good morning, i'm chuck bell, winter storm across parts of the great lakes and upper midwest is coming our way and promises accumulating snow before the sun comes up tomorrow. how much and how long it lasts coming up. >> with snow on the way, everyone from road crews to police to schools are on alert. we have new information on when roads will be treated and how you can track the snow plows as soon as they hit the roads. >> this storm will have a big impact, a powerful nor'easter could bring blizzard conditions to the north. how it could affect travel up and down the east coast. >> good mornin

>> we're joined by storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell who gets us started with the latest on the snow forecast. chuck, good morning. >> good morning. yes, indeed, keeping a close eye on radar for a chance for accumulating snow is coming our way and arrives late today into the overnight hours tonight. winter storm warnings are up. skies are mostly sunny for now, that won't be the case for much longer, clouds race in during the afternoon. winter storm warnings, all of these bright pink counties montgomery, arlington, fairfax and everywhere north and west of the corridor winter storm warning. anne arundel, towards fredericksburg, widespread amounts from the northwest suburbs of washington and north and westbound of pennsylvania border. widespread amounts of 6 inches or more are likely. right here in washington, an inch is a sure bet. i'm competent we'll get

to 4 to 5 inches, confidence in more than that is starting to fade as the newer computer guidance is indicating that the rain/snow line may get further north. the longer it is over us, the more impact it has on keeping snow totals down. right now we're in the 30s to around 40 degrees across the area now. precipitation not likely to start and if it does, it will start mostly as light rain across southern maryland, 6 or 7:00 or 8:00 tonight. once the sun goes down, things change over to quickly mostly snow around here, snow likely from 10:00 tonight until about sunrise tomorrow. exactly how much to expect in a few more minutes. >> whether your neighborhood is forecasted to get 1 inch or 12 inches, road crews are getting ready. >> justin finch picks up our coverage out of chantilly. vdot it rolling out the

justin. >> reporter: angie, good morning. trucks coming and going and by this afternoon vdot hopes to have 4,000 pieces of equipment like the trucks over there in place as the snow starts stacking up. vdot hasn't given up either as the tok ticks closer to snowfall, pay loads firmly in place before they hit major northern virginia roads starting today. this weekend vdot crews have been working to get ahead of the storm loading salt and mixing and spreading road brine almost as fast as they can make it. >> we have water added to it and agitator to break it down into a water mixture. >> since last month left us with spring like days many thought we would bypass snowfall but snow or

>> all credit goes to maintenance crews, the ones that do the snow plowing and pack the potholes and trim the trees and do the drainage projects. >> as you can see, the backhoe is in place, the salt is at the ready, similar operations are under way in maryland and the district as the snow is set to come our way soon, however, if you don't have to go out later today, you are asked to stay at home. the trucks do need room to work. as we continue our coverage here, i'll toss it out to adam tusk tracking the storm's impact to transportation at the airport. adam? >> reporter: that's right, here at reagan national airport, it's a busy day as people try to beat the storm. look at that guy in the shorts. he's got to get somewhere nice and warm if he wants to get out of here any time soon. on metro, that's going to be a different story because things with metro will change as the weather

>> picture perfect sunrise here at reagan national airport. but this is what's coming our way. >> going to hit tonight into tomorrow. >> reporter: jason happy to be getting out of the area and on the way to sunny puerto rico, like he planned that way. >> it was fortunate, we don't have to deal with it. just luck of the draw. >> reporter: lauren mcclure remembering back to last year's big snow. >> i'm glad i get to miss that if it happens. >> reporter: cancellations and delays will grow. in the midwest plenty of problems for air travelers. on metro, you can see your breath while waiting for the train today. margarita knows what it's like to ride in the cold and she's not going to chance it if the weather is too bad. >> i'll stay at home with my husband and try to stay warm. >> reporter: if we get more than 8 inches in in spots, that can spell trouble for above ground metro rail cc

