do you have the need for speed? which highway is about to get a big boost. john mccain in hot water after a tweet landed the senator in a racial controversy. and purple power. the ravens are super bowl champs, and baltimore is still celebrating. meanwhile, even more questions why the nights went out in the middle of the game. it's a big day for maryland. hello. >> everybody's still talking about that power outage and beyonce's star wattage on stage. we'll have a complete super bowl wrap-up ahead, including those commercials that are still getting a lot of buzz today. >> they sure are. we begin with the weather. there's more snow on the way, and it should arrive in a couple hours. >> veronica johnson joins us with just how much and if it's going to affect our evening commute. how about it? >> probably the tail end of the evening commute, around the time we get to 6:30, 7:00, light snow will be coming into our western

suburbs. take a look outside right now. we have high clouds that have moved in. filtered sunshine, the clouds will thicken up and we'll start to see more of this. precipitation showing up on radar. right now we have light precipitation just south of haguerstown, right around the winchester, virginia area. this is not reaching the ground yet, but there's this whole area of moisture will shift more to the east and get closer, a better chance of seeing the flakes start to fall, and lighter accumulation, as we -- there it is on radar right now. there's the leading edge, just like this weekend, another fast-moving systems diving south that will come clipping by deliver just a bit of snowfall for us, our temperatures are in the 30s, and they're certainly going to be dropping off down to freezing by the time we get to

midnight. so here we are. snow develops about 7:00, light snow at 10:00 and 11:00 p.m. there's that temperature, 33 to 32 degrees. here's the way it's looking right now. the snow arriving from the west. and then from 9:00 p.m. through midnight, some light snow likely with a coating to 1 inch. yes, tomorrow morning there is a possibility of a few slick spots on area roads. i'll show you a map that will include your neighborhood. again we're talking snowfall for the overnight period. back to you. the mayor of new orleans says last night's power outage won't hurt his city's chances of hosting another super bowl. mitch landrieu says to a local radio station this morning that league owners were impressed with how new orleans hosted the game last night. the nfl is still trying to figure out what caused that outage at the super dome. the lights went out during the third quarter, delaying the game for about 30 minutes. stadium officials initially

blamed an abnormality they say an investigation is still under way. fireworks over the city of baltimore to celebrate. there will be a parade tomorrow to celebrate the win, but today baltimore is cleaning up after fans poured into the streets creating a mess. sara hansen takes us there. >> reporter: monday morning, baltimore was still basking in a purple glow after a long-awaited victory. crews came out to clean up the streets of federal hill, just hours after thousands of fans came out to celebrate. they poured out of bars and restaurants downtown. in canton the streets were also counted, fans were flying high. >> it's unbelievable. i've never seen anything like this in my life. i'm glad to be a part of it. >> mega, mega, mega, like nothing we've had ever, nothing

ever. >> reporter: the energy was electric. cross street market looked more like a rock concert. for the most part they were peaceful celebrations, but at times things turned disruptive. some people pulled a street sign out of the ground. people jumped on top of vehicles damages some, including news vehicles. extra police officers patrolled the streets, trying to control the crowds, but overall fans were just giddy. >> awesome, awesome. that safety at the end was genius. couldn't ask for a better win. >> baltimore city, don't mess with us ever! super bowl, yeah! >> dan hellie will have coach reaction tonight at 5:00. hey, it could be a big timesaver. welcome news for drivers who have been complaining that the speed limit on the intercounty connector is just too slow.

today the maryland transportation authority announced it is raising the speed limit from 5 to 60. they tell us they're confident the new speed limit will still be safe. the decision comes after a year of crash analysis. the icc runs between i-270 and i-95 innaryland. the new speed limit goes into effect by the end of march. coming up at 5:00, transportation reporter adam tuesday will tell you how much drive time it might save you. president obama is keeping the pressure on congress to take -- the president is on his way back from a visit to minneapolis where he learned more about a program that's showing promise. danielle leigh has the latest on that. danielle? >> hi, pat. president obama has found that where he's been unsuccessful negotiating with lawmakers, he's had great success with the public. that's the great reason for this visit. he found that as public pressure increases, so does action on

