right now more than 40 million people under a winter weather watch or warnings. schools are closed in new york and boston and philadelphia. many places measuring 6 inches or month. >> we're looking he at the cold and windy day. temperatures continuing to drop through the afternoon and the wind will make it feel colder. how cold it's about to get coming up. metro taking steps to ensure your safety, the changes metro transit police are making to protect riders. good morning, i'm pat law

>> we begin with our weather. no major problems this morning despite a mix of rain and snow. let's show you images from frederick, maryland, we saw steady snowfall early this morning. that has since stopped. >> the issue now is the huge drop in temperatures and that cold wind. storm team 4 meteorologist sheena parveen begins our coverage this morning with what to expect the rest of the day. >> and it's on the back side of what we had this morning where the winds coming from. snow is moving north and east quickly. snow showers north and west of the district. for the rest of the day today, don't be surprised if you see a quick moving snow squall or flurries. lookty feels like, gaithersburg, 19 degrees and district feels like 23 and it feels colder now than it did this morning. this is going to be the trend throughout the day today. temperatures dropping into the 20s. these are actual temperatures as we go through this evening and overnight but

feel colder, even like the teens tomorrow morning. we'll talk more about that plus a warm-up for the weekend coming up. >> the snow is really coming down in northern maryland. several school districts were delayed because of it. >> megan mcgrath was there to see it build up and melt down. she's live at lincoln elementary in frederick. >> reporter: good morning, guys. the kids at lincoln elementary this morning got a couple of extra zs because they are on a two-hour delay because of snow. you can't see it now but it did fall early this morning. >> the snow fell before dawn in frederick, the temperature in the 70s yesterday, dropped to just above freezing overnight. and rain drops turned into snow flakes. what a difference a day can make. >> unbelievable i was walking out in a t-shirt and knowing full well that today i would be out here in

everything. >> it's weird. yesterday the windows open and shorts on, today look at this mess. winter is here for a couple of hours. >> reporter: because the ground temperatures were so high, what little snow that fell melted on contact. area roads were just wet, not much need for snow plows then at 6:30 it was all over. for grown-ups it was a wet start for work day and frederick county kids, a chance to sleep in. schools opened two hours late. >> i got to sleep in and time to get ready and it wasn't rushing, it was nice to not stress in the morning and relax. >> reporter: that student was pretty surprised she got the two-hour delay. she looked outside and saw no snow really at all. she was surprised but happy. back to you guys. >> thank you so very much. the winter storm stopped all kinds of travel between philly and on

or more once you crossed the mason dixon line and that forced lots of schools to close and cancel -- flights to be canceled as well. more on delays at the airport and there were dozen crashes reported in the new york area alone and whiteout conditions and even thundersnow. massachusetts is under a winter storm warning at this hour. there's a blizzard warning in long island for most of the rest of the day. >> the winter weather has meant delays and cancellations at airports along the east coast. reagan national is reporting nearly 100 cancellations but no delays. bwi marshall reporting 40 while dulles is reporting 21 cancellations, most of those are flights headed north of us. you want to check in with your airline before heading to the airport today. your safety is the main topic on the table at metro headquarters today. the transit agency is talking about crime and delays and other

adam is live at metro headquarters where he's been listening to all of it. >> reporter: that's right, pat. the police chief out with his annual crime report and with this report there's actually more good news than bad. as first reported by news 4, overall crime on the transit system is down. and metro transit police have actually been doing a pretty good job when it comes to fare evasion. they have handed out much more citations for those kinds of issues in part because they now know where people are doing it. >> on the rail side, a lot more piggy backing or using the swing gate next to the kiosk. >> reporter: the police chief talking about smart policing. >> we really cracked down on elevator useth a, certain stages where the elevator, you can take it from street level right to the platform. there's an opportunity there to bypass the kiosk or traditional station and we're seeing a police officer there. it's really deploying police officers to the right

