plus unlocking the secret to sleep. chnsumer reporteran hogan tests out whi sheets are best. but we start thisfternoon with the threat of more winter weather. we've learned yesterday's icy t a woman y have c her life. >> news 4's pat collins is standing by with that story, but first let's go to sto team 4 doug kammerer in the storm center. the next seven to ten days really going to be quite stormy as thetern goes on here. and the first one is coming up this weekend. first wve got today, tomorrow and friday, all really nice days. notice hagerstown, though, 38. and we'll continue to watch as that snow moves just to our north. and we some of that snow over to partspe of sylvania, more snow. for us, thoughwe've seen sunshine and a pretty nice

afternoon. the next couple ofys great weather. as a matter of fact, we're going 60s on friday, and then sw for saturday. how about that? that's a big turn around from 60s to and then watching the next winter storms. we've got a coupleore of them in the ten day forecast. i'll be back in just about ten minutes with more on that. >> it's like two or three seasons wrapped unin two days. all that ice we saw yesterday led to a tragic accident in louden county.as a woman killed as a tree limb collapsed on p of her on stumptown road in leesburg. pat's got the details for us. pat, what have you learned about this? >> reporter: well, leon the sun is out. the sky is blue, but they say it wasfe totally dnt here yesterday.

i'm on lucketts corner near stumptown road and yesterday they say it got cold y here, t had a real ice storm here, and a woman went out to cleanup the bris from that storm and then she became a victim of it. today still some ice on the tree limbs, today still some ice on the ground. but yesterday -- yesterdayhey say it was far, far worse. >> we had about a quarter inch or so of ice on the trees here. we actually had one break and fall, take dn our power line. you can see it on the ground back there treacherous situation. limbs were falling all over the place. ice was coming out of the trees hitting cars. >> reporter: during that storm police say melanie came outside r house on stumptown road. there they say she beganupicking fallen tree limbs and stacking them in the yard. but as s di police say, she

was struck by a falling tree branch and knocked to the ground. they say she was b discovered a family member who called for help about 8:30 last night. ms. rose died at the hospital around 5:00 this morning. she was 52 years old. mark payton is her next door number. >> what happened to her last night was the type of pe on she she was out working in her yard, lovedtr flowers, loves. she was a nice lady, always wave and speak to you. very shocking. >> reporter: very shocking indeed. it's uncar as to exactly when ms. rose was hit by that fallen treeimb or how long she was on the ground before she was discovered and the 911 call for help was made. pat and leon back to you.

>> it's just so sad. thank you, pat. >> thanks, pat. let's turn now to a breaking story comin this afternoon. a local football coach suspended. >> he's accused of inappropriate interaction with student. duval high school has placed him on leave. he's worked at that school for nearly eight years. news 4's chris gordon following this story for us. s what doool officials say? >> reporter: weat, we have a ent from prince george's county public schools in a letter sent home thi with students to families informing them that the head coach, mr. lockwood, placed on leave. we want to show you some of the video we shot about an hour ago as school let out. an investigation has been launched into alleged inappropriate interaction between lockwood and a femaleud t. lockwood serves as both football coach and in school suspension

coordinator. a source close to the investigatio tells me it nvolves alleged inappropriate conversations in the form of text messages exchanged between wach lockwood and the student. tonight we spoh some of the duval high school students here as they let out. what's your reaction to theact that coach lockwood has been placed on leave for inappropriate contact with female student? >> honestly, i'm actually shocked because i know that tn, you know, ersonally. because i know him because he's like that man, and that's the reason why we're ocked. >> yeah, everybody's talking about coach lockwood, how role model to everybody in the school, the athletes, the udents, everybody. >> i think he's a great man, he's a father figure to a lot of kids in the county area. this is sad situation right now and i hope he'll fight through it. >> reporter: now, heagain, conduct being alleged is inapprriate contact with a

