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 windows.

what's left is coated with ice. some questions after a gunman robbed an iconic theater a few hours after a sold-out concert. good evening. >> millions could be impacted by the storm from the midwest and the midatlantic to the northeast. veronica johnson is in storm center. good evening and happy new year. >> same thing for you there. we've been tracking the system for days, taking a look at what's coming in. and now today the pieces are starting to come together. we have two storms. another up to the north in illinois. both of these storms are headed this way. they're going to arrive late tomorrow and still around in the area nearly friday. we're going to get snow. and then we're going to get cold air. we have clouds from one system that covers the area. we're looking at a partly cloudy

overnight for many. temperatures dropping off to the low 40s. upper 30s by 9:00. low 30s. cold conditions but early tomorrow morning, guys, it is still looking dry. the system will be unfolding, i think tomorrow at this time we'll see a little bit of rain. a little bit of snow mixed in the area. and then as we get into the late evening hours and the early part of the night, it's all snow for us. some of us by friday morning we'll see four ifnches of snow n the ground. some may not have an inch. i'll tell you what gets what coming up. we're starting about obama care. some members of government shut down because of it. the website was a disaster. court challenges are still being filed. nevertheless, health care coverage bought through the afford blg care act took effect today. supreme court justice sonia sotomayor temporarily stopping part of the affordable care act.

it requires religious groups to provide contraceptive coverage for employees. the plan means insurers can no longer deny coverage for preexisting conditions and removes lifetime caps on care. >> i've been waiting a long time for january 1st, 2014. >> reporter: the focus is now on patients with new coverage starting to seek care. health care workers bracing for potential confusion, administrative hassles. >> now the insurance cares are scrambling to get the i.d. cards out, get everything enrolled in their systems. >> reporter: along with website woes and worries that confirming planned details early in the year will be difficult. >> we've done everything we can to let people know there could be a problem, and we're working with the insurers to make sure we can smooth out those difficulties. >> 2.1 million people have enrolled through state and federal exchanges through october. >> there's a huge demand out there for the products being offered on the exchanges and the

expansion of medicaid. >> reporter: still many are critical. >> this has been a failed launch, a flawed law, and it needs real change. the healthcare.gov website had advice on what enrollees should do. of course, it could still be weeks before we really know how this new law is working. >> six people remain in critical condition after a massive apartment fire in minneapolis. there are concerns more victims could be inside the building. firefighters arrived and flames were shooting 20 feet in the air. some people jumped from the building to escape. that made the fire difficult to put out.

>> as you can see with these conditions, not very good conditions for firefighters to make entry and the firefighters. >> some of those who jumped out of the building were injured. it's not clear if anyone was left inside because firefighters have not been able to check the building. >> tonight a search is on for a woman in a white dress. it comes after four stabbings inside, or at least four people stabbed inside a nightclub. it happened as people were ringing in the new year at a club called district on 18th street. >> jim, if you look over my shoulder you can see the ♪ of closure here at the the district nightclub. it comes for the chief of police herself. just moments ago police brought this notice here to the club. they paesed it on the front door.

this closes the club for 96 hours as investigators try to figure out what led to the multiple stabbings here early this morning. it was not the way they wanted to ring in the new year. four people stabbed, one woman, three men, wounded at a new year's party inside the district club. >> everyone is in a good celebration, in a good spirit, and then things like that happen. >> >> hate to see that happen. >> i think these sometimes get out of hand. >> reporter: the suspect, according to the police report, a woman. 20 to 25 years old. 5'2" to 5'4". facial piercings, wearing a pearl white dress with a bloodstain on the breast section

that did not appear to be from her. wayne jones says his nephew was one of the victims. he says his nephew was stabbed four times. he says he's concerned about the security at these clubs. >> they should have no strict rules. should nobody be able to come in the club with weapons of any time. should have a metal detector to search people. women included. >> this statement from the club. on behalf of the ownership, our hearts go out to those injured by the critical acts. the partners and employees of the district have and will continue to do everything in their power to cooperate with police in their investigation and the ultimate apprehension of those responsible. this for people who want to celebrate new year. >> stay home. enjoy yourself at home. if you have family, stay with family. >> now police say the victims here are all expected to

