>> in this type of weather you have to slow down so you're able to stop for these lights. >> reporter: d.c. police tell us if they do see that somehow the weather played a factor in you not being able to stop, no violation. we also checked in with the d.c. dmv. they tell us, they, too, may take weather into consideration but they expect drivers to take the apppriate precautions when you're out here on the roads such as braking early when it icy. live in northwest. kristin wright, news 4. at 6:00, a flash freeze creating dangerous conditions all over the area. extreme cold and black ice making it difficult for road crews to get the upper hand. a long weekend stretches into day five for a lot of students. how school districts are dealing with changes that could linger

into summer. they're digging out. parts of the northeast digging under a foot of snow slowing down air travel a second straight day. >> good evening. i'm jim. >> i'm norene with the sun setting danger on the rise. everything you need to know about the cold conditions. we'll start with doug kammerer and the flash freeze he's talking about. >> numerous accidents on the road and seeing it on my facebook. temperatures in the teens all day long. high temperature, 19 in d.c., sitting at 18 degrees, 12 in gaithersburg and 12 in manassas and 16 in culpeper. we are way below freezing and been below freezing all day. with the sunshine up, sunshine was able to get some melting and we had some water on the roadways. with the sun making its way down setting at 5:18, we are freezing fast.

roads becoming very very slick and that continues to happen the next few hours. if you happen to be on the roads, please be careful, especially secondary roads. most are good but secondary roads out there. many schools taking precautions delaying or closing tomorrow. >> thanks. as noted, some schools have made calls, montgomery schools in maryland announced they will be open with a two hour delay and with prince george's county schools, two hour delay. spotsylvania and frederick county will be closed tomorrow and loudoun county will be closed the rest of the weeks. midterms for middle school and high school students canceled. more closings the bottom of your screen and intersection washingtintersection -- -- nbcwashington.com and updates 4:00 tomorrow morning on news for today. hearing about crashes on the roads and scott has a look at the most serious. >> some downright ugly.

crews still on the scene where a truck flipped on 301 in bowie. take a look at that. the truck reportedly lost control and drove off 301 at 5:30 and the driver was able to escape on his or her own but those hazardous conditions we've been talking about, the freezing leading to ice and you need to use caution if you're driving. i'm scott macfarlane. while many people are off school and work today, the job of treating the roads is far from over. in prince george's county, plows trying to make it's easier for drivers. tracee wilkins, reports from upper marlboro where ice is the big concern now. >> reporter: it's been a long

day for vanessa. >> my shift started at 8:00 this morning. i completed most of my roadways and almost ready to go to the residential area. >> reporter: there are more than 200 crews working to plow and treat county roads and intersections in prince george's county. most main roads have all been treated. so have state highways and roadways. all the neighborhoods have not been as lucky. >> my neighborhood was a little difficult. the roads were -- like a side street so it wasn't as clear as the main roads. i was able to manage. >> reporter: now time to get ready for the deep freeze that will turn many plowed and treated roads back to ice overnight. when you see a salt truck trying to make it better. >> they need to pay attention and stay off the roadways. they don't listen. just do what they can do. just get out of our way. in northern virginia, some

secondary roads have been cleared, still a little tricky tonight and the big concern is icing tonight. >> i think after the temperatures drop tonight it will get even more icy. >> reporter: are you worried about tomorrow morning? our reporter checking out a lot of side roads for us this evening, out in the chantilly area of fairfax county with a closer look with our storm team 4x4. >> reporter: so i've been asking you for your tweets, some of the worst areas and roads as far as snow is concerned in northern virginia. we already heard from some of you. shauna just tweeted me, can you please check out stringfellow road between route 50 and fair lakes. >> reporter: that's what we're doing right now. you were worried about construction notoriously bad. as far as snow and ice is concerned, stringfellow pretty good at this hour.

