in the line of duty is being remembered as a hero. firefighters from across the country gathered today with family and friends to pay tribute to joshua weisman who died last week after falling off an interstate overpass while he was responding to an emergency call. jane watrel is live in alexandria with more on the emotional farewell that occurred today. >> reporter: it was a sad but uplifting service. we learned a lot more about the dedication and passion of joshua weisman. flags have been flying at half staff throughout the alexandria area in honor of the fallen paramedic. 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 the memorial service. an overflow crowd placed under tents as the rain softly fell. weisman died last week after

receiving a head injury while responding to an incident on i-395. he was 33 years old. >> our vision statement on the alexandria fire department is dedicated to our community, our profession, and each other. and there is no question that josh lived that every day. >> one of the most touching moments came when gabriel weisman read a heart felt letter to his brother written by his widow. >> reporter: there is no way to express the ways or how much i am going to miss my husband, my other half. i'm going to miss the sound of his voice and especially his laugh. i'll miss his big eyes looking at me in the morning, the big smile on his face every time i came home, and the way it felt like we could finally breathe again when he wrapped his arms around me. >> reporter: weisman started his career as a volunteer when he was just 16 years old in his hometown fire department. many of his former colleagues from central newark made the trip to alexandria to pay their last respects. >> he is the epitome of what we

should all strive to be. he was a hero. every single day he lived as a hero. >> reporter: after the service area fire departments gathered once again to lay josh weisman to rest in a place that's dedicated to first responders. alexandria fire department is off today. all 265 employees. their shifts are being covered by neighboring jurisdictions such as arlington so they can mourn the loss of joshua weisman. reporting live in alexandria, i'm jane watrel. >> thank you, jane. five more robberies reported in the district this morning. four of them in northwest d.c. decatur street, m street, connecticut, and q and 20th and n. one was in southeast. that's about a dozen robberies since last month. police were on the streets of northwest d.c. this morning handing out flyers warning drivers and pedestrians. there were two arrests for

holdups this week but still no arrests in the well publicized robberies in tinley town and friendship heights. a maryland teenager arrested for road rage. police say he pulled out a rifle and threatened a man who didn't like his driving. this confrontation played out on sam i-highway in gaithersburg. pat collins is there at montgomery county police headquarters with more on this. hey, pat. >> reporter: wendy, on the roads today you can't be too careful. you never know who is driving next to you and who might be packing. this is road rage suspect kenneth a. johnson jr. he is 18 years old. sam ike highway february 8, 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 reaches back they say and puts a rifle

out like this. the guy in the victim car reaches back, pulls out a cell phone, 911. that red honda car takes off. but not before the victim does a little police work of his own. >> he provided us with a license plate number and from that we were able to follow up and find out who owned the car and from that point he was driving the car. >> reporter: it took a few days but police tracked down kenneth johnson to his apartment here in gaithersburg and arifted 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. road rage suspect kenneth johnson out on bond but they kept the rifle. live in montgomery county, i'm pat collins, news 4. we go to weather now. some rain out there but doug is talking about some snow this weekend. am i hearing that correctly,

doug? >> you are, jim. i do think most areas should see at least some flakes out of this. this is not going to be a huge storm by any means but it probably has the potential to at least be the biggest storm we've seen so far. once again this winter that is not saying a whole lot. 45 degrees the current temperature with the winds out of the south about 7 miles per hour. current readings not too bad. 45 right now in manassas. over towards culpepper and up toward leesburg and gaithersburg. current temperatures there right now at 43 degrees. there is the rain that made its way through the area today. some locations picking up a half inch of rain, quarter to half inch of rain. now that rain continues to move off to the east. so most of us will be on the dry side as we make our way through the rest of the night tonight. our current storm that could make its way in here is way out to the west back toward phoenix, arizona. that's the one that is going to make its way all the way across the country, pick up some gulf moisture, and then make its way off the coast if there is enough cold air and we get some of that moisture we have some snow. i'll talk about who has the greatest impact or who could see

the greatest impact from the storm coming up. >> bring it on. thanks, doug. d.c. delegate eleanor holmes norton stormed out of a congressional hearing on contraception today. it was after she says the committee refused her female guest. >> the gentle lady -- >> one thing mr. chairman we've been denied the right to have a witness. i want the right to make a parliamentary inquiry. >> today's hearing stemmed from the controversial move last week by the obama administration requiring health care providers including religious affiliated institutions to make birth control available to employees. the president modified that policy last friday so insurance companies would pay the birth control costs. delegate norton says she walked out because the first panel of the hearing did not include any women. she says it violated free speech rights. the second panel after norton had left did include two female guests.

