touching on fedex field today as fans get ready for game day. good afternoon, everybody. >> first this year's flu is stronger and hitting earlier this season. the centers for disease control and prevention is reporting cases have taken a huge jump just in the last week. 41 states reporting major outbreaks and hospitals say they are overflowing with patients now. erica edwards explains why doctors are now saying this year's flu season could be as bad as the h1n1 outbreak of 2009. >> reporter: doctors' offices are inundated. >> people have really high fever, severe body aches, nasal congestion, cough. >> reporter: the centers for disease control and prevention now reports 41 states shown here in brown have wide-spread flu activity. >> it has been a crazy flu season. we're out of our tamiflu right now. >> influenza is the viral

infection every winter that can put even a healthy person into the intensive care unit in 48 hours. >> reporter: max died from complications of the flu the day after christmas. athletic and seemingly the picture of health, this picture was taken just 24 hours before he was admitted to the hospital. >> it started out as a flu, turned into pneumonia, with a staph infection on top of that. those three things dom bind took over quickly. >> reporter: his family says he did not get a flu shot this year. no one knows if it would have saved his live, but experts say the vaccine is a good match to the circulating virus, either preventing it altogether or taking some of the sting out of the illness. >> it can prevent you getting pneumonia, even though you may have a tough of the flu. >> reporter: most hospitals strongly encourage all their employees get the flu shot. duke university health system reacted to the growing outbreak last week. >> we've limited visitations to

only adult visitors. >> reporter: there's no limitations on flu vaccines, which are widely available across the country. erica edwards, nbc news. coming up on "news4 at 5," doreen gentzler will have more on the increases of the number of flu cases here in our metro area. another illness sweeping our area, we're talking about redskins fever. we have a bad case of it on this friday. the excitement is building as the big game draws near. news4's pat collins joins us live from fedex field. hey, pat. >> reporter: how are you doing back there? 48 hours, 48 hours, and this place will be jumping. january football playoff football back in washington where it belongs. they're getting the stadium playoff ready, but it doesn't stop here. fans young and old are getting redskin ready. what to wear, what to eat, what to do. here we have some folks who just

got their own redskins -- what did you get? >> my rg3 sweather and glittery socks. >> reporter: did you get it autographed? >> if. >> reporter: what did you get? >> my world division hat and t-shirt. >> reporter: you're set. >> all right. i have my rg3 shirt front and back, and i've a gotten my championship hat. >> reporter: and you got? >> rg3 shirt and my championship hat. >> reporter: is everybody set? is everything ready? [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: come over here a second. what would you do for a ticket to sunday's game? don't answer that. wait until 5:00 and see what the competition's willing to do. we're going to talk about that, and we're going to do something called reading and writing and redskins.

i'll be back at 5:00. see you then. >> thank you, patrick. if you're headed to the field on sunday, veronica johnson will telling you how you need to dress. >> sunday is looking like the milder day. when you're heading to the game, wear the thermal underneath your jersey. by the end of the game you'll need the coat. so let's look at that forecast. we are looking for sunshine on sunday. 4:30 game time, temperature about 45 degrees action dropping from a high of 47. looking liable sunshine too, and a southwest wind at 5 to 10 miles per hour, so at the start of the game we start at 45 degrees, by the end of the game it's 40 degrees and dropping through the 30s. that's why you'll need to carry along that coat. >> we started out this morning at 27 degrees. the last time it was that cold here in d.c. was february 11th when we dropped to 23 degrees. not bad now we're in the low to

mid 40s across the area. on the satellite and radar, the clouds cleared out even north of us. your forecast dropping down to 34 degrees by 11:00 p.m. it gets cold again. in fact it gets breezy, too. take a look at your windchill readings in just a couple minutes. all right. for continuing coverage of our battle with seattle, coming up at 4:30, we're going to look at the matchup of the team's two quarterbacks. russell wilson and our rg3. a d.c. cabby was attacked and carjacked in the middle of the morning commute today. this afternoon please are still looking for suspects. it happened in the columbia heights area. megan mcgrath has more on the investigation, and the victim's condition. >> reporter: it happened at around 7:00 this morning, just when many people are calling taxi cabs to get to work and go about their daily business. for one cabdriver here in the district, things took a very violent turn.

