from minnesota and the st. louis blues, t.j. oshie. from new canaan, connecticut, and the montreal canadiens, max pacioretty. from minnesota and the minnesota wild, zach parise. from clover, wisconsin, and the san jose sharks, joe pavelski. from milford, connecticut, and the los angeles kings, jonathan quick. from greenwich, connecticut, and the st. louis blues, kevin shattenkirk. from st. louis, missouri, and the colorado avalanche, paul stastny. from hastings, minnesota, and the new york rangers, derek stepan.

from madison, wisconsin, and the minnesota wild, ryan suter. and from minnesota and the winnipeg jets, blake wheeler. and now from the toronto maple leafs, hailing from madison, wisconsin, phil kessel. and from middletown, new jersey, james van riemsdyk. and from the detroit red wings, from syracuse, new york, jimmy howard!

♪ ladies and gentlemen, the 2014 u.s. olympic men's hockey team! ♪ >> mike e.: james van riemsdyk and phil kessel, on the ice with jeremy roenick. >> jeremy: guys, first of all, congratulations on an awesome game. phil, congratulations on your second olympic team. your sister earlier was

announced to the women's olympic team. what does it mean for your family today and to be both a part of the olympic team going to sochi next month? >> yeah, it's great. anytime you have a chance to represent for the country, it's a big deal, and i'm really excited. >> jeremy: j.r., a couple years ago you were traded to toronto. you've had an unbelievable two years, now on the olympic team. what does it feel like to be on the olympic team going to sochi next month? >> yeah, he said it. anytime to represent your country on that stage, it's going to be a huge thrill. i'm really excited. gulf of mexico good luck to you both. pierre? >> pierre: congratulations, james and phil. jimmy howard, tough loss, but congratulations on being a u.s. olympian. what does it mean to you? >> a tremendous honor. words really can't put it into perspective right now. you know, this means a lot to myself and my family. >> pierre: you're pretty aware of all the players on the team. what type of team and what kind of style do you expect americans to play over in sochi? >> you know, very gritty,

hardworking fast game. >> pierre: congratulations again and enjoy this. i'm going to skate over to your general manager, david poile. david. >> mike e.: that's it from the big house. we had a lot of fun. we hope you did. regardless of outcome, it was an exciting day for eddie olczyk, pierre mcguire, jeremy roenick, liam mchugh, jim captore, mike emrick taking so long from ann arbor, michigan. nbc sports thanks you for watching this presentation of the national hockey league.

the search for a woman in a white dress after a violent start to the new year. a new roadblock for president obama's health care law. religious groups may not be forced to provide health

insurance that includes birth control. an unusual hospital celebration here in washington. newborn twins born in different years. >> but first at 5:00, storm team 4 coverage. this system sweeping across the country's midsection is headed our way. >> yeah, this is going to arrive at our doorstep in 24 hours. rain and yes snow. >> this is the storm system that we've been talking about ever since last weekend. let me show you what we're looking at here. finally today the pieces are really starting to come together. the pieces, two areas of low pressure. we have one down south in the gulf of mexico. another in the midwest. you saw the snow around the winter classic. around chicago, michigan and grand rapids. all of these storm systems will be headed our way towards us, and it will be producing snow late tomorrow. here's a look at the cloud cover that's been moving in to the

north. so we're partly cloudy for the evening hours, and yes, we're dry for the evening. we're dry tonight. that system is a snow producer for tomorrow. so we'll watch the temperatures drop to 38 degrees, into the 30s by 11:00 p.m. we'll cool down, get chilly and then cold tomorrow morning with a temperature of 33 degrees. in your fast forecast indeed, folks, we'll start as rain and snow. mostly snow with the system. some neighborhoods. if you haven't done it already, this is the time to download the weather app from the itunes store or from google play. tonight four people are recovering after being stabbed during a new year's eve party. now police are searching for a woman who was wearing a dress stained with blood. the stabbings happened overnight on 18th street.

pat collins spoke to relatives of the victim. pat? >> reporter: jim, sources tell news 4 police are taking steps to close this district bar for 9 96 hours until they can figure out what led to the stabbing this morning. it was supposed to be a big new year's day celebration. 8 -- $80 all you can drink. an argument led to a fight. the fight turned into a stabbing. one woman, three men wounded. the suspect, according to the police report, a woman, 20 to 25 years old, 5'2" to 5'4". wearing a pearl dress with a bloodstain on the breast section that did not afear to be from her. >> how many times was he stabbed?

