4 news at 11:00 begins with breaking news. i'm deeply sorry. >> virginia's governor under fire tonight. >> ralph northam facg some serious questions after a photograph taken mor than

years ago has suddenly surfaced and ignited a firestorm. good evening, everybody. i'm jim adlai. >> and i'm adorn ian gentzler. major backlas calls for northam to resign over this photo. the governor admits he is in fact one of ple two p seen here on the right. one painted in blackface, the other in a ku klux klan hood and robe. >> i appears on his medical school yearbook page. tonight he'sgizing for it. here is the entire video uncut. >> my fellow virginians, earlier today released a statement apologizing for behavior in my past that falls far short of the standard you set for me when you elected me to your governor. i believe you deserve to hear rectly from me. that photo and the racist and offensive attitudes it represent does not reflect that person i

am todayayr the that i have ndnducted myself as a soldier, a doctor a public servant. i am deeply sorry. i cannot change the decisions i made, nor can i undo the harm my behavior caused then and day, but i accept responsibility for my past actions and i a ready to do the hard work of regaining your trust. i have spent the past year asur governor fighting for a virginia that works better for alleople. i am committed to continuing that fight through theemnder of my term and living up to the expectations yor set me when you elected me to serve. thank you. >> a of thisoming on the first day of black history month. our team coverag n begins with news 4's jackie bensen. >> reporter: loudoun county residents and others gathered at the claudemore recreation center

in sterling for a program and conversation on racemarelations. ny learned just before they arrived for the 7:00 p.m. program than virginia's govlpnor northam had just become the focus of a national conversation on the same topic. >> and i think because of his thoughts and ideas on abortion, ebrhaps interfered with some folks, and sy let the cat out of the bag. >> reporter: some we spoke to questioned the timing of the 1984 about the image from that appeared on northam's page of his medical school the picture shows one man in blackface, the other in a ku klux klan robes and hood. the story first appeared on big league politics, a far-right media website foundedy former breitbart news employees. it was published two days after northam's comments on late-term abortion during an interview on wtop radio answering a question provoked a strong backlash from conservative lawmakers and rs ot >> we want the government not to be involved in these types of

decisions. we want the decision to be made by the mothers and their providers, and this is why, jue, that legislators, most of whom are men, by the way, shouldn't be telling a woman what she should or shouldn't be doing with her body. >> you know, i'm really interested to learn more about it to try to find out why did this come out now?ua who was ay in the picture? what was the reason for this to suddenly get all kin of attention? is it really tied to what went on down in the legislature this week. >> chuck todd is nbc's political director and moderator of "meet the press." >> in this environment, in this state, justin fairfax, the sitting lieutenant governor walked out on a commemoration ceremony of robert e. lee a few weeks back. the leaders of the democratic rty in virgini think are going to struggle to find a way to stand behind him. >> the weekend likely to hold

additional developments in this matter. live in sterling, jackie bensen, news 4. >> jackie, thankov you. thenor is accepting responsibility but will his new apology be enough to hold on to his job? as you can imagine reaction is pouring in tonight. virginia democratic senators mark warner and tim kaine calling the photo shocking and offensive and that northam should listen to the people that he has hurt but they stop short of calling for his resignation. california democratic senator kamala harris running for the whe house tweeted that "leaders are called to a higher standard andthe, quote, stain of racism has no place in government. she urged the governor to step aside. and the virginia legislative black caucus really afterr. northam, accusing him of a betrayal and saying the photo rips off the skabs of a painful

history and are a, qu piercing reminder of america's since. >> i'm in the newsroom wnoh hern virginia reporter david culver. david, this news came as a shock to everybody in virginia pretty much, and you've been talking to your sources. what are you hearing? >> i've been making several phone calls and the reality is, doreen, this is very difficult because it's not onlyli somethi cal that they're trying to deal with, but for ilot of the folks close with governor ralph northam, this is about a friendship. incredibly likeable. has a great positive reputation amongst a lot of politicians and folks on the other side of the aisle who felt like this is somebody they can deal with. right now they spent much of the y in a huddle mode before they ame out with a statement acknowledging where things stand. it's a question if he's really searching for healing and how to move forward, what does thatik look that's the big question mark. does this mean a resignation? in which youould see lieutenant governor justin fairfax ascended to that position. ms >> it s he is in the most uncomfortable position of all in this. >> this is very tough for him.

