a student. tonight we're hearing from her classmates. and another smoke incident in a metro tunnel on the same day we learn more about what went so wrong at l'enfant plaza one month ago. right now, team coverage of the problems on metro. news4's chris gordon is live at the courthouse station in arlington where riders were evacuate >> we begin with adam tuss who chased down metro leaders for answers today. adam adam? >> reporter: the headline of the day from the national transportation safety board, the ventilation system here at l'enfant plaza did not work the way it was supposed to. instead of pushing the smoke away from the train stuck in the tunnel, metro fans pulled thick smoke toward the train. and the train that was stuck did not turn off its own ventilation system, kind of like its own air conditioning system and in turn was pulling smoke inside the train. now the national transportation safety board has made an urgent safety recommendation not only to metro but all transit systems

to check their ventilation systems to make sure they're functioning properly. chris hart the acting chair of the national chpgstransportation safe safety board briefed leaders. >> we've seen there's a problem in the area and the problem needs to be addressed immediately. >> reporter: this was the scrum after the meeting at the regions council of government, everyone wanting to know why the fans didn't work the way they were supposed to. we asked questions as the interim president walked out to the elevator. do the fans in your system work >> yes. >> they've all been tested, and to my knowledge they're working. >> reporter: back here live, tomorrow marks one month since the l'enfant episode here. metro also has a board meeting. we'll be there to ask more questions. reporting live at l'enfant plaza, adam tuss, news4. >> our team coverage continues with chris gordon live outside the courthouse station in arl ton which was evacuated earlier today after a track fire. chris? >> reporter: doreen, i just want

down to the platform for the second time today to update the latest information. the station is open. trains are running on time. this is a very different situation than the one we encountered when we arrived here just a few hours ago. smoke filled the lower level of the courthouse station. it was another incident that shakes the confidence passengers. >> before i put my children on i would like somebody to tell me, hey, i can trust my children getting on the metro and being safe going from one place to another. >> reporter: fire crews responded from arlington county, falls church and the metropolitan washington air airports authority. the station was still opened when we arrived so we went down the escalator to the platform for the orange and silver lines. first we smelled the smoke, and then we saw it hanging in the air. >> there was an insulator fire on the track bed between courthouse metro and roslyn metro. our units responded. when we arrived we found that

metro personnel had already extinguished the fire with an extinguisher. we went down to confirm that confirm that power was shut down to the third rail. there was light smoke conditions in the station so we closed the station to pedestrian traffic. >> reporter: passengers were evacuated from the platform, everybody told to get out of the station. metro's single track orange and silver line train stations through the station but the trains didn't stop. it was closed for more than an hour. passengers were directed to buses. we're back live, and, as you see, the station is open and trains are running on time both on the orange and silver lines in both directions. and the final note here is that no one was injured today. that's the latest live at courthouse station, chris gordon, news4. >> thank you, chris. just minutes ago, d.c. police released this picture of a person of interest in the stabbing death of a lawyer at

the donovan hotel along 14th street near thomas circle. pat collins has been working on this story all day and we'll have reaction from those who knew the victim in about ten minutes. the u.s. has been battling the terror group isis for five months now. tonight president obama is asking congress to authorize a wider war against them. it is likely to involve the use of some american ground forces in syria. members of congress of both parties are skeptical but for different reasons. steve handelsman has more. >> reporter: president obama here at the white house today insisted this will not lead to another war like the iraq war that you'll recall he campaigned against to win his job as commander in chief. president obama says he does not need the approval of congress, but, to widen the war against isis beyond air strikes, he wants formal authorization. >> i'm optimistic that it can win strong bipartisan support

and we can show our troops and the world that americans are united in this mission. >> reporter: citing the deaths of the four u.s. hostages, the day after kayla mueller's tragedy was revealed mr. obama spelled out his proposal, a three-year time limit but no geographic limitations. so u.s. ground forces could fight in syria or other nations on rescue missions or to target isis leaders. but no enduring offensive ground combat operations. >> it is not the authorization of another ground war like afghanistan or iraq. >> reporter: mr. obama's outlined his limits what he will not do but republicans want to know what he will do to win. >> the president's point is that he wants to dismantle and destroy isis. i haven't seen a strategy yet that i think will accomplish that. >> thank goodness, finally. >> reporter: democrats are glad to get to vote, but they fear sending any u.s. soldiers to another mideast war. >> i'm concerned about the breadth and vagueness of the