four. >> where? >> in his side. >> reporter: four times in his side. >> if it wasn't for his size, then it could have been deadly. >> reporter: that's wayne jones. his nephew was stabbed inside the club. he said he's worried about security at places like this. >> they should have more strict rules. shouldn't anybody be able to come into the club with weapons of any time. police say after the fights started upstairs a man leaves the place, he starts walking up 18th street when he is stabbed in the back of the head by a guy who attacks him from behind. it's unclear as to what led to that. in the days to come, police said this new year celebration turned into a bloody crime spree. on behalf of the owner ship, our

hearts go go out to those injured in the criminal acts. the employees of the district have and will continue to do everything in their power to cooperate with the police in their investigation. and ultimately apprehend those responsible. the people who were injured are all expected to survive. live in northwest, pat collins, news 4. there are new concerns after an explosion and fire in an apartment building. fire officials worry there could be people unaccounted for inside the building in minneapolis, minnesota. the explosion that you're seeing happened about 8:15 this morning. firefighters arrived to flames shooting 20 feet in the air. some people jumped out windows to escape. 14 were injured. six critically. freezing temperatures caused water from the fire hoses to freeze on the building. crews want to search the inside, but it's not safe for them to go in. >> people forced out of their hopes by fire have been allowed

to return. the blaze broke out here on monroe street at east jefferson street shortly before noon today. investigators tell us it began in a laundry room. still no word on what sparked if flames. another fire caused an estimated $150,000 in damage to this townhouse. it's on north alfred street near patrick street. investigators think the flames began in the trash behind the house. the flames were intense enough to damage the outside of the home next door as well. fortunately no one was hurt. >> a tow truck driver who man over a man who said robbed him is facing charges tonight. cory stoddard is charged with second-degree murder. he said two men robbed him here yesterday. police tell us he chased them down, hitting one of them with his truck. 22-year-old kevin crouch died. the other man ran away. in just a couple of hours a

vigil is set to get under way to remember a teenager murdered during a party at a foreclosed home. 19-year-old rashad who you just saw was shot outside the house two weeks ago. hundreds of people attended that party. the vigil is scheduled at the great church of nazarin beginning at 7:00. police are still searching for the killer. a maryland mother is locked up accused of locking her 4-year-old daughter in the car for hours while she gambled. security officials at the casino found the little girl eight hours later. news 4's darcy spencer is live now with details. darcy? >> reporter: jim, we are talking about 4-year-old girl. sometimes they get nervous if you leave them in a room alon for a matter of minutes, let alone eight and a half hours. that's where this little girl was in that parking garage at the maryland live casino while her mom was inside the casino,

and today police had some very harsh words for that mom. >> shocking, appalling, disturbing. >> those words to describe this mom, accused of leaving her 4-year-old girl in the car while she gambled for hours at the maryland live casino. >> we don't do this to animals. we certainly shouldn't do this to children. >> reporter: it happened new year's eve. police say the little girl was in the car for eight and a half hours before she was found by security officers on the fourth floor of the parking garage. >> parental selfishness, absolute stupidity. just reckless. reckless abandonment. >> reporter: the little girl was cold and scared, but she was not physically harmed. her mother, 24-year-old alicia brown is in jail. she's facing second-degree child abuse, leaving a child unattended and neglect. >> you should almost turn around

and put your hands behind your back. no excuse. >> reporter: surveillance video shows brown getting out of her car at 10:00 in the morning. the child discovered 6:30 in the evening when temperatures were in the 30s. brown showed up while investigators were on scene and was taken into custody. >> i could careless if they have child set up by a day care owner. especially a baby. that's unfit. >> reporter: maryland live released a statement late this afternoon. it says in part incidents of parental neglect and lack of personal responsibility are disturbing. we'll have more coming up on news 4 at 6:00. you may wonder, why didn't anyone call police for eight and a half hours?

