jumped out to help. it is time now to get a first look at our forecast. it is cold out there. as you mentioned, if we had clouds or something to keep us insulated, but nothing like that. >> clear skies, tom. tom kierein has our forecast. right now, we don't have much wind but as the morning progresses, we're going to have the wind increasing. we'll be talking windchill. here is the view from space. we have a clear sky over the metro area. howard and up along the pennsylvania border, panhandle of west virginia, some clouds there. they'll be breaking up as the day progresses. we'll have a very cold start. right now it's down into the upper teens in prince william county. culpeper, parts of fauquier county. closer to washington, near 30 in montgomery, arlington, fairfax and prince george's. la plata down to 21 in charles county near the bay in southern maryland. most locations upper 20s to 30 degrees. here's our looking for friday,

the 4th day of january. we'll have a mostly clear sky through the morning hours and mid afternoon. few clouds moving in late afternoon into this evening. before then, we should climb into the low 40s by mid-afternoon. winds will be blustery. sunrise at 7:27. sunset at 5:00. i'm back in ten minutes with a hometown forecast. a look at your friday evening, mike cremedas in for danella. >> no reports of backups on the inner loop or the outer loop. let's talk about 95 in virginia. things are looking good as you make the trip north. let's take a live look in dale city. no serious backups there. looking great at the springfield interchange. it's a 27-minute ride northbound 95 to the beltway at 57 miles per hour. mike, thank you. melissa mollet is at the live desk with breaking news. good morning. >> good morning. police are looking for a

15-year-old girl missing since the day after christmas. take a look here at megan louise knight from woodbridge. she was last seen wearing black and pink pants missing since december 26th. no crash or credit cards with her. anyone with information about her whereabouts is asked to call investigators. melissa mollet, news 4. former arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords will be in newtown, connecticut attending a private event in honor o of the sandy hook elementary shooting. a gunman killed 20 students and six staff members. giffords was shot in the head two years ago in tucson, arizona. six others in the shooting died including a 9-year-old girl. the gunman there, jarod lee loughner was sentenced to life in prison back in november. today the house will decide whether to approve billions of dollars in aid for hurricane sandy victims. it's worth more than $9 billion.

it's up for discussion days after controversy for delaying the emergency funding. the money would pay flood insurance claims for more than $100,000 throughout the northeast. without it, this he would go unpaid. the house did not vote on it before adjourning for the new session. much of the frustration over the delay of the sandy disaster bill has been directed at house speaker john boehner. even so, his colleagues voted to keep him as speaker of the house yesterday. the representative from ohio was given the top job even despite several conservatives voting for someone else as the 113th congress came together for the first time. boehner said in a speech that the federal deficit is still a problem that lawmakers must address. 4:33 now. the december jobs report comes out today. the economy added about 146,000 jobs in november. analysts expect between 150 and 200,000 jobs were added last month. economists warn that the increase should be short-lived and the increase could be

related to the effects -- aftereffects of hurricane sandy. now to a developing story. pnc bank is warning its customers about unusually high volume of traffic online. the bank says the uptick in online traffic is consistent with threatened cyber attacks. pnc says it's taken steps to block the traffic. the bank says this is an access issue, not an issue of account security. as a result, the bank says some customers may not be able to log in to their online bank accounts. a total of water main breaks for 2012 was the lowest in six years according to the washington post. 2211 pipes broke or leaked in d.c., fairfax, and prince george's county last year. nearly 900 fewer than 2007. there was a small spike in december because of that cold snap. one of those breaks happened in arlington, virginia. crews spent the night working on a break along washington boulevard. the westbound lanes were closed

between kirkwood road and north lincoln street for a few hours as a precaution. they have since reopened. the redskins return to the post-season is just two days away. you can still get tickets to the match wrup with the seahawks. seats set aside for players have just come available on ticketmaster. the cheapest are $91 for several sections in the upper deck. that's better than stub hub where the cheapest are standing room only in the upper deck end zone. those are going tore $85. if you are curious, about the more expensive tickets, $3,000 on stub hub for a seat in the dream zone. that is the first row right near the 50 yard line with all you can eat service. >> if only. >> i tell you. if you were looking for a last minute deal on tickets, make sure it's not too good to be true. the better business bureau says scammers, as you might expect, are looking to make a quick balk off the playoffs.