ground troop language. >> and i do think that in the country there is no appetite for any boots on the ground except in limited circumstances. >> reporter: president obama says he agrees, but he says some u.s. boots are needed now to fight isis in syria. hanging over this so-called war powers vote whenever it's taken in the next weeks or months, will be the 2016 elections because a lot of politicians in this town remember what happened the last time a vote like this was taken in 2004 to authorize the iraq war in 2003 and how that vote ended up hurting some of its backers and helping some opponents like barack obama. steve handelsman, news4. >> steve, thank you. breaking news now from capitol hill on a vote that could put pressure on the white house. jim handly has the details. >> the republican-controlled congress has passed a bill

approving a construction of the keystone xl pipeline setting autopsy a showdown with the white house. the house approved this 270-152. the senate has now passed it. the bill now goes to the president's desk. he has promised to veto it and there are not enough votes in congress to override the veto. good news out of fairfax county tonight, the tests came back on a suspected case of the measles here and it's negative. the person involved started experiencing symptoms yesterday and remained quarantined at home while the test was being processed. according to the centers for disease control, about 121 people have measles nationwide right now. to weather now, chilly out there today, but my goodness nowhere close to where it's going. >> just take a look at that. the sun setting on what is probably the warmest day we may see in the next week to two weeks. that's the kind of cold air we have. it's not just one shot of cold

air and then it's out of here like we've seen prior this winter. it is shot after shot after shot of cold air. 46 degrees the temperature we saw today, friday down toward fredericksburg. but look what's coming our way, tomorrow the high in chicago 15 40 for us, then the temperatures fall quickly if we make it to 30 that would be lucky, windchills in the single digits and near zero on friday below zero for the weekend. i'll explain in just a minute. >> thank you, doug. new developments now in a triple murder in chapel hill, north carolina. the campus community at unc is gathering right now for a vigil to honor three young people shot to death last evening. the victims are all muslim members of the same family. the man charged today is their neighbor. police say the shooting was sparked by a fight over parking at the building where they live. one family member disagrees, though, and says the murders are a hate crime. tonight, a community in frederick county is in mourning. a high school student was killed

in a crash this morning while on her way to school. she was driving an suv that collided with a school bus. it happened along old middletown road not far from middletown high school where she was a senior. mark segraves talked to her classmates today who are also recent shooting at frederick high school. >> reporter: this evening here at middletown high school in frederick county, students and teachers are trying to come to grips with the loss of a very popular student. and it was just yesterday that one of the students who was shot last week at nearby frederick high school was released from the hospital. >> it's been difficult the last week. >> reporter: just after 7:00 this morning, police say claire knight was driving her suv northbound on old middletown road when she collided with a school bus that was traveling in the opposite direction. the 17-year-old senior died at the scene. the bus driver and a student on that bus went to the hospital with minor injuries. >> she was pretty cool. all around, though the school was just pretty like gloomy and like sad.

it was like someone in their family had just died which basically is what happened. >> reporter: it was just last wednesday two students ages 14 and 15 were shot outside the gymnasium of frederick high school a few miles from today's tragedy. >> we've had a difficult week here in frederick county. >> reporter: frederick county sheriffs tell us that texting or talking on the cell phone was not involved in this accident. they say that they know that claire knight was not on her phone at the time of the crash because they found her cell phone safely tucked away in her pocket. the two students shot at frederick high school are both back home now. there are no suspects in that case. in frederick county, mark segraves, news4. new at 6:00, a photo lab employee at a local pharmacy will serve prison time on child pornography charges. 58-year-old marion martin jr. is from potomac, maryland. he was sentenced to seven years today followed by a lifetime of supervised release as a sex offender. prosecutors say martin admitted to taking photos and videos of

young girls. he also used his job at a cvs photo lab to make copies of the pictures. coming up tonight, the defense laid out its case in the trial of eddie ray ralph. we'll report why they say he did not know what he was doing when he killed american sniper chris kyle. then d.c.'s police chief called a liar on camera, but today a jury sided with her. we'll have kathy lanier's response. >> reporter: an important picture clue in the donovan hotel murder case. i'm pat collins. i'll have it for

