our area tonight. it's still having an effect on our roads. >> doug kammerer what's going on out there? >> rain sleet, and snowmaking its way through our region right now through the d.c. metro area. most of it is now off towards the east. let's look and show you where this rain sleet, and snow mixture is. we told you come through right around rush hour. there it is and there it goes. 6:00 at night and out towards 97. here's 97 between baltimore and annapolis, all reporting sleet down towards calver county. this is also sleet into thirty this area. it came through fairly quickly and quite hard. we did see a coating of sleet in some portions of the area. right along 50 from bowie to annapolis, down to the south, and it will be out of those areas in about a half hour. winter weather advisory continues until 9:00 tonight not just because of what we're see noug but also because of the cold temperatures we're seeing. we could see some slick spots. we've seen those reported. give yourself extra time

tonight. i'll update you on the next storm. a snow event happening on super bowl sunday. that's at 6:15. he could have given you a ride someday. now a former northern virginia taxicab driver is on the fbi's most wanted terrorist list. news4's jackie bensen is in the alexandria section of fair and accurate noun tont with details about big announcement. jackie? >> reporter: doreen, that's right. he drove a cab right here on the streets of the d.c. area according to the fbi. liban haji mohamed has been charged with provideing support to al shabab branded as a somali-based insurgent and terrorist group by the fbi. we've got his picture up there to show you. he is believed to have lived here in alexandria before leaving the u.s. in 2012. he is carrying according to the fbi, a valid u.s. passport. now, the fbi says he's a close social security of another man, convicted terrorist zachary chesser. he too, lived in northern

virginia before he was sent to prison from 2011. a warrant for liban haji mohamed's arrest was unseemed yesterday in federal court. live in alexandria jackie bensen news4. the secretary of homeland security warned today that his ability to guard against an attack by isis the compromised by partisan battles. that warning comes as a deadline has passed for prisoner swap that might have kept two hostages being held by isis alive. steve handelsman on capitol hill now with all of this. steve? >> reporter: friday morning in the middle east. if this is happening there's no public reporting of any indication that it is. here in washington the obama administration already criticized for its prisoner exchange that freed bowe bergdahl mostly steering clear of public comment about this attempt with the hardest of the hardcore islamic fanatics of isis. no sign of a prisoner swap on the syrian border. convicted terrorist sajida al

rishawi remains in jordan. isis claims it holds a jordanian pilot shot down. but they won't take the word of isis. >> we want to see proof of life of the jordanian pilot. then we can talk about the exchange. >> reporter: with bowe bergdahl in mind and his exchange for taliban prisoner, one iraq war veteran urged no more swaps with terrorists. >> we are handing them a huge propaganda victory in terms of legitimizing them and in terms of recruitment. >> reporter: many in japan want this exchange. >> i'm kenji goto. >> reporter: japanese journalist kenji goto could get freed along with the jordanian pilot. back in the u.s., where an isis scare has forced airliners to divert while security looks for bombs, the fbi is looking for who's tweeting threats in the name of isis. secretary of homeland security jeh johnson protested. his budget to fight isis being

held up by republicans upset over the obama immigration plan. >> our ability to fund aviation security, maritime security, port security, and homeland security is severely constrained. >> reporter: tonight in japan and in jordan, they're just desperate to save two of their own from an isis execution. even though three hours ago, six hours after the isis deadline, a jordanian source told "the new york times" that talks with isis had failed. steve handelsman, news4. right now president obama is on his way to philadelphia to speak to house democrats at their annual retreat. he is expected to detail his plan to reverse the effects of the sequester in his next budget. he was supposed to be landing right now but air force one departed joint base andrew a little late. the u.s. senate just approved construction of the controversial keystone xl pipeline but the senate bill has several amendments not included in the house's version. the house could now vote onork on

