father, an imperfectman, he left us a more perfect union.is >> i a national day of mourning. it has been filled with prayers and filled with praise for our nation's 41st president. good evening. >> the state funeral for george h.w. bush today was a ceremony that brought together all living and former presidents from carter to trump along with world aders as far as the eyes could see to pay tribute to the former president. >> the eulogies sims were funny, other times very emotional, but they provided a moment o healing and honoring of a lifetime of rvice. we have team continueverage for tonight. >> pat lawson muse in our newsro newsroom. >> our nation's 41st president

remembered today with laughter and tears at theational cathedral. president trump and all of the nation's living presidents sitting togher to honor president george h.w. bush. there were bible readings from the president's granddaughters and several eulogies from longtime friends. the president's eldest son, george w. bush,lso spoke, honoring his father with a message of faith, hope, and family values. >> dad taught us that public service is noble and necessary, that one can serve with integrity and hold trueano the impo values like faith and family. when the history books are written, they will say that george h.w. bush was a great president of the united states, a diplomat of unmatched skill, a commander in chief of formidable accomplishment, and aan gentl who executed the duties of his office with dignity and honor. your decency, sincerity, and

kind soul will sy with us forever. so through our tears, let us know the blessings of knowing and loving you, a great and noble man, the best father a d n ghter could have. and in our grief, by this smile knowing that dad is hugging robin and holding mom's hand again.er >> a delivering his eulogy, george w. bue receiving a r ovation in a place of worship. his words today a tribute topr ident but even more a message from a son to his father. jim, pack back to you. >> this is a moment that has slowed down the usually frenetic pace of washington. people linedee the s as the motorcade entered the national cathedral this morning. chris gordon continues our team coverage from the cathedral. chs?

>> reporter: today many who knew dhim best shop here to say good-bye to president george h.w. bush along with many who didn't know him personally but say they respect him greatly. washington turned out in large numbers to bid farewell to president george h.w. bush. many showed up to see the limousine carryingis casket along a wisconsin avenue it turned into the national cathedral. some say they have a special relationship with the 41st president. this man says he got a personal signed letter from george bush after writing to thank the presidentor his contributions in the fight against communism. >> six weeks later, i get this mosteautiful lette in the it.l responding to that's the kind of guy he was. >> reporter: other people say they showed up because this is historic. >> it's a prt of history. i love history, and this is the

greatest city to be in. >> reporter: at the state funeral, it was said that president bush loved sports, he was friends with some of the biggest names in professional sports. >> and president bush actually had 20 of us on a sport list so the likes of chris evert, anyone who's been to his house in kennebunkport, pretty much. reporter: the speeches and honors resonate with maryland gornor larry hogan. >> an incredible ceremony for a wonderful man, a true patriot and i couldn't have been more moved by the service. i thought it wasust incredible, a great way to send him off. a true american patriot. >> reporter: former senator allan simpson ended his yueulog to president george herbert walker bush by s saying ll always carry his memory in our hearts. back to you. >> the words will li ove on.

chris gordon, thank you so much righnow, the presidential plane that has been temporarily irnamed special mission 41 in honor of the 41st president is taking president george h.w. bush back to texas for the final time. in about an hour, an arrival ceremony will be held in houston. thepresident's casket will be take on the his home church, st. martin's cathedral, where he'll lie in repose tonight, funeral serviceso be held there tomorrow. president bush's final resting place will be by his wife's side in college station, texas. and tomorrow this train will carry the president's casket 70 miles from houston t his presidential library. the train bush 41-41, it was dedicated to the late president back in 200 by the union pacific railroad, and it was painted to resemble air force one. a live look at the white house where flags rein at

half-staff tonight for this national day of mourning. earlier today, president trump attended the funeral, andne the was interaction everyone was waiting for, this moment, blowing up twitter as the president sat down next to the other living former presidents. president trump eventuallyg shakresident obama's hand after he sat down, but he did t greet any of his other predecessors in that pew. remember to stay with news4 for continuing coverage as we say a final farewell to our nation's 41st president. we'll take you live down to texas next hour for his arrival. watch tomorrow's service right re on nbc 4 or streaming on the nbc washington app. let's turn now to our forecast. it is getting a wee bit raw out there, isn't it. s doug's in trm center to tell us what we can expect for the remainder of the week. doug? >> it's been a chilly day. most areas did not even hit 40 degrees. a very cold day.

