here's what's happening right now. road crews still working to clean up the road after a very messy morning commute with multi vehicle accidents and jackknifed trucks. here's part of the problem. the extreme cold temperatures dropped into the teens and single digits overnight. it remains below freezing right now. good morning, everyone. you're watching "news4 midday." i'm barbara harrison. despite this morning's beautiful sunshine out there, it's extremely cold for this time of year. good news weather conditions only improve as the days move on. storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal joins us with a first forecast. good morning. >> good morning, barbara. record-low temperatures today in parts of the area, in dulles i believe and bwi.

look at the low temperatures this morning. single digits and teens across the area. zero in frederick. 2 in hagerstown. 15 for those in washington. and 10 in manassas. now, temperatures right now still cold. we're about 30 degrees below where we should be this time of year. coming in at 23 in washington 19 in leesburg. frederick, culpeper and 21 in manassas it remains cold throughout the day today. average high now about 53. we only warm to about 30 degrees but will have plenty of sunshine for the rest of today, and we remain dry today. no snow is in the forecast. now, for the weekend, temperatures start to warm. i'll let you now how much will warm up and how much snow melt that could mean. >> see you here shortly. thank you. the roads were a mess this morning despite delays and cancellations. the beltway at braddock road police dealing with an eight-wheeled accident. and chopper 4 just the inner

loop. stuck in an overpass and lost its load pap short time southbound lanes shut down because of a jackknifed fract edd tractor trailer. first 4 keeping up with the accidents and melissa mollet joins us. >> wish i could smile. still have a problem you were just talking about from hours ago. inner loop at georgia, having a left lane getting through after the sand truck got stuck. still a mess here. 270 south at old georgetown road jammed. southbound northbound no problem. and haymarket, right lane blocked from the tractor trailer. wider look at thing top of the beltway, biggest problem. spoke with vdot stay highways pushing snow opening shoulders applying chemicals. vdot continuing to salt and sand. 3,800 trucks on the roads today working through tomorrow. >> thank you, melissa. drivers are having a tough

go of it today on the icy roads out there. nbc 4 transportation reporter adam tuss is live in arlington with a look how commuters are coping out there. adam good morning. >> reporter: good morning, barbara. take a look here. i'd say this is what the majority of the side roads all around the area look like. this is 35th street in north arlington. you can imagine if you live on a steep hill like this just getting down the road might be a area today, patience, a must. spinning your wheels on the ice. sure it can lap to anyone. take a look at this huge tractor trailer stuck in all the ice at the montrose crossing shopping center in rockville. >> what will you do? have to come get a super wrecker? >> a big tow truck. >> what kind of tow truck takes care of a tractor trailer? >> the bic, old ones. you know? >> reporter: throwing salt around on the sidewalks of the district is a must to melt whatever's become frozen.

shoveling out the driveway no easy task. sometimes takes more than one to get the job done and then there's the task of walking. very carefully, of course. >> not cleared pavements yet. this beautiful packed ice material that won't melt for a week. >> reporter: walking around arlington thinking fondly back to the south of england. what's it like in an english countryside? beautiful? >> yeah. it's green. it's you know -- there's flowers coming up. chutes leaves growing back on the tree there's birds. >> reporter: not too far away from that for us but at least the dog, loving the weather today. for them a chance to stretch out and have a little fun. and back here now live road crews say they'll continue to treat the side roads. likely the snow and ice will stick around with colder temperatures. reporting live in north arlington, adam tuss news 4. >> thanks. looks beautiful out there. i know it's tough on the roadways though. new this morning, d.c. snow emergency expired 90 minutes ago.

parking was restricted on snow emergency routes during the storm to allow road crews to clear the major streets from curb to curb. as about a half hour ago, metro bus getting back to a full weekday schedule. passengers may encounter detours in hilly areas. longer wait times are expected and we've seen delays reported already. metrorail passengers are having better luck today. trains are running on a regular weekday schedule now. if you are planning to catch an amtrak train today be aware they are on a modified schedule due to snow. d.c. to new york trains seeing the biggest impacts and this includes some acela trains. amtrak will contact people with reservations to let them know if there are delays but he recommend checking before you leave home in case. keeping track of travel delays across our area. sending out an alert on the nbc washington app if anymore problems come up through the day. and right now d.c. is taking steps to pay tribute to the district's mayor for life.

