fowler wasted no time here. just a couple of putts from this distance and w thiste management phoenix open will finally be his. >> and rickie fowler is finally a winner here in the desert.on e of the wildest days we've seen a winner come home in in a long, long time. he rickie started this day with a reputation tha can't close. he was either going toolidify th or put an end to it. he just put an end to it. that has to be difficult. >> we mentioned the whole family here. his fiance allison stockey a

part of the lar group. he's got some 20 members of his family. allison's got a lot of membersy of her familhere as well. let's send you down to steve sands. >> wita victorious rickie fowler. you waited a long time to win re at tpc scottsdale. all of the craziness going on around you beginning early in the round then on number 11. hold it you able t together and get to the finish line? >> i tell you what, it wasn't ot fun. r than two holes, it was a pretty darn good round of golf. i felt like we too care of what we needed to do, but couple bad swings, couple bad breaks. you kind of have to roll with the punches. and i think we did a good job of that today and kind of putting things behindus. ep moving forward, glad it wasn't like this. i'm happy with, you know, how we just kept moving forward today. like you 1 said, numbcould have turned this tournament. the complete opposite way. and finally, we got it done.

i mean, i couldn't be closer with the thunderbirds. they've been amazing to me. everything they've done for me. waste management has been awesome and them extending their titlereponsorship yeah. finally get a win with my dad and grandma and grandpa around. so happy about that. >> you hear what everybody has to say aboutr you and y career and that you need to win more at such a young age. how importanwas today? >> it was big. i mean, especially being out front. but we're in a similar position in abu dhabi is ckw years it was back to one through seven holes or something. you know, similar spot atononda when i few years back. just happened to dig deep and fight through. it wasn't easy out theretoday. you can see from the scores, not many guys put many low rounds together. so i'm happy to get this one out of the way. it's been a long time coming to get the win here. plenty of good finishes, but too

manyecond place finishes here. >> congratulations, rickie. >> thanks. >> dan, back to yoki >> here's th of day it was. 74 is the highest final round by a winner in the 81-year hiurory of this ment. >> i c understand at. this is usually a birdiefest. but rickie fowler proved today that he aspires to be in that corner office just like his buddies thomas, spieth, and bubba. i'm happy for a him. ison happy as well. he talked about his grandfather, his grandmother here. grandfather getting to watch him win a professional tournament for the first time ever. rickie so disappointed a couple of years ago when he wasn't able to put it away. a 74 ends up bei good enough after starting the day with a four-shot le a wild waste management phoenix open. so we check out the latest fedexcup standings. you still have xander schauffele

on top. and rickie fowler zooms 58 spots up into the seventh position. well, if you missed any of da s act n, get caught up with "golf central" on golf channel. we'll see you next at the world golf chahip mexico championship. coverage begs february 21st on golf channel and nbc on the weekend. coming up next except on the west coast, it's your local news. well, welcome to the team, zinger. you got a good one out of the oux. for r entire team, dan hicks saying so long from the waste management phoenix open. ckie fowler wins it. so you finally got fios, huh? yep, and wanna know what the best part about it is?ga

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photos next to him. we have more on how democrats are considering other ways to force him ou rsh on virginia's capitol grounds, a sunday stillness. the tranquility stops at the gates of the executive mansion. inside embattled democraticg governor dou norm htham. icracist photo emerged from his published m school yearbook page. friday night in a statement and in a tweet, the governor nearly apologizing for appearing in the photo. a day later, a dramatic reversal. >> this was not my picture. i was n in that costume either as black face or as kkk. it's not me. >> reporter: the governor admitting he darkened his face with shoe polish for a michael jacksontutfit as p of a 1994 dance contest. he refuses to step down despite

pleas from his own party. >> how is it you can win over support of your own party at this point? how do you bring them back over? >> to let them know that i am not t t person int photo that caused this stir yesterday. >> reporter: with ralph northam still serving as governor here in rginia, democrats have a lot of con seshs about effectiveness. we're in the midst of the general assembly session. the build behind me is supposed to be where they're making laws. instead, they're worried that come tomorrow the focus will be on rtham. we asked state senator louise lucas if she's consideri aay to force northam out. >> right now i can't give you an answer on what can be done. i think the noble thing would be for him to heed the call of all the folks who have been his friends and his colleagues and step aside. >> we're hearing a lot of folks calling for resignation. are you one of tho voices w? >> i am.

