new reaction from neighbors in the sterling area where police think the same man robbed four women. >> we first told you about these bazaar cases in december. tonight, darcy spencer is in sterling with the latest on the connection. >> reporter: police want you to take a look at this sketch. they say the man depicted here has been robbing women at gunpoint. the robberies have residents in this sterling neighborhood alarmed. >> there are families with small children, to hear something like that is surprising, especially my wife is walking to work. we'll have to make as you were we're on our guard. >> reporter: the louden sheriff's office says the man robbed two women over the last week at the rem ming ton apartments. in one case he told a woman to give him her wallet and jacket and in the other he snatched her wallet. >> worked from out of state but never had issues here. we hope it stays safe and

whoever or whatever the issue is gets resolved quickly. >> reporter: they believe he may have committed two other holdups of women four miles away. he forced a woman to drop the items she was holding and take off some clothes. a little later the same day he pointed a gun at a woman unloading grocery. she screamed, he ran away. police want to get him locked up before anyone gets hurt. >> my girlfriend lives out here, and she's always out here walking her dog, so i'll let her know to be vigilant and basically check around corners and things, be safe. new tonight, a bias map at bwi marshall airport damaged a plane and forced passengers on to another flight. a tow vehicle ran into the nose of this american airlines jet. it happened at 4:00 this afternoon before the plane was about to leave for dallas.

passengers had to get off and rebooked on another flight. no one was hurt but an airline employee was checked out at a hospital as a precaution. this fire caused heavy damage tonight. this cell phone video was around 7:30 on irving ton avenue. flames was shooting from the attic and roof. firefighters are still on the scene now checking for hot spots. no one was home when the fire began. investigators still trying to figure out how it started. the westen hotel will not let gusts back in tonight after evacuating everyone for a carbon monoxide scare. paramedics took nine people to the hospital after an employee got suck in the laundry room. they believe that's where the leak came from. they quickly cut off utility service to the whole building to stop the leak and vent late. eight of the nine people hospitalized were hotel staff but hundreds of gusts had to

find another place to stay for the night. >> from illinois and here for the weekend and back from church trying to get back in the hotel. trying to figure out where to go. >> reporter: your stuff is there? >> our things are there, they can't tell us where to communicate. >> fire officials say all of the patients are stable and expected to be okay. the building has been turned back over to management. it's unclear when the hotel will reopen. a lot of you are enjoying a three-day weekend with president's day tomorrow, lucky you, but your drive back to work tuesday could be messy. amelia segol is here with a look at the forecast. >> we'll deal with a quick shot of snow tuesday morning, but as quickly as the storm system gets here, it will be gone. however, snow is likely, like you said during the morning commute, especially during the earlier morning commute and as the system leaves the area, we could see it ending as rain or

some freezing rain, but by the mid morning hours, we're try. let's time it out on future weather. snow arrives tuesday early, 1:00 a.m. and 5:00 amtraking snow. notice it winds down by 6:00 a.m. but the chance of freezing rain. by 8:00 a.m., seeing sunshine back in the area. this system is knot about the snowfall totals, just about the timing. i'll have more on how much you could see pile up potentially in your yard tuesday morning, but, again, tomorrow president's day, mid to upper 30s for highs tomorrow. more on your forecast coming up in about 15 minutes, erica. we confirmed reports that ray rice was arrested friday in atlantic city. rice was arrested after an alleged physical altercation with a woman. the baltimore sun spoke with rice's attorney who say the woman was rice's fiancee. the attorney called the altercation mino his fiancee ha

released. the baltimore ravins said we're aware of the friday night situation with ray rice and his fiancee. we have spoken with ray and know they returned home together after being detained. the race is on to be maryland's next governor and with just four months until the primarily, lieutenant governor anthony brown carved out a pretty comfortable lead over the democratic field. 35% of likely voters support brown over gansler and mizeur. 40% say they are still undecided. the republican race is still up for grabs. larry hogan has 13% of the vote but 68% say they are still undecided. that primary is june 24th. a memorial will be field for the police reservist whose body was found. kevin quick went missing a