mayor muriel bowser is putting together a commission whose job will be to honor the late marion barry. today would have been barry's 79th birthday. the announcement is happening outside barry's old home in anacostia. he passed way last year. also right now new cell phone video of the plane harrison ford was piloting minutes before it crashed. plus credit card information stolen during the target security breach now being used on apple pay. and new today -- more people are working in this country. the jobs report out just a few hours ag

>>. 53178 engine failure. immediate return. that's harrison ford radioing air traffic control mome santa monica airport. he's an experienced pilot and was flying a vintage world war ii era training plane yesterday when he reported his engine lost power. new on "news4 midday" a look at cell phone video showing the plane just before it crashed. take look. you can see the plane barely gliding above the houses before crashing on the golf course. the man who took the video says hoe couldn't believe what he saw. >> oh no. >> and then he just kept getting lower and lower. i was thinking trying to make the runway then the golf course is right there at the end of the

runway also and just went below the tree line. couldn't see it. seconds later, a crash of like crunching metal. >> ford reportedly has a few broken bones and a deep cut on his head and is expected to make a full recovery. the final report from the deadly sandy hook elementary shooting is being released today. connecticut sandy hook advisory commission is releasing the report this ank focusing on school safety mental health and gun violence protection. the panel will present its recommendations to connecticut con's governor daniel milloy's in 20712 20 children and 6 adults killed. and marking the 50th anniversary of the bloody assault on civil rights marchers s in selma, alabama. and breaking news from yesterday a plane that skidded off the runway in new york.

>> reporter: yesterday we had record snow across the area and this morning we had record cold temperatures in spots. so the only place we have to go is up. i'll let you now how much go warm up

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runways open after a jetliner that skidded and smashed through a fence is removed. questions about what caused the loss of control. heavy snow blank ichblted the area but airport officials say those condition was not factor in the crash. sarah dallof explains. >> reporter: this time lapse individual grow early this morning shows delta flight 1086 lifted from the dirt enbankment it rested on feet from the icy waters of flushing bay. on thursday the plane skidded down runway 1-3 on landing in snowy and icy conditions. slammed into the berm and crashed through a metal fence. >> went into because the only thing that stopped us was that gate. >> reporter: ntsb investigators are on-scene looking into what may have caused the runway was clear and safer at the time of the incident. >> approximately 11:05 two planes landed add reported

"great braking action on runways." >> terrified, because -- you're not prepared. >> reporter: speaking on the "today" show this morning, this passenger sitting in the first row of the plane described the harrowing landing. >> i would say probably half way through the runway i felt the nose of the plane jerk left. >> reporter: that's when the mid-88 jet slammed into the em bankment and through the fence. >> then i saw the rocks, and then i saw the water and it's at that moment your mind goes what happens if you go into the water? do planes sink? do they float? will i ever see my kids again? >> reporter: she credits the pilot with making sure she did and described the moments after the plane stopped. >> walked up to me put his arm around me and said i'm going get to you off this plane, and he did. >> reporter: despite minor injury jamie and 126 other passengers along with 5 crew members are all safe today and thankful the experience wasn't

worse. sarah dollyrehyre ra dollaf. the labor department says unemployment fell to 5.5%. the strong job gains aren't nudge to boost wages. the hourly rate rose 3 cents in february. in about 30 minutes president obama heads to south carolina to discuss the my brother's keeper program for young at-risk men of color. in one year more than $100 million pledged for that. obama appeared on the tom joyner radio show talking about civil rights in the u.s. today. >> this is an unfinished project. you know? we saw the ferguson report this week. there is you know work to be done right now. >> president obama will head to

