lights out. an update on the mall power outage that had local shop panicked. temperatures will get even higher than yesterday. chuck bell is tracking some sprinkles. he's timing out how long the showers will stick around. >> i don't care if it sprinkles a little bit, 60 degrees sounds awesome. good morning and welcome to news 420 day. i'm adam tuss. >> i'm angie goff. >> looks like a little hint of spring. >> chuck, will we hit 60s all over? >> not everywhere. don't jump the gun. still only the first part of the month of february. that being said there will be plenty of spots today that make

it above the 60-degree mark. everyone else comfortably into the 50s. that's bonus territory for sure. rain chances are back starting tonight and into your monday. for now it's a dry and seasonally chilly start out there, mid 30s around washington. 30 degrees in manassas. what to wear today? nothing more than a light jacket. maybe a swea you'l need after about 9:00 or 10:00 this morning. hour by hour through your sunday off to a seasonally cold start, tempes hoverg in the upper 20s and low and mid 30s early this morning. by lunchtime, nice and pleasant. 53 by lunch. 59 in washington. fredricksburg, probably closer to 63, maybe 64 degrees. it won't last long. showers tomorrow and bitter cold late in the week. all that coming up with your seven-day. >> we'll be watching and waiting for that. the power is back on at pentagon city mall. news 4's darcy spencer has our

report. >> reporter: this cell phone video shows the chaos as shoppers tried to get out of the parking garage at pentagon city mall seemingly all at once. the shopping center evacuated when the power went out. >> we were in macy's and trying to go to apple to get my iphone fixed. when we walked in basically the whole mall was closed and it was really dark. >> it kind of frightened everyone. >> reporter: janay stackhouse was working in the mall when the outage happened. she said no one knew there was a real emergency. >> all we saw were police officers were going on. the mall security people never told us anything. i had to go find an officer. >> reporter: the lights went out about 6:45. you can see from these photos posted on social media, the emergency lighting picked on. shoppers with bags in hand finding their way out. >> some people kind of went crazy initially. >> reporter: what does that mean they went crazy? >> what's going on they started

screaming. >> r county fire went in to make sure no one was stuck in the elevators. some store employees had to stick around because they couldn't get the gates to come down to secure their stores. >> i'm not sure what happened. we were in the store and everything went black. >> reporter: so minion power called in to find and fix the problem. darcy spencer, "news 4 today." >> we've reached out to the mall and mall security but we have not heard back. a prince george's county man is behind bars this morning for allegedly killing his neighbor. rudolph phelps is accused of killing karen segman. officers found her body while doing a welfare check on her friday. she was killed at her condo in adelphi. people who live there are shocked. >> this building has been so -- a pleasant place to live for so long. i'm kind of frightened to be

here. she's with god now and she's in peace. >> police arrested phelps a few hours after they found seeing man, he's charged with first degree murder. the united arab emirates is joining jordan in the fight against isis. the uae is sending a squadron to take part in air strikes against the militant group. jordan stepped up air strikes thisr isis release add video showing a captured jordanian pilot being burned to death in a cage. two cousins are in jail af say they went on a two-week shooting industry. they're facing a string of vandalism and gun charges. the stafford county sheriff's office says last month they randomly shot at eight homes in stafford and king george. tips helped track them to north stafford county yesterday. virginia governor terry mcauliffe expected to make a major economic development announcement. it will happen tomorrow at 8:00

a.m. at an know va fairfax hospital. schools are look at adjusting school bell times to let high school students start later in the day. >> on friday metro's interim general manager and board chairman are expected to testify on capitol hill looking into metro's underground emergency that killed one woman and sent dozen to the hospital. >> "nbc nightly news" anchor brian williams has decided to take himself off the desk for the next several days. he wrote an e-mail to his colleagues yesterday saying it's become parent that he has become too much a part of the news. last week williams ap pop apologized for statements he made in his reporting in iraq. nbc news president announced an internal investigative team is working to gather the facts

about those statements. meanwhile lester holt will anchor "nbc nightly news" until williams returns. for more on the story, go to nbcwashington.com. happeni today, you can go to a special church service for the victims and survivors of human trafficking. it will happen at noon at the of the national tlin of the emaculate conception. >> we have a traffic alert for you if you're headed to maryland hollywood, maryland. it's part of an exercise for the volunteer fire department. 6:06. our a visit by president obama is truchling tradition and why leaders in one state are heated about it. >> how long will you have to enjoy today's near 60 degree weather? all good things have to come to an end,

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this year marks the 50th anniversary of the 1i68 rights march from selma to montgomery alabama. president obama and congressional leaders will take part in one of two planned marches in alabama to commemorate the day known as bloody sunday. that has organizers upset. the movie "selma" shows people who were marching for civil rights how they were clubbed and teargassed by police. leaders in alabama say there has always been only one march and it happened on a sunday. this year one march will happen saturday march 7th which is the 50th anniversary, and the other will happen on sunday march 8th. right now new england is bracing for yet another major snowstorm. this is a live look at rochester, new york where more than a foot of snow could fall

today. right now parts of new england are under a winter storm warning. forecasters say the snow will get more intense later today. the snow is expected to fall through tomorrow night. >> can't help but feel for them especially considering the kind of weather we're looking at today which is definitely far and few between. >> i don't feel bad for them. >> sometimes i'll take our weather. they can have the snow. that's fine. >> if you live in new york and new england, you sort of know that's what you're getting especially new englanders. they like their snow in the winter time. >> they embrace it. >> keep embracing. that snowman will be there until april. another foot of snow possible in interior new england today. if you're flying or driving in that direction, you're driving right back into the heart of winter. meanwhile for us we get a one-day prelude of spring time. enjoy it everybody. temperatures way into the 50s and even the 60s around the area for today. that will really pleasant

change from what we've had. warmest since? we've had one really warm day so far this year. january 4th. remember that? just as you were coming back from your new year's vacations, 67 degrees back on january 4th. today may be the warmest day since then. we're not going to get that far into the temperature range in washington. nonetheless, a nice day. so weather impact on your day, nice and low. mild dry, relax and enjoy. next 24 hours, a mild one today, clouds coming back tonight and off and on rain chances for tomorrow. not facing a deluge of rain on your monday. but hit-and-miss rain chances come in before you get up and last until after you go to bed. for now, 32 degrees right, near 40 degrees by 9:00. breaks of sunshine this morning. tee e and milder than that later this afternoon. 34 in hagerstown right now,

already 47 degrees in fredricksburg, 42 in st. mary's county. if you're waking up to temperatures already in your 40s, you'll be well into the low to mid 60s today. your hometown forecast for mclean virginia nothing to complain about. clouds coming back tonight. near 60 today. 42 and cloudy tonight and off-and-on rain chances, highest, but still mild near 50 tomorrow. big range of highs, upper 40s and low 50s along the pennsylvania border. low to mid 60s to the south of washington. there's the winter storm warnings for interior new england. that's all staying way away from us. our next chance for shower activity rolls in with this ripple in the atmosphere that comes through here during the day tomorrow. kind of a cloudy and showery way to get the work and school week started again. you don't have to worry about that today. mild weather outside for the second half of your weekend and dry through i think at least 11:30. after midnight and before you wake up in the morning, off and

