bringing the phoenix area shower activity. that same storm will eventually move toward the gulf coast and then off of our coast and we're now calling it a nor'easter. we'll talk about it and show you how much or who has the best chances of seeing some snow this weekend. >> all right, doug. thank you. thousands of people gathered in alexandria today to remember joshua weisman, the long-time paramedic who died in the line of duty. weisman was killed when he fell off an overpass on i-395 responding to an emergency call. news 4's jane watrel joins us live from alexandria with more on what was an emotional farewell, jane. >> reporter: very heart felt, jim. it was a memorial service that celebrated the remarkable life of joshua weisman, the alexandria paramedic who died in the line of duty last week. many here learned today at the service that he spent over half his life in service to others. the wail of bag pipes led a solemn procession for alexandria

paramedic joshua weisman. a passionate first responder whose life revolved around helping others, even meeting his wife becky in a fire station. firefighters from the district and nearby states packed td service. an overflow crowd placed under tents as rain softly fell. weisman died last week after seeing a head injury while responding to an incident on i-395. he was 33 years old. >> it seems there was a magnet that pulled josh toward disastrous situations. that was fine with him as he wanted to be in the action. with each horrible scenario he met, he attended his patients with expert medical care and, most of all, compassion. >> weisman's partner spoke of his dedication and sense of humor. >> a wonderful story teller. he always made us laugh from the bottom of our hearts. he is not here to do that now so it is up to us to pass on his

story. no worries, joshua. we'll take it from here. >> reporter: one of the most touching moments came when gabriel weisman read a heart felt letter to his brother written by his widow. >> i'm going to miss his cookie dough even if it led to the occasional case of salmonella poisoning. >> reporter: after the service area fire departments gathered once again at alexandria's ivy cemetery to lay josh wise none rest in a place that's dedicated to first responders. the processional was so large many roads had to be closed. they are all open now and i'm told that a fund has been set up by alexandria firefighters to accept condolences and donations to the family. reporting live in alexandria, jane watrel. back to you.

>> quite a turnout for the family of firefighters and emts today. thanks so much. wendy? we are learning more today about who will be attending whitney houston's funeral saturday in newark, new jersey. the church service is going to be invitation only and will include performances from aretha franklin and stevie wonder. kevin kostner is scheduled to speak at that service. houston's family is allowing the funeral to be broadcast on television and on the web. and police are warning fans that the area around the church will be blocked. the best bet at seeing anything is to watch these services at home. the tentative deal on the payroll tax cut extension is close to becoming a done deal. late last night lawmakers agreed to some tweaks on the final version of the house and senate bill. the 2% tax cut is set to expire on march first. but the new deal extends it until the end of the year. it also extends jobless coverage. a vote in the house and senate could come as early as tomorrow. president obama has said he will sign the extension immediately.

still no deal in annapolis but the debate is about to heat up. the maryland house of delegates is set to begin debate on the controversial gay marriage bill in less than a half hour from now. debate was originally set for this morning but was delayed because supporters weren't sure if they had the 71 votes needed to pass it. the measure is expected to hinge on a handful of swing votes. a similar bill was rejected last year due in part to opposition from prince george's county religious leaders. a final house vote is expected tomorrow. an aide to former maryland governor bob ehrlich has been sentenced for his involvement in a robo call scheme. the prosecutors say it was meant to suppress the black vote. >> relax. everything is fine. the only thing left is to watch on tv tonight. >> reporter: that call went to voters in baltimore and prince george's county before the polls closed in 2008 telling them that democrat martin o'malley had already won. the judge sentenced paul sherric to a one-year suspended sentence

