the mighty mississippi river continues to swell, wiping out leave vies and homes and experts say it will get worse before it gets better. first, here, that four letter word you asked santa for snow, you may end up seeing it next week. howard bernstein to see what he has to say? >> a little bit of snow next week, monday is the day for flurries and snow shower, today was a beautiful day, a lot of sunshine, we had a lot f it today. clouds way up to the north in pennsylvania, new york state. it is a little chilly out here. down to 44 in town.

30ss in the suburb, but it will be a nice night by january standards. but here's the future cast, tonight will be quiet, tomorrow morning, we'll start with upper 30s and low 20s. sunday afternoon, temperatures will rise to the mid and upper 40s, flirting with 50 degrees. monday, that's when an arctic air mass arrives, by monday morning, notice 27 in cumberland, 28 in manassas. towards midday, a little blue on the map here, snow showers, temperatures only low to mid 30s. they don't get much hire than that by 1:00 o'clock, this is a model, it could be here, or there, but you see these light blue on the map to culpepper to prince william county, fairfax, flurries and snow showers coming across the region. highs only in the mid 30s. when you factor in the wind on monday, debra, i think the wind chills will be in the 20s and teens at times. teens monday night. it will be a short livid cold

spell. howard, looking to that. record flooding continues to bog down parts of the country, as the mississippi river continues to rise. flood waters have swallowed up homes in rural missouri and illinois, leaving at least 2 dozen people dead and several missing. >>reporter: the mississippi river is hitting record high levels in the state of missouri. but the giant flood wall that protects the city of cape gerard do is holding. outside of that wall, it is a much different story. in low-lying areas, the water cannot be stopped. >> has it ever seen nearly 50 feet of water? >> no, this is the most we've ever seen. >>reporter: we took a ride with steven cook and found vehicles nearly submerged. water street took on a whole new meaning in this street where homes and businesses have succumbs to the water. it was deaf stated by the so-called -- devastated by the so-called flood of 1993. they took a government buy outand left. those who stayed behind are now seeing flood waters even higher

than 93. >> this is one of the worst. >>reporter: on the other side of the mississippi river, bruce rouder says hundreds of homes in his state are underwater, and he's urging people in voluntary evacuation areas to leave. >> a flood in the winter? which is obviously very rare, very different than a summer flood, when it's 80 degrees outside. hypothermia, the big risk. folks here wading around their homes in knee-deep water. >>reporter: the flood water continues to recede in st. louis and major roadways are open again, but the high water is now headed south. and people in that area, are getting ready. cbs news, missouri. >> that flood threat could last through next week, the mississippi is expected to crest in memphis, tennessee january 9 ths. we now the name of the woman whose body was found along the northwest branch trail friday. she's katherine alvarado. police say the 20-year-old hyattsville woman suffered

trauma to the upper body and they don't believe her death was a random act. they're offering a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to an arrest, and an indictment in the case. with president barack obama going to have an executive order. they're not happy with the president but for right this moment, they are thanking him. >> that's because many deal ers tell me, people came out in scores yesterday, and today, concerned about what may come down monday or soon after. >>reporter: inside the nation's gun show, an exhibitor whose company specializes in firearms training, he's sure they'll have 300 people signed up for conceal carry permits classes by saturday and he expects more tomorrow, double the people signed up all three days of the show, last november. >> obama has been the best thing

for gun sales. >>reporter: that fear said to be worse after reports said on friday president barack obama planned to press ahead with half a dos dozen or more executive orders aimed at gun control. requiring nonlicensed sellers to become licensed sellers and perform background checks. stubbed the gun show loophole, they are not legally required to perform background checks when making the sale. >> have quite an extensive collection. >>reporter: she one of those private sellers. >> i'm just a private citizen. and i can sell a hammer, a person can be killed just as quick with a hammer and we don't have to have a license to sell a hammer as a firearm. >> the obvious issue i have is how do you balance individual property rights, against society's need to be protected? >>reporter: the director of the gun show called this an attack on all law abiding gun owners, more on what they had to said tonight in 11:00. stephanie ramirez, wus 9.