>> the republican presidential race, a new poll shows rick santorum has a slight edge over mitt romney in the next major contest, which is michigan. >> joining us now is "meet the press" moderator david gregory. with all of romney's money, all of his organization, why can't he separate himself from the rest of the pack? >> that is the question they're asking within the romney campaign. it is a question the republicans are asking up and down this field. that's the problem. you know, why can't he put these other two guys away? well, the big answer, big reason why is he doesn't appear to be running a conservative primary campaign. and that's what rick santorum is doing. romney is not connecting with voters. he's not ewiuniting the republi party. that's why michigan has become so important. you know, south carolina, florida. now it's michigan. if he can't win michigan there is going to be some real question about what is going to happen in this nomination. >> wasn't his father the governor of michigan? >> sure. a native son there and he won it four years ago, launched his campaign there four years ago

but things have changed. the auto bailout thing doesn't play as well and he is having a hard time with conservatives. >> going back to what's her name, bachmann, cain, perry, gingrich, are we now making too much of this santorum thing? he has put the rest of them to rest. why not this guy? >> it is the right question. none of us have gotten this race right yet so we should approach it with the appropriate amount of humility but it is down to a few candidates if you separate ron paul who has a libertarian following but less likely to get the nomination. one republican said to me this week the last thing romney wanted was a true ideological fight against a guy who is a plausible commander in chief. rick santorum was 16 years in the congress, six years in the armed services committee. conservatives look at this guy and say he could do this job and he, you know, knows what he believes. he appears authentic. these are the struggles that i think romney is having. can he grind it out? yes. >> is he going to get the nomination after all of this is

done? >> i think he is still the odds on favorite to do it. i just think money and organization matter. i think he can grind it out. i think he has to make some changes along the way. i wouldn't put that as a case closed not only could santorum surprise a lot of people, we've been wrong about this before, but i think if romney were to lose michigan you'll have people like a mitch daniels say, now wait a minute. there will be a lot of pressure to say what are we going to do because there is still so much time left here to get the appropriate amount of delegates. and don't forget, you know, you had a different situation in '08 when you had obama and you had clinton. both of whom were basically acceptable within the party and then they had to grind it out for a while and ultimately obama did it on a delegate, you know, strategy. >> who do you have coming up on sunday? >> well, we'll be talking to a local congressman chris van hollen, paul ryan about the economy and the budget. we have a great round table talking about the race. we hope to have one of the presidential candidates as well to talk more about this fight for michigan. >> too soon to tell whom.

>> yes. exactly. we're still grinding it out. >> david, thank you. we appreciate it. coming up tonight, controversy over plans to have flags at half staff for whitney houston. >> a norovirus hitting students at a local college campus. what is being done to stop it from spreading? >> an ingredient found in baby formulas and energy bars may be toxic to your health. we're talking about mike griffin taking on the clippers are the wizards. maryland hopes to bounce back against boston college. hear what alex ovechkin has to say in his response to the criticism from former goalie

the man who tried to blow up an airplane over detroit on christmas two years ago is going to spend the rest of his life in prison. he was sentenced to life without parole today. he is 25 years old and a native of nigeria. he tried to set off a bomb in his underwear on a northwest flight over detroit back in 2009. the department of justice released this video of the damage the bomb would have done had it worked. he pleaded guilty last october even though the act didn't carry out and no one was injured, the

