two developing stories right now. first weather. snow and ice could be a problem this weekend on top of today's record-breaking cold. also right noi the former first lady of virginia in court set to be sentenced. she could spend at much as a year and a half in jail. good morning, everyone. you're watching "news4 midday." i'm barbara harrison. the bitter cold gripped our area show nothing sign of l up. in fact, much of the country is feeling the pain. a new record low in cleveland, ohio. 17 below zero. flint, michigan tying a record at 25 below zero and a new record at reagan national airport, jus the wind is also still making

the cold feel even colder. current windchills. storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal? the weather center with how much longer we'll have to deal with this bitter cold. good morning again to you. >> good morning, barbara. we'll be dealing with these frigid temperatures the remainder of the day. the wind will die down but temperatures by themselves will be cold. we did set record lows today in washington as well as bwi marshall. not a record low temperature here in february since 1970. windchill advisory remains in effect for just about everybody. for about another hour a look at the current feels-like temperature in your neighborhood when you factor in breezy conditions. feeling 8 below in gaithersburg. 5 below in the pa tuxant river and heading into the evening hours, 6:00 feeling like it's 18 degrees. 9:00 p.m. feeling like it's about 7. heading out tonightance bundle up but dry and then our focus, barbara, switches from the extreme cold to snow and ice.

a winter storm watch for the areas here in blue parts of falk yer loudon and fret drik counties until 6:00 a.m. sunday. latest timing and snowfall amounts at 11:30. >> amelia thank you. the bitter cold met a change in your morning routine for a lot of folks out there. in montgomery county a team in well before sunrise to warm up school buses. megan mcgrath is live at the metro stop with a look how people are coping out there. >> reporter: well barbara, it is still very very cold out here. it's only gone up a couple degrees since early this morning. you can see all the folks in those bus shelters waiting for the buses. unfortunately those shelters not providing a lot of shelter against this wind. we've got terrible windchills out here. looking a the temperature just a few minutes ago. only 9 degrees here. so in terms of how people are coping they're coping as best they can. as one man said, he's ready for

montgomery county's bus team reported to the lot at 4:30 making sure all school buses started and had heat. the school system gave kids a two-hour delay this morning because of the cold even so it was still pretty frigid at the bus stop. >> it's freezing. like i can't do it because my ears are cold. why i'm wearing a headband now. >> reporter: uncomfortable for sure. >> trying to stay warm. >> reporter: does that work? >> oh sometimes. >> reporter: and it's also dangerous. with these windchills you can get frostbite on exposed skin in just 30 minutes. >> very cold. too cold. wearing? >> everything. like him. i got five layers. >> reporter: if you have to be outside, layers are key. >> i have five layers. >> reporter: five? >> yeah five layers. >> reporter: is it doing the trick. >> yeah. it's helping. even i have a cap, two lay others and a hood. >> reporter: matt orie bundled

up at this construction site bud says -- >> used to it. i've been working out here the past couple of weeks and used to it now. >> reporter: this cold? >> yeah. >> reporter: as you see there, matt horry, has his face covered. that's key, too, just from myself being out and about this morning. you want to have some kind of a scarf or mask across your face because it is brutally cold. any skin you have exposed you're going to feel it. reporting live in rockville, megan mcgrath news 4. >> i agree. having been out there. thank you. you may want to avoid washington boulevard near north buchanan street right now. arlington water crews are making repairs on a water main break there. traffic is getting by but one lane is closed in each direction. the water is back on in the area. right now arlington water says repairs should be done in about an hour from now. right now l'enfant plaza is experiencing a partial power outage. the 9th and d.c. entrance closed until further notice saying this

is not affecting train service, though. the rest of the entrances ar and we're closely watching metro today for delays. the freezing temperatures caused problems on several lines. during this morning's rush hour two rails cracked outside the east falls church station. things are back to normal there now, we understand. if any delays start to pile up we'll send an alert on your phone through the nbc washington app. sign up for that. and right now a sentencing hearing underway in richmond nor virginia's former first lady maureen mcdonnell. following what's happening in the courtroom from the live desk now, richard jordan? >> right now hearing from several character witnesses. it remains to be seen werther maureen mcdonnell will address the court herself. the judge is expected to hand down a sentence at some point today. mcdonnell convicted of public corruption for promoting a dietary supplement by businessman jonnie williams in exchange for $177,000 in gifts and loans. her husband, former governor bob