on rain chances start to make a comeback. temperatures tomorrow morning will be in the low to mid 40s. for tomorrow during the day all the clouds around. compared to average, pretty mild. low, perhaps mid 50s for a lucky few. here is your monday morning commute 8:00 tomorrow morning, cloudy and wet roads. by 4:00 still more rain chances. i think the n chances are in the second half of the day tomorrow. raven shower chance gets turned off as a gusty northwest wind rolls in monday night into tuesday and cooler weather begins to return. near 60 today, low 50s tomorrow with the off and on rain chances. breezy and back to typical february weather for tuesday, wednesday. another little chance of just a couple flurries on thursday ahead of -- you know what's coming back everybody, arctic air returns just in time for valentine's day weekend. next up we have "reporter's notebook," a look at stories affecting our community. >> we're back with more of the morning's top stories. >> welcome to "reporter's

notebook," i'm pat lawson muse. we begin with stars early exit. the search is on for a new montgomery county superintendent effective february 16 dr. joshua starrr is stepping down. the mutual agreement comes four months before his contract expires. neither starr nor the board gave a specific reason for his departure. however, starr said he wouldn't quote, fight a fight he couldn't win. >> joe madison, there's a lot of mixed reaction to this. many surprised he's leaving. theye asking questions. why so sudden and who is to blame? >> i don't know who is to blame when it comes to a situation like this. let's just be clear, he doesn't have the votes. and that's how they operate. he goes before the board. he gives justification why he should stay on as superintendent. the board then takes a straw vote and you don't have the votes there. that's exactly what he means, look i'm not going to fight this fight. i can't change the minds of

those who are opposed to me. it's a different montgomery county than from when my children went there. it's more diverse there, very complex demographics to deal with. so who knows? i believe you have new board members, so you don't know what they ran on in terms of their campaign. >> bremante do you need to know why? does it matter? should the school system just move on? >> i think it matters when on just a couple days before -- not a couple days before but at the time when they announced it they said this is a person dedicated to education, to social justice, to change to things that basically the school system wants. so i think it leaves the door open to folks wanting to know well if he has all of the things that you see are positive for the montgomery county school system why is he moving out? >> does it sound like it's a bad marriage? >> i think it does. i think to what joe says what

we know is -- the thought is if you're going to be a superintendent now, especially a large district like montgomery county you need to be an educator an administrator and a politician. >> and a sky drift. >> maybe the political side is what's getting him out of his position. >> dave one of the questions is how this helps the students. he's quitting before the end of the school year. of course they probably want someone, and they have said they want someone in place by the first of july. >> they've been telling you the system is built so they can weather the storm. i think specifically why he got in trouble -- let's take a few things. one, early on in his tenure he let it be known he'd like to become the new york city school system which is the super-duper superintendent job in the country. these people are like athletes, they wri ticket jump from place to place if that's the way the situation is. that's what we're into, folks. there was that. then there was the most recent contra ta of the naming of dates, religious holidays.

a lot of people didn't like that. they kind of went back to it. i think series of decisions that eerth was or was involved in or was being blamed for being involved in mounted up and he ran out of political capital like joe said. >> he gets paid joe, through the end of his contract and he gets a generous severance deal. some are taking issue with that. >> the golden parachute. dave sade it. it's like being a coach. when they leave, they leave with a golden parachute. people will complain but it's not going to be on the ballot and there's nothing you can do about it. plan for tax relief in the state of maryland. during his state of the state address maryland governor larry hogan said he's proposing a repooep peel of the rain tax, the automatic gas tax hikes and income pensions for military and first responders. this is part of his tax cut

plan. he calls for cooperation for democrats. that could prove to be a challenge. democrats want to restore education spending cuts and others. bremante is the honeymoon over? >> you said the word i was going to use. i do think it's over. it was snowing during the inauguration everything looked pretty. we figured the next day things would change. i think the problem with the governor obviously it's easier to run than to govern. now he's trying to govern in a state that's controlled the legislature by democrats. the tax cuts he's proposing don't make much of a dent. his gas tax cut doesn't save that much money and really from a public relations standpoint the prits of gas is so low now, sort of taking away that $15 million that you save doesn't really -- is not that big of a deal. i think in terms of where the democrats are going and the education cuts they're saying listen this is going to hurt

montgomery county and prince george's county. where are the democratic votes usually statewide? montgomery county and prince george's county. think mike miller the senate majority leader -- >> president. >> right, in maryland he's the president. he said i'll cooperate i'm paraphrasing what he said as long as he does what i want him to do. he's not doing what he wants him to do especially the education cuts. mr. birch, the speaker of the house, is not thrilled with what's happening. they say he's taking away the money they need for vital programs. he's saying businesses don't want to come into maryland which they dispute, they think maryland is doing very well with the way it is they say his enhancements won't help that much either. the honeymoon lasted about a,second. >> speaker bush and miller agree with the republicans on one thing. that is they need to tackle heroin in the state. >> thank you. they should have tackled ia

time ago. i think we said that here in the program a few weeks ago. they should have been tackling it when it was a problem in prince george's county inner city baltimore. i get so irritated when it's a problem in certain neighborhoods. we can't find a solution. it's personal responsibility government shouldn't get involved. now what are we finding out? not only in the state of maryland but actually all over the country it is now a problem in quote, unquote, suburbia. so now resources are being put forth. the reality is good they should. they have to. create a major, major epidemic in our state. >> squatting is a growing problem in prince george's county. it was the second raid in the past year on squatters who moved into the same foreclosed mansion in prince george's county. police who raided the home found a robbery suspect there last week squatting with nine other

people. the house hasn't been legally occupied for more than four years. >> bremante earlier this week a woman was convicted of breaking into a home that was vacant and trying to sue the legal owners. this is a growing problem in a county that has the liest foreclosure rate in this region and the state. >> the problem here with prince george's county here is this dichotomy. the richest majority african-american district in the nation. yet it has the highest foreclosure rate in the state. and what you're seeing here you have two levels. you also have a very sophisticated system going on in the state where you have folks drawing up documents, renting out these properties illegally to folks who think they're legally moving into them until the owner says what are you doing here? and they show the papek is fraudulent. you have the other side where folks are seeing vacant properties and they're moving in. we've seen in the media here lately the expose by "the

washington post," the problem of all these vacant homes in the county. i think what you'll have to see now on the political side, what can thco leaders do to stem this tide? this is a bad scene for the county. >> squatting, the first story i covered in d.c. was many many years ago. this is nothing new. you have to ask where the banks, the police the authorities. this is where people by a faux deed which is fraud in this case. they're all people in jobs in these locations to deal with these kinds of things. it's surprising this has gotten as large as it has. >> what really upsets me too, the real responsibility lies with the banks and the mortgage companies. they're the ones that own the paper. they own these homes. they don't take care of the lawns, they don't lock up these homes, they don't check on these homes. so what happens? it impacts people in the

neighborhood who are legitimate homeowners. i think quite honestly the burden of responsibility should be on the banks and the mortgage companies who, by the way, created this problem in large part because they gave all these subprime loans and these arms to people. and sometimes didn't even ask them what their income was and then the market flipped. they need to be responsible for these properties that they own. >> for the county you a safety issue here. you have folks that are in these homes, some have been wanted for crimes. that's a big problem with the county. >> got a take a break. we'll be right back..

welcome back. tuition free at udc? d.c. council events wants to turn udc into a tuition-free community college and name it after the late marion barry.