yellow police tape closes the 500 block of kenyon street northwest. behind the line, investigators bag up evidence. residents say it was a disturbing sight. a man in the road yelling for help. >> he was hollering for help, and nobody would stop. the cars go right past him. he just stood in the middle of the street, cars around him, he took off the jacket and i saw the blood. i thought, wow, he must have stabbed or shot. finally i heard somebody must have come out and helped him. >> reporter: police say the victim is a taxicab driver. he was attacked by a man with a knife. the suspect stabbed him and then made off with his black pearl taxi. for fellow cabbies, the crime is a reminder of how dangerous their job can be. >> every night, you know, i don't feel safe driving a cab. it can happen anywhere. >> it's just very sad, but then,

we have to do what we have to do to make a living. >> reporter: your worst fear? >> worst fear, being, you know carjacked, you know, robbed, yeah. >> reporter: the suspect took off in that stolen cab, and police are still looking for him. anyone with information, you're asked to call metropolitan police. in northwest, megan mcgrath, news4. >> the stolen taxi is a black 2007 chevy impala, with d.c. plates that read 0139h. again if you see it you're urged to call police. people lined the streets of woodbridge to say good-bye to one of prince william county's finest. the procession for chris young passed by two police stations. it followed a funeral attended by hundreds of law enforcement. young died monday after responding to a call, you'll recall. his motorcycle was hit by a minivan. some at today's service never

met officer young, but they say they were touched by hearing the impact he had on so many people. >> an amazing officer, person, father and amazing man listens to the stories from his two brothers, the officers who knew him, it was almost as if i knew him. seth lemmon reports on the charity that officer young was involved with that is now returning hess generosity. republican senator michael crapo will lose his driver's license for a year after he pleds guilty to drunk driving today. the lawmakers from idaho was arrested in the early morning hours of december 23rd after he ran a red light in alexandria and failed feel sobriety tests. after the arrest he immediately apologized to his colleagues, and today he did it again. >> i have on occasion had alcoholic drinks in my apartment in washington, d.c.

it was a poor choice to use alcohol to relieve stress, and went at odds with my personally held religious beliefs. >> senator crapo has said in the past he avoids alcohol because he is a mormon. he is married with five children. in addition to losing his license for a year, he will be required to pay a fine and complete an alcohol safety program. on capitol hill, the first major order of business for the new congress, relief for the victims of superstorm sandy. today the house approved nearly $10 billion in aid to pay for flood insurance claims. jennifer johnson is on the hill where lawmakers have been outraged, baas the bill's passening has been delayed. >> that's right. the new congress began with often emotional, angry testimony from lawmakers demanding more aid for victims of superstorm sandy. lawmakers from the northeast were leaving nothing to chance, furious that money for flood insurance claims have been held

up for victims of superstorm sandy. >> they've been suffering. they have suffered long enough. they need to hear from their government. >> this is a total, total disaster in helping those people. >> reporter: the vote was delayed earlier this week by how speaker john boehner unleashing a string of protests, now some republicans claim that the program was out of money, adding to the debt. >> the national flood insurance program is broke. it is beyond broke. it is now taxpayer bailout broke. >> the yays are 354, the nays 67. >> reporter: the bill easily passed but 67 house republicans voted no. another bill will be voted on january 15th, an angry start for the 113th congress with more to come. lawmakers have two months to tacks massive government spending cuts.

health minority leader says democrats are ready to go after the deficit. >> i don't think democrats are saying -- we have reached over a trillion in cuts in the budget control act. >> reporter: raising the debt ceiling in the next few weeks will be another showdown as speaker boehner told the republican conference friday he'll use that as leverage for more spending cuts. >> that would be a battle. the president has already said he will not debate with congress to pay bills it's already racked up. live on capitol hill i'm jennifer johnson. jim and wendy, back to you. we're just getting started here at 4:00. we have a preview of some of the best flicks coming to the silver screen in the next few weeks. and congresswoman nancy pelosi is doing moonlighting. after popular demand the during the time first lady michelle obam wore is now on sale where you can buy what was a one of a kind gown.