mcdonnell also convicted already sentenced to two years in prison but in court with his wife today. he is out on bail waiting for an appeal. now, prosecutors are asking for a year and a half in prison for maureen mcdonnell. defense attorneys want no jail time. instead asking for 400,000 hours of c but, again it will be up to the judge and we should find out what the judge decides later today, barbara. >> thank you, richard. right now, fairfax police need your help finding a driver in a deadly hit-and-run. a woman lying in the middle of braddock road in centerville. happened last night. hit by a car trying to cross the street. the accident happened in front of a normally busy shopping center. because of the cold weather most people weren't out. police are working to put together a description of the car. following a developing story out of detroit now. months after a huge search for a missing boy. charges filed against the boy's father. the abuse police say she responsible for, and on an ice

cutter in the chesapeake bay. conditions the watermen are dealing with today. we're going to show you. stay wit.

a developing story this morning. the parents of a 12-year-old boy charged with child abuse months after the boy was discovered in their detroit basement. the boy was found in his father's baitment in detroit

after reported missing 11 days last june. prosecutors say the boy was physically abused was depriveded of food and forced to do extreme exercises. this case gained national attention after the father was told he was found in his basement on live television at the time being interviewed by nancy grace. and las vegas office prepared to charge 19-year-old suspect in a road rage murder. erich nowsch arrested yesterday. he shot and killed tammy meyers it is p.e.d. said. my herself a confrontation with nowsch giving her daughter a driving lesson february 12th. after the lesson meyers and her 22-year-old son armed way gun went looking for the suspect. the two men ended up exchanging gunfire in front of the meyers home. the meyers family say they've known the suspect years. >> my wife spent countless hours at the park consoles this boy.

>> reporter: the suspect arrest block away from the victim's home. police are still looking for another suspect inside the car at the time of the police in virginia say they are not looking for a suspect after a man and woman were found dead in a park. officers found them in a car parked at mountain run lake park in culpepper county. found last night, we're told both people had signs of injuries. police want to talk to anyone near and we have breaking news right now. health care dot gov customers get the wrong tax information. what the government is doing about it from the live desk. plus new information on another royal visit. a look who will be visiting the white house. and it's a weather alert day today because of the cold but tomorrow it's about snow and ice. i'll have the latest timing whdetted@@0 l

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i'm richard jordan back at live desk. just in a problem for people who signed up for health coverage through the federal exchange health care poiv gov. 800,000 people receiving the incorrect tax subsidy information. the wrong 1095 forms. some of them, subsidies too large, others two small and could delay income returns

filed. extending the deadline to apply for health coverage through obamacare to april 30th. originally march 15th. now extended through april 30th. this is specifically though for people who face a penalty for not having health insurance, barbara? >> thank you. a developing story this morning. doctors in india are scrambling to contain a deadly outbreak of the flu. more than 700 people have died in the past ten weeks. health facialofficials say getting supplies to hospitals in remote locations is the problem. british royalty coming to d.c. next month. prince charge and camilla coming here march 16th, 17th and 19th. visiting that which sits on the same grounds in northwest d.c. charles and camilla will visit national archives and after that send the day in louisville kentucky before heading back to england. virginia governor terry

mcauliffe is expected to sign a bill allows breast feeding in more public places. the bill made it through the general assembly yesterday. the new law allows women to breast-feed anywhere they are lawfully present. you may soon be able to drive a little faster on maryland's highways. the state senate pass add bill raising the speed limit from 65 to 70 miles an hour. a similar bill pending in the house of delegates. the vote mark as milestone for the bill which died in a senate committee last year. opponents say increasing the speed limit is dangerous, because it would cause some drivers to push it to 80 miles an hour. looking at a live picture of president obama addressing members of his party here in d.c. he's speaking at the 2015 dnc winter meeting. topics likely include clean energy affordable higher education and how to keept recent economic momentum going. later today the president will powwow with democrat governors.