he said it would be a chance to keep more students on the college track, in the district and called it the city's most well-known figure. >> i think it was here we asked the que marion barry's funeral, what are we going to name in this city after marion barry. i never thought about udc. >> they haven't thought about it either because they've never been told about this. >> there are going to be people who wouldn't name a hub cap after marion barry. i know that. but let's remember this marion barry was an extremely intelligent man. i think he was working on his phd in chemistry, his own african-american university of tennessee in that chemistry department. he obviously sacrifice thad to get involved with snik. i think it would be appropriate. >> what's the downside bremante, as you see it? >> the downside is locally folks may know about marion barry, but

nationally students don't know that. if they take that transcript somewhere, those outside of this area may see that and that might not be such a positive on a student trying to move forward. budget? >> the big problem is the budget and how do you fund a free college? the president is running into trouble for the education initiatives he wants to have on small colleges and things like that. it's going to be very -- more difficult for the local leaders to find a way to pay for this. right now nobody can see how they'll do it. >> banning preschool suspensions, a council committee will hold a hearing to ban suspensions after they discovered 181 preschoolers were suspended for the 2012-2013 year. >> the d.c. council is probably

looking at that. i don't think this is a new issue, obviously a focus is being put on it. beyond that that's just -- it doesn't look good and it may -- it looks as if the school or the officials in the school can't find ways to deal with 3 to 4-year-olds without suspending them. >> david, apparently most of the council agrees. >> to take from bremante the issue here is disruption in class is serious, these children need to learn or to be prepared r learning. a disruptive child is a problem. the question is to just suspend them what does that do? >> here is what people don't want to talk about, the elephant in the room. racial element to this. i can guarantee you the majority of those students were african-american or hispanic. i can guarantee you that. that means what you're doing is creating a pipeline. this will follow those children from preschool to primary school primary school to

elementary school and the reality is you've got to find -- look you have to be able to find a way to deal with children without putting a record of being suspended in preschool. >> if they're not in school where are they? if they're suspended, are they properly cared for then? >> that's "reporter's notebook." i'm pa muse. stay tuned for "news 4 today" your stop stories right now, developing nurks a tragic scene in georgia where police say a man tried to kill his entire family and the youngest victim is 7. plus the cruel, cold winter is giving us another break to the tune of near 60-degree

weather. chuck has his eyes on radar. he's seeing a sprinkle or two possibly coming our way. good morning and welcome to "news 4 today." i'm adam tuss. >> i'm angie goff. if you have plans to be outside today, you're going to want to keep them. >> why not? 60 degrees possibly? >> absolutely. could be our warmest day in over a month here in washington as temperatures will soar way into the 50s, and for a lucky few neighborhoods, even into the 60s we'll go later today. you wanted it you needed it. you're getting it. on a weekend to boot. 34 in rockville and gaithersburg. reston town center to ft. belvoir and burke. falls church all in the low 30s. no worries about these 30s this morning. temperatures will be in the mid to upper 40s before lunchtime today. and for most of the afternoon, we'll be into the mid and upper 50s. locations just down to the south of the city likely to touch 60 degrees today.

fairfax about 60. camp springs about 60. 58 in bowie, about 59 downtown. nothing to complain about at all. soak every minute of it in. cloudy skies return tonight. a couple of raindrops likely for tomorrow. you know it can't last forever. it's still february. bitter cold coming back later in the week. how cold and does that mean snow? answer coming up with the seven-day. now to a developing story. police near atlanta, georgia, are trying to piece together a gruesome shooting. they say a man shot and killed his ex-wife and several children before turning the gun on himself. nbc's duffy dixon has more on what police there are calling the worst killing they've seen in years. >> reporter: stuffed animals placed next to the crime scene tape. a vivid reminder that the youngest of the family members killed in this home was just 7 years old. >> i hear gunshots and kids screaming. that's the first thing i heard. two gunshots and kids screaming. >> reporter: around 3:00 in the

afternoon, investigators say a man parked at the top of willow tree circle in douglas ville, walked down the street into the home and started shooting. >> pulls on your heart, tears on your heart. it don't make no sense. >> reporter: some victims outside, some victims inside as people who live on the street try to help. >> the wife was on the floor still moving. >> reporter: neighbors watched a row of 'em lances assemble a white sheet covering a small body in the road. >> to see the kid's shoes laying in the road boots, was heart-wrenching. >> r neighbors say the man to blame, the children's own father estranged from his wife he too, died committing suicide after trying to wi entire family. >> heartbreaking the think about this happening. >> police say at least two children did survive the attack. both are recovering in the hospital this morning. also this morning,

investigators are looking for a gunman who shot three people at a mall outside pittsburgh. two men and a woman were hit. all three were taken to the hospital. two are in critical condition. police say one of the victims was targeted in the attack. investigators are trying to figure out what led to the death of a midshipman of the naval academy. 22-year-old rolando amador was found dead on thursday night. he was a mechanical engineer major from maine. no foul play is suspected. the academy is providing grief counselors for students. d.c. police are asking for help to find the people in this surveillance video. take a look closely. police say this video was taken after an assault with a knife near 14th and u streets earlier this month oopsz. you can see several people in the street wearing hooded sweatshirts. all people in the video are considered persons of interest. today french and german leaders will talk to russian president vladimir putin about a

peace plan to end the fighting in ukraine t. fighting has killed hundreds in recent weeks. president putin backs the rebels in the war. he's being pressured to pull them back. yesterday in munich vice president joe biden said the u.s. will help defend against russia if necessary. new this morning, investigators say they found a total of 40 bodies in that deadly plane crash in taiwan. three people are still missing. 15 people survived t crash. you can see that dash cam video where that plane clips not only a vehicle but also the side of that bridge. it looks like that there is going to be a plan transasia pilots will take a new professional exam in the next four days. the families of four passengers were given money to help with funeral co right is back on at georgetown university's law school. the water was off because of a main break along massachusetts avenue yesterday. d.c. water officials tell us a contractor struck a water main and that c

today church leaders in the district will take part in a 24-hour marathon to help you get enrolled for health care coverage. the deadline to sign up for coverage is next sunday. news 4's derrick ward reports on the all-out effort. >> what do a popular eatery and popular wine and cheese market and local charter school have in common? weekend they're some of the places where d.c. residents can sign up for health care. >> where people work where they shop where they play and where they pray. this is the mantra. >> there's an all-out push to get as many people as possible enrolled. according to the city's numbers, more than 75,000 d.c. residents have signed up since enrollment started. still about 23,000 people to reach out to. if you're a sunday kind of person. >> we have a bunch of churches. >> reporter: how about health care to go with your wine and cheese? here at cork this weekend you'll find something new and healthy on the menu.

