>> terry: so what a way to close it out in las vegas. samoa, no time left, 26-19, they take down the mighty new zealand. >> brian: we knew they had it in them but could they execute? >> terry: samoa the champs. don't forget rugby returns june 2nd to nbc and nabs sports network with the usa sevens collegiate rugby championship. coming up next, your local news. an all-new deadline followed by fear factor at 9:00/8:00 central. what a championship game. playing for the cup and it's

samoa taking the title. for brian hightower and marty snider thyme terry gannon after a thrilling finish, so long everybody from las vegas. one day filled with great nhl matchups from buffalo to the windy city. to hockey town usa, culminating with a wild game in minnesota that concludes the nhl stanley championships.

tonight. whitney houston's daughter has been rushed to a los angeles hospital after the music icon was found dead in beverly hills. nbc news learned bobby christina brown is being treated for stress. we're told the 18-year-old was taken to the hospital from the beverly hilton hotel, the same hotel where whitney houston died last night. good evening. i'm aaron gilchrist. here's the latest. new video surfaced from thursday after she performed at a nightclub. she's hugging people just two days before her death. her body is currently at a morgue in los angeles awaiting

autopsy now. right now, there's still no cause of death, but police say there are no signs of foul play. we may not find out how she died for several weeks. a tribute is being planned tonight at the grammy awards. mark barger has the latest. >> reporter: as the music industry prepared for its biggest night, it mourned the loss of a talent. >> that voice, oh my god. no one has ever come close to that voice. ♪ will always love you >> her legacy will be honored by jennifer hudson at the grammys tonight. >> she had a unique sound. she had a true gift. >> reporter: her body was transported to the hotel to the coroner's office this morning where an autopsy was performed. this afternoon, her 18-year-old daughter was taken by paramedics from the same hotel, hospitalized, and treated for

stress. emotions from houston's ex-husband bobby brown. he left the stage obviously shaken. today at this newark, new jersey, church where her talents first shown publically, parishers in recall the pop star's innocence. >> we were children having a good time. that was singing. >> reporter: while there was evidence as recently as last thursday of the erratic behavior that tarnished houston's career, reverend al sharpton urged kr critics to be kind. >> they will still be listening to that voice. ♪ i look to you >> reporter: a voice silenced too soon. mark barger, nbc news. >> her career spanned two

decades and her music was the sound track for so many lives. this loss is significant for those who knew her and those who just knew of her. derrick ward talked to both. >> reporter: a mixture of pop and r&b music through the '80s and beyond. whitney houston was one of those artists larger than life. >> her voice, the music, that's what got me. this voice is gone. >> reporter: tv and radio personality donnie simpson called his first encounter with her was an honor. >> her first interview was with me. we debuted her first song before it came out. >> reporter: here on this stretch, there's a cluster of music stores. more than one person who has been here already looking for some whitney houston music. >> early this morning after the news, i was very upset. i was like i have to come and

get a cd to see if they have it here. >> some buy it because the value will go up just because of the death. people like to remember. ♪ heaven hear me now >> reporter: where were you when you heard that first whitney houston song? she hailed from a musical family. her mother well known for her gospel recordings. >> aretha franklin is your god mother. you have to sing. >> reporter: and sing she did through personal trials and b battles and rehab, all played out in public. the voice was there. in an industry that often criticizes. >> if you never heard the song before when whitney hit the air waves, you knew she had a brand

new song. >> reporter: derrick ward, news 4. >> stay with news 4 for continuing coverage of the death of whitney houston. we will post updates throughout the night on nbcwashington.com. and tune in for a special edition of "dateline" tonight at 7:00 p.m. looking at her life. we turn to the weather now. winter came back with a vengeance this weekend. it's been bitterly cold outside with that biting wind. the question, how long will it last? chuck bell is in the weather center. >> pictures tell a different story from what we've been seeing. everybody out with the heavy winter coats. they were needed today. they will be needed tonight as well. temperatures are headed below the freezing mark. 30 here in washington. 30 in southern maryland. 27 degrees in fairfax. windchills are in the teens to around 20 degrees. it's cold out there, but no more snow on storm 4 radar. the snow showers in pennsylvania

will not be making it our way. your sunday evening planner, it will be cold and windy. but we won't have to deal anymore with the way of snow flak flakes. i will detail more in the forecast coming up. still ahead on the broadcast tonight, an incredible sight in fairfax county. an enormous tree slices through a house pinning a woman in her bed. a sign falls on to a truck. officials reveal how they plan to prevent another accident. ♪ and i will always love you and we continue remembering the ♪

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sglmpblt sglmpblt sglmpbltsz. a mae man is dead after a shooting at the national mall. police say they do not expect foul play. they are investigating the shooting as a possible suicide. the huge highway sign that fell across i-66 yesterday was last inspected four years ago. that 30-foot sign came crashing down in fairfax county hitting a truck. nobody got hurt though. figuring out why the sign fell is a top priority. its signs are usually inspected every five years.