the right times. >> also be talked about at the metro meeting today, possibly allowing vendors to sell food and drink during the evening at certain pe metro stations. >> guys, a little bit of tongue in cheek at this metro board meeting. a tough week of delays and the chair handing out this flyer today. jack evans showing a picture of people in japan getting an apology from the train conductor after delays. that's what they do here. not sure we would make it for a rush hour if we did that here. >> thank you so very much. let's change gears now. president trump's first 100 days, today the president swears in senator jeff sessions as attorney general. he will take the oath at the white house. after a contentious confirmation battle the senate confirmed sessions last night by a vote of 52-47. and you're looking at a live picture of the senate floor where lawmakers could vote on congressman tom price's nomination for health and human services secretary

the senate voted 51-48 to short circuit any delay tactics by democrats. price's long supported the dismantling of the affordable care act. a handful of democratic senators will leave capitol hill to head to the white house for lunch with president trum. could be an attempt to whoo them on the nomination of neil gorsuch. both are seen as potential yes votes on gorsuch's nomination. senators talking about something many people in our air care a lot about, the federal workforce, especially after president trump issued a hiring freeze for federal government, a major employer in our area. i'll show you a live picture from the hearing taking place on capitol hill. in his opening statement, james langford talked about the long wait applicants face when applying for jobs in the government. he says that's turning off the st

>> 2016 it took an average of 100 days to fill an opposition in the federal government. in 2015, it took 90 days. the problem is getting worse. >> senator langford says less qualified workers are applying for government jobs because the hiring process takes so long. >> activists are in richmond to protest a vote to defund planned parenthood. the measure passed the house of delegates by a party line vote of 60-33. now that bill goes to a state senate committee. planned parenthood said the loss of funding would significantly undermine services and its clinics across the state. the winter olympics if you can believe it are now one year away. today the olympic torch was revealed and we're going to tell you about the unique design element and introduce you to a newcomer to the u.s. olympic team that has a special

>> and the app that will help you plan for valentine's day.

>> protesters tried to take matters in their own hands to stop the deportation of a mother in phoe

removal order issued in may of 2013. her family says she went to check in as she has the past four years at the offices of immigration and customs enforcement and arrested. she could be one of the first people deported because of president trump's executive order on immigration. well, we are less than a year out from the beginning of the 2018 winter games in south korea. >> we have gotten our first look at the olympic torch. take a look, olympic officials unveiled the torch this morning during an elaborate ceremony, a white and gold torch designed so it continues to burn in changing weather conditions. nbc's keir simmons has more on the exciting building for the upcoming games. >> reporter: from seoul's neon lights to the snowy slopes, excitement is building here for

high tech and high flying. 15-year-old snowboarding sensation kim is one of the rising stars. >> it's awesome. my mom's side of the family lives here and the fact that the 2018 olympics going to be here as well, pretty craze does. >> south korea's capital seoul will soon be around a 70 minute train ride from the olympic park. it cost $3.7 billion for this line, high speed trains will deliver people to the olympic venues at 186 miles per hour. >> south korea moving fast, building new venues and two athletes villages. team usa taking test runs this week. russia's athletes are here too but not clear to compete after a massive doping scandal. then there's the region's politics, are you worried north korea may threaten the games? >> i don't think so. it's a peace olympics. >> reporter: team us

faces like figure skater nathan chen and familiar ones like lindsey vonn and shaun white. the olympic clock it ticking again. nbc news. >> and the excitement is building for the winter olympics here in washington as well, she'll be heading next year to cover the games for us and visited the korean cultural center in d.c. to find out more about how the games will give eryone a chance to learn more about korean culture. coming up at news 4 at 6:00. >> detectives are looking closely at the images. they could provide a clue in a murder case. this woman is a person of interest according to investigators. they believe she may have some information about gray or how gray died. shw