stops running at 4:00 this afternoon. >> back here live as operations continue at the airport, people continuing to make their way out today. now, listen, any updates that happen with transportation, i'm going toe on my twitter account @adamtuss. >> the nbc washington app will let you know when the snow is heading towards your neighborhood and storm team 4 will have updates available on the app. our team is working for you on the air to get you through the storm. we'll start early tomorrow at 4:00 a.m. we'll see you then. developing this morning, the driver is in critical condition right now from this serious crash. prince george's county police saying that two drivers of two cars crashed on highway north of the beltway around 2:00 this morning. one of the cars did catch fire and one was rushed to the hospital in critical condition and the other is expected to be okay. prince george's county pol

during their investigation. it is back open now. we do have breaking news the former mayor of the city of fairfax pleaded guilty in court just minutes ago, pleading guilty to the distribution of meth. he was taken back to jail after that plea and silver thorn was arrested in august by fairfax county police after a sting tahoe tell in tyson's corner. he was caught trying to trade drugs for sex and he'll be sentenced in june. the justice department is facing a major deadline today. lawmakers are asking the department to produce evidence backing up president trump's claims that former president obama tapped phones at trump tower last year. counselor to the president kellyanne conway was pressed earlier. >> what jim clapper has said on other networks, not this one, those organizations under his per view did not do this but that didn't include

>> conway went on to say she's happy they are looking into the issue. and tracie potts has the latest. >> the president has one of two choices, either retract or to provide the information that the american people deserve. >> reporter: pressure coming from both sides for president trump to prove that president obama tapped phones ats trump tower. the justice department and fbi are supposed to produce a paper trail by today but lawmakers doubt they'll say anything. >> it can reveal what we do know and don't know and how we know those things and not something we want our adversaries to understand. >> reporter: democrats insist it's important for the president to be credible if there's an international crisis. >> the question is, would american people believe him? would people around the world believe him? and that has real world consequences. >> reporter: the fbi is on capitol hill for a hearing next monday. today -- >> the obamacare nightmare is about to end. >> reporter: the congressional

what the republicans' health plan will cost. >> i firmly believe that nobody will be worse off financially. >> reporter: estimates suggest -- zbloo that was tracie potts reporting, we're having technical issues but we'll get back to the story. this hour president trump is expected to hold a listening session on health care and he's expected to meet what the white house calls victims of obamacare to hear their stories. >> another earthquake rocked parts of virginia, 2.3 magnitude quake hit 10:00 last night. it is south of richmond, so far there have been no reports of damage in the area. >> we continue to learn more about the man accused of scaling a fence to get to the white

incident is putting a spotlight on security at the white house again. a look at recent changes and would still could be changed to keep first family safe. look how excited maryland's coach and players were when they heard their spot in the ncaa tournament. hear about other teams to watch during march madness. >> we'll look at tonight's snow and wind and what it means for the cherry blossoms that have already started to bloom.

a hover board fire that killed a little girl is being blamed for the death of a firefighter over the weekend. the hover board caught fire while it was charging and the 2-year-old died inside the home. the firefighter died in a car crash while driving to the fire. this morning two other children are still recovering from serious injuries. today the man accused of jumping the white house fence friday night is expected to be in court. the secret service says jonathan tran from california made it on the south grounds before he was arrested. the incident is raising new concerns over security at the white house. nbc's peter alexander has more. >> reporter: it's another stunning breach of one of the world's most secure residences. the intruder nearly reaching the south entrance of the presidential mansion. the whole episo

president was home. officials say the intruder wearing a back pack scaled a security fence between the white house and treasury building on pennsylvania avenue. hiding behind a pillar before he was spotted and stopped on the south lawn. court documents say the suspect, 26-year-old jonathan tran of california told a secret service officer i'm a friend of the president. i have an appointment. officials say tran was carrying two cans of mace, a u.s. passport and laptop computer and book written by mr. trump and letter to the president about russian hackers. tran also said in the letter he's been called quiz frkiz fr n schizophrenic. >> it was a troubled person. they did a fantastic job. >> reporter: at the white house reception he complimented joe clancy who retired a week ago. >> what a job. from day one, i have felt safe. >> reporter: over the last two years sal