fact that he tried carries the sentence of life without parole. >> close to a dozen celebrities are expected to attend funeral services for whitney houston h this weekend at the new hope baptist church in newark. meanwhile the state governor had to defend his plan to honor houston. pw we go live to newark. >> reporter: good evening, wendy. it it's been a damp, dreary day in newark, new jersey but that has no pn not-discouraged fans from ga gathering outside the church she attended as a child. preparations are continuing and police have cordoned off the st streets in front of the church to most traffic as they prepare for saturday's funeral. the colorful array of balloons, flowers, signs continues to grow outside of newark's new hope baptist church. the makeshift memorial, a means for mourners to pay their respects to whitney houston in advance of her saturday funeral. >> i love her. >> reporter: but authorities are discouraging those same fans pf from trying to get close to the

church during the service. >> i would advise the public there is going to be nothing to see during the church. the best thing is to stay home and watch the service on television. >> police will cordon off a roughly two-block area around the church saturday. actor kevin kostner houston's costar in the 1993 film "the body guard" is said to be one celebrity invited to join houston's family for the service. her god mother aretha franklin will be among those performing as well as stevie wonder. >> we're going to celebrate her life to the standard she deserves and this is a church and we're going to have a celebration. > >> a full page tribute appeared in the los angeles times purchased by the michael jackson esta estate. new jersey's governor chris christie's call to fly flags at half staff has drawn criticism. >> she is a wonderful singer. this is a tragedy. she was not in public service. i don't think it is appropriate.

> >> houston's admitted drug use has prompted critical calls to christie's office but he defends the decision. >> >> her accomplishments were a source of great pride for many people in this state and for the state as a whole. on that basis i think she is entitled to have that recognition. >> pride that is in evidence here from houston's fans. also this evening the newark star ledger has quoted some star ledn%r has quoted some unknown city officials as saying jay-z, oprah, beyonce are among those expected to attend on saturday. there had been reports of bill cosby and elton john but just within the last hour publicists for those two gentlemen have indicated they will not be attending saturday. ba back to you. >> thanks so much. kind of nasty out there today. >> yeah. >> and could get even a little worse right? >> yeah. for some people better. for %ome people better. so many people are saying please bring the snow while others say on the opposite side of the

fence. e we don't want to see that snow. e keep it from us all winter long. that is the way mother nature h has kept it away from us but now i think we are going to see a storm during the dine sunday. will it be a big one? no. is it going to be a nor'easter? yes. wh what is a nor'easter? sell simply a coastal storm that brings us northeasterly winds so it won't be a huge storm, not going to ride up the coast but we are going to watch it very, very closely over the next couple days. i right now you can see a little bit in the way of fog out there but not too bad. we have storm 4 radar showing some of that rain down to the south and east where it's going to stay in through portions of southern maryland and will p continue to move to the south and east over the next hour or two. we we'll start to see things cl clearing out by tomorrow. right now down to the south we're seeing some rain and toward the eastern shore right along route 50 through easton, cambridge, out toward ocean city, maryland. right about now. wider shot showing you where the rain is going and just how much

we saw today. bo%saw today. about 0.1 to 0.25 inch of rain. not a huge total but enough to last throughout much of the afternoon and now continues to move on out. these showers you can see them o forming around the mountains. i don't expect them to make their way east of the mountains so most of us should stay on the r dry side tonight. high temperature today 47 degrees. ig right around the average high. about 0.1 inch of rain and snow on the way. yes, i think for most of us there was at least some snow on p the way. 45 degrees right now at those clouds, winds out of the south at 7 miles per hour. your temperatures around the region 45 at martinsburg right now. 7 47 in annapolis and along the eastern shore we're still seeing that rain. 46 in easton and cambridge. to the north is where the cold air has been locked. state college 34. wilkes barre, pennsylvania 37 degrees. it is going to stay locked up there until sunday and that's when we'll see the colder air move on down. we need that cold air if we're going to get any snow. we've got a big storm right now crossing the country from the south. pt this is going to pick up plenty of gulf moisture but will there