little more than two weeks ago. he left his mother's house and never showed up to a friend's party. his suv and body were found days later outside richmond. four people are charged in connection with his death. tomorrow colorado authorities expect to release the names of the skiers caught in a deadly avalanche. two people died and three eithers hurt when the snow came smashing down star mountain last night. that's about 80 miles outside denver. a group of seven skiers triggered the avalanche even after they were warned two weeks of heavy snow created dangerous conditions. controversy continues over the verdict over the loud music case. the jury was deadlocked on a murder charge over the killing of teenager jordan davis. today would have been davis' 19th birthday. brian moore has our report tonight. >> reporter: on jordan davis' birthday, his community demanded a new trial and a full verdict

on the 17-year-old's killing. >> you will not kill our black boys and get away with it. >> reporter: a jury was unable to reach a verdict for the murder charge for michael dunn. a blow to the victim's family. >> and we will continue to wait for justice for jordan. >> reporter: instead, dunn was found guilty of three counts of attempted of murder for shooting at him over a loud music dispute in 2012. >> he's showing me a gun and threatening me. >> oh, my, gosh, somebody is shooting. >> dunn's fiancee seen in this video testified for the prosecution dunn didn't mention a gun that night. police never found a gun. much like the killing of trayvon martin, this case has raised questions about race, justice and florida's stand your ground law. >> we will not rest until we get the type of justice that we deserve, lord. >> reporter: though dunn already faces 60 years behind bars,

prosecutors plan to retry him for murder. sentencing on the attempted murder charges is scheduled for march 24th. brian moore, nbc nash, washington. a big night for team usa at the winter olympics. jan hanley will join us in minutes for bode miller's record-setting day. hashtag twizzle. big news for nbc's prime time olympic coverage. when you can expect to see bob

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the off and on combination of the bitter cold and warm weather have taken a toll on our cars and roads. potholes are popping up across maryland and virginia. the dot said it filled 3200 potholes last month alone. 2500 have been filled this month and february is only half way over. the agency says it tries to fill potholes within three days of being notified. for information how to report them and what to do if your car is damaged, go to nbcwashington.com. if potholes aren't bad enough, gas prices are on the rise again. it jumped to $3.35, that's seven

cents higher than a week ago. the average in the d.c. metro is $3.34 and looks like more expensive gas is on the horizon. aaa thinks it could sore as much as 40%. president obama is publicly praising the university of missouri football player who recently announced he's gay. the president made those comments during an interview with nba great charles barkley. he said michael sam is core r e courageous for coming out before the nfl draft. he compared it to the fight for african americans. >> you think about what jackie robinson ended up meaning, not just to baseball but the entire society. i wouldn't be sitting here if it were not for him. i think america is stronger where everybody is being treated, you know, with respect and dignity. >> during the interview, the president obama also encouraged

young people to sign up for health care coverage and he joked he still plays basketball every once in awhile, but something usually hurts the next morning. i can certainly relate. >> you can relate to that, uh-huh. >> yeah. >> nobody is going to say that you're getting up there, my friend, but you went ahead and did that yourself. >> yeah, guilty. >> there was 50 something and 60 something degree temperatures in your forecast when you saw you at 6:00, and we'll hold you to that but first, we'll talk snow. >> just a little snow. we're not looking at a lot of accumulation but the timing during the morning commute. there could be delays on tuesday morning, but until then, tonight, tomorrow, it's going to be dry. in fact, tonight we quickly saw the clouds clear out of the area. beautiful moon looking towards the east. it's been simply gorgeous the last few nights. you're saying is that a full moon? that's not a full moon. guess when the full moon

happened? >> on valentine's day. >> how appropriate. >> flurries but for the most part we're dry and will remain dry and throughout the day tomorrow. temperatures right now in the 20s and 30s. 29 in camp springs, 33 in washington, 25 gaithersburg and 30 leesburg. mainly clear skies overnight tonight. a low in washington of 24. temperatures in the suburbs drop into the teens and there could be icy spots out there. be careful of that due to refreezing overnight tonight. so it is a cold start tomorrow for your president's day. however, plenty of sunshine, mostly sunny through the midday hours and partly sunny by the afternoon. a high tomorrow of 37 and then skies cloud up tomorrow evening. tomorrow if you have off, a great day to hit the slopes. white tail winter green, all reporting awesome conditions from the snow thursday. with 12 inches of fresh snow