temperatures about 10 degrees below average. we have some snow showers out there. 270 up w is right along through frederick and i-70, a few more showers back to the west around winchester. most is on the light side. but just to the west of ic fred the snow is coming down pretty good there. you can even see on the side of the roadt the left p of the screen, a little bit of a dusting, snow coming down now. this is i-70 westbound at south mountain. you come out of frederick, start going up south mountain and see that snowfall making its way down. i think the roads are looking okay. i just saw one of the trucks out there helping to keep the roads clean. temperature-wise, only 38 now, 33 in hagerstown. to the north, it will stay coldr in for a very cold couple of days. we're tracking that weekend storm. we'll have the latest on our thoughts, what w expecting coming up in just aut 10, 1

minutes. an update to some breaking news. police are investigating a shooting at a disunt mart in seat pleasant. anrm store employee got into a confrontation with a suspected shoplifter and duringha scuffle, the gun went off and the bullet hit the suspected shoplifter who died later at the hospital. police have not said if the victim had a weapon, but police are talking to dozens of witness. the store employee is legal i allowed to have ta t firearm. >>rrible loss to a northwest washington neighborhood. a woman who spent decades of her life living in the same apartment in bloomingdale was killed in a fire. darcy spencer joi u from her block on north capitol street. >> reporter: adding to thise tragedy, learned today that this 96-year-old woman did not have one of these inside herme

ho a smoke alarm. this is the home where she lived all those years by herself, and tonight the fire department is urging people, if you have an elderly neighbor, an elderly loved one, make sure they have working smoke alarms in their home. broken glass, boarded-up windows and doors, charred debris in the backyard. th is all that's left of anna mae's home. >> the knocked out all these windows that are covered up and there were large, dense plumes of smoke comingout, especially the top floor. >> reporter: the 96-year-old woman died in the place she or called home many decades. firefighters say there were no smoke alarms. d.c.'s fire marshal says you need to make sure your home is protected and to look out for others. >> if you notice a problem, especiallyn thiscase, no smoke alarms in the home, make a call, advocate forhat resident, and make a call on their behalf so the fire department or other city services can come out and assist

with what they may need. >> reporter: may save their life. >> correct. >> reporter: workers board up the home as neighbors mourn her loss. >> she was very lucid, veryth to, totally with it, maybe around two months ago that i spoke with her. just the sweetest lady that you >> reporter: firefighters say they got here quickly and found her on the first floor, but that fast response wn't enough. it's the fourth fire death in d.c. this year. terry janine quinn heads theoo ngdale civic association and says this is a tragic reminder. elderly, anyone who has any kind of physical i difficultiesmean, it wouldn't hurt for you just to remind folks, hey, this is something we ought to be doing. i'm checking my alarms. how about you check yours too? >> rorter: also here i the district, you can get a free smoke alarm. the fire department will come out ainstall it for you. all you need to do is dial

311. back to you. >> darcy spencer, good advice. well, it's the of a new era for the university of maryland football program. the terps hiring a new coach in the wake of the death of a player the coach is a familiar face to many in our care ya > -- area. and how teachers are using yoga to reach students. we're coming right we're coming right b

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when george bush was pr ident of the united stat of america, every single head of government in the world knew that they were dealing with a gentleman, aenuine leader, one who was distinguished, resolute, and brave. i i believ will be said that no occupant of the oval office was more courageous, more principled, and more honorable than george herbert walker bush. >> former canadian prime ministeran mulroney remembering president george h.w. bus today. the pair became life-long friends after working together. rightnow, president bush's remains are on air force one being flown to houston for hisf final rewell. he's set to arrive in just about 45 minutes now. the university of maryland has a new football coach and he area stranger to our mike locksley was announced as