a compromise. neither chamber has enough votes to override a veto, which the white house has promised. two d.c. fire department employees are being investigated tonight after they were arrested for stealing gasoline for their personal cars. news4 i-team's scott mcfarlane first broke the story on twitter earlier today and has the story. >> those two workers are acued of swiping their taxpayer funded government issued credit cards for more than $14,000 in gasoline for their own personal cars. one of them a 45-year-old woman who federal investigators say took more than $11,000 in gas, including at a pair of gas stations on pennsylvania avenue southeast, not far from her home. investigators say they have evidence she filled up her own chevy tahoe with that gas. the second employee a-32-year-old man accused of making off with about $2,600 in gas using his government card. investigators tell the i-team the man sold some of that gas for 50 cents on the dollar. they say he admitted being strapped for cash and needed the

money to help pay a home mortgage. both employees now on paid administrative leave, d.c. fire tells us. doreen? >> scott mcfarlane thank you. a father and daughter are alive tonight thanks to several people who jumped into action when they saw smoke. neighbors and an off-duty firefighter pulled a 62-year-old woman from her burning home in berwyn heights today. her 90-year-old father was and both are now recovering. >> he climbed up on the -- he went up under the fire told her to, you know crawl to me because, you know, you can't see. you couldn't see anything. it was smoke all over the place. >> i ran in the yard ran up to -- into the doorway and helped them get the lady out. >> firefighters say a cigarette started this house fire. there were no working smek ging smoke detectors in the home. right now there is a rescue operation under way in mexico after a huge explosion and then that caused a collapse at a maternity hospital. they're trying to find anyone that might be buried in all that

rubble. it started when a gas tanker sitting outside began leaking this morning. two people are confirmed dead. that's fewer than -- pardon me -- than authorities first reported. more than 60 other people are injured, most of them women and children. those who know him call him honest abe, but today he pleaded guilty in a bizarre case that involves a truck, marijuana, and a police chase. new at 6:00 news4's pat collins is live in rockville with his apparent motive. pat, what's the story? >> reporter: well doreen, in the past drug dealers have traded dope for money, they've traded dome for sex, but trading dope for recording studio time? here now the story of honest abe. ♪ i thank the lord for bletszing me ♪ >> hi rapper name is honest abe and his videos are out, there but as of today, abe isn't. he was sentenced to nine years

for dealing marijuana. dead did he say why he was dealing drugs? >> absolutely. he claimed to the court that he was only selling the drugs for recording time so that he could further his career in music. >> reporter: now, this all began back in april with what began as a simple traffic stop. honest abe was behind the wheel of the yellow box truck pap cop ran the truck tags found them to be suspended. on came the flashing lights. on came the siren. off went the truck. >> ran a stop sign he was accelerating. all over the roadway. ran a stop sign. all over the roadway. just ran a red light. >> reporter: it was a seven-minute chase that came to an abrupt end when the yellow truck turned into the police car.

at the scene, police found 74 grams of marijuana and a digital scale. honest abe, known to the courts as abraham kamara, was charged with possession with intent to distribute. while he was out on bond awaiting trial in that case honest abe was arrested again. more pot and another scale. prosecutors collected all the evidence in both cases and today, today honest abe entered a plea of guilty to the drug charges. so now niners for honest abe. he wrote a letter of apology to the judge. he said one day he wanted to be a law-abiding citizen so he wouldn't have to sell drugs again. live in rockville, pat collins, news4. >> thank you pat. a maryland high school football player accused of shooting two of his teammates allegedly shot one of them in the back of the head. the other was shot in the groin.

that's according to charging documents in the case against delano dunnmoore. one victim said the three were playing video games in dunnmoore's home in clinton, there was an argument he left the room, returned with a handgun and opened fire, then he shot himself in the stomach. he's been charged with attempted murder. there were opening statements today in the trial of the former new england patriots ball player aaron hernandez. he's accused of killing his friend odin lloyd, back in 2013. prosecutors revealed today police discovered a bullet shell casing at the crime scene with hernandez's dna on it. the defense lawyer told jurors that just because hernandez was at the crime scene does not mean that he orlandoered the killing or took any part in it. that trial is expected to last four to six weeks. he's facting life in prison if

convicted sxwroop come ed convicted. coming up more on the murder for hire plot.