be enough cold air? i don't think there will be at the start. so this storm coming up on saturday or sunday afternoon, probably after the noon hour, will start as rain i think in most locations. most loch%ions. the snow will start off to the west talking about west virginia, portions of western ma maryland and maybe even no northwestern portions of virginia mostly snow here and then that's the area that could see all snow with this event as the storm moves off and it becomes stronger and is able to drag in some of that colder air and hence the northeast winds. with that, we'll see that ending as snow in most locations. the question is still how much. will the system ride a little farther to the north giving us more moisture but more warmth? or will it stay down to the south keeping that snow line farther down to the south and that bulls eye area? still waiting to see exactly where the storm is going to go. tomorrow we have a much better a handle on this but that is my first guess as to who is going to see the snow. the impacts on this i'll have at 6:40 this evening. a few lingering showers this evening, fog forming in parts of the area. temperatures dropping through temperat%res dropping through the 40s.

om tomorrow mostly clear, rather breezy. sunrise tomorrow. before 7:00. 35 to 39 degrees. so a little on the cool side. but then tomorrow afternoon sunny, breezy, gusts upwards of 25 miles an hour but those winds coming out of the northwest will help to warm us up. back into the low 50s tomorrow. so a pretty nice friday afternoon. we'll call it a fantastic friday, a super saturday with increasing clouds during the day. and then i don't know what you want to call sunday. a mixture of rain and snow with a high temperature of 38 degrees but we rebound very nicely next wednesday or next tuesday and wednesday we're back into the 50s and maybe near 60 by thursday. > >> oh, my. > >> we haven't seen much winter but if we're going to see it how about just one day? > >> we're getting tablespoons of winter. >% >> exactly right. p> >> perfect. >> thanks. >> a startling discovery for a local firefighter who responded local fio%fighter who responded to an emergency. >> and a new effort to curb i distracted driving could mean big changes to the fancy features in your car. >> no testimony today in the murder trial of a university of virginia la crosse play

a murder trial for a n university of virginia la crosse player did not continue today as planned. it was postponed until tomorrow pb because one of the defense lawyers is sick. when testimony does resume the defense will go back to work challenging the charges against ge george huguely. he is accused in the death of

his ex-girlfriend yardley love. julie carey in charlottesville, p virginia now with our report. defense attorney fran lawrence leaving court alone his cocounsel's illness forcing a day delay in testimony. huguely's attorney brought one of their most crucial expert witnesses to the stand late yesterday, chicago neuro pathologist dr. jan listma seen n%thologist dr. jan listma seen on the left who strongly disputes the conclusions of prosecution experts who say that yardley love died of blunt force in injury to her head, that a torque-like force left her with brain bruises and hemorrhages. listma testified the brain injuries weren't severe enough to kill the 22-year-old la crosse player but says an intoxicated love died instead from a type of asphyxia, smothering face down on her pillow. the pooled blood from her injuries made matters worse. the charlottesville attorney a%e charlottesville attorney david heilberg says the theory

may be hard for the jury to buy. >> it seems a college student with that level of intoxication occurs routinely and they don't die so that, clearly, what set her death in motion was what is now admitted to be an asult. >> that admission came in the form of huguely's videotaped statement to police shortly after her body was found. he tells police he broke down yardley's door, shook her, tossed her on the bed and left. huguely's attorneys insist he didn't set out to harm love. said fran lawrence she became aggressive and bad things happened but heilberg says putting blame on the victim can be risky. >> >> clearly she is not a bad person or drug dealer or p somebody who sometimes gets their character impuned. that could backfire. you have to be very careful with that. > >> reporter: attorneys on both sides put the down time to good use and began working on jury instructions now that the end of trial is in jewel. julie carey, news 4.

> a bowie volunteer firefighter arrived at the scene of of a crash to find one victim is his twin brother. the car veered off the road and hit a tree near stone haven lane in stony brook drive in buoy yesterday and two men were trapped inside. when firefighter travis murdoch arrived he tried to free them but realized quickly the driver was his twin brother, chris, p also a member of the buoy fire department. chris is now hospitalized in critical but stable condition. coming up tonight a debate on the house floor right now o could determine whether same sex marriages will be recognized in maryland. when you're avengeful and hateful like that, it hurts you too. you become a different person. >> her husband and three daughters were murdered. tonight in part two of my exclusive interview irma goff tells us why she did not want h the killer to be sentenced to death. > we'll tell you about the ef efforts to stop the spread of neuro virus on a local college campus. coming up in sports capitals p general manager george mcphee