and succeeded getting into the white house grounds including omar gonzalez who was armed with a knife in 2014 when he made his way deep into the white house. gonzalez pled guilty in 2015. last year the secret service added small spikes to the top of the 6-foot fence surrounding the white house and last month federal agency signed off on plans to raise the height of the fence to 11 feet by next year. >> that was peter alexander reporting. there are still a lot of unanswered questions, most significantly how the intruder got so far before he was seen. the court documents do not make any reference to alarms going o off. >> as the white house and congress consider building a new board are wall, the feds are training those right in our area. a chance to go inside a massive facility where border agents are learning how to

>> standing above u.s. customs and border protection, border fence, not near the rio grande, we're actually five minutes from frederick county, maryland. u.s. customs and border protection has a major training facility here, training border agents how to defend themselves and protect the southern and northern borders of the u.s. >> help may literally be a couple of days away if we run into trouble. you have to be able to deal with situations like that. >> reporter: why is this sprawling training facility so close to washington, d.c. and not in the desert? and what else do they do inside this highly secured complex? our news 4 i team report coming up later tonight. scott mcfarland, news 4 i team. joe biden will launch the biden institu institute, focused on domestic issues. this comes one day after he delivered his first major

spoke at south by southwest tech music and film festival in texas. he spoke about ending cancer. >> i have one regret in making a decision not to run, and that was i would have loved to have been the president who presided over the end of cancer as we know it. >> biden lost his son beau to brain cancer in 2015. the former vice president's cancer moonshot project was established last year. of the mission accelerate cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment with the ultimate goal of finding a cure. >> we continue to learn more about more threats happening at jewish centers across the country. a jcc outside of rochester is back open after bomb threats made yesterday. 130 threats against centers nationwidelu

maryland as well as virginia. if you spend time on the roadways, good news for you, the price you pay for gas could drop up to 4 cents in the coming days because crude oil prices have dropped and u.s. refineries produced a large amount of gasoline. d.c. metro area, the average for regular gas, $2.27 per gallon. >> if you're working on that bracket today, you have a lot of area teams to choose from, the terps, university of maryland, a sixth seed in the west division. university of virginia and virginia tech are in the east. they could get to play each other if the stars align and west virginia and dcu playing on thursday on top of all of that mount saint mary's has a play in game, they would face top seeded villanova in they run. during march madness they are always distracted people at the office. the lost productivity amounts to $2

challenge or gray and they said the tournaments boost employee mora morale. you get into the spirit and people watch the games. >> something to look forward to every year. >> for sure. >> okay, we're talking snow coverage. >> again. >> a big, dig deal. the winter storm is coming, how you can track the plows headed to your neighborhood tomorrow. >> we'll look at the problems the storm is already causing as chuck keeps an eye on storm team 4 radar to bring you the latest on the timing on the storm where you live.

well, you know it is serious when snow is falling on the beach. >> that's not right. >> this is video that comes to us out of north carolina. flurries in this resort town, not much of a vacation for a lot of people although that would probably be pretty cool to see. doesn't look like anyone tried to build a snowman or sand castle out there. batds news for cherry blossom lovers the trees are danger from the national cold snap, anything below 27 degrees can damage them. the tidal basin may spare the blossoms by acting as a thermal blanket to the trees. >> absolutely. >> chuck, it's one thing for us winter haters but another thing to mess with cherry blossoms -- >> the blossoms -- right next to the tidal s

down at sea level. since the water isn't frozen, the 40 degree basin temperature of the water does actually help to moderate the air immediately around the basin. so that being said, just know the other thing we'll be working against the blossoms is a heavy wet accumulating snow and a lot of wind. heavy wet snow and wind can be more problematic than the cold for the blossoms. the cherry trees themselves will not be that badly impacted and making it through the winter just fine and putting up color again next spring. for now it's a partly sunny to mostly sunny kind of day. one thing to know about the weather, time to get her done. if you have stuff to do outside, get it done before snow tonight. heavy snow likely late tonight and early tomorrow. no matter really where you live around the immediate d.c. metro area, if you're within a few miles of the beltway, major disruptions for tomorrow and relatively slow td