>> the president is expected to meet with loretta lynch. changing gears now, there are 334 million reasons why a lot of people will be watching the powerball drawing tonight. outside of a safeway in cap hol heights where the tickets are selling fast. matt, you'd better be picking up a couple. >>reporter: that's right, debra, one lucky person could win it all. the drawing at 10:59 p.m. and this one will stop selling around 7:30 or so. it will cost you as little as $2 to play, but keep in mind, studies show, you've got a better chance of getting struck by lightning, hitting back-to-back holes in one in golf or killed by a bee sting, that's not stopping these people from taking their shot. >> going to get my ticket right now. >> oh, man. i can't imagine winning that much money. if i won that much money, i would -- i don't know.

>> i would buy a house. and probably a nice car and start a business. >>reporter: the only down side is, if you do win, you've got to pay uncle sam a lot, you'll walk away with 205 million. in prince george's county, at safeway, wusa 9. i will take it. i don't mind, a couple hundred million, that's no problem. pick up some for grant, eric, howard, we want a couple of tickets. let's see what you guys had to say, what would you did if you ended up winning the lottery? tag board here, give my parents a bundle of cash, open up a trust for 9 grand bays and buy a cabin and stick the rest in the bank. he would invest more in his business. and stephanie said tell no one. maybe my father, because he's been playing for over 60 years. >> someone will find out any

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first alert weather. >> y'all asked for snow. and you may actually get it. this is pretty exciting, though. >> yeah, but this is the sort of snow that may make you feel like it's january, flurries or snow shower, could get a brief coating east of the blue ridge, yeah, but, you know, this will

be pretty short-lived here. debra doesn't like anything below 70 degrees, so she's not happy. weather-wise, i don't know why she has so many sleeveless things. >> i keep hoping and praying. >> 44 degrees right now, at reagan national with clear skies, winds are coming down south at 8. many areasless than that. dew points in the 20s. it will be cooling off in the 20s and low 30s tonight. already in the 20s for the mountains. that's great for the skiers. 43 in annapolis. we're sitting at 44. so 30s and 40s out there, at the moment. if you're going out tonight, winds shouldn't be bad. but we are looking at a good finish to the weekend. an arctic air mass, the first arctic air mass of the 20s will be here. throw mid 30s, talking lows, monday night in the teen, most spots. and monday with that surge of arctic air, i think we'll have

passing flurries, and snow showers, could be some morning through midday, into early afternoon, the way it looks now, with milder weather returning for the second half of the week, along with a chance of rain by friday. see the arctic air? i'm going to show it to you here on the 850 mill bar, this is a mile up. temperatures look like about 5 ,000 feet off the ground. you can follow this, this is the arctic air is the white, and the purple is the edge of it. the south and the east, to the great lakes sunday night and southeastern canada. as we get into monday, this shoots farther down, the purple is down into north carolina. monday of the cold air coming down into monday night. that will be the coldest period for us into tuesday. but then look, it starts to retreat pretty quickly by the time we get to wednesday afternoon. it will be a not balmy, but not have the arctic air. futurecast has the threat for showers along the graiks, the arctic air that -- great lakes, the arctic air that moves our

way. the areas in blue is the snow color. you see some of that, right up here, as we get into monday, 1:00 o'clock. for the middle of the day. our forecast, then, for tonight, it is going to be cold, temperatures dropping into the mid 20s, to low 30s across the board, with light southwesterly winds, chilly saturday on sunday, but sunday, 28-44, in the afternoon, not bad at all. 45-50. becoming a little bit breezy winds kicking out of the northwest. monday, flurries and snow shower, 36, yeah, that's 19 in town. monday night. that means low teens in the suburbs, and then tuesday, still cold, before we warm it up some the second half of the week. west, as we head towards friday. >> wow. i think i want to get sleeves then, before then. >> i think so. >> i might do that. >> a lot of stores sell sleeves. >> thank you. a story i love, a california couple celebrating the birth of their twins. now, this happened this new year's weekend, the baby boy and

girl, twins, were born in different years. >> cool. >> yeah, she head her debut at 11:59 in san diego. her twin brother was late to the party, he got there at 12:02 on new year's day, he's going to be made fun of for the rest of his life. >> only one time for the parents, too. >> there you have it. big sports weekend dave. >> a big day in hockey. they won 9 straight, over after last night, they're getting back to it. been in the league 11 years and alex just keeps getting better and better and better. today, another notch on his belt.