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hello everybody. i'm meteorologist doug kammerer. right here in storm center 4 watching the storm we had today

make a quick exit across the area. our thursday not a very nice day out there. %ut there. a lot of rain across the area. pm most locations picking up 0.1 to 0.25 inch. you can see the rain continuing to make its way off toward the east. behind it some drier conditions although it is still going to feel very damp outside. a little bit of fog forming, too. here is how much rain we did see across the region. about a quarter inch back toward leesburg, 0.1 inch through washington, gaithersburg picking up 0.018 and in toward west virginia about 0.2 inch. down around fredericksburg and patuxent river not a lot of rain across the area today. for the weekend we have a couple of really nice days and then the chance for snow. i'll show you who i think has the best chance for significant impact from that snow coming up. >> thank you, doug. 17 years ago a mass murder in potomac, maryland stunned our area. a doctor and his three daughters murdered by a painter hired by their contractor. the contractor was killed as

well. irma irma goff and her son were the only survivors because they were at the beach at the time. 17 years later she is now talking about that journey of survival from that horrible day. and in part two of her story she talks about bruno alvarez the killer. >> >> vengeance? no. he's sick. >> reporter: on july 20th, 1995 bruno alvarez hired by contractor mark aldridge kills aldridge and murders irma goff's husband david and three daughters alyse, sherry, and andrea all in their potomac area home n the wake of this horror irma goff began a remarkable journey. >> i didn't have a choice. in my mind there was only one way and that was to put one foot in front of the other. >> >> part of her survival focused on the killer. when he came to trial goff did not want the death penalty.

>> i did not want to be responsible for another life. my in-laws were alive, my father, my son. i didn't want a three-ring circus and the other issue, it was right after o.j. and i saw that and i didn't want any part of that. >> he got six life sentences gu guaranteeing he'll die in prison. % >> he is 20 years old and will sp spend the rest of his life there. i'm living a life. y my son is living a life. what is a five-second lethal injection going to accomplish? >> >> reporter: goff says she didn't do this out of compassion or forgiveness but for self-preservation. vengeance would accomplish nothing. > >> if i could turn the clock back, change, but nothing would change. and when you're avengeful like that, when you're hateful, it hurts you, too.

you become a different person. i wanted to stay the way i was. % >> reporter: today irma goff will tell you who she is, a happy woman now remarried to a strong and thoughtful man. her only surviving child scott is married and expecting his first child this summer. % >> i can't wait to take her shopping or him. >> reporter: but her old life, that family, is far from lost. scott's wedding ring is a combination of the rings that irma and david wore and her daughter's things are always close by. you kept many of the girls' things. >> i compare it to putting something in a drawer. you put something away you close the drawer. then you go back and visit it and i did it. >> what is that like? >> it's almost a ritual. i go to the cemetery very often. i go on the anniversary of july

20th between roshashana and comekip ur and i always go mother's day because my mother l%ther's day because my mother always went. i talk to them. i tell them what's going on. and i always get them flowers. % >> it takes strength to go on in the face of adversity and l allowing yourself to be happy, o to feel lucky. that takes guts. >> i think people should focus on what they have in life not what they don't have. people make a battle out of everything. not everything needs to be a battle. life can be good. even under the most adverse situations. >> wow. so life can be good and may it continue to be good for irma and her growing family. >> what a journey. good for her. an aide to former maryland governor robert ehrlich has been sentenced for his involvement in a robo call scheme.