up. we can get heavy snows in march, even later in march than this. the all time record is march of 1942 and 20 years ago to this day, almost 14 inches at dulles airport. we're climbing above the freezing mark and most will be in the upper 30s and low 40s, things get interesting after the sun goes down tonight. here's the high resolution model which brings light rain showers and it will start as light rain near 7:30 tonight into parts of southern maryland. it stays mostly rain until about 10:00 or 11:00. then changes over to mostly snow. with the lone exception of right there southern calvert and saint mary's county eastern shore, all rain there. around town, the combination of the rain and snow is going to make forecasting the amount very, very dicey. again, above freezing today before the snow really starts to move in. there's radar that shows all of the energy back out to our west, bright shaded areas are all

weather advisories, as far as snowfall amounts, one model says before the sun is up tomorrow morning, a solid 3 to 5 inches around the city. by the time everything is done and down, probably going to be somewhere in that 4 to 8 inch range around most of the d.c. metro area, 5 inches at national airport, my over/underline. it will be a lot more snow in northern maryland and northwest virginia, winchester, lees burg and gaugers burg, big winners or losers for snow, depending how you feel about it. southern maryland, far lower amounts of snow to the south and east. we'll be right on the line. here's a check on that extended forecast. i'll show you my zone by zone forecast for how much i think you should expect. a cold and kind of cloudy and flurry filled stretch of weather for tomorrow and wednesday milder by the weekend with temperatures back to near 50. >> all right, chuck, thank you. team usa is alive

baseball classic. teams from all over the world are playing before the regular season here in the u.s. begins. team usa beat canada and play again this wednesday. two nationals are both on the team. go usa. hopefully you took care of your shopping this weekend because you know the stores will be packed today. a look at how people are dealing with the crowds. >> it was so busy yesterday, buying up the bread and pop tarts, you know. we're also hearing from the driver who was assaulted. you probably saw this driver, assaulted by more than a dozen dirt bikers on a san francisco highway. his reaction. what did i do? here how he's doing now.

storm team 4 predicting 1 to 2 inches of snow could fall every hour once the storm begins tonight. d.c. plans to fully deploy its snow team. 200 trucks will be around the city ready to lay down salt and clear any accumulating snow. mayor bou bowser will have more at the press conference slated for this afternoon. montgomery county is bracing for some of the largest amounts of snow, 6 to 12 inches could fall. we just received word that state troopers will be reassigned to storm duty to help

>> trucks already out salting the roads and pavement. they started to lay down brine this weekend. the mixture will break down first couple inches of the snow. vdot is asking people who don't have to be out on the roads today and tomorrow to please stay home. we have our first school closing already, northern virginia community college closing at 3:00 today and will be closed tomorrow. when we're expecting snow, you can always expect there's going to be a crowd, a hustle and bustle at the grocery store. >> 100%. >> our cameras caught the crowd inside the trader joe's on 25th street. people stocking up on water and snacks in case they have to spend a few days at home. one customer told us the line was out the door at one point. >> it wasn't until i came in here and saw the line out the door that i realized that the snow is coming and people here are stocking up. >> you do need to stock up. you have a little time after work.

after rush hour. >> once the snow is on the ground you'll probably wonder when the plows will get to your neighborhood. in the nbc washington app you can access the snow plow tracker. you can see it in real time when the trucks are clearing your neighborhood just search plow tracker. >> this morning we're hearing from the ride share driver who was beaten by a group of bikers on a san francisco highway. miguel al maguer shares his terrifying story. >> reporter: after the beating that nearly took his life, this morning his story of survival. >> i definitely was afraid for my life. >> reporter: it started when a gang on wheels took over a san francisco freeway for wild stunts. >> there are about 20 motorcycles involve yelling at motorists. >> reporter: a dangerous scene familiar to bay area law enforcement but not to kintana and his white camry.