and 30 days of house arrest for conspiring to commit fraud. he'll also have to serve 500 hours of community service. another ehrlich aide is currently awaiting trial in the same case. after 37 long years it is finally over. today federal judge thomas hogan ruled that the district of columbia has done enough to improve its mental health services. and hogan signed an order today ending the class action lawsuit first filed back in 1974 against the district. news 4's tom sherwood has the developments. >> reporter: mental health service in america like here at st. elizabeth in the district was for too many decades little more than warehousing of patients. >> some of the wards were very over crowded. there is a small number of staff for a large number of people. and people didn't have much to do during the day except sit in the day rooms. >> reporter: but now social and psychiatric help comes mainly in community based services that allow patients to remain in their homes or in smaller group homes. >> over the years made enormous

progress in building a solid community mental health system. >> reporter: at a thursday news conference of district and federal court officials the city was celebrating an order by judge thomas hogan to end a 37-year-old class action case that forced the city to spend millions of dollars on environmental health services and community support. >> the judge said this was an historic and memorable occasion in the history of the district of columbia. >> reporter: the ruling frees the district from spending millions of dollars in court and monitoring fees to focus on the $160 million mental health system including expanding those services. patient advocates praised the court ruling but they say cuts in federal funding and rising costs have driven some neighborhood mental health services out of business and that they need more help. >> the system still needs to invest in the community based care as a way of getting better treatment and more cost effective treatment. in the last 18 months because of

rate cuts we've had eight mental health provide thaers have goev out of business early or laid off the majority of their staff or shut down programs. the jury in the george huguely murder trial got an unexpected day off today the trial postponed until tomorrow because one of his defense attorneys is sick. when the testimony resumes the defense will be back at work challenging the charges against huguely who was accused in the death of his ex-girlfriend yardley love. julie carey is in charlottesville with details and new reaction. >> reporter: defense attorney graham lawrence leaving court alone his cocounsel's illness forcing a day's delay in testimony. huguely's attorneys brought one of their most crucial expert witnesses to the stand late yesterday, a chicago neuro pathologist dr. jan listma seen on the left. list ma strongly disputes the conclusions of prosecution experts who say yardley love died of blunt force injury to

her head and was left with brain bruises and hemorrhages. listma testified the brain injuries weren't severe enough to kill the 22-year-old la crosse player. he says an intoxicated love died instead from a type of asphyxia, smothering face down on her pillow. the pooled blood from her injuries making matters worse. charlottesville attorney david hallberg says the defense theory may be tough for the jury to buy. >> seems to me a college student with that level of intoxication occurs routinely every week, every weekend. they don't die. so, clearly, what set her death in motion was what is now admitted to be an assault. >> reporter: the most dramatic moments so far in this trial came last friday with the playing of george huguely's videotaped interview with police just hours after love's battered body was found. huguely admits to detectives he kicked through love's bedroom door, shook her, hit her head against the wall, wrestled with her on the floor, then tossed her on the bed and left.

huguely's defense team has told jurors he never meant to harm love, that he only wanted to talk. but one of the most powerful pieces of prosecution evidence is love's bedroom door with the hole blown through it from huguely's foot. >> that seems huge and shows that he went in there with rage and the jury might not have trouble inferring he intended the next consequences of his acts. >> reporter: even with the scheduled setback the judge told jurors he still hopes testimony can be wrapped up as early as this weekend. in charlottesville, julie carey, news 4. >> huguely has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and five other charges. when we come right back on news 4 at 5:00 a lot more to come tonight. norovirus sweeps across a local college campus. now metro is taking action to stop the outbreak from spreading. >> it's busy work. still work. >> really. how do you think it works? >> well, i think that you are

occupied. you're busy, functional. to stay home and look at four walls you're not serving a function. i'll have my exclusive interview with irma goff a remarkable woman who survived her family's murder and says she has many reasons to be grateful. and fighting distracted driving by focusing on the cars instead of the drivers. the features that could be coming to your next new car. people! look at you!