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you're going to have to shut up or i'm going to have you arrested. get out of here you lowlife scum. >> strong words from senator john mccain today. tonight he's make nothing apology. he was angry because activists confronted former secretary of state henry kissinger at a hearing today. later the senator released a statement saying the activists' behavior physically threatened kissinger, who's in his 90s now. he's talked to the capitol police and expects in his words that those responsible will be held fully accountable for their actions. nationals outfielder jayson werth goes to jail tomorrow. he pleaded guilty today to reckless driving and got a five-day sentence. he'll serve his time on weekends. there were also to be some driving restrictions for a while. a virginia state trooper pulled werth over clocked him at more than 100 miles an hour on the beltway last summer. ahead of the super bowl we're getting a bit of a throwback thursday phoenix

edition. and we're hearing from singer katy perry too ahead of her big halftime performance. jim handly enjoying himself as the excitement begins >> reporter: we just heard from katy perry. we'll have her in one minute. we know washington is filled with fascinating history but when it comes to ancient history, it's tough to to compete with what we came across here in the desert valley. they played a ball game in 450 a.d. it is our throwback thursday today. their civilization began on this dry land back in 450 a.d. the americant to inhabit what is today phoenix. walking the half-mile of ruins here at the pueblo grande ark archaeological park you learned a way of life that included team sports. >> they wore padding on their arms and chest.

we think this was somewhat similar to a type of soccer. >> we're standing on one of two ball courts that drew inchent games drawing villages from around the valley region. this was their super bowl. >> this was their super bowl. the ball team from the next village over would come here and play at this ball court and at the same time the people from here would be selling their ware their cotton. >> these are three of the original stone balls they used. >> they hit you in the head you're going to bleed. >> reporter: you can't deflate those. >> no, you can't. >> reporter: overlooking it all is a platform the size of a football field where leaders lived and ruled. >> there would be music, there would be chanting going on. from here the leaders could of course keep their eye on all the people and make sure they were working and still growing the crops and digging the canals. >> reporter: they built the largest system of canals in the new world. these are actual wood and stone tools they used to dig.

>> you have to have water to live in the desert and they knew the water was important and built the canals to transport water to where they could grow additional crops. anybody that flies in for the super bowl will be flying over remains of the canal. >> reporter: fast forward to blue herron fireworks and you have our halftime reporter katy perry. she just spoke about how she's preparing for the biggest stage on earth. >> i don't think i'm so much of an expert on the game of football but i think i can assure everyone in here that nothing in my performance will be deflated. i think what i bring is just some lightheartedness and i will tell you that i think i'm probably the only person in super bowl halftime history that will ever bring both a lion and sharks to the show. >> whoa. we've seen her videos. we know how far she can push the

envelope. it will be an exciting show. she kept a lot of secrets. she says expect a lot of surprises. she went through a lot of performances by previous performer, watched their video, beyonce, madonna, two of her favorite and got some inspiration but she says hers will be a lot different from theirs. stay tuned. anything can happen when it's katy perry. payoff for my cockiness earlier, it's starting to rain here. >> wa wa wa. sorry, jim. >> the nonefunny part about that that storm system that's what's bringing us snow on the super bowl. it's in phoenix right now starting to rain to the southwest and that moisture comes for the super bowl and most likely the biggest snowfall we've seen this season. >> our own personal super bowl -- >> some of the air that's over jim handly right now, that hot air, is coming our way. let's show you what's happening outside right now. storm team 4 radar showing you what's going on around our region.