his name is paul sherric and he is going to serve 30 days on house arrest and then 500 hours of community service. he was convicted of conspiring to commit fraud last december. prosecutors say he tried to suppress the black vote with a robo call that went to hundreds of of voters in baltimore and p prince george's county back in 2008. that call said the democrat martin o'malley had already won before the polls had closed suggesting that those voters need not go out and cast their vote. % >> right now the maryland house of delegates is debating a bill to legalize same sex marriage. debate got under way within the last half hour and was set for this morning but was delayed because supporters were not sure if they had the 71 votes needed o to pass it. a similar bill was rejected last year due in part to opposition r from prince george's county religious leaders. the final house vote is expected tomorrow. norovirus on the george p washington university campus. two campuses are infected. dozens of students have already

been sick. now administrators are trying to keep that virus from spreading. derrick ward has our report. >> reporter: under you the microscope itmenacing. > >> nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, cramping. >> reporter: there have been at least 85 cases reported at george washington university, an outbreak though not a reason for panic. a college campus is as amenable to grow a virus as to grow a mind. th the administration has sent out n an e-mail to students and a faculty urging some extra steps to stem the spread of the micro organism. >> the biggest issue is because it is so easily spread, it just kind of ravages a community especially close communities that live in dorms or apartment buildings. >> people i've heard are not going to the library because they are worried people constantly are touching books. >> just wash my hands and take care of myself. do the laundry as frequently as

possible. pma make sure that everything is cleaned up. >> >> even metro officials mindful of the outbreak at gw have been pta taking steps at their foggy bottom station wiping down surfaces where there is a lot of contact. since there is no vaccine against the norovirus keeping yourself safe is pretty simple pan and low tech. it's about washing your hands. often with a good soapy mixture and if you get it, well, the best treatment, step two. stay hydrated. most students who require medical attention for the virus get it at the student health center though some have required brief hospitalization to treat more severe dehydration. the school has been proactive wiping down surfaces in dorms and dining rooms. >> the university is being good with hand sanitizers put up all around. r prevention is always the best thing. an ounce is worth a pound of cure. >> derrick ward, news 4. >> wow. scary. still ahead the government revs up its effort to stop distracted driving with new guidelines for auto makers.

a tv producer at cnn is making news of her own. tell you about the lucky break that mad

hey, doug. we want snow. those are the kids from fox elementary school today. i had a great time with them.

and yes they do want some snow but, kids, and teachers alike, even if we do get some snow, most of you have monday off anyway because it is presidents' day. you won't even get a sfloe day even if it does snow 7 feet. we all know that is not going to happen. v%ppen. overnight tonight down to 39 e degrees in washington. 32 in leesburg. 5 35 in gaithersburg. h then about 30 down toward culpepper. tomorrow looking very nice with p plenty of sunshine. a high temperature around 53 degrees in washington. some areas into the mid to upper 50s. not a bad friday. %ot a bad friday. more on the snow and who has the best potential for impact coming up. p>> >> thanks, doug. >> boy, talk about luck. cnn producer down in atlanta won the lottery down there twice. her name is jennifer howser. she is 29 years old. she claimed a $1 million prize this week. it is her second big prize in three months. back in november she won a hundred grand in a lottery. she says she was a little numb when she discovered a recent

win. paid off her bills with that one, bought a new car with her winnings in november. this time she says her mom might be the one that gets a fancy new ride. >> >> well i should think so. > >> if i were her i'd be nervous. you win the lottery twice -- >> twice. >> something is up. >> yeah. p>> >> what's up? >> after i read that story this mo morning i actually checked a couple old lottery tickets. i won $2. >> you know what though? hollywood henderson picked a lottery huge twice for millions and millions of dollars. >> you're right. nothing happened to him so i guess it's okay. >> we need that to happen too. coming up in sports the wizards get clipped in l.a. plus jeremy lin has a career night of another sort in madison square a garden. e news 4 at 6:00 continues.

boston college. the terps. action again. you know, i feel sorry for this he head coach because it's one thing after another that keeps happening to this team. >> what? he kind of knew that coming in, right? that this was not going to be a cake walk? >% >> i don't think he knew the ex extent of the issues he was pg going to face when he was here. a lot of it was out of his control. e new maryland head coach mark turgeon has done one of the best jobs in the country this year. he started the season with seven scholarship players but somehow managed to -- now they've lost

