code name, the code name he chose, the moroccan. he was brought in here, we have video of just before 5:00 this afternoon. 29-year-old amine el khalifi, an imgrant who was illegally present in the united states, was charged with attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction against property owned by the united states. he wanted to blow up the capitol. he thought the people he was working with were al qaeda. they were actually undercover law enforcement officers. the chilling part occurred in west virginia january 15. they went do a quarry there, exploded some explosives and amine el khalifi dialled a cell phone number he believed would detonate a bomb to see what the explosion would look like to a device similar to that. the court documents say the test bomb detonated and amine el

khalifi expressed a desire for a larger explosion in his attack. as we know, he was not armed with explosives in that vest. they were inert. it was all handled by the law enforcement agents and the fbi when he approached the u.s. capitol today. there he was arrested by fbi agents. of course, brought here to alexandria, where he was charged with attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction against the property of the united states. reporting live in alexandria, jackie bensen, news4. >> thank you, jackie. undercover agents have been watching amine el khalifi for months now. right now agents are collecting evidence at the apartment where he lived on windham circle in alexandria. jane watrel is the only reporter to get access to that complex and joins us now. >> reporter: people who live in the same apartment complex have been arriving here all night, coming back from work. they've been seeing all the media here and the news that

they have been living near an alleged terror suspect. those who live near amine el khalifi tell me he had very little interaction with others. >> it's quite scary actually. >> reporter: neighbors of accused terrorist amine el khalifi react to the moroccan man's arrest. agents spent the afternoon searching his alexandria condominium. neighbors say the 29-year-old had little reaction with him, but others reacted to the news of the foiled terror plot. >> it's the world we live in, especially post 9/11. you have to be very alert and just thankful to god that no one was hurt. >> reporter: the pointe condominium complex is gated, perhaps giving some who live here a false sense of security, says one long time resident. >> i've lived here 12 years and i've never seen or heard of anything like this. >> just the idea that one of the people that lives around here would be involved in something like that is really spooky.

>> reporter: government officials believe amine el khalifi was a lone wolf and not a member of al qaeda. he had been monitored for several months while he expressed the desire to bomb a military base or synagogue. he later settled for the u.s. capitol visitor's center. it was undercover agents who gained his trust and broke up the plot. >> it's a brand new day here in america post 9/11. it's unfortunate this is what we have to deal with, but this is how many countries live and it's how it is. >> reporter: according to counterterrorism officials, amine el khalifi had been under surveillance for 24 hours in the several weeks leading up to today's arrest. reporting live in alexandria, jane watrel, news4. people we talked to today around capitol hill were disturbed, as you might expect, to hear about the arrest. but they were glad that the fbi acted before anyone was hurt. tom sherwood has more.

>> reporter: we're just a few steps from the capitol building itself and we're here now at the alley right where the fbi took the terror suspect into custody. a beautiful friday afternoon on capitol hill. but it was shaken by news of the fbi arrest in the alleged terror plot. tourists at first were concerned and then relieved. >> it's pretty intense with what's going on in this country, a lot of security, a lot of people are nervous. it's okay. >> reporter: and congrats maybe to the fbi they got him? >> definitely. they're doing their job. >> reporter: what about that, the fbi apparently tracked this guy for a while. he thought he was going to have a body full of bombs. >> amazing that he was so naive to think he was going to strap himself to bombs and go undefected. but it's great they were following him for so long. >> reporter: officials say the 29-year-old suspect was taken into custody in this garage,

where the attendant was stunned by the swarm of fbi agents. where were they? >> inside and outside. >> reporter: were they down there on this floor? >> i don't know. >> reporter: where did you see them? >> here and there. >> reporter: employees at the charlie palmer's restaurant said no one entered the upscale establishment. fbi agents declined to explain what was happening in the alley. but the busy tourist area was abuzz with news that the fbi foiled a suicide bomber right here. ellenor holmes norton praised the fbi action. >> everybody ought to feel more comfortable after seeing the extraordinarily expert job that the security forces, the fbi, the capitol police and there must be many others, have done to lure this man, string him along, infiltrate him and take him down and show that they are first class with intelligence the way we always wanted.