female student. no criminal charges have been filed. it is unknown at this time if any are even being considered. coach lockwood has been here at duval high school since 2011. he's been with the prince george's county plic school system since 2005. that's the latest live from t scene, leon, back to you. >> you got it. thank you, chris. chris gordon reporting libe. si breaking news now, another member of pnt trump's cabinet has resigns. this time it is d femaector brock long. in a statement he writes t he wants spend more time with his wife and two sons. now to the effort to prevent another government shutdown when federal funding runs oit fridut night. all sidesre optimistic president trump will sign the deal. but we've learned about a point of contention. it involves back pay forederal

contractors. all four senators from virginia and maryland cosponsored a bill to get the contractors paid but president trump is pushing back on this. why has this sticking point? >> reporter: according to senator roy blunt, he told reporters perhaps federal contractors are different fromn employeesresident trump's eyes. some republicans have been pushingayackg that the in the past contractors have not gotten back pay during previous shutdowns. keep in mind, that all of this is something that is goi to have to be worked out. president trump will have to ultimately sign this bill before friday night. congress has a deal but nothing is done until president trump signs it, and he is making no promises without first seeing the bill in writing. >> well, we haven't gotten it

yet. we'll be getting it, we'll be looking for land mines, because you can have that. >> sources tell nbc news the president will likely sign the bill to avoid a governmenthe shutdown at end of the week. the bill pays for border fencing, not a concrete wall, and with only a fraction of the $5.7 billion president trump wanted. >> i think the president is inclined to accept the is move on and try to find money elsewhere and mos likely declare an emergency. >> reporter: but some in republican leadership not even fully sold. >> let's v bey clear i think we should see the lauage. is it enough for the wall that we requested more than5 billion, no but is it a down payment, yes. >> democrats concede they are readyo pass it. >> don't judge it f what is not in it. we have dthers to pass other legislation. >> president trump saying he has many options to get money for the wall, but appearing to rule

out one. >> i don't want to see a shutdown. a shutdown would be a terrible thing. >> instead considering executive action to redirect money to help pay for the wall. and the houseik willy vote on this bill late tomorrow. pat? >> all right, thanks, blayne. we've some more breaking news just in. releasing an anticipated list oe priests who credibly accused of sexually abusing minor under mounting pressure dioceses around the country have been releasing similar lists. according to "the washington post" at least two t of the priests in the arlington dioceses have been charged criminally. all of the 16 priests onli the have either been removed from the public ministry are deceased. the bishop released a statement today are reading,quote, for victims and survivors of sexual abuse by members of the clergy i remain open to meeting with you and hearingour stories.

to see a complete list go to the nbc washington app. remember the video of the group of catholic schoolboys and a native-american elder on thes stf the lincoln memorial? new today a third party as investigationound those boys did not stigate that altercation. >> reporter: guvington tholic's bishops say the findings, quote, exonerate our students so they can move onhe with lives, end quote. the students were in town for the march for life which coincided with an indigenous oples march. and then came the videos. the video prompted condemnation and a massive social media backlash against the students. the investigation found a group known as the black hebrew israelites wer addressing the students with offensive comments but there was no evidence the students responded in the same fashion, and that they did not

chant build a wall. a third party investigation also found the students to be confused by the events that were taking n place, threatened by it it says. the bishop says the instigation proves the students did not instigate the viral moment,those fe mwesinut became reality. >> thank you,a erika. some d.c. residents say they are teed of s tire targeting the c putting the cars upon okieves. krind nd then slipping away rdetected. >>eporter: take a look. they're stealing all four-wheels from cars in a matter of minute. they're doing it in the middle of the night leaving behind nothing but a couple of lug nuts. this is video capturing the thieves in the act. they pull up in a white pickup truck, hop out and quickly remove all four tires before driving off. this video is from kentucky aven southeast in the early

