more to her son, prince charles. "news4 at 4" starts now. good afternoon, everybody, i'm barbara harrison in for pat muse. and winter storms are going up, and heavy storms expected in our region tomorrow morning and lasting through the day. >> sta not the only weather issue we are tracking, because we are looking at frigid temperatures with windchills in the single digits. >> hunker down a and we wiw and the latest with veronica johnson and doug kammerer, and v.j., starting with you, it is is a weather alert day. >> yes, it is towards the morning rush and that is okay, and then later in afternoon and

the early evening is when it will really hit. and the storm that we have been talking about, doug. gger than the problematic one we have been talk about, and the storm that is coming in day after tomorrow hitting nearly 60. >> and folks are going, what? well, that is why you are to keep up. tomorrow from 7:00 a.m. to the 11:00 p.m., and sometimes we talk about the areas with the higher snow totals, but this time, everybody is impacted. this time the radar is quiet as we are watching the system off to the west evolving and developing from iowa northward. and this is a clipper-type storm, but this one has more unusual things that will be taking place that allows the snow to be accumulating quickly, and right now it is moderate snow for us, and with more on the impact of the snow on our area, i have meteorologist doug kammerer. >> yes, it will impact the area, and let's look at the impacts. tomorrow afternoon between 4:00

and 7:00, this will be able to be shoveled and shovelable snow for sure, and slick afternoon roads and tomorrow's rush hour tomorrow could cause problems and watch out for this, because windchills between 5 and 10 e degrees. we are 60 today, and tomorrow, 5 to 10. and we will go a step further through the day wednesday, and look at the future windchills. by tomorrow morning, 23. and tomorrow afternoon, the windchills are falling even lower and down around 9, and by wednesday morning, look at this, how about minus 11. here as the arctic air really starts to move in. v.j.? >> yes, it is a storm coming with one-two punch for us. first the snow, and then the cold and the wind. we are all going to be impacted from the storm system in a couple of minutes, i will show you how much your neighborhood will pick up from this big storm. >> thank you, v.j. and doug.

and the crews are kick into high gear to get ready, and pretreatment is under way on the streets and the highways. >> and the transportation are reporter adam tuss checked in with the crews to see how the progress is to keep you safe. he has more now from fairfax. >> we are here in the vdot west ox yard and the guys are e preparing and welding and making sure that the plows are ready for tomorrow. and swinging it back over here, guy guys are checking out the trucks, and pre-flight check, and we have salt dome over here, and plenty of salt here and then the liquid magnesium chloride which is the salt brian going down on the ground, and already started today on some of the roads, and we talked to the v-about what they pr going to be talking about. >> well, the brine operation, we started it this morning as you see out on the roads, they are brining, and we will be slowly mobilizing close to 3,000 pieces

of equipment by 4:00 a.m. in the morning. there is going to be prestage and ready. >>. >> reporter: back here in the west ox yard, it is not just about putting salt down on the ground, because a lot of work goes in preparation of the storms. and coming up at "news4 at 5:00" and news4 at 6f:0"news4 at 6:00d out why they believe this storm is going to be a level five. adam tuss, news4. you can get any of the alerts and forecast right at the palm of your hand by downloading the app from your app store or by google play on your android phone. right now the police are looking to the surveillance video to see if they can find out who stole at am. it happened at 12th and newton northeast, and the police say that the suspects managed to pry open the store's metal security

shutter, and then they used a van to break open the front glass doors and knock the atm off of the stand before loading it into their vehicle and driving off. >> and prince george's county, police are trying to figure out what caused a suv to plummet over the overpass killing two people inside. it happened on oxon hillt at indiana head highway and oxon hill road. and they say that three people were in the suv when the driver lost control. the vehicle plummeted off of the overpass and landed on the roof. the driver a 45-year-old james henderson of alexandria was killed. >> when i heard it on the news this morning, and i got a text, i just couldn't imagine when they told me that it was him. >> one of his passengers 30-year-old axiana williams of alexandria also died, but a third passenger was taken to the