capitol hill. he chose to visit minneapolis, a city once with an extremely high crime rate and has taken drastic action to reduce the crime race. two years ago they saw a 30-year crime rate low. he talked to them about the steps they've taken and learned more from the mayor that more needs to be done at the federal level. he reiterated his call to congress, with background checks, and limits to the high-capacity magazines. >> we don't have to agree on everything to agree it's time to do something. that's my main message here today. that's why i need everybody who is listens to keep the pressure on your members of congress to do the right thing. >> reporter: a recent poll from the quinnipiac university in three states -- new jersey, virginia and pennsylvania -- found that 90% support the

universal background check. the president did see progress over the weekend. harry reid threw his support behind background checks. head said in a month the senate will likely release a new gun control bill, but conservative lawmakers and also gun lobbyists, and people opposed to any new gun legislation still say they have not swayed on any their opinions. they are against new any restrictions on guns. >> the nation's new secretary of state says it's his top priority to make sure that u.s. diplomats are protected abroad. former senator john kerry started his new job today by introducing himself to the staff at the state department. he's the son of a diplomat and spoke of his time as a child in post-war berlin. he also noted there has not been a man in his job in eight years. condoleezza rice, and hillary clinton proceeded him. he joked that he has in his

words big heels to fill. >> yes, he does. why a local law school is asking prospective students whether they are gale. seven days later, a little boy is still held hostage, the new request from the 5-year-old who is being kept in an underground bunker. why reducing your junk mail would help protect you from identity theft. he wants to spend his life doing what dad does, so god made a farmer. and our super bowl coverage continues with the

ahead on "news4 at 4," a 500-year-old mystery finally solved. the big announcement about what happened to one of the england's famous kings.

hundreds pack one of the new york city's prominent synagogues to honestor former mayor ed koch. former president clinton sag the city is better because he lived and served. he served three times, credited with leading the city to a financial rebirth. he died on friday of congestic heart failure. ed koch was 88-year-old. one of history's most enduring historic has been resolved. they say they've located remains of king richard iii, a 500-year-old skeleton was discovered under a parking lot last year, researchers says dna sample match a distant living relative. he was the shakespeare immortalized the king in

"richard iii" which included the line -- my horse, my horse, my kingdom for a horse. veronica is up next to tell us how much more snow we can expect. ♪ says you'll never let me go did you tune in for her. beyonce brings down the house. the surprise announcement she made after her performance. ♪

still ahead, what people are saying about jennifer hudson's performance with the chorus of

i'm keith rustle. this just into the news4 live desk, new details on a bus crash in california. late this afternoon we learned more about the company that owned the bus. first it has a history of safety issues. the company is based in california. federal investigators say they failed 36% of the random federal inspections the last two years. the bus crashed last night on a mountain road 80 miles east of los angeles. it was headed back to mexico from a ski trip. the driver said the bus had brake problems. the crash remains under investigation. also tonight, an union date on the condition of a

15-year-old shot by the taliban. she issued her first video statement since being shot. she underwent surgery in england on saturday. the teen was targeted because she advocated for educational rights. doctors says her recovery has been amazing, but she still has a long way to go. at the live desk, i'm keith russell. well, beyonce brought down the house last night. jennifer hudson tugged on some heartstrings. >> joining us live is access hollywood ease billy bush. let's talk beyonce, getting a lot of positive reviewses. what did you think about the performance and the announcement afc? >> i thought the perform yaw was great. i love that power walk. every supermodel is trying to do that. beyonce owns it. it was fierce from the beagainst ginning. she made a very clear statement.

she did it in mer press conference when she sang acapella. as for kelley rowland and michelle williams, their microphones may have been on, but hashtag fix the mix, i thought they could have boosted the mikes. but beyonce definitely sang live. "halo" is a very slow balance lad and she nailed it. the only thing i'm going to say, a little on the grinding. the pelvis moves a lot, licking of the lips and i think of beyonce as fierce and strong. i don't know that i need all that business myself. that's just a personal note. she does have a tour, the mrs. carter tours she announced this morning. good time. it ends at the barclays center, jay-z's place in brooklyn.