morning hours on february 10th. the white suburban belongs to ilip drager and his wife. bors and e great nei they were texting us and they said oh, my gosh, your tires are gone on your car. >> reporter: he went outside and saw this. the tires and rims gone. but it wasn't theirst me. >> the first time it happened was the snowstorm we had. >> reporter: that was just a month ago. and as you can see the snow wasn't enough to stop the thieves. a mile away -- >> two neighbors had tiresal or whole wheels stolen off their cars. >> reporter: clar's street became the latest target. two neighbors had their wheels stolen just after midnight. it's an alarming trend that police say they' aware of and they're doing what they can to try and catch these criminals before they strike again. in the district, megan fitzgerald news 4. >> wow. >> i'd just be infuriated. well, we have a consumer alert. >> ford issues three recalls that affect more than 1 million

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doug is back in just a few minutes with t warmup headed our way. and then hang onto your snow boots. >> might need them again. the mars opportunity rover bites the dust. finally. after 15 years on the red planet nasa pronounced the spacecraft dead today. flight controllers have lostnt l t with it. the rover w only expected to last about tee months when it was launched back in 2003, but just like theneizer bunny that thing kept going and going and going until eight months ago when a ferociousust storm d the whole thing in. among the greatest discoveries made byhe rovers, mars once had water fleing on it. the curiosity rover, the insider lander and six orbiting spacecraft are still up there yi st mars. back here on earth instagram andorking to fix a glitch that affected profile accounts. suddenly losing millions of

followers yesterday. some o the socia media influencers took to twitter to ask what's going on. today instagram tweeted that it is working to resolve the problem, but no word on exactly what caused it. news 4 is challenging you to commit a rando act of kindness this week. >> working for you in the community touchinghe hearts o many early risers. >> reporter: we had so muchun today. for one hour newsom treated cus here in woodbridge to a free cup of coffee and a doughnut. so thesers custo are waiting on their doughnut orders. were you excited to get a free doughnut today? >> yes, ma'am. what orter: all right, kind of doughnut did you get? >> the oreo doughnut. >> reporter: there are so many options for me. >> yeah. >> reporter: i love it. okay, so this is random acts of

kindness week, so we're challenging our viewers to commit a random act of kindness. what do you think aboutis ize an a idea? >> i think it's a fantastic idea. inowight of everything is going on especially in our area little things like this go a very, very long way, justo make people smile. >> reporter: to make people smile. okay, we want to thank the owner here for letting us come in and kind of hijack his store for one commit a random act of kindness. bacon maple, that's the kind of i'm getting. okay, back over to you. >> thatctually sounds good. >> you haven't had one of those i' only done doughnuts a handful of times,ha ands the one. it's savory, sweet. that combination, i'm telli you. speaking ofweombinations e got sort of a combination

coming up and a roller coasr. >> i think everybody gets kind of what they want in general but not overall if you know what i mean. because some people are going to loveomorrow and friday. friday we're talking about temperatures in the 60s, but then other people are going to loveome snow. really amazing. breezy conditions. you can see the potomac right there and some wave action on the potomacse with t 20 to 30 mile an hour winds. current temperatures right nowe sitting in 0s. 49 degrees, winds out of the northwest at 15 miles per hour, gusts upwards to 20 3 tomiles per hour. this is actually above average as we move on through the area. 51 in the south, 38 to the north in hagerstown, much colder to the north and a nice and mild es day. cially east of the mountains that's where we do tend to get somearmer air across the area.

we actually had some, sn some light snow. you can see it right in there makingts way towards philadelphia, pittsburgh, some lake effect around the buffalo area a well. all with some colder air that is just to our north. ndr tomorrow, even better. i think thursdayriday are beautiful. what abo saturday? well, others would say saturday is beautiful at least for this time of year because thiss what we've got going on. friday we've got a front coming through and this is 6:00 in the afternoon. this front may bring in a couple of showers. if you'reri heading outy night, no worries. they should dry fairly quickly. but here we are 11 friday night. i think it may start off as rain, but as the cold air continue tuesds move in, the moisture moves in 1:00 in the afternoon, snow area-wideeere. maome exception to the