alabama tomorrow to mark 50 years since bloody sunday. on march 7th, 1965 hundreds of demonstrators attempted to ed to march from selma, alabama, to the state capitol building to demand the right to vote for young americans. the group was attacked when they reached the edmund pettus bridge. throughout the week celebrations to commemorate that march. the controversy over hillary clinton using private e-mail while secretary of state shows no sign of easing. nbc's tracie potts has this report from how the state department is handling the issue and how democrats are responding. >> reporter: the state department is scouring 55,000 pages of e-mails hillary clinton turned over last year. taking out anything top secret. >> we'll conclude it as soon as we can and get those released publicly. >> reporter: since clinton kept her e-mail on a personal server at home critics wonder are

there more? >> how are we going to know that? how are we going to have verification of that? >> reporter: democrats are defending hillary clinton's use of personal e-mail calling this a republican witch-hunt but some are concerned. >> some democrats including many who are big, big supporters of her are worried that there might be somethi reporter: lawmakers investigating the deadly benghazi attack only got 300 clinton e-mails. they want the rest. the state department says that could take months. and besides that one tweet where she urged the state department to publicly release her e-mails, we have not heard or seen from hkillary clinton on this broke explaining her situation with the e-mails and fellow democrats say if she was in full campaign knode mode with a campaign team they probably would have made something public by now. in washington i'm tracie potts, nbc news. >> thank you. for more on the e-mail controversy we're joined by mark murray nbc senior political editor

editor. good morning. good morning. you say it creates two lasting issues for hillary clinton? >> first what it's not going to do all the polls indicate hillary clinton's not going to have a problem in dammicemocratic primary. not new momentum for an elizabeth warren or a joe biden and doesn't hurt her becoming a viable election candidate for the democratic party. what it does do things in the taurasi potts piece, launch a new investigation by congressional republicans. it's important to note when there's a fishing expeditions you sometimes don't know what you're come up with. will have a lasting result. the other lasting result of this is it shows you how hostile the relationship is between the political press corps and clinton operation. something front-runners get a lot of tough press, but in this instance hillary clinton is getting no benefit of doubt. one of the reasons, people realize these public officials are usually aren't dealing on personal e-mail when it comes to their official duties. >> yeah. move on. we just reported a wonderful new

jobs report that just came out. but here's what speaker john boehner had to say about it this morning. it says -- while it is welcome news that more americans found work last month, middle class families continue to be left behind by the president's policies. by vetoing the keystone pipeline the president put his political agenda ahead of the more than 42,000 workers who would have a shot at getting a good paying job. is this a good strategy do you think, for republicans at this time? >> if i'm a republican that's when i would end up doing, same thing. other than there are other alternative, take credit for the job gains. bottom line this was a very solid, almost stellar report nearly 300,000 jobs created unemployment going down. to me when it comes to politics the question is is this still lasting? is this continuing to go on for another year? if it is barbara shows you the whole political world is in a different place. >> we're seeing all the

ammunition lined up for 2016. that's what's going on i guess. >> almost two years to go yet. >> can we expect the economy to remain a big issue for 2016? >> absolutely. depends on the issue it will be. if this job growth continues over the year you'll see this is something the democrats seize upon. we are good stewards of the economy. it's not time to turn the economy back over to the republicans. where they had left the country with a recession just in 2008. on the other hand if the economy is starting to kind of sputter again, you'll end up hearing much stronger statements from the likes of jane ss john boehner, time to put republicans back in charge. job reports, make my friday once a month. for sure. >> all right. you have a good weekend. >> you, too. take care. for more check out "first read" on nbcnews.com. a reminder change your clocks this weekend. we spring ahead. more of this daylight we have out there right now but the