the storm that came through today it was in and it is out. right now the snow the rain, the sleet, it is all across the bay for the most part. the exception down towards southern portions of calvert county right along the pa pawtuxet river. sleet making its way through the area but as we mentioned yesterday a fast-moving system coming through the area. the clipper itself is back to the north and west so would not be surprised to see a spoke of moisture. you see one right here. you could see another one come through this evening, but for the most part we're out of the woods as far as the rain and sleet go. but this is the difference now. the temperatures below freezing in some areas, 32 in leesburg 30 in gaithersburg 31 in baltimore. anything that did fall could freeze so you may see that freezing or maybe seeing some ice on some of the roadway, some of the sidewalks and of course on the cars if you haven't seen them yet. winter weather advisory in effect until 9:00. it is because of the colder temperatures not because of the more precip making its way in. it will all be because some of

that could turn into slick-spots. not too worried about that right now. 33 in gaithersburg 39 in fredericksburg but it won't even feel this warm and that's cold. wind gusting upwards of 30 to 40 miles per hour tomorrow will make it feel a lot colder. windchill around noon 26 in washington 20 in winchester 25 in manassas, and you say that's not too bad. okay. well let's go to 8:00 at night. how about 4? cold enough for you? 4 in winchester 8 in manassas 9 over towards the annapolis area and some locations could get down below zero early saturday morning. here's the zero right there around gaithersburg. 8 degrees in leesburg. 9 degrees over towards d.c. yeah it's going to be a very cold one for you on saturday. so you know saturday's got the cold air. a high of 32. windchills in the teens and lower 20s all day. the cold air is here. now we need some moisture moving in. that moisture coming from arizona right now. it'll make its way our way with

a temperature of 35 degrees and i do think for the most part just about all of us have a chance for accumulating snowfall even down toward the south. take a look at the impact sunday into monday moderate impact from fredericksburg over toward the northern neck and portions of southern maryland then a high impact event from d.c. leesburg winchester warrenton, frederick. what does high impact mean? i think more than 4 inches in most of the area. this is something we'll continue to watch in the next couple days. it ends early monday morning. we expect delays and cancellations monday morning. guys? >> keep us posted. maryland's new governor facing a battle over budget cuts. where the backlash is coming from tonight. cleveland, los angeles, baltimore, they've all been used to represent d.c. in movies and on tv. coming up at 6:00 how the city is trying to attract more filmmakers to use the real thing. the district now has more than a thousand children living in homeless shelters many of them in hotels. i'm mark segraves and i'll

introduce you to one of those families.

a local prosecutor will play a key role in the unique case of joe morris see, who sits at a statehouse during the day and jail at night. arlington county commonwealth's attorney theo stay mos will head a team of prosecutors handling new charges against morrissey.

the richmond-area democrat is now accused of submitting a forged document and lying under oath. the charges stem from an earlier case in which he was acued with having sex with an underage receptionist at his law office. he reached a plea deal that allow himself to work at the capitol during the day and spend his nights in jail. tonight more than 1,100 children are sleepging in homeless shelters in the district. our mark segraves introduces us to one young mother and offers a glimpse of life trying to raise a child in a shefrlt. >> reporter: like many who find themselves homeless, nicole pearson never thought she'd be faced with living on the street. >> not in a million years. there's a first time for everything though. >> reporter: the 32-year-old mother and her two children are one of more than 600 families ng in a d.c. shelter. the homeless families are housed in the old d.c. general hospital in seven hotels. >> if i wasn't here, i'd be on the street so i can't really

complain. >> reporter: d.c. has close to 3,000 men, women, and children living in shelters plus hundreds and possibly thousands more living on the streets across our region. this week volunteers in d.c. maryland and virginia to count the homeless population. >> if you look nationally we're actually making a lot of progress on homelessness. veterans homelessness in particular is down by a third in the last year. chronic homelessness folks who have been on the street a long time is down by about 20% over the last four years. nationally we're making progress. >> reporter: despite this national progress in d.c. the homeless population is growing, particularly teenagers with no place to live. >> they're the most vulnerable because they don't have the resources. a lot of them have huge traumas. they're out here for very scary reasons and a lot of the times they don't feel comfortable talking to someone like me who's an outreach worker.