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as we noted earlier, the police have just released this photo of someone they're calling a person of interest in a deadly stabbing at the donovan hotel on 14th street. our pat collins is outside that hotel right now on thomas circle with more on this. pat? >> reporter: jim, this could be a most important clue. now, that picture was taken outside the donovan hotel -- moments ago, police put out this picture of the so-called person of interest in the donovan hotel murder case. it appears it was taken by a hotel security camera in the lobby. police are looking to talk to this person. the victim 30-year-old david messerschmitt

messerschmitt, lives with his wife in a condo on capitol hill. he worked for a powerhouse law firm with washington offices in chinatown. he was found stabbed to death tuesday morning in a room at the donovan hotel on thomas circle. so why was he here? who was he with? police want to know. they've been working this case nonstop. police chief kathy lanier says the day before messerschmitt's body was found he was reported missing. >> we know that the victim in that case had been reported missing by family. i believe it was about 24 hours before. >> reporter: today a spokesman for the messerschmitt family delivered this message. >> we are deeply saddened and shocked by the loss of david, our beloved husband, son and brother. we ask that everyone respect our privacy. we have no further comment at this time. >> reporter: now let's take

another look at this security camera picture of the so-called person of interest in the donovan hotel murder case. if you know this person, police want to hear from you. now, there's a $25,000 reward posted in this case. live in northwest, pat collins, news4. >> thank you, pat. just as many veterans feared the first day of the american sniper murder trial centered on post-traumatic stress. defense attorneys for eczema rein eddie ray routh are trying to prove ptsd led to the murders of chris kyle and a friend. routh entered a plea of not guilty. his lawyers say he wasn't in his right mind when he shot kyle at a texas shooting range. kyle is the subject of the "american sniper" movie playing in theaters now. prosecutors argue that routh knew exactly what he was doing. >> we will show that those with

mental illness, even the ones that this defendant may have or may not have don't deprive people of the ability to be good citizens. >> he thought he had to take their lives because he was in danger. >> the trial is expected to last about two weeks. president obama announced a plan today to withdraw almost all of the 2800 troops sent to west africa last year. only 100 will remain after april 30th. the troops were sent there to help with the u.s. participation in the fight against 8/(#zebola. the president says the withdrawal marks a transition and not, in his words a mission completed. that's so he said, because new cases of ebola are still being diagnosed. doug is back now with more on our weather. nice sunshine today and pretty reasonable temps.

and that's about it for a while huh? >> that's it i think for a long mile whooilile. we may see a couple of days in the 40s but i think more 20s and 30 frz over the next week to fwo weeks than 40s or 50s? i don't think we'll see those at all. our current temperature is on the nice side. it's been a nice afternoon we saw sunshine, high temperature of 46 earlier. now down to 42 those winds out of the south at 7 miles per hour. that southerly wind helping us, that southerly wind ahead of our storm system moving our way. look around the area. out to the east, much colder, 32 toward huntingtown, 36 in annapolis and toward easton. back to the west we're at 36 in the winchester area. temperatures will continue to cool overnight. it will be a chilly night but not a cold night nothing like what we've got coming. nothing on storm team 4 radar. we do have a few showers to the south toward culpeper county light sprinkles if they're hitting the ground at all. part of one little wave moving through.

the big wave is back to the west. you can see the snow towards the great lakes and look at this front coming right through chicago now. this is the front that is going to drape across our area tomorrow and, man are things going to change in a hurry. the cold really coming down. up here in the white are areas below zero, the pink is teens and 20s. watch what happens on friday and then on sunday it gets pink all the way toward the carolinas, even the zeros come down in towards portions of the united states. let's talk about the feels-like temperature, the windchill tomorrow at noon, 34 in d.c., 30 in gaithersburg, 34 in manassas. tomorrow at 5:00, 13 in martinsburg by 11:00 we're zero at frederick 7 in the washington, d.c., metro area. we're talking extremely cold temperatures. it stays that way all day on friday. gaithersburg waking up to minus 2 friday morning. tomorrow you're going to go to work, may not think you need the heavy jacket. but by tomorrow evening you'll need it for sure.

look at the highest windchill on friday, maybe up to 15 degrees. that is nothing. i think we get a lot colder on sunday. a high on friday 28, 42 on saturday with light snow likely i think about a 30% to 40% chance. 21 for a high temperature. we could see winds on sunday gusting upwards of foirt40 to 50 miles per hour, look at the windchills 10 below to around zero noon 5 below to 5 above. that's as high as we get, windchill close to zero all day. with the stronger winds we could see windchills 15 to 20 below zero with the gusts upwards of 40 to 45 miles per hour. guys, not only some big-time winter weather coming in, yeah it looks like it sticks around maybe even some snow next week. >> brrr. thank you, doug. coming up at 6:30 a local effort to protect houses of worship from vandalism. the changes that you could notice at your church or mosque or synagogue. the stalemate on capitol hill that drew this reaction from house speaker john boehner.

