ore on this from capitol hill. jennifer? >> reporter: jim and doreen, that's right. the white house, the pentagon, the fbi all cannot confirm what isis is claiming. still, there is great concern that this may be true. isis is claiming that jordanian fighter jets hit a building killing an american female hostage identified as kayla mueller, a 26-year-old aid worker from arizona. while there is great concern u.s. officials say they have no evidence yet mueller is dead. >> i can not confirm those reports in any way. >> reporter: mueller's family says kayla was taken captive by isis in august 2013 while leaving a doctors without borders hospital and was devoted to helping war refugees in syria. jordan's fighter jets have been pounding isis targets since an isis video surfaced showing one of jordan's captured pilots being burned alive in a cage. but if muler is dead it's unknown if the air strikes or isis militants killed her. >> i would not put anything past

isis. it could be possible that they strategically moved her in the form of a human shield to buildings they knew that jordan was bombing. >> reporter: experts say isis wants to send among the coalition battling it. >> that's what this is designed to do to make us doubt our own resolve and the resolve of other countries in this alliance that are trying to challenge it. >> reporter: the white house is reviewing mueller's last known location but won't comment if she was being held in the area of the air strike. jennifer johnson, nbc news washington. president obama told nbc's savannah guthrie this week the u.s. was doing everything possible to locate kayla mueller. "meet the pr moderator chuck todd joins us with thoughts on these developments today and other things as well. the republicans in congress are advocating it isis seems to be escalating its posture. are we heading towards boots on the ground troverhere? there's definitely going to be more of something on the ground.

the president is resistant to having too much on the ground but you've heard from the next defense secretary to bob gates on "meet the press" last week former defense secretary, who says you cannot defeat and destroy them without some form of boots on the ground, also another reason why the president is asking for official congressional authorization. i think that's also code for they're going to escalate. it's never going to be maybe 8,000, 10,000 not talking 50,000 60,000 70,000 troops they're looking at but i think there is starting to become a consensus that yes, more has to be done. >> more new focus on ukraine and what's happening there, new effort to get some sort of a peace agreement there and john kerry is going over there. >> john kerry is over there now. in fact when he finishes up then we're going to have him on "meet the press" for sunday to talk about this. but the europeans are desperately trying to get putin to back off. it's the u.s. that has the more tougher position ready to arm ukraine, ready to arm some of these folks to fight back and you have the leaders of germany france

are in moscow trying to talk putin off the ledge here a little bit. but there's not a lot of optimism on the u.s. side of things that putin is going to change. look every possible economic attack on moscow has happened. this is an economy that's cratering, and yet he is not changing his behavior. this is what has a lot of people concerned. >> talking about ukraine, i imagine -- >> there's a lot going on here with those two issues. we had susan rice today unveiling the new national security strategy, which a lot of republicans say, strategy what strategy? so i think john kerry definitely feels it. >> a lot to talk about this weekend on "meet the press." >> we'll do a second hour if we have to. >> all right. chuck todd. you can see "meet the press" sunday morning at 10:30 here on nbc 4. metro riders did not want to see what happened today -- smoke in yet another metro station.

it's prompted a big response from firefighters. nobody injured in the dupont circle sick staigs. it happened after a brake on a train caught fire. it's putting more focus on the preparedness or lack of it of first responders. also a lack of training for metro incidents among firefighters. our mark segraves is outside the dupont circle station with more. mark? >> reporter: hey, jim. well d.c. firefighters are saying it would be a lot better for them to train if they actually had metro cars at the d.c. fire department's training facility. but today d.c. mayor muriel bowser said that might not happen. first responders are supposed to train for the worst, but after the delgadoly accident at l'enphant plaza station last month, d.c. fire officials discovered that only 100 firefighters took part in metro training last year. one suggestion to make it easier to train was to bring old metro training facility. >> it sounded nice. we'll see what metro has to say