the new head coach last night. news4's cory smith tells us what he is facing after a year ofon tragedy andoversy on the team. >> he understand, he understands the grit of the players have. >> reporter: having watched mikk ey play under his father, moses knew the coach would come back me. >> i think this is something that mike has been anointed to do. >> reporter: locksley has coached in maryland twice before, his most recent stint coming after he was fired from new mexico university. was there that he was accused of age discrimination and sexual harassment by an administrative assistant. that claim was later withdrawn. he was also suspended for ten days for punching an assistant coach. he says those issues shouldn't follow locksley to maryland and his deep roots here should sprout success on the recruiting trail. >> always got t come back to this area. >> reporter: wheshe hit

campus, he'll ahave to win over over the trust of his players and the students of the university. >> i think they're ready for a fresh start. >> reporter: student body president jonathan hoallen, w led student protests after the r univsity's handling of the death of jordan mcnair, says locksley is the right manor the job. >> given his ties to the university of maryland, he has a good understanding of what occurred here and hopefully will be the right p moving forward. >> reporter: jim and wendy, a lot of the excitement surrounding locksley comes from the fact he was just namedsshe toptant coach in the country and also lead the number-one offense in the country. i can tell you the students want to make sure that he can this program going forward and kind of return some of the integrity they fe was lost following the jordan mcnair controversy and the dj durkin controversy as well.

back to you. >>ng perhaps bome kind of roll, tide magic up this way. the healing power of yoga it f a curriculum at a northern virginia school. >> more on their unique approach to learning. >> i love this. groveton elementary school in alexandria is going beyond the books. in addition to science, and english, math classes, they're doing something no other school in fairfax county is doing to help students relieve stress and improve their mental health, and it appears to be working. >> let gog of everythiting go o. >> reporter: the sme lavender fills t air. >> you're safe with your eyes closed. >> reporter: battery powered candles and white noise create a moment of zen. ♪ krcrisscross, yogaauce ♪

>> inhale and exhale. let go of anything that might be bothering you. >> reporter: once a week students unwind in this calm classroom in alexandria. for 30 mutes of yoga and relaxati relaxation. the goalo block out the distractions and redire negative energy into something positive. >> one more time. your biggest breath in. and let it go. >> reporter: stretched out on mats, student s place all rubber duck on theirng and positive thinking. >> sometimes i getad at other students, and i just breathe in and then out so that i can focus on the present, not on the future or the past. >> nobody's mad. nobody's angry.no

dy's upset. everybody's calm and happy and excited to learn at school and have fun. >> think of the energy going out. then you can come back to this feeling anytime you might be stressed, maybe befe a test, maybe before your mom and dad avtell you you h to clean your room or can't have a toy, you can come back to this feeling of calm and safety and peace. >> reporter: these yogis are promoting peace and striking a pose from superman -- >> it feels like you're flying. >> reporter: -- to the thie. >> i like pose because it kind of represento how i have try and stay balanced and not let, like,ak anger completely control over me. >> reporter: and our personal favorite. >> i he to say the shivasana because that's the only pose you te down, be relaxed. >> reporter: it'she brainchild of sue ann. >> iec did itse i saw the

need for something happy. i decided thare it with the school. but it's come from my experience. >> the world is a challenging place, and in our students -- >> reporter: the school's principal was skeptical about it at first. >> it was one of those things where we just thought, why not? why don't we just try it to see how it works? >> reporter: and the teachers say they're seeing results. >> it's shown improvement in their classroom, their academics, and in their behaviors. >> reporte the power of yoga is also teaching these students an important life lesson. >> you can have a calm and relaxing day, so and it can help you at home or at, like, places or at times you have trouble. >> and let it go and say ah. very nice. >> how wise do those children sound. nd it's not just for the students. every wednesday morning at that school, teachers, custodian, and

cafeteria workers they can all get together to practice yoga before t school bell rings. more than 800 students from pre-k to sixth graar take in the calm program at groveton elementary school. the principal there says other schools in fairfax couady have al reached out, hoping to incorporate this into their classrooms. >> love their soothing sound bites there. >> don't you feel better and calmer just watching that? and what if all of us could find that as elementary school children? uswhat would that do for >> i'd like to find that at 1:00 in the afternoon every day here, like right outside. just love it. >> great story. thank you. well, from inside the classroom, edout to the community, just ahead at 5:00, the special event that drew dozens of police and children to an area target. >> and stay bundled up, folks. we're staying cold into the weekend. will we also get some snow in will we also get some snow in doug has m

