people have quite a challenge navigating with compromised lanes due to snow banks all over. we caught up with people sort of making the best with this. a woman stood in with a dog and had a picture taken. she told us what she would like to do with that pothole. >> i'm a regular commuter and obviously have to avoid the pothole. it's hard to miss. i'm a chef. i wanted to fill it with rainbow sprinkles sort of as an intervention. >> reporter: that could be some kind of contest. how many rainbow sprinkles would it take to fill that pothole that can pretty much take a tire. the district is going to start there pothole in mid march. they're promising a short turnarounds, 48 hours from reporting to having it if ied. here in arlington, you can contacts the city government and report potholes as well. this one has already got a reputation and been reported. i think its days are numbered. we're live in arlington, news 4.

>> i think the chocolate sprinkles would blend in better there. okay. we want to move on to a dire situation developing in the rocky mountains. two are still unaccounted for after an avalanche outside of aspen. looks like seven skiers were at the top of the mountain when this all happened. three went to the hospital. two others were not hurt. meanwhile emergency crews posted this of the search efforts. you can see how heavy the snow is out there. because of these dangerous conditions, crews won't be to begin searching again until a little later. last week, at least six died in avalanches in three states including colorado. crews had been using explosives to prevent avalanches. many popular areas have seen several big snowstorms meaning the normal snow packs are overloaded. >> that's our fear right now. there's another storm, another storm, and another storm out there on the horizon.

>> forecasters say that this season is on track to be the worst in 20 years. it's only february. happening today, memorial services begin for the virginia police reservist found dead nearly a hundred miles from his home. family, friends, fellow officers will attend kevin quick's visitation outside of charlottesville. the memorial is set for tomorrow. quick disappeared two weeks ago. his a body and car were found days later. four are charged in connection with his n loudoun county, officers are looking for a man that looks like this. take a good look. the sheriff's office releasing the sketch of the man wanted in connection with four armed robberies. most recent was last night. he approaches women alone and demands their wallet at gunpoint. he may have committed similar since last year. an 8-year-old girl is

fighting for her life as two men remain behind bars. karie brown and nathaniel pat tent were arrested. the two claim they went to an apartment building here to buy pot, it says. michaela answered the door and left. the pair claim another man walked up, pulled a gun on them, it went off at brown and patent. they then fired shots of their own hits her in the lung. she remains in the icu on a ventilator. a popular website confirms it's been hacked. kick starter says an outside person gained access to user information. the site issued an apology noting the hack only led to initial information like a person's name and e-mail address. credit card data however, they believe is still safe. the site was shut down and security has been increased. outrage on the streets this

morning. reaction after a florida jury failed to reach a verdict in the killing over loud sic. barbara harrison is here with her conversation with the redskins legend that helped change the game forever. and derrick ward on the streets with pothole patrol. have you hit one? has it messed up your car? we have tweeted a link within the hour on

outrage in florida. many are upset there with the verdict in the case of the man charged in the murder of a teenager. the state attorney plans to

retry 47-year-old michael dunn on first degree measure. >> dunn shot and killed 17-year-old jordan davis over playing loud music in his car. a jury found dunn guilty of three lesser charges including three counts of attempted murder and firing bullets into a car. the jury deadlocked on the most serious and the judge declared a mistrial. back in 2012 dunn argued with three people in this suv over their loud music at a gas station. dunn fired ten shots and said it was self-defense. davis was hit and died from his injuries. he was not armed. >> we stood out here hoping for a little better outcome for jordan and his family. we believe in our laws. we support them. when they don't work, it's time for a change. >> a sentencing hearing date will be set next month. dunn faces more than 90 years in

prison. this morning the man that made redskins history. >> when my mom did that it saved my life. saved my life. >> barbara harrison is here with her one on one interview with bobby mitchell. that's next. first, here's chuck. >> good morning once again everybody. sun is sunshining brightly. we have two more chances of winter weather. we have here are two laptops. this one can upload a one minute hd video in 16 seconds, this one takes twice as long. which laptop is better? this one. definitely. this one. it's kind of a no-brainer. actually, they're the exact same laptop. wow! here's the difference. for the same price, this is what comcast gives you

