thanks for starting your weekend with us. i'm chris gordon. >> i'm angie goff. thanks for starting this day on saturday, february 18th. we begin with a target against the capitol. >> the washington, the capitol, and the suspect, amine applebee'elka li

el khalifi. he was given a suicide vest and cell phone and rifle, both inoperable and provided by the fbi. they had been watching him since december and he had carried out a test explosion with the fbi in virginia. he is now charged with trying to carry out a weapon of mass destruction. >> the president was told of the arrest but for everyone else on the hill it came as a surprise. it disrupted the afternoon for everyone around constitution avenue. many were surprised to hear of the plot but most relieved by the outcome. >> it's pretty intense what's going on in this country and a lot of security and a lot of people are nervous. >> it's shocking to hear about it but pleasing to know they were on top of it. >> people inside the capitol

were never evacuated or warned about anything. >> within minutes of the arrest, federal agents were raiding e a el khalifi's apartment in arlington. they caught up with his landlord. >> pretty much shock and feel. >> reporter: the fbi talked to neighbors after they arrested a would be terrorist they searched his chondrominimum. i's my building and so close to me. >> reporter: his neighbors said he kept to himself. >> did you ever see anything suspicious coming out of that apartment? >> no. it was a pretty inactive apartment. i didn't see much activity. >> reporter: now, we're show in you his apartment build writing he lived. >> frank was his landlord in arlington for seven months in 2010 and said he called police

to sxlan about his unusual behavior and frequent package deliveries. >> i suspected he might be making bombs in his apartment. >> reporter: he threatened him and had him evicted for not paying the rent. >> did he make anti-semitic statements and saying he would bomb the u.s.? >> no. i never heard him say anything. >> but you knew something was wrong. >> yes. when he threatened to harm me, it was really unusual. >> news4. >> news4 and nbc news will continue tracking this story all weekend long. you can find the latest by going to our website at nbcwashington.com. >> once again we get to a weekend and a weather event. >> i know it. we had a lot of beautiful weekends in the row in the late fall and that turned a little bit. last weekend, a little chance

for snow and this weekend, a little chance for snow. but don't get your hopes up. this will not be a cance cancel event. >> we have to take what we can get. >> right now, off to a quiet start for your weekend. 37 degrees in washington, 38 in annapolis. 28 degrees at the statehouse. there is a winter storm watch for sunday, down to our south and west. the closest to us, the southern parts of the shenandoah valley, towards charlottesville. that's where the watch is. none around here and nothing on doppler and a couple sprinkles in far far west virginia. that's. it the mother lode of moisture is in the lone state of texas, a language way from here. looks like we're 24 hours from the first drop or flake

possible. don't worry about your sunshine. and df,it will be about 60 degr. snow starts around lunchtime and maybe a little sooner south and west, a sunday afternoon, night time event. most done by midnight, sunday night and highest chances of accumulations of snow is main bye-bye the south, southwest of washington. folks north of maryland might not even see a flake. >> thank you, chuck. >> i know it. in just a few hours, family and friends will gather to honor the life of whitney houston. the legendary singer died one week ago today and will be remembered in the church in new jersey where she sang in this choir as a child.

ary -- aretha franklin and stevie wonder are some of those suspected to attend her funeral. >> reporter: all those have been remembering whitney houston. family and friends gathered at a private funeral home. >> we miss her and we will always love her. >> reporter: 3,000 miles away, houston was remembered last night at the naacp image awards. ♪ >> later today, invited guests will come together at the church where houston sang as a child and celebrate the wife of a mother many of them knew. >> great artist. a very kind and giving person. very sensitive young lady. >> aretha franklin, the woman houston called aunt re as will stevie wonder and kevin costner and her long-time musical

mentor, clive davis. although fans are kept blocked from the service, it does little to diminish their affection for the beautiful singer. nbc news. whitney houston's funeral begins at noon. you can watch it on nbc washington non-stop. we'll also carry a live stream of the certainemony on our webs at nbcwashington.com. today, prince george's county executive jack johnson reports to federal prison, to butner federal prison in north carolina where a judge sentenced him to more than seven years behind bars. last year, he pleaded guilty for taking bribes for corruption among other businessmen and ponzi scheme bernie madoff and he wi his wife will report to prison in early march, where she will serve a one year sentence.