hospital, but is expected to survive. police believe that speed may have contributed to the crash. and now russian police ahead of the sochi olympics are circulating this woman who is believed to be a terrorist. she left dagestan this month, and may be preparing for an attack inside of the russian zone. russian officials tell nbc news that she may be one of four women dispatched to carry out attacks in the olympic games. this new alert comes on the heels of a video from a militant group threatening to strike the olympics. we le have more of that part of the story coming up at new"newst 4". and here in washington, police are looking for a mother in connection with her child's death.@llwsb1-month-old polic s

warrant for taneisha brown, because police say that the child hakeem brown died of promethazine drug. it can be used for treating allergi allergies, but it caused the child to stop breathing. two women from germantown are due in court tomorrow. the two mothers of zyana and norelle harris who died at the women who were trying to perform an exorcism on friday morning. two other children are in the hospital. and right now the family of a slain postal worker is gather ing to have a march to end delivery after dark. the man was gunned down in the fair heights area of prince

georges county. his murder is unsolved. his family came from south carolina to join the postal workers. it begins at the mlk memorial in about an hour. he was killed near the lafontaine plaza. we will have more on that e report at 4:00. >> and four women and a

now, to a story that you will see only on news4. police call it a well organized crime. dozens of storage lockers broken into in prince georges county. the thieves stole from 100 units of the capital beltway mini storage facility in upper

marlboro thursday night. several people who have units there say that the power was cut to the lights and the surveillance cameras, and news4 mark segraves will explain what the thieves took and how they got away with it all coming up at 5:00 and 6:00. >> and now coming up on news4, we know the man who is believed to be the man behind the shooting at a sports bar in manassas. jeremiah pollen is believed to have been the shooter at this parking lot of the 90 degrees sports bar. >> reporter: police say that the gunman was angry about being asked to leave the bar by security. police use a hammer and a screwdriver to pry a bullet from the wall, and the glass door of the 90-degree sports bar

shattered in the hail of gun fire. the sports bar manager did not want to give his name, but he said that the whole thing happen happened outside of the bar when they were closed. >> we were closed, because we close at 2:00, and so everybody was out in the parking lot. >> reporter: and gathered out front the bar's security guard and three other people, and also there was the gunman who police say was angry about being asked to leave the bar by security, and as he drove away, police say he opened fire on the group standing out front. two men and two women were shot. where were theyshot? >> he leg. and so that's what they, the police told me. there is no life threat. >> reporter: as the gunman sped away, the witnesses called 911 and gave a description of the car. a manassas city police officer pulled it over a few miles away. and three of the people who were shot were treated and released this morning, and the fourth victim, who is a woman, is still in the hospital, and is expect

ted to be okay. in manassas, megan mcgrath for news4. and president obama is the big talk around washington today. his comments on marijuana and drinking alcohol next. and she is ready to hand over the reins. queen elizabeth now 88 years queen elizabeth now 88 years old, delegates more a another by an intruderht by the reservoir... who forced his way in through her bedroom window... and for so many, traumatized again by facing the criminal in court. i'm jennifer wexton, and as a prosecutor i put vit offenders in prison. in the virginia senate, i'll fight just as hard against tea party republicans who would take away a woman's healthcare and her right to choose, even in cases of rape and incest. on election day, help me stand up for her.

new questions this afternoon about russia's relationship with the nsa leaker edward snowden. t the head of the house and the senate committees suggested yesterday on "meet the press" that snowden may have been working for the russian spy services when he disclosed hundreds of thousands of classified government documents. congressman mike rogers said that snowden stole mass amounts of data to compromise military and intelligence operation, and that the data does not violate the privacy issues that snowedden claims to be exposing. and queen e llizabeth is no 88 years old. >> and prince charles is now the long e longest waiting heir in history. >> reporter: how many people does it take to handle the press for the prince of wales?

