we're live with an urgent warning about lottery fever and developing right now, new details on the secret meeting between sean penn and one of the most wanted men in the world. we're tracking a major temperature change happening right now. over last few hours we've seen temperatures drop 15 degrees in some spots. how cold will it feel tonight? and tomorrow when folks are heading back to work, amelia

joins us with that answer. >> that's just it, not only am i tracking dramatic temperatures but windy conditions. that will add an additional chill because of weather change happening right now. this will be the biggest weather change all week. storm 4 weather alert into early tomorrow morning. 39 degrees in cumberland and 55 degrees in washington. cold air continues to filter in from the north and west during the evening hours. a wind advisory in effect for counties here in beige, until 11:00 p.m. tonight. gusts there up to 50 miles an hour, maybe minor damage. this is what it's going to feel like this evening, feeling about 35 degrees at 8:00 and by 11:00 p.m., feeling about 30 degrees. what to wear tomorrow? the warm coat, the gloves and sunglasses as well. coming up in ten minutes, how cold with will feel as you head back to work and school in the morning. >> we've got breaking news on roads.

we want to show you this backup on the beltway. this is on outer loop in montgomery county, an absolute mess near river road. aim four-car accident. the fire department is there right now. it's not clear if anybody is injured but it's creating white the traffic jam heading into virginia. we'll bring you more on this as we get it. $1.3 billion now up for grabs in the next powerball drawing. nobody matched all six numbers during last night's drawing so the jacket e jackpot and powerball frenzy continues to grow. >> for gamblers the excitement can cause pretty big problems. darcy spencer is live with tools how to handle lottery fever. >> reporter: we're live here at the mini market, you fill out the card and put down two bucks per game and you are in the dream potentially. let's take a look here.

there isn't anyone at this very moment buying any tickets here at the market but they are expecting to get busy. the national council for problem gambling is not against folks playing lottery but say it should be for entertainment and saying it's a good time to remind people to be aware that millions of americans have a gambling addiction. and all of the talk of winning the big jackpot and buying new cars and homes and exotic vacations that can be hard for some people struggling with addiction. >> that's right. we call this the hidden addiction. you can't see it on someone's face and can't smell it on their breath. the people in your office that you're asking to play into the powerball pool, maybe someone who silently struggling with a gambling problem. we encourage people to have a sensitivity when you're asking other people to gamble or talking about gambling. there's -- again, 6 million americans and numerous other loved ones who have been affected by this. >> it's certainly a serious situation for people who have

the problem but again, there's nothing wrong with it if you're playing for fun and there's always that dream you're going to be the next billionaire come wednesday night. >> thank you so much. we've got new details about that secret meeting in the mexican jungle between sean penn and mexican drug lord el chapo, "rolling stone" posted the interview. along with the famous mexican address, penn says guzman boasted he supplies more heroin and marijuana than anybody else in the world. mexican authorities captured guzman on friday. nbc news reached out to penn but he was unavailable for comment. a man shot friday night in the district has died. roger hagens from ft. washington passed away today. this makes d.c.'s second homicide of the year. he was shot in southeast but little else is known about the suspect or a motive in this

case. marijuana state troopers shot and killed a woman in her home this morning. they say she was pointing a weapon at them. this happened in rising sun in cecil county right on pennsylvania border. police say the woman called 911 around 2:00 a.m. to report an intruder. when troopers arrived, they heard screaming inside the home. they forced their way in and found the woman sitting in a chair. that's when police say they saw her raise what appeared to be a real gun. officers then shot and killed her. when police interviewed the woman's 15-year-old son he said before the shooting she told him where to find her personal information. troopers say there's evidence that the family was having financial difficulties. the gun turned out to be an air soft pistol. just about three weeks to the iowa caucuses and it's a tight primary race for gop and democratic presidential candidates. and as nbc's jennifer johnson shows us, a new poll shows it

could still be anybody's race to win. >> i hope i earn your caucus vote. >> democrats hillary clinton and bernie sanders are locked in tight races in both iowa and new hampshire. according to a new nbc news wall street journal maris poll. in iowa clinton leads sanders 48-45% and new hampshire, the vermont senator is ahead 50 to 46% and clinton is still attacking sander s for voting ad giving legal protection to gun manufacturers. >> senator sanders voted with them and through this morning unwilling to join the president and me in saying that this should be reappealed. sanders says now he's willing to take another look. >> when gun manufacturers, for example, are selling guns in an area and know that those guns are going into the hands of criminals, absolutely those gun manufacturers should be held accountable. >> clinton is dismissing donald trump's latest family attacks.

trump released pictures of bill clinton and monica lewinsky but still going after the couple. >> she's married to an abuser, a woman claimed rape and all sorts of things, horrible things. >> in the new poll, ted cruz leads trump by 4 points in iowa. but trump is way ahead of the rest of the pack in new hampshire. jennifer johnson, nbc news, washington. we've got a live look at reagan national airport right now. a new report reveals surprising information about how well the government is training the pilot for your flight. a local man said he was fired from his church for being a from his church for being a marrie