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road rage with a rifle. a teenager is under arrest in montgomery county tonight accused of just that. 18-year-old kenneth johnson jr. of gaithersburg is accused of pointing a rifle at another driver who was arguing with him over his driving. news 4's pat collins joins us live from police headquarters in montgomery county with details on this story. pat? >> reporter: jim, when you're driving on the road these days, you never know who is driving next to you. what sort of mood they're in. and whether or not they're packing. this is road rage suspect kenneth a. johnson jr. he is 18 years old. february 28, 7:20 in the

morning. red honda car, victim car. red honda car, victim car. something bad happens. words are exchanged. the guy in the red honda they say reaches back and puts a rifle out. the guy in the victim car reaches back and pulls out a cell phone. 911. the red honda car takes off but not before the victim does a little police work of his own. >> he provided a license plate number and we were able to follow up and find out who owned the car and who was driving the car. >> reporter: it took a few days but police tracked down kenneth johnson to his apartment here in gaithersburg and arrested him. then they searched his car, his red honda car. know what they found inside? a rifle. kenneth johnson jr. charged with first and second-degree assault. now, road rage suspect kenneth johnson is out on bond but they

kept that rifle. live in montgomery county, i'm pat collins, news 4. doug joins us now. you have been busy seeing a lot of young fans. >> they are very excited about this weekend. >> this is where i was today out at fox middle elementary school. hello to those kids. talked to about a hundred of them during the day today. all of them had fantastic questions all of them saying hi, mom, and will it snow? what do you think, doug? how much can we expect? i told them you have to wait until 5:15. that's when we'll figure it out. thanks so much for having me out there today. had a great time with those kids. out there right now we've got some rain and some fog across the area. most of the rain now out of the d.c. metro area and it will continue to move off toward the east but still some fog beginning to form now and we'll

continue to see lower visibility but not bad. storm 4 radar, rain through southern portions of maryland right now and portions of the eastern shore and the chesapeake bay. we'll watch as it continues to move on. some of the heaviest rain in toward northern calvert county around dunkirk and diehl. we saw some around honey town earlier. a little break but still light rain there. calvert beach seeing some rain and back toward waldorf and la plata seeing some rain. right along 301. you can see all of this coming on through here. quarter inch some areas up to a half inch. that rain making its way out. that is going to be about it. some of these showers coming through, a result of the mountains. they're not going to come over the mountains. we are just about done in regards to the rain. as far as temperatures go we're sitting at 46 degrees with winds out of the south-southwest about 6 miles per hour. we're going to see breezy conditions work overnight into the day tomorrow but first cooler weather. 43 in leesburg. 43 in gaithersburg. 47 in fredericksburg.

46 in culpepper. if you're heading out i don't think you need the umbrella tonight. you may need the jacket. take a look at temperatures af round the mid-atlantic. 47 in pittsburgh. 44 in state college where the cold air is and right now it is simiply locked into that area. no cold air behind this region. that means for us we'll stay on the mild side through the next couple days. don't worry about tomorrow. don't worry about saturday. here is the storm and here is the day to worry about it will be sunday as we will see a nor'easter make its way up the coast. it will start as rain i think in all locations except areas to the west and the higher elevations and then move right off the coast of cape hatteras and most of us will see this ending as snow along the i-95 corridor and most areas. that even includes portions of southern maryland. right now we're waiting on the numbers. i'll have them most likely at 11:00 tonight or during the day

tomorrow but i expect some accumulating snow in most locations with a few lingering showers this evening with some of the fog forming as we move on to the next couple days. don't even worry about tomorrow. gorgeous. temperatures around 50 with plenty of sunshine. it is sunday the day we'll worry about with the snow coming on in. monday presidents' day. >> good timing and bad timing. already out of school. coming up on news 4 at 5:00 tonight the organic ingredient linked to high levels of arsenic in some baby formula. plus -- i'm liz crenshaw. behind on mortgage payments? wa ways to get free foreclosure prevention help. and how to avoid scams.