he's from northern virginia. i know he was headed up to northern virginia, coming back home after the session wrapped to the week. he made a u-turn, headed right back to richmond. went into a huddle mode with his staff. do you align yourself withs somebody who a close friend and been a supporter of yours or do you look at it more from a political perspective and say, hey, if you aspirations for or's tially the gove office, do you step in that direction? this is very delicate dance for a lot of these folks because it is deeply personal. >> help put this into context of what other -- all of virginia politics. i mean, there's been a lot of -- >> it'seen heated. a year and, half a we have the charlottesville incident. then you had the senate race with corey stewart and his link to white i mean, all of this is coming tgether and it's coming to a boil, andt's where governor northam finds himself right now trying to figure out what' the next step, what's the right

step. >> you've been working your sources for us today,s giving the latest on this. i know you're headed to richmond todrrow. >> heao the capital and we'll bridge you more coverage tomorrow. >> we appreciate that. thank you. >> more fallout is expected tomorrow. david will have the latest tomorrows morning on "n 4 today." stay up to date on our coverage of this devoping story in our nbc washington app.h just seaortham." we have more breaking news right now. a woman is shot while holding a child. those gunshots ringing out in district heights just before 9:00 tonight. news 4's s shomarine is live on the scene for us. shomari, do we know if the child is okay? >> reporter: well, jim, the good news is that that child ise goig to okay. the child does not have any life-threatening injuries. i'm here o senator avenue in district heights. the shooting happened behind me at a home. police have roped off this area while they continue to gatherce evid now, here's what happened. prince george's county police say a man drove to this house

with some friends. they say he came here to break up with his girlfriend. now, the two started guing, hitting each other outside the house. suddenly someone shoots a gun in the direction of the girlfriend outside.le tht missed her but went nto the home, hitting a relative. the relative was holding the child in her arms and they both fell on the ground. medics drove them both to a hospital. they're going to be okay. poli are questioning the girlfriend and right now they are searching for the boyfriende poave not released the names of the girlfriend, the boyfriend or the child. they have also not told us if this girlfriend the mother of the child. one thing is clear, however, thf end and his friends quickly drove away from this shooting.od after the that's why prince george's county police are searching for him and the friends. they doot mow who fired the shot. was the boyfriend or was it the boyfriend's friends? police are continuing to gather evidence on this case and theye urge any with information to call prince george's county police. in district heights, i'm shomari

stone, news 4. >> all right. thank you, shomari. thenow has finally moved out of our area, but it kept falling long enough to cause a few issues up there. in uppersarlboro everybody i okay after a car with several people in it slit off the into an icy pond. it als s disruptchool days in several counes, but some rents were okay with that. >> i like it, too. ah, it the nice. the kids get out and they're not cooped up all day long s it's nice change for them. >> school let out 2 1/2 hours early in montgomery county. students apo got a jum start on the weekend in prince george's county, but the snow's outfere. doug, the weather is doing a big, fat turnaround this weekend, isn't it? >> yeah, boy do we need it. we've been in the deep freeze the last c ple ofdays, really the last week. 'sis weekend a huge change. first, though, l talk about that snowfall. 2 orareas about an inch to 3 inches here.

1.1, d.c. 1.9 in wheaten. frederick and hagerstown, both coming in at 3 inches. a little highe total than we thought we'd get up to the north. a trn la play da. it was a beautiful snow in areas that got it during the day today. that snow is going to go bye-bye over the next couple of days. not tonight, though. look at theseumbers. 23 in d.c. 10 in hagerstown. that's not the wind ill, that's the actual temperature with the snow cover and clearing skies we are going to see very cold temperatures tonight, but we will warm nicely. watch for ice in thewe morning. e got a lot of it out there right now, especially the secondary and neighborhood streets. nice afternoon tomorrow and much warmer as we head into next week. i'll update you onust how warm we get and when our next winter storm is coming up. >> all right. doug, thank you. justice today in the murders of three family members and theirer housekeep inside a northwest washington home. the man convicted of killing to their setting fire

house will be in prison for the rest of his life. e judge gave darno wint four consecutive life sentenc without t possibility of parole. wint said nothing in court today andte is exp to appeal the sentence, but legal experts tell news 4 there is little likelihood he will ever leave prison. next at 11:00, a notorious tidnapper about to go free. his teenage v now a grown wosn. only on n 4, while he'll be allowed to move back into h parents' neighborhood. plus, whether it's trouble falling asleep or waking up in ddle of the night, what you hin do ts weekend to start i'm a veteran and the army taught me a lot about commitment.