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we've got some really cold numbers. 39 degrees. let's show you what's hpening at that 38-degree mark now, winds out of the northwest, 7 miles per hour, not much of a windchill. still seeingsh some snoer activity, flurry, really, a couple back towards 66lo faulkier county and western portions of loudoun county. we saw some pretty good snow around frederick on the light to moderate side. right now seeing snow flurry ak tgomery county, prince george's county, although a lot he this is not hitting ground. you might see a couple of flakes out there if you look really hard toward i-70, west of frederick. manassas below freezing.te eratures in the 20s overnight tonight, into the day tomorrow. we had a pretty potent storm system, atlantic city, 3 to 6

tches of snowoday as that storm system movesff the coast. part of a larger storm continuing to rotate around our area. all eyes are on this storm bringing beneficial rain to parts of california, snow towards the mountains, snows 6 to 12 inches at the higher elevations. this is a storm that we'll be tracking for you movingcross the country. winter storm watches in effect for parts of texas and oklahoma. that storm moves our way, and yes, it does look like we are going to be watching the srm very closely on sunday. this is one of our commuter models. e storm stays far enough south. we don't see anything at all. again, this is what i'm leaning towards.ea i'm reallyng towards most of us not seeing much at all. if you want to see it, head on down to roanoke. they could see a good amountf snow ihat area, mountains of north carolina. this moves off towards the east and monday it's out of here. some computer models are trying

to bring this closer to our area, so we have a lot of time to work it out. a couple pieces to be loo.d that's why we'll be all over it for you the next couple days. tomorrow, 31 degrees at the bus stop in the city, 25 in the suburbs, 45, chilly at pickup most of y staying in the upper 30s to low 40s tomorrow, another chilly day there. another front moves through, 39 on saturday, 36 onnd , and monday, back to 41 as that storm system pulls out. still tracking that storm chance and we're cold all the way through next week.th friday.s only 50 next >> thank you, doug. right now, a local school district is facing a bitter battle over redrawing its boundaries, but it not the only controversy. just ahead, why it's been ast ruggle to give a new middle school a name. plus an armed gunman using an unusual tactic to pull off his het. what police say you need to know

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ight now at 5:30, a nation in mourning as we say good-bye to president george h.w. bush. >> after one final ride through

washington, the nation's id41st prt arriving at the national cathedral for a state funeral today. inside a rar gathering that included president trump and all four of our most recent past presidents. thousands of other dignitaries. esident george w. bush delivering an emotional eulogy as he shared his father's final words. >> last fridayd when i was t he had minutes to live, i called the guy answered the phone, said i think he can hear you but he hasn't said anything for most of the day. i said, "dad, i love you. you've been a wonderful father." and the last words he would ever say on earth were, "i love you too." >> and the sweet moment behind the scenes between president george w. bush and michelle greeted the bush other former presidents, handing mrs. obama a mint or a cough drop, bringing a smile to her

face. you may recall president bush handed mrs. obama a cough dropr dung senator john mccain's funeral, a moment that went viral. and remember this day with news4 for continuing coverage as we say a final farewell to our nation's 41st president, an arrival ceremony for the president's casket set to begin in about 30 minutes in houston, texas. we wil take you there live at the top of the hour. close to home, happeng right now, a thief targeting montgomery county the suspect caught here on camera in one of the incidents armed with a gun. but it's his tactic that police are warning us about tonight. news4's pat collins is live in kwheeto wheaton with details. pat? >> reporter: jim, he did it in october. he did it again in november. now it's december. watch out. >>ai detectives areng to see

what happens. >> reporter: this guy is a creature of habit. he wears same clothes. he strikes on the same day at the same time. now, this is no snatch and grab kind of thing. this is an armed robbery and the target each time a safe in a cvs store. he hits on sunday nights right before closing. eachime he comes up with an excuse to get into the office. at ts cvs in wheaton, he said he left his cell phone behind. at the cvs in four corners, he said he wanted to apply for a job. with the gun drawn, he forces ployees to the floor, then he takes hisun away, time rifling through a purse, and then int the safe he goes. that envelope full of money,