the number of foreclosed homes jumped in january. new estimates predict 1 million homes will be in foreclosure by the end of 2012. >> home owners struggling to stay above water often feel confused about how to save their homes. liz crenshaw is here with ways those home owners can find help and has a warning against paying for it. >> wendy and jim, the foreclosure rate in the u.s. rose 8% in january compared to

december. when you're dealing with modifying a mortgage or a risk of falling behind on payments it is nothing short of overwhelming. americans face it every day. but there are local people to help you sort it out and their help is free. >> i just could not rest. >> reporter: sheryl worked at payments on this house in northeast washington for ten years then lost her job. she asked for help from the lender and thought she was enrolled in a program to save the house. >> i made the payments and they don't have the records and tell me the house is in foreclosure. >> reporter: a horrible situation making payments, house values dropping, fears of foreclosure is happening to millions of americans and every day it seems thereas nother program announced to help distressed home owners. how do home owners know which pro-dwram wigram will really he and how to apply? >> there are several programs that could potentially help

people t is very specific in terms of the situation. >> reporter: ronald clarkson is the program director for housing counseling services in washington, d.c. >> a home owner with a mortgage? we can do two things. >> housing counseling services is a nonprofit organization that provides comprehensive housing counseling to the d.c. metro area. there are hundreds of these agencies all over the country. they're approved by housing and urban development and their help is absolutely free. >> we have experience in dealing with that and helping people understand their documents and regulations and getting to the right organization and putting the pieces together. >> reporter: but beware. scammers know homeowners are in trouble. the pitches include help from a group supposedly affiliated with a government program or a fraudulent ploy promising to reduce monthly payments. >> the pitch sounds like are you behind on your mortgage? afraid of losing your home?

have you not been able to work with your lender? have you not gotten results? we can get those results for you. >> yolanda mcgill an attorney with the lawyers committee for civil rights, says more than $50 million have been lost by struggling home owners to foreclosure scams. >> for instance we'll help you prepare your documents to send to your lender or we will take the money and work with your lender and we will pay your mortgage payment for you. none of this is true t's just a way to separate that home owner from their money rncht the truth is there is help for many home owners. the key, find hud approved counselor, get good, free advice, and maybe you'll feel just like sheryl spam. since her loan modification she is saving $200 to $300 a month. >> it worked out in the end and, woo. yeah. >> nice sigh out. to find a hud-approved counselor or free counseling from fannie

mae simply go to our website nbc washington.com. search foreclosure help. remember, though, not every home owner will end up keeping his or her home. sometimes the advice means facing the fact that some mortgages are not worth saving. but the bottom line here, folks, is you know we hear about another program, help, build, there are a million acronyms. the truth is it doesn't surprise me home owners can't figure out who to turn to, what is legit and what they should be doing. free counseling help from a hud-approved counselor or fannie mae. go to the right people and get the advice. it is free. >> it's out there for you. >> and necessary. you have a really complicated financial setup with your home. it's not surprising if you're not able to make your payments but you don't know how to get out of this. you don't know how to make this work. >> it's not you. it's the system. >> it's con foougfusinconfusing. get some help and they'll send you to the right people. >> liz, thanks so much. >> stay away from the scams. don't pay anybody. >> no, no.

>> very disturbing. >> millions of dollars. >> all right. coming up, a puppy gets stuck in a sewage drain underneath his home. look at all the people trying to help him. >> metro is taking action tonight to prevent a college norovirus outbreak from spreading. >> denied the right to have a witness. >> d.c. delegate eleanor holmes norton got angry at a hearing today. she walked out.

a fast forward through the headlines. thousands of people gathered in alexandria today to say a final good-bye to joshua weisman. he is the alexandria paramedic who died in the line of duty last week while responding to an emergency call on i-395. weisman was buried at alexandria's ivy cemetery at a memorial dedicated to first responders. kevin kostner, aretha franklin, stevie wonder all scheduled to speak or perform at whitney houston's funeral saturday. services for the pop star will be held at her childhood church in new jersey. the family is allowing it to be broadcast on television and the web. congress is expected to approve an extension of the payroll tax cut deal tomorrow. the 2% cut would have expired on march first if lawmakers did not take action. president obama says he'll sign the bill as soon as he gets it. now let's fast forward to the weather. doug? some rain is continuing to move out of our region. you can see the rain showers down to the south and east in through portions of southern maryland for the most part.