a different story when we turn to the side streets in the neighborhood. about to make that turn right now on melville lane. you will notice it's already snow covered, continues to be snow covered. a little icy in some parts as well. doug's been mentioning that freeze, flash freeze in particular will have an impact here and snow melted on the sides of the road. that will freeze over already and will start to freeze over at this hour. keeping tabs on some of the areas, worse in the area as far as roads are concerned, i want you to hear about it and tweet m me. >> the storm had a far reaching impact and we'll see how the northeast is getting along after more than a foot in some spots. school districts scrambling as snow days pile up and pat collins with the winner of the snow stick challenge later on this hour. the search tonight is under way for a suspect who shot and

killed a 19-year-old man in southeast d.c. the victim was found on howard road at bowen road at 1:30 this afternoon. he was taken to a hospital nearby and where he was pronounced dead. police believe one person was the shooter and spent the last few hours collecting evidence and interviewing witnesses. they do not have a description of the suspect nor have they released the name of the victim yet. new tonight, a local church distancing itself now from two women charged with killing two young children in germantown last week. police say they believed they were performing an exorcize when they killed two of avery's children and injured two others. avery used to be a member of the ministries in gaithersburg. the church released a statement today saying the women were not members of its congregation and does not promote or condone the act of exorcize in any way. former virginia governor bob

mcdonnell will be in court friday and facing charges in a scandal that has rocked the commonwealth. mcdonnell and his wife sought a delay but a federal judge rejected that plea today. virginia chief is here with the possible fallout. >> clearly the biggest political consequence is bob mcdonnell someone once vetted as a possible vice president candidate now may face jail time and the ripple impact could affect other political leaders. >> the indictment of governor bob mcdonnell and his wife, maureen and ethics laws. former congressman tom davis predicts now that charges have been lodged against the governor action will be swift. >> i think the culture will change and the general assembly will change the culture and tighten up the gift laws. >> some wonder if the indictment could have other consequences and could it hurt newly

announced ed gillespie and his challenge to senator mark warner. davis doesn't think his legal troubles would drag down 2014 candidates. >> i don't think the culture goes outside the family at this point in terms of the indictment affecting their futures. >> the case against mcdonnell and sensational details will continue to grab attention. prosecutors accuse them of accepting gifts from businessman jonnie williams in exchange for promoting his dietary supplement. there was a $19,000 manhattan shopping spree for the first lady. $50,000 loan. $15,000 to cater a wedding reception. andy weiss who defended those in similar cases taking gifts doesn't prove guilt. >> there's no question the big danger of this statute is it invites jurors to look at things that lay folks find to be very distasteful. contrary to the way we think good government should be

working. that is all going to be part of this case. but it shouldn't be enough to convict someone of bribery. >> the legal battle starts in court friday. the governor and his wife deny any wrongdoing. he calls the prosecution's case misguided legal theory. >> julie carey, thank you. a new report shows the george washington bridge controversy is taking a toll on new jersey governor chris christie. the quinnipiac poll says 35% of those surveyed say he would make a good president down 14 points from two months ago and now trails hillary clinton by 18 points in december he was leading by one point. the olympic games in sochi are two weeks away now. tonight, signs russia might be considering an offer for security and help from the u.s. winter storm coverage continues. who was hit the hardest and where some students were disappointed they didn't get a snow day. >> after more than 400 pictures

of your best hats, we will reveal who is going home with the pat collins' snow

another car accident to report. scott macfarlane at the desk. >> look at the pictures from

chopper 4. a car reportedly lost control and slammed into that subway restaurant, georgia and university avenues near wheaton. we're told the building inspector has been called the damage is so severe. look at the front door. a mess inside the building. no word on the condition of the driver. cold weather led to dangerous driving conditions throughout the region. make sure you use caution on these icy roads. security concerns are threatening to overshadow the olympic games in sochi next month. russian president vladimir putin had ruled out accepting any outside help but after aave of suicide bombs and renewed threats he seems to have had a change of heart. brian mooar reports. >> reporter: although often famously at odds president obama and russian president putin talked about working something to secure the sochi olympics. still, the white house is playing down the terror threats