about that. >> reporter: the military has metro cars at a training facility close to d.c. where they train for terrorist attacks. but firefighters in our region have to troovl metro's training facility to get that same hands of on experience. d.c. mayor muriel bowser was noncommittal on the union's request to get its own cars for training. >> we all have to kind of make the best use of resources, and i don't know that that's the answer when we have it pretty well set up at metro, but i am happy to look into that. >> reporter: one thing the mayor and the chief have promised is to increase training. right now, less than half of the 1,700 firefighters have gone through that hands-on training. >> every firefighter will go through this. >> reporter: as for why the department had fallen behind in this train, the chief pointed to the previous mayor and chief. >> i can't talk about what happened before. i can only say that we realized we need to do better. >> reporter: just a few minutes ago i heard from a metro

official who points out that while they're happy to talk to the district about providing old used cars for them to have at their fire department training facility, it's nothing like come ought to the metro facility where they can train with a live third rail where there are actual radios in the tunnels and when they can learn how to open the doors and the windows to the metro cars to actually have training from metro emergency official ts. reporting live in the district mark segraves news4. >> thanks mark. news this 4 has learned metro's interim manager is being called to capitol hill to testify about that emergency at l'enphant plaza. the house oversight committee has asked jack requa and the board chairman mort down kneee to appear at a hearing next friday. that committee is investigating what it considers possible safety gaps. this is going to be the year of the consumer. that comment made today by an economist after new job numbers came out. employers added 257,000 jobs last month, and wages posted their biggest jump in six years.

president obama touted the numbers at a town hall meeting in indianapolis today. he said the job growth in 2014 was the best in two decades but more needs to be done to invest in infrastructure and reform the tax code to ensure that the economy keachs growing. right now we are less than an hour from tipoff at frederick high school where the last basketball game there ended with a shooting that put two teenagers in the hospital. one of those teens is now out of the school and says law enforcement will have a presence at tonight's game just like any other game. the person who pulled the trigger on wednesday night is still at large. a live report in our next half hour. a delay tonight in the trial of jesse matthew. it could mean he'll be doing some traveling this spring. he is jailed in fairfax county on rape charges but also accused of abducting uva student hannah

graham in albemarle county. the delay here means matthew may have to be transported back to albemarle county for hearings in that case. a fairfax county judge granted matthew's lawyers' request for a delay so they could have more time to analyze dna evidence. the trial in fairfax is now likely to begin in june or july. a woman was found murdered in an apartment in maryland and police say they need some help now in finding out who killed her and why. they found the body today inside an apartment on edwards way after somebody called police to check on her. county bureau chief tracee wilk is outside that complex with more. tracie? >> reporter: people who are coming home from work this evening are absolutely shocked to see all these police cars out here, to see us here and to hear that there is a woman who was killed inside of this building that is known for being very quiet. >> it's a quiet place. >> reporter: that's why people who live here are surprised that

a condo on the second floor is now a murder scene. >> a lot of elderly residents, so like i said it's shocking. >> reporter: police were called to the building for a check on welfare call. the body of the woman was found inside a second floor condo. she suffered blunt force trauma to her upper body. >> our investigators are working to establish motive and suspect description. >> reporter: folks say residents on the second floor are being questioned. cameras will be reviewed as they search for the suspect who may have known the victim. >> generally it's a safe community. we don't believe it was a random act. >> reporter: dozens of police cars and detectives aren unusual scene for this building. most of the residents are up in age. >> most of our residents pass away in their sleep, basically so like i said it's shocking. >> reporter: police aren't saying how old the victim is or

how she died only that she suffered blunt force trauma. this is all still under investigation. anyone with information is asked to call police. live at adelphi, i'm tracee wilkins, news4. new at 6:00 plans to change an entrance fee along the entire length of the c&o canal from washington to cumberland maryland has been dropped. the park service just made the announcement after strong opposition rather than charge fees along the entire length of the canal. the park wants to raise the fee collected at great falls navrn potomac. d.c.'s police chief forced to defend herself in court over the e demotion of a highly ranked officer. what she'll face on cross-examination. and a new warning about the cyberattack affecting up to 80 million people. doug? talking about a chilly night tonight, 29 the current windchill.