ten. he is one busy royal and with more working days than the queen this past year. >> that is very kind. thank you very much. >> reporter: and now the palace claim claims that charles will emerge soon with the press officer of charles to take over the family, and he is expected to go the france to commemorate the normandy invasion, and even to the stand in for her at times, and add to that the knighting, the queen's private secretary was added for the preparation for the change of reign, and a big deal since the succession is not even spoken about here. >> well, people don't want to make it seen as a sudden change, and they want prince charles and indeed prince william to be prepared. >> reporter: all of the royals are taking on more responsibility, and harry is just ending his high-flying army

career to organize military event events at home and prince william leaving his military service. and so they explain this more of a streamlining move behind the scenes, but according to reports from inside sources, it is not expected to save any money. back to you. president obama is making news today in a just-released profile in the new yorker. and here is the highlights that the president does not believe that marijuana is more dangerous than alcohol. he also notes that poor kids are more likely than the middle-class kids to be locked up for using it. and regarding the nfl's ongoing problem for concussions, he say ths that fe hd had a son, he would not allow him to play pro football and he plans to disclose that he is going to write a many memoir and disclosed that his oldest

daughter malia wants to be a filmmaker. and how soon will this storm hit us? >> it will be a storm that will hit us in the afternoon rush, and the morning should be fine. but the afternoon and the evening we will have displays and also in terms of cancellations as well as where to go wednesday morning. and it is hard to believe we are talking about a snowstorm, barbara. look at this blue sky there and the flag just waving around a little bit. >> yes. >> and look at the weather impacts of this storm system. slick roads right now, a moderate to high chance of that, and i do think that it is going to be one of the biggest systems that we have gotten all season long with the snow amounts somewhere between moderate and high, and the delays again for sure good possibility across the area, and the headlines of the snow starting tomorrow, folks aed it is goa

ed -- folks, and it is going to be cold and windy and the cancellation s wi cancellations will be for tuesday evening and wednesday morn, and let h me show you what is going on here, where the temperatures are in the upper 50s, and the radar is scanning the area, and nothing is going on right now. but as we get into overnight period, late tonight, around early tomorrow morning, that is when the changes will take place with the falling temperatures, clouds, watching the move in here during the overnight perio and i will stop it at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow. and the folks around leesburg, and gaithersburg, and warrenton and winchester will see the snow move in at 8:00:00 to 10:00, and then the height will be 2:00 to 6:00 p.m., and it is out of here by midnight. in terms of the amounts, and what we will see across the area is 2 to 4 in southern maryland and fredericksburg included, and around bowie and this area, about 3 to 6, and then up here

to fredericksburg, and leesburg and gaithersburg, this is going to be the kind of snow that you have to shovel and clean up after the system moves out which is late tuesday. winds also increasing with the temperature between 25 and 30 degrees early tomorrow morning. then as we get into the afternoon, your high is 15 to 22 degrees, and here is a look at the four-day forecast, and the highs around 21, 24, 26 degrees. for the remainder of the work week. i will show you houpg these sub freezing temperatures will hang on and we will take another look at the snowfall amounts in a few. >> and thank you, v.j., and hundreds reported ill after that chemical spill in west virginia. three years after her acquittal on murder charges, amanda knox's fate is once again in the italian court, and why her former boyfriend may have the most to lose. and shining moments at the

this afternoon, hollywood is talking about trend in this year's award season. >> "american hustle" is hold in the top honors from screen actors guild awards handed out saturday. shawn robson joins us from burbank. "american hustle" took the h

honors at the s.a.g. awards and you were backstage, and what are the biggest oscar contenders now? >> well, hey, guys. i have to tell you that "american hustle" won the best ensemble, and best performance by a movie cast. they are one of the front-runners burk i have to tell you sit a three-way race and let me tell you why. last night at the producers guild awards, "gravity" with sandra bullock, and "12 years a slave" they came in for a tie, and so both of them won the top movie, and now going into oscar race, we have a three-way race between "gravity" and "12 years a slave" and "american hustle." let me talk about the backstage and i talked to matthew mcconaughey who won his award for the work he did in "dallas buyer's club." he said he had a few things to

