thousands march the mall for gun control, calling for

action after the tragedy in newtown, connecticut. good evening, everyone. support for today's rally grew on social media after the sandy hook school shooting in december and several newtown residents were among those marching from the capitol to the washington monument. derrick ward spoke to one of them and other demonstrators on both sides of the gun debate. there was the victim from virginia tech. i was shot four times that morning. >> reporter: there the father of this boy killed in a high school shooting in ohio. >> i never stop feeling the pain. >> reporter: a resident for newtown. >> not as much as when it hit home. >> reporter: and a protester who says her right to arms is victimized. >> my sign is about how gun rights protect us from tyranny. >> reporter: there were many signs as thousands of gun control supporters marched and rallied, signs of mourning, signs of defiance. the people behind the quickly organized march and rally say it

serves as a warning to the gun lobby. >> if lawmakers thought they were scared of us coming here, they're going to be scared of moms that aren't going to rest until we get action. >> reporter: moms and dads and brothers and sisters left the latest set of survivors of yet another mass shooting, the march they say is for them. >> to stand with you until we vindicate your children and those who died with them. >> reporter: some said it was because of people carrying automatic weapons that these folks could demonstrate and express their opinions publicly. the organizers say that's exactly their point. this congressman on the feinstein bill that he supports. >> to ban the sale of military style assault weapons. these are weapons that are designed for the battlefield. >> safety is also as important as the right to own a gun. no one is trying to take your guns away. >> reporter: and the march was also about hope, ironic lit flip side of that, how will you take my gun sign hinted at maybe

reasoned debate. the obama administration launched a public push for stiffer gun laws. we'll tell why you democrats could stand in the way of the president's efforts. let's turn to the weather. almost felt balmy out there today compared to last week. kim is in for chuck tonight. did we make it above freezing today? >> we absolutely did. we did it with some degrees to spare, i'm happy to say. and tomorrow will be the same if not a little milder. but we have some hiccups to talk b first, a couple of snow showers out there this evening. nothing heavy. they have been reported here and there, especially in our western suburbs. we're zooming in towards fairfax county and into west springfield. this is right around the rolling road and old keen mill intersection by that whole foods and then back up towards fairfax and north and west into leesburg. again, a couple of snow showers. but nothing heavy and we're not going to see them stick around tomorrow. look at that. some of us are going to be in the upper 30s.

we'll talk about some tricky weather, though, monday morning's commute. we've got a few headaches in this forecast and a big warmup, too. all that coming up in just a bit. >> okay, kim. developing on capitol hill tonight, long time democratic senator tom harkin will not run for re-election in 2014. that sets up a likely battle f his seat. the iowa lawmaker has been in congress for nearly 40 years. first as a representative and then five terms as a senator. he's considered one of the more progressive members. he helped pass the americans with disabilities act and president obama's health care law. harkin says he would be 81 by the time his sixth term ends and says it's time to step aside. at least 30 people killed in violent protests to day in egypt. these deaths come after the verdict in one of the worst soccer riots. 21 rioters were sentenced to death. shortly after the verdict, violence erupted. but outside the court in cairo,

families and friends of the 74 people killed in last year's riot actually celebrated. these clashes come after a night of anti-government protests across the country. yesterday marked the second anniversary of the egyptian revolution. here at home, a manassas man charged with the murder of his 15-month-old son. he is accused of drowning the boy during a court ordered visit in october. his mother says the visits should never have happened. news 4's darcy spencer spoke to the boy's mother today about the arrest and what comes next. darcy? >> reporter: imjjim, the little boy's mom is relieved about the arrest but she wants those that allowed this to happen to be accountable. she sat down with an interview as police were still investigating the case. joakim rams charged with first-degree murder in the death of his 15 yelled-year-old son. authorities say the little boy drowned in his home last october. >> i had always dreamed i was going to be dancing with him on

his wedding day. and he's never going to have one. >> reporter: this is the little boy's mom. she says after she left rams due to alleged abuse, she fought to keep her son from having unsupervised visits with his father. >> this is something that absolutely could have been prevented. >> she says that the montgomery county family judge grantsed him unsupervised visits. and on the fourth saturday visit she got the call that forever changed her life. >> all i know is i dropped off a healthy little boy that morning. i was chasing him around and he was laughing and smiling. and then at about 2:00 in the afternoon he was dead. >> reporter: mcleod says rams was allowed to see prince unsupervised visits at montgomery mall. but then the judge granted the request for unsupervised visitati visitation. >> people kept saying document, document, document. now all i have is paperwork and no kid. >> reporter: prince was failed by everyone involved. courts, judges, police, and she will continue to fight for

change in family court so that no child or mom has to go through the pain she's endured. >> and i'm not going to stop fighting for him. like i said, if i stopped fighting then i would no longer be prince's mom. and that's never going to happen. >> reporter: rams is currently being held without bond. he's due in prince william county circuit court monday for his arraignment. she says she does not plan to attend the hearing because she doesn't want to see him. since her son's death, she started a blogueen which advocates for domestic violence victims. >> darcy spencer, thank you. d.c. club is closed to night after a gunman still at large after a sho injured fiveeople in northeast. investigators say a man came right up to the door of d.c.'s sound stage on benning road and opened fire around 2. 306789 this morning. that gunfire hit a woman and four men. all of them expected to survive. there is a surveillance camera above the entrance to the club but no word yet whether it got a good look at the suspect.