always use a credit card or paypal. never wire transfer money. that way you can always dispute the charges if the tickets don't arrive. if you are a seahawks fan, show restraint, aaron, there are a few places where you'll find a flock of friends. try the ken quarter sports tavern. on indiana northwest, it's the official seahawks hangout. did you know there was one of those? >> no. >> it also happens to be the official barf the chicago bears and denver broncos. depending who shows up, there still may be a little love. it's one of those bars -- >> wherever they need to be at any point in time, they'll be that bar. if you're not a 'skins fan, you clump them together. the 'skins/seahawks showdown comes -- the seahawks last made the playoffs two years ago despite a losing record on the sooefrn. for the redskins, it's been five

years or 4,747 days to be exact, not that we're counting. the 'skins lost to the seahawks in the 2005 playoffs but seattle struggled on the road in the post-season. their last win away from home december 31, 1983. despite that las vegas is putting their money on the seahawks. they're favored to win by three points over the redskins. we want to see your redskins spirit. send us pictures of your kids, your pets, your house, your car, everything decked out in your burgundy and gold. of course, e-mail they will to skins fan at nbcwashington.com or use the hash tag skins fans. >> if you check the website and twitter, there are a lot of creative ways. >> we showed you the engagement proposal yesterday. >> we'll show you a lot of stuffy bet. ahead on news4 today, lawmakers trying to separate fact from fiction in a new movie about the raid on osama bin

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this morning we're getting a look at new pictures of mars from nasa's curiosity rover. this photograph was taken on december 19th. now, two artists pieced the

black and white images together and added color to show what it might look like if you were standing on mars. another picture is generating some buzz online. this picture focuses in on a bright crumpled object on the ground. it's being dubbed martian flower. at first, scientists thought it was a piece of plastic that fell off the rover. when they looked a little closer, they say it appears to be part of the rock, not debris from the spacecraft. >> ooh. martian flower. >> kurt nielsen our director said you can see the plastic wrap next to it. >> we didn't send it there to litter all over mars. time for weather and traffic on the 1s. here's tom. >> good morning. here's the washington monument under a clear sky. at 4:41, we're starting off mostly clear but we have a few clouds north and west of the mountains. they'll be breaking up as the morning progresses. the all the areas in the dark blue are below freezing.

north central virginia, in the teens. culpeper and fauquier. farther, west in the 20s. waldorf, charles county, by 6:30 in the mid 20s under a clear sky. by noontime, near 40 degrees with lots of sunshine. here's the forecast for the entire region today. a lot of sun. highs reaching low 40s by myth afternoon. going out tonight? it's going to be a cold evening. bit of a blustery wind settling down. down to the low 30s by midnight. a look at the weekend and next week, mike cremedas with your traffic. >> things are a great on beltway and great on 270 heading south. let's like at the camera. no serious delays and worry-free closer to the beltway. aaron, eun. >> thank you mike. rg3 is the biggest name in d.c. but seattle has its own rising star. >> russell wilson is going to run it. >> how the two young stars stack up. plus, what they're saying about each other ahead of sunday's game. a final decision on the case

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the pakistani school girl who was shot by the taliban over her campaign for girls education has just been released from the hospital. she spent the last two months in the uk at the hospital. she'll head home to continue her rehabilitation. then will be readmitted to the hospital early next month for cranial reconstructive surgery. at the live desk, melissa mollet, news 4. is that what i think it is? >> where was the last time you saw bin laden? >> three senators want the cia to prove it did not mislead makers of the movie zero dark thirty. the film depict the 2011 raid that killed osama bin laden. a senate investigation revealed

