breaking news off the top tonight. nbc news confirmed spooem court justice antonin scalia has died found debt on a ranch in western texas. president ronald reagan appointed scalia over the year became an outspoken conservative on the court. chief justice john roberts calmed him an extraordinary individual and said his passing is a great loss to the court and the country. scalia was 79 years old. much more on what his death means for the court a little later. our other big story this evening, the bitter blast. you can expect one more day of the bone-chilling weather and then our focus turns to a winter

storm. amelia, what are the weather alerts looking like this evening? >> everybody is under a windchill advisory running until 9:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. dangerous air dress in layers if you go outside. keep in mind your pets and elderly neighbors. windchill advisory. how it will feel tomorrow at 6:00 a.m. feeling three below in the and five below in frederick. coldest air aun season. tomorrow night into monday morning, areas in blue ender a winter storm watch including montgomery, fairfax, prince william, and frederick counties. what you expect, every seeing snow moving in very late tomorrow night around midnight or later. snow with us president's day morning on into the mid-day hours change to a wintry mix during the afternoon hours including potentially a period of freezing rain. the biggest concern for freezing rain will be if you're under that winter sto

possible, erica, more on this system coming up in my full forecast. >> thank you, amelia. bitterly cold this weekend and nbc 4 is working for you to help the homeless in our community. we've compiled a number of resources in the nbc washington app including numbers to call to get help for somebody that you may see outside. just open the app and search homelessness. the next day is never promised. make the most of the time you have. powerful words today as a mother and her 2-year-old daughter were laid to rest in prince george's county. the two were shot to death. the child's father confessed to that crime. news 4 spoke as they were saying good-bye. >> reporter: inside the arc of safety christian church in upper marlboro, a mother and child shared the same coffin, together in an eternal embrace, together as in life as they were on that cold february morning a week ago last tuesday when they fell victim to

world of evil. >> reporter: this woman and her daughter shot to doeteath. the father admitted to shooting his own child and the mother of that child. police say there was a dispute over child support payments that turned deadly as she was leaving for work. sent on a search to try and understand. >> we u.s. in tnderstand we may be angry but celebrate the lives and move forward. >> reporter: just beginning forward momentum, he graduated from buoy state and a second great teacher add bradbury rights in upper marlboro. a spirited 2-year-old fond of hide-and-seek and yet to realize her own potential. >> the next day is never promised, the next minute or second, but the thing is, when our time is to go we are ready. >> reporter: no one was ready for what haed

morning but friends and loved ones find consolation knowing that they are together, as inseparable as eternity as in life. state senator anthony muse was at that funeral and will sponsor a bill named after the two victims creating a fund with more than $4 million to pay for early intervention in domestic violence situations. muse is the husband of news 4 anchor pat lawson muse. we've got breaking news out of prince george's county now. detectives working a homicide on armstrong lane in upper marlboro. somebody called police to do a welfare check around 3:40 this afternoon and found a man dead. he'd been shot. police have not identified him or the circumstances surrounding his murder. you can say with news 4. we're working to get more information on this case. two bank robberies within minutes of each other in montgomery county and police want to know if

responsible for both. the first happened at 9:20 this morning at this pnc bank on old georgetown road in bethesda and 25 minutes later a man robbed the m & t bank on montgomery avenue in kensington. nobody injured. all right. to the race for the white house now and the final republican debate before the south carolina primary. gop hopefuls square off in greenville tonight, officials took part in a walk-through and adding finishing touches to the stage. according to the latest poll, donald trump is leading the race with senators ted cruz and marco rubio? a battle for second. john kasich, jeb bush and ben carson round out the field. civil rights leader john lewis softening his comments about vermont senator brernie sanders. this week he dismissed his work in the civil rights movement claiming he never saw or worked with him. he's clarifying his remarks in the interest of unity. lewis sae

disparage him and does not doubt his involvement in the movement. flames break out ot a montgomery county home. find out what caused that fire. and a conservative icon on the highest court in the land. we are taking a close are look at the legacy of supreme court juste antonin scalia.ic

gaithersburg. the fire broke out just before

lane. take a look. the charred dishwasher taken out of the house. everybody got out okay. the montgomery county fire officials say one fire had a minor injury. it is expected to cost about $100,000 to repair damages in this case. in a bethesda celebrating female athletes, part of national girls and women in sports in the state. an event at the mall connects girls with recreational and competitive sports programming in montgomery county. something is fishy at the baltimore-washington international thurgood marshall around and a lot of you talking on our washington fatebook page. customs and border protection officials found bones in luggage. the passenger flew into the airport from iceland last weekend and said that the bones were from a whale. he was later released. if the bones are not from an endangered species, the passenger will get them back. we want to show you these forecasted windchills. a

it's going to feel well below zero tomorrow morning. amelia is next with the latest timing when snow moves in, and when we will catch a break from these temperatures. and much more on the life and career of supreme court justice antoni n

i lead the 11 o'clock news with stories of gun violence. and like many of you, my family lived through the beltway sniper crisis. in congress, i'll fight to expand background checks on guns and ammunition, ban assault weapons, and mandate gun safety locks, because too many kids die from accidental shootings. let's show the nra we're not afraid of them; as democrats, as americans, as parents. i'm kathleen matthews and i approve this message.