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and was later demoted. today he lost his multimillion-dollar lawsuit against the chief and the city. that case stemmed from a high-speed police escort of charlie sheen in 2011. our tom sherwood has some new reaction from the chief. >> reporter: back in 2011 actor charlie sheen excited about racing into town with a d.c. police escort it prompted embarrassing media coverage. a d.c. council hearing on proper police regulations. and a multimillion-dollar

lawsuit when then commander hilton burton was demoted shortly after saying chief lanier had known about such escorts. after a two-week trial, lanier was vindicated by the jury. >> glad to have it over with. little difficult to hear my credibility challenged that way. i try to be fair to my employees. i'm always honest. i have no reason to lie about anything. >> reporter: now captain burton emerged from the courthouse saying he respects the jury's decision but still believes lanier lied. >> at the time i testified before the city council i truly believe that the chief had lied to all of you and to the public of the district of columbia and i still believe that. >> reporter: the chief says burton used misinformation to detract from his command failures that caused his demotion. >> the real story here for captain burton was that he was demoted and he tried to use misinformation to distract everybody from that. and the vast majority of the members of the police department know that. >> reporter: leaving for a meeting with the mayor lanier

said the trial had drawn her attention from her work. >> but i've lost a lot of time. and i have a pretty big responsibility. you know, i have to get back to work. >> in the district, tom sherwood news4. some strong words today from house speaker john boehner to senate democrats. the ohio republican is upset that the senate hasn't passed republican-backed legislation to fund the department of homeland security. the bill would fund the department but would roll back president obama's executive actions on immigration. >> you know, in a gift shop out here they've got these little booklets on how a bill becomes a law, right? the house has done its job. why don't you ask the senate democrats when they're going to get off their [ bleep ] and do something other than to vote no. >> funding for the department of homeland security runs outs at the end of this month. now at 6:00 the women accusing a d.c. rabbi of spying on them while they bathed meet with attorneys tonight. how the criminal case against

him could change. >> reporter: tonight fairfax county police launching a new initiative to keep your places ss of worship safe. i'm david culver. coming up, why it's not only religious leaders they're directing their message to but also those of you who attend services. a major drug bust at dulles airport. we'll tell you what investigators found in a passenger's water bottle

new at 6:30, neighbors are reacting to a fight over a patriotic van. the man who owns it is being told he's got to move it out of his driveway. >> they said because there's lettering on it, it is a commercial vehicle. and right now we are minutes away from a vigil at the university of north carolina where three people were killed near the campus in chapel hill. first though, a local effort to keep sacred places and the neighborhoods surrounding them crime-free. >> next time you go to your house of worship you could be in for more than a sermon. northern virginia bureau reporter david culver is live in fairfax with more. david? >> reporter: doreen and vance, you can't walk within 100 feet of this mosque without being watched, even at night. right now they've got these infrared cameras mounted all over. now, that tight security is part of what fairfax county police want to promote with this new initiative that they're launching. it's to prevent vandalism and

violence. >> it really was a heartbreaking. >> reporter: that was how this man felt when the space he prays in was marred by vandals. this was 2011, just about every custom window shattered. in three years' time its beauty restored with some new additions. >> we record 24-hour video coverage. these are infrared cameras. then we also have supplemented them with additional cameras inside the mosque. >> reporter: following the advice of fairfax county police, fuzon powell beefed up the security. >> it was just one of those incident. i think generally the community here is very welcoming. >> the grounds here are pretty vague. >> yes, yes. very safe. >> reporter: just down the street at st. timothy's catholic church, tom goodell oversees the grounds and is cautious of preserving a safe, sacred place. >> if you have ever grown trees or bushes in front of your