south and east, but some pretty good, snow, too, and it's the perfect scenario for areas like annapolis,.c d. this is the bulls eye at least for this storm. a few other models have it uth. that's what we're going to be watching for you. right now looking good. what to expect, a great friday, early saturday next, and just about everyone goes over to snow on saturda tomorrow as i mentioned still pretty nice. 54 degrees, sun and clouds, a great afternoon. thursday looks great. friday looks great and then everything comes back down. 80% chance of snow on saturday. 40% of just some rain showers most likely on sunday. an then another storm tuesday into wednesday. that one, a much bigger storm. we'll be waiting to see what th onebrings. >> thank you, doug. new help may be on the way for folks fighting depression. the fda gives a green light to a simple new treatment. we'll explain. and consumer reporter sus hogan is working for you to

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>> well, sleeping in the rain is do.wfully nice thing to we got a break from the rain today, what don't be fooled by >> because more snow is in our forecast. team coverage of what to expect still ahead. how local students are paying tribute as we approach one year since tan par school shooting. >> i'm adam tusz, are you guilty of mesround on your phone behind the wel. he

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really quite amazing, nice day. still windy. 43 degreeshe current win chill in d.c. 27 hagertown, up to the north. we get even warmer tomorrow and actually into friday as well before the next snow comes in. le get even warmer thursday and friday. s focus on that. >> you got it. let's turn now to something at's heatinghings up quite a bit. with today's talk around town. good to see you. let's jump right into it. your listeners have been talking quite a bit about this incident that happened at winston churchill high school in the potomac. students out there handing out what they're calling n' word passes which when you get one you're actually allowed to use

the n-word there in the school. what are your listeners hearing and saying about this? >> it's pretty disheartening for some of our lissners. for t area, it's such an affluent area, and such a s diversool they just wouldn't expect these kids wouldn't know right from wrong. d they think something like this would be funny and okay to do. this is black history month. even african-americans learning about that. it was definitely disheartening and many of ourte lrs were just so shocked, but others were like this is the life that wve in, this is the world that we live in. one of our listeners she shared her thoughts as well. >> people have gotten comfortable with racism. it's not being taken as seriously as it needs to be. unfortunately, it's the climate of the country with everything going on. >> full disclosure, my children aduated from that school a few

years ago, so for us this was a really big vise. my daughter was shocked to her this was happening because the schools so diverse. but our derek ward wept there and he talked to some students there at the high school who said they weren't surprised by th whole thing with the n-word passes. some are saying kids are getting desensitized so mh these days when things like this happen. you've been talking to a special guestf yours who's talking about how to handle these issues. >> today we're doi i racis black and white. our special guest is jane elliot, an 85-year-old white woman out of iowa, a former elemen ary schoolteacher she spent the last 50 years teaching diversity to young white students and n it's expanded to adults. she's best known for the day after martin luther king, jr. died, assassinated s separated her white third graders by eye color. and she said within 15 minutes she started becoming what she said they would be.id

she magine doing that to someone for0, 100 years. she was also clear on what she would like to see race relations here in america. >> i want it to be such no black person has courage to get up in the morning just like i as a whiteerson have to have courage to get up in the morning. >>he believes racism and bigotry is a learned behavior. we also talked about the fact we our listeners as ri n-americans, we have to stop using it as well. >> good to see you. pat, over t you. >> all right, thank you both. how often do you check your phone while you're behind the wheel? be honest. it's against the law in maryland and the district. and now virginia could be stepping up in enforcement to prevent distracted driving. transportation rorter adam tusz is live this afternoon, and you tk a ride with fairfax

