stocks closed higher today after a positive job's report and optimism over greece's debt. the dow was up 33 points after hitting an 11-year high. the nasdaq closed two points higher for the day, and the s&p 500 was um about 3. now, to disturbing new details in the case of two young

boys killed by their father in a fiery murder/suicide. he seriously injured his children before starting that fire. >> the incident is now part of a larger investigation into what caused the disappearance of susan powell two years ago. stephanie stanton has the latest. >> reporter: when police removed the bodies of josh and his two young sons from the burned out home, investigators found a hatchet at the scene. preliminary autopsy results revealed powell and the boy s died from smoke inhalation. but the boys also suffered hatchet wounds to their head and neck. >> this was not a tragedy, it was a horrible murder of two little kids. >> reporter: powell used ten gallons of gasoline to soak the home. he also got rid of the boys

toys. >> he had taken boxes of toys and books and donated them to the good will sometime over the weekend. this is a planned out event. >> reporter: neighbors left sfwlaurs and stuffed dois at the scene of the deadly fire. the boys grandparent who is had been locked in a bitter custody battle with josh powell said they feared josh may harm the children. >> i was concerned about how this first visitation would go, especially after he had lost custody for six months. >> reporter: it's been a two-year ordeal in the search for their daughter. police labeled josh a person of interest in susan's disappearance. but he was never charged. utah investigators have joined washington authorities and say they were getting closer to solving the case. >> we had to turn over every rock to be able to get as far as we got. i'm optimistic, i promised the coxs i wasn't giving up. >> the cox family believes their daughter isn't coming home. and now her boys are gone too.

but one thing gives them small comfort. >> we know that the children are with their mother. and they're safe. >> stephanie stanton, nbc news, graham, washington. >> josh powell was legally denied custody of the children just last week. investigators say he also sent good-bye and i'm sorry e-mails to close friends prior to the deadly fire. the captain of the cruise ship that ran aground near italy will remain under house arrest. 17 people were killed last month, when the ship struck rocks and rolled on to its side. the captain could face charges of manslaughter, shipwreck and abandoning his vessel. in keeping him under house arrest, prosecutors denied the request to jail the captain. a crackdown on airline pilots who use drugs has led to a third arrest in indonesia. drug enforcement officials arrested a pilot during a card

game at a hotel in independent nearby ya over the weekend. later he tested positive for methamphetamine. he was just hours away from his next scheduled flight. he also is the second pilot this year to test positive for meth. a third air pilot tested positive last year. the crackdown comes as indonesia struggles to upgrade its civil air safety. a series of deadly accidents led to ban all indonesian airlines from its airspace in 2007. it's expected to be one of the biggest movies at the box office this summer. and today we're getting another sneak peak at the amazing spiderman. >> amazing in a word. a new trailer debuted online today. there's already a whole lot of buzz surrounding it.

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while we're still enjoying today, we're thinking about tomorrow and the storm that could affect two rush hours? >> yes, wednesday evening rush as well as thursday morning rush. could be looking at slick spots, especially thursday morning rush hour. we're talking about a system that this time tomorrow we may see moderate snow come down in parts of the area, probably not starting until after noontime tomorrow. we're at 55 degrees now, oh, boy. we have a northwest wined with at 8 miles per hour. here's a look at your good night wakeup forecast. we drop down to the 40s and we're dry and chilly for tomorrow morning, starting out between 30 and 35 degrees early tomorrow morning with clouds across the area. and then tomorrow we're going to

rise into the upper 30s to low 40s. 41 degrees, d.c., manassas, culpepper, that will be early in the day. probably before noontime, and then it's falling temperatures where the snow moves in. here's a look at our time line. 6:00 a.m. wednesday, there's the white, any where you see the shiedings of blue, there's moderate snow p.m. could be moderate snow showing up around winchester. moderate snow coming into parts of northern louden county, sterling and northern montgomery county. areas of culpepper could start to see moderate snow by the time we get to the evening rush tomorrow. early thursday morning, that snow just after midnight. there issues on area roads for two evening rush hours, we're talking about late tomorrow and early thursday. one to two inches, gaithersburg, down toward manassas, west of i-95. here's a look at what to expect, snow develops between 11:00 a.m.