he has compromised his ability to lead. >> reporter: luke tory putting his past relationship with northam aside. he doesn't like thedea of pursuing impeachment. >> i hope he'll do the right thing and simply resign. >> reporter: state senators believing it's the only path to heal a divided commonwealth. in richmond, virginia, david culver, news 4. >> stay with 4 news and our nbc washington app for continuing coverage on the governor under fire. metgwhile, in mery county, a police officer may be credited for saving a woman's life. the officer killed two pit bulls who attacked two women. the attack happened last night in montgomery village on singing pinecircle. when police arrived, the officer found the dogs on top of the

victims. the women suffered very serious injuries. it is unclear who owned the animals. a montgomery county school teacher is dead after his car hit a utility pole today. bradley nolan watts was less than two miles from his home in ulney when he hit the pole. it was about 2:45 this morning. neighbors heard the crash and called police. no word on what caused it. watts worked in montgomeryco ty's interim instructional servnges. cop next on news 4 at 6:00, a bad break and terrible timing. find out how this situation in the district is hurting super bowl parties.id and you enjoy today?

a broken water main is putting a damper on super bowl parties in d.c. repair crews are on the scene along 4th street. it left about 60 d.c. water customers high and dry and scrambling to make preparations ahead of their b big supl celebrations. >> i went to walmarts t morning and there were other people buying jugs of water.

>> d.c. water says people in the neighborhood should have theirt back on by 8:00 tonight. sara is standing by with your storm team 4 forecast. first, a little game you may have heard about. here is new4' darcy spencer live. live. >> reporter: we are h

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going to be a big night for local bars and restaurants, many banking on big super bowl crowds. tonight news 4's darcy spencer is at exile's bar. hi, darcy. >>eporter: the erika, that's right. this is one of the neighborhood bars. this is not one of thesp giant tssarhe wre you'll have hundreds of people with lots of big screen tvs. this is going to be a little more iinimate let me show you what is happening here right now. you can see they have a crowd here, people sitting at the tables, people grabbing a little egame, alsoo eat getting a little something to drink, some beers. ople eating wings, hamburgers, french fries. neighborhood g a bar, chances are you may see a neighbor. you may see someone you kn's. thort of the fun and excitement of coming to a place the super o watch bowl. of course, it's all about having fun.

>>t' a great sports day for us. last year we had a great crowd. >> is there excitement s surrounding tgame? >> a lot of pats fans in this neighborhood. al a lot o people that don't want to see the paths win as well. team.re a great as an irishman, i tend to root for the underdog. i'll be rooting for the rams myself tonight. >> reporter: all right. you heard it from the owner at the bar, rootin pour tfor the r. this is not a bar dedicated to any particular team. so you're going to see people who support each team come out here to watch the game tonight and again have a good time and, of course, safety is important. make sure you have a safe right home tonigh erika, back to you. >> darcy spencer, thank you so much. hello to the lady behind you hanging out. hi, we see you. thanks, darcy. now your storm team 4 forecast. >> tell me you wereng not dig today's temperatures?