that will be huge. >> that mr. carter. billy, a lot of praise today for jennifer hudson who sang with the choir from sandy hook. that was a moment. >> you know there were a few moments in the night. i'm a sent mental man. that certainly was the first moment. by the way, you look back at what she went through in 2007, she knows about violence at the hands of an awful person. this was just mind-blowing. imagine the two of them together, those little kids, the faces of the little angels, who you can tell probably haven't fully processed what happened in their town at that school. but the rest of us grownups and older kids watches certainly did. it moved me deeply, and he performance was just unbelievably perfect. totally perfect. >> we agree. >> through the roof it was. >> billy, that's all the time we

have. we'll check in 7:30 tonight for "access hollywood." >> i was going to set the record for my own national anthem. i need seven minutes. >> okay. ♪ oh no. >> you have to keep your eyes closed, you were doing it, man. ♪ a >> billy, we gotta go. listen to him. he's holding it. >> we can keep him going underneath weather, right? >> yeah. we've got more snow coming an alberta clipper. >> pat paid attention in science class. they race down eastward, getting to us and moving through. typical weak systems that lay down a bit of snow. that's what's showing up.

storm team 4 radar, as you can see by the white. through areas of northern west virginia and ohio. this is snow, and you're looking at the leading edge of it, right there now, making its approach to haguerstown, winchester in west virginia. more of that snow has been accumulating to the north and west. by the time we get to an hour from now, hour and a half, probably making their way around frederick. it's been breesy out there. our winds at 5 to 10 miles an hour, so it's taking the temperature, bringing that windchill rating down, where right now it feels like below freezing until you get to manassas, culpepper, fredericksburg feeling like 32, 33, and 35. here's a look at your goodnight/wake-up forecast. still light snow around the area. it's around midnight, i think,

when that system will quickly pull off to the east. tomorrow morning we'll be left with an overcast sky, chili to cold conditions. 30 to 32. here's where the system is right now, just getting its act together, in areas of west virginia, just outside of west virginia. it will quickly race eastward, taking that snow about it. by tomorrow morning, long gog, that snow around new jersey, areas of new york, and then we'll see breaks in the cloud cover by the afternoon. by the time we get to the afternoon, maybe a partly sunny sky. as far as the mountains go, flurries down to the south, a coating to an inch. gaithersburg, up around baltimore, front royal, a coating to an inch. that's the area in light blue. could see 1 to 2 inches of snow, though, slightly more, an winchester, virginia, around frederick, maryland, areas of 270 and around 70 way up to the north, and even up i-83 if

you're going to be heading north out of baltimore. the high tomorrow afternoon i think will still get into the mid 40s. there's a possibility of a few sprinkles. breezy conditions for your wednesday, then it's rain showers on friday where we could get a substantial amount of rain. we'll talk more about that later. look at this, into the 40s, guys, at least for the rest of the week. even next weekend. still doesn't look like right now any major storms coming our wap. jim? pat? with high-tech tricks, the new ways thieves are trying to steal your personal information. steal your personal information. >> and the microscopic clue who

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>> reporter: privacies advocates say that's the beginning. for identity thieves, we are a source of valuable information. >> many hackers are off to financial gains. >> reporter: where do they get that information? your computer is often the first choice, a computer as big as a desk stop or as small as your cell phone. >> we recommend passworld protecting your smartphones. most people don't do it. >> reporter: op popular targets are social networking sites. >> assume that everything that's going on social media is public. don't give out credit card information, social security information, information about you not being at home. >> reporter: the same way you wouldn't left a letter sitting in the inbox, you wouldn't want to leave an e-mail address with personal information dish. >> privacy is definitely something the average consumers

needs to take an active role. >> security and privacy experts say scam artists around the world are trying to steal -- now is a good time to strengthen your passwords, and don't let your guard down. >> people live with their guards down. they think that bad things only happen to other people. it doesn't. bad things happen to you. nothing will ever be 100% secure. >> now, he says it was a joke. critics say it was no laughing matter. coming up, we'll tell you about the tweet that has john mccain facing racism allegations. and where a 6-year-old girl was trying t