>> provide health insurance for my employees, make sure everyone here in the city knows that they have ability to get health care through the exchange. >> reporter: pitts is a member of the health exchange but says his efforts won't stop there. >> we're a big part of the community, both the market here and the restaurant across the street. enrollment weekend is about the community. >> reporte the number of uninsured in the district dropped by 43%. white house advisers and cabinet members trying to get the number lower. >> communities are coming together not only for the folks who are coming here but they know how important it is for their family, their friends and their neighbors. >> reporter: derrick ward news 4. today is the final day of e chocolate lovers festival in fairfax. head over to the old towne hall. you can see an exhibit, art exhibit made from chocolate. you can also buy sweets at the bake sale. the festival runs from noon until 4:00. new details this morning in the deadly crash involving bruce

jenner. what police are looking into that could explain what he was doing behind the wheel before that accident. a news 4 i team exclusive. crooks targeting your ride while it's warming up in the driveway. e one sign that can make your car an easy target. >> you won't need to warm up the car much today. chuck says temperatures will be even higher today than yesterday.

president obama ended the week on a high note with the release of big job numbers, but it was overshadowed by the on going global issues also hitting close to home. >> moderator of "meet the press" chuck todd joins us now. >> good morning. >> the president on friday released his national security strategy. with that the one word getting a lot of play is strategic patience getting a lot of criticism as well considering the rising threat of isis also word that possibly another american hostage has been kid. has there been a huge call for a

more urgent response and are we going to see that? >> there has. in fact there's some criticism, too much patience there was too much patience in trying to combat isis early on before isis essentially became isis. so this is an ongoing back and forth. this is among the questions that i have -- that i had with secretary of state john kerry. you know the argument that they make is you know what? you can't rush to these things. they didn't want to look like they're overreacting moving troops around too soon. but you do wonder are they underreacting, almost overcorrecting for what they believe were the mistakes made in 2002 and 2003. i think there's clearly a moment inside the national security movement in this country, both left and right, where both sides are still trying to feel out what is the right level of patience. >> well this isn't the only quote, patience that he's been criticized for. there was syria, also ukraine. we've got those issues going on.

ukrae in the last couple weeks developed into something else. >> this is going to -- we're at a moment with ukraine, they announced there's going to be one more last attempt at some peace talks on wednesday. look the european allies are desperate to not see the united states send more arms to ukraine to help fight the russian separatists. this is a case where the u.s. is advocating a more aggressive stance in supporting ukraine while the european allies are a little bit panicked that once that happens, does that escalate things and suddenly is there war in eastern europe? >> putin standing his ground saying he's not going to budge. the big question is what do you do next? we do want to talk about the measles outbreak. that is making the rounds in the news cycle. we're watching it turn not from a health problem but into a political problem. >> it is interesting. i found it this week the unintended consequence of what happens when a few things take place, misinformation spread on social media coupled with politicians who pander to maybe some fringe groups on the left

and right, natural lifts on the left anti-government folks on the right, and the lack of trust there is in public leaders. when a public leader says, no, you've got to vaccinate your kids people are saying who are you to tell me this? put that altogether and we are a decade of this phenomenon. lo and behold the highest outbreak of measles we've had in 20 years. to me all that skon nexted. you cannot separate all of those things. it's a topic we'll get into. >> chuck, we'll be watching. thanks so much. a reminder you can see "meet the press" every sunday right here on nbc 4 right after "news 4 today." a maryland woman is accused of stealing thousands of dollars from a restaurant using a mobile app. police say donna prouty stole $2500 in a restaurant's bank account in ocean city where her huss brand works. police say she used her husband's mobile app that

accepts payments from customers and then deposited the money into her own bank account. she turned herself in to police on thursday. a warrant was out for her arrest on thursday. the l.a. county sheriff's department is trying to serve a warrant to see if bruce jenner was texting before this deadly accident. jenner was drive ugh one of four vehicles involved. the former olympian was not hurt. police say jenner was being followed by paparazzi before the crash but not being chased. they also say generaler passed a sobriety test. a maryland court will allow the subject of a podcast to appeal his murder conviction. the case will be heard in june for the man serving a life sentence for strag ng his girlfriend in 1999. the case captured national

attention. right now we have a warning for you as you warm up your car this morning. cold mornings are bringing out thieves, preying on unsuspected drivers. the news 4 i team showing how quickly and often it's happening. the i team's scott mcfar lond went under cover to show you this latest trend. >> reporter: a morning routine playing out in so many neighbors this time of year warming up the car while waiting inside from the cold. watch this recent surveillance video. the white car idling in the driveway as another vehicle slowly drives by backs up. within seconds, a man hops in the white car and takes off. >> reporter: thieveses call them puffers because of the puffs of ignition easy from far away to spot and easy to steal. >> people think their driveway is safe. >> reporter:4 i team spent days with the wave team.

we are not showing their faces because they work under cover, not only looking for cold car thieves but warning potential victims, too. >> the one right next to us is lit up as well. >> reporter: in an upper marlboro neighborhood we spot the giveaway puff of smoke, within minutes we're surrounded byd cars including this honda. >> officers approach the drivers to alert them about car thiefs. >> i have to take that into consideration but it's one-car family and i wouldn't want my car stolen. >> this fusion sits in a driveway running more than 20 minutes. vanessa valdez said she didn't realize it's illegal. >> i have to actually be with the vehicle. it would be a $70 fine. >> reporter: this day, no tickets, just a warning. >> i'll think about it. i'll keep an eye on it. >> reporter: police say that can make things worse. >> sometimes they're armed. >> reporter: escalating a stolen

car to a possible carjacking. >> gas stations easy pickings. >> that one is running right now. he just went inside. >> when they steal the cars they're not selling them to keep them. >> correct. this is a theft for profit. >> reporter: many cars are sold online or exported overseas like this black car swiped from a gas station, investigators found it in a shipping container before it headed to africa. >> this is their job. they get up in the morning just like you and i get up in the morning to go to work. >> reporter: teens sometimes use the stolen cars to commit other crimes. as our i tooen team cameras roll officers pull this vehicle after spotting it driving through several gas stations and speeding. they suspect the riders might have been searching for the vehicle to steal. police find marijuana and a gun in the guy. >> possible connection to a carjacking ring a drug ring and now homicide. >> reporter: w.a. v. e. team

midwest bers say they see them getting boulder. >> when this woman goes inside to report the crime, this time they take the entire car. that car theft one of 244 already this year in prince george's county. that's down slightly from last year. police say it's also reason to keep the keys with you in your hand or pocket while you're fueling up your car and why you should avoid those early morning warmups in the driveway. scott macfarlane, news 4 i team. good report from scott. to watch those car thefts go to nbcwashington.com and click on investigations. g to have to warm the car up today? >> no warmup required today. honestly letting your car run 20 minutes, bad for the environment as well. e co2 emissions, wasting gas, wasting money. >> nothing good comes from it. >> no need to worry about that

today. adam probably had his seat heaters on today. no need for that. temperatures will be soaring way into the 50s perhaps even into the 60s for about a third, maybe as much as half of the news 4 nation later today. yesterday morning's sunrise was absolutely off the charts gorgeous. i got a lot of folks that went me a picture. today it's also going to be a promising start, just enough cloud cover out there this morning. we get the sun closer to the horizon, we should be able to light the bottom of the clouds up. shutter bugs your friendly reminder it could be a spectacular sunrise on the way here in the next little bit. sun is up at 7:08 this morning. view from the city camera almost all the ice on the edge of the potomac is gone now. potomac water temperatures still only around 40 degrees though. 36 at reagan national airport. kind of d outside, but not much of a breeze blowing. no windchill to contend with this morning. temperatures right now are some 5 do as much as 20 degrees

warmer than the same time yesterday. temperature 34 in hagerstown but already 43 in front royal, 47 in fredricksburg, but 31 in quantico. it really depends where you live. that's a 16-degree spread over about a 20-mile distance between quantico and fredricksburg. going outside today running, biking jog walking, get outside and enjoy it. in the 40s this morning, most of the afternoon the mid to upper 50s. dinner and a movie tonight? not cold even for this seven. back near 50 degrees 11:00 p.m. we should be dry through at least midnight. we may have raindrops before you wake up in the morning. traveling to new york and new england, the snow machine has returned. our next chance for rain which comes tomorrow is back across parts of the upper midwest, another weak alberta clip per which will lower temperatures behind it closer to seasonal averages once again. today nice and mild.