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nbc 4 health and fit nis expo just wrapped up at the convention center. we want to thank all of you for coming out. lots took advantage of the free medical screenings and fitness workouts and healthy tips we had. today olympic athletes answered questions during a panel and shared stories of overcoming huge obstacles when michelle broke her spine after falling out of a five story window. doctors told her she would never walk again. she overcame the odds and in september, she's heading to the pair alimb pick games for swimming. >> i just decided that impossible means nothing. if i put enough hard work and use the support of the people around me to build up my team and support me, i knew i could achieve anything.

i'm still focused on that path every single day. >> congratulations to her. thgs the 23rd year for the nbc 4 health and fitness xpexpo. we're not only tracking a turn in the temperature but gusty winds as well. amelia is up next with how the winds will drive down the temperatures for your workweek. >> told he had discovered i was gay and married and he asked if i would resign. >> a man says the church he loved fired him for being gay and marr welcome. how you doin'? good how are you? so today you're gonna choose a mobile office. you can choose this chevy silverado which offers built in 4g lte wi-fi. or you can choose this ford f-150, which doesn't offer wi-fi. but to make up for it, we added a trailer, a satellite antenna, and dolores. hey fellas! (group laughter) what? so, which one do you want? i pick the chevy. definitely. or, get this dependable silverado all star edition with a total value of seven thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. find new roads at your local chevy dealer.

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a major show of strength from the u.s. military today. the u.s. deployed a b-52 bomber on a low level flight over south korea. the flexing of muscle comes in response to north korea's nuclear test last week. joined by two fighter planes. kim jong-un claimed he tested a hydrogen bomb as self-defense against a potential u.s. threat. the international community condemned the nuclear test but u.s. officials don't believe north korea really tested an h bomb. a show of support today for a catholic church fired for being in a same-sex marriage. they held a silent protest outside the mass at the montgomery county church. derrick ward explains why the

church made the decision to terminate the worker. >> reporter: maria higgins was moved emotionally during mass at mouth seton mass today. >> the music and readings all said everyone is welcome but we sat and it made me cry. >> reporter: her tears were for her son jeffrey and his husband, fired from his position of church canter and got the word from the pastor back in november. >> i was called to the office here and told that he had discovered that i was gay and married and he asked if i would resign. i said that i wouldn't resign, good at my job and didn't see a reason to resign. he terminated me. >> i met people from the choir, met the pastor. never thought it would happen. >> they gathered with about a dozen family members and supported for a silent protest outside morning mass seeking to second a message. >> came down here to support my son. what happened to him was wrong and i'm really proud of him for standing up for what he thinks is right. >> reporter: there were waves a

few car horns. higgins has appealed the paster's decision to the archdiocese to no avail. the archdiocese of washington has released a statement in support of the pastor's decision and says in part, if someone chooses to live publicly in a manner incompatible with church teaching their work becomes untenable, end quote. a spokesperson suggests that he was fired not because he is gay but because of the church's nonrecognition of same-sex marriage. the position also reiterated in a blog from cardinal donald whorl. the small ban of protesters wasn't deterred and hope to exercise some influence on practice and hundreds of years of roman catholic teaching and tradition. >> derrick ward, news 4. the cardinal said if one persists or effectively insists they are right and the church is wrong, continued ministerial service is not possible.

we have the cardinal's entire blog and church's full statement on our nbc washington app just search catholic church. uncle sam can do a much better job making sure airline pilots keep their flying skills sharp and full training how to monitor the ought mated control systems. that's the word from the internal watch dog. most airlines flying today is done through automated systems. they use manual flying skills primarily during takeoffs and landings. one of the biggest nights in hollywood. ricky gervais is hosting the 33rd annual golden globe awards and he will not avoid sensitive topics. for a list of nominees and how to play golden globes bingo, with your friends just open our app. our coverage starts tonight at 7:00. >> meanwhile, here we've got a weather alert happening.

i think amelia said it best, coming to work in a t shifrt, leaving in a coat and scarf. >> january moving into the area and for once it's going to stick around. it will feel like january this entire workweek. locate the gloves and scarf and warmer coat. we'll see temperatures warm back up a little bit next weekend. here are your weather headlines. just a head's up, we're going from a high today of 62 to feeling like temperatures are in the teens tomorrow morning. the cold air is moving in right now. this is going to be the biggest change in the weather this entire week. blustery and cold for the upcoming week. we're tracking breezy to windy conditions, not only tonight but monday, tuesday and wednesday as well. late tuesday, here you see light rain and snow showers potentially in the forecast. but little or no snow accumulation. tomorrow the weather having a low to moderate impact on your