serious money, four-figure money. it appears this guy has done some homework. >> it appears that he comes in with a plan, he knows what he wants to dond kno what he wants to get, and he executes that plan and he's in and out. >> repter: if youurn this guy in, you could get a $10,000 reward. that could come in handy this time of year. wendy, back to you. >> all right. pat collins, thank you. one of the most colorful buildis in crystal city is being torn down to make way for a new apant and retail complex. the old office bidding on many of rive borde the offices for the new amazon headquarters. and developers are hoping that site will eventually include two buildings with 750 apartments and se ground-floor retail. if you walk, run, bike through that area, expect the sidewalks to be closed during the

demolition. we're eecting a key vote tonight on plans for a solar plant in spotsylvania county. the planning commission is set to decide on plans by the s-power to build the largest solar farm on the east coast. it's planned for 6,000 acres in the western part of the county. opponents say it violate the county's plan to keep that area rural, and the panels will be ugly to look it will be good for the county as power is promising new vegetation to improve the view.> efore t.c. williams and "remember the titans," stratford jr. high school the first virginia school to be integrated. this week,ou arlingtony school leaders will work to honor that legacy while choosing a name for a new middle school. here's northern virginia bureau isporter david culver. >> reporter: thi how principal ellen smith introduces herself over the phone. >> my name is ellen smith at the new middle school at the historic stratford building.

>> reporter: this is the new middle school.be its name t determined. located in arlington's cherry dale neighborhood, the school will serve about a thousand students next fall. len wants tho students to understand the significance of this spot. >> this building was the first building in the commonwealth of virginia to atdesegr >> reporter: at the time it was stratford junior high. it comes from the name o the confederate general robert e. lee. the school boardo voted have lee removed from washington lee high school. they're considering washington loving, to allow the virginia couple who allowed for interracial marriage. one person writing, this would be a very beautiful thing. #virginiaisforlovers. another concerned at the added expense of renaming, my personal issue is simply the cost. >> i see it a part of my mission as principal to help

kids understand the work of the community. >> reporter: ellen's school is different in that choosing a new name, not renames. the committee considering two option, both with the word stratford. they believe it is what many associate th successful tegration. >> we don't want that to be forgotten, right, so the most important tng for me is how can we keep that history alive. >> reporter: tomorrowchool board is expected to hear more about what went into the process to finding these two oions for the name, and then later this month, they'll cast their vote for which one they want to see on the building behind me. arlington, david culver, news >> the school board will be voting on the new name on january 10th. when we come back, an unusual find for a police officer on patrol. a speed camera on fire. but was it a case of vandalism? and right now, radar tracking some snow showers moving through the area.

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will update the road from route 7 to the prince william county line. >> belmont ridge road is a very high-traffic volume road. we've had a lot of accidents, a tremendous amount of congestion, especially trying to get to route 7 in the p.m. rush hour and greenway in the a.m. rush hour. >> itncludes some new paths along the road. there will be a new bridge that goes over the w&od road. and if you like to use that trail, you are going to get a parking lot. > investigators are trying to determine if a speed camera in the district malfunctionedr was vandalized. a resident saw fire in the camera and called police. officers saw flames and smoke coming from the camera and used a fire extinguisher to put it out. the arson squad is ting to determine the cause. dozens of police converge on an area target today but not for a crime. this is a special event that drew them to t store with a

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the most decent and honorable person i ever met was my friend george bush. one of nature's noble men. his epitaph, perhaps just a single letter, the letter for loyalty. it coarse e coursed through his. loyalty to his country, loyalty to his family, loyalt to his iends, loyalty to the institutions of government and always, always, always a friend to his friends. >> that is former wyoming senator allan simpson.

his eulogy today was emotional, also filled with some h laughte remembered some of the lighter moments with his good friend, george h.w. bush, over the years. andight now, president bush's casket is on its way to texas where anoth funeral will be held there tomorrow. this is a live look at houston where air force one is set to land in about is a minutes. and we will bring you that ceremony coming up on news4 at 6:00. well, christmas came early for some children in our area courtesy of local police officers, the kids bonding with d.c. police and metro transit officers at a target today. d.c.'s police chief telling our mark segraves experiencik this can help forge positive relationships, especially year as murders in the city are up too often affecting the youn. nest the commu >> reporter: it was a time for kids andops to hang out, have lunch together.