well, they didn't realize there was a child in the car. that's because the mom allegedly did things to try to hide her in the car. i'll tell you what that was again coming up on news 4 at 6:00. reporting live from maryland live, darcy spencer. dozens of researchers stranded on a trip for more than a week. how they celebrated new years trapped in ice. just hours after a popular new year's eve concert wrapped up, the iconic theater was robbed at gunpoint. coming up, i'll bring you the latest on the search for the suspects. plus, america's favorite tv uncle dies.

police in falls church beginning this new year trying to track down two robbers. they hit the iconic state theater early this morning. david culver is live with more on the search. >> reporter: jim and erika, police are still trying to track down the two men who got into the state theater at 7:00 this morning and got away with a lot of cash. as of now police are still trying to track them down. this happened just hours after a new year's eve party.

the roar of fairfax county's police helicopter hovering over the iconic state theater on north washington street in falls church. police not taking any chances. some had their rifles drawn, waving cars away. other officers ready to pull their guns. but the suspects nowhere to be found. around 7:00 this morning the two men somehow got inside. one of them with a gun. they confronted an employee who was still up working after a concert. and then they got away with the money. >> i do not think of robberies. i think of good music and lots of fun. >> reporter: just across the street from the theater, claire and don's beach shack. rebecca owns the place. >> it's upsetting. >> i was shocked. i saw the news report this morning. didn't believe it. >> reporter: that's the voice of a performer who played here last night. he's with the popular '80s cover band the legwarmers. said the new year's eve bash was

a great time. >> everybody was having fun. >> reporter: the theater dates back to the 1930s. falls church's vice mayor says the robbery is personal. >> we're really proud to have the state theater here. it's a regional draw. we're going to make sure this isolated incident is over as quickly as possible. >> reporter: here's what police tell me as far as the latest on the investigation goes. i asked about surveillance video. they say as of now they don't have any surveillance video. there seems to be no cameras outside. not sure what's inside. timing seems suspicious. the concert wrapped up and just a few hours later the suspects hit, and it happened to be while an employee was inside the state theater. coming up, i've been speaking with several folks in the community, and they're worried about what seems to be a recent trend in crime. we're live in falls church,

david culver, news 4. passengers on a stranded trip in antarctica are spending the ninth day in the vessel. rescue operations are likely to begin shortly by helicopter. meantime the 74 crew members posted a video making light of their situation. ♪ it's a shame we're still stuck here ♪ >> they are stuck in packed ice. rescuers had to resort to a helicopter after two ice breakers failed to get close to the ship. the crew will stay and wait for the ice to break up. >> that looks cold. >> it does look cold. they've got holiday cheer. we're going to get colder. not ice so much, but we have rain and snow to be concerned

about. >> right. mostly snow. it's just going to be a very short period with a little bit of rain mixing in. that not until tomorrow, folks. when we talk about the event we're going to have here, it's going to be the kind where half of us will be pushing around the snow maybe doing sweeping. the other half light shoveling. we want to show you that it is dry. we don't have anything falling right now. evening planner forecast, gorgeous sunset. upper 30s by 9:00 and still dry at 11:00 p.m. and also tomorrow morning. this is 4:00 tomorrow. there will be a touch for light rain showers that will start. and from about 4:00 until 8:00 there could be a little bit of a rain maybe starting to mix with snow. after 9:00 that the majority of us will have all snow taking over. temperatures will start to take

a plunge. that's midnight. 3:00 a.m. friday, all snow, too. around 2:00, 3:00, 4:00 a.m. friday morning, that's when the snow could be coming down pretty good around here. by 5:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m., it's already making an exit. snow probably ending, making its way out. but a dry and powdery type of snow that will get blown around quite a bit. some of us will get under an inch of snow. some of us could get four inches of snow. i think it will be minimal impacts here with the storm system much bigger around boston and new york city. these areas will get one to two. gaithersburg, frederick, maryland. areas arrange hagerstown and winchester, virginia, probably pushing the snow with a broom. so that's the way it's looking

right now. we made changes from yesterday's forecast. that's how it works. tomorrow's temperature is 45 degrees. in the 20s enonly in the 20s after starting out with a temperature of 21 degrees. falling temperatures throughout the day on friday. coldest air of the season moves in on friday. dangerously low windchill values across the area. we'll have a detailed look at the weekend weather as well as the second wave of bitterly cold air set to hit next week. and the light dims on the traditional light bulb. and tis the season to make good on the resolution to get fit. liz crenshaw has fou

james avery, the actor who played uncle phil has died. he was 68 years old and a veteran of the vietnam war. he played phillip banks, will smith's uncle on the nbc sitcom in the '90s. i'm deeply saddened to say that james avery has passed away. he was a second father to me. i will miss him greatly. the first baby of 2014 born in the district has a unique story to tell.