when they began to break his side mirrors causing this near collision. >> i couldn't believe this -- it was like starting to happen like, it was like what did i do to deserve that? >> reporter: when he tried to pull over he was boxed in. the bikers smashing his car window. >> every time they hit the window, what the heck is this guy doing? then after it broke, i'm like oh, man, what the heck, i've got to get out and do something. >> reporter: that's when the real beating started. >> just going one after another, boom, boom, boom. >> reporter: on the ground kintana feared for his life. >> the guy who thought i was trying to run him overlooked at me directly in the eyes and turned on his motorcycle and ran over my leg. >> reporter: his broken leg needing multiple surgeries, the 35-year-old drives for lyft in san francisco t

money for his newborn. it was witnesses who came to his aid. >> they pulled up and told me they saw everything, they are story they didn't get out of the vehicle to help or anything but they got it on videotape. >> reporter: images that captured his beating and now the video he hopes may lead to an arrest. >> and that was miguel almaguer reporting. a lyft spokes person says they were horrified and reached out to help. >> just got her hands on court documents see mark allen gifford admitted to making out with a 14-year-old girl. she was his student and he was also a coach there. coach officials are talking to members of the baseball and basketball team. a river dale man is mourning

the loss of his home and dog after a massive fire. take a look at the flames here. this was a historic home in river dale park many considered a staple, big house on the corner built by one of riverdale's early mayors. current owner is also a former mayor and wasn't home when the fire started saturday but rushed back when he received news. >> right now i don't even think i can get one item out of my house. everything is gone. but fortunately no people died. and we'll get back. >> so far investigators have not figured out a cause. >> some kids in prince george's might have to ride a different ride after several school buses caught on fire. someone noticed the flames yesterday morning and called firefighters to short cut road in brandy wine, four buses were damage and it could cost a quarter million dollars to replace them. firefighters are trying to figure out how

>> there's concerning news for parents this morning. a new study says there's a growing number of kids who are getting hurt while using infant products, talking about carriers and strollers and cribs. researchers found an average of 128 kids per day had to make a trip to the emergency room and majority of injuries are related to kids falling. some moms say products may have a design flaw. >> at the time of course i was beating myself up and assuming i didn't latch it in correctly, to find out in past week i received a recall. >> we can link you to a list of recalled products in our nbc washington app. >> in just a few more hours, someone is getting ready to have the best monday ever. that person bought the winning powerball ticket in last month's $435 million drawing and that person claimed the prize at 4:00 p.m., a sine

numbers and the winner can take the $435 in payments over 30 years or a lump sum estimated at $263 million before taxes. wow. >> i don't know him but i like him. >> so jealous, good for them. >> we do want to wish virginia mcluren a very happy birthday. >> she turned 108 years old. you probably remember her from her famous meeting with president obama last year and mrs. obama. she'll be sell brcelebrating wi harlem globetrotters. she could show them a few moves. >> they celebrated her 107th birthday last year and the team will make a custom globetrotter themed cake for mrs. mccluren today. she's incredible. >> we're going to see video and she's going to be dunking. they are going to find a way to jump

her dunk. >> a whole foods store is the first of its kind for this area. >> a major snow fight, a snowball fight in our area. the social media call out taking place right now.

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tonight's snow could bring good news for maryland's only ski reort wf plans to reopen after being shut down early due to the lack of snow. they had 4 inches fall friday. about 3 to 4 hours from downtown washington, near deep creek lake. resort hasn't said what day it will start welcoming guests. more snow coming and you can get involved in some snow sports right here in washington tomorrow morning there is a snow ball fight happening at dupont circle. the d.c. snow ball fight association, there is such a thing, said this will be the first and last fight of the season.