absolutely lovely out there. i s people throwing coats to the wind, walking in shorts. no, i'm. joki it was nice. temperatures now 49 degrees. we're taking our timeoing downward, current temperatures throughout the region. some of us still in the 50s. leesburg at 52. the rest of us in the 40s. as we head through the overnight hours,e'llead towards the 30s. it is going to be another cold night. notlly cold, but cold. we are looking at patchy fog that is possible again as we head through the early morning hours. otherwise, a very tranquil and peaceful night. tomorrow we had back to work, head back to school and we are in for another day similar to today. i think tomorrow we get l atle more sun. now highs tomorrow will be in the upper 50slo. of sunshine out there, pretty dry. then we head towards about p.m.0 this is when we're tracking a smowl chance for s. those showers will be isolated in nature and will be sish

eighteigh hington, west of w d. wednesday we'll see the widespread rain impacting everybody. here is a look at you time stamp. 5:00 p.m., showers start to move in. this is onnd the back of your wednesday. sticks around all the way through thursday morning,sdnto th afternoon, kind of clearing out a bit. we can see return as we head thursday night into friday. it is going to be wet towards the end of the week, but we'll stick with these temperatures. take a look. 50s and 60s. wednesday we drop down, not too much, int the upper 40s. we rebound nicely. friday we could be very into the mid 60s in fact. then, of course,inr does return. monday and tuesday of next week, a close eye on a system tt has the potential to bring us rain and snow, something to watch fo all ri somara,u. thank yo coming up, how alex ovechkin's return to t lineup

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sherree burruss is here. we got a little win under our belt and then -- >> it felt really good until you think, all good things must come to an end. the capitols beahe boston bruins the last 14 meetings. to dare their luck running out. alex ovechkin back after sitting out friday. he had to miss a game because he skipped the all-star weekend. but a frustrating day for ovie and all his friends. ovechkin splits the defense. tuukka rask coming up with a hinster save. look at t again. a great move by ovie, but a better save by rask. game is scoreless. brent mull by had a ndgame. seeriods after the turnover. marchand to torey krug, but holtby is there for the stop. 38 f saves holts. problem is, 3ot shs. this is the difference. latern the period, krug,

beautiful feet to david krejci who gets p itt holtby. 39-24. boston wins 1-0. rask becomes the bruins all-time leader in win wins. a lot of frustratio >> we have a lot of shots in the first period. >> frustrating when you see holts put togher an eff like that. they could haveasily had thr or four. looking back, if we mind a way to get one or two, we get the win. that's how it goes sometimes. switching gears to basketball. georgetown andov villa putting their winning streaks on the line. the hoyas winner ofhe t last two while the wildcats riding nine-game streak. withoutm anything f star jesse go van who fouled out without

scoring a point. at the buzzer, that three gives georgetown a one-point lead. the second half, the freshman keeps it going, knocking down another triple to give the hoye wahs a three-point lead with 7:30 to play. then villa nova's phil booth takes over, into the paint by al the btimore native giving nova the lead ba. next wildcats' possession, booth banging home the three. villa nova doesn't look bk from there. wildcats with a 77-65 win over georgetown. now, thehi is also other little game that's happening today. super bowl liii minutes away. before the rams and patriots kick off, we are making o picks. i think the rams will win 35-17. my brain sayot pat -- excuse me -- 35-27. my heart says rams. erika? >> i would like for y heart to

go for the rams. i'm going to say the pats 23-17. >> whoo! penn state. shameless plug. >> that is not a typo. >> who picked those pictures? mcdonagh, was that yo a ca girl get a little help? you picked the worste. pict we'll see how it goes and check back in with everybody at 11:00 tonight. final seconds, somara for the weather, nice weekend. >> we' actually going to see a really nice week ahead as well. look at the temperatures. tomorrow we're in the upper 50s. then we move to tuesday, low 60s. it's feeling even better than it did today. dry conditions for the most past our next chance for widespread rain is going to be on wednesday, folks. we coo things down and then thursday and friday, at the end of theweek, notice how we warm up a bit. a nice break here reprieve. the week to come after that, we're tracking another chance

for rain. >> all right. that is the news for now. thank you for joining us. nightly news is coming up next. producer heather mcdonagh is going to work onretting bet pictures by the time 11:00 rolls around. >> go penn state! >> we'll see you tonight at 11:00. at redfin, we charge you a 1% listing fee. and because redfin.com is america's #1 brokerage site our agents get more eyes on your home so you sell for thousands more than the one next door. don't get stuck in the past. sell with a redfin agent.

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