survive. they say the investigation is still ongoing. and for the next 96 hours at least, this club is closed. live in northwest, pat collins, news 4. >> an investigation tonight into what sparked a fire inside a high-rise apartment complex in rockville. residents were evacuated from the building on monroe street at east jefferson shortly before noon today. investigators say the fire broke out inside a laundry room. no one was injured. a tow truck driver is charged with second-degree murder after he ran over one of two men that he says tried to rob him. the man's name is cory stoddard. police say he hit one of the suspected robbers with his truck. that man's name was kevin crouse. he died at the hospital. a second guy ran away. two armed robberies and a

shooting all plaguing the city of falls church in the past couple of weeks. this morning's robbery of the iconic state theater is adding to the community's uneasiness. david culver is live outside the theater with how police are responding. david? >> reporter: i spent a good part of today talking with people in the falls church community. it's clear that they're really disturbed by the recent crimes. the most recent happening this morning right here at the state theater. right off north washington street. two men got into the theater around 7:00, and robbed the place at gunpoint. for the city, not a good way to start the new year. this is what we encountered in falls church this morning. police swarming the theater, guns drawn, choppers flying. >> it's upsetting. it's scary. >> next to the crime scene is rebecca's restaurant. we talked to her from across the fence. >> i don't know. we've had a lot of scary things in the past couple of weeks that

is very upsetting. >> reporter: digging through our past coverage we found what rebecca was referring to. a shooting at taco bell this past weekend. two weekends before, three men robbed the hotel. >> all those things add up to something that doesn't equal falls church. it's pretty surprising. >> reporter: and this morning's crime happened just after an '80s concert put on by cover band, the legwarmers. an employee was still inside when the two men got in and got the cash. one of the band members didn't want to show us his face but told me the timing is suspicious. >> when you're running a club it's a cash business. i guess it makes sense that would be a target. >> our region has the best police departments in the country and in the world. the vice mayor of falls church is praising the police and had a warning for thieves. >> anyone thinking on taking on the city of falls church or any other, they're taking on all of

northern virginia. we intend to get this thing solved and make it a very bad year for the people who perpetrated it. >> reporter: now, i did ask falls church police about those other crimes that i just mentioned. they say they're not sure as of now if they're all connected. especially with the most recent one. also good news out of the crime, no one was hurt. we're live in falls church. i'm david culver, news 4. a woman from maryland, the baltimore area is facing charges of abuse and neglect. she left her 4-year-old child in a car for more than eight hours while she went in and gambled at a casino. security officers found the child after hearing her crying inside the car. the moeb was arrested. she's been locked up. still in jail right now. police are calling what she did stupid and selfish. we'll have more on all this coming up on the broadcast at 6:30.

a former israeli leader. his condition is getting worse. workers in the district ordered to return money to taxpayers. the fallout from an i-team investigation coming up. and the parents of the first baby born in our region in 2014 definitely have a rat

in a statement from hawaii the president said mrs. bush is blessed with a vibrant spirit that he hopes will have her feeling better soon. her family says she's in great spirits. the israeli media is reporting that former prime minister has taken a turn for the worse. he was at the height of his political power in 2006 when he was incapacitated by a massive stroke. he's been comatose and on a respiratory ventilator since then. he's now suffering from kidney problems. some d.c. government employees are going to have to pay out of their own pockets. the i-team discovered that they spent $54,000 to send a group of employees on a trip to houston texas. scott macfarlane brought attention to the story and is here now with more on this.

as thefoundhe mistake, the city asked for the money back. they want to attend the recreation annual conference in october. which in addition to seminars and lectures included evening entertainment, buffets and music. documents obtained under the freedom of information act revealed the price tag at $54,000. >> there's just no way we should have sent that number of people at that level of expense. >> reporter: but we also spotted problems with the expense reports. food per diems on the 11th. flight record showed the employees returned home to washington october 10th. since then they've been ordered to pay back the money. these type of paperwork mistakes

are another reason cities should never send that many people on travel. >> you don't need to send 30, 40, 50 people to a conference. send one or two or maybe none. do a teleconference. we can teleconference and get the same information a lot cheaper. >> meanwhile, a lot of headaches for city officials. he was part of the houston trip with at least two d.c. council members say because of what we found in our investigation, they're less likely to vote to confirm aguirre. a letter asks council colleagues for a vote to lead that agency. the office of state superintendent education. so they can vote to block him. he expected some kick back because of the houston conference, but he defends the trip because it was an important professional development. a spokesman says most of the overcharges have been paid back.