saturday outside a waldorf liquor store. there are arrest warrants for two men, one of them anthony wilkins, another charles thompson jr. and cash reward for information leading to a conviction and arresting conviction in this case. the opening night of circus sarasota will not be postponed despite a high wire accident that injured five workers. they were rehearsing when they lost their balance. two are now in critical condition after one of them from the top fell nearly 40 feet to the ground. three others were also injured. the best known nick wallenda is okay. the show's opening night is tomorrow. >> went upstairs to get my mom but it was just too much smoke. >> a

great grandmother is alive this morning thanks to the bravery of d.c. firefighters. virginia has kel lives in southeast with her son benjamin. he says the fire started in the kitchen last night and grew quickly. his mother was upstairs in the bedroom. >> i went to see if i could put the fire out first but it had already reached the cabinets and so that's when i called 911. >> family members say the focus now is to fix the house so she can move back in. three charles county sheriff's deputies are being called heroes today after a dramatic rescue that saved a man's life. they say the suv ran head on into a large light pole and then burst into flames. it happened on january 29th on crane highway. one deputy's dash cam shows him running towards the smoke and fire. the deputies had to work quickly because as they were free gs the man's leg which was trapped. fire broke out from the floor

board. the three say the rescue does not make them heroes. they were just doing their job. >> it is app week here on news 4 today and we're working for you to help ease the stress of planning for valentine's day. i know, it can be a lot to handle. here's justin finch with four smartphone apps to help make planning that special day easy. >> valentine's day falls on a tuesday this year as lots of us are starti our workweek. the dream date for many, to be truly alone with that special someone. >> to have a whole day where there's no social media and phones are off, that's great. >> reporter: if you want that, get on your smartphone right now and start planning your perfect tuesday date. for dinner try rezi, you should find yourself with a local map and choose your restaurant, party size and time and book your table. some restaurants may charge a booking

romance of our your special day. relax and let someone else do the driving. you may know uber and lyft, now meet ground link with luxury suv and vixt. p options but book a few hours in advance to lock in your ride. so parents, what about the kids? well, take a second and download the app urban fitter, that connects you to a database of care takers near you. >> create your account and select the date and time in your area. this app may charge service fees. >> okay, so now it's time for those last minute details and i think you might know the ones. >> roses, balloons, most importantly, make up special. >> while you focus on romance, task rabbit tackles your busy work. finds assistants near you to take over finishing touches. you'll pay a fee but it's the thought that counts. >> they just

everything. >> we've got a list of those apps at our nbc washington app. each of the apps can be found in apple's app store and google play as well. good luck to you. all right. virginia senator tim kaine could have a new challenging, a familiar face in the politics world. >> snow, snow and more snow. we missed a storm dumping as much as a foot of snow in places in the northeast. we'll l

families living in northeast nevada are dealing with heavy floodwaters following rain and higher temperatures melting snow and yesterday matters got worse. the rising waters caused the dam to break. the rescue crews are trying urging people to stay put and they don't want anyone to try to drive through that water and get swept away. >> we mentioned the storms and blizzard warnings across the northeast. you're looking at a live picture from providence, rhode island where the snow is still coming down. >> kind of reminds of us our blizzard last year. >> 50 million people feeling the em packet right now and after yesterday's weather most are thinking how did this happen? >> in new york city, the snow arrived before dawn, a

of light green, those who decided to head to work. >> if you.net ha don't have to i wouldn't go out. >> many areas will see more than a foot of snow. some with blizzard conditions before it's all over. >> i went yesterday and back. >> the winter blast in washington, d.c. and philadelphia and new york city saw ride highs on wednesday. >> after teasing us with a spring like day mother nature has delivered a message loud and clear we are still in the middle of winter. >> now they are blowing snow off the iconic rockefeller center skating rink and schools are closed. so far the airlines have canceled more than 3,000 flights. >> i hope i'll see you monday unless i get snowed in. i was being facetious at the time but now maybe not so much. >> reporter: government leaders say plows are ready to go but will struggle to keep up with some are

inches of snow an hour. >> best advice i can give to you motorists is to stay inside. >> reporter: a harsh reminder for some americans, despite a calm season so far, winter might just be getting started. chris pallone, nbc news new york. >> are we done yet? >> we're done with the snow falling through part of the area but we're not done with the cold. >> don't tell me the pendulum goiz back to 70 degrees. >> this weekend, yes, we're going to warm up again -- >> getting a little dizzy. >> so yesterday and the day before you would have never thought today was going to happen. we'll keep getting colder and yes, erika, over the weekend, we're going to warm up again, believe it or not. we're going to be in unseasonably warm on sunday. wait until you see the forecast. 36 degrees, feels like 23. we even have a few snow showers trying to move in because of the strong winds, expect the strong winds to stay around today.