>> advocates for legalizing same sex marriage in the state of maryland, the scene last night in annapolis when the marriage house passed the marriage equality bill. the bill needed 71 votes to pass and got exactly that. governor martin o'malley who already said he would sign a gay marriage bill into law made an appearance and got there and hugged the speaker of the house, michael bush, right there. >> the dignity of every individual, these guys did this, this man did this. >> maryland will be the eighth state to legalize same sex marriage. it is expected to pass with no trouble in the maryland senate and take effect next week. they may put the issue on a referendum ballot for voters to decide. >> meanwhile, governor christie made good his promise to veto a same sex bill that passed

through the legislature and said the only way he would allow the vote to pass is through constitutional amendment fror voter approval. some say the only reason he did that because he wants to run for president in 2016. he says gay couples have all the right as married couples through civil unions. in the george huguely murder trial, why today may be one of the most crucial days in the case of the lacrosse player in the case of killing his girlfriend. stop the in sanity,

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lawyers could present closing arguments as early as today in the trial of former university of virginia lacrosse player, george huguely. the 24-year-old from chevy chase, maryland is accused of killing his ex girlfriend, yeardley love in 2010. in court, jurors heard from her godmother and that they got into an argument days before she died. the judge told prosecution and defense to prepare for a full day in court today. >> public records show a father who killed himself and his two boys had disturbing sexual images on his computer. washington state investigators found images of cartoon sex and incest on josh powell's computer. he was a suspect in his wife's 2009 disappearance. powell told investigators he took his sons camping and returned to find his wife gone and police at his house. earlier this month, he set fire

to his home killing himself and his sons after a social worker brought the boys up for a supervised visit. he lost full custody of the children after his wife's disappearance. just days earlier, a psychologist called the graphic images concerning and suggested powell undergo an intense evaluation. a maryland senate has voted to censure a state senator. senator you lis sulysses for no disclosing the shoppers paid him a total of $125,000. at the time he was president of the budget and taxation committee. a resolution for him and his committee leadership positions. curry was arrested in 2010 on corruption charges but acquitted at his trial last year. a jury agreed his actions were a conflict of interest but found him not guilty of bribery. maryland voters will now decide if some illegal immigrants can get instate

tuition under the dream act. a judge ruled it can go on the ballot in november along with the general election act. supporters say it should not be a referendum because it involves funding government state programs. the judge found the measure had a primary goal to chang'el giblt requirements. the state elections board are approved a petition drive to get the issue on november's ballot. m now, to decision 2012, where newt gingrich slammed his republican rivals. the former house speaker is upset, his competitors refuse to participate in a nationally televised debate in his home state of georgia. gingrich said if his vrivals aren't willing to debate him, they won't do well against president obama. he hopes to do well in his home state of georgia that does well. the recent polls has him in a distant third behind rick

santorum and mitt romney. >> the president raised $29 million last month, raising his total to around $250 million. the obama campaign said that 98% of last month's donations were of $250 or less. during the 2008 presidential election, then senator obama raised around $500 million. the president is back in the white house this morning after a west coast trip and will soon sign the payroll tax cut extension into law. the house and the senate passed the extension yesterday. it continues to 2% cut that was set to expire at the end of the month. president obama praised the move saying it was a great example of a bipartisan effort. >> it got done. this is a big deal. 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 instead of just playing politics. >> there was a controversy regarding the bill because congress could knot agree on tax cuts or hikes. part of the bill is uppaid for. >> a hundred billion here, a hundred billion there -- >> maybe we could have cold shipped in direct. >> good luck. >> don't count on an awful lot of snow. there's at least some snow or mention of it in your weekend forecast. don't go away.