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the stolen card numbers from those big retailer breaches are now resurfacing. am pay has been hit by a wave of fraudulent transactions using

the stolen credit card data. according to the "wall street journal" thieves are entering into the apple pay app on smartphones. that's in use to make purchases you never actually have to show proof of a card. you should check our nbc washington app for the latest news and weather before you put your phone down for the national day of unplugging as it's called. today you're encouraged to put down your devices and connect with people around you. just make sure to logon line first to sign the pledge or post a picture on twitter of yourself holding a sign reminding everyone to take a break first. you probably already know that we're springing forward this weekend. that means we're losing an hour of sleep for longer lighter eveninging but do you know the effects of daylight-saving time? the days following or typically tough on your health. in fact, the rick of heart attacks spike. researchers say the entire country takes an economic hit from lost productivity during this time and workplace accidents go up this time of

year. aaa says we're also at an increased risk of car crashes. so be careful out there beginning tomorrow. with daylight saving time starting. now, new information on the attack of an ambassador in south korea. what happened in court today and new questions about security. plus a local teen accused of helping someone get to syria to join isis should they be charged as an adult? the latest on that investigation. and how much longer will we be dealing with extreme cold? amelia's coming back with a first look at the sev

it's becoming a tradition to blow off steam and break that cabin fever. dozens of people turned out last night for this huge snowball fight at dupont circle. we fuchtook a gopro camera into the middle of the battle to help you get an idea what it was like. the first was actually five years ago now and it's grown and grown and grown ever since. >> right now this sidewalk is coming in at minus 20 degrees fahrenheitpharon fahrenheit. >> storm team 4 meteorologist, and easy to understand why there was so much syce. seize back with us this oorngmorning with warmer temperatures? >>ed trent is edthe trend is up.

that reading, the thermometer, took it against my skin 90s, good there. off in the cold this morning. nonetheless, it was freezing out there. >> yeah. i know. i sot saw puddles that had frozen over in drainage ditches as well. incredible. what's going on? summertime weather to talk about? >> springlike weather will showily make its way into the area. today the cold but plenty of sunshine. temperatures warm through the weekend and eve there is a 60 are 0 a temperature near 60 on the seven day. wait until you see that. good news. also good news no snow in the forecast. not i guess good news if you're a snow lover. again, no snow in the forecast. not a lot of rain either. of course daylight-saving time begins this weekend when we lose an hour of sleep and spring ahead. high temperatures today are going to be in the upper 20s and 30s across the area. so tonight when you're dining out, definitely need the warmest

jacket. temperature, going to be in the teens and 20s across the area. it's cold and it's dry, near record cold temperatures. once again tonight. i think some place koss could hit a record-low temperature. not the case in washington. regardless a bitterly cold start tomorrow morning and after that focused on temperatures slowly warming. so you can see still delow average but on the way up through sunday. monday we finally hit our average high of 53 degrees. tuesday and wednesday we haven't said this for a while. temperatures above average, and next thursday we will fall a little built. get you into your seven-day forecast. for today it's cold. a high temperature of 30 degrees, but after today, you have a dog, maybe a small dog like i do they'll finally enjoy getting outdoors not being so cold and hopefully not dealing with as much salt as we start to see the snow melt away. plenty of sunshine in the forecast for tomorrow. a high temperature of 42. sunday warmer temperatures but we trade those warmer

temperatures for more clouds and, of course daylight-saving time does begin on sunday. so you want to move the clocks ahead saturday night before you go to bed. monday low 50s once again. plenty of clouds but notice our average high 53. we're right on track with that. the chance of some showers in the forecast on tuesday, it's really not a huge chance and it's looking like right now the best chance of rain would be later in the day. a high temperature of 54. here we are wednesday flirting with that 60-degree mark. mostly cloudy skies, and the next thursday a little bit cooler. partly sunny skies and a high temperature, barbara, of 49 degrees. overall, good news in this weather report. something to look forward to. warming temperatures and a touch of spring. >> does look good. thank you, amelia. it's a scary thought for any parent. your child running off to join a terrorist group. a teenager from woodbridge virginia in federal custody after helping a young man slip into syria to join isis. nbc's pete williams has more on

how authorities say teens are being lured by jihadist propaganda on the internet. >> reporter: officials say a 17-year-old from this neighborhood in woodbridge virginia about 25 miles south of washington, d.c. helped an 18-year-old get to syria to join us with isis fighters. experts say it's the latest example of a young person radicalized by internet propaganda. >> the message put out t is attractive to people who are just forming identity or who have identity issues that could be someone who's a little older thinking am i really american or am i muslim what am i? >> reporter: the 17-year-old, whose name wasn't released because he's a juvenile was arrested a week ago at home. a bulletin said isis propaganda likely influence add virginia-based youth to create disseminate violent extremist messaging by social media. the student who attended this high school used the internet to make travel arrangements and to find isis contacts stopping