scary encounter for hotel guests held up at gun point at the homewood suites in silver spring. eight people were robbed of cash and other personal items. they arrested 18-year-old jackson julius. they found him on a ride on bus with the victim's property. he's being held on $150,000 bond. new details in a deadly crash involving a d.c. ambulance. >> a woman died after her minivan crashed into the ambulance yesterday at southern avenue at 12th street southeast. police say the van slammed into the car then hit the ambulance, flipped and then caught fire. investigators still don't know exactly what caused the crash. a notorious protest and why they did it and what they're threatening to do next. plus, new competition for teddy. the nats introduce the next president to compete at nats park. and we're also going to tell

you why more than 100 people took the plunge

the group anonymous is threatening to leave government documents after hacking the u.s. commission today. the hack is revenge for the death of aaron schwartz. they're calling for changes to be made to the u.s. justice system. schwartz was an internet

activist who committed suicide two months ago. he helped create the site read it. he was arrested for illegally downloading millions of academic articles. the obama administration is kicking off its campaign for gun safety. the president's organizing for action e-mailed supporters asking them to call their congressman about the issue. but democrats may stand in the way. senators up for re-election in 2014 in alaska, arkansas and montana have all expressed uncertainty about the proposals. snail mail is going to cost you a little bit more starting tomorrow. postal service is raising the cost of a first class stamp to 46 cents. other shipping prices are also going up by 4%. the postal service is trying to make up for millions in lost revenue thanks to e-mail and other technology. still ahead, the nats hold a presidential news conference. we're going to tell you the new commander in chief who will be

running the presidents' race this coming season. there he is. plus, well, we've emerged from the deep freeze. but the temperature roller coaster is just getting started. kim is b

the presidents' race just got tougher for teddy. the fan favorite will have new competition in 2013. in the form of william howard taft.

there he is. they announced on twitter that they have come to terms with their fifth president. today he posed for pictures with fans at nats fest inside the washington convention center. the real president taft, by the way, was the first president ever to throw out a ceremonial first pitch at a baseball game. fans and players think he'll be a good edition. >> a big president, big personality. so he'll fit right in with the rest of the gang. >> i liked his very white hair. i wonder how white he'll stay when he gets knocked into the dirt. >> that's cool. that's awesome. i'm thinking about joining them maybe aouple times and try to see if i can beat them. >> that would be cool and awesome. we'll hear from more players in sports as they gear up for the 2013 season. yeah. those are screams you hear. more than 150 people deciding to take a very cold dip into the

potomac river this morning. this is part of the polar bear plunge out at national harbor. one of the goals of the event, to raise awareness for global warming and climate change. but a chilly day to be doing that. >> at least we got above the freezing mark today, jim. >> better today than yesterday to do that. >> yes. all righty. so cold, we've been. and now we're going to start this warming process. but the way we do it around here is rush hours and whenever we have cold air in place and warm moisture laiden air running over that. we tend to get icy mix which can be a problem for you monday morning. more on that in a second. let's take a look around. we did achieve high temperatures finally above the freezing mark. technically we went up to 37. we started the day at 24. do you know how many hours we were consecutively below freezing? >> wasn't it days and days? >> it was 108 hours. >> i didn't do that math. >> i had to add it up. noon today is when we got up to 33. all righty. out there we've got some

temperatures in the 30s and lots of 20s to our north. 27 gaithersburg. reston, you're at 30. a few snow showers. this is all light. they've been hit or miss throughout the day. not really putting down much of an accumulation. we have a little activity around reston this evening. so if you're taking a stroll around the commons there, you might see a flake or two. but again, no big deal. let's talk about your planner. we're going to be waking up to cold weather tomorrow again. down in the 20s. but we'll be going up above the freezing mark for a chilly afternoon. a dry afternoon. but one that features, as i mentioned, some temperatures above the freezing mark. here's how it lays out on the time line. sunday, 7:15 in the morning. we'll have sun and clouds. then watch what happens. the clouds are going to increase and then we have to talk about some ice possible as we think about your monday morning commute. but that's milder air coming our way with 40s. let me break down the seven-day forecast for you. monday is the trickiest day.