so connecting them with services is very difficult. >> as for nicole pearson and her children she has a job interview this weekend and a whole lot of confidence. >> i'm very confident. i see us in an apartment, me having a job, the kids happily ever after. >> reporter: in the district mark segraves news4. the family targeted in a murder-for-hire plot is expressing relief after a judge denied bond for the suspect. dallas brumback was once an exalted cyclops in the ku klux klan. the evidence prosecutors presented about hi plan involvement coming up. panic thousands of feet in the air. after smoke fills an airplane bound for d.c. and she lost her teenage son after he took his own life. a maryland mother is sharing his story and a message of hope

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now at 6:30, a quick burst of winter weather moving out and it's giving way to wind and some serious cold. a look at i-270 in montgomery county mostly just wet roads right now. traffic moving just fine. let's go to doug and see what's coming though. doug? >> what's coming up next -- excuse me -- some much colder air a high temperatures tomorrow will only be in the mid-30s and windchills will be in the teens and lower 20s all day.

right now you can see on raid ray, that storm system moving on out of here. we are done with the rain, the sleet, and the snow. for most of us this was coming down as sleet. we still have the winter weather advisory until 9:00. that's because of the kohler temperatures and some slick spots on the roadways and on the sidewalks. this evening, what are we looking for? well, the sleet is moving out. we're tracking that sunday storm. it will be a significant snow in parts of the region. i'll take you hour by hour for your sunday. if you have activities planned on sunday i'll walk you through the afternoon coming up at about 6:45. >> new at 6:30, a man from sterling virginia charged in a murder-for-hire plot. but we've learned his ex-wife may not have been the only target. >> northern virginia bureau chief julie carey was in court and has new dae ills about his conversation with an undercover officer. >> reporter: dallas brumback jr. charged with attempted capital murder for offering a hitman 5,000 bucks to kill his ex-wife, lindsey. she took the witness stand to urge the judge to keep brumback

behind bars. prosecutors backed her up tell telling the judge lindsey may not be the only one in changer. the hitman wanted to know if his ex-wasn't alone, what if there's a bloodbath? brumback's answer i don't care erase them all. >> it's disturbing to hear, but it's not anything i wouldn't expect coming out of his mouth. >> reporter: that's lindsey brumback's current boyfriend and father of their three kids. he and her father say she's been looking over her shoulder ever since she and brumback split up in 2006 in part because of his role in the kkk. this is pastor brumback in 2012 leading a whites only conference in alabama. >> it's a christian gathering. >> reporter: brumback and his ex have an ongoing custody dispute over their now 9-year-old daughter. he lives in this sterling home with his new wife and three other kids. during a raid police found guns and cross bows in reach of children hats and shirts with

kkk emblems and a map of the united states divided into klan zones. and they cited another conversation with the hitman in which brumback spoke of african-americans saying "we need to purge them all." brumback's current wife kimberly tried to counter prosecutors saying she and her husband are no long we are the klan and asked the judge to let him come home because he has a life-threatening blood disorder. but the judge called him a danger to the community and denied bond. a great relief to his ex-wife's family. >> best decision ever. because now we at least have some peace in our household. >> reporter: in loudoun county julie carey, news4. 90 minutes. that's how long it will take before people on board this united plane finally land here in washington. the plane took off from l.a.x. late this morning but had to land at ontario airport about 40 miles east of l.a. because of smoke in the cabin. some passengers described it as a roller coaster taking off and then landing so quickly. everyone got off the plane and