welcome back. second week in a row and chuck, you're the big man on campus. >> again. another win from the weather office, keeping people stuck to

the tvs all weekend. >> how do you update this? >> how do i update this? >> yeah. how do you literally update it how we will have wintry update on mix or snow. >> i do it a couple answers because it will change it run to run. easy for them. they don't have to defend it. those of us trying to make their live living and make sense out of what the computers tell us, that doesn't mean we're not watching it every hour and when it doesn't do what we thought it would do. with each consecutive computer run, it's coming in a little slower and a little further to the south. that's not good for snow lovers in the washington area. it may not be anything more than a glancing blow of wintertime. ahead of it, is it going to be mild, today, you would never think it was in the potential for tomorrow. temperatures today, mid to upper

50s, some spots might touch 60 degrees today. right now, 37 degrees in washington. nary a breeze blowing for you. 28, manassas at 25, no real industrial strength cold air anywhere to be found. temperatures generally upper 20s and low 30s. compared to last weekend, we were in the teens, this is nowhere near cold. no advisories for the immediate washington metro area. storms are posted for central and southern parts of the shenandoah valley and culpepper. that will not impact us a heck of a lot. nearest raindrops in far southwestern west virginia. that's not the storm we're following. the big storm is way down in texas. instead of coming up towards the mid-atlantic, it's going out more towards the carolina coastline before it starts to make the turn.

a little bit of cold air on the northern fringe. all this, heavy rain and mild conditions. for us, a dry and mild day today ahead of the storm system. on the future weather 4-cast. clouds coming in early tomorrow morning. 8:30 sunday morning, partly to mostly cloudy. by then, cold air draining ever southward. by the time we get to mi mid-afternoon-time. moisture will stay down to the south. as a result, the real accumulation potentials fairly light and less for northern maryland, maybe 1 or 2 inches around town. 2, 3, 4, maybe some places in central virginia might get 6 inches. for today, sunny and mild. cloudy, considerably colder, highs around upper 30s, 40 degrees, snow likely further

into the day tomorrow. even then, it should be generally done sunday night and midnight. sunny again. chance of rain tuesday and unsettled weather late next week. again, no super cold air at all in that forecast. that is welcome news. you can always stay in touch with me and the instant updates on the forecast on twitter at chuck belfour. >> thank you, check. . >> appropriate for this president's day weekend, the washington nationals will name their four presidents. today is the second round for the president tryouts. the po tensitential mascots hav run from center to home plate in 40 seconds. washington, lincoln and teddy roosevelt race against each other in the home game every inning. the lucky applicant, teddy better get used to losing. the 20th president has never won

a mascot race. >> i think there's a trend to let teddy win. >> learning they are not invincible, and knicks look for another win on the road. >> good morning. your sports minute begins with hockey. last night, the capitals started a four game road trip that began in florida against the southeast division leading panthers. ripping one in the net proved to be the game-winner. caps defeat panthers, 2-1, washington now trails florida by just two points in the stands. caps continue their road trip tonight against tampa bay. nba hit the pause button on lin-sanity. jere jeremy leading a win over the horn hornets b hornets and all starters had

double figures and al jefferson pumped in a game high 34 points and utah beats washington 114-100. the wizards record drops to 7-24. that's your sports minute. i'm hakeem dermish. have a great day. while lin-sanity may have take an little bit of hit last night, that doesn't mean jeremy lin can't tap tallize on his recent success. he has been quietly seeking trademark protection for lin-sanity and his name. according to an application by the u.s. patent office, lin filed the be last monday and seeks protection for everything from clothing to underwear. two california men have attempted to trademark lin-sanity but lin could likely contest those applications. >> my favorite is lin 16 in the

membrane. >> that was from -- >> kelly tweeted it. a lot of people have been saying it. >> and supposedly jeremy told his family it's lin-credible. >> it doesn't stop. >> some types for keeping you and your family healthy this winter. and how the bird flu could become deadly with help from the public. we'll explain why. they generate millions of dollars buy-busting speeders. find out why some groups say these work zone speed cameras ♪

