tonight, rookie of the year. rg3 speaks in public for the first time since knee surgery. and he's taking home some hardware. >> credit to the organization to show that the time has changed. plus, light snow falls across the area. will it be back tomorrow? storm team 4 with a super sunday forecast. and the gun debate goes on with a new picture of the president and an ad that will hit the airwaves during the super bowl. good evening, on the eve of the super bowl, robert griffin iii steals the spotlight. >> this is the first time anyone has seen griffin since his knee surgery earlier last month. doctors cleared him to travel to new orleans for tonight's nfl award show and he is not going home empty-handed. >> reporter: carol, robert griffin iii was hoping to be here in new orleans playing in the super bowl, instead he's collecting yet another award. he's the nfl offensive rookie of the year and he beat out some

really good players andrew luck, russell wilson and, of course, his teammate alfred morris. >> it's an honor to win this award. don't ever want to play that down. it's also an honor to be in the running for it with all the great talent this past year and special shout-out to alfred because in my book he's the rookie of the year and i'm sure in his i'm the rookie of the year that's just the way we are. >> reporter: the next question is how's he feeling and looking and walking? that's allam could up in sports. he says he's feeling good and we'll have the video as robert griffin iii walks the red carpet. his entire family was here, dan snyder was here and the redskins trainer and security staff are definitely protecting their investment. we'll see you in a minute. >> amazing pictures. if you didn't know griffin had surgery 3 1/2 weeks ago you wouldn't watch know by watching him walk around tonight. and we'll have more on the rehab later in sports. to the weather now, light

snow fell across the area tonight. started with flurries for most of the afternoon and then around sunset the flakes really started to fly giving us a light coating on our cars and on the ground as well. let's find out if there's more where that came and here's chuck bell with a first look at the forecast, right on schedu, right, chuck? >> absolutely, jim, this is two clippers in two days and another chance tomorrow and yet another chance coming up on monday. the first clipper that we dealt with a few hours ago the bulk is moving on out, still snow showers from western virginia and southwestern virginia as well but in and around town not a whole lot left going on. passing snowflakes and temperatures have come up since the snow stopped falling a few hours ago, back to the upper 20s and 30s. mostly cloudy skies and overnight temperatures tonight well back down into the mid-20s across most of the area. so, expect a very cold start to your super bowl sunday. we'll talk about h much of a

recovery we'll see and a little bit more about those snow chances in the coming days, see you in a few minutes, jim? developing story in boston. dozens of people had to be rescued from a charter bus after it hit a low overpass, the pictures show the firefighters taking passengers from the mangled bus before 58 tonight and not too far from harvard university. there were 42 people on the bus 34 of them hurt and they say one injury is life threatening. a man who has dealt with the effects of gun violence first hand spent more time drawing attention to the heated topic in d.c. darcy spencer with his survival story and what he says needs to change to keep people safe across the country. >> reporter: it may be hard to tell but this 25-year-old is a victim of gun violence. tonight he's hosting a party to celebrate the fact that he survived a bullet to the back two years ago. >> you know, it's one of those

things that after such a tragedy i wanted to make sure that i wasn't forgetting the things the blessings of i'm still here my friends are with me. >> reporter: but the party is also about raising money, money to support former congresswoman gabby giffords' efforts to enact stiffer gun controls. >> whether we are addressing mental illness or background checks all of them need to be addressed in an open forum. >> reporter: gakle was shot in what was likely a gang initiation. the gunman did not take his belongings and shot him even though he was not resisting. gakle still has the cell phone and wallet the night he was shot. this is the coat he was wearing with a tiny bullet hole right here in the back of the coat. this past week the gun control debate played out in a hearing on capitol hill. and givefords testified in support of universal background checks. >> you must act.

>> reporter: nra executives arguing against restrictions to the sec amendment. >> you'll never get criminals to go through universal background checks. >> reporter: gakle says he hopes to lend a voice to the debate and push for compromise across party lines. >> it's really something we need to address nationwide and it needs to be more of a conversation. >> reporter: in northwest washington, darcy spencer, news4. >> gakle says he's already raised about $5,000. he hopes to raise more than $12,000. and gun control will be the subject of a 30-second ad during the super bowl tomorrow. it will question the nra's decision to stop supporting background checks at gun shows. >> the nra once supported background checks. >> we think it's reasonable to provide mandatory instant criminal background checks for every sale at every gun show. >> the ad was paid for by mayors against illegal guns a group

co-chaired by new york city mayor michael bloomberg, a 30-second spot at the super bowl cost $3.8 million. and reaction to president obama firing a gun at camp david last summer. the white house released the photo about questions that the president's claim that he shoots skeet all the time. the nra responded writing one picture dock not erase a lifetime supporting every gun ban. the president travels to minnesota on monday to push for his gun control legislation. reaction from montgomery county. firefighters attacking heavy flames at this house in gaithersburg. video shows some thick smoke bill low i billowing out of the home. they think the fire started in the basement, and fortunately no one was hurt. and a woman rescued when firefighters pulled her from her burning home on price lane.

