aircraft and whether this was a stow away situation. police discovered the body of that man right around 1:30 this afternoon here at dulles as a flight crew was re -- sometime wednesday, according to south african airways, the plane flew here from johannsberg, that's a roughly 16-hour flight. airport police are investigating as well as the fbi border patrol, trying to figure out again how this happened and why this happened. why this man ended up in the wheel well. let's hear from a passenger that said it would not surprise him if this was in fact a stow away situation. >> yeah, it's horrible, but it shows the desperation of these people, to basically leave their sta standard and their way of life. i have also been traveling in central america, there you see a lot of people jumping on cargo

trains just to get the united states. they literally risk their lives. >> in an effort to ensure that a thorough investigation into the incident is carried out as expeditiously as possible. authorities say they have no idea who this man was, his body has been taken to the medical examiner's office here in virginia for an autopsy. reporting live from dulles, international, darcy spencer, news4. >> according to an fda report, there are cases of people stowing away in wheel wells and surviving. but the report says it's difficult to document any of those cases, some stow away and survive and are never detected, others stow away and fall mid

flight. south african airways says it is deeply concerned about the circumstances surrounding this incident. also new at 6:00 tonight, police have now arrested two men in connection with the shooting of a little girl in southeast d.c. 8-year-old michaela darden was outside her apartment building friday, when a stray bullet hit her in the chest. two men from southeast have been charged with assault with intent to kill. 19-year-old kerry brown -- she says the bullet hit her daughter in a lung and michaela's on a ventilator to help her heal. the little girl was able to respond to her mother's voice today. also just in to news for -- congress path to clean debt ceiling earlier this week, this

extension will last to until march of next year, well after those march elections, turning to the forecast, a snowy start to the weekend is giving way to cold and wind, storm team 4 meteorologist amelia siegel here with what we can expect tonight. we're looking at dry conditions for tonight, but those winds, they're going to be breezy to even windy at times throughout the overnight hours. so as temperatures fall into the 20s, it will feel like it's in the teens tonight. here's your evening planner, 9:00, we're in the low 30s, mainly clear skies, remember, breezy, even windy right on through 11:00 p.m. and midnight. for tomorrow, it's a dry start to the day, chris, but this is tomorrow afternoon into tomorrow evening. about a 40% chance when you see some light snow making its way through the area, again, later in the day tomorrow. we're quiet for presidents day and then this is tuesday morning. esnow i'll be talking about

accumulation a.m.s with this storm i'm going to be tracking on tuesday. >> if you think this winter has started to feel like one big long endurance test, you're not alone. even those who are usualably. >> more wet snow like we got today, it just makes getting around harder than it should be. >> it looks like it's only the fun that's melted away. >> well, i'm getting kind of tired of it. >> and on this hill here in prince george's county, perfect for sledding, and by the looks of all these tracks, it could be plenty. but where are the kids now? i guess they're tired of that too. she managed to clear some of the

sidewalk in front of her oxen hill home, despite. >> you've probably heard about what's happened, but just in case you may want to turn the volume downing. >> it was a thrill, this game lived up to the hype and then

some. the united states versus team russia did not disappoint fans at all. it ended in the spectacular shoot-out finish, t.j. ocean put americans on his back with america on the line. ocean -- goalie jonathan quick tallied 29 saves for the united states. over on the russian side, p the americans did come away with the huge victory. >> the crowd was obviously heavily in their favor. it was tough, emotions were everywhere. and everyone's competing hard. so it's a hard fought battle to the end. >> if you misthis game, you can watch the overtime period and shoot-out, at the olympic zone tonight at 8:00. >> after the shoot-out, news4's jim handly spoke to ovechkin and

you can see that on news4 right after the olympics. let's take a live look at the scene in sochi, it's about 3:00 in the morning there, but the place was buzzing a after that u.s.-russia matchup. we'll have a live report on the action just in the next few minutes. and friends and family members pack an

alltoday family and friends paid their final respects to ruth ann lodado. they had the funeral this morning. at blessed sackme arement churc. she was able to deskribl him to investigators. verlts are asking anyone who recognizes the man in this sketch to call alexandria police. tonight we have learned the name of a local college student who was killed in a maryland house fire. the president of frostberg university says that -- gozalle was from bouie, he was a business major and a member of a

profession profession profession professional -- another fire closer to home in germantown this morning, but still no word on what sparked it. the blaze damaged $200,000 of property. 75 firefighters responded to that scene, and one was injured after he slipped on a patch of ice, and no one else was hurt and the red cross is helping families with damaged apartments. the cold tonight could create some really slick conditions on the roads from all that melted snow, but will we see a

it was a rematch of the improbable miracle on ice started more than three decades ago. jack is live in sochi with more on this exciting battle. a lot of us were wching it here over breakfast and serial.

the game went to overtime, and then a shoot-out, where team usa won it. >> the crowd was into it and it just shifted back and forth, achand i think that's the mark of a good hockey game. >> the gamble paid off, scored four times including the game winner. >> t.j., were you surprised that dan kept calling your number like that.