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a whils blower trial that took the d.c. police chief to the witness stand today has wrapped up for the day. chief lanier defended her reasons for demoting a high-ranking officer.

as derrick ward tells us now, the case is shining a light on the practice of giving police escorts to celebrities. derrick? >> reporter: jim, there was interesting development in this case earlier on in the proceeding when the judge told the jury essentially the city can't have it both ways. you see, the same barricade situation that the chief is using to justify the demotion of this commander was actually deemed appropriate in an earlier federal civil case. the judge told the jury that well, the city cannot support this command of actions in one case to avoid liability and condemn the same in another case to avoid liability. it's kind of comp collated. but eventually the chief says there are a number of reasons that this chief -- this commander was demoted, among them was he just wasn't acting like a commander. d.c. police chief cathy lanier on the stand today in d.c. superior court as part of a civil suit brought by captain

fillton burton the former commander of next pd's special operations version. he was demoted because he said he contradicted the chief on police escort for celebrities. it all began after charlie sheen came to town and got an escort complete with sirens and flashing lights from dulles and he tweeted about it. when the city council got wind of it they called a hearing and the commander testified it happened a lot. the chief said it didn't only in instances where there is a security issue, not just for celebrity sake. she said in court today that the commander was removed from the special operations division for a number of reasons, among them the handling of a barricade situation in 2011 in which the suspect was killed. she also pointed to what she called pushback from burton to deputy chiefs and others above him. she testified today that "he was not operating at the level of a commander." during this civil trial, which started late last month, burton vigorously defended his decisions in the barricade situation and others cited by

the chief. now, among those who have gotten official police escorts, britney spears and we were told it wasn't just because she was a celebrity but because there was some threat associated with her appearance. and, you know, the white house turkey that gets pardoned every year well they get an escort as well going to the white house. they say that's because that turkey is going to the peck tif mansion and there's need to ensure security. this trial is expected to continue with the chief taking stand again on monday. we're live outside d.c. superior court, derrick ward news4. >> derrick, thank you. harper lee says she's alived a kicking and quote happy as hell about her new novel. the renowned author issued the statement through her attorney. it's in response to speculation about lee's involvement in the release of a new book. lee is 88 years old. she's been in declining health over the years. she wrote "to kill a mockingbird" in 1960 and won a pulitzer prize. her second book "go set a watchman," is already number one

on amazon. it won't even be officially released until this summer. alive and kicking. we got to take her word for it. >> for >> so a little warm-up of sorts today. >> not much at all. >> better than the morning. >> for sure and it warmed up nicely this afternoon. the next couple days we are really looking fantastic. if you're thinking about getting out and doing anything this weekend, the weekend weather looking good. take a look outside right now, beautiful conditions this evening, but, yeah still chilly shgt 36 degrees. look at that windchill, still at 29. it is going to be a cold night to be out and about, but as long as you're dressed for it we're not seeing much wind. so should .too bad. 36 in manassas 34 in winchester and 33 the cool spot over there towards huntingtown. a little rain showing up on the radar. i don't think that's reaching the ground. too dry in the atmosphere for that to reach the ground but some is trying to make its way through. a little moisture and cloud cover.