say if he won, but he wanted to talk about his journey as an actor, and what he understood about the acting, and he felt like he accomplished that. and let me tell you about some other nominees, cate blanchett who if you have not seen her in "blue jasmine" and she is a lock. and lupito from "12 years a slave "sigh going to take t oscar i just know it. and also, jeremy sellers is going to be a front-runner for the best supporting actor in "american hustle." >> and last night, juan pablo, the "bachelor" said a comment that is reportedly not going

over well, and so what do you know about that? >> well, he made these comments, and abc came out right away saying that juan pablo's comments were careless, and thoughtless and insensitive and no way reflect the opinions of the network, the shows or the producers or the studio. and they are hearing from a lot of people. but what is interesting is that juan pablo said that he didn't really make the statement, and that in the native span ib, pervert is different and that it is because of the language barrier, and so we don't eto what he meant, but a lot of people are saying, that you think that a gay bachelor would be hard to understand, because a lot of people don't understand a guy in a hot tub with 25 women kissing all over him, so it is all relative, guys. back to you. >> thank you, so much. and we will be watching tonight. we will see you then. >> thank you. and new allegations of bullying against new jersey governor chris christie today. and did his administration withhold funds from superstorm

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>> that is right. it is a winter storm warning and that is what we are talking about is accumulating snow throughout the day here. and look at this, everybody is in on this warning. it covers the area, and it runs until 11:00 p.m. we are finally expecting quite a few inches in many locations in your neighborhood as well. and on storm team four right there, you can see how dry and quiet it is across the area and right now, it is off to the west that we are watching the storm system unfold, and gathering strength. sgoiting to be taking its time and making its way off to the east, but as it gets closer to the coast, it is going to be ba thering more moisture, and the closer the system gets to us, the conditions head downhill quickly. and douk kammerer outside on the weather deck to see how fast the conditions go downhill. >> yes, they are gog the go down very fast. today, the temperatures near 60 degrees, and it was a beautiful monday, and tomorrow, the scene behind me is looking different with the snow coming down. and the temperatures are going to be dropping like a rock. you take a look at the numbers

here, and the temperatures tomorrow, starting off around the 28 degree mark at. :00 a.m., and so we are going to cool quickly, and then falling throughout the day, and then by 4:00, we are talking about a temperature of 25 degrees, and the snow will start around noon, and tomorrow morning the rush hour should be fine. and around lunchtime, that is when the snow should build in, and the accumulation should build in, and we are talking about the windchills down between 10 and 15 degrees with the potential of moderate e snow to come down, and v.j., we have not seen a storm of this magnitude in three years, and that is not saying a lot, but it has been three years since we have had more than three inches in the d.c. area. >> that is true. we are going to be shoveling and cleaning up after this event, and some slick roads tomorrow afternoon evening, and the windchills are between 5 and 10 degrees and during tomorrow afternoon, dropping lower as we get into wednesday morning. for sure, we will see some

cancellations tomorrow. probably some delays and cancellations wednesday morning, and we will have more on this system in a couple of minutes. >> thank you, v.j. right now police are trying to see if a surveillance camera got a good shot at the group of people who stole and atm out of a cvs in northern washington. they say they opened up the security shutter and then bashed open the front door and then robbing the atm stand and then drove away with it. and two people died here at the intersection of indian head highway and oxon hill road. one person survived the crash, and police believe that speed may have played a factor in the crash. manassas police are holding a suspect in the shooting outside of a bar. jeremiah pull slen accused of shooting three people outside of a 90 degrees sports bar. they say that he was upset about being asked to leave the bar at

