in silver springs, surround. roads blocked. we first broke the news to you. the push alert on the nbc washington app when the standoff started shortly afte8:00 a.m. along brookville road in silver spring. news 4 p col is live on the scene. pat, tell us what's happening >> reporter: barbara, we're in a barricade situation in the k. as you look across the street it's behind the landscape business there in the back near a mulch pile. one shot has been fired. no one was injured.

we're told there be no hostages. the montgo have deployed their emergency response team. this is how we're told it all came about. it was around 8:30 this morning, a man who works at the -- arrived in a pickup truck, drove in at a high rate of speed. apparently he got ouk pulled out a shotgun and d into a pile of mulch behind the business. a number of people heard the shots, called the police. police descended on the scene. a number of roads have been closed off here as police try to comme with the suspect, with the shotgun near the mulch pile here on brookville road. i talked to a number of people who heard the shots, who saw the man.s what they had to say. >> reporter: were you in the back right?

>> working, making mulch. >> reporter: did he fire a shot at you? >> no. not me. fired at like, in a pile of the mulch. >> we working close, heard a bang and calmedled police. they told us to evacuate. that's where we're at. >> reporter: again, we're any other a barricade situation at a landscape business in 8900 block of brookville road. one man back there is talking. there are no hostages. one shot fired. no one injured but the standoff continues on as it has been now for over two hours. police tryin with the man, and trying to get him a chance to surrender here on brookville road and in the meantime a number of roads, brookville road of course is closed down. a lot of adjacent roads are closed down as well as police work the scene. we're here. we'll bring you more details as they become available. now back to you, barbara. >> thank

right now a massive winter storm is barreling down on new england. the storm is expected to dump up to two feet of snow in boston over the next few days. schools there are closed. not only today, but tomorrow too. massachusetts governor charlie baker says in the past two weeks more than 60 inches of snow has fallen in the state. that storm is having a effect on our airports. we've been checking flights all morning for you. right now 52 flights have been cancelled out of reagan national. and 28 have been delayed there. bwi reports 16 flights cancelled, 13 flights delayed. at dulles 17 flights have been cancelled already, and 8 fligh rain showers are moving through parts of our area after a very nice weather weekend. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell joins us with his first forecast for this monday. >> good morning, everybody. cloudy skies. low visibilities light rain and drizzle out there. lots of fog as well starting to

move in. especially along the eastern sides of our viewing area. one and a half mimes of visibility in washington. under a mile visibility now at the inner harbor in baltimore. low clouds and light patches of drizzle and light rain across the area. northern montgomery and southern frederick counties more in the mountains of west virginia. rain potentials sneak up a little by later this afternoon. it's noticeably colder. 30 degrees colder now than we were yesterday afternoon here's in the washington area. we tide our record at 68 degrees. going out this afternoon, you'll need the umbrella and a warm coat. temperatures won't budge much the remainder of the day. only inching they're way into the low and mid-40s around much of the area. back to the upper 30s by 9:00 this evening. umbrellas needed for now. winter coats back in style and a polar plunge coming for the weekend. barbara. more on that coming up. >> sounds cold. thank you. see new a little bit. and we will now kic and start the center for personalized health which will

be a world leader in genomic science and personalize medicine. >> just a few hours ago we heard from virginia governor terry mcauliffe about plans to expand in northern virginia. megan mcgrath is live in falls church with the expansion plans. good morning, megan. >> reporter: well barbara, the new health care campt cutting-edge research and technology, and personalized care where they actually look at a person's genetic makeup their dna, and they come up with specific treatments based upon that person's information. the folks here at enova believe people will come from around the countr the 117 acre campus has been home to exxon/mobil's headquarters's in the coming months the 1.2 million square complex will be transformed into a state-of-the-art health care campus. using cutting-edge technology and research in genomics,