wake-up temperatures tomorrow morning in the low to mid 40s. damp with light rain showers moving in just as you're getting out the door first thing tomorrow. 8:00 tomorrow morning, light rain across the area not a lot in the morning hours. i think the steadier rain chances come up during the afternoon and then it turns back to typical february weather for wednesday and thursday ahead of the next blast of arctic air which arrives for valentine's day weekend. near 60 today. low 50s tomorrow but with clouds and off-and-on shower chances. breezy and cooler back to average for tuesday and wednesday. a chance of flurries as the arctic air returns late thursday and windy and very very cold for friday 13th and for val dine's day. find someone to snuggle, you'll need them next weekend. coming up the story you don't want to miss. a local college goes above and beyond to comfort a young girl after a video of

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olympic gold medal swimmer katy ledecky set a new american high school record in the 200 freestyle. she swam her last high school meet for stone ridge. her high school career may be over but she says she has cherished every moment. >> i've made the best friends on this team and i couldn't have asked for a better fou with all of them. i'll remember the swim times, but i think i'll remember my times with my friends the most. >> ledecky also won the 500 freestyle finishing just shy of her record. she won the frank martin award for outstanding meet performance. >> ava, can you tell why you're crying? >> because i didn't want to see george washington. >> that is 5-year-old ava lane. that video was just taken after her mother broke it to her that

george washington lived more than 200 years ago. >> the video has received over 500,000 views. as jash reports, george washington universit. >> reporter: it's time for ava lane to meet her favorite president, george washington. >> it's george. >> ava was sitting in on her brother's home school class and we were discussing presidents. we were discussing symbols of the united states talking about the white house which she asked if george washington lived there. when we informed her that unfortunately george washington was no longer alive, she became very sad. >> so sad that her mother had to capture the moment. maybe we can see our current president, president barack obama. how did you feel when you found out george washington

wasn't around anymore. >> sad. >> why? >> because i wanted to meet him. >> what do you think you liked about him? what was so cool that you wanted to meet him? >> because he had cool clothes. >> reporter: it may not be the real george washington for for ava, this one will do just fine. jason pugh, news 4 sport >> that's adorable. >> that's great. >> much more ahead on

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"news 4 today" starts now. good sunday morning everybody. i'm adam tuss. >> i'm angie goff. welcome to "news 4 today." weekend warmup part two. temperatures will get higher than yesterday. >> 32 in leesburg 36. they'll go up a lot higher than that. chuck, what have you got for us? >> nothing but good news for your sunday angie and adam. it's going to be a nice day to be outside today. you need to get out and soak it in everybody. it's not going to last. we'll have clouds and rain chances back just in time for your back to work and school day. a one-day winter vacation. sky watcher camera looking out to the east hoping for another great looking sunrise like yesterday. so far, so good. sun is up just after about seven or eight more minutes. temperatures low to mid 30s around the metro area. typically cold by february standards. later this afternoon, check out

these temperatures, mid early this afternoon. upper 50s to near 60 degrees today. even if you're going out for tonight, increasing clouds evening temperatures staying i you know it can't last. all bonus territory in the early parts of the week but a big nosedive coming. how low will we go by valentine's day and more importantly, friday the 13th? good and baz news coming with the seven-day. right now the power is back on at pentagon city mall. the outage forced shoppers to evacuate. news 4's darcy spencer >> reporter: this cell pho video shows the chao shoppers tried to get out parking garage at pentagon mall seemingly all at once. the shopping center evacua when the power went out. >> we were in macy's and t to go to apple to get my i fixed. when we walked in, basical whole mall was closed and

really dark. >> it kind of frightened everyone. >> reporter: janay stackho was working in the mall wh outage happened. she said no one knew t real emergency. >> all we saw were police officers walking around.e the mall, security people ne told us anyt. i had to go find an office about 6:45. you can see from these pho posted on social media, th emergency lighting kicked . shoppers wit finding their way ou >> some peen crazy initially. >> reporter: what does tha they went crazy? >> what's going on, they s screaming. >> reporter: arlington cou fire went in to make sure was stuck in the elevators. some store employees had t stick around because they couldn't get the gates to down to secure their store >> i'm not sure what happene we were in the store and everything went black. >> reporter: dominion powe called in to f problem. darcy spencer, "news >> we've reached out to th

ma'am security for comment, but ot a prince george's coun is behind bars this mornin allegedly killing his neig rudolph phelps is accused killing 61-year-old karen siegma officers found her body wh doing a welfare check on h friday. she was killed at her cond adelphi. people who live there are shocked. >> this building has been a pleasant place to live f long. i'm kind of frightened to here. she's with god now and she peace. >> police arrested phelps hours after they found sie he's charged with first de murder. a developing story now. the united arab emirates i joining jordan in the figh the uae is sending a squad take part in air strikes a the militant group. jordan stepped up air stri

this week after isis relea video showin jordanian pilot being death in a cag >> the family of a captured american aid awe worker remains hopeful that their daughter is still alive. the white house says there's still no evidence to support isis claims that kayla mueller was killed. nbc's joe fryer has more from her hometown of press cot, arizona. >> reporter: here in press cot there's skepticism over claims by isis that kay lar mueller was killed in a jordanian air strikes. officials say they've seen no proof. >> i just hope that it could be possible that she's still alive. >> reporter: mueller's parents say this news leaves us concerned, yet we are still hopeful kayla is alive. in a statement directed to her captors they said we have sent you a private message and ask that you respond to us privately adding you told us that you treated kayla as your guestment as your guest, her safety and

well-being remains your responsibility. >> i'm sure that the family is reeling for answers and the community as well. >> reporter: mueller was kidnapped in august 2013. according to the aid group doctors without borders she just left one of its hospitals in syria and was headed to a bus station in aleppo to travel brack to turkey when she was captured. her college professor remembers her. >> she was not naive. she was a fully informed scholar and activist and walked in and let me say it with eyes wide open. >> i am in solidarity with the syrian people. >> reporter: mueller is passionate about helping victims of syria's civil war, telling her hometown newspaper, for as long as i live i will not let this suffering be normal. her compassion has deeply touched this community which is why today so many are praying kayla. >> that was joe fryer reporting there. virginia is considering

expanding its offend are dna database. state lawmg e bills that would require vendors with certain misdemeanors submit a dna sample. in the hannah graham case if jesse matthew is in fact guilty she would be alive today if we could have legally taken his dna in a previous conviction, end quote. e t first state to establish a dna data bank for violent felons in 1989. new york became the first state to expand its data bank to include all misdemeanors in 2012. right now two cos ins are in jail after police say they went on a two-week shooting spree. austin kerr and his 18-year-old cousin christopher are facing vandalism and gun charges. the stafford county sheriff's office says last month they randomly shot at eight homes. tips helped police track them to a hotel in north stafford county yesterday. in the week ahead, virginia governor terry mcauliffe is expected to makt a major

economic development announcement. this is going to happen tomorrow at 8:00 a. at inova fairfax hospital in falls church. the montgomery county school board could vote on the proposed bell changes. today you can go to a special church service for the sick tims and survivors of human trafficking. it will happen at noon at the basi of the national shrine of the immaculate conception. pope francis proclaimed today international day of awareness against human trafficking. if you're headed towards the phd, maryland area this morning. beck road is going to be closed from three notch road to merville dean road. it's part of a exercise for the volunteer fire department. time now 7:07 what we're learning about the legal troubles facing whitney