you're looking at video from one they organized last year when we had plenty of snow. the group is inviting people to dress up as aliens or your favorite sci-fi character. that will begin tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. there's a lot of pent up frustration coming out in the snow ball fight because we haven't had snow. >> and high level meeting today with the powers that be, that are in charge of the snow stick challenge -- >> oh. >> we're working on a theme. i don't want to give it away because nothing was decided. >> i had a sighting -- >> i often judge that contest, i'll be interested to see what we get this time around. >> it's st. patrick's day on friday. >> pat collins. >> and pat colkocollins snow st challenge? just saying. we have a chance for significant snow, enough to close most of the area's schools tomorrow, perhaps into wednesday for the northern and western sides of the news 4 nation. right now skies are going partly to most

washington. little bit milder down to our south. 39 in warring ton and still 31 by the bay in annapolis. looblg at the winter storm warnings from the shenandoah valley to up state new york and new england. one is out here across northeastern missouri and another piece of energy coming upg the coastline, they will merge off the virginia capes and that will be the storm that forms into the big blizzard which gives us significant amounts of snowfall here but a serious blast of snow and winter in new york city and boston. they'll get a lot more than us. here's future weather by 8:00 tonight, likely to be mostly light rain or rain/snow combo but by 11:00 it should be most if not all snow. during the overnight hours, all snow upper montgomery county loudo loudoun, you folks are in the bull's-eye for the most snow. the closer to the beltway and

the pink shading is the rain/snow line. all rain south prince george's into south maryland and by 7:00 in the morning the rain/snow line retreating farther south and clearing across southern maryland and leaving us back into snow for most of the daylight hours tomorrow. nothing heavy but quick bursts could leave an extra inch or two after the morning commute tomorrow. even into tomorrow evening there could be a streamer or two of light snow around. how much snow we get depends on how far north that rain/snow line gets and how much of our snow opportunity window is wasted inside the mixed precip. i still think 5 inches at national airport is a solid over/under number but probably close to 10 at bwi. 4 to 8 in the immediate d.c. metro area, maybe closer to 4 if we get the rain in here, north and west will be the big winners easily 8 to 12 inches of snow or

i'll show you that ten-day one more time before we're done. >> deals too good to pass up. who's offering flights to europe for under $100? >> there's a deal. bars and restaurants across the area are getting ready for march madness. we'll show you how and give you a few tips for cooking your own game food. stay with us.

all right, if you are filling out your march

brackets right now you're probably thinking where to go to watch some of the games. a lot of local restaurants are getting in on the action with march madness specials that will help you get into the spirit. joining us now is a restaurant and rooftop beer garden, ryan sellbach and damian brown, chef. it smells good already. that roof top beer garden sounds good but the snow will force everyone inside but that won't dampen the spirits there at dakota. >> the roof top beer garden is operational year round. >> even in know? >> huge windows and gap heaters. we operate every day of the year. we'll be rock and rolling tomorrow with the specials and great cocktails. >> tell us what you're going to make. >> right now i'm making lemonade wings. >> lemonade? >> lemonade, madness, madness wingsz lemonade. >> tell us how this goes. >> you start with the vinegar,

okay. >> good to know. >> honey. >> honey. >> athat makes it sweet. >> sweet/sour. >> lemon zest. >> so the lemonade is really something that we usually think of putting on alongside of our wings but you put it in there. what flavor does that give it? >> sweet/sour and with capers it's salty and wings the savory. everything all at once. >> and ryan, why is it so much that we connect sports with food so much. you can't watch any sporting event without having your -- >> it ties into me behind dakota's name and we feel that drinks and sports and food are very communal items in culture and they go rightly well together. >> very nice. what are some of your favorites. >> my favorite dish is actually our chicken and waffle as well

>> sounds good. >> chef, keep going. you put the wings in there? do you fry them first? >> yes, fry them first. >> then you add the sauce. >> add the sauce, at home if you don't have a fryer, you can bake it. >> was the secret to making sure the wings turn out right. i feel it's never the same when you eat at the at the restaurant. >> at the restaurant we fry our wings twice. >> double fry for extra crispy. >> that's how i like them. >> how long do you put the sauce on sfln. >> the sauce is the finishing touch. >> and the capers -- you fry those first. >> fry them, nice and crispy. >> sounds good. >> take the capers, crunch them up, garnish on top. >> looks good and smells so good too. >> thank you. >> i know you brought other goodies, tell us what you're offering. >> here we have a roasted beet red hum mus, full of flavor with spic