people from getting to syria and tracking them when they come back has become a priority for the justice department as the attorney general told us last week. >> i think over the last 18 months or so we have convicted 25 people or so. we probably have hundreds under some kind of surveillance. >> reporter: federal officials say they're now working on prosecuting the student as an adult and filing terrorism support charges against the 18-year-old headed for syria. pete williams nbc news washington. the man accused of attacking the u.s. ambassador in south korea was in court today. the suspect has a history of taking part in anti-u.s. pr about whether security was neglected. seoul has a reputation as a relatively low-risk diplomatic posting, but this attack is the latest act of political violence in a deeply divided country where some protesters portray their causes as matters of life and death. this week's attack on ambassador mark lippert left deep gashes on his face and hands.

the damage to the tends and nerves on his hands. he could be released though from the hospital sometime next week, we underst and happening today, lawyers for both sides return to court again ahead of the jesse matthew murder trial. matthew will be tried for the murder of uv v student hannah graham. on wednesday, graham's parents saw matthew in person for the first time when he appeared in court. the trial has been delayed. a new date will be set on may 5th. d.c. police are looking for two men who robbed d.c.'s only head shop at gunpoint. this happened at the island head shop on 8th street northeast yesterday afternoon. the shop sells mostly smoking pipes. police say the suspects got away with cash and no one hurt. the robbery was caught by the store's surveillance camera and we're working to get that video for you to see. just a little while ago howard university inaugurated its 17th president. dr. wayne frederic selected in

july. today's event coincides with the school's annual charter day commemoration. the charter president andrew johnson back in 1867. remember that great dress debate? the dress that no one knew the color of? well coming up a look at how a group is now using that image to fight domestic violence. plus the move by lawmakers in maryland that could have you moving a little faster on state highways. we'll be right back. stay

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. at live desk a fire in wharton, texas, near houston. some dark thick -- there we go. see the smoke coming out now. the smoke seen at least ten mime ace way and you can see the bright orange flames shooting up into the air as well. these are discharge tanks for oil drilling. it's happening in a remote area. doesn't appear there are any other structures in danger and looks like firefighters haven't arrived yet. we'll watch and let you now how things turn out. barbara barbara, back to you. >> thanks. and clearing another hurdle. the house of delegates voted to approve raising speed limit from 65 to 70 miles an hour. the senate aproved a similar bill last month. the same bill will need passed before sending it to the governor. costco will stop selling chickens and cattle raised with antibiotics used to fight human

infections. stop using the same type of chickens. health experts say feeding humans animal antibiotics could create superbugs putting people at risk. the salvation army is using a dress that went viral to send a strong message about domestic violence. remember the color-confusing dress we were all looking at last week and couldn't decide whether it was blue and black or white and gold? the salvation army in south africa release add new campaign showing a woman wearing that dress that reads why is it so hard to see black and blue? one in six women are victims of abuse. the campaign comes ahead of international women's day this sunday march 8th. and we hope that you will join us tomorrow morning for a very special show that we've put together in honor of women's history month. the women anchors here at news 4 have put tributes together for our mothers. some of us are lucky enough to still have our mothers with us as i am. in my segment, i tell you about the things i feel i learned from

my mother although like most of us i didn't appreciate the things she was teaching and telling me when i was growing up. not until later these lessons we learn from them really show us mouch how much their guidance informed who we have become. doreen wendsy pat, eun, angie, all have wonderful funny and touching beautiful stories about the things they learned from the women who raised them. it's our way of celebrating women's history month with a little of the history of the women who influenced us the most. join us all tomorrow morning at 10:00 a.m. here on nbc 4. are you thinking of taking a spring vacation? five top destinations from a top travel expert, plus we're going to check on delays and cancellations in local airports after yesterday's winter storm. >> she said i was really nice. ooh. and -- then she used that as an inspiration. it's that circle of life of kindness. >> when you know what? you're going to like this. a little surprise for you.