houston's daughter amid her medical scare. should you pay to enroll your child in kindergarten? the unusual and pricey solution a local school board is considering to ease a strained budget. now you can track when your college student

at clorox 2, we've turned removing stains into a science. now pre-treat with clorox 2... watch stains disappear right before your eyes. nothing brightens colors and removes stains like clorox 2. bobbi kristina brown was facing legality trouble just days before she was found unconscious in a bathtub at her atlanta home. nbc news confirms there was a warrant issued for the 21-year-old late last month for failing to appear in court for driving with an expired license and tags. the warrant has since been dismissed. the only daughter of whitney houston and bobby brown was found face down and not breathing in a bathtub nine days ago. she's been in a medically induced coma ever since. this year marks the 50th

anniversary of the civil rights march from selma to montgomery alabama. president obama and congressional leaders will take part in one of two planned marches in alabama to commemorate the day known as bloody sunday. this has organizers upset because the movie "selma" shows people marching for the civil rights -- were marching for civil rights and how they were clubbed and teargassed by police. leaders in alabama say there's always been only one march and that one happened on a sunday. this year one march will happen on saturday march 7, which is the 50th anniversary and the other will happen sunday march 8th. i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell off to quite a chilly start this morning, but don't you worry, we got a one-day warmup that you're going to love. then, of course we have to talk about the rest of the

right now new england is bracing for yet another major snowstorm. this is a live look at rochester, new york where more than a foot of snow could fall today. right now parts of new england are under a winter storm warning. forecasters say the snow will get more intense later on. the snow is expected to fall through tomorrow night. you may have to pay to send your kids to full day kindergarten in loudoun county public schools. the school board asked virginia

state lawmakers for the authorities to charge parents a fee. right now the county offers part time kindergarten. loudown is one of three counties in the commonwealth that doesn't require full day kindergarten. it's a policy that started in 2007. the cost of a college education is enough to make any parent wonder if they're getting their money's worth, or at very least, if their kids are showing up to class. a new app could be the answer. nbc's kristen welker explains. >> reporter: lynn university sophomore michael van pastrin is a super student but admits he's miss add few classes. come the fall it will be tougher for michael and the 2500 students at lynn to play hooky because with their consent, their school issued i pads will be equipped with sending out alerts to administrators and parent. >> my parents pay for my

education. >> reporter: class 120 is the brain child of jeffrey worley who says gps signals track student schedules. if they're not in a class, their parents get a class. >> class 120 was unable to detect amy montgomery at the following class today. this is what you would get in near realtime same day, in the inbox. >> reporter: the goal? to boost class attendance and increase graduation rates. >> 90% class attendance will lead us to over 80% graduation rates. unless we fix class attendance we will never fix our graduation rate problem. >> reporter: some experts argue the app could undermine students's ability to motivate themselves. >> it sends a poor message that you can't be trusted and we're going to keep an eye on you. >> reporter: lynn university president kevin ross disagrees. >> if we can continue the lessons they learned in high

school of g classes, we're doing our job. >> reporter: this new app isn't just here at lynn university. it's estimated at least 5,000 college students all acros country could be tracked by class 120 in the fall. lynn university will be the first to use the app campus wide. >> i don't really want to get in trouble when i don't go to class. >> i think it definitely does help. in the mornings it's hard to get out of bed and go to class. >> reporter: at the household where the tuition bills get mailed it's welcome change. >> it enforces the bond between the parent a student working towards the same successful goal which is their success in life. >> reporter: kristen welker broker raton, florida. >> the dean of students from oklahoma and south carolina and said you guys are in big trouble. >> the second part is the spring semester is tricky for meteorology folks because it's storm chasing season. >> my biggest mistake was

signing up for an 8:00 a.m. class. >> the school of meteorology, it was a small enough department where there's only one section of every class you had to have. any time you failed a class, you added one year to your graduation time. i didn't fail any luckily. >> you weren't a professional student. >> there may have been one in there that was a close call but most were no problem at all. speaking of no trouble at all, your sunday has no problems with it whatsoever. didn't get quite the gorgeous sunrise today than we did yesterday. if that's the worst thing that happens today, that will be just fine by me. sun is up now, came up about 15 minutes ago in our eastern sky. if you got a great picture of the sunrise this morning, prettier than the one i've been able to see, share it with me on instagram, @chuckbell4. outside in our city camera view

no a lot to worry about. nice and mild today. could be our warmest day since january 4th when we made 67 degrees on our way back from our new year's vacation. overall impact the weather will have on your day today, delightfully low. mild and dry, relax and enjoy the second half of your weekend. it's 36 now at national airport. temperatures in the suburbs are a little colder than that. most everybody should be in the upper 30s to near 40 by 9:00 and near 50 degrees before lunchtime. it's 32 in winchester right now. again, we've had a lot of very big range of temperatures very close to each other. 32 winchester 43 front royal, 47 fredricksburg, 33 degrees in edgewater this morning. so hourly temperatures today, mostly in the 30s to get you started. we will make it into the 50s by lunchtime. most neighborhoods today upper 50s and low 60s, not much of a breeze. fair amount of sunshine. about as nice as it can get. if you're traveling to new york

or new england today winter storm warnings are up between now and tuesday. boston might get another 15 inches. for us, this alberta clipper ba come by with nothin more than a few passing raindrops on your monday. another clipper later the week might have a flurry chance. for today there's that mix of clouds and sunshine cloudier up towards the pennsylvania border. more sunshine towards southern maryland. clouds rolling in by about 11:00 tonight. if you can keep the garage in the garage you can get it washed today. 8:00 tomorrow morning, clo a f hit and miss rain showers. i think our best chance for rain is between lunch and sundown tomorrow. drier air will be with us for the day on tuesday and then on into the rest of the week

cooler than that. tomorrow relatively mild. temperatures in the upper 40s and low 50s. your forecast near 60 today, tomorrow 60% chance of showers. it will be rain not snow, with temperatur above freezing turning breezy and more february-like. there's the arctic front on thursday could bring out a flurry or two. bitter cold and super windy friday 13th interval tin's day weekend. new details this morning in a deadly crash involving bruce jenner. what police are looking into that could explain what he was doing behind the wheel before the accident. out on top at the grammy's tonight. what experts say could hurt

welcome back. tonight music's best and brightest will be honored at the 57th annual grammy awards. >> that's right. the top award may come down to a superstar and a newcomer. >> mike moore has more on the top predictions. >> a face offer between grammy veteran beyonce. ♪ ♪ >> and newcomer sam smith. it's too close to call for album of the year. but her release on itunes may

hurt her chances for winning. >> it sold great, but the songs didn't get promoted to radio in the same way. sam smith is such a big story, new artist and we're excited about his success. he's nominated in all four major categories. >> repor look for for him to edge out iggy azalea. >> he's the perfect grammy artist young, new and sounds classic. >> he doesn't think he'll win the highly anticipated record of the year. >> it's between cia and taylor swift. taylor swift is the easy choice. cia is the smart choice. i'm looking for grammy voters to be smart. >> reporter: while at the nbc experience store jones told us he doesn't think taylor will be taking home many statues her single "shake it off" is nominated because it came off during grammy eligibility period. the rest of the songs which have dominated the billboard charts came out after the grammy eligibility period for this