doctors will look at a patient's dna and personally tailor the medical treatment that ability to look at your gene sequence and target your therapy is the t we're, frankly, already extremely good at. we're on our way to being the best in the world. >> reporter: 2-year-old zachary has image syndrome and benefited firsthand from such personalized treatment. >> given medicine during one of his surgeries. he's had a couple surgeries, and because of the research they were able to identify a hormone he needed to have on-site and with them during the surgery. it could have potentially been life-saving. the campus will be home to the translational medicine institute and the comprehensive cancer and research institute. acquiring the property is just the first step. when the doors eventually open governor terry mcauliffe says it will bring jobs and economic

growth to fairfax. >> this is going to translate into thousands and thousands of high-paid jobs hera. >> reporter: and acquiring that exxon/mobil site is a big step, first step but there's still a lot of work to be done a lot of money that needs to be the cancer center will open by late 2017. reporting live in fairfax, megan mcgrath news 4. >> thank you, megan. the d.c. counce it is meeting now about legalizing marijuana in the district. the official -- officials talked about it this morning and said it's being call add roundtable instead of a public hearing to avoid conflict with congress. following on twitter on what's happening at the meeting, working on pot rules and regulations gett matter comes. congress pass add measure saying it could not legal.

d.c. police kathy lenneer back on the stand in a whistle-blowing case. demoted from commander, claiming he contradicted lenneer on the issue of the faske force for seblys. he said celebrity escorts happen a lot. lenneer said they only happen -- testified burton was demoted because he was not operating at the level of a com. right now still no evidence to corroborate isis's claim the american aid worker was killed. plus two deadly attacks in two days. why investigators think the same very large shark is responsible. and grammy night winners and losers and milestone beyonce,

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new this morning a surfer killed after a shark attacked him off australia's east coast. 491-year-old japanese man sitting on his board waiting for a wave when the shark attacked him from behind grabbing both of his legs. his f rushed him to short. it was too late. it happen add few miles from where another shark attack happened over the weekend.

the coast guard believes the two are keshgted. a 12-mile stretch of beach is closed while crews search for shark. your personal information could be stolen while drive income your car. a new senate report says automakers are cramming cars with wireless technology but aren't encrypting it. it's not personal data that can be stolen. hackers can take control of the car itself while you're driving. senators say consumers needs to know how car computers gather and transmit personal information. the report says automakers have tof protecting your c hackers. astronomer hoping for clear skies tonigha rocket into space. the rocket is sewned by space x. supposed to launch yesterday. a glitch postponed it to tonight. used the rocket to study solar storms which can affect your gps signal and electronic power grids here on earth. right now the marine accuses of killing the man who

inspired the movie "american sniper in court for the start of his murder trial. how the small, text community is deal wig the tragedy and national attention. plus the investigation into a deadly crash involving reality tv star bruce jenner and the question, was ? good morning. i'm storm team 4 meteorologt chuck bell. outside it's cloudy foggy, kindy misty outside and 30 degrees colder than yesterday. how long does this chill last? complete check of the seven-day foreca. right now jury selection

is under way for the man accused of shooting and killing american sniper chris kyle and another man. nbc's jay gray is live in stephensville, texas, with how the movie is impacting the court proceedi >> reporter: yes, and its obviously had an affect. a lot of people concerned about the possibility to seat a jury here and have a fair trial. look family members say former marine eddie ray routh suffers from post-traumatic stress after returning from the combat zone. a condition chris kyle and chad littlefield, the two men killed were trying to help him whipith the day they were shot and killed. the barricades and stepped up security are clear ind kashgss it's anything but a normal monday here's at the county courth judge has gone to

extraordinary measures to select a jury in this case. >> reporte a pool of more than 800 potential jurors in this small, farming community whittled to 263, and now 12 jurors 2 alternates pulled from the group, for the trial of eddie ray routh. >> let's combach him up. turned into the movie "american sniper the book and movie made it really big. >> rep requesting a changed venue in the case because of this and denied. >> issue is not whether potential jurors have seen or heard the movie but whether they can put it aside and evaluate the evidence as it comes in fairly and impartially and make a decision a verdict. >> repor jury selection is expected to wrap up in the next couple of days and if all goes as planned, opening statements in the case will start on wednesday.