waited on the tarmac. nobody was injured. there's no word on what caused that smoke. a man arrested for carrying a loaded gun near the white house last year was sentenced today to a year in jail. his name is r.j. cappae. he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges of an unregistered possession of ammunition. he's been in custody since he was arrested two months ago by the secret service. backlash tonight against potential education cuts and maryland governor larry hogan's new budge pept members of the maryland general assembly's black caucus say hogan's proposal would cost both prince george's county and baltimore city more than $70 million in education funding and that they say, could result in cutting more than 1,000 teachers from both school districts. >> and with the stroke of a pen you can talk about putting us backwards. we're not trying to go in reverse. we're trying to make sure we continue to move the the right direction. the things we've done the unprecedented money that we've put, resources we've put in

education, just can't stop it. >> the caucus says those cults disproportionately impact the poorest communities in the state. hogan says despite reductions his budget calls for record spending on education. lights and cameras and all there, we're hearing less of it here. even as more tv shows about washington are created. tom sherwood reports that the city is now in the midst of a big effort to knock down some of the hurdles that production crews face here. >> this is a memo i drafted. >> reporter: mtv sere and movies are all about washington but rarely are filmed in washington. it's not security concerns but bureaucracy and money. jack evans wants movies made here. one step get control of pennsylvania avenue. the city controls the streets,

but the sidewalks are controlled by the federal park service. >> so you have everybody in charge which means what? nobody's in charge. >> reporter: they're pressing legislation to take over the avenue guide its redevelopment with new shops and sidewalk cafes. now prohibited. and offer tax incentives for movies shot in d.c. rather than baltimore, cleveland, and even richmond. >> lyndonin lyndon -- "lincoln" filmed in the capital of the confederacy instead of washington, d.c.? >> reporter: some feel d.c. is perfect for the industry. >> currently we're out of the game because we don't have available funds certainly not on a level that maryland and virginia has. >> reporter: and joseph martin has scouted washington for more than 20 years. he says it's not just movie jobs. >> when we do big shoots if we're down by lincoln memorial setting up tents, feeding the crew and actors there, we need port aegons, carpenters

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the driver stopped and helped to give first aid until emergency crews arrive and flew the boy to inova fairfax hospital. no charges will be fired against the driver. police want you to be aware, though of the dangers of sledding. serm sledding on our nbc washington app for safety tips. just as travel restrictions are changing for americans going to cuba there are plans to bring the cuban culture to the national mall. "the washington post" reports that cuba will join the nations that bring their culture to the folk life festival around the 4th of july possibly as early as 2017. because of the effort involved it would likely take two or three years to accomplish. this year the focus is on peru. new population estimates are out tonight showing the fastest growing areas in virginia. the university of virginia's wheldon cooper center for public service finds loudoun county growing at the greatest rate across the state, the fastest growing

city is fredericksburg with a 16.2% increase. as a whole, northern virginia is the fastest growing metropolitan area and wise county at the kentucky state line is losing the most people. next at 6:00 medical marijuana gets a step closer to becoming legal in virginia. what specifically it could treat in the commonwealth. and we'll hear a local mother's message to teenagers after the sudden death of her son.

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. a few of our local school districts have been touched by teen suicide, maybe all of them. people are trying to change thoughts on mental illness. kristin wright has more with one mother' mission. >> reporter: susan rosenstock says her son evan fell into a deep depression after an injury that kept him from excelling in basketball, the game he loved. she never thought her life would take this direction, but something good has come from such terrible loss. evan rosenstock took his own life right before the end of his sophomore year at winston churchill high school in potomac, maryland. a difficult year and a half later, evan's mother is walking

the halls of high schools and universities telling students you matter. >> umttr has become the community of young adults really compassionately going to schools and friends and really spreading the word of positive hope. >> reporter: rosenstock and evan's friends started the organization to urge young people to believe that every life matters and suicide is never the answer. she's teaming up with a suicide prevention program. >> everybody get up find a partner. >> reporter: students in mouk montgomery county are on a new journey to prevent teen suicide. it's a program called sources of strength. student peer leaders and staff at bethesda chevy chase and other schools are being trained to recognize warning signs, break the silence, and connect troubled students to people who will support them. >> fun is a major component of what we do. we're trying to empower the voice of peer leaders, that their voice matters, that