where are they? down toward calvert county in through charles county and st. mary's county around the calvert beach area over toward leonard town across toward 301 and up through central portions of calvert county along route 2 we'll continue to see those rain showers move off toward the east and behind it a couple nice days and then the impact for snow. i'll show you who has the most impact from the next storm coming up in a minute. >> thanks, doug. for anyone who lives here in the washington region in the '90s the term the goff murders brings back memories of horror and sadness. four family members killed in their potomac home. well, now irma goff, the wife and mother who lost nearly her entire family, is talking about that trauma and telling us how she found her way out of that nightmare. >> i think people should really focus on what they have in life not what they don't have. >> reporter: there was a time when irma goff had it all. a beautiful family.

her husband, david, a podiatrist the love of her life. four glorious children. 22-year-old andrea and her other children. life was good. on the night of july 20th, 1995, she and scott were in ocean city when the police called. >> all they said was that they were at a homicide. i said, what's a homicide? i didn't have a crew. >> reporter: that day a painter hired by their handyman had murdered the handyman then killed goff's husband and three daughters as each arrived home that afternoon. her family was now essentially gone. in order to survive the early days, goff shut out the details of the murders. >> it was on the front page of every newspaper for so long. >> reporter: did you ever read any of the reports? >> no. >> reporter: did you want to know? >> i couldn't.

>> reporter: she didn't seek therapy either. >> what was somebody going to tell me? that david and the girls were going to come home tomorrow? they were going to walk back in the house? it wasn't going to happen. when scott and i got up we went to the beach which was where we were when everything happened. we went for a walk and it was interesting because people pointed at us and knew who we were. as i sat there, i looked and i saw the tide come in, the tide go out. the sun come up, the sun go down. life goes on. that's the bottom line. >> reporter: there she made a decision. four lives were gone but there were still two left and she decided they needed to be lived fully. >> reporter: i felt that if i changed, if you will, we'll use the word change, that if i changed my lifestyle and the way i live and what i believed in that the man would have gotten me and scott, too. i wouldn't allow that.

>> reporter: four months later she moved back into the house where the murders occurred. >> the house didn't do anything to me. that was my home. i raised my family there. it wasn't a house that did it. it was a person who did it. >> reporter: goff comes from a line of jewish immigrants who fled hitler but not without some loss. life is not fair and you don't go forward looking backwards. >> if my father could come over from europe and his sisters and make a new life, and a family, why couldn't i? >> reporter: her new life includes a new husband, dale morton. and for scott, a wife. and irma in her large kitchen filling them with food, cooking she says is therapy. she's come a long way. but grief can be possessive. pulling at one's progress. she has four lost lives that still need tending. >> reporter: the most important thing in life is not any of the monetary things but that you

leave on this earth a good name. and my husband and daughters certainly did that. that's what was very important to me. as long as you keep their memory alive they are alive. >> what does irma goff think of the killer? do you know she didn't want the death penalty? and she tells us why. that's coming up in part two on news 4 tonight at 6:00. >> denied the right to have a witness. >> the gentle lady -- >> i want a right to make a parliamentary inquiry. >> d.c. delegate eleanor holmes norton walked out today during a congressional hearing on contraception. the hearing stemmed from last week's controversial move by president obama. it would require religious in-laws constitutions that provide health care to make contraception available to women. insurance companies would foot the bill if it was against the religious organization's beliefs. norton left because the first panel didn't have any women on it and because the majority