windows, anybody can hide. >> reporter: not wanting to share with us all of their security techniques tom has followed the police guidance and set up random patrols through the night. >> if people see, that we're here at any time. >> reporter: he's looking to join the worship watch for the same sake of getting to know his religious neighbors. >> then you have to look outside your property, look and see what's going on around you. if everybody can do that and watch out for each other, it will be much better. >> reporter: one of the many reasons police launched the program. >> this is a good time to remind people of what they can do to prevent from becoming victimized. rfrnlts rfrnlts >> reporter: if you want to take part in worship watch go to the first meeting fairfax county police will hold in a couple of weeks. you can be a religious leader or just a congregant or neighbor. everybody is welcome. ive i've tweeted out details. we're live in chan tilly, news4. a plea deal could be in the works for a local rabbi charged

with voyeurism. bernard freundel was a lab buy in georgetown for 25 years. he's accused of women during a ritual bath in georgetown. prosecutors are meeting with alleged victims tonight to update them on the case and to talk about a possible plea deal. >> no that's not okay. that's not justice for the victims. weaver looking for justice than a plea bargain. a plea deal for -- it's sort of an easy way out for him. >> prosecutors won't say whether they've already talked about a possible plea agreement with the rabbi or his attorneys. freundel's next hearing is next week. a warning from police tonight about two carjackings that happened within 15 minutes of its other in the district.

the first one happened last night in front of a convenience store on 9th street near "t" street. the second happened a couple miles away on florida avenue about 8:15. in both cases, the carjacker had a small black handgun. the first car stolen was a 2008 black bmw 3 series. it's got d.c. tags eu 2354. the second stolen car was a 2005 black mercedes clk with maryland tags. if you see either of these two vehicles, police would like to hear from you. new at 6:00, a drug bust at dulles international airport. officers say an el salvadoren woman was caught with 5 1/2 pounds of liquid methamphetamine in two plastic bottles and a bag. she arrived on a flight from panama saturday. after investigating officers determined she was a legitimate carry

courier and didn't know she was carrying drugs. she was not charged. >>. >> a man in northern virginia is at odds with his homeowners association. they don't approve of the way he has designed his van. he says it's patriotic. the hoa says it's against the community's rules. new at 6:00 now, kristin wright talk to neighbors who support the man and his van. >> the decision was made to do this because of our commitment to. >> reporter: allen bennett recently drove his van to maine and back to honor veterans and fallen soldiers. bennett and his wife are volunteers are wreaths across america. they lay wreaths at the graves of service members. he says the van is a tribute to the military, his children serve and his brother kim was in vietnam. >> he was 19. just shy of 20 years old. >> reporter: but there's a problem. bennett's homeowners association in lake ridge prince william county virginia, is not on board. they sent a letter telling him to remove the commercial vehicle

from lake ridge entirely. commercial vehicles are not permitted. >> they said because there's lettering on it, it is a commercial vehicle. >> reporter: bennett says his work is all volunteer, and he hasn't been paid a dime. news4 contacted the hoa. the general manager told us bennett does not have to remove the van but does have to cover it with a tarp. the hoa says they have not gotten complaints from neighbors. here's what some of them told us. >> every time i turn onto the street i am very proud of the fact that i turn onto the street and i see that van. >> i understand their opinion but classifying it as a commercial vehicle is a little bit ridiculous. i think anyone with common sense would say that's not a commercial vehicle. >> i want everybody to remember our fallen. >> reporter: in prince william county, kristin wright news4. >> that homeowners association added that they prohibit any vehicle was signage or pictures and there is no distinction for nonprofit organizations. now at 6:00, you can go to our nbc washington facebook page

and let us know what you're going to do when you win tonight's powerball jackpot. now up to $500 million. >> i'm going to go to boston, take a look at some of the snow there. then i'm going to florida because it's going to get cold. days in the 20s, 6 last year. this year we've had 1. but the next three days we should have three of them at least. we'll talk much more about that and the cold air coming in. i'm jim handly at the live desk. a vigil just got under way for three people killed in chapel hill, north carolina. the latest on that cas

piem jim handly at the live desk. hundreds are gathering at the university of north carolina campus in chapel hill holding a candlelight vigil to honor three murdered students. students and school leaders from around the north carolina area including nc state and duke are taking part in this show of unity. two students and a relative were found shot to death in a condo near the campus last night. today a neighbor appeared in court and was charged in their murders. police say the shooting may have stemmed from an argument over a parking spot. but relatives of the victims, who are muslim, are concerned it could be a hate crime. tonight leaders of the muslim community are calling for calm at the vigil. we are working to bring in the first pictures the video coming in from chapel hill north