>> stay on my good list. >> reporter: meet santa. then go shopping. >> how do you feel? >> good. >> what did you get? >> it's about young people two-poi developing a relationship with police officers and human beings. >> reporter: 4-year-oldhe jor t wa with her brother and their mom who's thankful kids are forging positive relationships with c at a young age. >> it means a lot. makes us feel safe. we are safer when we have the communication with the citizens of the district of columbia and when we can work young people, bridge the gap at a young age. it cuts out a lot ofe violencn their lives. >> reporter: about 100 kids got to take part and they each came away with their arms full of fun, including 13-l.ar-old mich the brother of makiyah wilson, killed after a shooting outside their home. he got to shop with the chief. >> he's very concerned about his esmom and the of his family.

that seems to be a theme with him, so can do anything humanly possible to make his holiday a little happier, i'm happy to do it. >> reporter: many of the d.c. police officers who were supposed to help out with today's event ended up having to work president bush funeral, so several metro transit police officers joined in to help out. and as for jordan, what she really wants for christmas? >> iant b a news person. >> reporter: my future colleague. >> and i wantew to be a ns person. >> reporter: mark segraves news4. >> today a group that helps upitary families is packing holiday meals and toys for distribution. these are volunteerselping eration homeland put together items for about 200 families. holidays can be challenging for military families because they're so often separated and just the added expenses. thanks toin several buss

partners, this group has been able to do this for nine years. the redskins back to work today with a new face leading the offense, and as sherree burruss reports, mark sanchez has teammates believing at redskins park. >> reporter: the redskins returning home this weekend, looking for their first win since november 11th. they're hoping e ing ting to be york giants behind third-string quarterback veteran mark sanchez. he has full support of teammates even thew ones he doesn't k yet. >> you said after the game guys n't recognize were comin up to you, showing support. >> don't ask me their names now. whenever your peers recognize, one, the situatn, and two, tderstand how hard i'm willing to work,hat means a lot. and pr recognition is in my opinion the most important thing, especially when you get to the top of your profession. you know, these guys are the rest be best of the best. their jerseys are hung up in their high school gyms. when they sta to recognize

this guy is here to work and o win, he's on board, he'll doer whatevt takes, that means the world to me. we just are have to get to 7-6 first but you get to 10-6 and we're talking playoffs and about something important. that's the global scale, and now, okay, we understand what we're doing, let's get right here, get right down to the most important thing and that's playing on sunday an home i front of our fans. let's go execute. just execute and see what happens. >> reporter:eammates tell me sanchez's humor and uplifting attitude is encouraging nsidering he's coming in this late in the season. from redskins park, sherree burruss, news4 sports. >> l's get it done. this sunday will be sanchez's first nfl start since 2015. we are now going to take you to thekies over houston. that is air force one that has been renamed special air mission 1st n honor of our 4 i president. his casket is on that plane. be is heading home to texas.

they are going t landing at ellington field in houston. but first, they're going to do a low, slow flyover of the george bush library center before landing there and thenonward where he will be lying in repose at the family's church at st. martin's episcopal church. >> clear skies. probabme a bit w than we've had. >> right we'll see more of this as the plane touches ground in about another 15 minutes. >> doug, how are we looking for our night tonight? >> really cold. just a cold day today, temperatures ten degrees below average. we're right back into the 20s by early tomorrow morning. kids need the coat, hat, gloves and the bus top. current temperature down at 38 yegrees. temperature's ooing to drop through about 11:00, temperature do to about 33. most areas already close to that

number. in burg, gaitherscurg, 34 in epper. we are talking about some really cold air. some snow, a couple of flurries in faulkier county. this area right here towards270 up towards frederick has seen some snow shower tivity, snow flurries. it definitely looks more than what it is. it's just -- most is very light, but if you're snow lover like yourself, count yourself lucky. eaton, laurel, bowie might see some snow showers. but no issues. different story up towards parts of atlantic ty. 3 to 6 inches in that area after kind of aurprise snowstorm developed just off the coast here. that is now moving out. fr one coast to another coast, that's the storm that's going to affect us i about five days. amelia is taking a look at that. that thing is just off the coast