his twin has a different birthday and year. he came in three minutes after his sister who was born at 11:58 yesterday and last year. they were 28 days ahead of schedule. their mom was in medstar washington hospital center yesterday for a routine checkup. brandon's heart rate was low because the umbilical cord was wrapped around his neck. doctors ended up deciding it was time for a c-section. >> i'm really proud. god really blessed me with these children. it's really great. it's amazing. >> brandon is 5 pounds, 10 ounces. his barely older sister is 6 pounds, 5 ounces. >> and she will hold that over his head. >> you know, for life. >> i'm older than you. >> that's how it goes. for the first time, pot is being sold

a search tonight for the woman police say stabbed four people at a new year's eve party inside an adams morgan club. it happened at district nightclub on 18th street. three men and one woman was stabbed after a fight broke out. a maryland mother is in jail on charges of child neglect and abuse. police tell us 24-year-old alicia brown left her 4-year-old daughter locked in a gar while she gambled at maryland live casino yesterday security officers found the little girl after hearing her cries. she was not seriously hurt.

and she is in custody of relatives right now. let's fast forward to the weather. how are we looking? >> quiet right now. this time tomorrow the radar will get busy with rain and snow falling across the area. so we're going to see chilly conditions as we drop to 38 degrees. we'll continue to track the snow as it gets ready to move in. as well as taking a look at the coldest air of the season. i have it all coming up in minutes. some d.c. workers are returning to money to taxpayers now. >> after they sought and received reimbursement money for food they never purchased. >> scott macfarlane brought us the story and he joins us with the update. >> 30 d.c. parks employees made a trip to houston in october. it cost taxpayers $54,000. the mayor and kocouncil members

hammered the agency saying it was too much to spend. october 11th. one day after they returned home to d.c. from that seminar. the mayor's office said workers would reimburse the city hundreds of dollars for doing so. the trip to receive a national park certification was an important one. local taxpayer groups say managers should have never approved so many expenses. >> we're in the touch position here financially. senning a bunch of people to a conference in houston and spending tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars shows a lack of leadership. there's also one government official in d.c. that could impact his new post within d.c. government. that party of our story tonight at 6:00. >> scott, thank you, a st.

mary's county sheriff deputy was injureded after his cruiser hit a deer. sergeant robert russell was on oakley road avenue in maryland. the cruiser hit the deer in the program, overturned, landed upside down in a water filled ditch. the trooper was trapped. police are looking for more possible victims of two women accused of a so-called flimflam scam. police arrested consuelo green and graham in the park. they offered money to coax women into giving them their bank account information. when the victims receive the bag, they find out the money is fake. police say this scheme is spreading in our area. all the way up to new york. the secret service is in here. immigrants living in the state illegally will be able to get a driver's license or i.d.

card. the state motor vehicle association is scheduling appointments as early as tomorrow. undocumented immigrants will need to prove they have filed state income tax returns for two years. the state hopes the new law will make the roads safer by making sure there are more qualified drivers behind the wheel. drivers who use the dulles toll road are digging deeper into their pockets. that's because they brought with it a 75% toll hike. the toll runs between the belt way and dulles airport. the rate increase will pay for the construction of metro's new silver line to dulles. in prince george's county you have to do yard work without a plastic bag residents are not allowed to use the plastic bags. paper bags or reusable containers must be used instead. it also costs more for the

county to throw them out. starting today, you have to pay to see the beauty inside the national cathedral. the new admission fee is $10. $6 for kids and seniors. the money is going to pay for repairs from the 2011 earthquake. the fee is just for sight seers. worshipers will still be allowed inside the cathedral for free. there's also no admission charged on sundays. and just hours before the affordable care act was set to take effect, supreme court justice sonia sotomayor blocked part of it. the requirement that some religion affiliated organizations provide health insurance, that includes birth control, she acted on a request from a small group of catholic nuns in denver. in the meantime, a white house official had this response. we defer to the deeptd of justice on litigation matters but remain confident that our