denied her female guest. >> they were violating our first amendment rights to talk about that aspect of the controversy that by the way is what most women and most families were concerned about. >> reporter: the second panel for the hearing did feature two female guests. getting the stomach flu this time of year is pretty common. what is uncommon is one local college is reporting an unusually high number of cases on two of its campuses. news 4's derrick ward has the story. >> reporter: it's been a relatively mild winter in our area but the viruses don't seem to mind. this is their season especially the pesky norovirus and especially here on the campus of george washington university where they're experiencing what is being officially called an outbreak. at least 85 cases so far this month. no panic but more caution than usual. >> the people i've heard are not going to the library because they're worried people

constantly are touching books. >> very infectious virus that is easily passed and spread. it generally causes the typical gastro symptoms. >> reporter: typically the symptoms last one to three days and pretty much has to run its course. this is really no innoculation against the neuro virus, keeping yourself safe from it is simple. wash your hands, keep them clean, and do it often. and if you get it, well, the treatment is pretty low tech, too. stay hydrated. and stay home to minimize the chance of spreading it to others. in some cases hospitalization may be necessary because of the dehydration that goes along with vomiting and diarrhea. >> i saw an ambulance outside my residence hall on wednesday because somebody was dehydrated to the point they needed to get fluids in order to bounce back. >> reporter: most students with symptoms have been treated and released from the student health services center. the university has started thoroughly cleaning those common

areas where the virus is moefst likely to spread in dorms and other places people tend to commune. while there don't appear to be widespread cases in the region metro is also doing a little extra to wipe down some of its heavily handled surfaces. >> prevention is the best thing. >> reporter: in northwest derrick ward news 4. >> cases are also reported at gw's mount vernon campus. authorities have yet to determine the common factor among those two sites. still ahead new features could be coming to new cars designed to protect drivers from themselves. >> and we'll tell you why your favorite candy bars will be getting a little sma

high levels of arsenic have been found in a sweetener commonly used in baby formula. that's according to researchers from dartmouth university. they tested products that contained organic brown rice syrup. the researchers found one baby formula had an arsenic concentration six times higher than the epa considers safe. the epa says chronic exposure to arsenic has been linked to increase risk for lung and skin cancer as well as type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

the scientists did not say which formula brands they tested. your little snickers bar is going to get skinny. mars announced it's going to stop selling chocolate products with more than 250 calories by the end of the year. mars is based here in mclean, virginia. the company says it wants to improve the nutritional value of its treat but it won't affect the quality. the candy maker also says it will reduce the sodium levels by 2015. >> okay. we know what we're getting. that ain't right. >> you know what? all this means you just have to eat two of them. >> that's right. double up. we'll do it. >> you just have to eat two. >> we'll break that code. coming up doug is back with the snow in your forecast. don't blink. in sports maryland head coach

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for some new car buyers the new car smell as favorite feature. researchers now at the environmental group the ecology center say it could be toxic. they analyze the chemical content of 200 new cars and found nearly 300 chemicals in the interior including flame retardants, even lead. the report found the 2012 honda civic had the fewest smells in the interior. the mitsubishi outlander sport and 2011 chrysler sc had the

most. the federal government is putting pressure on auto makes to put the brakes on distracted driving. the government says the little gadgets that make your life easier are causing too much harm on the road. erika gonzalez is here to tell us what they'll do. >> reporter: the u.s. department of transportation wants to make it harder to tinker with the digital toys in your car. the proposal applies to things like gps's, phones, and of course the internet, used while driving. the national highway safety administration says distracted driving as dangerous and deadly habit on america's roadways. it is going after auto makers with new proposed gins. nhtsa says the vehicles should be equipped with items that meet desires without sacrificing safety. >> hands free only. >> i think it's a good idea. >> reporter: in fairfax county distracted driving is illegal