year so they will be nominated next year. >> reporter: all eyes will certainly be on the performances madonna, ariana grande lady gaga and tony bennett will hit the stage this sunday. >> the grammy tradition of mixing the old and the young, certainly going to be upheld with tony bennett and lady gaga. that's a performance i'm looking forward to. >> reporter: mike wilbur nbc news. "saturday night live" has been serving up laughs for the better part of four decades now. we want to know who your favorite character is. on our nbc washington facebook page we've lined up 16 of the most hysterical character to wayne and grarth to hanz and franz, and mary katherine gallagher. we're giving away two tickets to see "snl" in new york city. >> i love it. i love it. i love it. a tragic story in georgia

to tell you about. this is where police say a man tried to kill his entire family. why police are calling it the worst crime scene they've ever seen in years. communication problems still a major concern after metro's deadly underground emergency. tgi sunday. chuck is tracking spring-like temperatures for die. later he's tim

taking a look at our top stories t power is back on at virg. the outage forced people to leave the mall create ag traffic mess. the cruel cold winter is giving us a break to the tune of near 60-degree weather. right now temperatures are in the 30s. some 40s already. even at 58 already. chuck bell has his eye opinions the radar and he's seeing some sprinkles, too. >> why not break out the shorts and the flip-flops right, chuck? >> and a margarita. >> that may be a little too far, adam. if you want to do shorts and flip-flops today, be my guest. get out there and do it. it's going to be as warm as it's going to be all week today. if you really feel like wearing your shorts today is the one day this week you can probably get away with it. tower camera view this is morning, from reston there's the main terminal the control tower, the blue ridge in the

background there. good looking morning so far. a couple of clouds around. dry start. it will be dry through the daylight hours today, temperatures in the low to mid 30s across the metro area. what to wear? i don't have shorts and flip-flops on. light jacket maybe a sweater for some sun classes as well as temperatures will be well into the upper 50s and even low 60s in many neighborhoods. chilly this morning, pleasant by lunchtime and mild for later today. it will be a nice one for sure. we know it can't last long. rain chances are back as early as tomorrow. we'll talk about the arctic air returning when i see you next. now to a developing story, police near atlanta, georgia are trying to piece together a gruesome shooting. they say a man shot and killed his ex-wife and several children before turning the gun on himself. nbc's duffy dixon has more on what police are calling the worst killing >> reporter: stuffed anima placed next to the c

tape. a vivid reminder that the youngest of the family kill years old. >> i hear gunshots and kid screaming. that's the first thing i h. two gunshots and kids scre >> reporter: a afternoon, investigators s man parked a tree circle in douglasvill walked down home and started shooting. >> pulls o your heart. it don't make no sense. >> reporter: some victims outside, some victims insi people who live on the str try to help. >> the wife was laying on the floor, still was m >> reporter: neighbors wat row of 'em lances assemble, white sheet covering a sma body in the road. >> to see the kid's shoes in the road, boots, was heart-wrenching. >> reporter: neighbors say man to blame, the children father, estranged from his w he, too, died, committing suicide after trying to wi his entire family.

>> heartbreaking to think this happening. >> police say at least two children did survive the a both are recovering in hospital this mornin police arrested a 17-year-old at a mall outside of pittsburgh. two men and a woman were hit. all three taken to the hospital. two are in critical condition. police say one of the victims was targeted in the attack. police arrested a suspect at his home in brack ken ridge after 3:00 this morning. investigators are trying to figure out what led to the death of this midshipman at the naval academy in analysis. 22-year-old rolando al mador was a mechanical engineering major from maine. d.c. police asking for your help to find the people in this surveillance video. police say this video was taken after an assault with a knife

near 14th and u streets in northwest earlier this month. you can see several people in the street wearing hooded sweatshirts. all of the people in this video are considered persons of interest. new this morning, investigators say they found a total of 40 bodies in a deadly plane crash in taiwan. three people are still missing. 15 people survived the crash. you can see it there caught on this dash cam video. the plane, the transasia plane clipping the bridge. pilots who fly a similar lane will take a new professional exam in the next four days. the families of four passengers were given money already to help with funeral c. today french and german leaders will talk to russian president vladimir putin about a peace plan to end the crisis in ukraine. the fighting in eastern ukraine has killed hundreds in recent weeks. president putin backs the rebels in the war. he's being pressured to pull them back. yesterday in munich vice president joe biden said the u.s. will help ukraine defend itself against russia if it is

necessary. coming up in the week ahead, the son of the late marion barry is expected in court friday. he's charged with simple assault, threats and other charges over an angry outburst at a bank in chinatown. he's running the fill his father's ward 8 council seat. on friday metro's interim manager jack requa and board chairman don kna expect hill, looking into m underground emergency that kill to the hospital. we're wlerning more information about the rah problems in the underground tunnels. metro leaders and first responders were culled before the d.c. council this week for a hearing. >> you asked me should you be concerned in going down in the tunnel and using a radio. i'll tell you this you'll do better using your cell phone. >> reporter: that blunt talk coming from the head of the

union that represents d.c.ems workers. following that comment, this from ed smith, head of the union that represents d.c. firefighters. >> we have radio problems throughout the city not just the metro system. >> that's something that needs to be addressed immediately. >> we've always had problems with the large buildings downtown. >> reporter: tho commes responding to an emergency not sitting well with d.c. council member kenyon mcduffy. he called this meeting. metro's acting general manager jack requa was here to answer questions. >> you asked the question is metro safe. do you think it's safe? >> i ride metro and i encourage others to ride metro. i think mr. requa stated he rides metro and he believes metro is safe. >> reporter: what about proper training in the metro system? news 4 contained a copy of the number of first responders who have gone through metro rail emergency response training programs by year by agency. last year d.c. fire and ems

ranked dead last just 100 going through the county compared to fairfax county 745 taking part in montgomery county 435 taking part arlington county 250, and prince george's county 146. >> the ultimate question that only the national transportation sa will be able to answer why did that electrical fire grow so lt l'enfant plaza and what sparked it all. looking 579:37 right now. going high tech may have cost a local restaurant. how a maryland woman allegedly used an app to eat into their profits. new details in the deadly crash involving bruce jenner. temperatures are on the way up. the spring-like temperatures we're feeling in february and when chuck bell thank you, cable for

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right now the l.a. county sheriff's department is trying to obtain a search warrant to determine if bruce jenner was texting just before this deadly multivehicle crash. that's according to tmz. one woman died in yesterday's accident. jenner was driving one of the four vehicles involved. the former olympian was not hurt. police say jenner was being followed by the paparazzi before the crash but he was not being chased. they also say jenner pass add sobriety test. a maryland woman is accused of stealing thousands of dollars from a restaurant using a mobile app. police say donna prouty stole $2500 from a restaurant's bank account. it happened at an ocean city restaurant where her h works police say she used her husband's mobile app that accepts payments from customers and deposited the money into her own bank account. she turned herself in to police on thursday. a warrant was out for her arrest back in november. a maryland court will allow the subject of a popular podcast

to appeal his murder conviction. the maryland cf special appeals will hear adnan syed's case in june. he's serving a life sentence for strangli girlfriend in 1999. the serial podcast examined the story in great detail. i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. yesterday was good. today promise tobs great. but the calendar still says february and there's more february dr like temperatures coming back and soon.