the mid to low 20s and we're going to keep feeling colder as we go through the afternoon and tonight. get ready for a very cold start tomorrow morning. here's a look at the radar. all of the snow has moved out of philadelphia but we do have snow showers moving in with the winds. frederick and leesburg and gaithersburg, near the district seeing very small fast moving snow showers or flurries. we could see a squall this afternoon. don't be surprised about that. here's 4:00 p.m., trying to pick up or snow squalls. could lower isibility and winds will stay up making it feel colder. overnight north of the district, any wet roads late tonight could not treated could see icy spots. we'll drop in the 20s and friday looking dry, more clouds moving in. take a look at the future feels like temperature through the area as we go through the day today and overnight it will be feeling like the teens. it's going to be very cold tomorrow morning. then look what happens as we go into the weekend. we have another

the north. today we're going to stay in the 30s and temperatures continuing to drop through the day. could still see flurries and winds gusting close to 40 miles per hour making it feel colder. the wind is a big factor and tomorrow morning waking up in the 20s feel like the teens and there we go, 59 saturday and 67 sunday. the normal high is 45 degrees. more details coming up. >> pat has the best illustration, go for it. >> like this -- >> pretty much about sums it up. >> whiplash. >> here's motivation to hit the gym, people living in our area are among some of most active in the country. >> that's because 95% of the people who live here have access to a gym or exercise location. this is according to 24/7 wall street american cities getting the most exercise list. our area was ranked 30th and 30th most active city, 81% of residents in our region do some kind of exercise outside of their jobs and obesity rate

this area was lower than the national average. >> moving quickly, senator jeff sessions replacement in the senate named this morning. >> plus, supreme court nominee neil gorsuch criticizes recent comments by president trump and new criticism from a long-time republican senator. we'll tell you about a bizarre incident during a knicks game involving a former player and team's owner.

>> supreme court nominee judge neil gorsuch will have a busy day on capitol hill. he's scheduled to meet with six senators today. it comes as the president now has his attorney general. nbc's peter alexander has the latest. >> reporter: president trump got his man, the nomination is confirmed the senate late wednesday confirming attorney general jeff sessions who helped shape the president's policies including on immigration. sessions opponents teeing off overnight. >> when jeff sessions was passed it turped my stomach. he doesn't belong there. i think a lot of republicans know it. >> reporter: the fierce debate over sessions putting democrat elizabeth warren in the spotlight after republicans formally silenced her for speaking negativively about her fellow senator. >> she was warned, nevertheless, she persisted. >> reporter:ha

cry, already on t-shirts and hillary clinton tweeting she persisted so must we all. but president trump's latest critic, his own supreme court pick, judge neil gorsuch. democratic senator richard blumenthal revealing he spoke to him about the criticism of fellow judges. >> he certainly expressed to me that he is disheartened by the demoralizing and comments made by president trump about the judiciary. >> comments confirmed by a gorsuch aide, all of it following mr. trump's tough talk about the three federal judges set to rule on the president's temporary travel ban. >> that was disgraceful. >> courts seem to be so political. >> president trump says the legal issue should be simple but acted within his power to protect national security. if you were a good student in high school or bad student in high school, you can understand this. >> still, it's extremely rare

court while a case is still pending. on twitter mr. trump called it an easy d, presumably making easy decision but that phrase with multiple potential meanings immediately began trending. new battle lines being drawn, pitting the white house against john mccain over a counterterrorism rate in yemen they call a success despite the death of ryan owens. >> life is lost and wounded, i don't believe you can call it a success. >> anybody who undermines the success of this raid owes an apology and disservice to the life of owens. >> mccain rejecting that rebuke, insisting his record speaks for itself. >> that was nbc's peter alexander reporting. alabama's governor has been appointed the state's attorney general to fill the senate seat left vacant by jeff