photos from the fire department show heavy smoke in the air. the victim was treated for injuries by paramedics at the scene. concern for some after the prince george's county fire department announced staffing changes. starting next month four stations will see a reduction in career firefighters while nine stations get an increase. volunteers at some of the affects stations and residents are worried the cuts could jeopardize public safety. >> it's going to affect our neighborhood terribly because there's not going to be neighbor around during the day. it's -- the volunteers can only be here so many hours a week because they have real jobs outside of the firehouse during the day to support their family. >> stations losing career personnel include seat pleasant, branchville andlan ham hills and they say that residents will not lose coverage with these changes. overseas now leftist military groups taking responsibility for a suicide bombing at a u.s. embassy in

turkey. tuckish authorities say dna confirmed the bomber was a well-known member of the group. police say that bomber walked into the embassy in ankara yesterday and detonated an explosive vest around lunchtime. the bomber and a guard were killed and a turkish journalist were killed. for weeks we've only heard tweets from robert griffin iii. tonight the redskins quarterback back in the spotlight. we'll have more on how the rookie of the year is doing after knee surgery. the big easy ready for the super bowl sinceurricane katrina. security getting ready for the big game. and a hearing impaired inmate at the d.c. jail is suing the

a former superintendent for the d.c. public school system has died, dr. arlene ackermann died this morning in new mexico after a battle with cancer. ackermann served as the superintendent for d.c. schools from 1998 to 2000. she also held that position in seattle, san francisco, and philadelphia. dr. ackermann was 66 years old. d.c. police offering a reward tonight in a case they're now alling a homicide. 53-year-old emanuel campbell died thursday from injuries from an assault on january 17th in the 2000 block of maryland avenue. police are still looking for suspects as well as a motive. a man from the district is suing the d.c. government over his time at a city correctional facility last year, williams pierce was sentenced to 60 days on a simple assault charge. he's hearing impaired. the lawsuit claims he was not provided with an interpreter

during his time behind bars even though jails are required to provide interpret under the americans with disability act. it's a classic toy featured in disney movies and even presidential campaigns. tonight the world saying good-bye to the inventor of the etch a sketch. >>

less than 24 hours until kickoff. fans are ready. so is the city of new orleans.

more than 1,500 police officers are on the streets this weekend. just to make sure everything goes as planned. this, of course, the first time the crescent city has hosted the super bowl since it was slammed by hurricane katrina more than seven years ago. the city even moved some of its mardi gras festivities so this week could be all about the super bowl. the inventor of an iconic children's toy has died. we've learned that the inventor of the etch a sketch died last month in a paris suburb. the ohio art company discovered his idea at a toy fair back in 1959 and by 1960 it was the most popular toy in the country. and also got a lot of attention in the recent presidential campaign you'll recall after critics described mitt romney's positions as ever changing like an etch a sketch. an estimated 100 million have been sold. >> very nice. i had one as a kid. >> so did i.

didn't we all? >> i didn't have a lot of etch a sketch talent but i had an etch a sketch. >> nor did i. could you draw your weather patterns on them? >> that would be nice. no need to etch a sketch this out of the memory books, no doubt about that, we promised a little coating of snow and that's what we got. the proof is in the videotape. let's look. college park, maryland, this is your backyard about 6:00 this evening. there it is. just enough to coat the sidewalks. the front lawn here at channel 4. the short blades of grass were covered by the snow, the really ta ones not quite so much and a lot of the sidewalks just as soon as the snow ended you had to be careful out there the first quarter to half an inch of snow that can make it all the slipperier out there. for now an awful clot of cloud cover in washington. temperatures on the chilly side, 30 degrees at 11:00 and winds are light out of the southwest

and averaging only 6 miles an hour. sunday, temperatures in the low to mid-20s. passing flurries again a possibility but i don't think as much of a threat tomorrow as there was today and what little threat should be coming to an end around lunchtime and your afternoon plans should be pretty good. high temperatures tomorrow a little warmer than today. today we only made 32. tomorrow will be the upper 30s to near 40. that will also help the snow problem just a little bit tomorrow. might mix in a couple of raindrops and help, again, limit real snow potential for your super bowl sunday. on live doppler, a few passing light snowflakes in and around the capitol beltway, running out route 50 and headed out towards buoy, maryland and the bay bridge and not dropping anything in the way of accumulations. winter weather advisories in the mountains of west virginia they could see an inch to three and that's the only place that will see accumulating snow in the next 12 to 18 hours. cold all weekend for sure. it was colded to and cold again