reported there. snow shoe, fresh 19 inches and your snowfall forecast for tuesday morning, this isn't tomorrow. this is tuesday morning. most of us, the d.c. metro area down through southern maryland, northern virginia, a dusting to maybe up to two inches of snow. frederick county, washington county, in maryland, back through west virginia, the northern most parts of louden county, one to three ihes of snow. again, not looking at a lot but the timing of it. tuesday starting at 1:00 a.m. continuing to 8:00 a.m. the high on tuesday 47. we see the snow in the morning. by the afternoon melting going on. the morning commute tuesday could be impacted by snow, maybe some school delays. really not seeing cancellations for tuesday. that evening commute, as far as weather is concerned, we'll be just fine at that point and again, have to point out president's day tomorrow. the high temperature of 37, 38, so it is chilly but again, it

will be drynd then our warmup arrives. wednesday, thursday, friday, 50s on wednesday and thursday, around 60 on friday. the chance of some rain on friday, some rain is actually looking likely but again, mild air finally makes it's way into the area. we haven't seen temperatures this warm in two and a half to three weeks. next weekend right now looking at temperatures in the low to mid 50s. ♪ ♪ day nine was a big one at the winter games on the ice and snow. the u.s. picked up a few more medals and looks poised for even more. >> you are looking live at sochi where the sun has risen for day ten, and news four's jim hanley is up bright and early for us with a look at the big story lines. jim, i have to ask you, watching charlie and meryl, are you inspired to learn how to twizzle

yet? >> reporter: twizzle, no. that's in the commercial break, erica and chris. they were on fire. we'll start out on the slopes. as you know, it's been a very tough go for the u.s. alpine ski team, but their luck turned around today with a big name. we're talking about bode miller, the veteran skier for team usa. he tied for bronze. at 36 he is the oldest al spine ski medalist in history. it -- at times miller was emotional after the race say losing his younger brother earlier this year weighed on him during this race. >> it was just, yeah, a lot of emotion and to have things go well today, you know, as well as they did, like i said, i felt very fortunate to come out with a medal. it was just everything felt pretty raw and pretty connected, so. it was a lot for me. >> reporter: by the way, fellow american andrew weibrecht took a

medal. a strong showing for team usa, the stars from team usa in ice dancing. take a look. the dynamic duo of meryl davis and charlie white have the u.s. close to capturing the first ever gold medal in the event. the pair skated a near perfect short program to the music of "my fair lady." they scored a record of 78.98 points and a 2.5 lead over tessa and scott of canada. they are back on the ice tomorrow for a chance at gold. so here we go, how are we stacking up in the medal count tonight? the netherlands leads with 17 total medals bolstered by continued dominance in speed skating. the u.s. and russia tied for second with 16 a piece and germany leads the gold medal race with seven. we're keeping an eye on two

standout stars to myers on bobsled and ashley wagner on skating, that will happen on wednesday night and a very close eye on team usa hockey all week long. i think we are making up, erica and chris for some of the warm weather we had last week. it's cold and blustery. you know what they say about pay back. rough is relative. i know what you guys have been through the last week in d.c. >> jim doing a fantastic job. we miss you at home but you're doing a fantastic job. keep it up. >> reporter: miss you guys, too. you know what they say, it's not how you start but finish and bob costas is hoping to finish strong. he had to step away from anchoring last week thanks to a very nasty eye infection. it became a popular top pick on social media. i'm sure you've seen and heard. after intense rehab, costa says he'll be back on the desk

tomorrow night right here. >> what is a twitter verse going to do? bob's eye has it's own hashtag. >> i think it has it's own account. pitchers and catchers report for spring

guys, my wife went to georgetown and even though she's sleepy, i will be telling you about this game tonight. she's not going to be too happy that didn't play that well today, at all. here is the thing, earlier this week he told me his message to the players is not worry about winning the next six games on the schedule but focus on one at a time. that next opponent was st. johns. they can't afford too many more