county police to see first-hand what's going on out there on the roads. tell us about it. >> reporter: absolutely, pat. and all of this is coming to light becau n virginia is trying to strengthen its laws ainst hand held devices out on the road. and you don't have tout here long to see it happening. out on distracted driving patrol with fairfax county police second lieutenantg.ason l what's he looking for? >> it's more just a behavior. there's no rl silver bullet, like this is the one thing that's a distracted driver. tr reporter: he says disaction is everywhere, and he's constantly reminding drivers at his sto not paying attention. we just pulled over a drive forr going through light. >> you've got to pay attention to your lights because if someone's making a left turn where we were coming from, they'd have hit you like that in the side. >> reporter: in virginia it's actually pretty hard to prove you were distracted on a hand held device. this is why he say this new

bill will cut a lot of the uncertainties. you either had your device in your hand or you didn't. >> we would be able to enforce violating a hand held ban, while kurnltly wd have to see them violating reading texts, which is a little more difficul>> eporter: it has passed the house and now goes to the senate. it bans drivers from holding any personal communications device while driving. that's a step up. both d.c. and maryland already have handel mobile devices while driving. >> i don't know what happened. >> i understand that. let me ask you something, were you on your phone or doing >> reporter: if this becomes law anyone found with their hand held while driving could be find $120 for their first offense an2 for their second offense. it wouldn't take effect until next january, so we are talking about a bit of time, pat, before it would take effect. back to you. >> all right, adam tuss, thank

you,am one year after the parkland florida high school shootingre massac a new art exhibit in our area remembers the parkland victims. montgomery county students for change helped unveil the exhibit last night in the district. it includes a mural as well as piec from montgomery county art students. house speaker nancy pelosi joined activists and lawmakers at the unveiling. >> thank you all for what you're doing. it's ande ec. it's an emergency. we should declare it an emergency and take great aion immediately. >> the exhibit at the center for contemporaryolitical art on g street is free, and it continue5 through marchth. we've got some breaking news if you are just joining us. a local football coach is on leave. what we've learned about his relationship with a femalen st doug and amelia are tracking

winter weather that could affect your weekend. and this is what the radar is looking like right now. they'll take us through the storms hour by hour. and we've invited you to open our nbc washington app for local ways to celebrate black history month. we'll be right back.

four things to know. this afternoon duval football highchool coach terrell carlos lockwood is on leave accused of inappropriate interaction with a female student. news s 4 sources it involves inappropriate conversations in messagesof text between the coach and the student. the assistant principal at the prince george's county school sent home a letter today letting parents know about the a last minute wrinkle in the deal to prevent a government shutdown. democrs and some republicans are pushing for federal contractors to receive back pay from the last shutdown. but a republican negotiator says president trump is balking at the provisions since nontractors ha gotten back pay after previous shutdowns. they do not have much time to work it out. governnt funding runs out friday night. the head of fema has resign. brock long led the agency for the past two years w dealingh

more than 200 declared disasters. year ame under fire last for using a government vehicle without proper authorization. a at least one personn our area has died in connection to that nasty winter system thar passed through area. a woman out in leesburg was hit by a falling tree limb as she wasp picking other branches that had fallen in her yard yesterday. we're told a familember found her later in the evening and she passed away this morning. i' erika gonzalez in the newsroom. leon, back over to you. anks, erika. so news 4 is working for your health because soon you may able to fight depression with a nasal spray. right now it's on the brink of fda approval. this drug is made by johnson and johnson and could be the first major depression drug since l prozac in the '80s. it's supposed to help patients who have not benefitte from other anti-depressants. tonight nbc nightly news takes o

closer why this could be revolutionary. a local man arelsed for crimes against a child. >> once behind bars the news 4 i-team uncovers new concerns as he gets outf jail. >> whose bright idea was it that ack thought he should go to live in the community where his victims live anewhere the cr occurred? >> scott macferland has reaction from the victim'sfamily. and as we look to oulentine's day and friday temperatures well above normal. normal now 47 degrees, and then the cold air moves in for the weekend, and along with it? aow. doug and ire going to have it doug and ire going to have it latest ♪ we buy any car ♪ any make, any model, any age, any price ♪ ♪ from 50 bucks to 100 grand ♪ we buy any car ♪ any, any, any, any at webuyanycar.com, the gimmicks stop with our ads. trading in our selling your car is hassle-free with just three easy steps. one, get your free online valuation. two, drive to your local car buying centre. and three, walk out with your check in as little as 30 minutes.