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i'm angie goff. >> i'm chris gordon. a moroccan man living in virginia is behind bars on terror charges. 29-year-old amine el khalifi was arrested last night after receiving a supposed suicide vest from the fbi after planning to bomb the u.s. capitol visitor's center. today will be the funeral of whitney houston. aretha franklin and stevie wonder will sing. and clive davis is expected to speak. you can see it online on nbcwashington.com. former executive jack johnson will report to federal prison today in north carolina. he was sentenced to more than seven years in prison on corruption charges. he pleaded guilty to accepting bribes from county officials,

developers and other businessmen. some wintry weather is on the way this weekend. >> we have something to talk about, let's put it that way. kids who were hoping to be building snow men all weekend long, whoa, you're jumping ahead. you should not be thinking about building a snowman just yet. >> just a memory. >> this is not going to be a big one for washington, for better or for worse depending how you like the snow. it is president's home weekend of great snowstorms in the past. 1979, hammered! 2003, buried! 2012 version of the president's day storm will be somewhat lackluster. out we go on a saturday morning with a golden sky, sunrise about 25 minutes away. mild in downtown where it's 37. 27 in cumberland, maryland.

there is a winter storm watch southwest of winchester, culpepper, blue ridge shin do wa valley, southern end, especially for a chance for wintry weather. for today, hardly anything to worry about. all the moisture still around east texas and moving to western parts of louisiana. as a result, it's at least 24 hours or more away from us. saturday planner looks good. super mild. temperatures running above average, mid to upper 50s. that will be nice. enjoy. tomorrow, clouds before you get up and snow potential arrives around noon-time. if we get any accumulating snow mainly south of the d.c. metro area, noon tomorrow and by the time you get up on president's day, done? >> in and out. >> thank you, chuck. new from overnight, two families are without a home

after an intense fire tore through their home in prince george's county. it sparked their their home on the 7600 block of normandy road in maryland. firefighters say there were two families living in the home at the time. everyone able to get out of the house and no injuries reported. the house is a total loss. >> two firefighters are out of the hospital this morning after falling through the roof of anacostia high school. it happened at a fire yesterday. students and teachers evacuated from the building. fire investigators say the fire and incident caused extensive damage to the roof. it is not clear if the school will reopen tuesday or if classes will have to be relocated. prosecutors plan to seek life in prison for a man convicted of killing an off-duty state trooper. a jury found cyril williams guilty of first-degree murder

and related weapons charges. prosecutors say he killed trooper westerly brown outside an applebee's restaurant in 2010. the state says william killed brown after getting kick out of the restaurant for being unruly. the trooper's family talked about their loss shortly after the ruling. >> wesley will not be with us but the community will miss him and our lives will be forever changed because he's not here. >> williams is scheduled to be sentenced may 10th. traveling into the district on metro this holiday weekend could take you a little extra time. three stations on two lines will be closed for track work. on the orange line, bout the claire rendon and courthouse stations are closed. metro will provide shuttle buses between rosslyn stations to get you around those closures. >> you can catch a free bus between medical center and white

flint. all three stations will open in time for the morning rush on tuesday. drivers definitely won't agree but 2011 was a banner year for speed cameras in maryland work zones. nearly half a million citations were handed out, raking in almost $19 million last year. is there some controversy surrounding those cameras. the american automobile association says drivers are upset, questioning whether tickets should be issued during a time when construction workers are not on site. more than half of the citations came during non-working hours. studies that showed how scientists mutated the bird flu virus during a form that could cause a deadly pandemic will stay a secret. flu experts and world health organization met yesterday to discuss releasing the study but opted to keep the confidential work confidential.

bird flu is difficult for humans to contract but scientists in the u.s. and netherlands found a mutation that would make it's easier to pass among humans and concerned those mutations could end up in the wrong hands and cause a pandemic or be used as a biological weapon. medical experts say it's peek season for the stomach bug known as a norovirus. george washington university was recently hit hard by the bug with 85% of students reporting cases. the virus is highly infectious and can be transmitted by hand-to-hand contact. students are warned to wash their hands multiple times a day. despite the out-break, the centers for the disease control says this appears to be a typical bug. >> so far we don't have any evidence it's exceptionally bad. we have seen a lot of outbreaks being reported. our best assessment of the magnitude of the season will come after it's been completed.