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today we continue our special tribute to black history month. >> news 4 barbara harrison is joining us in the studio on this sunday. she's got a conversation with a living legend. hi barbara. >> good morning. this gridiron favorite became the first at the stadium. he had courage on the field and beyond. >> they entertained washington crowds since 1932 under original owner george preston marshal. the redskins team was the first with a fight song and marching band. last in the league when it came to race relations. >> the redskins moved in for their third score. >> in 1961 the team moved to a brand new stadium. marshal was the long holds in

the nfl pressured to lift his ban on black players. number 49, bobby mitchell was traded from the cleveland browns to the last place washington redskins. >> when i came to washington in '62, this team did not have any blacks. so i got my own problem. >> he and his family would have to deal with life in a segregated city. >> i've got people saying things to me that even i didn't hear in cleveland. some of these people were saying things i didn't hear growing you up in arkansas. >> he grew up in hot springs, a arkansas. >> it was one of the most liberal cities in the south. it was a resort town. >> his father worked at one of the springs. >> my father and mother at time. >> they had a big family. he said the town was safe to

grow up. >> we didn't have time to get in trouble. all kids played sports constantly. >> by the time he was a senior, his skills were known throughout arkansas and beyond. >> i wanted to go to gramlin. the coach talked to me. my mom was the one who said to me, no, no, no you're going to university of illinois. i know my mom don't know nothing about northern schools, you know. what it was, we had a judge in my hometown that graduated from university of illinois. >> that judge wanted mitchell to play football for his al ma mata. >> i was illinois and didn't know it until i mother said no you're going. >> he headed in the direction his mother pointed, northward to illinois. >> i had never been anywhere.

all my mom did was point. she hadn't been nowhere either. >> his sophomore year, late in the season, someone was hurt in the game against rival michigan. >> i went in the game and had never actually played. the first play, i take it 60 or 70 yards. >> he was an overnight hero on campus. yes, everybody on campus knew me immediately. >> his fate was sealed. while track was a sport he truly loved and excelled in, the nfl came calling. >> i didn't realize that pro teams was watching me. i didn't know nothing about pro football. i had never seen a pro football game. >> that was about to change. >> i got a call that said that you have just been drafted. >> i didn't know the draft was going on. >> he was drafted by the cleveland browns. >> i end up at a locker low and

behold next to jim brown. >> bobby mitchell played along side league star jim brown four years becoming a star in his own right. in his last season he was drafted again. >> here's a story a lot of people probably don't know. they don't realize i actually was in the service. i got caught up with a lot of other players. >> posted to maryland but allowed to meet teammates. he wasn't prepared for the news he would get when the season ended. he had been traded to the redskins. >> when we first got here, will there were a lot of things you couldn't do. my wife couldn't buy at a lot of stores and all that. my kids couldn't do what the other kids were doing. those were things that hurt you. >> on the field he became a star in washington. while he was often a guest in the finest establishments including the kennedy white

house, there were always reminders of the remnants of racism in the federal city. he remembers a night having dinner with his wife and sports writer morris segal. >> i hate to tell it. it's the truth. three guys walked by leaving and one spit down on my foot. i started up out of my seat because it just -- i just went -- you know. mary grabbed my arm and said nothing probably saved my care really. >> mitchell saved hits for the field. over seven seasons he racked up astounding statistics raising a family and helping to change washington from a sleepy southern town to a place where his children could grow up to become whoever they wanted to become. when he left the field he went to the front office to the redskins. in 1983 he was elected to the

football hall of fame. he says he thanks his mother for where he went and who he became. >> when my mom did that, it saved my life. it saved my life. that's what i think about. she knew nothing. everything else has been icing on the cake and a great life. it all happened right here in washington. >> bobby mitchell, an american hero. >> and one of the nicest people you will ever meet. his whole family, just wonderful. >> amazing story. >> we've all got tears. >> he's a momma's boy. >> great father, great husband. wonderful. this is one of several of my conversations with living legends. see the entire series in the black history special today at 2:30 on nbc 4. i'll be here tomorrow, no next

week. i will be here tomorrow at 11:00. >> thank you barbara. let's check in with chuck now for the forecast. >> good morning once again everybody. tracking a couple of opportunities to see snow across the area. the first isn't going to add up to too much doesn't look like. this ripple is racing in our direction and will increase clouds in our sky quickly. for snow accumulation chances i don't think we have to worry about this. curtesy of this morning's sunshine, it will be above freezing. accumulations will not stick to surfaces because of the warm weather. it's a cold morning. temperatures mostly in the 20s to low 30s. 27 gaithersburg, 34 fredricksburg one of the warm spots. there are several chances of snow coming. this is for tuesday morning