now, the prosecution has said they will not seek the death penalty in this case. the judge has said the trial should take an two weeks. the courtroom, though is reserved a full month. that's the latest live in stephenville jay gray back to you, barbara. >> thank you, jay. today isis is holding only one known u.s. hostage, if she is still alive. the terrorist group says kayla jean mueller from arizona was killed in an air strike from jordan. the jordanian government says that's propaganda. mueller's family is asking anyone who can to pray for her safe return. jordan has launched more than 50 air strikes against isis. jordan claimed it can hand many fighting isis on its own. isis is among several topics president obama and german chancellor angela merkel will talk about today. she's in d.c. international relations between russia and ukraine are a major topic they're going to discuss. and for more on that meeting

we are joined by kerry dan-- carrie dan. how is the relationsh the president, or maybe i should say merkel with the united states as a whole after that incident with the phone tapping? >> angela merkel is probably the most important person in the world now when it comes to this issue of ukraine and russia. she did have a little of a strained relationship you remember with the united states after her phone was tapped. so that is something that may come up today. but the other thing, an important relationship she has, not necessarily with the president but with vladimir putin. a native russian speaker, speaks with putin often and she's a key negotiator in the issue of russia and ukraine with the violence developing and continuing there. >> so does she have a better relationship with putin than we do the united states? we have a relationship at all with them? >> she's certainly on the side of west overall. most important thing about this meeting today, angela merkel wants to try to convince the

obama administration not to sende the troops in ukra coming under violm these -- separatists that the west says are being funded by vladimir putin. nobody in the west and western allies is okay with this obviously. the united states would like to send these arms. france and germany are saying no. take time. let's look for a diplomatic solution. there's going to b later on in the week with leaders of ukraine, russia france and germany, and merkel wants to tell the united states hit the brakes. >> those are the things we just saw there, that you expect her to talk about, including iran and also trade agreements with -- >> absolutely. a develop thing. the obama administration especially in asia-pacific wants to push these trade agreements. this is probably going to be something that was going to be on the agenda. over the weekend we saw diplomatic leaders talking about the situation? inn ukraine. that's the number one thing on the agenda. >> why is the u.s. considering arming ukraine's military and

european leaders don't seem be to ready to go that way? >> on wednesday, leaders from france germany, russia and the ukraine are going to meet to talk about a potential solution to this violence right now. the u.s. says we really need to change putin's calculation, to stop this violence by making sure that the people are ukraine can defend themselves with these arms. angela merkel says no. we need to try to reach a diplomatic solution and actually giving arms to the ukrainians will only make putin madder. >> we'll wait to the hear what comes out of that meeting. >> very interesting meeting. >> thanks. for more from carrie and the rest of the nbc news political team check out "first read" on nbc news what went wrong minutes after takeoff that cause add maryland plane to crash? what witnesses described seeing. plus the surprise of the night. the win for album of the year at the grammys. were you surprised? stay with us.

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your tv could be eavesdropping on you. new samsung smart-tvs have microphone for voice commands however, the fine print permits samsung to record your personal conversations and use your information on even pass it along to third parties. samsung says do you have the option though of turning that microphone off. many of you are still talking about music's biggest night last night. one musician wound up shining a

little brighter than the rest. british pop star sam smith won four of the six grammys he was nominated for. chris richards' pop music critic for "the washington post" joins us with his thoughts on a night that some described as entertaining but a little somber. chris, good morning. >> good morning. how are you? >> you must have had a long night. any sleep at all? >> a little bit. >> tell me what was your overall feeling? >> somber and solemn grammy awards ceremony. the entire show bent towards the vibe of sam smith's music. austere and mollenelan. from a lot the artists. ballads, not a lot of drums or dancing. standing still and being very very serious about music. >> sam smith had a great night. did it surprise you he won four out of the six he was nominated for? >> it didn't actually. look at history of the grammy