>> reporter: and things are back to normal here pretty much. people are showing up for dinner across the street at charlie palmer's. i'm tom sherwood, news4. >> we invite you to stay with news4 for updates and we'll have breaking developments available on our website at nbcwashington.com. now what to make of our weather. what to make of it. it's like spring, then snow. doug, where are we going? >> i think mother nature is concerned. the winter storm watch is for southern portions of virginia and portions of west virginia, including the shenandoah valley. yeah, where are we going? right now it's 50. we're forecasting 58 for tomorrow. saturday, beautiful. and maybe some snow on sunday. so yeah, mother nature all turned around here. winds out of the north-northwest at 9 miles per hour. what are we seeing temperature wise? it's a nice, mild area, 53 in

fredericksburg and 49 near pax river. we are watching a storm system and it's down to the south. there's two storms trying to come together and it's how they're going to come together that's really going to allow us to see some snow or allow most of the snow to stay to our south and i think that's what the scenario is going to be. we have a live chat going on between 5:00 and 6:00. we're talking about going through 7:00 tonight about sunday's snow and we're trying to get to all of those questions. my forecast is coming up in a minute. >> thanks, doug. bless her heart, a little 2-year-old girl is fighting for her life after a fire ripped through her home in maryland. it was 2:00 this morning inside a townhouse along high mar drive in district heights. there was three adults and a 9-year-old boy also in the house. they were able to get out. a smoke alarm did go off, but the little girl was trapped in an upstairs bedroom.

firefighters got in and rescued her, but when they found her she was not breathing. they did revive her and got her to the hospital. the neighbor says the fire just lit up the sky. >> you could see the blaze, and i was sitting in my neighbor's house across the street and i looked out the window and you could see the flames shooting out of the second floor. >> the 2-year-old girl is in critical condition. the 9-year-old boy is expected to be okay. the fire started in the kitchen but they don't know how or why it did. the payroll tax cut extension is now on its way to president obama's desk. well ahead of the march 1 deadline for the current cuts to expire. it's a bipartisan agreement that was reached with less drama than we've seen from a bitterly divided congress in the past

year. some analysts are warning, though. >> reporter: the tax cut extension passed the senate and house. republican leaders praising the process. >> this agreement shows the american people that congress can govern and washington can work. >> reporter: but republicans reluctantly went along, fearing voters would blame them if taxes went back up. president obama had campaigned for the extension, worth $40 a week to most workers, as part of his re-election effort. he celebrated at boeing near seattle. >> it got done. this is a big deal and i want to thank members of congress for listening to the voices of the american people. it is amazing what happens when congress focuses on doing the right thing instetd of just playing politics. >> reporter: the bill keeps rates at 4.2% for all of 2012 and extends unemployment benefits, with no spending cuts or tax hikes on the rich, and it adds $100 billion to the

deficit. a move republicans vowed they would never make. >> i don't think it's good we crank up withholding right now in the middle of this economy. but i don't want to pretend this will create jobs and economic growth. >> reporter: part of the cost also be made up for charging employees more for pensions. >> not a millionaire, not a billionaire, nobody in this bill other than federal employees is asked to pay. >> reporter: part will come to selling more public airwaves to wireless companies. but congress now seems gridlocked. i'm steve handelsman, news4, capitol hill. >> the president is expected to return to the white house sometime late tonight. still ahead on news4 at 6:00, tied up, robbed at gun point. there is video from inside this local check cashing store and the police are hoping that when

you see this, it will lead to an arrest. final preparations under way for whitney houston's funeral. star-studded funeral. >> and more fallout following the birth control coverage. the hokies flop in florida and speaking of the sunshine state, the caps look to do something against the panthers. [ female announcer ] more people are using wireless devices in more ways than ever. and our networks are getting crowded. but if congress frees up more wireless spectrum, we can empower more people to innovate,