everybody. only two categories. below two inche metro area. maybe two inches or more northern montgomery, northern loudoun toward the pennsylvania boarder and panhandle of virginia. there will be plenty of moisture. it will start as snow and end as rain. picking snow amounts will be tricky. a pattern change is coming. it arrives tuesday afternoon. the last time we had consecutive days over 60, back in december. we had five days in a row. we won't do five days this time, but we may get back to back 60s. right now it's a cold start. 31 in washington. we should make it to mid-30s for highs this afternoon. back down to 20s by 10:00 tonight. a cold start tomorrow morning. widespread teens to even only low 20s inside the capital belt

way. your monday look ahead, temperatures teens and 20s, rising to mid-30s tomorrow. much like today we'll start off with sunshine. clouds and opportunity for snow showers come late monday night and early tuesday. the quick snow chance today and the next chance late monday night into tuesday morning. that may interfere with the commute to work and school tuesday morning. here's your seven-day forecast everybody. we'll be watching that tuesday morning snow chance very carefully. cold today and tomorrow. slow to start with snow tuesday morning. then to rain drops. milder weather up near 60 degrees three days in a colder longer range either. >> the unusual temperatures in

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this morning, security in sochi plus the warmer weather in russia. the weather is dominating discussions even on "meet the press." >> david gregory joins us with more. i want to start with security. do we think the security issue

was overblown? any reason to worry? >> there's still a reason to worry. there were specific trhreats against the games. we're going to look at how they dealt with security. it's the regional concerns at the foot of the mountains there. on the other of fundamentalism. thus far the ring of steel and elsewhere, so far so good. it's still dicey staging olympic games at the huge venue and potentially huge target. >> some people that went to the games are surprised how warm it is with blizzard conditions here in u.s., avalanche in colorado. what does it say about the climate change? >> the politics of weather between closings of schools, the argument is whether the extreme

weather heightened the policy level. the president is taking action and trying to bring more attention to it. at the local state local, climate change is causing real costs to go up because of emergency response and infrastructure costs. there's a big drive to get something done on it. >> it seems sochi is becoming a platform for a lot of political debates including same sex marriage. that's something y're addressing. >> it is. it's looking at ten years ago to the month, it all started in massachusetts. we've got governor mitt romney on who talked at the time about the impact of society of same sex marriage, rights moving forward. we'll ask him ten years later. >> he's weighing in on clintons too right? >> he is. his answers on hillary clinton as secretary of state are interesting. >> thanks. we'll watch in a matter of

minutes, "meet the press" following our show. that's going to wrap it up for us on news 4 today. i hear we're going to do a last check of weather. >> our best chance of an inch of snow is tuesday morning. the timing has he concerned. the amounts not as much a concern. any time you get an inch or two on the morning commute that's a problem. >> we don't make the call here at storm team 4. there's a long line david gregory. >> chuck, thanks so much. gregory. >> chuck, thanks so much. that's going to do it for

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jo from nbc news in washington, this is "meet the press" with david gregory. >> good sunday morning. a live picture from sochi, russia, and the winter olympics where the temperature hit 64 degrees on friday. these games could end up being the warmest winter olympics ever. i call it the spring olympics to be clear. a different story here, of course. even more snow in the northeast as much of the country struggles to cope with one of the worst winters in recent history, power outages, flights canceled, deadly road conditions to go along with it all of it.

today we're talking about the politics of weather. are the paralyzing storms in the east, the drought in the west creating new urgency to take on climate change? i'm going to speak to two people on opposite sides of the issue. bill nye is the science guy and republican congress woman marsha blackburn of tennessee. plus the terror threats in sochi. how is vlad putin cracking down? richard engel has a look at exclusive ways they've cracked down on security. and we're going to look at the cost of the games both financially and politically as we watch the competitions and pageantry. how much is it worth? an exclusive conversation with the man who ran the games is salt lake city, former presidential nominee mitt romney. i'm joined by our roundtable now. chuck todd is here and new to the roundtable is chief white house correspondent for the associated press julie pace. david axelrod and also new to the roundtable as long as i've known her, former communications director for president bush nicolle wallace. welcome to all of you. i want to start with t