you can see the moisture banking right there along the bay there. back to the west we're starting to see some clearing skies nap will allow things to cool tonight, then we'll see more clouds develop tomorrow with that northwesterly flow. the next storm system for us is back to the west. just going to bring us more warm weather and rain. look what happens to boston. they've already had 54 inches of snow this year. now a winter storm watch in effect. they could see another 8 to 12 inches on sunday into monday. they could be well over 60 inches before the weekend is done. how about that. for us not snow. it's warmer weather. 52 in d.c. tomorrow 49 winchester 54 towards fredericksburg. that coming with plenty of sunshine. good day to be out and about. travel no problems at all. exercise best weekend in a while. out and about, enjoy it because the warmer weather will not last all that long. if you're thinking about heading downtown maybe towards the mall, that looks good too. temperatures cool to start, 34 degrees but then 45 by noon 52 by the afternoon, looking at a

very nice day, and it gets even better on sunday a high of 59. that storm system that boston's going to get going to the north, going farther to the north, and that will drag in some milder air. that's why we're at 59 on sunday and nothing but rain on monday. not going to be a washout of a day either. only some showers during the day with a high of 53. we cool on tuesday and wednesday, back into the 40s, but it's next week thursday and friday that we really have to start worrying about now because that's when the real cold air sets in. we're going for a high of 25. that would be the coldest day we've seen so far this winter and it looks like that cold air could be extended. this cold snap was just that. little cold snap. the mild weather more than a snap maybe two snaps and a -- i don't know. back to you. >> thanks doug. >> thank you, doug. >> sorry. new at 6:00 the next step in a deadly police shooting case in virginia after a big win in court today for the family of the man who was killed. pope francis making headlines, this time for what he says about parents spanking

their children. and a look at the history of local neighborhoods.

pope francis with some interesting comments over how to discipline children. during his weekly audience, the pope told a story about a father who sometimes smacked his children but, quote, in the pope's words, never in the face

so has not to humiliate them. the pope called that story beautiful, said it shows a sense of dignity and that the father knows how to punish justly but move on. a spokesperson later clarified that the pope was not advocating violence against children rather he was speaking about helping someone grow and mature. have you ever driven on a street and wondered how it got its name and what if anything it has to do with our area's history? first at 4 traffic's melissa mollet is hitting the roads and the books to help you meet your street. >> reporter: from this northeast boulevard, she watches the cars and people going down the street. for many of us the passing years have turned the details of the real person behind the street name a tad fuzzy. so we hit the street her street

here in northeast washington to find out what folks know about nannie helen burrows. >> i haven't the slightest idea who she was. >> reporter: do you wonder about her? >> honestly no. >> reporter: some not curious, others just don't know. >> i haven't the slightest idea. i don't have a clue. >> reporter: but d.c. schoolteacher debra buckman lear sh lived here at the corner of nannie helen burrows and 49th street for 21 years. what do you know about nannie helen burrows? >> oh. >> reporter: nannie helen burrows was born in virginia in 1879. at age 5 her mother brought her here to washington. she left washington when she was a teen but years later came back and started a school. burrows was an activist who battled for women's equality and fought against racism now that miss buckman knows a bit more about his burrows -- >> an honor to actually live on her street. >> reporter: now it's on to our next stop. we're going about five miles southwest to first sterling avenue in southeast washington to see if it's the same story

there. of course first sterling i have to say is one of the biggest tongue twisters in town. it's less than two miles long flanked by homes and a highway packed with history. but one not many people knew one we had to look into. >> this is first sterling. you know what? i couldn't tell you. >> reporter: it was a steel company that used to sit on the site of boeing air force base. it opened here in the spring of 1907 and was later highlighted in this article in the "washington times" under a headline that touts the plant as part of the birth of a manufacturing washington. this is the first of our new meet your street series. if you have a question about your street or perhaps one you pass every day on your commute, here is what i would like you to do -- just let me know. shoot me a message on twitter @first4traffic. i would love to come meet your street. next parents taking extra steps to protect their kids from the please l ls.

what you need to know about the rules in your local schools to keep your family safe. a major ruling by a fairfax county judge that forces the police department to hand over sensitive information after they shot and killed a man. i'm david culvert. coming up the one group that could stop that from happening. and shots rang just days ago, and tonight local high school students return to the scene of the crime. narrator: gas prices are down helping middle class families. but now, the white house wants to impose title ii regulations on your internet meaning new government taxes and fees. every month: you'd pay more. 11 billion dollars a year in new taxes and fees. internet freedoms can be protected with the white house and congress working together, but imposing new