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secretary of state hillary clinton's life could soon be on the screen. right now the title is titled "rod ham." it follows her in her 20s. that dress custom made for michelle obama is now available for you. the first lady's team chose that pink floral silk dress for her to wear at the democratic

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continues the story of the 1974 horror classic. next week it's old-time cops and robser in "gangster squad." they go up against a mob boss, waging a war with organized crime next month is "snitch." >> how are you, sheriff? >> old. >> look for hollywood's old dogs to perform familiar tricks. arnold schwarzenegger standing between a fugitive and the mexican border. sylvester stallone plays a hitman with revenge in his sights. and on valentine's day there's no love lost when bruce willis makes a mess of moscow in "a good day to diehard." classic tales continue their monster met morph sises, in requests hansel and gretel." in march a war in "jack the

giant slayer." >> we're going to have a little talks. looking for laughs? february finds melissa mccarthy manhandleding jason bateman. she's paired with sandra bullock in april. tina fer is in "admission." and steve carell is mid-march. rafael seth, nbc news. i love it. that -- we've got to see that one. we're going down to the teens tomorrow morning, but we're talking windchill. >> that is all it takes. we're going to have wind that the windchill ratings in the teens tomorrow morning. but all in all no big storm systems around the area. there's that little game on sunday. actually two games, because we

can't forget about the ravens. we do have a clear sky, some clouds to our west, those trying to push in, they won't make it too far to the east. look at this 24 hour temperature change. yesterday we had highs in the upper 30s across the areas. we're some eight degrees higher here. look at that, the push up with the temperatures over a good chunk of the mid-atlantic and down toward the society. 37 degrees, still in cincinnati, 32 in pittsburgh, tomorrow with more of a westerly wind, we'll cool down just a bit. instead of 45, low 40s not bad at all. it's back up again with the mercury on sunday. currently with a westerly wind. your temperature at 45 degrees. again throughout the area, with a bit of wind, it feels like we're in the 30s, and that's where we're going to be for the evening, dropping down to the low 30s. our windchill readings at 9:00 we're at 36 for the actual air

temperature, cold conditions women that wind will stick around as we step into tomorrow morning. so your windchill anywhere from 18 to 24 degrees by tomorrow morning. sun's up tomorrow at 7:27. let's look at the satellite and radar review. we have the sunshine. here the clouds are sitting down to the south and west. they'll push quickly through. but one cold breezy night coming up. we'll start to lose the wind by the afternoon tomorrow as high pressure moves east. but some season able sunshine. again we'll still be around 42 to 43 degrees. a, saturday night and second morning, so if you get up early around 5:00, 6:00, 7:00 a.m., don't be surprised to see a few flurries to the north and west. snow will continue through the mountains. there some accumulating snow, so

the ski resorts against getting some natural snow. really loving that. 36 to 40 for your evening with gusts up to 30 miles per hour take a look at tomorrow afternoon. not bad at all. there's your forecast for sunday. 47 degrees for a high temperature, low to mid 40s throughout much of the game, then dropping to the 30s. we're breezy at the beginning of the week. notice the 49 degree high for tuesday. i'll tell you what. we're going to go higher, too, for most of next week. we'll look at that extended forecast in a couple minutes. >> downright balmy. coming up next on "news4 at 4" -- >> what's the best way to dispose of fireplace ashes? that's the question. the answer is coming up on "ask liz" on "news4 at 4." and as we lay our clothes out for sunday's big game. we'll look

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that i put on my children's plate. that's why we use all-white meat, breading that is whole grain with omega-3 and no preservatives. it is my goal to make the highest quality, best-tasting nugget on the market. i want consumers to go, "dang, that's a good nugget." so why was toyota fined millions last month? where does that money go? what's the best way to dispose of fireplace ashes after the fire goes out? plus what's the difference between baking powder and baking soda? liz crenshaw joins us --