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back now 45 ter the hour. it's never too early to start talking about the weekend. andehis weekend we could seeing some snow coming in. doug and amelia back here ipjust a couple minutes. it was a crime that included the torture of a child.

a local man abducted a 3-year-old girl and held her captiv now the kidnapper is about to be free, but it's where he's headet hat has so many concerned. and what scott mcfarland and the news 4 i-team found is triggering calls for someone to intervene. >> reporter:d snowy new year's day in 2002 might feel like a lifetime ago but it doesn' for the mother of alicia. >> she's been through physical abuse, emotionalabuse. >> reporter: that day he drove to pittsburgh with the sole purpose of kidnapping 13-year-old alicia whom he'd lured online. he held her hostage where he sexually abused her. it triggered a national manhunt. >> we've all anxiety of emotional abuse in our family. >> reporter: a prosecutor sent m to federal prison in north

carolina. 17 years later tiry looks much different, and the news 4 i-team learned he's just weeks ay from being released back to the public. he's now finishing his sentence in a halfway house. but the halfway house isn't in north calina or fairfax county. it's in this building. in pittsburgh. >> he's out of prison, now we are in prison.ep >>ter: just 4 minutes from where the family still lives. the feds placed him here and are preparing to release him into this community. >> there's no reason h oshould problem, and as long as he's here he's going to beal our problem because it's terrifying. >> reporter: it's the u.s. bureau of prisons that decided where to place scott tiry. they provided an i-team with a document showing the five things considered when placing including the nature of the offense and also the history of the offender. the agency declined our request for comment about his close

rioximity to the family. >> whoset idea was it that they thought he should go back to live in the commu his victims live and where the crime occurred? >> reporter: camille cooper is with the national association to protist children. s going to retraumatize them. >> it already is retraumatizing them. >> reporter: the u.s.inttorney pittsburgh who prosecuted tiry told us federal prisoners are customarily released in the community in which they are prosecuted. the feds say they evend e-mai notification of his release to the family, but the family says they never received it. ey learned this news from the i-team. after the i-team alerted members of congress about this, the oversight committee asked the bureau to explain its decision, the letter cites grave and says placing tiry four miles from the home of alicia's parents is particularly egregious oversight. >> this is someone w abducted and tortured a young woman almost to death. you don't put that type of

offender anywhere near that the victim. >> i am that 13-year-old girl who was lured by an iernet predster. >> q. latifah: after her rescue she became a safety advocate lobbyingss suclly in nearly a dozen states for stricter laws and better funding for police to puue child predator. >> there are so many young girls whose story will never be tehel >> rep alicia's law passed in virginia, the site of her kidnapping. >> it's always going to be with us, and we should be able to live our lives. 're the victim, we're not the perpetrator. >> reporter:s but iw her family that's feeling very much in danger. news 4, i-team. >> there is growing reaction to this and more calls for action from members of congress today beuse of what the i-team found. scot mcfarland joins us with new reaction and to share what's likely to happenext on news 4 at 5:00. and to read more about this case or send the i-team any tips,t ur nbc washington app. well, as we turn to the

weather n you know i'm thinking i'm feeling sorry forl pe coming here to visit this weekend because they have no idea what to pack befor. een friday and sunday, my goodness. >> that's a really good point. because youome and maybe you wore a polo shirt on friday and and you need the gloves hats coming in on saturday. if you've got enough room maybe you pack in the shovel as well. you might need that, too, coming up saturday afternoon. not the next couple of days, though. we really have some nice weather in here during the day tomorrow. and ok, it's nice now. plenty ofstein. temperature-wise we're at 49 degrees. dropping to about 4 by 7:00, down to aut 37y 11:00. so it's going to be a chilly night tonight. but relativelyerpeaking teures are little above average in most areas. 43 the current wind chill in d.c. only7 in hagerstown. we even saw some snow with the lake effect to the north.