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now at 6:30 marking one year since a murder that rocked a virginia community, tonight, how that community is keeping route ann lodato's memory alive. >> this is a living legacy. it keeps going. the music brings people together. >> also tonight the scam for which you should be watching out in the wake of a massive data breach at anthem insurance. first at 6:30, a show of support and unity at frederick high less than 48 hours after a shooting on that campus. >> one of the students shot on wednesday night is still in the hospital. right now students are gathering for a basketball game at the school. our shomari stone is there. anything noticeable about the mood of that crowd? >> reporter: well it's a good question. i see a lot of city of frederick police offic a lot of people are saying

they're seeing more police and a good amount of officers here coming after wednesday night's violence. lincoln moore high school's jv team is playing frederick high's high team right now as we speak. city of frederick police are here right now and students appreciate the police presence. students returned to classes for the first time today. many are not allowing wednesday night lie violence to stop them from cheering for their team tonight. they have school pride. wednesday night someone fired several shots outside the gym after the junior varsity boys game against thomas johnson high. two students who do not attend frederick high were hit. police are investigating the shooting. officers have not identified the person or people who fired the shots and police have made no arrests. we're now going to hear from frederick high point guard micah meredith. >> just coming off the thing that happened the other night, i was a little nervous to play but i think i'm pretty good right now. i think we're going to do pretty good.

>> reporter: now, both of the teen victims are going to be okay. the one at the hospital now has been upgraded to fair condition. we'll continue to bring you updates here from frederick high. live here i'm shomari stone, news4. >> thanks shomari. tonight a fairfax county woman is still on life support after getting into a struggle with tepies at a jail. we now know a bit more about her. she's 37 years old. she's being held in the mental health unit of the jail. sources tell news4 that at one point deputies had to confine her to a padded room. on tuesday deputies used a laser after she resisted being moved. the woman had a medical emergency, we're told and was rushed to a hospital. she was arrest last week on a charge of assault on a law enforcement officer. the charges are now official in a botched illegal cosmetic procedure that killed a woman in prince george's county. prosecutors have indicted vinny taylor for murder, assault, and reckless endangerment.

they say he illegally injected silicone into a woman's butt at a hotel in capitol heights last year. the woman got an infection and she died just days later. investigators say taylor has no medical training. so many homeless familyies are looking for she felt they are went they're the district government is looking for alternative ways to house them. more than a thousand children and families are in shelters right now and many more are living in 500 hotel rooms that the city has leased. d.c. is considering renting out more hotel rooms in maryland. earlier today, mayor muriel bowser asked a judge to ease the restrictions on where homeless families can live so that some of them could live in semiprivate recreation centers. we've learned that the mayor has since pulled that request. tonight the family of a man killed by a police officer is another step closer to getting the answers they want. a judge ordered fairfax county

police to hand over internal affairs files in the john gear case. gear's loved ones called their 18-month push for transparency exhausting. northern virginia bureau reporter david culvert has been with them for every step along this quest. >> reporter: the judge's ruling here in court has a major impact just across the street. that's police headquarters. they'll soon have to turn over internal affairs records on the officer who fired the shot killing john gear. for jeff stuart one of john's best friends, no real celebration but satisfaction in the judge's ruling. i spoke to the family today after the hearing and we're all very pleased with the judge's ruling. >> reporter: august 2013 jeff witnessed fairfax county police shoot and kill gear in a doorway of his springfield home. he was unarmed. but police later said he had a gun on a nearby stoop. the officer who shot deer but adam torres. but for 17 months fairfax county police refused to release any