>> you may not have wanted to know, but some people do. i don't know. there's a lot i don't know stef any wants to know where those millions are going? >> the national highway traffic safety administration gaves this answer. it xwaskly says that last month toyota did great to pay over $17 million in penalties. the fine came after the auto manufacture -- and some cars within the five-day window required by law where did the millions go? not to the department of transportation, it turns out. rather the fines are directi deposited into the general fund of the u.s. treasurtreasury.

we all get it, i guess. this is the one i really didn't know. fireplace safety, liz, as many of us like to use our fireplace it is, what is the best way to dispose of ashes? >> this is important. the montgomery county division of solid waste services and fire and rescue service gave us this answer. both say that fireplace and wood stove ashes retain enough heat to ignite for several days after the fire goes out. the ashes can safely cool by simply remaining in the fireplace, or you can put them in a metal ash bucket. remember, never put your ashes in a paper bag, a plastic bag, cardboard box, plastic bucket. store them in the metal ash bucket and keep it away from your deck and other combustible materials. people do not realize how long they stay hot. finally. the last question from marsha through e-mail. she's doing a lot of holiday baking. what's the difference, liz,

between baking powder and baking soda? >> yeah, we turn to the chemistry page on about.com for this answer. it says both baking powder and soda are leavening agents. baking soda is pure sodium bicarb gnat, four times stronger than baking powder, usually added when recipes contain an akiddic ingredient and reacts as soon as it's mixed. baking powder, on the other hand contains sodium bicarb gnat and other ingredients. it reaction as soon as it's mixed, and then reacts again when it's heated. so there is a difference. don't mix them up. if you have a question, send it to us. connect with me on twitter, and on facebook.

coming up on "ask liz" how can you avoid the ticket scams for this sunday's playoff games, one of the dos and don't of space heater safety, and what are the benefits of freezing your child's credit report. find out at 5:00. see you then. here's something i do know. it's on stands. it's been selected as washingtonian of the year. quite an honor. >> thank you very much. >> you have to buy the magazine. >> with obama on it. >> it's a classic. >> if you see this magazine, it's not me, but i am inside. >> it's a great story to tell, too. congratulations. >> thank you very much. you've done us proud. >> congratulations, liz. still to come on "news4 at 4," the game at fedex field. coming up, a look at the team's quarterback. and mother/daughter bond between hillary and

sgro welcome back, everybody. at 4:30. idaho senator michael crapo says it was the first time and his last he will ever get behind the wheel after drinking alcohol. he apologized in alexandria today after pleading guilty to drunk driving. senator crapo loses his driving privileges for a year, but

avoids jail time if he stays out of trouble. >> we could be at the start of one of the worst flew seasons on record. cases have taken a huge jump in just the last week. 41 states say they have major outbreaks. weather is not helping out. cold weather this weekend. prepare to bundle up. >> we have some nasty windchills. >> that's right. that is the wind that's out there. we could see gusts this evening up to 30 miles an hour, a cold-looking sky, as the sun sets just a little later today. at 5:01, temperatures currently in the upper 30s to low 40s. down to 21 degrees in frederick, you folks in montgomery county, gaithersburg down to 22. 23 the overnight temperature in leesburg, virginia. again that with wind. so you bring these numbers down by another five to six degrees,

windchills will be in the teens north and west. then your high tomorrow, we get the sunshine in here, the hrp moving in, that could allow our wind to settle down by the afternoon. so the high anywhere from 40 to 43 degrees on saturday. now take a look at sunday. sunday we bump it up to 45 to 47 degrees. sure some early morning clouds, but by the afternoon the clouds are out of here, full sunshine across the area. if you go to the game, it's all about layers. back to you. this sunday's showdown will likely come down to the performance of two rookie quarterbacks who have both lit up the league this your. our rg3 and russell wilson have both had record seasons the put them up side by side. wilson had a great year tied peyton manning's rookies record with 26 touchdowns. he had just ten interceptions.