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family and friends attended a wake today to mourn whitney houston. this tribute comes ahead of tomorrow's private funeral at the church where she sang has a child. mark barger has the developments. >> reporter: mourners continued paying respects to whitney houston this afternoon at this makeshift memorial. >> it's amazing. i've never seen anything like this before. unbelieve an. >> reporter: the gathering, a prelude to what the houston family is terming a home going service. aretha franklin, the woman whitney houston called aunt rhee, will sing at the service. >> it's not going to be easy. but cissy asked me to and i'm going to try to do my best. >> reporter: stevie wonder is part of the program, as well as

alicia keys and dionne warwick. clive davis will speak, and so will kevin costner. the eulogy will be delivered by pastor marvin winans. >> she wore her fame, and she was wonderful in it. but she was always that little girl from new jersey. >> reporter: the family confirms an invitation has been extended to houston's ex-husband, bobby brown. he paid tribute to houston last night in maryland. >> this is for whitney. >> reporter: tomorrow, lit be a final farewell. >> it's about whitney and we want to stay focused on that. >> reporter: to the woman with the golden voice. whitney houston will be buried about 13 miles from here at fair view cemetery, laid to rest next to her father, john russell houston, jr., who passed away in 2003.

in newark, new jersey, mark barger, nbc news. >> and you can watch whitney houston's funeral on nbcwashington nonstop and streaming it online at nbcwashington.com. the maryland state senate voted to censure senator curry. he's a democrat from prince george's county. he failed to disclose earnings while he was voting on legislation that affected that grocery store chain. he was arrested in 2010 on corruption charges but acquitted last year. a jury found his actions represented a conflict of interest but did not rise to criminality. he will remain on the senate's budget committee, but will not regain the chairmanship that he lost after he was indicted. that contraception controversy escalated even more today on capitol hill. senate democrats blasted house

republicans for yesterday's hearing on contraception, religion and health insurance. of the ten witnesses who were scheduled to testify, not one was a woman. >> a republican house of representatives that is so hostile to women's health that they didn't even think about having a person on there who was a female. >> the core of this issue is the decision to force employers affiliated with religious groups to provide health coverage that includes covering contraception. i had a feeling that we were going to be disappointed. i really did. >> yeah, it's such a tough forecast. this storm takes the track further to the north. everybody sees snow. further to the south, some areas see no snow. the forecast will change. we're talking about our first call for snowfall totals, that's

exactly what it is, a first call. tomorrow afternoon, chuck bell will be in and we'll see numbers that are slightly different. but yes, can i tell you, i was disappointed looking at the models today. i had gotten out the sled for my kids and i'm hoping i can still use it. 54 the high today. it was a beautiful day outside. just another spectacular afternoon all across the area. we saw plenty of sunshine, the winds a little breezy from time to time but that did not hurt any of the temperatures as we did climb to that 54 degree mark. that winter roller coaster, it continues across our region. we're going to go way up tomorrow and then on sunday, right back down into winter. so norm will feel a lot more like spring. 50 the current temperature right now. winds out of the north-northwest at 9 miles per hour. a dew point of 24. 45 degrees right now in gaithersburg. 43 in frederick. 54 in fredericksburg. as you're getting ready to go

out to dinner tonight, it's going to be a very nice evening. you may need the jacket but not the heavy coat. nothing to show you in our area right now. you have to go way down to the south and west to pick up the storm. here it is bringing a line of rain through portions of texas. much needed rain. you can see some bigger storms around houston. watch this area right in here. see a little bit of snow coming through wyoming? that is a very little storm, but it has -- or a very small storm but it has a lot of implications on what this storm is going to do. the two of these have to come together at the right time to help bring this moisture up into the washington, d.c. area, and right now i don't think that's going to happen. we have mild weather in store for tomorrow. a beautiful afternoon with temperatures into the 50s. these two areas of low pressure finally get together but i think this area of low pressure will be further to the south. and look at this, washington, yes, i think we'll see snow, but look at frederick, maryland, right here, nothing. that's what this computer model says.