information on the criminal investigation even withholding it from prosecutors. >> the delays are unconscionable. they cause one to pause and wonder what's going on what takes a year and a half to investigate events that occurred over 50 minutes. >> reporter: the two lawyers representing the family in a civil suit against the police. they fought for the judge to release both the criminal investigative records and now the internal affairs files on officer torres. the police department has two weeks until february 20th to turn over those records. but a judge warned that the u.s. department of justice, which has its own investigation going on could file a motion to keep those files private. in fairfax, i'm david culvert, news4. some new video just in from a massive fire at a marina. chris lawrence is at the live desk with that. >> anne arundel county firefighters have been on the scene for about 90 minutes. they're putting out the last of the fire right now, but at one

point it looked like it was going to take out half the boats in this marina. it started it looks like on one boat but then quickly spread to the ones on each side of it. this is the 7,500 block of bright water beach road, glen burnie at the hands brothers marina. the fire has pretty much destroyed three of the boats there. and we can watch it as it was spreading from one to two boats and then to three. it would have just gone straight down that line if firefighters had not got the water and foam onto it. they say they were able to knock down the flames but there was a of difficulty in getting water to that remote scene. a fireboat we're told has been en route to the scene to help them out. at the live desk i'm chris lawrence. >> thank you, chris. new concerns about measles tonight after a new cluster showed up at a daycare in chicago. new tonight, state by state rules for vaccinations in our

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of world leaders before and never heard in from any of their lawyers. >> this might be a good weekend if you want to get away to see two new exhibits opening at the national gallery of art. both exhibits are from the corcoran galley. the 32 works include portrait of mrs. rutherford white." and gallery has added more than 6,000 other pieces from the corcoran that are not yet on display. the corcoran was once one of the nation's oldest privately owned museums. it shut down last year because of financial problems. a national daycare chain is changing its policy on vaccines after a cluster of measles cases. kindercare learning center now has all staff working with children under 15 months to be vaccinated. five infants were diagnosed with the disease at a suburban chicago location this week. the babies are too young for the

vaccine. kindercare is now also limiting access to the infant room to immunized staff and parents dropping off or picking up their children. with this measles outbreak more parents are taking a closer look at immunization requirements for school. here's how our area stands. maryland virginia and the district all allow families to opt out of vaks for religious reasons. but you can't just have a philosophical objection to vaccines. west virginia and mississippi are the only two states that don't allow any exemptions. there is a new warning about scammers tonight for customers of anthem insurance. the health insurance company is warning customers to be aware of a fake e-mail and phone calls. anthem says e-mails instruct customers to click on a link for credit monitoring services. the company says it is a fake. earlier this week, hackers accessed the records of about 80 million people who have anthem

insurance. the information included name social security number and e-mail addresses. new at 6:00 uber rolls out a new safety feature for riders. it's not ready yet in d.c. we'll tell you what it is and where it will be tested firs it was a year ago today that route ann lodato was shot to death when she answered her front door. i'm julie carey in alexandria. coming up a look at the

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ago. the investigation ultimately led police to link her murder with two others and to arrest charles severance in connection with all three. as northern virginia bureau chief julie carey found out today, lodato's love of music still echos in the community. ♪ hello, everybody, so glad to see you, hello ♪ >> reporter: it was ruth's signature song to greet the children in her music together classes. she led the popular program for two decades until she was shot to death last february 6th as she answered the door at her alexandria home. but the tragedy hasn't stopped the music. >> we didn't know what the family would want to do, if th wanted to keep it goin and they quickly made it known that they did and in memorythey wanted it to go on. >> reporter: she says the early days after ruth ann's death were very painful. >> it was really hard last year when we resumed classes, and i remember we start every class