we go back to that breaking news from the top of the

newscast. supreme court justice antonin scalia found dead in texas, his death because of natural causes. pete williams has more on his life and impact on the court. >> do you solemnly swear. >> i -- >> reporter: the nation's first italian-american justice put on the supreme court in 1986 by ronald reagan. though he later became a lightning rod for criticism, he was confirmed nan muesli, 98-0, after telling senators he had no plans to reshape the law. >> i am not going on to the court with a list of things that i want to do. my only agenda, did a good job. >> reporter: once there an author of fiery dissents and steadfast in affirmative action and abortion rights. the landmark case of roe v. wade, wrongly decided. >> abortion homosexual -- nobody ever thought that they had been

included in the rights contained in the bill of rights. >> reporter: scalia said judges should be bound by the laws interpreted not the ideas behind them. >> we're not governed by the drafter's intent but by laws. what the law is is not what the drafter intended but what the drafter enacted. >> reporter: generally unsympathetic to criminal suspects he led the court in expanding the rights of defendants to confront their accusers in court and limiting a judge the power in sentencing unless proved during a trial, and he wrote the ruling that said the second amendment guarantees an individual's right to own a firearm. of course, most important gun case ever. scalia was an advocate for conservative causes off the bench, too, helping establish the federalist society, incurring aappointment of more right-leaning judges. he met his future wife maureen on a blind date when both were in college. they had nine children. five

two later became lawyers following their father in a profession he clearly relished. >> i like thinking about the law and i like figuring out the right answer to legal problems. and -- it's sort of a top of the heap for a lawyer who has those interests. >> reporter: and in the process became one of the most influential justices in the court's history. pete williams, nbc news, at the supreme court. people at the gaylord hotel and national harbor had to stand out in the cold after smoke fill add stairwell. prince george's county firefighters say the smoke came from a mechanic's room but never any fire any other the hotel. hosting a convention, a version of comic-con. a few treated for unrelated illnesses. the dangerous weather coverage continues. darcy is live. >> reporter: take it from me, erika, it is bitterly cold out

you don't have to go outside. trust me on that. we're live outside of rockville town center. the ice skating rink. right now it's quiet, because they're out there smoothing out the rink, but trust me. about an hour ago, there were more than a dozen people out ice skating in this bitterly cold weather. we want to show video of real troopers out there today doing an undy run in washington. a big crowd for that. you might think maybe people wouldn't come out this year? but they certainly did and for a good cause. for kids with tumors. also a lot of people out doing their thing, getting in their regular exercise, despite the cold, but i can tell you, even here in rockville, there's not ate of people outside. there are people inside the restaurants, but we see very few people out walking around. i spoke to a doctor earlier today. he's saying, if you need to go out, limit it to 10, 15, 20 minutes at the most. make sure you have on your hat. your gloves, and dress in layers and prepared. the st

can. reporting live from rockville, darcy spencer, news 4. >> thank you, darcy. get yourself well-deserved hot chocolate or coffee. i guess i have to forgo that outdoor run. rats. >> a shock. >> i know. >> so not only staying indoors tomorrow because of the cold air, but president's day, another reason to stay indoors tracking snow transitioning to a wintry mix. the latest weather headlines. dangerously cold air with us tomorrow morning when it were be the coldest out of the cold snap we're dealing with, when windchill temperatures and regular air temperaturens on their own will be the worst. snow moves in very late tomorrow night, around midnight or later. it continues to snow, president's day morning, on into the lunchtime hours. that changes to wintry mix during the afternoon eechkd hours and tuesday mainly talking about rain. especially during the first half of the day. current windchills now. feeling a whopping 4 degrees in washington. 1 below in gaithersburg and 2 degrees in manassas. the good news, windy today.

we'll have lighter winds, but because of the cold, the weather still having a moderate impact on your day. clouds slowly increase throughout the day tomorrow. here's your hourly planner. 7:00 a.m., feeling anywhere from 5 below to 5 above. factor in even a light wind. mostly sunny skies, temperature around 12. lunchtime hour, low 20s. you can see clouds increasing. by 4:00, high temperature of 24 degrees, feeling more like teens at that point with winds at about five to ten miles an hour. by 7:00 p.m., still dry, but mostly cloudy, and a temperature around 20. avoiding travel probably a good idea for your president's day. my road forecast. monday morning on into the midday hours dealing with snow-covered roads transitioning into the afternoon and evening hours. the concern not only for snow-covered roads but potent l potentially ice as well especially for areas west of i-95. montgomery, fairfax, frederick,