voters and their collective taste, they toned favor british soul singers. look at amy winehouse, adele as previous grammy ceremonies. sam smith, his success carries on a tradition of collective tastes. >> tn smuftmust have surprised you. what do you think? >> it did. beck won for album of the year beating smith and beyonce's self-titled album. many were surprised by this beck alternative rocker from the '90s. his return to folk roots was a very handsome record but i think a conservative album too. in fact maybe more conservative than smith's "in the lonely hour" the favorite for the category. >> kanye. we saw him start to run up there. i wol whether that was a joke or serious? >> people are figuring it out this morning as well. kanye west took the stage as if he was going to interrupt beck's speech saying beyonce sderched the best album trophy. after the show no wasn't kidding. i'm serious. i think kanye is a valuable

disrupter to pop music. i don't know if his disruptions are always as purposeful as they could be but i think in this awards telecast, which was y i don't know sort of energy-draining, an interesting moment for sure. >> maybe just wanted to get in the spotlight. >> i think so. >> talk about beyonce. took home grammys making her surpass the queen of soul right? >> aretha had her record beat last night by beyonce. of course a massive pop culture force. i thought she'd have had a bigger night.e the album of the year upset. that self-td album created so much excite in the pop music world. that wasn't reflected in how the awards were disbursed last night. >> chris, we're happy you joined us this morning. i know you were up late. thanks for being with us and talking us through this. a big night. >> my great pleasure. thank you. >> looking forward to having you again. thank you. > right now weather extremes on both coasts plus in our area

the weather is gray and damp. storm team 4 meteo chuck bell is back with a look at the seven-day forecast. and a 16-year-old in pennsylvania in jail charged with killing another teenager. how officers use add selfie to track do

right now both coasts dealing with weather extremes in the northeast and a major snowstorm. the storm is expected to dump up to two feet of snow in boston over the next few days.

in the west part of california's under water while the other part is on fire. the storm system dumped the pineapple express, which is they call it the pineapple express had been dumping rain in northern and central california throughout the weekend. those parts will see another three inches today. news 4 aaron gilchrist is following the fallout from the storm. >> reporte barbara, real headache for folks on a commuter train in the boston area this morning. video we just got our hands on from our sister station in new england. what it looked like when passengers had to find their way off a train south of boston and walk in the snow that was building up in that area all morning long. apparently the train lost power after the third rail became covered in snow. so the train shut down. the passengers on that train waited for emergency crews to get to them about two-hour wait and then had to dredge through the snow to get on buss to get

to where they needed to go this morning. 18 degrees, heavy snow still falling in boston at this hour and they have much of today and into tonight to go before it's all said and done there. the latest from the live desk. >> thank you, aaron. storm team 4 meteorologt chuck bell joins us talking about weather all over the place. wow. >> a lot of trouble out west. high winds, big storm, fanning forest fires there. in addition to places they weren't deal wig fires getting dumped on with rain. meanwhile, our friends and neighbors in new england are taking it on the chin again and around here mild no more everybody. oh, wasn reagan national jumped up to 68 degrees yesterday afternoon. tied the record high temperature which was set 115 years ago back in 1900. and it was the warmest day in washington since we reached 70 degrees back on december 1st. hope you enjoyed it everybody. it's long gone now. light rain today. back to average for much of the coming week.

that means highness the low to mid-40s and a big drop in temperatures coming our way as we get towards thu. this coming friday the 13th, and valentine's day are going to be brutally cold. 39 now in washington. and northeast winds has windchills into the low 30s and gray and moist outside. so just an ugly day. 32 in thermont. going outside today, cool and damp and chilly. temperatures struggling into the low and mid-40s across much of the metro area. a little cooler up to the north. not a lot of heavy rain coming our way, but you may want to have the umbrella in case hit and miss showers from time to time. really that's about the most of it. rainfall amounts, generally 1/10 inch or less. there's that snow across parts of new york and new england. boston has now set their 30-day snow record. they've had 60 inches of snow in the last 30 days. the old record dated back to the