baltimore, the same deal. this moisture moves out by early monday morning. by monday afternoon, plenty of sunshine. this is also a fast duration event. so don't expect it to last a long time, although it will last most of the day on friday. once again, the first call, a few makes from washington, frederick. maybe a coating in this area. we could see some accumulation. but i do think down to the south, a much better of coating to maybe two inches, maybe more. front royal, manassas, southern maryland, the big deal here is going to be the warm temperatures. we're going to be near 60 tomorrow. so if anything does fall, it will just melt. i think the warm temperatures will bring down the snow totals. the bull's-eye area right now, two to four inches, maybe as much as six towards culpeper. a potential of at least five inches, maybe more, in those

areas. still, this is the area with the most potential to see big-time problems out there on the roadways. we're still holding our live web chat about the storm on sunday. veronica and i trying to keep up with the questions and we'll try to get to them as we move on. mostly clear, a nice evening, jacket weather out there. 46 to 50. tomorrow morning, a nice morning, cool to start. 27 in the coldest suburbs to about 34 in the city. sunshine early, nice and warm, 54 to 59 degrees. saturday is looking very good. and here we go with our 80% chance of snow on sunday. again, it whether be mostly snow. and then we get right back into the 50s and even near 60 by the middle of the week and we're talking about a couple of rain chances. this is going to thing over the next 48 hours. we're still two days away. more at 11:00.

>> i'm hearing disclaimers over here. all right. still ahead, a crucial step in the fight over same-sex marriage in maryland. >> and we'll tell you about a flower delivery service that's

the search is on for two gunmen who robbed the all-pro check cashing store in fredericksburg, virginia. it happened yesterday morning at about 9:00. the store employee told policeman he unlocked the door and a guy grabbed him. he was then forced to open the safe and cash drawers. before leaving, they tied up his hands and feet. police are asking anyone with any information to call crime solvers. a d.c. man has been locked up in fairfax county, accused of using a stolen credit card to pay for his girlfriend's plastic surgery. the man's name is kevin washington, 46 years old. they arrested him on valentine's day in slvienna. investigators say he went there to pay for cosmetic

enhancements. the car was reported stolen. police say he was already on probation for an unrelated case. i got to think about that one for a while. drivers might not agree, but it has been a banner year for maryland's work zone speed cameras. nearly 500,000 citations have been handed out. that put $19 million in the maryland state treasury. there is some controversy surrounding these cameras. aaa says drivers don't like it, because questioning whether the tickets should be issued when construction workers are not on site, because this is a work zone speed camera. more than half of those citations came during non-working hours. >> i have a couple of them. still to come, we're staying on top of the breaking news. a man arrested, accused of plotting to blow up the visitor's center at the capitol building. and students scramble to safety after a fire broke out inside a local high school.

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hill. >> news4 i-team has been digging through the court records. tisha? >> reporter: jim, we have the charging documents released late today about the 29-year-old moroccan man arrested near the u.s. capitol as he was trying to detonate what he thought was a suicide vest. amine el khalifi appeared in a virginia courtroom today, charged by a criminal complaint be attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction against property owned by the united states. he faces life in prison if convicted. here's what we know about him. after the arrest went down, the fbi raided his alexandria apartment on windham circle. he's in the u.s. illegally because his visa has expired. the documents say amine el khalifi thought he was working with al qaeda and that his proposed targets included a building that contained u.s. military offices, as well as a

synagogue, u.s. army generals, and a restaurant frequented by military officials. but in january, he decided rather than conduct an attack on a restaurant, he wanted to conduct a suicide attack on the u.s. capitol building. he each traveled to a west virginia quarry to practise where he detonated a bomb and expressed a desire for a larger explosion in his attack. now, the documents show he traveled to the u.s. capitol building on multiple occasions to conduct surveillance, choosing the spot where he would be dropped off to enter the building for what he called his martyrdom operation. the specific time for the attack, and the method he would use to avoid attracting the attention of law enforcement. of course, that did not happen. this is the area where agents arrested him today. an undercover agent gave him an inoperable mack 10 automatic