closi closing. all are expected to recover. and now dozens of people left victims of a theft of storage units in what police are calling a well organized crime. they broke into about 100 lockers at the mini storage facility in upper marlboro, and they cut the lights and the security cameras before the heist. and right now the family of slain postal worker tyson barnett is gathering to protest postal night delivery. he was gunned down while on a mail route in the fairmount heights area. his murder is unsolved, and the march starts in an hour at the mlk center. and today, the obamas led the nation in a day dedicated to martin luther king by helping out in a d.c. kitchen, and we

are joined by steve handelsman. >> yes, that is right. holding up ideals that martin luther king stood for are a part of this holiday along with h honoring him. >> reporter: people honored at the memorial in washington, and others in denver and philadelphia, but in southeast washington, there were shoes, and one of the many service projects on this holiday. a shoe give a wway for kids. 800 pairs for mlk's memory. >> i feel great, because we are trying to do something for martin luther king junior like. >> helping each other? >> yes. and anthony got new kicks. 2-year-old anthony, do you like those shoes? dad likes that love. >> my daughter say yes, and come out to show the love to the people on martin luther king

birthday. >> reporter: and president obama and his family were at the kitchen to make burritos for the needy. >> reporter: and some say that no way america could have chosen the first black president without the 1963 speech reenact ed in kansas. >> 1963 is not an end, but a beginning. >> reporter: and if king had not challenged america -- >> it would have been impossible to have barack obama accepting the party's nomination for president. >> reporter: and coast to coast, the nation reached out to help people in need of the basics, and to pray for the memory of reverend king, and to celebrate his life. vice president biden suggested that if dr. king had been alive he would be 85 years old now, and that he'd be fighting for immigration reform. i'm steve handelsman, news4. don't worry, it is only a

norad planning nighttime air training in the skies over washington. and a russian teen suspected to be the author of the target hacking code. and

you are watching "news4 at 4." amazon.com is creating new technology that will allow them to ship your package before you

buy it. it is called anticipatory shipping and according to the "wall street journal" the process evaluates the customer's search history and previous orders to guess what they might buy. those products are then shipped to a warehouse closer to the person's house, and that way if the order is made, then amazon can deliver that product much faster. it looks like a teenager may be behin t target breach. security believes that a 17-year-old boy from russia created the malware that infected the system. he then shared wit other hack herrors, and stores are warn ed they could be next. if you did shop at target, here are some things you may consi r consider. put a freeze on your credit so that nobody pretending to be you can apply for it. and pay close attention to the credit card and the bank statements,orany

discrepencies immediately. take advantage of the free credit reports, and watch out for the phishing e-mails that are expected to skyrocket. >> don't ever click on a site that the bank asks for personal communication. the bank won't ask for that. this is a final to go on high alert for the information, and this is a breach that is very big and widespread and somebody is making a lot of money off of it. >> yesterday, texas police arrested a man and woman for having a stack of fraudulent credit cards believed to be lin toxd the breach. they were stopped while trying to kroz from the united states into mexico. >> and the rosetta stone answered the call to phone home. this was put in to con ser koco

energy. it is not a simple process to wake up the spacecraft and power up the 21 instruments on board. once the spacecraft got all warmed up, it re-established communication with the earth with the all-clear message, "hello, world." you may see some fighter jets tomorrow night and into wednesday. the aerospace command will be conducting drills in our area. they are practicing interception procedures, and they say that we may see some military jets near other aircraft, and the intexere is scheduled between 10:00 p.m. and 2:00 a.m. these types of drills will have them prepare d for such events s the super bowl. >> and watching it moving into the area, we won't be the only ones impacted. philadelphia, d.c., and boston all impacted with the system.