blizzard of 1978. we don't have to deal with that. we do have to deal with a couple light rain showers here. northern howard county southern carroll county now. this is going to continue off and on through the day and another batch out here in the mountains of west virginia coming our way for later. by and large, light rain and drizzle off and on through the daylight hour. by 6:00 sundown time light rain and drizzle continuing through that. tapering off by 10:00, 11:00 this evening. here we are at 11:30. early tomorrow morning, stopped at 5:00 a.m. the last of the moisture pulling out and just enough cold air, we could see a mix over to the wet snow or sleet pellets around. start-off temperatures just at or barely above the freezing mark. not expecting a lot of trouble. here we are again at 6:00 tomorrow morning. a chance of a little light snow or sleet. that's gone by 8:30 in the morning. dry the remainder of the day turning breeze around chilly as well but the sunshine starts co that's nice at least. the seven-day forecast. check, low to mid-40s today. mid-40s tomorrow. breezy a bit wind-chilled.

probably the nicest day of work and school week. a chance of flurries. the arctic cold front comes through thursday afternoon and thursday night. high temperatures friday, saturday a sunday. may not get up to the freezing mark. that will be a bitter cold valentine's day, barbara. >> thank you, chuck. right now federal investigators in fort meade to invest gate a plane crash. two people including one from silver spring hurt when the plane went down right by tipton airport in anne arundel county yesterday. take a look. you can see the crash sheared the plane's tail off and damaged its wings. the airport's chairman another pilot, was on the runway waiting to take off when it happened. he said the plane didn't even cl >> no smoke. didn't look like there was any mechanical issues. it's very disturbing. a very very good pilot and very, very great people. >> download the nbc washington app to find out as soon as the faa says what went wrong. the plane's passenger in critical condition at the

hospital now. the pilot is also recovering. and there are questions surrounding an inmate's death at fairfax county detention center. natasha mckenna taken off life is a important during a scheduled transfer became combative and tased. sometime after that she experienced a medical emergency an. an investigation into whether the taser actually caused the medical emergency is under way now. mckenna was in jail in an assault charge. in a statement the sheriff's office says it's fully cooperating. the statement goes ton say we anticipate prompt and comprehensive investigation and will continue to update our website as new information becos available. right now a 16-year-old in pennsylvania is in jail charged killing another teenager and then taking a selfie. a selfie of the body. this happened in western pennsylvania about an hour outside pittsburgh. police say they found maxwell morton because he sent the photo to a friend.

they charged him with first-degree murder. morton will be tried as an salt in adult in the case. bruce jenner he was not texting when he got into a deadly chain reaction crash that happened in malibu california. jenner saysd over his cell phone records if police request them. one woman died in saturday's crash. jenner was driving one of four vehicles that were involved in this crash. he was not hurt. police say jenner was being followed by paparazzi before the crash, but he was not being chased by the paparazzi. they also say jenner passed a sobriety a plan of action today for d.c. residents who think a utility merger will raise their power bill. plus how a trip to the symphony will transport you to spring and the ball field. stay with us.

national popularity growing even to our north. the popular sports radio station in harrisburg will carry the nats games instead of the philadelphia phillies games. when you and your family are traveling through central pennsylvania you can listen in on sports radio 96.5 f.m. harrisburg is the home of the nats aa affiliate. this upcoming sunday the national symphony family concerts present casey at the bat with the help of glen

donilon and his battlin' pap preview of the concert. you came to us once before with a different instrumenty made from a bat, i guess. i had the electric slugger with me then and other fiddles i take around to the schools. >> tell us a little about the electric slugger. what does it do? >> it's a louisville slugger. >> how did you make it? a basketball bat. >> they swing it in the majors. a mold they make it i turn it into a fiddle. >> one of the ideas to try to get kids interested by doing just sitting there and watching the concert? >> we love to do that. yeah. and this is a great kind of avenue into that realm. >> does it really get the attention of children trying to play a bat? >> sure. especially the different sounds. sounds just like an electric guitar. >> is it hard to play a violin? >> easy to access the notes here. once moving up it gets a different feeling. kind of like playing a cello