tomorrow and not quite as cold the west to northwesterly jet-stream flow continuing to put more and more cold air in here. a rippam of low pressure and there's a snow chance tomorrow morning and if that can get a little further back that's the reason for the snow chance on sunday. that moves out. cold air will stay in place for tomorrow. a nice bright start to your monday morning but another clipper running in here late monday afternoon, monday night into early tuesday. your super sunday breakdown it will be cold all day long, 2:00 to 5:00, temperatures in the upper 30s. any flurries will be coming to an end, no travel problems. and clear and cold out, hot wings and hot pizza required. and after the game 10:00 to midnight, mid to upper 20s. clear skies. be careful. 41% increase in drunk driving fatalities on super bowl sunday night. be careful. pick your designated driver before the game gets started. there you go, another quick snow chance late monday early tuesday and things quiet down quite a

bit after that. more clippers for us after tuesday. >> thanks, chuck. coming up in sports, we already know he's the rookie of the year but how is he

all eyes on the knee. >> yeah. >> no doubt. >> the leg and how it's working. >> the most famous knee in america. he's ahead of schedule, that's what you need to know after tonight. >> he's young and he's in shape. >> who didn't know? down in new orleans robert griffin strolled down the red carpet with ease, he glided up the stairs without a limp to get his rookie of the year trophy, and we had a chance to talk to griffin about his re >> reporter: robert didn't know

if he could make the trip to collect the rookie of the year award because, of course, he had knee surgery not too long ago but he said he's been feeling good and walking for a week and a half or two weeks and you can see him on the red carpet, looked pretty good. i don't think you'll see him doing 40-yard sprints very soon but he said things are going well with his rehab process in pensacola, florida. how is the knee feeling? >> it's feeling good. i went through the toughest part and it's about being smart and not pushing it too much and that's what the doctors there for. >> reporter: alfred said he's there for you and he has to rein you in. >> i was ahead when i did it in 2009 and i'm a little bit ahead right now as well as you guys can see. i just got to make sure i be smart about it and, you know, think long term rather than short term. >> reporter: rg3 walking the are carpet, making the rounds and dan snyder was here as well as we told you earlier.

he got a chance to talk to the japanese media and they specifically requested robert because he was born in japan and he's working with dan snider to try to get a preseason game in japan. been there before. don't know if it will happen again. guys, that will do it in new orleans. send it back to you. >> thank you, looking forward to football again. we should note that a player that went through a similar rehab last off-season adrian peterson won the nfl mvp award tonight. also the nfl named the hall of fame class of 2013. washington, d.c., native jonathan ogden is on that list. a first-ballot hall of famer. ogden spent all 12 years with the ravens, 177 games and 11 pro bowls but still the former ravens o-lineman was a nervous wreck leading up to the announcement. >> that was, like, most stressful i've been in a long time. i told somebody it's like going to the hospital with your wife and she's having a baby. you're sitting there and you can't do anything about it but you know it's a very important

moment so you're really sitting there hoping things work out the best. with the ravens here and me being the original draft pick of the ravens i want to thank the city of baltimore and the fans and ozzie newsome who was tremendous and hopefully i get a chance to go on the field tomorrow and see ray lewis play his last game and i get to play in the hall of fame while he is playing the super bowl. we started the ravens together and kind of a full circle weekend here. >> congrats to ogden and good luck to the ravens and the 49ers tomorrow because if the 49ers win somebody has to do the ray lewis dance. remember the alamo, that's how long it's been since the washington wuz wizards have won in san antonio, but it feels like it, the last win in tuesday of 1999 but remember the alamo, the-battle cry many used when facing impossible odds and i can say it again because it's groundhog day. wiz, spurs, early on.

tony parker makes a move. takes it to the rack. gets it to go. parker warming up. spurs jump to a 15-4 lead. and fourth quarter john wall, it's good that "j." game-high 21 for wall. wiz within eight. san antonio would shut the door. beautiful pass to parker and he finish with the reverse lay-in 19 points for parker. wizards lose to the spurs again. yes, groundhog day 96-86. sibling rivalry the theme at comcast center. hoop star alyssa thomas wearing maryland red while her brother devin are and the wake forest demons are in the house. coast to coast and lenin there for the dunks and terps warming up as well. maryland up 12. check that, jake lehman, he's feeling it. count it, lehman a lot of face time. four three-pointers today. and the miss and the move we've

been waiting all night to see. lenn finished with twelve, and maryland takes down the demon deacons 86-60. georgetown, hosting st. john's at the verizon center. pick it up first half. hoyas out to a ten-point lead off the missed three. bowen coming in and throwing down. take another look. a bigtime dunk from bowen. hoyas led by 11 at the half. second half georgetown up nine. otto porter doing something he doesn't do that often, the miss. but nate lubick has got his back with the tip-in and led the way with 16 points georgetown wins 68

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