>> the virus usually affects people for a day or two with severe vomiting and diarrhea. doctors recommend plenty of flu fluids, even after you recover. if you are a single guy and hoping to get lucky, living in washington may increase the chances of finding miss right. also ahead. >> i'm awaiting the e-mail text thanking me for the flowers, unfortunately that never happened. >> a valentine's day blunder, how a florist let down hundreds of men wanting to g

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some guys could still be in the doghouse for not getting their significant other a valentine's day gift. some say it's not their fault. the flowers they paid for never got to their valentine. >> i feel like i disappointed her. it's unfortunate. >> reporter: scott segal says he

ordered flowers from tell la flora two weeks before valentine's day. when the date came -- >> i knew she would be home and awaiting her e-mail or text thanking me for the flowers. unfortunately that never happened. >> we had exchanged a gifts a few days prior to valentine's day so i didn't think he would be getting me anything. >> reporter: segal said he spent about $75 on an assorted bouquet that never showed up. >> i gave him a ring and i could not get through. i called probably two dozen times. >> reporter: segal is not alone. this is teleflora's facebook page. hundreds of consumer complaints about failed valentine's day deliveries. some speculate teleflora's super bowl ad could be the culprit. they told us their valentine orders spiked more than 80% after the commercial aired. this florist in fairfax, virginia accepts orders and said

she received nearly 60 orders and each one was delivered. >> the reason being they were early orders, so we took those ord orders and we filled those orders for them. >> teleflora says they apologize for any customer let down. they issued a statement, any customer who was not completely satisfied with their valentine's day order was issued a full refund and will receive a 25% discount on their next purchase as for segal, he never heard from them. >> i never heard from them and apologized to my wife and said flowers just weren't in the cards this year. >> customers who had problems with delivery on valentine's day and not heard from teleflora should contact them for a refund. men in this area should not have a problem finding

attractive successful single women. mistak mistaken men's health that he most available number of attractive bachelorettes. it is based on the ratio of single women to single men. other contributing factors included the number of women college educated, have jobs and who work out. >> portland, maine, a crazy wild place. wouldn't expect it. >> it's hot up there. >> let's see what's goicoming un the "today" show. >> coming up, bomb plot averted. authorities arrest a man they say was about to bomb the u.s. capitol. the sting operation that may have stopped the suicide bomber. then remembering whitney houston. a week after her death, she will be remembered today. we're live on today's service

and the investigation into her death. >> pain at the pump. gas prices spiking higher and expected to reach $5 a gallon this summer. how the higher price will impact you and the economy. george clooney, tall, dark, handsome and successful. why is one of hollywood's leading men lonely and what keeps him up tonight. he spills all in an interview. now, back to you. >> thank you. >> bye-bye. >> george clooney is lonely, really? >> you get no sympathy from me. >> he is not going to get any sympathy from me whatsoever. >> you have elisabetta and stacy keepler. >> he actually makes grey look good. >> so do you. >> grey looks good on other people's head. we'll talk about whether there's any snow on the roof,

ours or yours over the weekend.

we're following breaking news out of fairfax county where police are trying to find a car that hit a pedestrian and took off. it happened overnight in morton. no word on the victim's condition or identity. police have not said if they know what vehicle they're looking for at this point. we will bring you more details about the story as it becomes available. another big story we're following is the morning's weather. not looking too bad to start off. >> not so bad. in all fairness, saturday, today, is going to be fantastic. you cannot file a complaint, golfers be wear. i wonder if it's a motherologic motherological -- meteorological term you throw out often?