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the pictures are incredible. an enormous tree came down on a house. there is a woman who survived this. darcy spencer reports now from virginia. >> reporter: apparently, the woman was asleep here in the section of the house that sustained the most damage. a fire and rescue official says this woman is lucky she made it alive. a woman was pinned in her bed after a large tree smashed through her bedroom early this morning. it took fire and rescue officials one andalf hours to free her. it was a close call after she was pulled from the home. she was taken to the hospital because her legs were numb. >> she was pinned in the bed. >> reporter: the tree nearly split the home in two. it fell around 1:30 this morning. fire rescue officials say there were other family members home at the time. the victim's daughter called 911. another relative was also tr

trapped in the bedroom. >> we had strong winds last night. combined with the relatively moist soil, it's not frozen yet, the tree gets movering in the right direction, that can happen. >> reporter: building inspectors deemed the house uninhabitable. fire officials say it knocked the house off its foundation. >> i have seen a lot of trees on homes, but this is probably the worst i have ever seen. >> reporter: the rescue officials say the woman was only complaining about the pain to her legs. she is expected to make a full recovery. the house is now a total l loss. darcy spencer, news 4. chuck is here now dealing with this cold blast in different ways. it's icy out there. >> today we were ten degrees colder than average for the whole day. that tie is relative to average.

it ties for the coldest day of the winter. only one other day have we been ten degrees colder than average. unbelievable. we have had almost no serious snaps of cold. it doesn't look like this cold snap is going to last that much longer. that being said, if you're planning on taking the dog for a walk, you better bundle up yourself. it's chilly outside. skies are trying to clear out. mixing in the atmosphere is starting to lay down. 30 degrees at reagan national airport. dew points remain in the low 9-degree range. humidity only 41%. the indoor humidity, where everybody scuffs on the rug and l electrocutes their neighbor, it's dry. temperatures now mid- to upper 20s across most of the area. but the winds are remaining up. so winds are still gusting

between 25 and 30 miles per hour across most of the region. as a result, windchills are in the teens. they are headed into the single digits before midnight tonight. luckily though, unlike this time last night, we don't have any snow on storm 4 radar. there are snow flakes across pennsylvania, but they are drying out as they come further to the south. they will not be impacting our weather later on this evening e. the next thing we're waiting on is this moisture in texas. snowing in lubbock texas. rain in the fort worth area. it will start to arrive here as we get into the late night hours monday night and on tuesday. so cold and breezy for the rest of your sunday night. bright sunshine returns tomorrow. but with high pressure scooting to the south, our winds will come back around to the southwest. as a result, we may have a little possibility of some light snow flakes early tuesday morning west of the blue ridge. then towards tuesday evening, we'll have better chances for rain showers in the washington

area. the next system will not be a big rain or snow producer. so for this evening, breezy and cold. skies clearing out before midnight. overnight tonight, clear and cold. single digit to low teens for windchills. so late night activities an early start for folks tomorrow morning. be in the bundle up mode. tomorrow morning sunshine. giving way to clouds tomorrow afternoon. it will be chilly, but compared to the last two days, it will feel relatively mild. showers tuesday. a chance of rain which may have a chance for some mixed in snow flakes thursday or friday. with no seriously cold air, we're not looking for any serious amounts of snow. >> all right. thank you, chuck. coming up in sports, while georgetown takes down one new york team, could the caps

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they had to put thursday behind them and get back on the ice today. how did that work? >> not so well. it seemed like it was going top national tv. eastern conference leaders. the stars were aligned for the capitals to make a statement gents rangers this afternoon. the only statement the capitals made is that they are amazingly mediocre and overmatched without their full cast of stars. the capitals lose for the seventh time in ten games.

after three months, still trying to figure this team out. caps down 1-0 and on the move. fires the laser pass. the caps tie the game at 1. mike mul bberry called him a do there. rangers strike back. a nice toe drag by ryan mcdunna. troy slides past and puts it right past noyvert. 3-1 rangers. capitals with the puck. john carl son, the slapper, redestructed to make it 3-2. the caps back in the game. under 2:00 to go now p jay beagle with the puck, he just can't get it past lundkwis.

the capitals will fall 3-2. they are ninth place in the conference. now four points back in the division standings. they host san jose tomorrow night. then it's a four-game road trip. when you look at the numbers, georgetown doesn't seem to do anything real well. they rank 123rd nationally in points per game. 84th in rebounding per game. they play three unheralded freshman on a regular basis. greg winnington had a career day this afternoon. former center checking this one out. nate lubuk out to the freshman. he drains the three from the corner. georgetown up by five at the bre break. winnington not done yet. second half, only leading by three.

winnington from distance, he's doing it. a career high 12 points for the freshman. up by six, those peskies wouldn't go away. harrison hits the deep three. st. john's back within three. georgetown always had the answer on the ensuing possession. from cay street, jason clark bottoms in. less than a minute later, clark getting it done down low. the hoop and the harm. he had 11. one of five players in double figures. georgetown wins 71-61. they are fourth place in the big east. improve to 19-5, 9-4 in conference play. in college park, the turps hosting miami. wearing pink to support the k. foundation honoring their head coach who passed away. williams drives, loses the ball, but check this out.

it goes to bullet who nailed the jumper. take another look at this thing. when things are going your way, they are just going your way. that's what happened for miami as they down maryland 76-74 snapping the turps three-game winning streak. it looked like turn back the clock on sunday. the big boy leader board. tiger and phil into the second to last group ready to trample the leaders. phil did that. tiger, still missing that one ingredient that made him a sunday predator for so this years. phil had that mojo. tiger looking for his first official win on tour since 2009. but the putter did him in. one under. then straight three bogeys on the final three of the front nine. he shoots a three over. looks like a boom rang. finishes at 8 under. meanwhile, lefty looking good on

13. his second shot from 140 yards out. and this is tasty. the friendly bounce and snuggles it up close to the jar. he moves to 15 under. mik el son erased a six-shot deficit. looking to cap a bin with bird and bird is the word. finishes at 17 under. his 40th pga tour victory. phil is back. >> thank you, dan. that's it for us. we'll see you back here at 11:00.