. the "today" show is ne :00. >> let's get a preview. erica hill and lester holt join us live from new york. >> hey, guys. good morning to you. we're following the weather on both coasts really looking rough out with with these torrential rains and potential mudslides. also we're all looking into -- >> music's biggest night. the stars getting ready for the 57th annual grammy awards. will sam smith be able to sweep the awards? >> plus we're cooking up a little brunch for two. we'll help you get your val valentine's day started ton root

foot on sunday morning on "today". today is the final day of the chocolate lovers festival in fairfax. head over to the old town hall. you can see an art exhibit made from chocolate. you can also buys at the bake sale from noon to four. today church leaders will take part in a 24-hour marathon to help you get enrolled for health care coverage. the deadline to sign up is next sunday. news 4's derrick ward reports on the all-out effort. >> what do a popular eatery and popular wine and cheese market and local charter school have in common? this weekend their some of the places where d.c. resi can signed up for health c >> where people work, where shop, where they pray. this is the mantra. >> there's an all-out push get as many people as poss enrolled. according to the city's nu more than 75,000 d.c. have signed up since enrol star still about 23,000 people reach out to. if you're a sunday kind of person. >> we have a bunch of chur.

>> reporter: how about hea care to go with your wine an cheese? here at cork this weekend find something on the menu. >> provide health insuranc my employees, make sure ev here in the city knows tha have ability to get health through the exchange. >> reporter: pitts is a me of the health exchange but his efforts wo >> we're a b community, both the market and the restau street. enrollment weekends community. >> reporter: the number of uninsured in the district dropped by 43%. white house advisers and c members will be among those trying to get the nu >> communities are coming together, not only for who are coming here, b know how important it is f their family, their friend their neighbor >> reporter: derrick ward, 4. we want to get to know you a little better and have you know us. mark your calendar now.

starting tomorrow every day next week at 10:00 a.m. you can chat on facebook with a member of the "news 4 today" team. i'm going to kick things off on mondaye i am. >> same dress. >> exactly. i never change. tom is tuesday, aaron wednesday. make sure you like me on the nbc washington facebook page. >> it's not the same dress. and there's nothing wrong with that. >> it's pretty red dress. >> everybody up here is pretty active on social media. if you ever do want to get in touch with us send us a tweet. we'll bet gak to you. just be nice. >> a little niceness goes a long way sometimes. mother nature taking it easy on us today, playing nice no doubt about it. temperatures will be way above average today, ten to almost 15 degrees of bonus warmth on your sunday afternoon. no raindrops to worry about today either.

that will change tomorrow. for now, it's a partly to mostly cloudy start out there. get as beautiful of a start today as we did yesterday from a sunrise perspective. that's all right. it's warmer. it's about five to ten d now than yesterday morning. 36 at reagan national airport. light wind out of the south, averaging only three miles per hour. what should you expect for the next 24 hours? first things first. mild today, clouds coming back tonight and off-and-on shower chances are back in the picture for your monday. right now it's 31 in martinsburg and cables town. 32 in frederick, maryland 36 in bowie, 33 in annapolis. a mild 47 in fredricksburg. your hometown forecast in fairfax county today, mclean, virginia up near 60 degr 42 with the clouds coming in and shower chances back on your monday. temperatures tomorrow, still milder t in the 50s. afternoon planner for today,

delightfully mild for a change. a mix of clouds an sunshine. it won't be 100% blue sky, but it will be mild with temperatures for much of the afternoon in the middle and upper 50s and highs today, many spots touching 60 degrees and going out for your sunday evening, just a couple of clouds around early. more clouds coming in towards 11:00, 12:00 as temperatures hold in the 50s. rain chances back for tomorrow. any time there's rain in the forecast you want to have your storm team 4 weather app ready to go. it has your hometown forecast and radar in the palm of your hand. winter storm warnings for friends and neighbors in new york and new england. this is the first of what could be a 2 1/2 day stretch. north of new york albany boston expect a lot of snow there. here is our next little weather maker running through parts of southern minnesota and northern maryland. that will bring rain tomorrow. for today nice and mild. get outside and enjoy it if you can. lows tonight, start-off

temperatures tomorrow morning only in the low 40s. that's ten or 15 degrees milder than average for wake-up temperatures this time of the year as well. it will come with a price of rain chances. ryne showers around from 8:00 to noon. our best chances for rain tomorrow in the second half of the day. rainfall amounts tomorrow only a tenth to maybe a quarter inch. that's it. it will start out cloudy and breezy on tuesday morning. the northwest wind will gradually scour the clouds out of here. we should end up with sunshine by tuesday afternoon. just a couple of showers around for tomorrow. quick check of the seven day. near 60 today. 50s and rain tomorrow. 40s and breezy on tuesday. typical for wednesday. chance for flurries on thursday. arctic air late next week. highs in the 20s and near 30 for friday the 13th and for valentine's day. coming up do you know the story behind the name of your home street?

have you ever pass add street and wondered how it got its name? >> sure have. what if anything it has to do with our area's history or even your area's history. first 4's traffic melissa mollet is hitting the roads and the books to help you meet your >> reporter: from this northeast billboard, nanny helen bureaus watches as the cars and people

roll down her street sprinkled with condos and restaurants. her name may sound vaguely familiar 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 northwest washington to find out what folks know about nanny helen burrows. >> i haven't the slightest idea. >> do you wonder about it? >> honestly no. >> reporter: some not curious, others just don't know. >> i don't have the slightest idea. i a clue. >> reporter: d.c. school teacher debra backman is eager to learn. she's lived here at the corner for 21 years. >> reporter: what do you know about nanny helen boroughs? >> reporter: she 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.

she was an activist who battled for women's equality and fought against racism. now that she knows -- >> it's an honor to actually live on her street. >> reporter: we're now going about five miles southwest to firth sterling avenue to see if it's the same story there. firth sterling i have to say is one of the biggest tongue twisters in town. >> reporter: less than two miles long flanked by homes and a highway, packed with history. one many people didn't know. >> this is firth sterling. you know what? i couldn't tell you. >> reporter: firth sterling was a steel company that used to sit on the side of bowling air force based. it o and was later highlighted in this article in "the washington times" under a headline that touts the plant as part 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 at first 4 traffic. i would love to . >> if you are in interested in finding out more about your street you can also message mel lays is a at any time on twitter. >> farther hurley boulevard. he's actually alive. very cool. there's a couple other ones. >> i just love the name matta woman bean town. >> how about west ox road. they used to take the oxes down the road. how about gallows road? were there gallows on the road? >> we're seeing the type of weather we're not used to seeing. >> we like it. we'll take it for sure. temperatures will be up near 60 degrees today. it's your one-day vacation from

winter time. it will still be relatively mild tomorrow. it will be cloudy. off-and-on rain chances. out won't be able to en you your 50s tomorrow like you can today. just because us like a little cold and chance for snow next weekend is back into the deep freeze. >> all right, thanks chuck. >> that's all for "news 4 today." thanks for joining us. >> we'll be back at 9:00. until then, have a great sun

good morning. chaos on both coasts. pounding rains continue to hammer the northwest this morning. >> never seen it like this before. >> turning streets into rivers, triggering dangerous mudslides, while in the northeast snow and black ice sends cars spinning off the road as places like hard-hit boston prepare for as much as another two feet of sn. dylan has your full forecast. bruce jenner's deadly crash. the olympian and reality star caught in a chain reaction accident that killed one woman. paparazzi on the scene. but did they play a role in the crash? serial plot twist. new hope this morning for a convicted killer. a maryland court ruling the man featured in the hit podcast "serial" may be able to appeal the 15-year-old conviction.