no useful intelligence came from harsh interrogation methods like waterboardi waterboarding. it led to some tips -- the senators want morale to back up his claim and share information told to movie producers. 4:46 right now. secretary of state hillary clinton plans to return to work next week. that from the state department which says that she's resting at home but is in contact with senior staff. clinton fainted and had a concussion last month. she then spent four days in the hospital after an mri found a blood clot in her head. doctors advised her to avoid international travel for now. aides say clinton is committed to speaking about the attack on benghazi libya. she's working with congressional committees to set a date for testimony. venezuelan president hugo chavez continues to recover if a respiratory infection. a spokesperson says he is undergoing treatment in cuba and his condition does affect his

breathing. the 58-year-old has not been seen in public since last month when he underwent a fourth cancer operation in 18 months. according to representatives, that operation was a complicated one giving chavez unexpected bleeding and an infection. he's to be sworn in this month for another term in office. a parking lot showdown between a school board member and high school student is caught on camera. the school board member resigned after it. watch the teenager in the black pants was trying to save a parking spot for a friend who had recently given birth. that's when the driver of the white van struck her and pulled into the spot. the girl had scuff marks on her jeans but not hurt. the driver was the vice chair of the county school board where the teen attends classes. she resigned from that position and she's also charged with reckless conduct. a tragedy for two women from prince george's county. they were killed on jamaica's northern coast east of montego

bay. the car collided with a min you bus. two of the victims, claudette grant and vanessa brown were from upper marlboro, maryland. a third woman who died lived in new york. the driver of the car and another passenger survived. this morning, a former death row inmate in virginia is still in jail after a new legal challenge. yesterday an appeals court stepped in just before justin wolfe was supposed to become a free man. he was convicted of murder in 2002 but the conviction was overturned because of allegations of misconduct by the prosecution. a federal appeals court in richmond will hear the case later this month. a local elementary school changed its mind over over how to discipline a first grader who was suspended for pointing his finger at another student and reportedly saying pow. they rescind the suspension. the incident happened last month. the attorney said the family received support from across the country. expect to see more police officers in prince george's

county the next few weeks. that he they started a crackdown on crime. each night this month, app extra 125 officers will be on the streets. they'll patrol areas considered transforming neighborhoods in the county. this initiative started with a number of arrests in district heights last night. >> the arrests that we're generating and the contacts are really from citizen interaction. by talking to citizens and working with these patrol officers that are really from investigative units, the wave team, special assignment team. >> the department getting the extra officers from divisions like narcotics, gangs and traffic enforcement unit. police say their goal is not to cut down on crime but to get guns off the streets as well. >> 4:49 now. it's possible federal civilian workers could soob see a bump in pay. a federal pay freeze expires march 27th. earlier language in the deal tried to hold current salaries through this year. the senate never voted on that version. the new congress could once

again freeze pay as they negotiate a debt limit and spending cuts in the coming weeks. and virginia hopes to try to bring some new teachers into its classrooms. governor bob mcdonnell wants the state to take advantage of a national program called "teach for america." brings young teachers into struggling schools for two years. mcdonnell will ask the general assembly to bring the program this fall saying it will help close the achievement gap between students of different backgrounds. ten before the hour. when the redskins and seahawks face off on sunday, it will be a showdown between two of the best rookie quarterbacks in the league. rg3 of course and russell wilson. rg3 set the rushing record for a ook rookie quarterback and broke the passer rating record. meanwhile, wilson tied peyton manning's record for touchdowns last week with 26. like rg3, he can get it done with his legs with 489 yards and four rushing touchdowns this year. >> i definitely think we have

similar qualities. i think that he does a great job of throwing the football and running the football. both strengths of our game. i think the biggest thing is, you know, i'm trying to focus on what i can do to help our football team win. >> i did get to meet him a couple times and talk to him. great guy. but like i tell you guys, i don't play against quarterbacks. it's not my job to compare us. you guys will do that for the next week. it's good to see him being so successful. >> sunday's game is only the second time in nfl history that two rookies will face off in the playoffs. you can catch a full preview of the game in a special edition of redskins show time. doc walker, dan hellie and others will get you ready for the matchup here on news 4 at 7:30 tonight. >> i can hardly contain my excitement. as my kindergartner said, had game is going to be epic. >> gave you a fist bump after that. >> you know it. can't wait.

