. closing arguments in the george huguely murder trial, jurors will soon decide if he murdered a girl at virginia university. ♪ hey it's gong around ♪ and a home going service for whitney houston in the very church where she learned to

sing, she was honoreded for her sparkle, her sense of humor, but above all her voice. her family clashed with her ex-husband bobby browned. he began saying he didn't want to be a distraction. >> singing talents first grabbed the public's attention and the fans have been giving an outpouring -- >> what a voice, not a voice, the voice. >> for whitney houston's family and friends. today was not a funeral, but a home going. >> you are the only one that could bring all of us together. whitney, today is your day. >> can you send an angel. >> stars including alicia keys and stevie wonder honored

whitney with heart felt gospel. >> today we as a family celebrate the life of our sister, our daughter, our mother and our friend. >> speakers during the course of the 3 1/2 hour service talked of houston's fate. >> and this is more important than anything she's ever done in her life. >> kevin costner spoke of the singer doubting her own immense talent. >> when you sing before him, don't you worry, you'll be good enough. ♪ please don't cry >> in fact it was houston's music that provided a stirring sound track for the service's closing moments. ♪ and i will always love you >> reporter: now whitney

houston's ex-husband bobby brown did attend today's service as an invited guest, but only briefly. he and the members of his party left shortly after the service began, but the circumstances of their departure remain unclear. live in new jersey, i'm mark barringer, back to you. right now closing arguments are underway in the former uva lacrosse player. julie, good evening. >> reporter: hi. well in closing arguments still under way, prosecutors called yardly love's death a murder while george huguely's attorney says it was an unintended tragedy. in minutes this case will be in the juror's hanlds to decide. george huguely arriving on a day that could decide his fate. dave chapman's voice was shaking with emotion as he urged jurors

to think said chapman, can you imagine the sight and found sound and fury of what was upon her? prosecutors say that george huguely should get life for breaking -- prosecutor chapman says huguely's intent and premeditation is clear in an e-mail he sent to love just days before her death in which he wrote, i should have killed you. chapman strongly urged the jury to once again watch huguely's videotaped statement to police in full. he suggested the jurors play close attention to his lies. but in their closing arguments, huguely's attorneys accused the prosecution of -- all the things

that happened that night were not careful, not stealthy, not intentional, but stupid, loud and clumsy and intoxicated. george played a role, but it's overwhelmingly a tragedy. earlier in the day the defense called its final witness, d.c. neurosurgeon, blunt force trauma to the dead did not cause yardly love's death. >> i think she died of oxygen deprivation. >> that contradicted the state's evidence that said yardly love's brain caused her death. there will be six charges to consider ranging from first-degree murder to a larceny charge for the stealing of yardly love's computer. >> julie, a question for you, if the jury does get the case tonight, is it likely they would be sequestered?

or how would this play out if they get the case tonight? >> no, in fact it's unlikely this juror will be sequestered. we do expect them to start deliberations tonight, but this is a tricky timing here because after this evening, there is a three-daybreak here because of the holiday a. we turn to the weather now, it felt like a spring day almost today. but winter's going to make a come back. tomorrow we might even see know. >> you hit the nail on the head, it was nearly 60 degrees in many neighborhoods today, but i do think that snowflakes will be flying even in and around the washington area, outside for now, a mild saturday evening as you make your plans to get outside and enjoy, temperatures are in the mid 50s right now, your saturday evening planner, temperatures in the 50s now,

back down to the mid 40s by this evening. winter storm watches are posted to our south and west. all this moisture is still a long way down to the south, so what should you expect tomorrow? snow showers and snow squalls start sunday average, what time frame? most of the snow between midnight and one to three a.m. >> thank you, chuck. new details about a plot to bomb the u.s. capital. amine el khalisi shad plans to blow up -- we know that he played at a mosque short before his arrest. the mosque is cooperating with the fbi. we'll have a report for you in just about ten minutes. d.c. fire workers pulled a woman's body from the potomac river in georgetown today.

she was found about 11:00 this morning near the entrance to the rock creek park way. police are looking for the driver who hit and killed woman in prince george's county this afternoon. it happened on route 5 near surat's road in clinton. police say they did find a piece of the car that hit her, they believe it is a late model. last night the house of delegates approved a same-sex marriage bill, it has the support of governor martin o'malley, but they will collect signatures to force a referendum on these issues and let voters decide. jack johnson set to start his prison time today. do you have what it takes to be

a racing president? and tonight at 11:00, it's a new trend that's a big hit on youtube, but it's also

former prince george's county jack johnson is scheduled to start his prison sentence. leslie's wife was also sentenced to one year in prison for obstructing the investigation into her husband. still ahead the latest on the terror bust near the capitol. and chuck's back to

new information tonight in the plot to bomb the u.s. capitol. he wanted to attack the u.s. for his war on muslims. he was busted by fbi agents and tonight we're learning that the suspect prayed in a f just befo arrest. derek ward has more on that. >> reporter: a bright, peaceful saturday morning on the grounds of u.s. capitol, very different from what might have been if accused suicide bomber amine el khalisi carried out his plan of

martyr come. authorities say that he said prayers at this mosque before walking to the hill. he told the imam that he's not a regular member and there was nobody to be worried about there. there was a group of muslim leaders who regularly meet with the fbi, meanwhile on capitol hill cls shock over the attempted attack and relieved. >> authorities say others arrests of some of his associates are pending. >> chuck bell here now, we had a lot of sunshine today, it felt