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welcome back. first up at 4:230, right now the baltimore ravens are almost home. their plane is expected to touch down any minute now. the team beat the 49ers, as you know by now, down in new orleans. tomorrow landlord be a big victory parade starts at city hall, and ending at m & t bank stadium. by the end of march, you'll be able to legally do 60 on the intercounty connector. matter will be transportation officials announced the speed limit increase today. they study the geometry and

speed design, and determined that raising the speed limit will still be safe. president obama on his way back from washington. he went to minneapolis today to encourage americans to pressure their members of congress to enact what he calls common-sense reform sfloos let's get the latest on the snow coming our way. >> a quick bout between 6:00 p.m. and midnight. we're not expecting very much. you can see it's showing up just west and northwest of the area, and storm team 4 radar, look at the leading edge of it right now. martins burg, winchester, all sliding against eastbound. that's what we're going to see. by the time we get to about 6:00, 7:00 p.m., some of those flakes reaching the ground your temperatures between 30 and 34 degrees through 9:00 p.m., that snow again arrives from the west. we'll see light accumulations,

especially d.c. points north, to a coating to just around an inch. tomorrow morning the snow will be long over. there's a load of salt on area roads right now. we'll have more coming up. a man is still holed up in a bunker with a 5-year-old boy in alabama. authorities say they're doing everything they can to solve the situation. >> the standoff is in the seventh day. authorities say they continue to communicate with the suspect around the clock. they have not talked directly to the boy, but believe he's okay. the man is also accused of killing a bus driver when he snatched the boy. the suspect told police he just wants his story told. >> reporter: an unmanned surveillance drone flew over the bunker month morning. the bunker where police believe he's holding hostage a

5-year-old boy the public knows only as ethan. >> i wish i could hug him and hold him and tell him it's going to be all right. >> reporter: but it's not all right yet. police say the 65-year-old dyses has mad few demands. they still have no idea what his motive is. >> based on our discussion, he feels like he has a story that's important to him, though it's very complex. >> reporter: the sheriff wouldn't elaborate on that story, and couldn't speculate on when the stand offmight end. we're doing everything humanly possible that we can do to resolve this safely and bring this child home. >> reporter: last tuesday, dykes boarded a school bus and demanded two kinds. when the bus driver refused, police say he was shot to death and took the boy named ethan hostage.

at polland's funeral -- >> his actions spoke louder than any words. he laid down his life for the kids on that bus. >> reporter: the boy, ethan who turns 6 later this week, is said to have a mild form of autism, and the sheriff says medicine is among the items sent through the bunker's ventilate pipe to help provide him comfort. arizona senator john mccain is telling the twitter-sphere to take a joke in responds to allegations that an earlier tweet he sent today was racist. he compared mahmud ahmadinejad to a monkey. he tweeted, quote, so ahmadinejad wants to be the first iranian in space. wasn't there just one there last week? he referred to iran's actual launch of a monkey into space.

fellow republican justin amash called the joke racist. he followed it with a tweet saying -- lighten up, folks. >> we're less than an hour before a rally at the statehouse, urging more funding for several universities. demonstrators are supporting a lawsuit against the state. it claims maryland has failed to fully dismantled segregation-era policies. and they've been chronically underfunded as a result. tracee wilkins will have much more on the protests in our next hour. former anne arundel county executive will be sentenced next monday. leopold is still facing two discrimination lawsuits filed by two county employees who say they were fired unfairly. one woman claimed she was fired

after she complained that leopold grabbed her. the other sid she is was fired in part baas she doesn't support his reelection campaign. a judge found him guilty of misconduct. leopold resigned three days after the verdict. a man's been charged now with stabbing aful-year-old man to death in northwest washington. that stabbing happened over the weekend in an apartment complex on fuller street just off 16th. the suspect in the case, 21-year-old david wilson, who police say lived with the victim. news4's megan mcgrath has reaction from neighbors. >> reporter: eleanor tripplett makes the short walk from her apartment building to a nearby senior center for breakfast. it's a trip she often made with neighborhood howard venable, but this morning it's a walk she must make alone. >> i don't know who could do this to him. he was a very nice man. >> reporter: just before 7:00

saturday night, police got a call for an unconscious man in northwest. when officers arrived, they found 68-year-old howard venable lying lifeless on the floor. >> so i said that howard was sick or something, and then after that we found out that it wasn't that he was sick, but that he had been stabbed. >> reporter: late this morning came word of an arrest in the case. residents are relieved, but they continue to mourn for the loss of their friend and neighbor. >> he was a beautiful person. he really was. we're going to miss him. he really had the presence. when he came in, you felt like you were in the presence of somebody who really had something to offer. he would have a genuine conversation with you, and it was nice. he was truly a nice person.