and can cost you up to 250 bucks. >> if you take your eyes off the road something can happen within two seconds. you don't realize how fast your car is going and you don't realize how far it's traveling. >> they want to limit the complexity of these in vehicle devices along with the amount of manual input it takes to operate them and the amount of unnecessary information they display. the guidelines would also restrict in vehicle devices from allowing drivers to use text messaging, internet browsing, social media, navigation destination entry by the address, as well as ten-digit phone dialing. and the public now has 60 days to voice their opinion on the guidelines before the department of transportation makes a decision. >> all right, erika. let's get a final check of our weather and that snow coming this weekend. doug? watching that next storm or this storm continues to move out

of here. right now temperatures are sitting in the 40s. 46 in washington. 44 in la plata. 47 in fredericksburg. even though it was a very rainy day we could not see a cold rain across the area. it was definitely on the mild side with temperatures around average for this time of year. there is the rain right now making its way through southern maryland and in through portions of the eastern shore across annapolis toward kent island and cambridge and easton then down to, through calvert county around pax river. all of that rain moving on out of here. it will continue to move out to the east over the next couple hours and most of the area should remain on the dry side. some light drizzle in some locations or some fog so watch out on those roadways. always make sure during the rain even though it's night time now during the rain today a lot of people not having their headlights on so make sure you turn those on when we see that rain outside. low temperatures tonight down to about 39 in the city. 35 in gaithersburg. frederick coming in around 31 degrees. maybe 29 back toward martinsburg toward west virginia so definitely colder to the north

and west as we move on through the night tonight. tomorrow 53 degrees in washington. 56 in manassas. 59 in culpepper. even around fredericksburg temperatures in the mid to upper 50s there looking at a great day on our thursday. i think friday is looking very, very nice. then we have to look at sunday. because here comes a storm out of the southwest that's going to pick up plenty of gulf moisture but will that moisture make it far enough to the north? will the cold air make it far enough to the south? i think the scenario is going to play out pretty well here and we'll start as rain in most areas during the day on sunday. this will most likely be after the noon hour but well to the west it could be all snow and to the mountains and then watch what happens by late afternoon. the cold air moves in. we see the area of low pressure intensify and most of this should be ending as snow in much of the area. i do expect to see accumulating snow across much of the region. here is the best chance of an impact here. low impact around the i-95 corridor off to the west. even if this is snow.

temperatures have been so mild we're going to have a very hard time sticking on the roads. i think the roads should be okay. back to the west moderate impact and we're talking about a good chance of maybe over 3 inches back toward winchester, port royal, la ray, down i-81 the area that will definitely see the most impact. southern maryland i think you'll see some snow but i don't expect it to stick at all on the roadways. that's the good news for that. i don't anticipate too many problems from our next snow event but it is going to be on a sunday and will labt sunday and of course we will be revising this forecast as we move closer to the actual event. >> all right. we know you will, doug. thank you. dan is here talking maryland basketball. a tough spell. >> it's been i don't want to say a rough season but interesting. terps at home against boston college trying to get back on the winning track after losing 3 of the last 4 games. now with an injury to starting point guard howard it's like the start of the season all over again and wins very hard to come

by. been a rollercoaster ride for the new head coach mark turgeon but he has done a yoman's job holding things together. i recently sat down with turgeon and got his take on year one in college park. was there a time when you said, what on earth did i get myself into? >> a couple times i've said that to myself because i felt like i had left a good, stable situation where i had been accepted. whenever you move you have to start over again no matter how many games you've won. you have to start over, improve yourself again, and i was concerned. to be honest with you, you know, jokingly in the office after our first practice, we all yelled out a number of how many games we thought we were going to win and my number was nine. i didn't think we could get to nine this year. so we've been able to surpass that already and hopefully win quite a few more. i show you the kids have really worked hard, tried to improve and it is one of those teams