nice. a beautiful day outside today. it's all going away. >> yeah, it's going away, but it won't be gone for long. in our winter without winter, today we flirted with 60 degrees in nearly every neighborhood around the washington area and tomorrow there's still snow in the forecast, not a lot, keep that in mind, but there's at least a chance for some snow coming our way at least 24 hours from now. what a gorgeous day, hopefully you have the day off to go sit in your circle or park. beautiful day for it today, bright and sunny and mild too. we're still at 55 degrees at the 6:00 hour, and it's not going to be all that cold tonight, even with the clear skies. the temperature never falls below the dew point. so we will not get any colder than about 33, 34, 35 degrees. so we'll stay above freezing, that's going to be the case

across most of the metro area and points to the south. current temperature mild. a little colder right alongside the chesapeake bay, thanks to the cold bay water influence. so for your saturday evening, no problems at all. 7:00, 9:00, 11:00, temperatures dropping from the 50s back down into the mid 40s. the winter storm watches are posted now as close to us as culpepper county, rappahannock county, shenandoah county, that's for tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow night. the main low pressure area that's driving this whole forecast is still now just to the southeast of dallas, texas and there's a large plume of gulf moisture now across much of alabama and georgia, heavy rain there, that moisture is going to be coming in our direction, and we have a very weak weather front that's going to start introducing the cold air, here

we go, through tomorrow, as early as 9:00, 10:00 tomorrow. then the snow line inches its way up through the washington area, and then quickly pulls right back out of here and sunshine is back in for monday. how about snow around here? nothing going on through the overnight hours, sunday services, no problem at all. by 4:00 tomorrow afternoon, that's when the snow starts to sneak its way into the area, and if we get any steady snow, it will be between 4:00 and 11:00 tonight. amounts maybe as much as an inch or two in the northern suburbs, one to three down to the south and west. so overnight tonight, clear and quiet, chilly but not cold, overnight lows in the 30s, and then for tomorrow, cloudy, cold, breezy, snow likely, beginning mid to late afternoon tomorrow, and all gone before you get up on your presidents day holiday on monday morning and then mild near 60 again by the middle of

next week. they have to be fast, they have to be fit and focused and able to balance a 45-pound costume on their heads. we're talking about the national's team mascots. the mascots features the giant heads version of the fourth heads on mt. rush more. abe lincoln did a couple of face plants during the tryouts there. still to come in sports tonight, the cavaliers look to leave the

big game today on the hard wood, maryland, virginia, 176 times, virginia and maryland beaten in basketball. in less than 48 hours, the terps went from their biggest win of the season to their worst loss of the season. meanwhile, in just 20 minutes, the cavaliers saved their season. entering today's game, the 22nd ranked team in the country was on a downward trend. this afternoon the cavaliers were clutch. the terps coming off a 16 point win against boston college. he gives maryland his first lead in the game. he had 14 in his first half, but 0 for 7 in the second half, game

tied 31 at the break. the terps score the first bucket. but then virginia takes over, mike scott, a senior had a game high 25 points, puts the cavs up 7, terps with 15 turnovers in the game had the honey shrunk the three-pointers. later brogden with three of his points off the best. the calves win big, 71-44, improving to 7 and 5 in the acc, maryland falls to 5 and 7. the okies come off a last second defeat against florida state on thursday. second half, virginia tech, is tealers being the inpound pass. eric green and the corner for three. and he buries it.

green had a team high 14 points, okies up five. the lead wouldn't last. six seconds to go. tied at 65, green with a chance to win it, but his shot, huh-uh, off the mark. we're going to overtime. in ot, tied at 71, yellow jackets with the ball, mufon yes. gets it to go. georgia tech takes a two-point lead. jarell eddy, gets a pass to jarell hudson for the win. got it. before that hudson had just two points in the game. coach greenberg loving it. to hokeys win it 74-73 in major time. in foggy bottom, st. joe's comes out strong. langua langston galloway up for three. part of a 19-2 joes run.

hawks up 22-20 at the break. tony taylor to david pellam, with two points in the game. colonials within six. and drive, pull-up jumper, smooth, brings g.w. within four. here we go, but on the ensuing st. joe's possession, they strike right back, carl jones, nails the three-pointer. st. joes goes on to win it 73-66. in fairfax, on bracket bust you are saturday, george mason defeats lamar university 75-71. ryan pearson went for 17 points and 10 rebounds. the patriots improve their record to 23 and 6. hometown hockey, truth is we won't be seeing the hometown team play until next friday. last night they started a

four-game road trip. final minute of the first period, no score, steven weis, to thomas priority to that he had shut out the panthers twice in two starts. third period, still 1-0 panthers. alex ovechkin the rock star, his 24th of the season, game tied at 1. later in the third, still tied at 1, alexander 7, he shoots and it bounces off shaun bergenheim's stick. his 16th goal and proved to be the game winner. snapping a three-game losing streak, washington now trails florida by just two points in the standing, and tonight the caps continue their four-game

road trip against tampa. you can see that game on comcast sports net. also going back to basketball, providen providence, georgetown, they don't want to slip going into the postseason. >> that is the news for now, of course we'll have the latest for you on the jury decisions that's coming out of charlottesville this evening. we'll see you back here at 11:00.