he's throw for more than 3100 yards and rushed for nearly 500 yards. rg3 stats, they're just as impressive. he had fewer touchdowns with wilson with 20, but he's had half an many interceptions, just five. now that's a rookie record. griffin also passed for 3200 yards, and his rushing yards were totalling up to 800 this season. off the field, on a personal side, wilson married his longtime girlfriend, and rg3 is engaged to his college girlfriend. in case you were wondering, they're both off the market. hey, we want to see your spirit. sends us your pictures of your kids, your house or you, your pets, buddy and rudy, wendy? all decked out -- >> you put the football helmets on them. >> good luck with that, right? >> yeah. >> e-mail them to us.

or tweet. the state department says hillary clinton is feel upbeat after her release from the hospital. that bod clot was the latest in a string of medical problems that sidelined the secretary of state over the last month. as andrea mitchell reports, her bond with her daughter has been key to her recovery. >> reporter: they may be the most recognizable mother/daughter duo in america. in the spotlight this weeks as never before. hillary clinton in a picture shown around the world hand in hand with chelsea. family friends say both chelsea and bill clinton were the best medicine she could ask for i want i know that chelsea and her husband were just a tremendous resource for her, and a source of affection and optimism for her to return to good lett. >> reporter: the special bond between hillary clinton and her only child has always been obvious. as a teenager, chelsea often accompanied her mom on official trips. >> look.

see? >> i see. >> reporter: in a recent enter view with jenna bush hager, they recalled the excitement of christmas decorations. >> sometimes we did sneak down the night before. >> obvious. >> to try to get a look. >> reporter: chelsea became a valuable surrogate for her mother in the 2008 campaign. >> i fundamentally know she would be the best president for all of our mothers and all of our daughters. and all of our future mothers, and all of our future children. >> reporter: they were both inspired by hillary's late mother, the cherished grandmother that chelsea says thinks of every day. >> and, of course, it is no state secret that i hope to become a grandmother someday. >> reporter: chelsea now an nbc news special correspondent is taking a more public role, occasionally standing in for her mother. >> i'm proud of my mom for many,

many reasons, but one of the reasons i'm chiefly proud of her is the legacy that she'll leave as secretary of state. stimplgts i know that she and chelsea have a very, very strong relationship, and identity with each other. i think that, frankly, of all the jobs hillary has ever had, being a mom has been her favorite. >> speaking personally, there is nothing you can say to me that makes me happier than to say something nice about my daughter. >> the state department says secretary clinton plans to return to work next week. former arizona congresswoman gabby giffords is in newtown connecticut this afternoon meeting privately with families of the victims in last month 'shooting at the sandy hook elementary school, a shooting that killed 26 students and faculty members. giffords, of course, survived a shooting that left her critically wounded and killed five others. in just four days will be the second anniversary of that day that giffords was shot. the former congresswoman was shot in the head during that

campaign event at a tucson, arizona grocery store. in january of last years, giffords resigned from congress to focus on her recovery. the man who is -- who allegedly shot her did plead guilty to 19 federal charges and will spend the rest of his life in prison. we've got much more ahead on "news4 at 4" this afternoon. an elaborate shoplifting scheme. how surveillance footage helped police discover how these suspects were stealing. an 85-year-old man remains [ male announcer ] when your business is powered by verizon,

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police down in center florida believe three women were counsel founding clerks at a walmart. they helped themselves for merchandise and saw cash refriends for items they never bought. >> el with knew how busy the stores were. cops believe the chaos may have helped. a woman with a shopping cart. when the first cart is full, the woman with the cart number two steps up and the clerk keeps ringing things up. two carts, but one order. the first woman pushes her cart out of the store, implying her friend would pay for all of it.