that i think as long as the season goes on or how long it goes we'll continue to improve. >> did gary give you any advice when he got here and does he still talk to you? >> we haven't talked as much a since the season started and i think he is purposely staying away. i'm sure he is watching games and following it and reading about us. how can you not after 22 years of your life and playing here? i'm hoping next year gary comes around more, comes to the games, comes to practices. that's what i want. but he's just giving me great advice. and he lived it so why wouldn't i ask him? he knows i have to coach the way i'm going to coach and recruit how i'm going to recruit but how to handle people, maryland fans, the media, he has been tremendous. >> i remember watching the early preseason press conferences

before i met you and i thought this guy is awome, so blunt. does your candor get nu trouble? >> it gets me in trouble a lot. but with people that really matter it's what is important to me. my wife and my family know where i am coming from all the time and i have to be honest and i don't always, i'm not quite as truthful as you think i am. honesty is the best way. i've always been approached that way whether i was raised that way or a teacher that was big in my life, a coach big in my life, always been really honest and i think that is the best way to do it. 14-10, 4-6 in the acc. some would say it is a modern day miracle they're playing that well despite the obstacles he's faced. >> it could be worse. >> he has a great recruiting class coming in next year. the terps going to be right

back. >> there's hope. >> they don't stay down for long. >> thanks. here is the story of the day right after 6:00. you just can't wait. >> come on, handly. rein it in. coming up next on news 4 at 6:00 there is another front run inner the race for the white house. tonight meet the press moderator david gregory will join us on the set to discuss politics. funeral preps are under way in new jersey to celebrate the life of whitney houston but the governor is under fire over his plans to pay tribute to the singer. in a tv producer catches headlines after hitting the lottery not once but twice. >> whoa. now here is wendy's story. this is for you, rieger. a 4-week-old puppy is in guarded condition after being rescued from a sewage drain in cleveland. take a look at this. the puppy got stuck after finding his way down an uncapped sewage pipe that runs from the basement underneath the house. the puppy's owner says he noticed the little guy was

missing and that the puppy's mother kept standing over by the drain. it took almost an entire day to get this little fellow out. the puppy is now recovering at an animal hospital. what a face. >> you have to cover up all of your vents and everything else. you never know if they can -- >> they can get in anywhere. when we come right back a man declared dead when he is still alive to tell about it.

a florida man is trying to get his life back after the social security administration declared him dead. the job is proving to be more difficult than you might imagine. nbc has the story. they were married 57 years, but on january 22nd the union was broken when she died. he did not. >> it's bad and it's still bad for me just lose mooig wife. i've got to go through this. >> three days after his wife's death the social security office declared he was dead for no explained reasons. >> i can't get a credit card or nothing because i'm dead. >> you're dead. >> yeah. >> the family discovered the problem after his monthly social security check of $1400 was deposited and rhee moved from his bank account.

>> today is the 15th. my dad has no social security, no pension, his credit card is still messed up. >> reporter: on february 3rd mae came here to the social security administration office, signed a form proving that he is alive. he left thinking it was over. but it wasn't. >> they wrote it. i'm very much alive. >> the document said he is alive and his death was entered by error but that did not stop the social security office from sending written notices to his steel workers pension fund, medicare health insurance, the credit bureaus all declaring his deaths. as a result all of his benefits were cut off and he needs them. >> i don't know what is rong wro with this shoulder. they want me to have an mri but i can't get it done without insurance. >> reporter: they know social security is trying to weed out fraud. they also know the bureaucracy makes mistakes but never expected this to happen to them.

>> my daddy has died twice. my mom has died once in three weeks. we don't need no more. something has to be done. >> let's hope the attention helps. stay right there. news 4 at 6:00 is next. i did not want to be responsible for another life. my in-laws were alive. my father was alive. my son. i didn't want -- i didn't want a three ring circus. >> 17 years after the murder of her husband and three daughters irma goff sits down for an exclusive interview on life after death. a teenager arrested for road rage will tell you how a motorist was able to alert police before anybody got hurt. >> another shakeup less than two weeks before the michigan primary. can rick santorum hold his lead? >> good evening. i'm wendy rieger. doreen has the night off.