mayor vincent gray has a bet with seattle's mayor and another wager has put coffee beans on the line. it's getting serious. prince george's county has a bet with dow constantine, the executive of king county in washington state. if seattle wins, constantine gets a supply of 8 o'clock coffee roasted in maryland. if the redskins wins, they get starbucks coffee. both men will wear a jersey for the winning team. >> getting in on the action. >> indeed. coming up on 4:52. not 6. tom kierein is here with a -- >> i have a wager with a meteorologist in seattle. if we lose, we get the washington monument. if we win, we get mt. rainier. >> we love our washington monument. >> or the space needle. >> we're starting off with a clear and cold sky.

yesterday we had our sky streaked with many contrails from jet airliners passing over. this one in bethesda posted to weather at nbcwashington.com. post your pics there and we'll share them. there's the washington monument. no, we're not going to trade it. we're going to keep it here. 30 degrees at reagan national. it's cold under this clear sky. the light wind now. but later that wind will be picking up. off to our west, we have some clouds. in northern montgomery county, northern loudoun, points north and west of there, it's still mostly cloudy. all clear south and east. as we look at temperatures, right now around the beltway, it is near 30 in montgomery, arlington, fairfax, prince george's. but farther soupt, parts of southern maryland away from the waters, low 20s. only in the upper teens. prince william county into culpeper and parts of fauquier county. shenandoah and into the mountains, most locations in the 30s. clear sky had morning and we'll be cold in the low 20s to near 30 degrees through 6:00, 7:00

this morning. noontime, for your lunch-hour, it will be in the upper 30s. the wind will be picking up, gusting to 20 miles an hour during the afternoon. here's your four-day forecast. we'll have cold pattern continuing into saturday with increasing clouds. for the game on sunday, looking good. just a few clouds coming through. we'll be in the mid 40s mid afternoon. by game time, low 40s and down to 30 by dawn on monday. al milder trend next week by midweek. into the 50s maybe and could get rain by thursday it looks like. mike cremedas with the traffic. >> no serious problems to report. taking a closer look. let's talk about 66 looking great heading east. live look at the fairfax county parkway. no serious delays there. 12-minute ride from fairfax county parkway to the beltway on eastbound 66 at 55 miles an hour. aaron? thank you, mike. metro riders who use the red and orange lines can expect some

delays this weekend. on the red line, trains will single track between shady grove and twin book as well as between judiciary square and -- crews will be working on the silver line extension there. all the work set to start at 10:00 tonight. should be wrapped up in time for the monday morning commute. biking is more and more popular in d.c. the city is considered one of the most bike friendly places in the nation with growing numbers of bike lanes. many say there are some issues to address. illinois avenue and northwest could be the latest spot in the ti to see new bike lanes. but our cameras caught several cyclists running red lights, narrowly missing cars and breaking other traffic rules. people are worried with the influx of bike lanes, means more danger for cyclists and drivers. >> as someone who is active in the bicycle community. i recognize this. i try to tell people about it. >> it's important for folks to act predictably. follow the traffic laws.

>> there are plans to offer free bike safety classes and d-dot is going to add stickers with bike safety tips with all the bike share stations. >> if there was as much enforcement for people on bikes as for people on cars, you might not have the same sorts of problems you just talked about. >> got to share the road. >> see what happens. time right now is 4:56. it's not part of a movie. the warning the u.s. navy is trying to get out with this disturbing new public service announcement. why people living in georgetown are hoping a

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the old georgetown park mall is being gutted and renovated. owners of the upscale condos above the construction are against the proposal to add ten-lane bowling alice to a former mall space citing a long-standing problem with noise. zoning board hearing set for january 15th. the developer is promising to work with homeowners to address their concerns. stay with us. news4 today continues right now at 5:00 a.m. breaking news right now. prince george's county police are searching for a missing canine just off branch avenue. news 4's megan mcgrath is live in temple hills with more on that. good morning. >> reporter: eun, in just the last few minutes we were updated. they've found the canine that they were looking for who was involved in this pursuit earlier this morning. that's good news. that dog was missing there for a while.