final rules strike the balance of providing women with free contraceptive coverage while preventing nonprofit religious organizations with religious objections to contraceptive coverage from having to contract, arrange, pay or refer for such coverage. former first lady barbara bush still in the hospital at this hour. we'll have an update from family members about her health scare. and

a new year brings new beginnings and some foster children in our area are hoping for a new start. and some have been waiting longer than others for those permanent homes. barbara harrison has the story of those who are still waiting. over the last year we introduced you to at lot of children awaiting permanent adopted homes. some are still waiting and hoping. what a wonderful hug! last march wasn't the first time we met isaiah. when we first featured him he couldn't walk or do many of the things he does now. and you changed a lot since i saw you last time. >> show barbara how you put them back together. >> reporter: those who work with isaiah say he's making great progress, but a family to love him could make such a big difference.

you may remember when she was first featured several years before when she told us how much she wanted to be adopted. at 16 we found she has a lot of new talents and knows what she would like to be in a future. >> professional organizer. and she still hopes for a family to help guide her in reaching her goals. and christopher too is still waiting. you can't forget him and his wonderful smile. >> he's always ready to greet everyone. he's a happy kid. >> reporter: and who could forget his wonderful gift of song. ♪ gaga >> reporter: and that's the goal for owl our wednesday's children still waiting. maybe 2014 will be the year they finally get to go home. >> let's hope so. if you have room in your home and heart for any children still waiting please call our hot line or search wednesday's child on

nbcwashington.com. we just started the new year and i'm so sick of the gym commercials. we get it. we got to go back. you're not the only one going there in the new year. but liz crenshaw took a look at the fine print before you sign up for those gym contracts. >> i'm tom sherwood. on this new year's day marijuana is being sold in

no former president bill clinton tweeted his well wishes to former first lady barbara bush. mr. clinton wrote i'll be rooting for barbara bush's full recovery while she's rooting for baylor today. baylor's football team plays tonight. mrs. bush has been in the hospital in houston since monday. she's suffering from respiratory issues. your phone number may be compromised if you used one of the most down loaded apps of 2013. last night a hacker posted the photos and user names of 4 million snap chat users. that data base is no longer

online. before it was taken down the person who posted it accused snap chat of snishlly ignoring security flaws in its software. colorado has been selling legal marijuana for almost ten hours now, and it seems that business is booming. >> hundreds of people are braving the frigid temperatures and snow to get their hands on the newly legal drug. colorado is the only state in the country that allows people to purchase and smoke marijuana legally. could the district follow colorado's lead and legalize marijuana possession? >> we look at the growing effort to change marijuana laws in the nation's capital. >> reporter: back in 1998, 70% of district voters approved medical marijuana for use in the city. it took more than a dozen years for dispensaries to be licensed and up and running under tight regulations that still limit their appeal. now david grosso has legislation

that would simply legalize possession of small amounts of marijuana here. similar to colorado. and he's watching that state very closely. >> it is a big day for colorado and actually for the whole country. i think this will be a good test, and we'll see how it goes and see how well they handle it. in the long run that will help us here. imposing small fines rather than outright legalization. >> folks in d.c. will come around to it the same time as the rest of the country. we'll start with decriminalization. once we realize that is going smoothly we'll move to legalization. >> reporter: colorado was supported by by the advocation of legal marijuana use. >> marijuana user who is are finally able to purchase marijuana legally in a regulationed fashion from a licensed, tax paying business, voters in colorado are pretty happy with the system. and we expect to be able to export that success elsewhere.

>> reporter: they won't decrease use will will stop thousands of prosecutions of young people whose lives are ruined with criminal records. >> that's what really motivated me to do this. these are nonviolence offenses. these folks come out way worse than they went in. that's got to be stopped. >> in the district, tom sherwood, news 4. the boy scouts of america officially accepting gay members today. the change comes six months after the national counsel voted to end the ban. since 1910 the boy scouts of america had excluded gay people from joining their organization. now openly gay boys will not only be able to join the organization, but they'll also be able to achieve the organization's highest rank. a baltimore boy recently became one of the first openly gay scouts. he says he hopes to one day earn the eagle scout ranking. it's time to say good-bye to the traditional light bulb.