weapon and inert explosives. after he took possession, agents arrested him just blocks from the capitol. we want to give you some perspective. right up here, louisiana avenue, constitution avenue, that's the alley right there. what he could have done is walked up the hillside of the capitol building. here's the visitor's center. this was his intended target. of course, this was a suicide bombing attempt. that's what he wanted, and that ratchets up the kind of attack that folks are planning. jim, wendy? >> thank you, tisha thompson, appreciate it. a man has been convicted in the state trooper. that shooting happened in maryland back in 2010. derek ward now with more on the guilty investigate today. >> reporter: outside the courthouse, members of trooper brown's family gathered with his colleagues in uniform, all pleased with the outcome of the

trial. >> this afternoon we're pleased to announce that a jury of prince george's county citizens has brought a vicious kill tore justice. >> reporter: the prosecution's close was virtually no holds barred from the beginning, with a profanity laced string of quotes allegedly made by the defendant to and about trooper wesley brown. brown was gunned down on june 10 of 2010. he had been moonlighting as security for the restaurant when he escorted the defendant out of the establishment. the state maintains that williams exacted revenge for the afront to what the prosecution called williams' fragile ego. she says williams called a friend, got his gun and came back to the scene to lay in wait for trooper brown before shooting him as brown stepped outside to use a cell phone. >> wesley will not be with us. the communality will miss him and our lives will be forever changed because he's not here. >> reporter: williams' attorney

maintains that no witness offered testimony about seeing him at the restaurant. he also cited the absence of dna or fingerprint evidence. even surveillance video evidence was called into question because of inaccurate time and date stamps on the video. the defense requested that the judge rule on a weapons crime without the jury present. the judge found him guilty and when the jury did return, they found him guilty of first degree murder and additional offenses. >> they just put the best effort and hard work and diligence that they had in bringing justice. >> reporter: williams is due to be sentenced may 10. and the prosecutor intends to ask for life without the possibility of parole. derek ward, news4. there was a fire in a high school in southeast today,

causing expensive damage. it was anacostia senior high school. all after-school activities have been canceled. but this was not an easy blaze to put out and two firefighters were hurt after falling through the roof of the school. they are expected to be okay. more delays in the george huguely murder trial in charlottesville, virginia. he's the former lacrosse player accused of killing his ex-girlfriend, yardley love. today's session ended early because a member of the defense team is still sick. but it didn't end before three witnesses took the stand, including his godmother. julie carey reports. >> reporter: she affectionally calls him georgy. she provided important testimony in his defense today.

she narrated a surveillance video that took place at a restaurant that showed cordial activity before her death. the videotape scene recorded a day before yardley love was found dead shows them holding hands. she says love approached her and warmly hugged her daughters. prior testimony revealed just days before that event, george huguely sent love an e-mail reading, i should have killed you, after he learned of a romantic rival. the video seems to undercut part of the pollution's case. >> the commonwealth would paint the picture of a jealous, angry, vengeful defendant whose anger grew as the week went on. but the defense showed the video which showed 24 hours prior to the alleged killing, there was good interaction between the two.

>> reporter: two people testified that during a visit, they witnessed an angry yardley love come into george huguely's apartment, yell at him and hit him with her purse. for a second day one of the defense attorneys was too il to come to court. george huguely said he didn't feel comfortable proceeding, but the judge told francis lawrence to move ahead. the judge has told the defense to be ready to go tomorrow morning. they have two key medical experts to call. julie carey, news4, charlottesville. >> both george huguely and love lived in maryland. we're told that case could go to the jury as early as tomorrow. in annapolis, maryland delegates are back in session, scheduled to take a vote on legalizing gay marriage. lawmakers think they have enough

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welcome back, everybody. we're right here in storm cente center4. come sunday, right now a winter storm watch has been posted, including areas down to the south and west. talking about culpeper county, stanton and charlottesville, shannonville county, which could see the criteria for a winter storm watch is five inches or more. so you could see about five inches down there. right now we're going with about two to four, but i would not be surprised to see some areas in that region see a little more. i'll have latest coming up. >> all righty. if you think our city is filled with attractive, successful single women, you are

correct. this year "men's health" magazine put d.c. at the top of the list, fellas. this city has the highest number of eligible bachelorettes. portland, maine comes in second. portland, maine? boston, seattle and new york are rounding out the top five. the rankings are based on the ratio of single women to single men. this is where we start weeping. the number of college educated women, women with jobs and women who work out. so there you go. but those aren't women dating, though. we're not tops in that. >> wendy's story about wendy. >> hand me a tissue. >> let's get back to business. >> coming up in sports, the terps get a burst from their super sophomore. and free throws costing virginia tech big time. and the capitals hoping to save their season in florida.