carolina, where we had heard earlier as many as thousands could be gathering, hundreds so far. at the live desk, i'm jim handly. that $2 ticket you paid for that powerball could be worth a whole lot more than that before the night is over. you know that don't you? as you have probably heard by now, the jackpot powerball jackpot, is now $500 million. that make it's the fifth largest lottery prize in american history. no one has won the powerball jacket pot for more than two months now so the prize has been growing steadily. on our facebook page, a lot of people are talking about what they would do with all that money. we'll have the winning numbers tonight on news4 at 11:00 and in our nbc washington app. driving beneath the beltway when a piece of concrete came crashing down. >> i thought that somebody had threw something over the bridge. i never would have thought that this was the bridge itself

giving way. >> coming up is the 6:00 getting answers about questions for other drivers. i'm wendy rieger. i go backstage with a hot young director who is really cooking up something for a lot of shows at signature theater.

maryland state highway officials tell news4 there are no plans for major repairs to a beltway overpass, all of this after a convictcrete chunk fell onto a woman's car.

katherine dean said it sounded like a bomb as she drove down suitland road yesterday afternoon approaching andrews air force base. today we got an inspection one of 82 that are considered structurally deficient in the state of maryland. in a statement state highway officials say the i-95 bridge over suitland road is safe and the debris that fell is superficial, they say, and has nothing to do with the integrity or the safety of the bridge. >> that's saying that what happened to me is normal, is acceptable. it's not acceptable. it's not normal. >> state officials say they are now inspecting that bridge every six months. been to the theater lately? if so, you're probably over the age of 40. younger crowds don't usually fill the seats. the signature theater in arlington is trying to change that, though. it has a young director in charge who's bringing edgier works to the stage in hopes of

giving millennials a reason to show up. wendy rieger introduces us to matthew gardner. >> reporter: a theater director is like a chef. he's got to bring something different to the table these days and still make you swoon over fried chicken. at signature theater director ma matthew gardner is keeping it hot in the kitchen. >> i'm constantly aware of what i feel like i would want to watch on stage. >> reporter: gardner just got three helen hayes nominations for directing shows last year, shows as varied as "the lean" and "ferrell" and sometimes visual classic "sunday in the park with george." for a director who just hit 30, these are some high peaks. >> to a degree i feel like everything that i've done to this point has been a bit of an everest because everything that i've been doing has been sort of new to me. >> reporter: gardner is a bit of a protege. waez a teenager when he was discovered by signature's

creative force eric schaefer. he was so impressed he hired gardner before he graduated from college. >> with matt it's great because he'll bring shows and say, you should look at this. >> reporter: gardner had the foresight to produce "really really" before the topic exploded on the front pages. >> that was about a rape case on a college campus. >> reporter: it provides the edge that schaefer is looking for. >> i never want signature to be a routine. i always want people to go, oh now what are they doing? >> reporter: gardner is home grown, raised in college park. he spent most of his youth watching the ballet and old movies. >> to me everything is cinematic and how do you tell story through movement. >> reporter: and choreographing a menu that will bring a younger generation to the theater. some theaters in new york are already doing it and gardner likes it.

>> one done at the public which you sort of entered the room and you're standing in a sort of club environment. those are things that make a younger audience feel like they're a part of it. >> reporter: embracing the new without alienating the old the subscribers. they're the bread and butter of any theater's economics. gardner's task is directing that balancing act of modern theater, knowing when to be disruptive and when to send in the clowns. >> matthew guardardner has a busy spring. washington as you may or may not know is rich with great theater companies and there's something for everyone. back to you. >> thanks, wendy. from a hot property in the theater to a cold weather around here. >> cold everything else. that's exactly the way it's going to be. one thing i want people to

remember, this is not just cold and this is not just hype. oh no, we've been through this cold. this is cold we don't see very often. we saw it a couple of times last year, and you remember it well. remember the words "polar vortex"? that's the kind of air we have coming down around our region. 42 currently in d.c., 34 in gaithersburg, 39 in leesburg. the cold spot right along the chesapeake, 35 in annapolis, 31 in huntingtown. we're looking at a cool night but not too cold. we have a few showers north and west. we're not going to see much in the way of that overnight. what we do have, though, is the cloud cover tomorrow around 8:00 a.m. then we'll see a few snow showers maybe a few rain showers move through right around 2:00 3:00, 4:00 p.m. they'll come through, not going to be a big deal at all. but after those move through, that's where the cold air really comes in. not just the cold but the wind. the winds are going to be a big deal tomorrow afternoon too. brutal arctic cold coming. we've had the mild air just down to the south, but even the mild air will be pushed well down.