still showing a little bit up to the mountains here, but that's really about it. the rest of us igh anddry. you can see where the storm system is up to the nort and see ver cold air. the wind chill right now in pittsburgh 1degrees with snowfall, and it is a mess here in western portions of of north.vania just to our but the mountains actually provide us with some warmth. they give us that warmth coming down the mountains. you get the air going over the mountains as they move downos to our area the temperatures actually warm, and that's what wel today and what we'll see tomorrow, too. on friday, and the bottom drops out and the snow drops out o the sky. >> it's kind nice. we get a bit of everything friday,like spring on winter returns in full force as it looks right now on saturday with it temperature around 38 throughout it tay. sunday a high of 40. yesterday we were tracking two winter storms over the we but we've said stay tuned because this forecast is still evolving. well today it's really looking

acke only one of these storms is going toven a i on the and that's going to be saturday with snow mainly in the forecast. and we are looking at some accumulation on sunday. just a chance for a few rain showers out there mainly south of washington. here's what you can expect right now on saturday. it looks likeav we'll some snow and rain moving in late friday, very early saturday. temperatures right around or above freezing. then the sunomes up o saturday. temperatures start to cool across the entire so any rain quickly changes over to snow. and then we have snow fallinggh through thrt the day on saturday, which might be kind of nice because it's a three day weekend. so t kids can get out and enjoy it. no worries about getting to work onri monday. ant now we're tracking 2 to 4 inches, but just like yesterday you'll want to stay t tuned becaus forecast is coming together. but it looks like the roads are going to be impacted o there on saturday. this is one computer model, 8:00 a.m., there's the rangeou the and no to the north. d.c. right on that rain-snow

line. as we move onto the midday hours we see any rain changing all snow. and snow, doug, continues to fall throughout the afternoon and evening hours. if ou have a four-wheel dri great weekend to hit the slopes. if you don't, you probably want to make plans a little oser to home. being this is a little bit warmer snow temperature, great for making snow men and nowballs, just to lettia know early to get those plans ready for you and the kids. tomorrow, 61 on friday. so some really warm air.t' that's why hard to believe we go right from the 60s to 30s with snow. un degrees ony so still chilly, a chance of showers most likely. td then watchings period right here. and i say tuesday, wednesday. this is really tuesday, wednesdaay thursday, fr a lot of energy here. what exactly is going to happen, one thing we know for sure it does look le we're goi oo have a pretty good-looking mix around the middle part of theek even an ice storm possible next

week. k a lot to talk about. we'll continue tp you posted. >> wow, that sound like a lot of energy, doug. >> the wrong kind. not the kind we like. they are some of the most self-less members of our community. >> we're talking aboutrossing guards. we're going to cast the spotlight on one inirnia. she'll tell you why she serves three schools a day in any kind of weather. >> on the job. but first a look at whans all new news 4 at 5:00. >> and she's always got a smile. love her. some local students are worried about getting their college degrees. >> new at 5:00 tonight, the university that could be closing its doors. also now it is part three of r looking for love series. >> tonight dating app dangers. what information to share and what you should keep to yourself on your profile. and nbc n nightlys anchor lester holt is in d.c., and i chatted with him today about what he's doing to help young journalists separate fact from

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school coach terrell carlos lock. wood was placed o leave yesterday. students learned the news as they were -- a source close to the investigation tells me it involves inappropriate conversations in the form of textesges exchanged between coach lockwood and the student.o we with some students here as school letout. >> he's a great coach, a great father figure, a great mentor. >> what do you think of the fact he's been placed onleave? >> he's innocent until proven guilty in my eyes. >> i don't like it. i don't think he'd really do something like that. it doesn't sound like him