sn>> i'm not above that. don't waste your time washing the car today. do everything else. by tomorrow afternoon, my guess is there will be a thin coating of road salt just about all over the area that will resalty fi your car, if that's a word and it will be dirty again. save your time to do something else more fun in the outdoors. sunny and nice to get your day started. a clear sky out there, the golden glow on the east for us, still waiting on your sunrise, up in five or six minutes from now. temperatures in the 30s. it's almost ready to sneak over the eastern horizon, went be but just a couple minutes away. temperatures generally from upper 20s to most of the immediate metro area and out to the shenandoah valley and blue ridge. 27 degrees in frederick,

maryland. 30 degrees in fredericksburg and stafford this morning. no real problems. there is a winter storm watch posted for sunday. but not in the washington metro area. picks up in culpepper, virginia, central parts of the shenandoah valley. nothing on doppler right now. a couple raindrops in far southwestern virginia. all the moisture we're waiting on is in parts of east texas and moving to louisiana now. as a result, it will be a long time before it gets here. look how little cold air there is, a tiny bit of snow on the northern fringe. cold air is a challenge to get in here. today, sunny, temperatures in the mid-50s. future weather 4-cast, bright and sunny, no clouds today. clouds come back late tonight and early tomorrow morning and they lower and thicken through the day. by 3:00, 4:00, 5:00 tomorrow

afternoon, it does look like a chance for snow and lasts through midnight tomorrow night and goes harmlessly out to sea. how much potential is there for snow, with1 inch or less and a coating of 2 inches, and that might be optimistic and 2 or 4 more in central virginia. sunny and mild. tomorrow, colder, highs low 40s. here's the extended forecast. most of the snow tomorrow is south and west of the d.c. metro area. we might get an inch, might even get 2 inches around town, not completely shutting the door on snow chances. it will be gone by sunday. breezy and sunny for president's day sunday and 60 by wednesday-thursday next week. i forget to worry about it. >> you can cake tkacan take the.

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welcome back. internet privacy is once again front and center after it was discovered google had been tracking millions of americans who thought they opted for privacy. google found way to trick an apple software code and followed millions of people who used apple safari browser and allowed google to track buying habits and what sites were visited. they only disabled the work when they were approached by the "wall street journal." experts say we may see more of snooping as internet companies try to get that upper hand on advertising. scary stuff. >> that's right. finally this afternoon this morning, the ultimate parking ticket headache, tens of thousands in dollars in fines. >> wait. none are for your cars. that's the reality for one local man who called the iteam desperate for help.

more on what she found. >> reporter: there are things danny white really loves. the redskins, his red chevy and a good joke. >> hey. >> reporter: 25 years ago, danny wanted to have a little fun with his vanity plate which reads no-tags. they see my tag, you're from d.c., i like your tag. >> reporter: well, almost everyone. >> they don't get the joke, they don't get it. >> reporter: now, the joke is on him. >> i got enough tickets here to plaster the whole car. >> reporter: 300, 500, $700 for overdue tickets because if the city finds an abandoned vehicle or car missing its plates, guess who gets it? danny white. >> it has been over $25,000 worth of tickets. over $20,000. >> reporter: tickets for fords, hondas, dodges, even a vespa. every few months, he has to take time to go to the courthouse to

get the tickets dismissed. since danny drives a chevy avalanche, anything marked chevy is still his problem. >> how am i going to pruch that it's not mine? they say they don't know. you don't know. it's your system. figure it out. i don't know is not an answer. i got to get this done. >> reporter: his record at the dmv is now so long, he says he can't renew his license or registration. >> i called channel 4 to help me get this squared away. >> reporter: for two months the news4 i team swam through a sweep of government breaks, they sent to us dpw who sent us to d dot who sent us right back to dmv, who told us their computers are not set up to red flag problematic tags like danny's. >> when customers do submit a ticket for ajudication, we don't track what their reason is. there's no way for me to know that information.

>> but dmv director lucinda said after we called, she sent out a notice to all the different agencies who write tickets about a new protocol to help danny. >> if there is truly a car not currently displaying a license plate, you cannot write no-tags. >> reporter: instead, ticket writers must use the last six digits of the vehicle vin number and mark the state as xx. >> it was funny at the time, now, it's got to the point, i lose too much time off of this. >> reporter: before we let him driveway, we ask, why don't you clang your tags? >> everybody asks the magic question, why don't you get rid of them? are you going to pay for new tags? no. there's no reason for me to buy tags i already have. no need for me to pay for it. if not, fix the computer. >> he may end up g