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things are starting to get back to normal at our local airports. more than 700 flights, though cancelled nationwide right now. 44 of those cancellations are at reagan national. dulles has nine. bwi marshall only four

cancellations at this time. all of the snow snarled air travel yesterday. at least 150 flights scheduled to leave bwi marshall and 130 set to arrive there were cancelled. that was yesterday. our weather has dreaming of taking a vacation and now the question is, where do we go? here are the top picks for 2015 and we have pauline, a travel expert with us. >> the fromer guide. >> i know the books. everybody garagegarages them. >> family business. >> what should people do out there, a lot of probably watching monitors and television. advice what to do if stranded? >> be perp assistant. get on the airport line to talk to a human being but also on your phone. if they tell you you can't get out two days call back in 20 minutes, in an hour. the situation is very fluid. people cancel people are getting on flights.

be persistent. >> and don't have to really do anything? don't have to buy meals get you a place to stay because they call it an act of god. >> act of god means you are on your own. unfortunately. >> be persistent if you're watching now. so let's start with your -- belize. number one. i looked at pictures and this is where we all would like to go right now. so beautiful. >> extraordinary place. on fromers.com we list the top 15. my personal favorite belize. like what costa rica used to be like. very few crowds. pristine jungles, incredible water sports but unlike costa rica it has extraordinary culture sites. you'll be climbing mayan pyramids swimming into ancient caves where priceless artifacts are calcified to the floor. should be in a museum but can't be moved. >> speaking of price, expensive, especially this time of year? >> oh no no no no.

very inexpensive. good priced airfare there's. there are low-cost guest houses and b & bs in belize. it really is a very value-oriented vacation. >> look into that. you also mention asheville, north carolina. a little closer to home. >> a great place. the austin of the east. so groovy. it has dozens of galleries. they've really revitalized the downtown waterfront district. thanks to the artists who live there. great food. just a really fun, funky place to visit. >> is that a place to go this time of year? >> probably in a couple of months. i think it's been cold there, like it has been everywhere else. >> through the summer and fall i suspect. >> glorious in the fall. >> belgium a lot of people don't think of that. they think of france and many other european countries. belgium? >> the dollar is wallops's euro. all of europe. >> as of today especially. >> what was it today? $1.10? >> maybe better. check it out.

>> great value in europe and belgium is having important ancestries. it's the 200th anniversary of the battle of waterloo. it's the 100 anniversary of the bloodiest battles of world war i. so for history nuts this is catnip. the city of manns in belgium is also the european city of culture, which means all of europe will bedescend on it. a great place. >> two more. argentina? >> the peso is dying against the dollar. so you can go there and have steak dinners for $3. see tango shows, visit the glaciers of patagonia, winery regions. a great value destination. >> and south dakota? didn't know that. the big president's mount rushmore. >> absolutely. >> beautiful. >> but also you have the buffalo roundup and it's the 50th anniversary of that incredible event where they round up buffalo. it's the biggest such roundup in the 50 states.

and for motorcycle enthusiasts it's the 75th anniversary of the sturgis motorcycle rally which means 1 million people, that's more than the population of south dakota are coming to south dakota this year. >> well five great ideas. very dwesiverse ideas. thank you for that. i remind people at the travel and adventure show this weekend at the washington convention center. and when can people see you there? >> i will be speaking there on saturday at 11:00 a.m. and it's going to be a star-packed show. is asamantha brown from the travel channel, a lot of fun. >> welcome to washington. hope you enjoy the snow we're having we'll see you again, i'm sure. our favorite wednesdays are the ones when we get to update you on one of our featured wednesday's children who found a permanent, loving home. this is friday and we want you to see him on this day. his name is marvin. >> reporter: that's marvin in the middle. at 14 now shgz he's the tallest

of the three posing with his new parents on vacation at the grand ole opry in nashville. we first met marvin back in june of 2013 when we visited the red door spa. he was only 12 and even then quite tall for his age. at the time he was interested in the art and science of makeup design. he got a lesson from a red door expert. and he told us that day how much he hoped to find an adoptive family. >> i've been in foster care often and on for -- um -- i don't know how many years. >> reporter: while marvin was waiting for a fa two people not far away who had already had the experience of foster parenting were considering adopting. >> we'd kind of talked about it a little too. we both grew up in ex-tethdsed families. both had brothers and sisters and wanted children of our own some day. >> took all the foster classes and got on the list and you wait for a phone call.