a key group who implementing his agenda during his last two years in office. and we can guess the fight to fund the department of homeland security will be a topic for the democrats today as well. there are just eight days for lawmakers to reach a deal. for more on that joined by luke russert from msnbc's "the briefing." finally back. busy lately? >> great to be back in person. how are you? >> good to see you, luke. with so much talk about fighting terrorism at the white house summit this week isn't is a big risk for the party not to talk about doing something at this meeting? >> they're def about it. what they'll say is the sbaul in the republicans' court. we have a political hot potato. both sides are pointing fingers at each other. the department of homeland security runs out of funding friday. however because of the way the law's written, 85% of personnel deemed essential and still required to work. just won't get paid. the question becomes, h? democrat saying look if you're

putting your life out on the line here you should be able to get paid. republicans saying we want them paid but before that we want to stand up to president obama over his recent immigration executive actions. how is the department of homeland security connected with immigration? this all has to do with this republican idea that we need to defund the department of homeland security until something is done about immigration, because we want more border security. a very unique political fight, but for a party that is so valued on national security republicans try to take that mantra dangerous water, i'm told by aides close to the leadership. they don't want this fight right now. >> so much talk over the last few days about rudy julieewel giuliani's comments about president obama saying at one point, obama doesn't like america? >> these comments resonated with a lot of people in the united states. mostly poorly and it's rare that you have a mayor who's been out of office for almost at this point 15 years to ignite such a

firestorm over his comments. always thought of america's mayor. this is another example of republicans trying to make the president out to be un-american, trying to be foreign. remember the controversy over his birth certificate, he's not one of us. code language they say is implicitly racial to some degree. republicans saying we said this before. the president's foreign policy is not american sent trick or exceptionalism it's all right to critique it. giuliani in hot water and surprised by a presidential candidate, scott walker governor of wisconsin, in that room when the statement was made. not running away from it too far. a rallying point between the parties. i don't think, though the establishment republicans want to be going down this road. it's not something they're trying to grow the party. it doesn't sgound saying president obama is not an american. like you or me. >> i think that's not going to serve them well. see what happens. >> indeed. >> thanks a lot. >> thanks for having me.

>> come back and see us. >> absolutely. here. hopefully not snowed out. live snow team coverage. we'll do t. put you on that coast guard cutter out there, long as they don't. >> thank goodness. >> thank you. and coming up the restaurant starting a social media campaign to get the pope to taste their food. why it could pay off for customers in our area. plus the mysteries of code breaking during world war ii. the nsa gave us permission and we share what was one of the biggest secrets in washington. s

the countdown is on for hollywood's biggest night of the year. the academy awards sunday night. nbc's joe fryer joins us with a free view what to expect. >> reporter: big stars, bright lights bold fashions. there are so many ways to describe the oscars but this year's show might be summed up by just two words. "boyhood" and "birdman." >> perfect dream actor is not going to knock on that door and go hey, fellas when do i start? >> reporter: both films have one-word titles beginning with b and both battling for best picture. >> "boyhood" looked to have sewn it up. in the past week "birdman," resurgence. >> reporte grabbing top award, two other nominees grabbing

headlines. >> those that have gone before us say, no more -- >> reporter: the civil rights movie "selma" some feel snubbed in a couple major categories. >> i want to get the bad guys. >> reporter: and "american sniper" a story tied to a real-life trial and the only box office blockbuster up for best picture. >> thank you. >> reporter: another race too close to call, lead actor. >> the question is what will the academy want to hon jer will it be the performance that tugs at heartstring, eddie redmayne. >> of course we can do that. >> reporter: or the cooler performance, michael keaton from the guy who's been around longer? >> reporter: the other acting categories have strong front-runners. >> sometimes i can see the words hanging in front of me and i can't reach them. >> reporter: five-time nominee julianne moore fave forward win her first oscar for "still alice." >> rushing or drag. >> reporter:? supporting cat goes they've swept this awards season.