or fresh call flour. which is really nice. >> and so healthy. >> healthy, yes. >> eat some kaul flour on the side. >> if you like mack and cheese, you'll love my mac and cheese. >> you're ready for march madness. do you have your brackets filled out? >> working on it. >> do you have a team ire rooting for? >> maryland. home team. >> going for princeton because my girlfriend went to princeton. >> sentimental. >> ryan sel bach and damian brown, thanks so much for joining us. i'm very excited. go terps. >> thank you, aun, smells great in here. trans atlantic flight that cost as much as a taxi ride to the airport. where you can snatch a deal on your next european vacation. stay with us.

>> might be forced to lure airfairs, they'll quickly point out the reductions in service that come with discount airlines. >> they are going to be flying into the smaller airports on smaller aircraft. >> in dayton north weej an air will fly from small airports in new york and rode eye land landing in scotland and irp land

will definitely exceed $65. >> you're likely to see 50% more in the cost of airfare. look at the big picture before just seeing that $165 number. >> if a trip to europe has been on your bucket list, this just might be the year to make it happen. chris clackum, nbc news. >> we want to talk about keeping your newborn safe. >> after the break why some say the sayest place is in a box. ♪ >> think this singer looks familiar, that's miley cyrus's 17-year-old younger sister. she'll be on performing her song "make me cry" this is first time she'll perform the song on tv. you can watch "ellen" here on nbc 4 at 3:00 right before news 4 at 4:00.

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>> every year roughly, 1600 babies die from sudden infant death syndrome, sids. >> ron mott explains how a major effort is under way to educate parents by thinking inside the box. >> can you say hi. >> reporter: parents of 3-month-old twins ryan and nell, new discoveries are a daily if not hourly routine and they just learned one more, what they believe is a

their babies to sleep, in a card board box. >> i think for me being a new mom it's very steep learning curve with twins and these boxes are awesome because you don't have to think about it. you know it's a safe space, they are very portable. >> reporter: it's a simple solution to reduce cases of sudden infant death syndrome, from a tradition in finland where the infant mortality rate is less than half in the u.s. nothing else, parents. >> looks actually sort of comfortable on the floor. >> sleep related death as the number one cause, as a pediatrician, i would say absolutely good to learn from the start. >> sids death have fallen from 130 per 100,000 live birth to 39 in 2015. the baby box company is trying to drive the number even more, offering boxes and supplies for free around the country here in ohio, some of the highest infant

mortality rates. >> we haven't gotten a crib yet and it was a complete lifesafer. >> they recommend boxes until babies can pull themselves up, usually around 6 months. the baby box reached this couple too late. >> losing our daughter has really impacted me. >> reporter: in 2009 nate and shantila lost their 3-month-old daughter to sids. >> on her side because that was okay back then. she had a pacifier, one of the things that would reduce it but baby bumpers and blankets and stuffed animals in there. >> reporter: out of tragedy, treasuries, 3-year-old logan and 6-month-old bryce. >> it has gotten easier. >> reporter: boxing up bundles of joy to keep an unimaginable pain away. ron mott, nbc news, cleveland. >> it looks portable too. >> carry them from room to room, almost an easier mode. baskets can tip but

forecast. >> still high confidence that some amount of snow is coming. how much? i think the over/under numbers, 5 inches at national airport and 10 at dulles and 8 at bwi. north and west the change never occurs, will be all snow. easily 8 to 12 from upper montgomery to the northern pennsylvania line, where things get very difficult/dicey, once you go south and east of the beltway, this could be zero snowfall across far southern maryland but could still rank out about an inch. doug and everybody will keep you posted tonight and sheena and i will be here tomorrow morning. most of the accumulating snow is done by the time the snow goes down tomorrow. we should get the roads back in good shape by thursday. >> that's doing it do it for

thanks for joining us. >> we're back at 4:00 a.m. with the latest on the snow. have a great day.

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