gay marriage has been approved in the state of maryland. they just took a vote. it has passed. gay marriage is now legal in maryland. >> all right. turning to sports now, and the caps have an important game tonight, but these guys are tough on the caps. >> panthers and capitals, this is a huge game for both teams. specifically for the capitals, this is one of those games you've got to win. they've lost three in a row, so

they have to get back on track. it's crunchtime for the capitals. right now the caps trail the panthers by four points in the standings. and playing in sun rise, florida has been anything but pleasant for the ps. they haven't won there in almost a year. they enter tonight's game on a three-game losing streak. the last victory was against the panthers ten days ago at home. vokoun made 42 saves. tonight, he will be back in net for the caps. the players are calling it the most important road trip of the season. >> as big as they get, next to a playoff game. so we know where we are. we know we've got to get back up and so it's just a good opportunity for us to go in there and steal two points and get on a roll. if you win that game, you're two points behind, you win the next game and you're right back up

so. we have to be ready for it. >> i think we've got the same games play and you're a few backs from florida. so this first game is extremely important. the whole road trip is. things are starting to tighten up and we got to have an exceptional road trip here. >> see tonight's capitals-panthers game on comcast sports net at 7:30. in case you missed last night's maryland game, it was awesome. terps nation in full effect at comcast center in college park. first half, maryland down 10-4. when terrell catches fire. he's the acc's leading scorer, leads maryland on a 14-0 run. he finishes with a game high 24 points. terps up 41-27 at the break. wow! second half, more maryland. james padgett inside, and one. he scored all 15 of his points

in the second half. terps up 14 after the free throw. under two minutes to go. terps in control, nick foust down the lane. oh, my. monster dunk by the freshman. 14 points, 6 assists and 5 steals. the terps improve to 5-6 in the conference and a big bounce back for the terps after losing to duke last saturday. >> this game had me worried all day. i can't be more pleased with the guys and they effort. we talked about discipline on defense and talked about being together. i don't like the way we acted at duke and how we acted after duke. we just talked about being a team and being together and doing it for your teammates. we shared the ball better than we did all year. i'm really happy and pleased with the guys. >> maryland plays at number 22 virginia tomorrow. last night, coach seth greenberg and the hokies on the road at florida state.

hokies up two, and eddie grabs the offensive rebound and gets fouled. but he begins to cramp up, so he had to leave the game. but someone has to shoot those free throws. so he selects the worst free throw shooter on the floor, robert brown, this is sim. check out his eyes, looking scared. he's a 64% shooter from 2 line. guess what? he misses them both. florida state with a chance to take the lead. hokies, why respect you playing defense? knocks down the three. he did that last time against duke. seminoles up one. last chance for the hokies. green tloes it up. no good. florida state rallies to win 48-47. the hokies missed five of six free throw attempts in the final 70 seconds. virginia tech's record drops to 14-12 overall and 3-8 in the acc. the hokies have their work cut out as they try to make the ncaa

tournament. no such problems for georgetown. tomorrow night, they play on the road against providence. and even though the hoyas are sitting pretty with five games left in the regular season, it's go time. >> we have to stay focused and be on top of everything. this is the time of season where you can't make excuses for anything. you have to bring your a-game every night. teams want to make the tournament, they want to get the byes in the big east tournament. so everybody is hungry and you can't have any slipups at this time in the season. >> the message is the same as it's been all year, let's just focus on the next game. i think you get in trouble when you start looking at there are x games left, we play this person next, that person two games from now. what's important is putting all of our energy in providence.