>> the city of new york has a new mayor. former president bill clinton administered the oath of office to bill de blasio. he replaces michael bloomberg who served three terms. he vowed to run a progressive administration to focus on reversing trends of economic inequality. >> we are called to put an end to economic and social inequalities that threaten to unravel the city we love. we commit to a new direction in new york. >> de blasio served in housing and urban development under president clinton and helped manage hillary clinton's first senate campaign in 2000. so veronica, it's going to start acting really like winter out here, huh? >> finally. that's the kind of weather you like, right, jim? >> bring it on.

we are talking about the coldest air of the season. the coldest air since last january. not tonight. on radar right now it's quiet. we don't have anything going on. but this time tomorrow we'll see rain and a little bit of snow. in fact, as we look at the pieces of the storm system, they're both producing different types of weather. they are producing between two and five inches of snow today. down south, a big rain producer. both of these on target to gang up on us tomorrow, producing rain and snow at first, and then a lot of snow for some areas way up to new york state. for us this will be a storm with minimum impact. but a major

minimal ymimpacts here.e1 % we get that one to four inches of snow. it all depends on where you w3a. up to an inch in the south. prince william county to faulkner county. one to two. manyfá locations including d.c. gaithersburg, down to st.t(

to four in this corner here. here's the folks that i think up towards westminster that will be doing a littlexd bit ofw3 shove at their worst, because this will be a dry andlp powdery typ of snowt( blowing around and mae mini drift fls the area. friday dangerously cold air with low windchill readings. temperatures will be fallingjf throughout the day. as far as the weekend goes right now, the best day out of the weekend appears it will be sunday. i don't think that that rain that is posted there on your 7 day forecast is going to move in until late during the evening t( hours. what would you rather have, jim? =i42 with cloud cover on sundaye and that rain late? >> really doesn't matter what i wish, does it? it's going to be what it's going to be. and we'llw3w3 accept it at that. thanks,pga veronica. peopleçó waited in long lin braving wintery conditions. look at theok firsti]

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. >> out in colorado people have been lining up since this morning to legally buy and smoke marijuana. chris clackum was there when the first customer made the first

purchase this morning. >> 8:00 a.m. we're going to do it. >> 8:00 a.m. >> choreographed for the cameras and precisely at 8:00 wednesday morning, colorado's pot industry opened for business. >> here's your receipts. >> reporter: the first customer at a pot shop in denver, an iraq war veteran who also fought to get pot legalized here. >> now i get to use recreational cannabis to alleviate my ptsd. it's a steppingstone for other states to help veterans as well. >> reporter: moments later hundreds of others were allowed in to buy up to one quarter of one ounce. >> it's a whole new world not having to kind of being underground about it. and be all sneaky about it. >> reporter: what happens here will be watched closely around the world with activists hoping to prove legalization is better than the expensive american-led war on marijuana. >> colorado is adapting a far more sensible approach in we

will regulate and tax marijuana for adults. >> reporter: critics warn increased access will lead to drug abuse and crime. >> i think it's going to be a huge disaster. i think there will be so much damage done to the children out there that it's going to be difficult to undo. >> regardless, two dozen pot shops opened on wednesday with dozens more in the pipeline to get them to sell it. users have to be 21, can't smoke in public and can't cross state lines with their purchase. a ban on pot at denver's airport remain in place. chris clackum, nbc news. >> and that news out of colorado has lawmaker's nationwide talking about similar options.

david grosso expects the council to hold them early this year. >> it's a big day for colorado and the whole country. it will be a good test to see how it goes. in the long run, it will help us here. >> supporters say legalization won't dramatically increase marijuana use but it will stop thousands of prosecutions of young people's lives ruined by criminal records. a local high school band made an appearance in the tournament of roses today. west field high school marching bulldogs from chantilly, virginia, has more than 270 members. it's the first high school from fairfax county selected to go to the rose bowl parade in pasad a pasadena, california. hundreds apply to be part of the parade. only 12 made the cut. >> coming up at 6:30, you're going to have to pay to visit the national cathedral.