>> no way that any of those three people will not win. >> that was joe fryer reporting. you can find out more about what host neil patrick harris plans to do during the big show on our website, nbcwashington.com. search oscars. there is a national thin mint shortage. don't worry. you can still get your hands on your favorite girl scout kix cookies. the shortage will not affect us here. girl scout booths open today through march. find your neighborhood cookie booth on our nbc washington app. search cookie. red robin is trying to rope the pope into stopping by a restaurant this lenten season. here's look at the official invite from the burger chain to pope francis. red robin says if he eats at one of the u.s. locations before april 2ened rnd enedndd it will serve

up free until supplies last. no word if this invite actually caught the pope's attention. right now we could be close to the sentencing of maureen mcdonnell. all witnesses heard that from. ream let you know the sentence soon as it happens. plus an ice cutter on the chesapeake bay. the conditions watermen are dealing with and the latest on

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. well it's a topic of conversation. a reason to stay inside too. even a reason to have that second or third cup of coffee this morning. that bitterly cold weather we're talking about and now snow and ice to look forward to still on the way? >> thinking probably so cold out here this morning we can make ice cream in the bag without putting it in that ice and salt. i've been shaking it out here about the last five minutes. it's time to give it a try. just being outside in five minutes, this shirt is completely frozen solid. that's how cold it is out here. >> earlier this morning, storm team 4 amelia segal showed you ow cold it was outside with experiments. froze a t-shirt and made ice cream in minutes. if you'd like to see how she did the xpeerptszexpes so you can do them with your children perhaps, head to our website. you can try to do them yourself. we've posted them there. if you want to know more about

the snow and ice listen up right now because amelia is here in the studio. how long will you be able to do those experiments out there, amelia? >> for today, then an arctic blast are retreat. brash was saying our focus needs to change to the snow and ice in the forecast for tomorrow. bottom line if you can i recommend avoid traveling tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow evening. by sunday morning, we should be okay across the area. here are your weather headlines. so around the midday hours tomorrow, snow arrives. then it changes to a wintry mix. freezing rain some sleet and eventually changing to all rain tomorrow night. maybe rain early sunday. a good portion of the day sunday is actually dry and we get a break from the cold weathe temperatures return to the cold that we've been having. now, it's not record-setting cold but our average high now they're nowhere near that. the impact forecast for tomorrow because of the snow and wintry mix, moderate to high.

especially later in the day where we are looking at slick roads across the area. because of the snow in the forecast and because of the ice, a winter storm watch has been issued for frederick, loudon northern fauquier counties culpeper and others running until 6:00 a.m. sunday. what i think will happen. if you're not under the watch i think you'll be at least issued a winter weather advisory. and this winter storm watch could be upgraded to a winter storm warning, veronica's in at 4:00 this afternoon updating the forecast. right now our temperature is 15 degrees. at least we have beautiful sunshine and keep it around the remainder of the day. by 2:00 p.m. temperature 17. high today 18 degrees, hit it around 5:00 p.m. heading out tonight it will be cold but dry. temperature at 8:00 of about 16 degrees. the impacts from tomorrow's weather, if you're traveling during the afternoon and evening hours, like i said you want to avoid it. during that time. exercise you want to head

outside. gets the run done. go early in the day, just fine. heading out and about for your saturday evening dinner that exact time period where snow starts to change over to wintry politics. future weather. timing it out. 7:00 a.m. dry. by noon start to see snow in parts of frederick, winchester and lorre. by 1:00 2:00 p.m. in the d.c. metro area snowing just about everywhere by 3:00 p.m. between 5:00 and 7:00 start to see sleet and freezing rain mix in. by 12:00 midnight rain and by sunday dry. the changeover in the temperature. snow to mix 5:00 to 7:00. noix rain midnight. ice accumulation possible barbara, after we collect about two to four inches in the d.c. metro area four to seven for areas to the west. you'll find this on my facebook and twitter pages. a high temperature tomorrow of 33. barbara, high sunday of 46 degrees. breezy colder monday high 25. 32 on tuesday.