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individu video, several cars are leaning e precariously over the bridge. 6 of the 7 cars that were derailed were carrying crude oil. fortunately the oil didn't leak into the river, and the train was headed from chicago to philly and nobody was hurt. and csx says that are working on a way to remove the cars in a staf safe and environmental way. >> and now a all of the people who were affected by that chemical still in west virginia can use their water. the ban was lifted over the weekend, but the fallout continues. at least 100 people turned up in the hospitals in charleston claiming they are suffering from upset stomachs. and the firm that caused the leak filed for emergency bankruptcy. >> and will we have enough snow to shovel tomorrow? >> yes, and this is the key, clean it up as quickly as you can and get the sidewalks done,

because it is the extreme weather that is coming in, and we are talking about the hypothermia and frostbite-type weather. so get out there quickly and stay on top of the storm tomorrow as the snow falls. and we are talking about the probabilities and what that means, but for d.c. getting 2 or more inches is a 90% chance and we could probably take that up to a 100% chance, and the otds of seeing 4 or more inches? on the other side of the 50, and if you like those odds, try this, 60%, folks. and 20% more, not quite as high, but still the 2 to 4, and we are going to be doing the cleaning up, folks. tomorrow, likely dry for the rush and we will be at 29 degrees, and look at the falling temperatures throughout the day, and 27 by 2:00 p.m., and the falling temperatures, the wind is also going to be picking up, and the windshield read also be in the teen, and upper teens, and continuing to drop off, and we could see the gusts late at 35 to 45 miles per hour, a nd

starting at 1:00 or 2:00 where we could see the moderate snow for a little period p of time, and maybe 1 to 3 or 2 to 4 inches of snow tomorrow. and you see that area of bowie and quantico again with the moderate snow, and getting colder and windy as well. at 6:00, the bulk of the heavy snow is starting to make the exit, and by 11:30 to midnight, it is on maryland's eastern shore, and how much? well, 3 to 6 for d.c., and then down to maryland and waldorf, eight inches of snow, and then in this area, it will be a lot to clean up down here in these counties. the windchills are dropping off wednesday morning, and late tuesday and the single digits, and droming below zero as we head into early wednesday. we keep the sub freezing temperatures around for the rest of the week.

saturday and sunday, 38 to 36 degrees, and in terms of the amounts and more on the storm that we will have a pretty big p impact on the area, and we will have more on "news4 at 5:00." and the torch is headed to the final destination, sochi, russia, next month. today it went through vulgograd. last month, suicide bombers struck that site killing 34 people. and a new tre linked to the games for a group that took responsibility for the last deadly attack. and nbc news just learned that russian authorities are looking for four black widows who are intent on carrying out attacks. richard engel explains. >> reporter: the olympic torch has closed in on sochi. but terror groups are eyeing the

olympics, too. and a new threat has emerged from the very same suicide bombers, and the men, those video claimed killed dozens of civilians at a train station and on a bus. the bombers said that it was just the first wave and the next attacks will bring a surprise to the olympics. security in sochi is already tighter than at most airports. president vladimire putin has said that security is a national priority, and every resource will be used, but why attack the olympics? mostly revenge. russia is fighting a low-level war in the caucuses about a mile from sochi, and the republic of dagestan is especially violent, and that is where the suicide bombers in the latest video say they are from. and the winter olympics are not the target, but russia is. and the games, the analysts say,

are just an opportunity to grab attention and to try to harm vladimire putin. >> reporter: kurt is -- security is one point of contention here between the united states and russia, and now edward snowden is living there, and some say he had help from rush sharks and others say he acted alone. richard engel, moscow. and a reminder that in the games begin on february 6th, and we invite you with complete coverage from start to finish on nbc4. an italian court is due to reach a decision in the trial of amanda knox and her former boyfriend alexander sollecito. knox and sollecito were convicted in the first trial and spent four years in prison and freed after an appellant trial. italy's highest court ordered the third trial, and knox