>> the first woman says i'll bring it to the car, and just rolled it out. >> cops say woman number two said her first was in the first cart and she needed to get it. guess what? both women split. >> never allow that person to leave with a whole basket of items without playing. >> reporter: flash forward to the next day. a third woman comes in with a computer. it turns out the serial number says that computer was part of this receipt from the say before. woman or suspect number three wanted a refund for a stolen computer, so walmart staffer filled her in. >> he was explaining that this was a stolen item, and at that point she exited the store. >> reporter: she also vanished. cops believe all three were somehow in on the whole thing. now police are looking for the suspects and released this video, hoping someone recognizes them. when "news4 at 4" returns, a fight over a handicapped sign that lands an elderly man behind bars after police say he

assaulted another guy with a cane. >> veronica? >> it's cold, but you know that. now the wind is starting to pick up. 28 in gaithersburg. by morning we'll drop to the teens. we'll take a look at our weekend and

glue this winter i didn't get a lot of complaints about the cold. it's been okay, but through next week, we keep the mild around. as i said, you don't want to give up on our chance to see snow. we keep getting the calls, e-mails, tweets. well, there's some indication that around mid-january we're going to get back to cold. so, of course today we had, you on the other side of 40 degrees. the weekend, you can see it there in the middle. most of next week, gentlemen it will be mild, but then a big drop around mid january, where it does get cold. lasting frigid air. all we need are the storms to meet up with the cold air, and we could have an increased chance of snow. mid-january we could be looking at that.

as far as the temperatures go during the overnight period, again cold. then tomorrow with sunshine, not bad, we're at 40 degrees in gaithersburg, 41 in leesburg, 42 in manassas, sunshine throughout the area expected tomorrow. again a little breezy, too, during the daytime hours, and the wind will be back, too, at the begin of the week on monday, but right now sunday is looking like calm winds around the area. it's the mountains that could see some accumulation. some of those ski resource, and even up into pennsylvania. so great weekend to go skiing. clear skies, breezy early. by tomorrow morning, 21 to 30. tomorrow afternoon sunshine early. it gets chili. here's a look at your four-day

forecast, and that seven-day forecast. we're going up up up, and we do have a chance for a bit of precipitation coming our way on thursday. >> veronica, thanks. a man is accused of attacking another man. >> what caused all this trouble? >> reporter: did you ever think you could be in jail? >> no. i didn't do nothing wrong. >> reporter: john copeland sits in jail in the most curious of circumstances. >> reporter: i really want to hear your story. what happened?

>> i was at home depot, a friend of mine drop me out there. asked the 85-year-old to show his handicap placard. that volunteer confiscated it, because he said it was expired. >> reporter: he was confused. that's when he said he swung his wooden cane and whacked him. would you do the same thing? >> yeah, he took my stuff. >> the deputy told 9 news i showed my idification, i told him who i was. he also said he could have crippled me, also saying i thought he split my head open, but luckily he doesn't. during john copeland's hearing, he told the judge things like, i can't hear you, yet the judge

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we're seeing them all over the place the more and more billboards are receiving a digital makeover. instead of just one image, digital billboards rotate different ads in seconds. >> fun to look at, and that can be a problem. adam tuss live in chinatown more with the results. >> are they no big deal at all?

sure, there's plenty of billboards all across the city, but not many of them move like this, literally like a tv. significantly increases the risk of a crash. we'll have more at 5:00. reporting live. adam tuss, news4. right now, redskins fever. live attempt coverage of the playoff battle. but first a fall from grace. a senator pleads guilty for, and violating his mormon faith. >> i'm embarrassed to have to admit publicly i failed. good evening welcome to "news4 at 5." >> first after 5:00 tonight,

idaho senator michael crapo was in an alexandria courtroom today admitting he made a mistake, but he also described the conflict with his faith that had him drinking alone for several months. news4's richard jordan is here with more on the public confession. richard? >> jim, the senator came across very remorseful. he said it was the first and last time he will drink and drive. he explained in details what led up to his arrest, saying he made a poor choice. >> i'd like to state i had recently made personal choices that are at odds with who i am. >> reporter: idaho senator michael crapo came clean. he pleaded guilty at the alexandria courthouse to driving while intoxicated last month and he admitted he went against his religious beliefs, drinking vodka with tonic water when alone in his d.c. apartment. an officer saw him make an illegal u-turn at a