that made it necessary. >> as you might expect in the run-up to an event like this there has been an uptick in the threat reporting and we're taking precautions accordingly. >> reporter: so is russia's top general asking russian counterparts for help with bomb equipment. >> it shows how seriously we're taking it and more importantly this is a possibility shows house seriously the russians are taking it. >> reporter: the same group claiming responsibility for a recent wave of russian bombs say it will hit the olympics. wanted posters show black suicide bombers, one said to be already in sochi. the chairman of the house security committee is in russia and tells the olympic committee there is no guarantee sochi is secure. >> if we let the terrorists keep us from enjoying these games we're letting the terrorists win. >> reporter: looking past the

nightmares. >> i don't think any of us are focusing on this. >> reporter: they're looking at olympic games that brought them to sochi. although authorities say there are specific credible threats aimed at the games, a threatening message sent to the u.s. and other olympic teams has been declared a hoax. for an awful lot of people this last storm has been a disaster. there is a bit of beauty in the chaos. more than 13 inches of snow in philadelphia at the museum of art, the ones rocky ran up. they've been transformed into a perfect hill for sledding if you don't mind a bump or two. on the jersey shore many people braving the cold and snow to get to their favorite hangout spots. in new york city schools were open today after getting about a foot of snow. the decision to open schools got mixed reaction. a lot of students weren't happy

and parents thought it was a good thing because they didn't have to mission a day of work. air traffic problems continue, about 1500 flights canceled across the country, most in boston, new york, philadelphia and about 2,000 others have been delayed. >> when will this let up, doug? >> april. we talked about it in november, inurorecast we could see a very cold january. that's exactly what we are seeing and dealing with snow in our region. something else we're dealing with, dangerous ice. look at these icicles, very big. i saw some near my neighborhood as well. once again, snow falling off over the next couple of days. look at this guy here, that would hurt. watch out if you're making your way out and about. you don't want to get hit by one of those. 18 the current temperature with winds west-northwest, 18 miles an hour.

and windchill the warmest we've seen today. 10 in gaithersburg, 12 in manassas, 14 in the leesburg area. we saw a high today of 19 degrees. that is a record lomax mum for the day. we also set records for snow at all three airports yesterday, dulles 9 inches. 3 below in highwaygers townehey. you go back towards the west in chicago they're showing more snow one of the earliest winters there is another clipper system that wa will make its way our way. it will bring a chance of snow flurries. the jetstream way down towards the south brings in cold air and little clippers move in and a couple more over the next couple of days, one tomorrow, another

saturday and another monday and each could bring a little bit of snow. right now, none look to bring us big-time snowe li like we saw yesterday. slippery and cold an tonight and into the early morning hours tomorrow. give yourself a lot of time on roads outside. 1:30 tomorrow a little bit of snow making its way in here. this will move in and out very quickly and see five minutes of snow and might be pretty for a time. that's about it. behind the snow, it gets breezy, windchills below zero, same thing tomorrow morning. a very cold time period. as we move through the day tomorrow, it's just going to be cold. slick roads and lots of ice. 5-13 your overnight low temperatures and puts our temperatures in the teens.

30% of shower activity. >> shower activity saturday. that's one thing you have to watch out for. windy and cold and winds gust at 35 miles an hour. and a coating possible. saturday's event could be the biggest if you want to say that, still looking quite small, 32 sunday. look what happens next week, back to the 20s. 30 degrees on monday, falling temperature's monday and right back to 25 degrees next tuesday and wednesday and we're talking really cold air and it does look like it will go all the way through the rest of the month. >> i'm not liking the forecast. groundhog day is coming up soon. i will count on that. >> it's coming up ageain and again. red light cameras. what about that? are you off the hook if you slide through? >> reporter: i am in falls church. yes, the freeze is on. what is it doing to these side

streets? that part of the story coming up. state senator creigh deeds talking about his