manufacturers are banned from producing 40 and 60 watt incandescent light bulbs. the move is part of a federal live. 175 watt incandescents were phased out. i know you're probably still on the couch enjoying leftovers, but it's the time of year when a lot of folks are looking to join a gym. liz crenshaw is here with a gym membership warning. >> like many good intentions, we did use the gym quite a bit in the first six or eight months. as time went on we lost interest. >> reporter: dennis and his wife from fairfax station, virginia, sound like a lot of people who

pay money for a gym membership they joined nearly six years ago and recently called to cancel. >> a gentleman said here's your confirmation number for your cancellation. and you're free to use the gym for the next 60 days because we're going to charge you membership for the next 60 days. it surprised me. >> reporter: when he first signed up he thought he agreed to a 30-day cancellation fee. but the fine print added another 30 days. a second gotcha, the monthly charges doubled in five years. when they signed up, his wife was paying $32.99 a month, and he was paying $29.99 a month. >> by the time i canceled in november of 2012, at that point i had been paying now on a biweekly basis, because the company slipped that in. >> reporter: small familiar charges now twice a month.

how were they able to charge double? simple. they said it in the contract. >> charges payable at any time. >> any time. so instead of paying about $700 a year, they were paying more than $1,000 a year. >> it was pretty upsetting to me. >> reporter: washington consumer's checkbook offers tips to protect consumers when choosing a place to exercise. it compared more than 100 area health clubs. rule number one, avoid signing a contract if you can. go month to month. and know the rules of cancellation. what happens when you change your mind, move, or get hurt? can you freeze your membership? did you know you can haggle the price? they may have a special price just for you. >> you can negotiate the price. >> you can negotiate. >> reporter: shop and save. two area health clubs had more than $500 difference between them for a one-year membership

with full access to equipment and classes at both places. rule number four, try before you buy. >> try out the facilities. talk to the members. >> exercise your consumer rights so you don't end up in his gym shoes. >> i'm not sure i will every sign anything that says like that again. see, i've just got four more excuses. >> you can just run. >> i'll run indoors on friday. we are going south in the weather world. >> way south. the next seven days is frigid air for us. just plain old cold for us. temperatures starting out in the 20s for leesburg, for warrenton and culpeper. 27 degrees is the temperature. dry conditions with just a few clouds in the area. all day long we're going to see clouds on the increase.

you're looking at the hourly forecast for thursday. 38 at 10:00 a.m. 45 at 2:00 p.m. a mixture of rain and snow possible at 6:00 p.m. it's looking like all snow around the area. mid snigt snow for us at 2:00 a.m. that pushes out by 6:00 in the morning. and coming up, we'll take another look at how much we could get throughout the area. it's widespread snow and widespread cold, too. there's the second wave of frigid air set for next week, tuesday. new year celebration shut down. why

2014 didn't start the way some had hoped. they stopped two events hours before they were supposed to kick off. why some in the county claim the parties are against the law. >> this is a mix of musicians from old go go bands and the audience has aged with them. >> our crowd begins at 30 and heck, on new year's eve may go all the the way up to 60. >> the babd planned an annual party featuring r&b star angie stone. on new year's eve prince george's police told them having

the party would be against the law. >> i can't imagine the county being that irresponsible to just at the last second say we can't have our event. >> reporter: officials say the van violated county legislation cb 18 when it sold tickets for the event online and opened it to the public. another go-go band's new year's eve party was also shut down for the same reason. cb 18 was drafted to hold entertainment venues to a higher standard. this is an entertainment venue that had a number of shootings and was considered a nuisance in the county. now it's closed. they received a number of violations and eventually they lost their state liquor license. >> because of these tools that we put in place, crime has gone down by 40% over three years. >> reporter: county council member karen tolls drafted the legislation and says it's not out to target one particular kind of entertainment, but to

have stronger rules in. >> we don't want to work on entertainment. we need to figure out how to make it more safe. >> they would have allowed the party to go on with no liquor sales, but the band already chose to move the event to a different club. they will have a party, and that's not what we are doing. >> i spoke with a number of promotors that say they feel their relationship with the county has been damaged. they're going to be meeting in the next week to see what they can do to make that right. i'm tracee wilkins, news 4. right now at 6:00, a party at a club on new year's ended with four people stabbed. tonight police are looking for a woman in a white dress. an explosion before a massive fire. some people jumped in front of their