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a fairfax county kidnapper who tortured a little girl and triggered a nationwide manhu is about to be a free man and he's been allowed to live just minu family.his victim's only on news 4 tonight, ourt sc macfarlane reports the victim herself calls it an injustice. >> reporter: scott tyree, once the focusnaf nat attention for a horrific crime, will be a eaee man in april, but he does not a to be returning here to his old neighborhood in learn don. instead he's been transferred to aay hal house in downtown pittsburgh, just four miles, just a few minutes from where he abducted then 13-year-old alicia. just four mmes f where her family still lives. >> it's unreal. this is unreal.

this is something that should happened have >> reporter: alicia says the feds never note tieified her. e didn'tearn that thaieyree was near her parents. >> i'm terrified. myome has been hijacked. >> this is the home in which he held her hostage. he not only abused her but he broadcast that abuse it was somebody watching that online feed out of state who fromnized alicia's picture the fbi's missing posters and called police to come here and rescue her. >> reporter: in the years since, alicia's become a safety advocate. lobbying uccessfully in nearl a dozen states improving sex crime laws, including virginia and maryland. >> 11 states isn't enough. it truly isn't. working on getting it passed everywhere. >> reporter: the u.s. bureau of prisons declined to specifically answer why they placed him at a halfway house so close to alicia's family and why he only

rved 16 years, the agency said inmate release dates include projected time for good conduct and prior credit time received for incarceration pryor to a sentencing date. for alicia, the woman who spent 16 years fighting for laws to makeids feel safer, life now feels much less safe. >> the system can victimize you. you can be put right back and the world feels different now. >>yree spent the last 16 years in a federal prison in north carolina. news 4 learned he wassf trred to the halfway house in pittsburgh abo a month ago. his full release expected by april. doreen, back to you. if you're not getting enough sleep, well, you've got a lot of company. 60 millionmericans struggle with insomnia and it impacts more women than men. >> encouraging news for women who are struggling with insomnia is that there are more treatments availbele than ever re. >> that includes smartphone apps

that analyze your sleep cycles, w much time you spend moving around in your sleep and how weight, diet and stress are impacting your sleep. an expert we spoke with says consistency is key, even on the weekends. >> check and make sure your sleep times between work da and nonwork days are not deviating by too much. if you're asleepndn saturday sunday for three hours later than you get up the rest of the week, the those three hours monday morning, your brian's going to say, weren't we asleep day? >> it's also important to take notes. keeping a sleep journal can keep you from cheating yourself out of a good night's sleep. we've posted a chart thathe bres down recommendations for sleep by age group. new action to our toptory coming in now from former democratic governor terryn mcauliffe virginia tweeting out that ralph northam should step down.ha the situation he has put himself and the commonwealth of

virginia in is untenable. it's time for ralph to step down and for the commonwealth to move forward. again, this tweet just coming from the former democratic governor terry mcauliffe. >> we understand that governor northam has been meeting with virginia lawmakers tonight. more on this story to come as the weekend goes on. things are looking up for our weather this weekend, aren'ey >> yeah, they are. temperatures tomorrow could be double what they are today. >> sweet. >> that's just amazing. that being id, some areas were 18 degrees. >> all m relative. ht get to 36. i'll tell you, we'll take it, you know, as we make our way out, everybody gets above freezing tomorrow, so that's the good news. right now still belot freezing. a icy so heads up for that. current temperature at 23 at the airport. winds out of the east at 7 miles an hour. our wind chill 14. a very cold night across our region. just look atthis. these aren't wind chills these are temperatures.