next thursday still cold. a temperature around 33 degrees. >> thanks amelia. with these frigid temperatures it's not surprise ice is forming on our waterways. this morning the chesapeake bay is 98% covered with ice. nbc's peter alexander is onboard a coast guard cutter in the bay to show us the frozen . >> reporter: good day to you from the upper chesapeake bay channel right now. the temperature fortunately doubly since we got out here at dawn. 2 degrees then. 4 degrees now. windchill making it feel like 18 degrees below zero. we're ongourd the u.s. coast board kirt right now. bring the camera this direction and you can see what we're trying to carve our way through. as thick of ice we've seen all day so far. up to two feet deep in places. this cutter with its steel hull is only get through about 18 inches. the ice, they describe it packed and stacked. you can hear that noise. that's the sound it makes right now. if it gets too thick we have to go back and ram, back and ram. they'll be out here all day in

what is one of the busiest ports in the mid-atlantic. dylan, take it away. >> reporter: i'm dylan dreyer in genesee falls, new york we have captured what cold looks like here at well. this is the national park and this is a giant fountain. it's a man-made found than shoots water about five stories high and you can see the water is still coming out the top of it and it just freezes and creates this absolutely gorgeous ice sculpture. it happens every year but this year is a perfect way to show you just how cold it is. we're at 8 degrees below zero this morning and breaking records all across the eastern half of the country, in baltimore, the old record was set back in the late 1800s and we bottomed out at 1 degree today. we are shattering records of all kinds, and again, sometimes you just have to put it into a picture and i think this fountain makes the cold actually look pretty. dylan dreyer in genesee falls, new york. >> thank you, both. and thuz super cold conditions remember frost bite

sets in in minutes most often fingers, nose ears cheeks and chin. because of numbness you may not realize you have it. the stages of frostbite to look out for. at first, cold skin with a prickly feeling, numbness. after that skin turns red, white or grayish in color. then it turns hard. you may also experience clumsiness due to muscle stiffness. sometimes blisters appear when the skin warmed up again. to prevent frostbite wear warm waterproof hats gloves and a coat. wear socks and waterproof boots. don't forget to drink lots of water, too. the best way to avoid frostbite is to avoid staying outside for long p. well the cold is not only affecting you but also your local as much as. prince george's county courthouse closed for the second day in a row. frigid cold temperatures caused a pipe to burst in the building on wednesday. damaging the electrical system there. it's left the building in upper

marlboro without heat there. no word as to when the building will reo and new this morning a new report says metro newspaper the radio network in the subway tunnels did not work properly but never told the fire department that according to "the washington post." metro's communication system is under scrutiny after last month's deadly smoke emergency on a train near l'enfant plaza. metro was aware the system wasn't reliable but did not relay that information to fire officials. metro is saying the fire department should have routinely checked the radios. at the white house today, women are in the spotlight. the historymaking females celebrated plus a powerful new play at arena stage. meet two of the stars here to talk about the message this play is sending. this afternoon first

lady michelle obama honors women of the civil rights movement. the event includes a panel discussion with women from multiple generations who are still helping bring about change. it's all in honor of black history month. >> i need to have that baby. do you understand? >> you walk around carrying a gun. looking to kill somebody. talking about you want to have a baby? >> that's king hedley ii an

ex-convict struggling to turn his life around. joining us today to talk about this show and thank you for being here. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> a lot of good feedback about the show. talk a little about what is its message, what is it about? one of you want to tell me? >> the way he works in cycles. the idea is to take each decade of american life black life and to talk about what the african-american went through in those particular cycles particular decades. so this one is basically in the 1980s, and we deal with a young mao just got out of prison and how he's dealing with being in a black -- being a black american at that particular point. >> you play that role? >> yes. >> tell us about your role. >> i play tanya his wife currently deciding whether or not she's going to bring a new life into this world. and it really all depends on the choices that he makes, and the choices that people are making in our community at that time. and i think it's just -- it's really hard for her to think