>> federal judge has rejected the mega merger of anthem and cigna. the $48 billion deal would likely lead to higher cost and less competition in the already concentrated market. four companies sell health insurance plans to large companies. a separate judge rejected the offer of aetna and humana. >> cook says the travel ban created a crisis and stressful situation for some apple employees and families. co-founder steve jobs was the son of an immigrant and the country has immigrants working for it key for innovation. >> montgomery county leaders are trying to reassure immigrant population that they are welcome in their state. they say some immigrants are living in fear because of president trump's immigration executive order. people packed this conference hall in silver spring yesterday. they wanted to get as much information as possible about how to protect

what many see as an attack by the trump administration. >> it was never afraid after 9/11. but now, i can say i'm afraid. just the fact that our president donald trump validated those people to come out and attack us -- >> county executive says the county will continue to provide services to everyone regardless of their immigration status. >> senator tim kaine may have a tough battle. carly fiorina said she was considering running against kaine. but also acknowledged it was too early to make a decision to run. fiorina lived in fairfax county since 2011. former vice presidential nominee tim kaine plans to seek a second term in 2018. an update on a story that you've been talking a lot about the nbc washington app. convicted sex offender was

captured by the u.s. marshals here in d.c. this tattoo covered man was reportedly released from a federal correction alpha silt last week and never showed up at a transitional center in texas, instead witnesses spotted him walking along the street fleer d.c. superior court. former knicks player charles oakley had to be removed from a game when this happened. this is at madison square garden after the scuffle between him and security, he was sitting in the second row under the basket and started to yell at the knicks owner and got into a confrontation with security. he was handcuffed and arrested and charged with assault -- >> will the winter weather stick around for the weekend? sheena is back with that answer. >> famous artists and musicians in awe, the young students who inspired this reaction.

it's a crazy scene to our north. this is video from massachusetts as folks in cars try to stay in one place. one car made its way down a hill hitting several vehicles and almost crushing a man along the way. as we've been telling you all morning, a major snowstorm is headed their way right now. the boston area could get up to a foot of snow. >> but for us, i would say everybody saw rain and some saw snow and now it's gone. >> some did see snow and now it's gone. it's going to be cold and windy but then right back up for the weekend. we have another warm-up after today. today with the wind it will make it feel like the 20s through the afternoon. tomorrow morning it's going to feel like the teens but for the rest of the afternoon today, snow showers and maybe flurries, could have a brief snow squall around the afternoon hours too. if we do see

visibility for a time. tomorrow morning, feeling like the teens, bundle up the kids tomorrow morning, it's going to be a cold one and then we have another warm-up for the weekend. i know a lot of people probably can't believe this but it's coming. we'll be unseasonably warm again. feels like 23 in the district and gaithersburg feels like 18. leesburg feel like 20 and those numbers will keep dropping. look at the winds outside gusting near 40 miles an hour. that's the way it will stay this afternoon with the colder temperatures in place. the snow from this morning that's all up in new england now. locally we have those strong northwest winds. that's helping to blow in a few more showers right near frederick. gaithersburg seeing light snow showers and flurries, that's going to be the case this afternoon. cold and windy and system the chance for snow flakes. here's future weather, there you see by the afternoon, picking up on maybe a snow squall developing icy spots possible north of the district on any