down in mississippi, there's a fire still burning at a biodiesel plant 12 hours after an explosion there. officials say that fire is so hot firefighters can't get closing enough to put it out and decided to let it burn out. that could take two days, we're told. that blast was felt for two miles and nobody injured and no word what caused the explosion. today marks the 41st anniversary of the landmark roe v. wade supreme court decision on abortion rights. thousands of people across the country descended on the national mall for the annual march for life to the steps of the supreme court. >> we're saving lives. if we can just save the life of one innocent child who had no say in how they were conceived and how it happened, we're doing justice for that child. >> the theme of this year's march adoption. for the first time, organizers used social media to spread

their message. with the stroke of a pen today, president obama created a new task force to help protect students from sexual assault. the initiative on college campuses and saying 1 in 5 women have been sexually assaulted on a college campus and only 12% have actually reported. they will have 90 days to come up with recommendations to respond to sexual assaults. the presidential reform commsion h a new goal to make sure no american has to wait longer than 30 minutes to vote. long lines plagued the 2012 presidential election. there was serious problems in parts of virginia and elsewhere throughout the country. a panel led by lawyers from the obama and romney campaigns have come up with recommendations to keep that from happening again. those recommendations include investing in better voting equipment and expanding early voting. for the first entitlement si his home

two months ago, virginia state senator creigh deeds is speaking on camera about his son's death and spoke to a reform committee about mental health measures. he attacked him november 19th and then killed himself. it happened just hours after gus was released from psychiatric care because an emergency custody order had expired before a bed could be found for him. creigh deeds wants to extend the time of the emergency. >> i can't fix what happened. what i tried to do, what was my motivation is to make sure situations like that's not likely to occur in the future. >> the subcommittee passed the bill that will next go before the education and health committee. next at 6:30, salt and plows, no match for mother nature. >> 19, 20 degrees almost any chemical we have will not work

well. we get an up close look at the struggle to keep the roads safe. >> who gets the snow hat? who keeps the roads safe? no more judging now a winner coming up. a billion dollar offer by

right now at 6:30, roads are getting more dangerous and temperature dropping and getting more dangerous. >> loudoun county says it will be closed the rest of the week. what happens when the sun goes down, flash freeze, is that what you call it? >> temperatures below freezing and the sun is keeping everything unfrozen and as soon as you lose the sun it freezes quickly and roads become problematic. we will be clear throughout most of the night. look back towards the west. that's our next system already starting to definitely and we will see a lot more clouds tomorrow and a slight snow chance, not accumulating snow but may see a few flakes. tomorrow morning just cold. watch out for slick roads. i think we will see ice. temperatures 5-13 degrees and

winds 10-20 miles an hour and windchills single digits to the teens all day long. another cold day tomorrow and we stay that way all day long. the forecast in a few minutes. the big threat, re-freezing and black ice on the roads. in addition to slush and unplowed side streets, our team 4 has found a lot of potholes in northern virginia. transportation reporter adam tuss is in falls church. >> reporter: we're in helena drive in falls church. we've been talking about the flash freeze. this road, the secondary side road is turning to snow and ice fast. i want to stress this is the exception, not the rule in northern virginia. we have seen many main roads in good shape. here comes the plow. maybe he's coming out to help out with helena drive right now. you should not think you can just be out here zipping around. you don't have to be out on our

roads long to see some drivers got too confident. better to take your time and get home safe rather than have the car loaded up on the truck. >> it's still a little tricky right now. >> reporter: marcus turner is making his way and says he has to be out on the road. >> i have to get there. i live all the way in maryland. my job doesn't stop because of the weather. i have to make it work. >> reporter: vdot knows its job is know where near finished. what's your biggest problem? >> just the cold and freezing temps. >> reporter: steve shannon with vdot says when the temperature hits below 20 degrees chemicals lose their effectiveness. what report card does vdot give itself. are you pleased with the overall progress your crews have been operating? >> i am. you look at the type of storm we had. we also had over 4,000 pieces of equipment out and we are