we're talking cold air from the virginias down to the carolinas. this cold air is round one. that's thursday night into friday. saturday a little bit better, but then on sunday well, here it really comes, the coldest air by far of the season coming down. friday will be the coldest air of the season, sunday kind of laughs at friday and says, i've got you better. look at the winds gusting upwards of 30 miles per hour. here we are at 12:30 20 miles per hour toward martinsburg, 16 in d.c. here they really come 30 miles per hour by tomorrow evening. we could even see winds gusting upwards of 40 miles per hour tomorrow night. more so though on sunday. again, sunday is the coldest day after a high of 28 on friday we get to 21 on sunday, winds could gust upwards of 40 to 50 miles per hour windchills below zero most of the day. have you heard about tiger? said something really

>> announcer: this is the xfinity sports desk brought to you by xfinity your home for the most live sports. breaking news in the last half hour. tiger woods announcing he is taking an indefinite leave from golf, saying he needs a lot of work on his game. woods says this latest injury is not related to his previous back surgery. tiger withdrew from last week's farmers insurance open with back trouble. his third withdrawal in his last eight starts. he also said in a statement he would like to play in the honda classic in two weeks because it's in his hometown, but he will not play unless his game is tournament ready. of course, many will have their eyes on the masters, the first major of the year, which begins on april 9th. new information tonight on bradley biel's injury. seems to be a lot more serious. his sore toe is a problem, but he also has a mild stress

reaction in his lower leg. he'll be reevaluated after the all-star break this weekend. tonight the wizards' final game before the break against the raptor raptors. toronto seems to have the wizards' number. they have won 6 of the last 7 meetings including the last one in overtime in d.c. a couple of weeks ago. 22 turnovers in that loss. and tonight in the recently one-sided rivalry, it will go a long way heading into the break. >> we know we can beat those guys. we can compete. we just have to find a way to do it for 48 minutes, not 24. it will be devastating to lose three times straight to them knowing you might have to see them in the playoffs and they've got a lot of momentum built off. >> turnovers have to come down. when we play teams like toronto you can't give them 22 opportunities that we don't get shots at the basket. just days after thecollege basketball lost legendary coach

dean smith another icon passed away. jerry tar keenian died today at the age of 84. tar containian took the running rebels to the championship in 1990. tonight a rematch of the 2002 title game, maryland and indiana. a rematch of a blowout from january, too. you may remember the hoosiers disassemblinge inging maryland. indianabdndiana shot 60% from the field. in a 19-point win, including that loss maryland has dropped three of its last five. but head coach knows what the problem is and thinks the team can fix it. >> in those games, we let our offense affect our defense when we couldn't get going in those games. so it kind of steam rolled. but i don't think we've lost any confidence. i thieve we're a very confident team. we're proud of what we've done to this point. we like where we are. if you'd have told me we'd be

19-5 and 7-4 and tied for second and 4 of our next 5 at home i'd say we're in good shape. >> the maryland women continuing their winning ingning ways, now 13-0 in the big ten. the latest victory against rutgers last night. the lead cut to three in the second half but maryland would respond with big-time plays four players reached double figures in scoring. terps won 80-69. they have a 16-game win streak. good for them. meanwhile, a busy night for local college teams. george washington heads to pittsburgh to play at 7:00. also at 7:00, bcu hosts lasalle. at 8:00, uva and nc state in a showdown. catholic travels to take on goucher as well. we'll have highlights tonight at 11:00. lots of

on the broadcast tonight, use of force. president obama asked for new war powers in the fight against isis after the death of an american aid worker. why six months into the fight is the president now asking for congress's okay? outraged after the killing of three muslim students in a storied college town. the question tonight, was it an argument over a parking spot or was it a hate crime? the american sniper trial opens in texas. and as chris kyle's widow takes the stand, the ominous message her husband texted a friend on the day he died about the man now on trial for his murder. and $500 million up for grabs. tonight's the night one of the largest jackpots in american history and lines are growing all across the country.