they're really the experts. >> reporter: the hope is also that the program reduces bullying substance abuse, and domestic violence. >> anybody have a story of a time you felt supported by your family? >> reporter: rosenstock's life has new purpose. >> never thought i'd find heist myself in a position to be a champion for mental health issues or anything and now i feel like i'm in a big position to be able to help youth all across america. >> reporter: the sources of strength program is also being implemented at spring brook high school and wooten in montgomery county. we have posted some important resources for families on our changing minds page. go to nbcwashington.com/changesmind. jim? >> thanks kristin. legalizing medical marijuana has cleared its first hurdle in virginia. a state senate committee today approved legalizing two derivatives of the marijuana plant for treating epilepsy. last week news4 reported the

compelling stories of families of children who need the drug. for some the drug treats seizures without the serious side effects of drugs that are legal. that bill now goes to a second committee committee. >> doug's back with more about the cold wet weather we've been dealing with. >> and more on the winter weather, i mean we're really getting into the thick of things right now, not just with the cold. saw a little bit of cold and sleet today, tomorrow it's the wind and cold sunday it's the snow, then it gets even colder. let's show you how things are playing out right now. storm team 4 radar, it's clear now. we did see some rain sleet, snowmaking its way right through the early rush but it is now well off towards the east and it continues to move on out there. it's this little clipper system bringing us that light area of mix. still snowing up towards philadelphia. here's the storm itself. you can see a little bit of a swirl here. wouldn't be surprised to see one more little finger of moisture come on through the area. but we're not expecting much.

we do still have that winter weather advisory in effect until 9:00 mostly because of what we've seen out there fall and the cold temperatures. 30 in gaithersburg 32 in leesburg 31 in reston 32 in camp springs. we could see some slick sot spos. they've been reported across our region. saturday it's a cold day, probably the coldest day we have here in the next couple days so the cold air is in place. you need that if we're going to get snow. we have a storm coming out of canada then we've got a lot of moisture toward the south. it will be raining over the next couple days toward the super bowl. saw handle hand last hour with rain coming down. that moisture and storm moves our way and goes to our south. we call these southern sliders and these give us all a chance to see some snow. moves in on sunday around the 1:00 2:00 hour in the afternoon, mostly snow for about all of us and looks like it could be a significant storm. super bowl sunday, a lot of have plan maybe going to some party,

snow likely 33 degrees around 5:00 couple inches by 8:00 right in the middle of the game so by the time the game is over around 11:00, the roads may be covered as we will be dealing with some rather cold roadways. so this is something to really take precautions for. 32 for a high on saturday. windchills both friday and saturday upper teens to lower 20s. the wind 30 to 40 miles per hour. tomorrow will not be a very nice day at all. then the snow moves in sunday into monday. look at the temperatures. monday and tuesday, highs only in the 20s, and windchills in the single digits to low teens. we're talking about some very cold air. and what could be the biggest storm of the season. just to let you know, yes, the forecast can still change and we'll continue to monitor it. >> thanks doug. more coming up on nightly news with brian williams. >> here's a look at what they're working on tonight. >> good evening. coming up we'll update the spread of measles especially in the west. now it's gone to arizona and of course thousands of people are also going to arizona for the

super bowl. we'll look at this new study about drinking and the risk of stroke of special interest to a lot of women in the audience. and something that happened near you today, some tense moments on capitol hill regarding henry kissinger, that group of protesters and john mccain losing his temper. that and more when we come up after you at 7:00 tonight. >> thanks brian. carol has sports. >> up next marshawn lynch opens up to the media. finally. i know you're excited to hear that. plus maryland versus ohio state, featuring two of the top freshmen in the country.