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dude, you've got montana on your jersey. ♪ >> the magic jersey. some of those super bowl ads like that tide commercial made us laugh out loud. others were real tierjerkers. the ads were more line mini-soap operas. some went as much as $4 million for -- you liked the tide? >> i liked the doritos and seniors night out. while the ravens and 49ers had a lot riding on last night's

super bowl. >> so did the advertiser. some paid upwards of $125,000 per second to get their message apart. we have more on which ones hit their mark and which ones fell short. >> 34-31. >> reporter: baltimore may have won the game. but a beer company also scored big. >> anheuser busch hit it out of the past light night. >> the minute-loan ad about the reunion of a clydesdale and its trainer scored a near victory in the ad meter poll. >> wonderful music in the background. it just made the ad incredibly powerful. a great super bowl commercial. >> coming noire tide's ad about a fan's jersey with an image of football ledgened joe montana. it also capitalized during the game's 35-minute blackout. this el tweeted this impromptu ad image spurred by the situation. or i don't did the same thing,

reminding consumers, you can still dunk in the dark. >> you're always working in advertising. you're going to try to get as much bang for your buck. >> chrysler's two-minute ad ranked third, while doritos fashionistas father commercial and jeep's ad honoring military families -- >> they can get a significant bump that lasts a full month, which is really very significant. >> reporter:sed buzz was less positive for godaddy's lip lock between a geek and supermodel bar refaeli. >> it's hard to mess up an ad that she's in, but they seemed to do it. >> reporter: then like the 49ers, there's always next year. a whole range. >> which one did you like? >> i liked probably the budweiser commercial. >> so sweet.

it's the snow going to bother us today and tomorrow? >> not so much today, because i think the roads are doing well. tomorrow morning because the road temperatures are going to be dropping, we could see a handful, a small amount of school delays tomorrow morning. let's talk about what's going on. we're at 36, your temperature, the wind out of the south at 10 miles an hour, of course we've seen that wind just a bit stronger early part of the day. so for your hour-by-hour forecast, we're talking about light snow, as the temperatures drop off tomorrow morning, 30 degrees, 32 at 7:00 a.m., just plain old cold. that snow will be finished falling early on, but with temperatures below freezing, 25 to 30 degrees around the area. could be looking at some slick spots. we'll hang on to cloud cover for a good part of the day tomorrow. here it is on your future weather. there's the snow, the purple and the white.

watch as it comes into the area and races very quickly off to the east. areas around d.c. and south, just seeing some rain, maybe a few flurries mixed in, but that's it. by 10:00, 11:00 p.m., midnight certainly, this thing is out of here. it's one fast-moving weak system for us. a bit of sunshine become by the afternoon. then we'll see breezy conditions coming our way on wednesday. so active pattern now for us, flurrying down to the south. a coating to an inch in the light blue. areas through montgomery county, northern prince william, even howard, a coating to an inch for most areas, d.c. to the north. you've got to get way up north, west of frederick, maryland to pick up that 1202 inches of snowfall. the temperatures in the next few days, running in the 40s. about 45 to 47 dries. showers, in fact we could be looking at a good bit of rain coming our way on friday.