>> the hoyas scheduled to tip off tomorrow night at 7:00. the wizards and utah. that game can be seen at 9:00 on comcast sports net. and linsanity continues. jeremy lin and the knicks tonight against the hornets. >> do you think there will be an empty seat in the house? >> no, and it is michael jordan's 49th birthday today. his bobcats are 3-26 now. but happy birthday, m.j. the maryland house of delegates has passed the gay marriage bill, not the full legislature. it now heads to the senate for a vote. the house of delegates in maryla

hundreds of consumers are angry because the flowers they paid for never got to their valentine on time. >> i feel like i disappointed her and it's unfortunate. >> reporter: scott says he ordered flowers from teleflora more than two weeks before valentine's day. and when the day came -- >> i knew she was going to be

home and i was awaiting her e-mail or text thanking me but that never happened. >> we exchanged gifts a few days prior to valentine's day. so i didn't think that he was going to be getting me anything. >> reporter: he says he spent about $75 on an assorted bouquet that never showed up. >> i gave them a ring and i could not get through. >> reporter: he's not alone. this is teleflora's facebook page. hundreds of complaints about delayed orders. after the super bowl, their ordered spiked more than 80%. this florist in fairfax, virginia accepts teleflora orders. the owner says she received nearly 60 orders from the flower service and each one was delivered. >> the reason being, they were early orders, so we took those

orders and filled them. >> reporter: teleforea apologizes to customers let down, saying any customer who was not completely satisfied with their valentine's day order was issued a full refund. as for siegel, he hasn't heard from teleflora. >> i haven't received an e-mail and they never delivered the flowers. i told my wife how much i loved her and told her i would try to order her flowers. >> reporter: liz crenshaw, news4. >> the customers who had problems with delivery on valentine's day and have not heard from the teleflora should contact the company for a refund. coming up at 11:00, a warning about a common medication that would be in your medicine cabinet, xanax. it's one of the most prescribed drugs in the u.s. doctors say it's being abused and sit addictive. in fact, it's one of the most

abused sedatives among people over the age of 12. we have a report on why xanax is so hard to kick. that's coming up tonight on news4 at 11:00. >> final check, doug. >> right now, looking at the next couple of days, tonight, beautiful. tomorrow gorgeous. and still watching sunday. there's the storm right there in towards texas. but there it goes. going to make its way towards the east. maybe it's not. maybe it's going to stay in texas, because that's what my computer is telling me. snow potential for sunday will move to the east and this is what we're thinking. a few flakes from washington to the north. you could see some accumulation here. but a coating to two inches down to the south, most of it will melt on contact early and then you may see some problems on the roads. the bull's-eye down around culpeper. two to four inches there. maybe a little more. once again, this will be changing, i assure you this is our first call right now. tomorrow, 54 to 59 degrees. >> sweet. >> so you can see how a lot of

that could melt at the start. >> thanks, doug. so i'm riding along listening to the radio and on comes a report about a recall. this time it's a play ground slide manufactured insufficiently to keep a kid from falling off. 16 reports of kids who did just that. got me to thinking how many times i fell off a play ground slide and how many times i did it on purpose, just to see what would happen when i hit the ground. got me to thinking also by today's standards, my parents and those of every kid i knew surely would be in jail. arepsed and charged, if not with child abuse, then at least neglect and vilified in the media. before you go ballistic on me, as a parent, i sincerely and deeply appreciate the pain suffered by any parent whose child was injured or killed by accident or any other reason. having said that, i don't know

about all these regulations and this seemingly drift towards overprotection. i'm not sure it doesn't interfere with the natural order of things. a friend of mine has a 3-year-old girl who burned her hand on a hot stove recently. anybody goes near that stove now, she warns them, hot, hot, she says. i will guarantee whatever that child does between 3 and 103, there's one thing she won't do, it is so very difficult to be a parent these days. our natural instinct is to protect our children, and doing so has always been a terror filled process of trial and error, in spite of dr. spoke. but now you've got the food police and the toy police and the behavior place and all those experts whose sole purpose seems to be to make you feel like you're a bad parent if you don't wrap your kid up in a bubble. nontoxic, and biodegradable, of course.