almost. >> it's funny to see you doing. what's the difference in the sound of this and the violin you brought with you? >> hold this. i'll show awe regular violin. there you go. don't swing at me. and -- ♪ [ playing "take me out 0 the ball game" ] >> all right. "take me out to the ball game." >> uh-huh. turn on my amp. a violin sound. ♪ >> i hate to tell you, but i like this one better. >> well it's a hard one to put down when you start tracksing it. i sometimes practice a lot of my orchestra music if i have a back gig. practice symphony material ton because it's fun and gets my fingers going. you can also change the sound. this get. ♪ you do that and it rocks them out. >> showing them all of this this coming sunday? >> sunday at 2:00 a 4:00 concerts and i start off the program playing the national anthe at the nationals

games. with this rock sound, my own version people think sounds like jimi hendrix but i modeled amp eddie van halen. tickets are available and before hand petting zoo to try out instruments there in the orchestra for fun. an afterwards talk going on. s.p. santangelo one of the last great broadcasters. >> glen thank you for coming to tell us about it. >> thanks for having me. >> glad you brought your batolin with you. remember the concert at the kennedy center 2:00 and tickets still available. tomorrow is safer internet da up what you should be doing as parent to dieppe keep your child safe. plus a planned sleep-in. what parents and students in our area are trying to persuade schools to do i have to say not every ex-girlfriend are we still friends but with 134 i am. >> she broke up with you, right?

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in about 15 minutes a group of d.c. residents will begin protesting a utility merger. they say it will raise your power bill. exelon is planning to buy pepco more than $6 billion in april. video of a protest in baltimore

last week. today's protest in front of d.c.'s public service commission office at noon. today is also the commission's first day of formal hearings on the proposed merger. some students are going to hold a sleep-in demonstration in hopes of convincing montgomery county school board to change school start times, all part of the save our sleep campaign. middle and high school students and their parents will wear pajamas, bring their sleeping bags and camp out outside the school board's rockville office. the demonstration starts at 3:00 this afternoon. ahead of tomorrow's possible vote on changing the bell times. the proposal started with trying to adjust bell times to let high school students start a little late. tomorrow is safer internet day. millions of people from over 100 countries willpart. the goal, bud a better and safer internet for everyone. in particular children. from the isc scared foundation joins us with how parents can do

their part. good morning. >> thas to having me. >> something parents are talking about all the time because their kids even 2, 3 years old are on internet. what do you think is the biggest danger for children? >> really i think the biggest danger for children now is just everything we do seems to be online. whether it's through mobile devices, through gaming. the safest online program is a program designed for kids anywhere from ages 7 to 14. that really teaches the importance of some dangers and threats these kids are facing today. >> take a look what you say parents should do. we have a list of those things. one of the things you say monitor online activity. how far should you go to do that? >> center there are a lot of programs out there controls that parents can install on computers, but really it starts with the conversation. having that conver that the parent is aware of what the child is doing. certainly setting limits in terms of when that child can use the device. a lot of times you find these kids are using the devices late into the night and in their rooms. as long as the activity is

monitored and supervised that's where we like to start the conversation. t do you mean when you say any internet >> anything from smartphones, tax, playstations xboxes and computers, everything we do now has an internet address. there are a lot of risks involved. >> eas the game little game boxes? >> absolutely. a lot of times the predatorless -- predators will try initial chats through gaming programs such as xbox and playstations. we're making kids aware those online friends you have may not necessarily be the person that they want them to be. >> in fact a bunch of internet stories lately about the baby monitors how they can tap into those. >> absolutely. >> scary. >> yes. >> you say to treat online strangers like real world strangers? what you would teach your children? >> absolutely. anytime you're in a chat room with your online friends, if they start asking about personal information, how old are you?