treated overnight tonight when we drop in the 20s, tomorrow a cloudy but cooler day. temperatures mostly around 40 degrees. today the winds will make it feel like anywhere from 20 to 25 degrees with those flurries later on this afternoon and can't rule out a snow squall. tomorrow 42 after a morning low of 22. then we go into the weekend and warm up again, 59 on saturday. could be near 70 on sunday. chance of very late showers on sunday but then look at next week, we don't have a big cooldown in the forecast, we mostly stay right around 50 degrees. not too bad when you compare to today but definitely not feeling like winter. >> makes you wonder how many sick calls employers will have next week? >> probably a few. >> it's up and down, bonkers. >> a focus on the arts in elementary school is coming up the improvement teachers are noticing in their students. >> don't tell my hubby, it's

some very lucky children are getting an invaluable education in the arts thanks to a program under way in 68 elementary and middle schools in 15 states and district of columbia. in the second year at bunker hill elementary, teachers say they are already seeing improvement in every

barbara harrison got a look at the program this week. >> ready for the special day, bunker hill elementary school had been decorated wall to wall with student art work and while they waited, they talked about what was going on. >> today we will be showing all of the great people about this great school -- >> and who are the great people who are here? >> joshua bell and larissa martinez, a opera singer and joshua bell is a violinist. >> the painter garbald i was among the guests. he said it was going to be an exciting day. >> i get to do three different things. i get to step -- >> and different from step, i get to be a student ambassador. >> welcomed yo yo ma. greeted joshua barry. >> first stop for the visitors, a

>> there was one more thing they would do on special çóday. >> get to do two concerts. >> led by the orchestra conductor they first played for the guests. and then with the guests. ♪ >> reporter: the day ended in a school auditorium, a painting demonstration. then a concert. >> everybody is ex

some time focusing on it. that's when you get to hear and see and feel more -- >> i think it's the most important thing in the human being's life to have art expression and they learn about everything through this program. >> the turnaround program sees art and music reaching the soul and helping students to learn who they are and how they fit into the world. >> i don't think they get the scope of who they are with and i know they'll understand it in years to come but let's tell you about this program, five turnaround art schools in d.c. bunker hill known as turner and mohnton and one of the turnarounds is savoy elementary. >> i get a feeling that the little guy gets a sense of how big that was. >> something like that. they were precious. >> yo yo ma, that's pretty

and we have a few fun facts approximately 3 billion pizzas are sold every year. >> pepperoni is america's favorite topic. the secrets to a great pie. >> whether you like new york style or chicago deep dish or something in between, there's no question that pizza is one of america's favorite foods. today happens to be national pizza day. that's like every day for me. joining us now is a man who nopes how to make a darn good pizza, and the red hen, thank you, chef, mikey. >> always a pleasure to be here. >> how would you describe your pizza besides delicious. >> i would describe it as a variety pizza. i'm so excited it's national pizza day but it is my favorite thing. i can never get old of it or tired of it -- >> i can eat it every day. >> breakfast and lunch and dinner. my wife doesn't let me do that. >> she's a good woman. >> yes, she is, our pizza would be described as

style, oven pie. we call it a pie and slice of pie and it's got a breadier texture to it and caramelized more than those that are cooked quickly. it has a little more ingreend yents and we're going to make it right now. >> show me how to make it. >> our dough -- our dough actually goes through a three-day cold fermentation process. that means -- >> that means it's a health food. >> it actually -- to a certain extent it's true, it's more digestible and utilize whole wheat flour which adds great depth and texture. what we've got here, a little bit of water and yeast and that's going to bloom. it's just melting into the water. so from there what we're going to do is add our flour. we've got whole wheat flour from california. >> the only whole wheat i like -- >> there you go. >> it doesn't work -- >> whole wheat flour gets a bad rap because it sometimes

make it. we've added whole wheat from california and add malt powder to yeast development and caramelization. it's easy and cheaper than buying stuff at the store. it adds a sweetness as well. you can substitute honey or even sugar. and it's very indicative of new york style dough to add some kind of sweetener as well as salt and olive oil from california. i call this an all american dough. from there we're also going to add a starter. so a starter is something that we make a couple of days before. and it builds up flavor. it's like a sour dough. we add a sour dough and take out a little bit from our mother and then fold more back in. our mother -- we always have to feed our mother like i always feed my mother when she comes to the restaurant. >> i should be fed all the time. >> amen. >> so we're just going to mix that and