forward when everybody's still thinking backwards. >> this play is set in 1980. does it still resonate its themes of today, do you think? >> oh yeah. i have a huge monologue in the piece explaining why i don't want to bring another child into this world, dealing with the current situation at hand and one of my lines that i have is it looks like everything's going every which way and ain't nobody in charge and i think right now as a community w a need for change and a need for communication and i think at that time you know it's the same thing. so a lot of you views we discuss in the play are thinking people need to be discussing now as well. >> and playing an ex-convict what is your message to people as t? >> my message, i would say -- to never give up. what i always say about august wilson we writes warriors. people that can't give up don't know how to give up. all they know how to do chase what they want and chase their

dreams. i always say no matter how hard what you're going through or brch through, there's always a chance to do the best the right thing for you and your family and that's what this play's make sure his family's taken care of and that's the most important thing. >> those things never change. >> nerve every change. >> i can't wait to see it myself. sounds great. wonderful that it's happening during black history month, too, and it's going to be at the arena stage. king hedley ii through march 8th. thank you for coming through the cold weather to be with us. appreciate you being here. >> thank you. >> thank you. rethink that sugary mid-morn snack. new dietary recommend angs are out and less sugar is one of the changes. how you can have a say in those recommendations. plus the beginning of a special series on one of the biggest secrets in this town. a crackerjack code-breaking team on the american side. we'll reveal a story many never knew. even though it was happening right under our noses. >> did you see philippe chatrierh

"fifty shades of grey," were you -- did -- >> meredith asks tough questions. maybe even awkward confess of

in 1945 author ralph elson while on sick leave from the merchant marines began writing his award-winning look at black

america. its title, "the invisible man." looking back through history we find many young black men and women trying to make it in america in military and civilian life hoping for a stake if the great american dream. saw themselves as verchirtually invisible. following a young black washington tanyon from 18 to almost 98 years old. his name, james pride. >> the war was on. it was in 1944. >> reporter: james pride remembers 1944. it was his senior year at armstrong technical high school in washington, d.c. he was fascinated by the newsreel stories of world war ii flight missions. >> i had been watc 99ble pursuits squadron in europe in the newspapers and i decided i wanted to be one of them. >> reporter: the 99th was the segregated all colored u.s. army air corps squadron known as the

tuskegee airmen. >> i read about them in the newspapers. every african-american newspaper had an article almost every edition about the guys who were flying in italy. or africa. wherever they happened to be. >> reporter: he wanted to be one of them. but what did he know about the army air corps? >> only that they flew airplanes and i wanted to fly airplanes. >> reporter: he would later learn the u.s. army in the 1940s was viciously jim crow. during that time over 100,000 african-americans were serving in the racially segregated army but mostly in the infantry. a small and separate program for training a few "colored pilots" for the army air corps was a somewhat limited response by the army to an order apparently from the roosevelt white house and more specifically some would say from a push from first lady eleanor roosevelt. turned out for many of the army's brass to be an unexpected success, but it did little to

change the army's policy on race. still greatly influenceed by a 1925 army college report. >> 1925 study done by the military at fort mcnair that says african-americans wer technical jobs. they could noto hard jobs. >> reporter: that report suggested that not only were blacks of inferior intelligence but as soldiers they could not and would not fight. >> despite the fact african-americans had fought in every war that the u.s. had been in including the war of independence. >> reporter: but at 17 in 1944 james pride felt things were changing. tuskegee pilots as with all pilots in the air corps were officers in rank. he wanted to be an officer and fight for his country. from the air. >> i enlisted at 17 1/2 years old. and i was inducted into the army

air corps at 18 and in new cumberland pennsylvania, and then got on a train to go to mississippi. >> reporte loaded up on segregated train cars and arrived in mississippi to accommodations separate and certainly not equal. black enlisted men rarely saw the white officers in charge. >> we had for mess hall ps if you wanted to go and a differ recreation center. >> reporter: james pride was in the army now but turned down with no explanation for pilot training he had hoped for. >> i was very unhappy that i didn't get to fly. get to be a pilot, and i still don't know why, because i passed the te. with a rating high enough that i got my name in the "washington post as having made the highest score on the test. of anybody coming out of washington. >> reporter: he was sent