where do you live? can i contact you? that's really where we like to draw the line and tell kids be aware, and just t sometimes those people don't have the best intentions. >> can you tell me quickly what isc squared -- >> absolutely. a global non-for profit organization that educates trains and certifies information security professors around the world, and our foundation safer and secure online program is part of safer iran net day which is tomorrow. it helps increase awareness about this very important topic. >> so happy, safer internet for everybody and hopefully we'll achieve that. our time 11:50. coming up dreaded mommy guilt and how to avoid it. plus a look at how much rain to expect through

we first broke the news alert with a push alert on our nbc washington app when the standoff started, first went out. happening along brookville road in silver spring. pat collins is live on the scene with what's >> reporter: the barricade situation continues on here, barbara. we're in the 8900 block of brookville road. the suspect is in or near a mulch pile behind this landscape business. the suspect has been described as an employee here. it started around 8:30 this morning. they say he has a gun.

a shot was fired, but no one was injured. the e.r.t. team the emergency response team from montgomery county has been deployed. there are no hostages. it's just the suspect back there with the gun. they're trying to talk to the man, trying to get him to surrender. a number of roads nearby have been closed off as this operation continues on. again, it's a barricade situation that's been going on for more than three hours now on brookville road. there is a man back there with a gun. police are trying to talk to him, tryino give himself up. he's back there near a mulch pile. the standoff continues on. we're on top of it here. more details coming up. news 4 at 4:00. back to you, barbara. >> thank another developing story we're keeping an eye on. german chancellor angela merkel is at the white house to meet with the president. she is here in the united states

to discuss international relations with russia, especially the crisis in ukraine. right now the two leaders are about to hold a joint news conference. we will be streaming it live on nbcwashington.com. a common affliction among mothers. the dreaded mommy guilt. you feel gil yguilty when you're not with your kids enough lose your patience or just want a night out with friends? stacy scheibel take as closer look at mommy guilt and how to deal with t. mama. >> reporter: erin feels pulled in all directions. >> are you mommying me? what's the matter? >> reporter: she's an attorney by day who puts in the 50 to 60 hours a week. >> a little cutting back is what i do you have to be all-in. >> reporte answers when she gets home benjamin and jacob want her undivided attention, too. >> sometimes say, ben, can you come home from work early? when are you coming home from work? that always pulls at me. >> reporter: the mommy guilt is triggered by missing school events not home in the afternoon and traveling for

work. >> when i went away last week i reminded myself they're fine. i don't think that they attach as much emogs to me leaving as i attach to me leaving. >> repor how does she cope with the guilt? >> i think i overcompensate to be completely honest. trying to think about it. i think i try to leave those notes in benjamin's lunch box. just to give him a little reminders even when i'm not there. >> r angela artileino the founder of "parenting" magazine. >>t d you hear from mothers? >> they all suffer from it. it's a very normal thing for moms to feel guilty. >> reporte about what? >> everything. >> reporter: and not just working moms. stay at home moms worry they're not present enough or patient enough and social media -- >> don't compare yourself to moms on facebook. they're only putti up the good stuff. not the bad stuff.

>> repe constructive ways to deal with the guilt. >> we can't be perfect. a learning scale. times when you're rushed when you miss things but it's not the end of the world and if you feel guilty about it make it up in another way. >> do you ever have -- >> guilt about leaving the dogs behind? nope. >> you knew what i was thinking. >> they're all comfy, snug as a bug in a rug. i don't have to worry about that. oh to be a spoiled dog in this world. for us speaking of someone to cuddle with valentine's day coming up soon. this saturday everybody, and you're going to need someone to snuggle with this weekend. 20 degrees below average. windchills at or below zero and maybe even a chance of a couple of snow flurries around on valentine's day. it's not going to be a pretty one. this will be two bitterly cold valentine's day in a row. last year question hada big snow just before valentine's day. pretty. 2007 the ice storm right before valentine's day. cold valentine's days are something we're used to. >> that's why they make it in

february. snuggle day, as you say. >> you wouldn't want it in august. . >> right. thanks a lot, chuck. and that's news for "midday" for today. thank you fo us and invite you to tune in for news at 4:00 5:00 6:00 and 11:00 ant right back here tomorrow morning at 11:00 with "news4 midday." until then have a great day, and we'll se

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