losses this schblt that's why the loss tonight hurts more than the others. georgetown beats st. johns by 17 earlier this year. tonight was a different story. first half, st. johns on top, 13-0 and they are adding on. this is rasheed jordan with the steal, and the lay in, that would extend the st. john's lead up 18 at half time. starting to show life here. here is nate grabbing the rebound. getting in front and aaron with the basket. that's as close as they would get. less than a minute later, d'anglo harrison knocking down the three-pointer. he had 24 points. the reds storm back up by ten. jordan puts the game away, nice slam there. he had a career high 24 points. st. johns beat georgetown 86-60. georgetown 15-10 on the year. their next game is thursday against seton hall. let's move on to baseball

now. pitchers and catchers reported to spraing training for the nationals and many are looking to leave last season in the past. last season strasburg did have a bad year. he had an era of three but the lack of running support he received hurt his winning total. he recorded eight wins. he under went minor surgery to remove bone chips from his right elbow. the 25-year-old knows the tough times he endured last year will only help with his development. >> i had to per severe and there was a lot of things that didn't necessarily go my way, and, you know, that's fine. i think everybody is going to have years like that, and i think i become a lot stronger mentally from it. i think i'm much more capable of being able to roll with the pinches that the season will throw you. >> the full team reports to spring training this tuesday for the nationals. back over to basketball. if you like games with bad defense, no passing and zero coaching, you probably really

enjoy the nba all-star game tonight. the best players in the game on the court in new orleans. john wall representing the wizards for the eastern conference. john wall won the dunk contest last night. tonight, might have been the real dunk contest. first quarter, a little pass inside to blake griffin of the clippers, but he throws it down. angry dunk right there. later in the quarter. it's lebron james to carmelo anthony. that was pretty much everyone's reaction tonight off that dunk. check this one out, though, guys. the inbound passover the back board, step curry to kevin durant. that was the best alley-oop of the night. this time, going to get the steal here. he's going the other way. that's why it was a slam dunk champion right there. very entertaining win. the eastern conference go on to win this one 163-155. over in sochi it was another

day at the office for team usa men's hockey. they took care of business against slovenia. no let downs for the americans after an emotional victory over russia. ryan miller was in net today for the usa and had 17 saves in the game. this one belonged to phil castle. scores first goal of the game, a little over a minute into the game. usa is on top 1-0. kessel was not finished. second period with two goals in the game. going for the third. tap in off the rebound. a hat trick for the maple leaves star. usa cruises past slovenia 5-1 and move to the quarterfinals where they will face the winner of the czech republic and of the czech republic and

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a new era in late night begins tomorrow. >> that's right, jimmy fallon takes over "the tonight show" from leno and it will be taped in new york city for the first time in decades. falon talked about how his "tonight show" will be different. >> we've grown sho much and figured what works well and doesn't. we'll keep the pieces that work well, which is games with celebrities, singing with celebrities, dancing, getting the audience involved. we still have the roots, they are coming with us. >> you can watch the premiere of the "tonight show" tomorrow night after the olympics on news 4 a

and as we welcome you back to sochi, we also welcome you to late night here on nbc on a sunday night. ahead tonight in our show, speed skating, the women's 1500 meters. but right now i'm joined by andrew weibrecht and bode miller. silver and bronze medalists today in the super-g. good to have you here. congratulations. >> thank you. >> so much has been made of conditions at the rosa khutor.

as more and more skiers head down, conditions deteriorate. you were starting 29th today and i think you called that a death sentence. yet it didn't turn out that way. what happened? >> i was definitely, definitely bummed out last night when i heard my draw. i kind of thought that it was sort of the end of the race for me. but, yeah, i just made a resolution to myself to really just stick to my game plan, ski my race. not let all that other stuff kind of affect what i was doing. you know, i went out and i just skied well, and that's, you know, that was my plan. it worked out. >> let me talk about your resume. you know this, but for people at home, i want them to understand. you've raced 100 times between world cup and world championship. never made the podium. and now in two consecutive olympic games, in vancouver and here, you walk away with a medal around your neck. what is it about the olympics you like so much? >> i mean,