with the hello song and just getting through that song was very difficult. >> reporter: the music together teachers say while they have kept the songs coming it's the lodato family husband norm and daughter lucia in particular who have taken over the business side of the program. >> the family has been tremendous in keeping this program and trusting us to keep the program going. >> reporter: jon kelly is a close friend and neighbor of the lodatos. he says the family has been sustained during this painful year by the community's support. >> they miss her every day in so many different ways. the one thing that they are truly grateful for is the love and support of so many people that ruth ann touched. >> reporter: now there will be a permanent tribute. music together family commissioned a stained glass window at del ray united methodist church from where the program is housed. >> it's just a beautiful reminder that everybody who comes into that this building will get to see and remember

her. the joy of music is lasting and ruth ann's life is the same. >> reporter: in alexandria julie carey, news4. if you're just getting home in germantown maryland tonight, and your water is brown, they want you to know that it is still safe to drink. wssc washington's sanitary commission says a fire hydrant blew on cinnamon drive last night and that brown water is normal after a water main break or a blown hydrant. you should be able to run your tap for a few minutes to flush out the brown water. but again, if you want to drink brown water -- >> no thanks. >> reporter: -- it's safe to do so. >> uber riders in india have something we might be interested in. there are two new safety responses in response to a passenger being raped by an uber driver. one is a panic button that

allows riders to notify police in case of emergency. the other is a feature that lets riders share their location with up to five other people. there's no word on whether these features will spread to countries beyond india. some of the major hotel chains are redesigning their rooms and introducing new brand. it's part of an effort to lure millennials. our consumer reporter erika gonzalez with a look inside. >> reporter: we are talking edgy and sleek decor, the latest technology an it's all driven by the millennial movement. >> so the time is now. >> reporter: we recently sat down with a global brand officer for marriott hotels. marriott is bringing a european brand to the u.s. it's aimed at millennials. modern and tech savvy, right here this is a peek and marriott is not alone. major hotel chains have crossed over to the boutique look and with brands you've never heard of. tonight at 11:00, we take you inside the hotels changed by the

millennial movement. just like us. we're wondering if those topless guys are part of the deal. >> i have no idea. >> the new trend. >> who's that guy? >> right. you definitely don't want to be out topless tonight, though. it is cold. >> no! >> i'm stretching here. >> yeah. very good. sometimes transitions work. let's show you what's going on tonight. definitely not. it is going to be a chilly night as you make your way across the region. friday night out, 34 degrees at 7:00. by 10:00 right around 32 but still a good night to get dinner. nobody's going to be eating outdoors though for sure. as we move on through the next couple days we'll see a warm-up after today's chilly weather, yesterday's frigid weather. today was a little better. 36 in d.c. 34 ft. belvoir, manassas at 36. warrenton, down to 27. it is going to be a cool night tonight. storm team 4 radar not showing much. we have some rain some snow falling from the skies, not reaching the ground though

atmosphere too dry for that. but where it has been snowing a lot is back towards the mountains. they've been making snow in this cold air. look at the base at liberty. 42 to 48 inches that's 4 feet of snow up there, 100% open at winter green. snowshoe has 56 trails open. it's going to be nice and warm, a great weekend to get out skiing. doreen i've got your favorite graphic. which one, do you know? >> show us doug. >> no i don't know. >> you know it. >> oh the bikers. >> you love the bikers. 34 at 9:00 a.m. 49 by around 1:00 52 degrees at 5:00 tomorrow afternoon. it is looking nice and mild across our 11:00, 12:00 hour should be a-okay. we have that changing pattern but we'll get on the mild side of this pattern during the weekend. the cold air, though lit return late next week. let's talk ak it. 52 degrees on your saturday 59 beautiful degrees on sunday. 53 on monday. but just some showers. not a lot of rain at just some light shower activity. and there's the cold air. could be the coldest air of the season late next week. >> thank you, doug.