we'll tell you more about that. an eagle was close to death almost three months ago and is now ready to fly home. >> i'm kristin wright at washington hospital center. coming

> the new year.

we could see snow as soon as tomorrow night. hundreds of flights are being cancelled in the midwest. veronica is here to show us what is coming next. >> as this comes in and moves out of here it's going to have a tremendous amount of wind with it. and very cold air. the kind of air we have not felt in months. right now we're hanging out to the 30s and 40s. buie is at 34. as we get into the overnight period here we're dropping off the clouds out there right now. just a few. i think those will be sticking around. 38 under a partly cloudy sky by 11:00 p.m. yes, you'll need the coat. by friday, the first part of the weekend, you'll be all wrapped up just trying to stay away from the biting wind.

early tomorrow morning, 27 in culpeper. 32 fredricksburg. we're dry with some cloud cover around the area. throughout the day tomorrow the clouds will be on the increase. 41 to 46 with snow coming in tomorrow. we'll take a look at the hourly forecast for the very low windchill readings. that's all in few minutes. a maryland mother is in jail accused of locking her preschooler in the car why she gambled. as darcy spencer reports police are not hiding their anger about the situation. >> i think it's terrible. you're not supposed to leave your kid nowhere. she gambled for hours at the maryland live casino.

>> your family is first. i can't say on camera what i really feel. >> it happened new year's eve. police say the little girl was in the car for about eight and a half hours before she was found by security officers on the fourth floor of the parking garage. >> you don't leave your kid for nothing. you wrap them up and take them with you. if you can't take them with you, you don't go. >> reporter: the little girl was cold and scared but not physically harmed. the girl's mother is facing three charges. second-degree child abuse, leaving the child unattended and neglect. >> we don't do to animals. we certainly shouldn't do it to children. they say she put sheets or covering over the window so you couldn't see inside. security guards found the girl after following the sounds of

her crying. >> nothing roused the suspicion of anyone to call police that it was something suspicious going on. police say advance videos show brown getting out of the car at 10:00 in the morning. brown showed up while investigators was on scene and was taken into custody. >> you think you heard it all or seen it all. you find out that a family in alexandria, virginia, is going to spend the first night of this new year out of their home because of a fire. those flames were intense enough to do damage to the house next door. nobody injured. damage is estimated at $50,000. we're getting word of a

crash in gaithersburg. sixth people including four children are starting the new year in a hospital. we're just getting video in from the crash a little while ago. a long draft road. police tell us a mini van collided with the car. four children and two adults were taken to the hospital. more people could be on their way. we're hearing none of the injuries appear to be life threatening. i'm jim handly from the live desk. two people are behind bars after an early morning stabbing in capital heights. prince george's county police were called for a large fight early this morning. when they arrived they found a man with stab wounds. we're told the man who was stabbed will survive. police are looking for more possible victims of two women who are accused of what calling a flimflam scam. police arrested two women, green and erickson on monday in takoma park.

they say those women offered bags filled with fake money to their victims in exchange for bank account information. the scheme is spreading in our area, all the way up to new york. if you think you're a victim of the scam, you're asked to call the police. a sheriff's deputy in saint mary's county in maryland was injured after he hit a deer in his car this morning. police say sergeant russell was on oakley road in maryland. the cruiser hit the deer on the road, overturned and landed upside down in a ditch filled with water. the trooper was trapped in the car, but emergency responders were able to get him out of there. he was treated and released from the hospital. a new law goes into effect today. residents are not allowed to use plastic bags. pamp ba paper bags or reusable containers are to be used instead.