instead, for training as a flight crew mechanic and radio operate perp hell-bent at being the best on whatever he did he became a skill mechanic and crackerjack radio operator earning two sets of silver wings, stationed eventually at chanute field where white pilots were training and needing flight hours, they needed him. no air corps pilot could fly without a mechanic and radio operator onboard. >> i worked as a line radio operator the only african-american on the flight line. >> reporter: he flew 1,600 flight hours at shoe ss chanute but in the back of the plane a. pilot, copilot seat and the radio operator sits right behind them behind a partial wall. >> reporter: he saw white enlisted men move up to higher ranks and the better jobs but james pride like other black americans were virtually e when it came to promotion. the message wasn't hard to read. if you weren't white, you

weren't worthy but a different message would come through morse co. that would change his life. and just what part does morse code play in what happens next? we continue the story tonight on news 4 at 6:00. in holteealth time to think about cutting back ob sugar. one of the many headlines in the new dietary recommendations. a government panel recommends less added sugar especially for young people and suggest less red and processed meat. coffee lovers and caffeine in your morning joe can actually be good for you, believe it or not. notably, reversing course a little on cholesterol as well, but ths a big caveat here. >> we still, however want to promote the idea we don't want people having a lot of food in saturated fights butter ice cream and bacon. >> the usda will use these recommendations to formulate their own guidelines later this year. you can share your thoughts the public is invited to comment

through april 8th. and new this morning, check your cabinets hundreds of products pulled from store shelves after traces of peept were found in them. the fda is warning people with peanut allergies avoid products that contain cumin and cumin. other spices ground chili poud cinnamon and most indian spices. our time now 11:52. coming up fun in the snow. adorable new video of a red panda making the best of this winter weather we're having. plus the weekend weather could make it tough to get around. we'll tell you abo a developing

story, vap former first lady is testifyg now. she could be the first modern day governor spouse sent to prison. prosecution wants to sentence letter to 18 months behind bars. and the defense is calling for community service. david culver is there and will break the news through a push alert and app soon answer thes s the sentencing happens. and ice and snow is coming? >> exactly. right. the snow arrives tomorrow between noon and 2:00 p.m. and when it gets here it will stick immediately. a live look outside where we're seeing beautiful sunshine but that's not going to be the case tomorrow. with future weather. we continue to track snow showers for the afternoon hours,

around dinnertime between 5:00 and 7:00 p.m. this is when sleet and freezing rain potentially starts to mix in. so we could see ice accumulation on top of snow accumulation. temperatures actually continue to warm saturday night into sunday morning. so by midnight on saturday into early sunday morning, looking at mainly rain. and then will be dry here by about 10:00 a.m. on so most if not all of your sunday will be dry. a look at the timing. so the snow changes to a wintry mix between 5:00 and 7:00 p.m. tomorrow. that mix changes to rain around midnight tomorrow and again, ice accumulation possible on top of this snow accumulation here. you can see this map, whenever i put it on twitter and facebook. four to seven inches and fauquier counties and frederick, two to four inches charles county parts of the northern neck. coating to two inches in extreme parts of southern maryland. this is an evolving system

veronica and doug will be in tonight and i guarantee at least minor tweaks to the forecast as we continue to get new information in but best idea is to avoid travel tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow evening. sunday most of the day okay. high 46. melting going on and refreezing sunday night into monday morning. >> thank you so much. and have a great weekend. >> same to you. >> stay warm. >> it will be busy. >> it will be. this may be the cutest thing you will see all day. take a look. these are red pandas and they are this video was taken at the cincinnati zoo in botanical garden. you can see the pandas are having a blast out there jumping around and rolling in the white stuff. and there's another chance for these pandas to get back out there. cincinnati we're hearing, today could pick up another five inches of snow throughout the day. i wonder if our pandas were out there in the snow at all? we'll get a chance too, because we have more snow coming we just heard.

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