10 in hagerstown, 16 in baltimore. we could drop a little more up to the north. could even see areas of fog. so we saw the snowfall today. watch out tonight for areas of ice. abtheis is what i'm talkint here. what is wet will become ice if it's not already. lots of slick spots right on through tomorrow morning. once the sun comes up aroun 7:00, 8:00, by 9:00 the sun is strong enough to melt that ice and snow on the roadways. w muchmer tomorrow. it really will feel very delightful tomorrow with sunshine. you won't need the hats and the gloves. it's still going to be cold relatively for this time of year, but much better than we were. this is the storm that came through. tch it get out of her the wider picture not showing much. we don't have much in the way of storm systems. in the big cold air mass is now finally making its way across the northeast and away from our area. sok let's tout that as far as temperatures now.

9 below in 1 in chicago, 9 below in buffalo. but, look, 50 down towards nashville, 50 towards fayetteville. that warmerir is trying to make our way it is quite amazing that the warm air is just poised to make its way in here. here it is. we make our way into tomorrow afternoon. look at the numbers here. into the 40s. 43 in d.cut how a sunday, we get even rm wasser saturday night. if you're going out tomorrow night, we do cool into the 30s. it will be a coolight. we will see another refreeze early sunday morning in many uteas. watch for that, too, as we move into the day on sunday, 50ough. how about the big 5-0. i'll be there in about 15 years, but 50 degrees really looking good out there. all right. 41 tomorrow. sun and clouds. much warmer.

lots of meltingomorrow. not just tomorrow. i really think all the snow is gone by around monday. if it's not gone mond, tuesday says 64 degrees. get on out of here and then we look towards nextee yes, we have a couple of storms. going to have toatch those very closely. we do have two days in the 60s, tuesday and friday, but then the storms for the weekend, yeah, storm watching, that's what i've got out e. >> all right. you crazy millennials. >> thas right. past my bed time. i got to get home. >> it sure is, right? >> thanks, doug. coming up, caps return to the ice and look to snap that seven-game losing streak. >> sports next. first here is jimmy fallon. hey, guys. tonight we've got ahony mackie, tim gunn, matthew broussard.

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this is the xfinity sports desk. >> boy, it was clear. tonig the caps missed winning and a good fight. >> a good fight and they. w i was swimming in georgetown fountain, but i thought a little chilly tonight a little bit giddy for regular season. hey, the last time the capitals

won a game the temperature in d.c. was a balmy 40 degrees, doug. remember that heatwave? since then the capitals have been anything but hot. the defending stanley cup champions have been trapped in their own losing vortex. once winners of 7f 10 games, they returned from the all-star break still carrying ase n-game losing streak. againsthe calgary flames and without alex ovechkin, the one game suspension for missing the all-star game. hey, caps up 1-0 early. but calgary would answer back. >> just amazing. >> slaloms through the defense and tucks it past braden holtby. how about dmitry yasken? evgeney kuznetsov forces the turnover. tom wilson, he can score, too. extends the kapcaps' lead.

cous capitals and their seven game losing streak and beat the flam 4-3. there was even a fight afterwards. all right. frigtu temperares. maryland traveling to madison,o win. look at all that snow. no, those are white flags. it was a battle of the bigs. ethan happ doing well. he goes up against maryland's super sophomore bruno fernando. watch here, nice up and under. that's good for two. they go back and forth. bruns not going to be o ddone. bigunk there. this was close allame. i was afraid i was going to say that until wisconsin hits from downtown to give badgers the lead. wisconsin wouldn't look back. terrapins fall on the road to the badgers 69-61. onthey experienced the hight offl highs the has to offer. the game of life, though, that's a bit trickier. gibbs has known joy and sadness,

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and we end tonig with mor breaking news on governor ralph northam's racist photo that surfaced today., >> ye there's now a growing chorus from virginia democrats for him to resign. the senate and house democratic northam toing for

step down tonight. the governor spoke to both groups tonight. >> he's under fire over this photo from his'84 medical school yearbook. northam's predecessor, governor terry mcauliffe, also says it's time for the govnor toer alexa, play weekend mix. ♪ the new lincoln mkc. connecting the world inside, with the world outside. ♪ so you can move through both a little easier. ♪ introducing the well-connected 2019 lincoln mkc.

[ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- anthony mackie,