the team won't get to savor the victory for long, they go right back to work tomorrow in a matchup against slovenia. the u.s. women finished that race in ninth place. and it's not just over confident athletes who can get big heads in these games, one of the olympics mascots was caught on tape trying to leave the center. the polar bear eventually laid down in the back seat. kudos to the bear for not taking his head off. on nbc prime time, we'll find out if this is the speed skating suit that's causing so much

controversy, you see this black strip right here where the usa is, this has got some vents. the united states ditching these suits, going back to the ones that they used in competition, for the worlds and all of last year. and we'll find out tonight if those can help the u.s. team finally win a medal through six speed skating events. >> all right, great insight jack, and kudos to that mascot. winter storm in the south, those folks got a second jolt last night. this is a home surveillance video showing minor shaking from a 4.1 magnitude earthquake in south carolina. they felt this quake as far away as in raleigh, north carolina. it only lasted eight seconds and didn't cause major damage. a lot of people at home are saying, should i try to dig out or should i wait until the big

warmup? >> here's the thing, there's a chance of some light snow late monday into tuesday. but that like chris was talking about, finally a warmup. it lasts through friday, even into saturday, temperatures next saturday won't be too bad. those of course are your weather headlines right now, again, just that chance of snow, late tomorrow, but then, expect some accumulation tuesday morning, so you're thinking about that commute on tuesday, that could have a little bit of an issue. then some milder air is en route. so far this year, at the airport, we have reported just over 15 inches of snow accumulation. i want to show you with future weather late tomorrow evening. we'll walk you throughout the day. 6:00 a.m., it's a dry start tomorrow morning, even some sunshine, we hit noon, we're still dry across the area, but more in the way of clouds, and then look at what happens by 4:00 p.m., in areas like

leesberg, frederick, down through front royal, some snow makes its way through the area. 7:00, washington, waldorf and olney. that threat of snow lingers through southern maryland and if we do see this happen tomorrow, very late tomorrow night, we will return to dry conditions, it's dry for presidents day, virginia picking up one to three inches of snow accumulation, most of northern virginia, the d.c. metro area will see two inches of snow or les, the time frame here, very late monday night through midday tuesday, southern maryland just a chance you will see snow, you will most likely see mainly rain from that event. it's breezy, even windy outside, at 22 miles an hour, it feels like it's in the mid 20s. heading out tonight, you definitely need to dress warm.

low temperatures tonight in washington, and the low 20s, the suburbs will drop into the teens. it is frigid, this is how it's going to feel tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m., about 15 degrees in washington, a high tomorrow of 36, so a chilly day, and then for presidents day, a high temperature of 37 degrees, we'll start off with sunshine on presidents day, finish with clouds, and then late monday into tuesday, we like to see that snow making its way through that area again, most of us see two inches or less accumulate on tuesday, then i have some good news, a high temperature of 58 degrees, and around 60 on thursday and friday. coming u

#. colonial's in action, and this is a close one. >> it's been a great season for

george washington basketball. the charles e. smith center has been very dpiflt to play for. the colonials haven't lost a game at home all year long, but a few injuries are starting to slowdown. we saw u-mass take advantage of those injuries. i don't know why, but the male students weari ining daisy duke today. u-mass is up 8, sampson carter is going to make it 11, knocking down the three-pointer from the corner, she had 11 points. check out the sophomore here, nice move, a little reverse lay-up gets it to go and that gets the fans on their feet. almost trying to take advantage of that, more from garino, another reverse layup. he had 20 today. g.w. is within one. but the minutemen, it's a four point ball game.

just like that, u h-mass, they take the lead. g.w. suffering the first home loss of the season. >> we really had some good plays. i just thought i found the three-point shooter, and i think we were tied at the time. looking at that box three times in a row, going one for two really hurts. you win your home games, you reach all your goals, we give it a golden opportunity today, and the three-point shooting makes some crucial mistakes and really makes some low iq plays. >> clemson hosting 7th rank virginia. joe harris was feeling it all stay long, he knocks down the three ball. uva is up by three at halftime. later in the second half. clemson up to harris, with a rare mishere, k.j. mcdaniels going the other way, gives it up and gets it back.

later on in the half, the one point lead, more from harris. he's going to get the ball, knock down another three-point shot, he had 16 points, clemson, they made things interesting late, the cavs hold on for their ninth straight win. it's the first winning streak since the 1981-82 season. american, they lost to lafayette, 74-62. moving on to the pros now, the nba dunk contest, and athlete shoot-out will take place tonight, and the wizards will be represented in both competitions. bradley bill will take parent in the three-point shootout. wall was making his first all-star appearance. putting up good numbers in the first half of the season. he's one of the better athletes in the nba. as for his teammate, bradley beale wall, isn't concerned about his performance tonight.

in fact wall likes his chances to take event. >> i got brad. you know i got to take brad. and he's got some tough challenge facing his staff. and there was other guys, but i have to go with my teammate there. >> we just enjoyed the whole experience, we're representing the team, representing the city, and represent our family. >> the dunk contest always my favorite event, nba all-star weekend. so we'll see how john wall does tonight. >> nightly news is up next, we'll see you again after the olympics. chilly, windy night, great night to stay home ♪ what is this place? where are we? this is where we bring together the fastest internet and the best in entertainment. we call it the x1 entertainment operating system. it looks like the future! we must have encountered a temporal vortex. further analytics are necessary. beam us up.

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showdown. the usa and russia square off in an epic olympic hockey battle. stirring echos of the miracle on ice three decades ago. plus, hockeytown, it is a tiny midwest town tt the u.s. team runs through. dangerous blizzard, a fierce storm with damaging winds barrelling up the eastern seaboard, threatening to dump up to two feet of snow in hard-hit areas. and avalanche warning, the mounting death toll out west from what is being described a

as the worst avalanches in 20 year years. good evening, we begin tonight with the super power showdown on the olympic hockey ice here today that reverberated the hockey passion from sochi to siberia. the game, just a preliminary mat match, led the russian evening news and had the attention of both countries' presidents, vladimir putin who watched from inside the arena, and president obama who watched from california, who later tweeted his congratulations to t.j. oshie who made the winning