this actually will mix for 25 to 30 minutes and it develops gluten. you hear a lot about that gluten allergies and this and that. this is a protein found within the flour. adds gluten mixes with water and yeast, it creates elasticity and makes you make you the dough. we have our dough and this is how we roll at the restaurant. we're going to stretch it and we're going to stretch it and see how elastic that is and throw it a little bit, have fun with it. from there, we're going to add it to our peel and i'll have you make your own pizza. >> can you tell me about your sauce. >> it's really unique,t's tomatoes from california, chris bianoc started the company and made in the i am an of san marzano in cicely -- southern rome. awesome organic

we add a little oregano and it cooks on the pie. mozzarella from connecticut. low moisture. we want gooey stretchy cheese. we don't want kind of like runny watery cheese. >> i don't have time to add my pepperoni but this is the -- >> i'll take a bite. >> this has got mozzarella and pepperoni from new york, absolutely dishs delicious. >> this is one of my favorites, cheers to national pizza day. >> love having you. >> always a pleasure. >> salivating. >> we are. >> after the break, an alarming trend in colon cancer cases. >> and the nbc reporter willing to share his family's

now to an important and personal story about fighting colon cancer, the specifically the kind that strikes you before you're 50. >> african-americans are twice as likely to develop it as white patients and in a recent study shows they are less likely to survive. one of the families impacted by this is nbc's own craig melvin. >> we ought to take time out of our schedule and pray sometimes. >> reporter: my big brother lawrence is a pastor in spartanbu spartanburg. faith guided him his whole life. he needs it now

since being diagnosed with stage iv colon can area is the age 39. >> you're always, no smoking, no drinking, no partying. i was like, man, gosh, i should have been drinking and smoking and doing all of that other stuff. i should have been getting all of the other stuff in too. >> still cracking jokes like when we were kids although his doctor removed a baseball sized tumor from his abdomen in october. but the cancer had spread. >> this is the lining of the abdomen. >> reporter: his doctor sees a troubling increase in early onset cases meaning patients under 50. >> we're expecting that these incidentses will continue to rise and may increase by about 50%. >> doctors can't figure out why so they tell the families of early onset patients to start screening ten years before the age they are loved one was diagnosed. >> as soon as you hit 29, it's time to get

>> i'm 37. >> this is the problem with early onset cases the american cancer society says most people should start getting regular colonoscopies at the age of 50. for higher risk groups it's 45. no help in our familiar including his wife angela and their two children, addie and lawson. >> having to look at that little boy -- where's my dad and just think, you know, he doesn't know what we're dealing with. >> but there's encouraging news from lawrence's latest round of tests. >> our goal is to try to stop the growth and certainly accomplish that but even better we're seeing shrinkage of the cancer. >> the doctor even showed us where it's had shrinking. he's indicated that there is no cure for colon cancers like cutting grass, to cutting back to cut it back to eventually it just dies. >> back in south carolina, he's determined. >> this is the only fight i'm focused on. >> he's evicting

>> we wish that family well. >> our prayers are with craig and his whole family. >> get a final look at our weather this midday. >> yes, for the rest of the day today, windy and cold and still the chance of a snow shower or snow flurries, that's going to be the main story but feeling like anywhere from 20 to 25 degrees, winds gusting near 40 miles per hour and later on during the afternoon commute we could see brief live a snow squall. that would lower visibility for a time but it would be brief. by tomorrow morning, 22 degrees, feeling like the teens and bundle the kids up at the bus stop and bundle yourself up. tomorrow afternoon 42, we rebound again for the weekend. look at the warm-up near 70 on sunday. late showers and next week we don't have a huge cooldown but we will be sitting a little bit above normal. >> all right, sheena parveen, thanks very much. >> and thank you. that is news 4 midday. thank you for being with us. we're back on the air this

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