refused to return to italy for the current trial. a baby-sitter, and two parents are charged with child abuse after their children with were tattooed against their will. this happened in roanoke, and the police say that the babysitter used a tattoo kit on the preteens. when the parents came home, they tried to burn them off. a tattoo removal artist has agreed to remove the tattoos at no cost. and people who have zest for life are in better shape than the grumpier counterparts, and maintaining a positive outlook can help you as you age. one study was on adults who were over 60, found that they were happy and functioned better when it came to everyday tasks like getting dressed, and married seniors well educated and still working were the happiest. and new allegations of

bullying against new jersey governor chris christie. did his administra6srrñ withhol funds from super storm sandy? and how safe is your pet when you buckle them in for travel? liz crenshaw will tell us in the next eye-opening report. and people are find ought that they were all victimized by the same well organiz now we ar

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you are watching "news4 at 4." experts on north korea are trying to decode a news conference today with imprisoned american missionary kenneth bae under guard and speaking in korean, he said that he hoped that the u.s. government could secure his relief, and he said that he committed acts against them, and apologized. and this is a signal that p pyongyang wants the state officials to reach out. they continue to urge them to grant bae amnesty and immediate release. they are actively working through the swedish embassy to secure bae's freedom. and friends of valerie are saying that she is recovering from shock after her long time boyfriend francois hollande was having an affair with a french actress.

he has neither confirmed nor denied the reports. and chris krchristie is facg a new and troubling question. >> did his administration hold wac sn di relief funds from a severely flooded city, until the city's mayor did what christie wanted. chris clackum reports. >> reporter: the first order of business for kim bannon was immediate denial. >> the suggestion that sandy funds were tied to any project in new jersey is completely false. >> reporter: the denials stemmed from the accusations toef weekend from mayor dawn zimmer from hoboken who accused the lieutenant governor who threateneded to delay funds for hurricane sandy until the mayor supported the project.

>> andhe lieutenant pulled me aside and said that these things are connected and if you say anything, i will deny it. >> and she called the zimmer allegation illogical and surprising given what she thought was a good relationship with the mayor. >> so, yes, i am very surprised by the mayor's allegations. and i deny wholeheartedly those allegations. >> reporter: mayor zimmer repeat ed the allegations to federal agents sunday night at several hours at their request with new jersey's u.s. attorney's office, and to whom she again promised monday to provide any requested information and testify under oath. the lieutenant governor said that investigations are why she can't say anything more, but her boss, governor christie, also called the allegations categorically false, and while proceeding with plans for the inauguration of the second term that starts tuesday. chris clackum, nbc news.

right now at 5:00, a winter storm warning and thousands of trucks and plows are ready to hit the roads. we will have everything that you need to know about the potential of significant snow. >> and president obama is speaking out the night about the use of marijuana and how his thoughts on the drug have changed, and what that may mean politically. and a bust at the border. two people found with credit cards linked to the target security breach. i'm barbara harrison. >> and i'm jim handley, and buckle up, because we are in stores for significant storm blast, and then frigid temperatures to follow. >> let's start with chief meteorologist doug kammerer who has the latest on the weather alert coming. >> that is right. we have the biggest storm we are seeing in three years, and that is not saying a whole lot, because we have been in a snow drought, and snow is coming, and we will see a lot of it, but it is not the only part of the storm that is coming our way. >> it is a day-long event of the day, and the afternoon and the

evening that we will see the winds picking up, and another polar blast of afor us. >> and we are talking about the extremely cold air for us, and looking at the storm team radar and nothing to show right now, and we are not going to see anything coming over the night tonight, and we are watching an area back over the west, and right now two separate systems and one is a frontal boundary and that is where the frontal boundary is around the north and that is coming around tomorrow night and early tomorrow, and then back to the west and we are looking at this area right here, and the area that has the rain and the snow inway iowa and that is going to make its way our way, and that clipper system, and it is going to provide some snow. good amount, too. and the storm team 4 showing you the storm warning that is in effect. and we are talking about the measurable snowfall and as i mentioned the biggest storm since the storm of 2011 that dumped nearly 3 to 6 areas across the area, and