for the second time this year and his best player is dropping twitter bombs. stogeland leads the acc in scoring at more than 21 points per game and is by far the e terps' mvp. but he was benched for the final four minutes of the duke game after scoring one of his season low games, 13 points. after the game stogeland took to twitter and said, love sitting on the bench today. smh. that's shaking my head. wow. h the tweet was deleted within an hour and stogeland apologized via twitter. o coach turgeon was asked what he thought about his best player and twittered him recently. >% >> i won't take that away from him. h he is a guy who needs to grow up and learn to use that tool. i said it hurts you a lot more than anybody else and a lot of people are following you on that and you hurt yourself today. >> as a team effort, we know that terrell, you know, is a leading scorer on the team. he is going to do any and everything to win. we just got to keep him under

control. control.% throughout the rest of the season. you know, he's my teammate, you know, sometimes things don't go his his way, things don't go my way or a lot of people's way but just try to stay focused and not worry about, you know, what others say. >> here's the thing. i don't know why coaches mess r%don't know why coaches mess around with him anymore. i would say as long as you're playing for me, no twitter. it's just a distraction. >> the old man? >> big john? >> yeah. >> had twitter been around none of those guys would have had a w twitter account. i think they'd be better off. % >> i don't think any would have questioned it either. i like twitter as much as the be best guy but if i'm a coach i don't want anybody on it because it is a major distraction. mike green close to playing in a game. the capitals all star defenseman ha has taken part in four full practices and will make the trip with the team to florida. green has been out since january 7th. so green is going to be back on the ice and so will mike knuble.

general manager george mcphee said despite the fact that knuble has been a healthy cr scratch for the last few games e%ratch for the last few games he will not be traded. mcphee also weighed in on the recent criticism of star ail ex-ovechkin. yesterday capitals associate goalie coach and former face of the franchise ollie kolzig was asked about ovechkin and he didn't sugar coat anything saying basically that ovechkin needs to work harder and his rock star status might be going to his head. today ovy and the general manager responded. >> i don't disagree with anything that ollie said and what we have to understand is that ollie has one of the -- had one of the highest work ethics of any player we've ever seen and it is hard for anybody to match his level and he holds everybody to that standard. but you look at a player like ovechkin and he wouldn't be who he is if he didn't work hard. >> i just want to look like him. you know, he's a rock star, so

actually he was a rock star. and right now he's in retirement. so so, you know, it's -- i don't think the guys give a lot of attention to what he said. it is what it is. >> i think he handled it okay. >> >> i think so too. like you guys were about it. it isn't bothering me. that's what i heard him say. >> yeah. % yeah. i heard him say it too. i'd like him to take a little to heart but that is all you can do with that. let it roll off the back and try to play better. he said he likes the intensity. th the caps need to ratchet it up to get back into that playoff picture very, very soon. the playoff picture is so far away for the wizards they need a telescope to see it. but they are still playing basketball games. wizards trying to extend their two-game winning streak against the clippers out on the west coast last night. second quarter wizards down by two. o john walden, jordan crawford for

the dunk. that ties the game up at 12 assists. n another good game for him. th third quarter tied at 60. nick young with the ball but in trouble. down low. that gives the wizards a two-point lead. a couple plays later wizards up by one. and they swing around to butler do the clippers. the former wizard sinks the three. he % he had 21 and then the clippers start to pull away. another former wizard taking a three. no good. but hits griffin, the man child to get the rebound and the flush. very next play, john wahl's pass is broken up. chris paul, the alley-oop to blake griffin. how many times have we seen that before? he is a man. 23 points. 15 boards. clippers run away with it. 102-84 is the final. meanwhile in new york the lin-sanity continues and the winning does as well for the new york knicks. first quarter jeremy lin to stoudemire for the dunk with 11 points. i final seconds of the second