a bicyclist, not a biker. >> okay. >> "nbc nightly news with brian willia. we have some news tonight about the apology that he made on the air this week. nbc news president announced today an nbc team is working to gather the facts about statements williams has made about his reporting in iraq in 2003. williams said more than once that a helicopter he was traveling in was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade. he now says it did not happen that way. in a memo to nbc news employees, the president said she is working on determining the next best step. brian will be on the anchor desk again tonight. sports coming up. caps have a tough one coming up. >> yeah. the caps going after the nhl's best team tonight at the verizon center. a familiar face behind the bench for the ducks. former capps head coach bruce boudreau talks about what's going on right now in washington

one would think that this caps game coming up tonight has the promise of being a good one, right? >> they're on a roll here. a little streak. mini streak. we'll go with it. the caps host the best team in the nhl, the anaheim ducks in town. things have turned around in the last few days for the caps.

two straight wins including last night's 2-1 victory over ottawa. tonight they welcome back a familiar face former caps coach bruce boudreau. spent almost five seasons here in washington. bud booud row now in his fourth year with the ducks has kept an eye on the caps too. what does he think about washington now? >> always been very structured and had teams that work really hard. these guy gais are no different. the only difference is they have probably a little more scoring power than barry trotz has been used to having. he's got ovi and nikki and eric fooer is having great year, brower. all the boys are having great years so it's probably something new to barry. >> a bit of a surprise in the net tonight. he hasn't played a full nhl game since january of 2014 but grouphour has been playing well in hershey and coach trotz says he deserves a look tonight with games in back-to-back nights.

braden holtby gets the rest. he grewhe'll go back after tonight's game. george washington haa big game tonight, undefeated at home this season 9-0, 11-0 dating back to last season. tonight they play in a conference game against dayton down at the smith center. georgetown also with a big conference game tomorrow. visiting seventh ranked villanova. this will be a good one. it was last month at the verizon center the hoyas knocked off the fourth ranked wildcats. fans stormed the court after the 20 poindexter win. remember that? but now with the big east standings getting crowded at the top, the hoyas know just how important this one is for their season. >> it's a conference game. we're not trying to lose two games in a row the way that the league is. i think we're in a good situation so, we're able to get a win against villanova, that would put us right back on that horse we want to be on. >> one win you go to second one

lotsz, i don't know where you go. all the teams are so close. everything is so tight together. every win is very important. so we have to play well. >> got a good weekend of college hoops. tomorrow we've got louisville. they visit uva. george mason plays st. joe's. everyone talking act chris paul's comments about a female referee. paul challenging lauren holtkamp's technical foul on him saying "that's ridiculous. if that's the case this might not be for her." there were five technicals handed out to the clippers last night, two by holtkamp. l.a. leads the league in technical fouls. the national basketball referee association tweeted out this statement -- after review the calls with fully justified. we deplore the unprofessional comments made by chris paul. #shelongs. check that out on twitter. lots of people giving their opinion. we know national signing day was

this week. lots of college athletes get a phone call from their new head coaches welcoming them to their programs. penn state's james franklin was making his call except he called the wrong guy. >> what? >> he face timed a random penn state fan. take a listen. >> well i think you guys got the wrong player coach. i'm a big fan of you, coach. i'm a huge fan, coach. >> awesome. good to see you. we're trying to track down shareef. >> i think you might have is the wrong number coach. >> he's calling me! >> you got eligibility left? >> oh, man. no i think i might be done, co >> looks like he's driving too. probably took over and took it. what a cool moment for him. >> great moment for him.

on our broadcast tonight, american hostage mystery.

isis is claiming the death of a 26-year-old woman from arizona. they say she was killed in an air strike in syria, but a lot of doubt is being raised about possible isis propaganda. a flood emergency in the american west. several states slammed by way too much rain way too fast. homes flooded, highwater rescues on the road. and in the east more snow on the way. moment of crisis, what we've learned about that deadly commuter train disaster like the ordered at that crossing that were never completed. and stolen tax refunds, a new warning tonight as a lot of americans go to file their taxes and then are told someone's already done it. and someone's trying to make off with your money. "nightly news" begins now.