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now, wusa 9 game on sports with dave owens, brought to you by: . >> we're counting down to the most insignificant, significant

game of the season. dallas, always important, and washington will love to rub hit the the face of the arch rival, of course, but it in this case, trash talk taking a back seat to health. health is what i'm talking about, kirt cousins, 120 shy of the record. and jordan needs one break. single season record for tight ends, receptions is. jay expects many of his startsers to play, but doesn't know how long. setting the records would be great. >> those guys put a lot of good work, and i think those records do mean something to them, it means something to the entire team, the entire offense. it will be exciting if they do. >> all right. we shall see, coming up at 7:00 o'clock, right after this newscast, we'll be breaking down the season finale against dallas and looking ahead, to the playoffs, the gang is all here, getting set up over there,

dexter, christine, dontae, in the house for our 9 sports special, you know it's special. >> can't forget frank. alex was selected if for the all-star game is like hearing me tell you that lebron james was selected for the all-star game, your reaction would be the same. duh? right. all-star selections, today he found out he made it to the all-star game for the 11th straight year and this year is a captain, congratulations to special agent number 8. >> coming off a loss, 9 game win streak, snapped new year's eve by carolina. this is truly going to be david versus goliath or david versus obi. cavs -- columbus, last with 31. all right. things you can count on in the sport rs word, the all-star game, dropping a big shot down the stretch, hear from him in a

minute. and maryland women's basketball mopping the floor, they seem to do it every type, they win 31 straight in the big 10. before today. ohio state in town. taking it to the 10, she a team-tie 20. 40-37 at the break. the second half, all ohio state, kelsey mitchell, against the entire maryland defense. 1 versus 5. not a problem. she steps outside, and drains the jumper, yeah, she had 28, buck eyes up 6 in the 4th. here comes maryland, walker -- she's got 3 names and 3 points. down 3 with 3 to play, too much mitchell. nice play here, over the back of hart. ohio state gives them a first conference loss since joining the big 10. 32 games ago. >> can't stay in the past, we have to understand every game is going to be a battle in conference play. and doesn't matter how many games you play, if it's a become

to back, within 48 hours, you've got to turn around and be ready to play. we just weren't very good tonight as a team. so the great thing about the game is that it humbles you, it keeps you hungry and it lous you to come back and work hard er. >> brenda breaking it down. the loss drops the women to 12-2, the men are 12-1 and looking to add to it tonight at northwestern, the wildcard, wildcats -- excuse me, not a basketball power, right? but you better watch out. northwestern is 13-1. and playing pretty well. the last time out maryland mayoral found out that just because the team isn't the basketball power, this is the big 10 and you've got to show up. tense like penn state and northwestern, they're not going to lay down, in fact, a year ago, northwestern played maryland very tough. he remembers. >> a tough game, down pretty much the whole game, and pretty much had a great come back like we get. and we won. going to be a tough game. and they've learned how to win,

since we've played here here last year. they're winning this year. so it should be a great college basketball game. >> yeah, things are going to be tough. georgetown-marquette, big john, god to see him -- good to see him. the feisty fingers of georgetown basketball. l.j. peek witheh t lay in. georgetown, 5-39 in the second half. all right, finally, under armour, all american game today, high school, dwayne has kins going to -- next year. missed his receiver on the slant. gone for a touchdown. it's a better play here. they commit ellis, making a big play, 52 yard catch. next season can't get here soon enough. they've got a lot of good players coming to town. that's good stuff. >> excellent. you know, i'm excited about the game. >> me, too. >> a lot of good stuff coming

up. >> talking quick about -- >> chance of flurries or snow showers monday, real cold monday and tuesday. >> excellent. game on is next, we'll

a beautiful view of the dallas skyline. the burgundy and gold are settled in prepping for their final showdown of the regular season tomorrow against the hated cowboys. good evening, everybody, thank you for joining us tonight for a very special edition of "game on." i'm kristen berset and we have plenty to talk about tonight. not just tomorrow's game or the possible playoff opponent but also the season that no one predicted for washington. let's meet our panelists and first here