%inal seconds of the second quarter. in lin drawing a crowd. how about this dish? wraps around the defender. %raps around the defender. gives it to tyson chandler. in the third knicks with a 21-point lead and lin dishing again. had a career high 13 assists. takes the seat next to carmelo. the knicks win their seventh p straight and beat the kings 100-85. no now a perfect 7-0 with jeremy %ow a perfect 7-0 with jeremy lin and we do have to end on a sad note. gary carter the all star catcher for the new york mets dies toda at at 357 years old. he was diagnosed four years ago with a brain tumor and i got to tell you first-hand experience wi with gary carter an unbelievable human being. human being.h% when i was a young reporter in west palm beach i would call him at least once a month for help with a story. we'd go over there, chat, hang out. good man. great player. >> thanks. >> you're welcome. coming up next, an ingredient found in some baby

p formula and energy bars could be toxic. >% >> no relief apparently from soaring gas prices. we'll hear from an analyst who

baby formula, energy bars, cereal bars? all products containing a sweetener that contains arsenic. researchers at dartmouth say organic brown syrup contains

high levels of arsenic when compared to products without that syrup. the ingredient is commonly used as a healthy alternative to high fructose corn syrup. %ructose corn syrup. one baby formula tested had an r arsenic concentration six times higher than the epa considers safe. the chronic exposure to arsenic has been linked to increased risk for lung and skin cancer. type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. the federal government has proposed new guidelines in an effort to prevent distracted r driving but the rules aren't just for drivers. officials are putting pressure on auto makers as well. that could mean some big chan s changes. >> reporter: you change the station on the radio. you enter a new route on your gps. gps. o% you call a friend to tell them you're on your way. o you do it all while driving. so do you drive while distracted? >> i try not to. >> reporter: the national highway traffic safety

administration or nhtsa says distracted driving is a dangerous and deadly habit on america's roadways. it's going after auto makers with new proposed guidelines. h%th new proposed guidelines. nhtsa says vehicles should be equipped with items that meet consumer desires without sacrificing safety. >> i think as most things become voice activated it makes it a lot easier. >> 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. > % >> reporter: the guidelines seek to minimize the complexity of the device making it easier for drivers to use them and to stay focused on the road. this particular vehicle you actually have to pull over. actuallyh%ave to pull over. the car has to be in park in order for you to enter an address in the gps. they want to make it as easy for you to use these devices and also limiting the amount of manual touches or taps it takes pt to put in a location or use the

radio. h they also want to limit the amount of unnecessary information on the screens so you stay focused on the road and you and other people stay safe. the guidelines will 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. phone di%ling. the public now has 60 days to voice their opinion on the guidelines before the department f%idelines before the department of transportation makes a decision. in fairfax county, erika gonzalez, news 4. gasoline prices have been on the rise since the start of the year and analysts say we just i might be headed into record territory this summer. they say a combination of increased tensions in the middle east, refineries in the eastern part of the country shutting down, and the increased demand for gasoline in china and india

have sent the prices soaring. the website cast buddy.com predicts the national average will hit $3.95 by memorial day and they'll go even higher in big cities. that site says drivers in chicago could be hit the hardest. th they could be paying $4.95 for a gallon of gas by memorial day. we're talking about unleaded regular, folks. >> >> yikes. p> >> right now prices are 35 cents higher than they were this time la last year. > coming up tonight at 11:00 a blockbuster proposal to build a $1 billion casino at the national harbor. reaction is coming in quickly. also how a passing mention in court could mean the end of a 12-year-old cold case into the disappearance of a washington post employee. as whitney houston's funeral is finalized in new jersey, bobby brown prepares to take the stage in our area. that's at 11. the rain is moving out and everybody is talking about the potential for some snow and the reason is simply because we

haven't seen much at all this winter. out there right now you can see the rain continuing to make its a way away from the region. it will continue to do so. we'll stay dry tonight. the sunday nor'easter right now is around phoenix, arizona. it'll make its way across texas down across the gulf, pick up a lot of moisture but just how far north that moisture will get and u just how far south the cold air will get will determine what we get in our area. starting as rain though in most areas i think the snow will start off well to the west. we're talking about after around noon during the afternoon on sunday. that's when most everybody h should start to see the precipitation. i do think the storm will get strong enough and bring in enough cold air that most of us will see this ending as snow in parts of the area. how much? we'r we're still working on that and we'll have the latest at 11:00 tonight. %onight. here is who i think has the best potential for some accumulation. the low impact around i-95 and a moderate impact back toward i-81. that is an area that could see some pretty good accumulations. th there is the next four days for you showing a high of only 38 on su b