expected to do a good job. >> reporter: load up on windshield wiper fluid. you will probably need it tomorrow as well. back in falls church, virginia, it is freezing and where you can't see on the ground and ice, you have to be careful as you drive. another busy night for our road crews. adam tuss, news 4. >> thanks. we have learned the names of two people killed in a crash in prince george's country. 21-year-old allen and 18-year-old darrelle davis both were killed when their car hit a taxi and slammed into a telephone pole. police say allen was driving and they believe speed and the wet road played a role in the crash. that taxi driver was injured but expected to be okay.

a reminder you're running out of time to clean the snow off your sidewalk. in some places already too late. in loudoun county, you have six daylight hours to kleen off the sidewalk and in loudoun county you have eight. and prince george's county give you 24 hours and it is recommended to clear the sidewalks for everybody's safety. in our 5:00 broadcast we introduced you to this finalist and now we will meet the winners of the pat collins' snow stick challenge. >> we got hundreds of entries but the judges narrowed in on just one in the end. pat joins us live at his post in northwest d.c. with a pretty special story. pat. >> reporter: doreen, hundreds of entries whittled down to five finalists and now finally a winner in the snow stick challenge. the snow stick challenge, the

best snow hat gets an official snow stick. our celebrity panel of judges morning anchors, eun yang, aaron gilchrist and tisch thompson and used olympic style voting. the five finalist, sea urchin hats, baby pat hat. the turkey hat, the hat for two and the well-dressed hat. and now the winners of this january 2014 pat collins' snow stick challenge, kevin and carolyn hammond! the binner, the hat for two. it was knitted by carolyn's mom. it started as one thing and then, well, it turned into something else. >> it started as a scarf? >> starred as a man's scarf. >> reporter: then it took on a life of its own? >> it did. >> now hat for two? >> yes. carolyn is very creative.

>> i noticed it was long and i said to my husband, come over here and put this on. we put it on and i couldn't go very far and it became a really snugly hat. >> reporter: so why did the judges like the hat for two? >> we gave high marks for creativity because it's the only hat we saw that fit two heads. it keeps the couple together. it's homemade and the pictures are cute. >> reporter: what do you like best about it? >> keeps me close. >> reporter: to him? >> yep. >> reporter: what do you like best about it? >> the same thing. >> reporter: very romantic, isn't it? >> a great hat. >> we just celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary. this might keep us together another 25 years. >> reporter: carolyn and kevin live in prince george's county. they met at the yupt of maryland. they've been married 25 years. they wear the hat for two. but this really isn't a story about their hat. it's more of a story about their love. live in northwest, pat collins,

news 4. >> a hat with a love story. leave to it you to find that, pat. >> we loved it! you get second place, by the way. >> thanks. >> in the ratty hats. >> reporter: do i get a stick? >> you have plenty of those. >> we have more where that came from. >> you need a stick to go with is? thanks, pat. coming up, the best the auto industry has to offer in town this week. tonight, you have -- we have th first look at the floor in the washington auto show. and in the shan till-- chin tilley area, the roads coming up. and saying he

new at 6:00, we know the

woman found dead at a golf course, 49-year-old diana hester, found at the bay hills golf club in arnold this morning. hester lived just a couple of blocks away. no obvious signs of foul play. a medical examiner will determine how she died. the nfl wants to make sure fans lucky enough to get a super bowl ticket show up at the game. the league made 1,000 tickets available at $500 a piece. fantasy wi fans will not get those tickets until after they go through security at the game. the goal is to make sure the $500 tickets aren't resold at much higher prices. the average re-sell value of the average super bowl ticket this year is said to be close to $4,000. >> wow. if you think you're pretty good at picking the winners of the ncaa basketball tournament you should hear this.