counties and with ice in the forecast, talking power outages. more on that in a second. tuesday morning plainly all rain. at that point the weather has a moderate impact on area roads. by tuesday, around lunchtime, the weather's having a low impact on your day. future weather, here we are just after midnight tomorrow. you can see snow pushing into the area. as we continue through the morning and midday hours tracking areas of snow. notice the pink here, that mix. we start to see that mix move into washington during the afternoon and evening hours. now, the exact timing of how long we're dealing with a mix and how quickly that transitioning to rain, still a big question mark here. this entire system still evolving. updates throughout the evening on facebook and twitter as well at tonight on news 4 at 11:00. future weather want to bring us all rain by 10:00 p.m. i think we could see some freezing rain hold on a little bit longer. but here's 9:00 a.m. tuesday. good news there, just all rain. just wet roads. my snowfall forecast. areas in light blue including the district one to two inches. two to fouro

posting that on facebook and twitter. the ice forecast. i think ice is going to be the bigger concern for those of you under that winter storm watch where you could see up to a quarter inch. coating potentially here in the district and southern maryland. tuesday, high of 50 degrees. maybe late-day sunshine as that rain during the morning hours comes to an end. maybe light rain around wednesday morning, erika, but you can see after tomorrow, monday and the tuesday, pretty quiet weather in the forecast. >> all right. thank you, amelia. looking forward to that. next in sports, it's been 21 years since virginia won a basketball game and could t

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well, the college basketball season is winding down, and the georgetown hoyas need add win today and had to do it shorthanded in the true sense of the word. their tallest player, brad hayes, broke his hand in practice on friday. the timing, couldn't be worse. the hoyas played ranked opponents in three of their final six games including today against providence. just two weeks ago, georgetow

lesson clearly not learned. the fryars are the team that came out on a mission. that's rodney bullock, taking flight. providence led by as much as 26 in the first half. the son of former hoya great alon alonzo morning, there he is. in hayes absence, ten off the bench only make in the game. a big one. providence up just one. just over a minute left. another big shot. this time around, it's morning. hoyas still in striking distance. georgetown down three with time running out. smith for the win. no. it's bullock with the block. comeback, ball short. the hoyas lose again 75-72. seventh ranked virginia hasn't won at duke in 21 years. this is how you change that. cavali

cleaning up the mess. eight off the bench in the first half for the senior. duke. brandon england. also, attacking the rim. up three at the break currently. they are ahead 61-58 in the second half. ? >> -- j.a. action. william and mayor, ty, jumper working. more in the second half. you see the defense and then he makes the single roll look easy. the sophomore on fire. finishing with a game high 34 points. winning it 99-82. sticking with the georges, mason down to the wire with davison, five seconds left. one-point game. missing, but then the perseverance pace off with -- that buzzer-beater is no one else -- that's george mason surviving with a

davidson. the terps don't lose often at home. actually, been almost two years since a team has beaten maryland in college park. the badgers roll into the xfinity center this evening looking to snap the terps remarkable 28-game home winning streak. >> definitely more comfortable. used to the environment. used to the, the gold, the floor. everything. so -- just more comfortable. >> got to come out here, be focused. use this environment to our advantage and just follow the game plan that coaches are going to give to us. >> it's always good to be home. a saturday evening game. you know, should be a great environment. >> all indications are that john wahl will play in this third straight all-star game. here he is this afternoon practicing with the east team. remember the other night, bruised his knee against the milwaukee bucks and status to play this weekend up in the air.

paying off. >> i feel good. ip was able to dunk today. i feel good. but i'm very excited. try to go. 1-1 in all-star games. trying to go for another win. an opportunity to play in toronto with amazing teams. >> and friday night, two highest scoring teams in the nhl. cats and stars meet in dallas. leading assist man set to play tonight. stick to the pace in thursday's game in minnesota. the young russian passed a concussion protocol and will play toint nap should help the league's second best offense. puck drops at 8:00 on csn. the redskins are opening a restaurant in ashburn in the spring, ready to go well before training camp so loyal fanless have to place to go. the big question is erika, will you be wearing the burgundy and gold at the new establishment? >> well, we'll see how

food is. >> that matters, yes. >> it matters! it matters. chris, good to see you. thank you very much. we want to get one final check of the weather because it's going to be brutally cold the next couple of days, and then we've got to worry about snow. >> yes, exactly. so tomorrow, temperatures during the morning hours will feel like, erika, anywhere from 5 below to 5 above. tomorrow's a storm team 4 weather alert day, monday and tuesday, tracking a winter storm system. biggest impact on mondayance president's day. >> thank you. that's the news for now. "nightly news" is coming up next and we'll see you again for news

on this saturday night, breaking news. antonin scalia, the longest serving justice on the u.s. supreme court is dead. he was the court's most influential conservative. tonight, we look back at his life and his legacy. deadly weather. dozens of vehicles crash in a massive pileup in pennsylvania. a large part of the country endures extreme life-threatening cold. the showdown. tonight, republicans debate. a make or break moment for some of the six remaining candidates. will rub io rebound. the pop pue pushing on the pressur to step up the fight against corruption and violence. gasoline delivered