so we'll be watching the system quite closely. that is the next business system. the ground already quite saturated. that again tess end of the week, so once this move through, a fairly quiet week. 44 to 49 degrees saturday to sunday. jim, pat? >> thanks, veronica. tonight virginia is a bit close you to toughening up its law against texting while driving. a state signaled committee proved a big that toughens penalties. the current $20 fine jumps to $250 for first offense, $500 for a second offense. texting while driving would become a primary offense and allow police to stop anybody caught doing it. the bill is identical to one already proved by a house committee. people who apply for george washington university law school next week can expect a new question -- are you gale? the law school says it wants to

track the number of gale and transgender applicants so it can set up better support services for them. right now only 4 of the top 20 law schools in the u.s. ask that question. the story always on gw hatchet.com, the student newspaper. the dean of admissions for the law school today says she doesn't think the move would have any impact on applications, because the school is already known for being an open community. civil rights pioneer rosa parks would have turned 100 today. the u.s. postal service is marking her birthday with a new forever stamp. you can buy it at your local post office beginning today. back in 1955, she was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white passengers in montgomery, alabama. her defiant act sparked the civil rights boy coit and -- as we celebrate black history month, nbc reveals the grio.com 100 making history.

among those from our argument, the washington bureau chief. we'll learn about the career past that turned strickland into a leadership role in the news business. just over a month since new year's. a lot of people have given up on their resolutions, but some have just started making theirs. nbc's kirk gregory explains wise procrastinating has been so popular. >> reporter: it's the first week of february. how are you doing with your resolutions? a survey from retailmenot.com just found out if you're getting around to making them, you're not alone. >> we found that half of people surveyed are still making new year's resolutions. >> reporter: the survey found 49% have resolved to lose weight, while 51% are trying to save more money. but when you're looking to think out your waist. >> fits in and weight loss are really beck focuses, and

technology reigns supreme for sure, from younger to older, people are interested in pursuing their weight and fitness goals online or via app. >> in our poll just now we found that 93% of people intend to use coupons or promotional codes this year, up 53% from last year. >> reporter: it seems everything has gone digital. >> i think it's because people are so busy, the app.s are more helpful and maybe doable. >> reporter: and with as many as 50% of people breaking resolutions by valentine's day, finding something that works is the key to any resolutionary success. kirk gregory, nbc. a 6-year-old girl with a place to go. where a little girl was trying to drive when she crashed her mother's pickup. the baltimore ravens bring the super bowl home.

this is chris gordon at m & t bank stadium. we'll telling you about plans for the big parade, and what winning the super bowl means to the people of this city, ahead on news4.

her motor was a i sleep, and a 6-year-old wanted to see her dad, so she hopped into her mother's truck and took off, going about a half mile before

crashing into parked cars and utility pole. no one was injured. police say they are surprised how well the 6-year-old did. they say she's tall for her age, but doesn't explain house she lenders to drive. there have been no charges filed in the case. the latest on an international mystery. who killed an american mother in istanbul. the turker media reports that evidence found under her fingernails may identify her attacker. after the autopsy today, the investigators obtained court order for dna samples for 21 peaks. suspects. >> reporter: the body of an american as turkish authorities have questioned nearly two dense people. the 33-year-old staten island woman arrived last month on her first trip abroad. she rented a room as a hostel in istanbul. she planned to come to the

popular tourist city with a girlfriend who cancelled at the last minute. she pushed ahead alone. still no signs of trouble. on january 22nd, she wasn't on her flight home. is the disappearance of tourists in turkey is extremely rare. turkish police set up a special unit and combed through street footage. her husband steven and brother david came to istanbul and went to where she was staying, but found no answers. >> she's missing, we have to find her. >> reporter: then after vanishing for almost two weeks, they discovered her body by the ancient ramp arts of istanbul's old cities. they found a blanket. her body may have been dragged to the spot. the police chief said she was killed by a blow to the head, but so far investigators haven't provided details to who may have killed her or why. today her family members have been meeting with turkish

authorities, doing paperwork, preparing the process to repatriate her remains. now at 5:00 tonight, the police chief says a report about her department's mishandling of sex assault allegations is flawed. she says the proof is in the numbers. at any moment, the ravens are set to touch down in maryland. we already see snow on the radar. the next ronald is plowing in. here we go again. we saw some dustings this weekend and just hours away from the next round. doug kammerer is here with a look at how much and when. doug? >> we're kind of getting used to this, these tiny storms moving in throughout the area called alberta clippers. they don't have a whole lot moisture most of the time, but this one is trying to make its way into the area.