investor warren buffet and quicken loans are offering a billion dollars if somebody can pick every game correctly. anybody who does it will win four annual installments of $45 million and you can opt for the half billion dollar lump sum if one perfect bracket should be submitted. the odds of getting them all correct, close to 1 in 4.3 billio billion. >> i'll take those odds. >> big event starting tomorrow will bring out car lovers all over the place talking about the washington auto show at the convention downtown. we got a look early at some big draws on the show floor especially including -- it was too quick, that one. talking about the stingray. if you have another picture of it go back to it. nothing like it on the globe. it is the bomb. you can look at some classic s

through february the 2nd. general motors donated a million dollars to the smithsonian museum of african-american history and culture. i want to see the stingray. that's something. to learn more about the washington auto show, join us with a special drive time with veroni veronica, at 10:00 on nbc4. the traffic light turns yellow, roads are slick. what do you do? slam on the brakes and risk a crash or roll through the intersection? coming up, what the police say about their policy on red light cameras in the icy conditions. >> do parents and students want more snow days if it means makeup days at the end of the school year. this is chris gordon in montgomery county with the answers ahead. a little more snow on the radar making its way our way. i'll update you on what i think our

chantilly. some drivers tonight are wondering what happens if they can't stop safely at an intersection with slippery roads and some admitted they had to go too far in an intersection rather than hit the brakes on icy roads. montgomery and prince george's police tell us they've officers who look at every ticket one by one. police say it's still the driver's responsibility to slow down so that he or she will be able to stop. today makes two snow days in a row for students in many local school districts. the deep freeze forced montgomery county schools to use lair last budgets snow day for the year today. kids have to head back to class tomorrow on a two hour delay.

and will montgomery county students have to make up lost days. >> reporter: good evening from rockville that opens two hours late. this should come as good news to montgomery parents and students. the slopes at stone ridge in bethesda are a great place for fun when this is no school. with two months of winter still to come any more school cancellations could come at a price. montgomery county schools budgets four snow days and today was the fourth. there are no snow days left. >> if we have another snow day it's possible we have to add a day to the end of the year. >> reporter: ada rodriguez rides the hill with her two daughters. she asks what she thinks? >> it's fine because they need that day to learn whatever they're missing today. >> reporter: montgomery schools are clearing parking lots and

clearing sidewalks at its 205 schools getting ready to reopen tomorrow on a two hour delay basis and avoid declaring another snow day. the semester is scheduled to end thursday, june 12th and an additional day that friday and any more would have to carry over to the next week and that could impact family vacation plans. >> i think the more thoughtful they can be about getting kids back to school the better so our summer isn't shortened. >> reporter: maryland requires public schools to be in session 180 days a year. montgomery public school officials tell me extra days may not have to be added to the end of the semester if maryland says the time doesn't have to be made up. in montgomery county, chris gordon, news 4. temperatures drop just as dave said they would. david with the team in chantilly with a look at conditions there.

>> reporter: i've been in touch with loudoun county emergency dispatchers, throughout the day no big issues as far as accidents are concerned however both groups are looking at tonight really concerned about the flash freeze. let me show you some side roads. we are on starters lane in chantilly off route 50. you can see snow covered roads here very icy, finding them slippery, too. very dangerous for some side roads. we've seen the sun very intense today. obviously, it's gone down in the side spots, starting to re-freeze already and we will continue through the night. a lot of you have gone to twitter to tell us bad spots in the area, mentioning manassas and forestdale area and in leesburg, of course, those are the big trouble spots in the points farther west as well where obviously the freeze is continuing and it will be a very

treacherous commute throughout the night and tomorrow morning especially on side streets and back roads. that's the latest in the storm team 4x4, i'm david culver, news 4. >> no. the reason david is in the 4x4 or amelia, tom is off today, guess where he is, minneapolis, minnesota. >> whatever for? >> the windchill, 40 below zero. that is why, one meteorologist out, send occupant the reporters. they're doing a great job. cold there? yeah. cold here, too. not nearly as cold. temperatures climbed up to 19 degrees, that was it. the current temperature of 18 and 16 at 7:00, 15 around 9:00 and going down to 14 at 11:00. the big story again is watch out for the ice. we will see a lot of it overnight tonight and early