it costs more for the county to throw them out. it will cost you to visit the national cathedral in northwest d.c. beginning today adults will have to pay 10 bucks to go inside. kids and seniors get in for $6. that money will pay to repair damage from the earthquake back in 2011. those fees are only for sight seers. those who attend services during the week and on sundays will not be charged. and drivers who use the dulles toll road are digging a bit deeper in their pockets now. that's because the new year brought a 75 cent increase in the toll at the main plaza. this will help pay for the construction of the silver line to dulles. the nation's first family spent a laid back new year's eve

in hawaii. they took the daughter out for one of the favorite treats, shaved ice. they ordered half cherry and half lemon lime. they will return to washington on sunday. st. peters basilica was filled today. he celebrated mass as the leader of the world's 1 billion roman catholics. he stressed strength, courage and hope. he urged everyone to work for a community of brothers who respect each other and accepts each other's differences. coming up, a number of go go events shut down at the last minute. we'll tell you why.

those people who have been stranded on the russian ship caught up on the ice in antarctica for nine days may soon get off the boat. a rescue helicopter set to air lift them have been given the all clear. it was delayed because of bad weather. the helicopter was the last resort after two ice breakers failed to get close enough to the ship stranded. despite the ongoing problems the 74 passengers don't see too disturbed by it all. >> hi, everyone. this is the sbred science expedition. we're just about to enter 2014. they posted the video to youtube yesterdays to ring in the new year. the crew will stay. making a look of the most. thick black smoke pouring into investigators, rt-a-potties.

fireworks are to blame for starting that massive fire. there are complaints of unfair treatment because two go go parties were shut down at the last minute. just a few hours before, police told them they were braking the law by selling tickets online. it's a law in place to stop illegal parties that were leading to vins. they lost money in the process. they say the law should not target them. it was put in place to have a party for kids 18 and under. she says the law requiring

special licenses had worked to reduce violence at dance clubs and night halls. sad news tonight. james avery died tonight. best known for his role in "fresh prince of bell air." he was 68 years old. avery had been recovering from open heart surgery. before acting he served in the navy during the vietnam war. this afternoon the man who played his son carlton said he was a second father to me. i will miss him greatly. twins with different birthdays born on different years. >> veronica, getting nasty out there. >> very nasty for winter. i'm tracking snow and very cold

a bald eagle that was almost killed by being struck by a vehicle on route 66 was released today. the bald eagle was hit back on october 8th. state police called in. he suffered internal injuries and fractures on both wings after one surgery and 11 weeks of rehab the eagle is now flying again. one family was welcoming two new additions to the family. it's the first baby of 2014 and his twin with a different birthday and birth year. twins, born threein apart

at med star washington hospital center. the girl born in 2013. the boy in 2014. the chances of this happening, inconceivable. >> god really blessed me with these children. it's really great. it's amazing. lorain came first. she was born at 11:58. just two minutes left in 2013. the year ended. a new one began and then came little brother brandon. the first known new year's babies in the area. she tells us her new years twins are blessings from god. they tried for an entire year to get pregnant and it wasn't happening. they turned to in vitro fertilization

brandon's heartbeat at a routine appointment concerned doctors and dads. sething in my sixth sense told me to go. i left work at 10:00. >> reporter: the babies were delivered by c-section perfectly held thi. brandon came in at 5 pounds 10 ounces. >> they're beautiful. >> mom thinks the new baby girl, technically the first born looks a lot like her. >> skont be a better present. >> some people don't care about cold weather. about 40 took part in the polar plunge at the aquatic center. the water temperature in the pool was 37 degrees. that's cold.

there were five life guards on hand and an ambulance. just in case. but they didn't need them. >> it makes me cold just looking at them jumping into the water. >> i'm talking about readings in the single digits coming up. >> no, good they took the plunge then and not a day from now. outside right now we're just chilling down. we have light winds and a few clouds. not much going on. currently we're at 43 with a southeast very light wind. we have a system coming from the south and another coming from the west. it's all going to deliver snow late tomorrow. until then it's going to be clouds increasing. we'll start out partly sunny. we'll turn mostly cloudy. frederick, 45. down around waldorf, you folks around ft. washington, the high tomorrow, 45 degrees. so not too bad. but again, it's all downhill