let's do that one first. the morning rush, again, about a 40% of maybe some ice happening. and that would be impacting your morning commute. then after that, look at this warmup coming here. i mean we're going to go from ice monday morning to warm 60s on tuesday. tuesday is my pick of the week. then we have to talk about wednesday. wednesday is going to be warm early and dry early. then heavy rain will be moving in. that will effect your afternoon rush hour. and as we look at thursday, we will have an upside down day with temperatures warmest in the morning and colder in the afternoon. you heard me right. we'll be right back down to highs in the lower 30s right where we started by friday and into saturday next week. so a roller coaster for sure. if you're wondering about this crazy weather, you have it tune in tonight at 7:30. chief meteorologist will let us know how much more snow we can expect this season. we're going to tell you things from what to wear to what to eat. storm team 4 has you covered.

also this is good. chuck bell hits the slopes to find out how ski resorts in our region are faring so far this weekend. it's all tonight at 7:30 right here on nbc 4. >> litting thitting the double ? >> i'm sure. go chuck. >> coming up, hoyas with a huge win at home. maryland struggles on the road against the nation's top tea

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jason, hoyas with a big win. >> topnotch competition. georgetown and louisville seem to be headed in different directions. the hoyas are coming off a win against the top ranked team in their last matchup while the cardinals lost back to back games for the first time all season. this time georgetown added to the impressive resume against top ranked teams. the hoyas welcoming rick pitino and louisville to the verizon center. second half, georgetown up three. check out these moves by mark stalks. he's going to pull up for the jumper and just nail it. 17 points. that tied a game high. hoyas up by five. later in the half, cardinals down by two. russ smith finds a wide open

jeng for the slam. louisville ties it up at 48. under four minutes left. tied at 50. smith-riff rivera drives the lane. aaron bow en, he's there for the rebound and put back. beautiful play by bowen. hoyas take the lead 52-50. they hold on for the huge upset over number five louisville. 53-51 is your final. mark turgen and the terps paying a visit to the crazy. duke, first half duke on top by eight. quinn cook gets the block by alex len. terps are going the other way. that is dez wells going to the basket and one. he let with 13 points. maryland still down eight at halftime. second half, maryland down by nine. cook with the pass. and he sinks the three. 6 for 8 from three point land. he had a game high 25. later in the game, duke up by 18. cook drives. misses it.

but how about mason plumly? check out the reverse. his head almost hit the rim there. 19 points for the seniors. they cruise past the terps 84-64. george washington hosting charlotte at the smith center. second half gw up by 10. charlotte on the inbound. you have to watch the alley-oop. mario mayfield, two of his game high 17 points. charlotte down by eight. colonials startlinging ing to p. gw shot 45% from three point range. a little over four minutes to go. george washington putting the final touches on this one. going in for the slam. he led george washington with 16 points. they roll over charlotte 82-54. they win their third straight in a row. over in football, the pro bowl has lived up to the hype for redskins tackle trent williams. the 24-year-old will not play in

the exhibition game tomorrow after being assaulted in a nightclub in hol louisiana. according to reports, he was hit over the head with a bottle and required several stitches. he will be on the sidelines for the game. this is williams first pro bowl of his nfl career. switching gears now to baseball, we're less than three weeks away from pitchers and catchers reporting for spring training. >> all right. >> today, however, it was all about the nationals. they held natfest for their fans. william howard taft stole the show. he is the newest racing president for the nationals. the team also had batting cages for the young ones and a replica of the third-base line so they can practice sliding into home. new faces like outfielder bernard spain was in attendance along with the pitcher dan haren. the pitchers we talked to said they are ready to go for spring training and grateful for the strong support at natsfest. >> it wasn't even close to this. and so, you know, really makes you feel good and excited for this year. >> fantastic. we got this many fans out here coming to listen and see your

smile, i think that means everything. >> if you don't have fans, you don't have a season. and, you know, having what we do on this team and, you know, also the redskins having rg-3 and what not is huge for this town and this city. i think, you know, it's going to be fun for the next couple years. >> we're an exciting team, a team that people can come out and support and enjoy watching on a nightly basis. that's what it's all about. that's why so many people are here today. it's a testament to our team. >> the nats the defending division champions. and here's a defending champion from the australian open. victoria azerenga taking on na. no chance. the ace there. things looking good early, 2-1. later on in the set, trouble for na. azerenga with the serve. watch na after the return. she goes down and twists her angle and hits her head. they would test her for a head injury. she was cleared to return. after she came back, azerenka

with match point. now with the serve. a little volley there. na's return goes long and victoria azerenka wins her second straight australian open. she is unbelievable. just 23 years old. >> wow. >> new face of tennis. >> nice to see. >> tough to win indoor. >> a tough place to play. the terps found that out firsthand today. >> they d jason, thanks. that's the news for now. "nightly news" is coming up next. we'll be back for news 4 at 11:00. until then, have a great night, everybody. if you have high blood pressure and get a cold

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