of l.a. >> absolutely. i have it circled, doug. 8:00 tonight, it's bringing some much-needed rain to parts of california. this storm system dips south. friday evening around 6:0p.m., to bringing rain mostly texas. it continues off toward the east, impacting the southeast with a lot of rain sunday, especially later in the day. notice that wintry mix farther to the north for the carolinas. is computer model, the european, keeps the storm systea to our south that's our forecast right now. mainly dry and cloudy sun y innday. but there's a lot of uncertainty with this sotorm. if we saw anything here, it would beay later in the sunday into monday. the potential impact, we could have nothing at all, whi is what we're thinking right now. we could have a bit of a wintry mix or a pretty impressive snowstorm. one computer model produced by canada is giving the d.c. area 16 inchesow of

we're going you have to a much better idea tomorrow. sobody just walking through our newsroom stopped and looked back at me when i said that. 16 inches of snow in one model. the american and the eurtean riow are mainly keeping the storm to our south. that's our forecast.c the metro area, areas to the north looking to stay dry sunday and monday. keeping a close eye especially in the southern zones for the po penial for a wintry mix sunday into monday. getting into tha te zone where pajamas neget turned inside-out ikids want to see a snowstorm. >> we've got these players in the game here coming onshore, the one player is california, the other player around alaska. that stio has come onshore before we start to know. i think we'll know tomorrow nit, a better chance of what we'll be dealing with on saturday and sunday. 42 for a high on friday, 39 on

saturday, 36 sunday. no matter what that storm is, north or south, it will be cold on sunday, 41 on monday, and the chilly side through next week. next big storm ces late next week. that one looking like all rain. >> we were just talking about how we say thi ts from south. we say pajama others say it a different way. >> doug says he's a pajama guy. >> in the south, we put our pajamas on side down. >> not inside-out. we have continuing coverage this evening of the funeral for presidenteorge h.w. bush. >> the plane carrying his casket to houston is expected to touch thwn there in just about ten minutes. is a live picture from ellington field. stay with us.

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after alvinhornton to lead the prince george's county school board. he chaired the board for three terps before going vn to cre create the thornton plan, the model used to fund all maryland public schools. he says it was his grandson who convinced him to retur to prince george's county. >> he said, papa, you know, we need you to help >> we've had this debate regardless. >> reporter: this night last july marked one of the lowest points for the prince george's coun school board inyears. eubanks charged with assaulting edwardft burroer the meeting. it was anoer chapter in a school year filled with scandal capped b then ceo dr. kevi maxwell stepping down. just last week, eubanks also resigned as board chair. >> the divisiveness on the board did not help at all. and i thi bed on my experience and how to build relationships, how to lead, and how to constructively bring

people together who differ on things, thas what i c do. >> today burrow, who led a minority block of board mbers critical of school leadership vowed to support >> we consider you our coach, our captain, and are ready to roll up our sleeves. >> reporter: a feeling echoed by another school boardap intee. her former opponent for county executive, paul mon terra. >> i'm t excitserve with dr. thornton and learn from him. you very much. i'm honored to work with you. >> reporter: dr. oron says his first job is to change the narrative of how the area ss the prince george's county school system by redirecting the focus to its students. tracee wilkins, news4. >> knowing that dad is hugging robin and holdagg mom's hand n. >> america remembers george h.w. bush, his long life, his love for his wife and family, and his

public service. and now at6:00, the tributes for our former president, the people who came to honor his life. >> a loving man with a big, vibra vibrant, all-envfall-enveloping. >> our 41st president will be laid to rest right now, he has returned to his home state of texas. this is a liv picture of air force one, which has been renamed special air mission 41, carrying the casket of our foerside. he will be brought to his home church the his presidential library and museum. here in washington, thousands of friends and fellow statesmen and women packed the washington national cathedral today.mi ions more were watching on tv. >> america said good-bye to george geohe