>> reporter: then learned about marvin. >> i felt right away it clicked. >> yeah. that's how it happens. isn't it? >> yeah. >> it's just amazing. isn't it? like to was maybe always meant 20 be? >> yeah. >> reporter: they hadn't considered adopting a teenager when their new son arrived he was already towering over his new parents, but only in height. >> he's a kid, and that was a big piece of 2. when we first met him he had to be the adult, because you of everything that had gone on in his life. to finally -- he'll say something, do something and we have to stop one, because, he's 6'4". you picture he looks a lot older. right. he's 14. >> reporter: marvin feels really at home here. >> i just wanted someone who i know wasn't going to leave, and they'd stay there, and they'd help me through everythin i have that with them. >> reporter: they are asking for a brother or sister to join the family. and they're thinking about it. and what would marvin say to other kids still waiting?

in the foster care system? >> i used to hate this quote and whenever sbhob say that don't say that to me is don't givef the tunnel. i would probably say, don't give up. because i used to think i would never find a home, and i have. >> what a happy ending. wonderful story about marvin. if you have room in your home and your heart for another child who's waiting, please call our special adoption hot line. for more on marvin and his family you can check out our website nbcwashington.com. tomorrow's nbc 4 allstate community shillady been cancelled because of the snow we've had. we'll share the new date on our website and facebook page when it is reschedulinged and hope you'll plan to join us for that. our time 11:52. coming up a cop's funny take on matthew mcconaughey's

lincoln ad. plus the weekend warm-up. amelia is back with how high the temperatures are expected to rise. some good news about the

okay. we've had pets we've had kids. we've had creative hats galore. this time around our snow stick challenge getting back to basics. just snowmen. the best snowman maker gets his

or her very own pat collins snow stick. if we're lucky this is the last snow stick challenge of this year. we'll announce the winner tonight on news 4. be sure to tune in for 4:00 5:00 and 6:00. not sure which show they'll announce it on but amazing snowmen entries for this. did you make one? >> i do not make a snowman yesterday. went out, tried to pack the snow together. it wasn't easy for me to pack it together yet. >> we thought it would be wet snow. it was light and fluffy? >> dry outside the station. set up a pat collins snow tick. got about 6 1/2 inches. this afternoon, temperature, cold. upper 20s, low 30s. 30 the high in cog. wake up in the teens. near record cold tomorrow. after that a warm-up. high tomorrow 42. lots of melting, mostly sunny skies. melting continues sunday, but

more clouds. monday low 50s. mid-50s tuesday. upper 50s on wednesday. that sounds so nice. spring is in about 14 days. next thursday cooler. still around 50. no snow in the forecast. >> that's good news. >> great news. >> thank you. the matthew mcconaughey lincoln commercial has already been spoofed by "snl" and ellen degeneres. now a texas police department is getting in on the fun. take a look. >> you don't get into police work as it makes sense. you do it because you -- thought it really looked cool on tv. or because med school was just out of the question. >> cedar hills police chief larry wise filmed this spof for an awards banquet. he wanted to prove a point, sometimes police officers are just like the rest of us and have a sense of humor. i know a lot of them who have a sense of huger. maybe not on the job but after work. that's "news4 midday" for

today. thank you for being with us and invite you to tune in for news at 4:00 5:00 6:00 and tonight at 11:00. form at 10:00, our women's history month special with all of the women anchors telling the stories of the women who made the most -- who gave them the most through history in their lives. see you at 11:00 a.m. monday. have a great weekend. enjoy the snow while it's out there.

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