day. it's cold and blustery, but we will have full sunshine from start to finish. right now we're at a temperature of 55 with winds out of the northwest at 20 miles an hour and gusts around 30 miles an hour. this is what it's going to feel like tomorrow morning, 6:00 a.m. make sure you dress the kids appropriately for the bus stop. frederick feeling 19 in washington at that time ab throughout the day we'll continue to deal with temperatures feeling cooler than your current thermometer is reading because of the wind. 7:00 a.m., breezy, 32 degrees. 11:00 a.m., mid-30s but it feels like temperatures are in the 20s. 41 degrees at 3:00. that's going to be the high temperature for the day. the suburbs only warm to the upper 30s for highs and 7:00 p.m., a temperature around 35 degrees. just simply cold outside. your weather outlook for this week, every morning at the bus stop it's going to be feeling chilly, bundle up and bring out winter gear, definitely have the gloves if you like to do the

bike ride or jog during the early morning hours. however, this is a pretty good week to get the car washed. overall dry weather for days and light rain and snow showers later in the day on tuesday, pretty meager. let me show you this here. 3:00 p.m., notice a mix in parts of western maryland. 6:00 the evening commute there's the chance of rain and snow showers moving through the district. and because of that, the timing, that's what could have an impact on the area again, little or no snow will be sticking to the ground. then i want to go to future weather at 6:00 p.m. how cold it's going to feel wednesday morning. colder than tomorrow morning. feeling like single digits and teens across the area. tuesday, high temperature of 44. high on wednesday only around freezing. but we do have full sun. 50 own friday and chance of rain next saturday as well as sunday with high temperatures in the mid-40s. >> thanks amelia. bundle up, everybody.

coming up, alex ovechkin with a

final game of the nfl weekend going on right now at fedex field. redskins versus packers, so far the home team haven't fared too well. no home team has won a game this weekend. winner of this contest travels to arizona to face the kartd nalz, still early but the skins looking good so far. the burgundy and gold on top, 5-0. the first quascore by presten smith. his sixth sack in the last four games, playing well this year. after that jackson scoring 14 yard touchdown pass and goal didn't cross the goal line. we stand 5-0 redskins, carol maloney is at fedex field and will have live reports after game on news 4 at 11:00 and

tonight and redskins final. be sure to tune in. elsewhere, seahawks and vikings, minus 6 in minneapolis, third coldest playoff game in nfl history. disaster here for seattle but russell wilson making the best of a bad situation, how about that, tyler, that is a 35 yard pickup. huge play by the seahawks offense because a few plays later they do this. wilson to boldin for the touchdown, 9-7 game after peterson fumbles, seattle finds themself on top. minnesota driving down the field, that's a 24-yard pickup and vikings are in business. game on the line, game winning field goal, blair walsh misses it and he was 3 for 3 in this game the chip shot, 37 yards, can't get that to go.

seattle escapes with a victory, 10-9, they head to play the panthers next sunday. switching gears to hockey, is tonight the night for alevel ovechkin. one goal from netting 500 goals for his career. if and when that happens, the first russian born player to get to 500. he's been on a tear lately scoring seven goals in the last seven games. ovechkin with a chance to add another chapter to his storied kreefr with the capitals. he surpassed fedorov by most goals and now has a chance to match goal 500 in front of the home crowd tonight. they expect the superstar to step up on the big stage. >> he loves the big moments and loves to score goals and be a part of it. it doesn't matter if he score it or someone else, he's equally as happy and that's a great quality to have.

>> it's moments like this, he just showed up and then can't really do anything about it, i guess. amazing. >> if i score, i score. if not, still game left. i'm still going to score one goal sooner or later. >> iowa playing host to eighting ranked maryland. first quarter, from the corner, buries the three-pointer, 11 points, terps are up 8. maryland coming away with the steal here. taking it all the way. game high of 19. maryland starting to pull away at this point. third quarter they are up 10. brianna jones and going to make a nice move and 15 points and 11 rebounds for jones, maryland, they beat iowa by a final score of 76-56. big, big day at fedex field. >> huge day.

we like that. >> rally towel. wonder where that went? >> want to wish them the best of luck. highlights tonight after the golden globes but within last check of the weather because it's getting blustery out there. >> huge temperature drop right now. waking up tomorrow morning it will feel like temperatures are in the teens. it's windy tonight and breezy tomorrow and of course i'll have updates to the forecast after the golden globes tonight. >> bundle up, everybody, again, golden globes coming up at "nightly news" and we'll see you after that.

test. test. test. test. test. test. test. test. test. test. on thiss sunday night, hollywood drama. the sensational turn in the case of a notorious drug lord, el chapo's secret meeting with actor sean penn. how this may have helped authorities capture him. billionaire dreams. with no winner again. the jackpot for the powerball soars with more than $1 billion at stake. is there any way of increasing your odds? to catch a thief, the images that helped authorities capture the woman suspected in a string of jewelry store robberies in five states. show of force, the tough u.s. warning to nor north korea delivered by air with a relic of the cold war. golden moment, a big night for hollywood and television. we are there with al