after that. and you can see the 6:00 temperature for tomorrow. this is the hourly forecast for your thursday. from the mid 40s to 37 degrees at 6:00 p.m. a combination of rain and a little bit of snow, and then right at freezing for 10:00 p.m. with snow falling, and that snow will continue to overtake the area. from 10:00 to midnight to 2:00 a.m. again, fairly widespread across the area. at 2:00, 3:00, and 4:00 tomorrow. actually on friday it's going to be coming down its hardest. that's when we're going to see most of the accumulation around here. by 4:00 or 5:00 a.m., it's moving out. the cold air will be moving in, and turn up the winds. this is going to be one windy storm system for us with wind gusts to 30, maybe 40 miles per hour. especially near the coast. one to two inches in the forecast from fredricksburg to montgomery county. around leesburg you folks can see an inch to maybe an inch and

a half. over to ft. washington, the possibility of two, maybe three inches of snowfall. 5:00 a.m., windchill readings feeling like 4 degrees in frederick, maryland. 9 in manassas and d.c. noontime, not much of a change on friday. same thing at 4:00. maybe it's going to feel like we're in the teens in the area. some mighty, mighty cold air is set to move in. that's on friday. it's going to hold through, i think, a good part of saturday as we start out at 16 degrees. and then another wave of cold air is set to move in right now, tuesday of next week. we're back into the 20s. we're going to do it all over again, but without the snow. jim? >> thanks, veronica. >> and have you haven't done it already, this is the time to download the storm team 4 weather app. track the storm as it moves into the region by downloading the app from the itunes store. are we ready

something other than that football team? >> yes, we are, vance. coming up, a washington capital is headed to sochi for the olympic games.

here's the deal.

if you haven't seen wizards yet, go see them. they are playing ball and they're fun to watch. >> they're the fifth best team in the eastern conference. tonight is the first game of the new year for the wizards. same season, but a new year. like all of us, players have new years resolutions they're trying to stick with for 2014. diana russini caught up with a few players the find out what they had in store for the new year. >> with new year's being here, does this team have a new year's resolution? >> my resolution will be to get more rebounds. the team, just be more consistent. be more consistent. make sure we work on the little things. and make sure we are going to play together. for new year's, you got a resolution? what is the team's resolution? >> win, win, win. that's it. we just want to win. >> that's the resolution. just win games. vance just said he's going to take us all to a game.

>> i thought i heard you say i'm going to take everyone to a game here. >> we'll talk. we'll talk. it will be fun. let's talk a little hockey now. capitals defensemen john carlson will make his first winter appearance. that was beautiful. toronto taking on detroit. a record 105,000 fans. 12 the degrees and snowing. they had to stop the game multiple times to remove the snow. it was so cold the water goalies' water bottles were frozen. detroit threatening. justin with the puck and he gets it in the net. this game is tied at 2. it went to over time and then a shootout. last man to escape, tyler bosik needing this to get the win. they get it. 3-2. one of the greathi in the sport

world, it has to be college football and the bowl games. plenty of good action today around the country. it was almost a clean sweep stai for sec fans. let's start with georgia taking on nebraska. the cornhuskers playing in their 50th bowl game. nebraska inside its own one. quarterback tommy armstrong jr. throwing it deep. that is an open receiver right there. quincy gets to the end zone. 99 yard touchdown. nebraska is up 24-12 following the extra point. fourth quarter final minute, georgia down five needing three yards to stay alive. but they can't convert on fourth down. nebraska gets the ball on downs. that is your ball game. the cornhuskers take it 24-19. from oral doe to florida. third quarter.

gamecocks down four. beautiful catch. and watch the tippy toes getting to the end zone. he was named game mvp. this guy is a beast. the defensive end using his head here. watch this. that pass is deflected off the helmet off clowney. he had a great game. after the game he will declare for the ffl draft. carolina takes it 34-24. over to tampa. iowa and lsu. fourth quarter. iowa whipped the ball trying to tie it up. cj rolling out but he gets picked off here. he returns it about eight yards. he's knocked out of bounds at 15. that kept the tigers in the lead. ensuing drive. lsu hands off to jeremy hill. he could not be stopped all day

. 39 of his 216 rushing yards. he had two touchdowns in the game. lsu, a big winner 21-14. great day for college football. the wizards in action right now, by the way. they're down to the mavericks. >> that's all right. that will turn around. what do you think? it will probably be two quarterbacks or at least one quarterback. he's a difference maker. he can play some ball. did we talk about that? did we talk about picks? >> that's a long story. we're not going into that again. we're loving the wizards and the caps right now. it's our broadcast for now.