can we establish off the base that marshawn lynch should not have to talk to media if he doesn't want to? >> no we cannot establish that. >> it matter what is he plays on the field, not what he thinks about world peace or anything else. jayson werth doesn't want to talk? i don't care. i want to see him at the plate. >> hi carol. >> and that's it! vance has sports. honestly as someone who's been there and having to get sound bites, it's a tough job. >> yes. >> because everyone else has to do it he should have to do it. >> did anyone ask him about

world pesace? no. >> marshawn lynch not talking has been a story line all week. his last media session for the players today and he finally did speak and he's telling us why he's not talking. it was a lecture, really. lynch gave us some insight into why he's so terse with media. >> i come to y'all event, y'all show up with cameras and microphones, but when i'm at home in my environment, i don't see y'all. but y'all mad at me. i'm here. i'm available for y'all. i done talk. all of my requirements are fulfilled. so now for this next three minutes, i'll just be looking at y'all the way y'all are looking at me. thank you. >> basically it was just a staring contest the rest of the way. lynch said if you come to the inner si and some of his charity event, he will talk yo to you then. meantime jayson werth is going to jail after agreeing to a plea deal today on a reckless

driving charge. werth will spend five days in jail under terms of an agreement reached with prosecutors. he'll serve the sentence on weekends so that he can continue to rehab his surgeally repaired shoulder and continue to train for the upcoming season. his drive's license has been suspended for 30 days. a lot of hype tonight. 16th ranked maryland is at ohio state especially for the matchup between the terps melo trumble and the buckeyes deangelo russell. they're two of the top freshmen in the country and have battled before. when trumble was with acc, they went man-to-man. trumble won the matchup with a contested game winner the third overtime. we expect another dogfight tonight. melo sixth in the conference in scoring averaging just over 16 points a game coming off one of his best efforts of the season, 27 points in sunday's win against northwestern. russell a sls turning heads in his first year with the buckeyes over 19 points a game

and third in assists. he's definitely admired by his fellow frosh. because it really is like looking in the mirror. >> he plays with a lot of confidence, kind of like me and he plays, you know, the game like it's supposed to be played never rattled, never shaken just play the game. >> we though their best player is their freshmen russell. he's definitely going to be a key for us. but i mean really our game plan stays the same on defense, just know your role know where to be. if we do that we should be all right. >> all right. fifth-ranked maryland terrapins visiting michigan tonight. but this is your inside access before the game. asia ellison throwing down the slam during this morning's practice! oh no she didn't! in fact she's the daughter of never nervous pervis. do you remember him? standout in college at louisville. also played for bullets. and you may have heard of this guy, tiger woods, in the phoenix open making his debut of the

season. he's playing in this tournament for the first time in 14 years. early on the focus on woods' struggles with his short game. first hole supposed to be a chip shot doesn't get under it. stops about ten feet short. on three, another bad chip. he had three bogeys and a double bogey on the front nine. jump ahead to 13 a plus 5. this is his second shot on the par 5 hole. pretty good one, though. lands in front of the green, bounces, rolls, to within a foot. and he would make eagle. not bad. first eagle since 2013. don't you hate it when an old person moves into an athlete's body? >> yes. >> a lot of people wondering whether he'll ever play like the old tiger. >> i hope so. >> he's still got some gas in

on our broadcast here tonight, the urgent warning late today from the cdc about this growing measles outbreak that started with visitors to disneyland. now comes word that up to 1,000 people may have been exposed in arizona just as thousands more arrive there for the super bowl. the deadly explosion that tore through a children's hospital and maternity ward in mexico where tonight the search for survors goes on. alcohol and stroke in a major new study out tonight on the effects of having a couple drinks a day and how it's different for men and women. and trapped inside his own body for nearly a decade the incredible story of a young man who was able to see and hear everything happening around him all the while but no one knew it. he's now sharing his story with the world. "nightly news" begins now.