and 3:00 p.m. low visibility for the evening rush. mostly rain for areas south and east. let's take a look at that four-day forecast. i'll put it on for you, that's tomorrow with the snow. likely sunshine friday. it's looking like a cold weekend. our coldest stretch probably for the winter, saturday, sunday and early part of next week. 35 to 38 degrees. that's all. >> haven't seen that in a long time. he's known all over the world for his red heeled, red soled shoes. christian la bought seas bought is celebrating his 20th year in the business. >> dina robinson has more from miami. >> reporter: louboutin's are the most famous shoes in the world.

the crimson bottom creations with sometimes six-inch heels are the work of christian louboutin. >> when i was 16 i wanted to design shoes, to do pretty shoes for women. and a few years after i started to do it. >> reporter: but today's shoe devotes flocked to the shoe department to see the shoe god. and buy the red souled shoes as he unveils his 20th anniversary collection. >> he started presenting 20 years of my work. >> reporter: this woman says she'll sell thousands of shoe today. >> he's only making three personal appearances in the world this year. >> she came straight from the gym so her size wouldn't sell out. >> i look at the sticker and i'm like, oh, my god.

do you ever go sticker shock? >> i mean, it happens, of course, but they're a must, every girl has to own a pair. >> how much are those? >> i think they're almost 1300. >> reporter: students from the design architecture school in miami are assembling the rows of already sold shoes for christian to sign. for these future designers, the day was a true inspiration. >> i can't even put it in words. we were all so excited, we were in the room and everybody was getting sweaty palms. >> i could come from the innercity and just become to his level is amazing. >> the shoes are all about falling in love, loving life and strutting your stuff like a showgirl in his towering heels. no matter who you are or what you do for a living, he says he sees women fawning over his shoes and it provides him immense saefrtisfaction.

>> it's a great feel to be in the process of helping people. helping in the sense when a woman looks great, feels great, the whole attitude is going to be positive. this is definitely something i love. >> fawning over and falling over, i don't see how they move in them. >> it's not about falling over, it's just about the shoes. just about the shoes. >> just ahead on news 4 at 4:00, last week we showed you a baby weighing in at 14 pounds in iowa, this week another baby tops that one. several stranded dolphins are rescued off the coast. coming up at 5:00, a family tragedy averted thanks to a bizarre chain of events and the quick action of others. why do some montgomery county public schools send an anti-gay letter home with

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a woman in china gave birth to a 15 and a half baby boy. his name is choo-choo. the little guy's dad says his wife wasn't any bigger than any

other expectant mothers. but at 15.5 bounds, he was nearly double the birth weight of his big sister. both mom and baby are said to be doing well in the hospital. a baffling event for animal scientists, nearly 130 dolphins have beached themselves in the last three weeks and no one knows why. at least 92 of the dolphins have died. marine biologists say the number is going to climb. this past fall, more than 150 harbor sales died after stranding themselves on beaches between northern massachusetts and maine. when we come right back at 4:00, a bitter pill to swallow, the obama administration is facing some backlash

the obama administration is facing growing backlash over a provision of the new health care law. at issue is birth control. as andrea mitchell reports, the firestorm has also reached the campaign trail. >> reporter: all across the country the voices on both sides are getting louder, from the pull pet and on the internet, outraged catholic clergy have

been preaching against the decision to include birth control in their health insurance plan. >> never before has the federal government forced individuals and organizations to go out into the marketplace and buy a product that violates their conscience. >> reporter: religiously owned providers should not be allowed to impose their faith on snaun catholic employees. the rule does not apply to churches themselves, and supporters say the constitution mandates a separation of church and state. >> people are not being forced to adopt a new set of religious beliefs by this rule. they can practice their religion as they see fit. they request choose not to use birth control. >> 28 states already require contraceptive services to be included in health benefits. >> we're going to work with institutions that have concerns. we believe american women deserve to have access to that kind of insurance coverage regardless of where they work. >> reporter: republican candidates are calling it a war on religion. >> this is a decision, so

totally out of reach i believe the entire hierarchy will oppose it every inch of the way. >> reporter: the romney campaign is trying to organize opponents to sinan online petition against the new rule. >> we must have a president who is willing to protect america's first right, a right to worship god according to the dictates of our own conscience. >> reporter: other republicans say it is a fundamental moral question. >> the situation is incomprehensible and the president is going to need to back off of this issue or the courts are going to do it for him. >> reporter: the new policy has even touched a nerve with some liberal democrats like mark shields on pbs. >> the fallout is cataclysmic for the white house and the president. and it's left him out to dry. he really is. just a policy that i think is indefensible. >> that was andrea mitchell

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