tomorrow morning. temperature at gaithersburg, 10, 12 in bowie, 12 in huntington, and warrington. 8 degrees and 12 degrees towards dulles which saw nearly 9 inches of snow from that storm yesterday. storm team radar, nothing to show in our immediate area. widen out a little bit, you can see our storm exiting to the north and east. and this is a smaller storm, not much of an impact and you can see it coming through portions of indiana. we may see some tomorrow. temperatures with the wind, you get the windchill. 3 below in winchester, 5 in d.c. and 1 in camp springs. the wind is a little bit of a factor. you will notice a trend. the first is the cold. 26 degrees tomorrow with flurries. 25 on friday. i think a better chance of snow showers during the day saturday. 36 degrees. 32 on your subjenday with more

cold. monday, high temperature of 30 degrees. that may be early in the day. it will turn windy and cold, and falling temperatures during the day. windy and snow. look what happens behind that system? it gets cold again, back down to the 20s. 25 next tuesday. 27 on wednesday. the cold air looks like it wants to stick around for a while and we're ready for it to leave. >> we all are. here's what we notice about david culver and the weather people, they say inside the truck. you can hear the heaters cranked all the way up. they're not fools. we have sports coming up. big day. >> yes. i don't do weather. talking about weather, let's go outside, talking about the redskins. the off-season moves on the defensive side of the ball, and wizards endorse trying to d

you have a good feeling? sure? >> yep. >> how many are you up to? >> i will be broke! >> bradley deal and john walsh

looks the way when you see the storm heading your way, salivating. a team fading fast lost 15 of the last 17, wizards once again have a chance to get over .500. jay, can they do this already? >> reporter: yeah, they should be able to do it tonight. i agree, tonight should be the night wizards get over the .500 night. had four chances this season to become a winning team and fallen short. haven't had a winning record since 2009. because of that, some fans have fallen off the bandwagon with this organization but talking this morning, at the shootaround, they believe their recent success is gaining respect back of the current fan base. ni think they understand how hard we play. the main thing with your fans, if you're having a bad day, they understand if you give 110%

effort in fighting and dedicated to the game. and if we don't win at home it gets frustrating. >> i think we're starting to get more and more fans each and every game and will help us out midway through the season and down the homestretch to the playoffs. it will really help us because we will need that especially if we have home-court advantage we will definitely need that sixth man out there. >> reporter: we'll see if the sixth man comes through tonight for the wizards. they will need them. a lot of times depending who the wizards are playing, the crowd might be pro the opposing team opposed to rooting for the wizards. we know they will be rooting for the celtics forward in the stands but it should be a good game and let's home the wizards make history by getting over that .500 mark and get that

monkey off the mark. >> let's hope the boston fans stay home today. they're covered in snow, doug tells me. they won't be out there at the ver verizon center. we may have a problem. we could be making this ov over .500 a bigger thing than it is. i think this could be a magical thing for the team and city. what do you think coast? >> i don't think some fairy dust will fall on us and we're not going to lose another game after .500. continue to play the right way, all i want to do. >> a little fairy dust for coach. >> was that prop? good prop. >> the team can use anything right now, no? >> she's the sixth man. redskins today, jim haslett really wants redskins to sign

brian kaaracapoe back. he had 10 sacks this season, three time pro bowler. >> "nightly news" up next.

on our broadcast tonight, olympic insecurity, with just 16 days to go. new concerns today as some american athletes and their families say they're worried about going to the games. tonight, richard engel is there. crackdown, another crisis on russia's door, as a big uprising takes a violent turn. and sudden impact, how safe are the cars all over the american road? tonight, the answer for some makes is unsettling. and flying high, after years of fighting to compete, the american women finally get their chance to shine. nightly news begins now.