angie goff has his story. >> reporter: at the university of maryland, zac is the big man on campus, notize, but for his heart. the 18-year-old student first beat cancer at age 11. seven years later, it returned. >> when you hear cancer, obviously, the first thing that runs through your mind is death, chemo, obviously, hospitals, terrible things, but dr. carson put it in a good way, he said another opportunity. i thought what a great way to put it. >> two weeks ago, doctors removed a cancerous tumor from zac's brain. >> i'm drugged up, i make the muscles and say dad, take a picture. >> his father posted the picture on facebook. his cousin saw, struck the same pose, and declared tebowing out and zacing in. online, everyone from marines in california to police in howard county were zacing, sushi chefs, fraternity guys, darryl from "the office," and even a naked cowboy in time square. governor martin o'malley got word and made a call. >> did you get the governor to do any? >> no, maybe i will, but we talked about how the hospital stay went, how i'm feeling. i told him i'm feeling as good as

angie goff has his story. >> zach letterer is the big man on campus, not for his size but his heart. the 18-year-old student from ellicot city first beat cancer at age 11. seven years later, it returned. >> when you hear cancer, the first thing that enters your mind is death, obviously chemo, hospitals. a terrifying thing. the doctor put it a nice way. another opportunity. what a great way to put it. >> two weeks ago, surgeons at johns hopkins removed a tumor from zach's brain. his reaction resonated throughout the country. >> i'm drugged up. i don't remember it too well. i made a muscle and i said, dad, take a picture. >> reporter: his father posted the picture on facebook, his cousin struck the same pose and called it, rather than tebowing, zaching. before long, everybody was zaching. then there was fraternity guides, merrill coach turgeon, and even someone from times square. the mayor got word and made a call. >> can you get the governor to do any zaching? >> maybe i will, maybe i'll get him to zach. we just talked about how i'm feeling. i'm feeling as good as ever. >> justice str

angie goff reports. >> reporter: he lights up his mother's life with a smile that brings shawna bothappiness and hurt. >> he has the same big blue eyes that my husband had. i still feel like i have a piece of him with me. i miss him very much. >> reporter: shawna was eight days pregnant with her son, alex, when her husband, a d.c. police officer, died in a crash while responding to a call. shawna lost the love of her life and soon became a single mom. >> it's hard because having a new baby is such a joyous thing and just mixed with the horrible sadness of my husband's death, it was very hard. >> reporter: little did shawna know that in the middle of mixed emotions a blessing would emerge. "let mommy sleep," a local organization that helps new moms reached out, giving shawna relief and putting the little guy on the right path of some much-needed rest. >> a nurse is going to come stay with me and help me get him to sleep through the night. >> reporter: denise stern founded mission sleep and hopes to help more moms like shawna in the area. >> we would like to make that transition from h

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i'm angie goff. >> i'm chris gordon.oroccan man living in virginia is behind bars on terror charges. 29-year-old amine el khalifi was arrested last night after receiving a supposed suicide vest from the fbi after planning to bomb the u.s. capitol visitor's center. >>> today will be the funeral of whitney houston. aretha franklin and stevie wonder will sing. and clive davis is expected to speak. you can see it online on nbcwashington.com. >>> former executive jack johnson will report to federal prison today in north carolina. he was sentenced to more than seven years in prison on corruption charges. he pleaded guilty to accepting bribes from county officials, developers and other businessmen. >>> some wintry weather is on the way this weekend. >> we have something to talk about, let's put it that way. kids who were hoping to be building snow men all weekend long, whoa, you're jumping ahead. you should not be thinking about building a snowman just yet. >> just a memory. >> this is not going to be a big one for washington,

i'm chris gordon. >> and i'm angie goff. welcome to "news 4 today." at our top story this morning, we turn our eyes to chuck. >> yes. >> are you ready to deliver? >> yeah, i'm ready to deliver the forecast. >> i've got people on the facebook page, they want snow. >> okay. so do i, just for the record. >> this time you know what you're going to do. >> well, what i'd like to do is find some way to get a little more moisture and cold air in place so we could actually have a real snowstorm, but unfortunately, i'm not the one in charge of actually making the weather, so we'll go ahead, we'll put a positive spin on it. for everybody who's up early on a sunday morning, getting ready to head out to sunday services, no problems at all. you'll have no issues driving out and about the town area all morning, and really, through much of the early to mid-afternoon hours. so, look at that, our eastern sky there, nary a cloud to be found. there are clouds just to our west and southwest. you can see them sort of sneaking in over the capitol dome there. so, clouds will

i'm chris gordon. >> i'm angie goff. happy saturday. the time now, 6:31.s a look at our top stories. fairfax county police are investigating a robbery spree. police say there were four robberies within a two hour time span, all within five miles of each other thursday night. police are trying to figure out if the crimes are connected. >>> two 12-year-oxii-year-old g in serious condition after being hit by a van in montgomery county. it happened in gaithersburg. >>> protesters will hold another protest at the cpac conference. about 100 held a protest yesterday. today, demonstrators will march from malcolm x park to the marriott. the march starts at noon. >>> police in culpepper are investigating a deadly shooting involving one of their own. it happened on north east street thursday. an officer killed a woman in an altercation in a school parking lot. there are questions if that actually happened. >> reporter: 4-year-old pat cook, a retired cosmetologist, shot and killed by a culpepper police officer. it happened in the parking lot of a catholic school. they

i'm angie goff. >> and i'm chris gordon. welcome to "news 4 today" on this sunday, february 5th. >>> right now, the occupy d.c. camp is quiet after a hectic day yesterday that included a u.s. park police officer getting hit in the face with a brick. news 4's darcy spencer has more in a news 4 exclusive. >> reporter: this u.s. park police officer was injured after being hit in the face by a brick at the occupy d.c. encampment at mcpherson square. this exclusive video shows he needed help walking to an awaiting suv. police have arrested and charged the brick-thrower, described as one of the protesters, with assault with a deadly weapon. the assault happened on a day when u.s. park police swept the encampme encampment, arriving before dawn on horseback. police in hazmat suits began clearing trash, debris and tents deemed to be health hazards. protesters say their personal property was seized and ransacked. >> they told us this morning that they weren't going to be removing tents that were in compliance, but that seems to have b

i'm angie goff. >> i'm chris gordon. february 25th. developing story out of prince george's county where seven firefighter have been injured battling a house fire. it broke out in riverdale. one firefighter remains in critical condition, another in serious condition but with major burns. a third firefighter is hospitalized with broken ribs and four of the injured firefighters have been released from the hospital. investigators are still working to determine what caused the fire. >> we're also following two breaking news stories this morning. the first in montgomery county, where a pedestrian was hit wby car in aspen hills. police are not saying much about the accident. they have not said who the victim is or if the vehicle involved remains on scene. >>> our breaking news story this morning is out of south africa, where nelson mandela is in the hospital. the former south african president is being treated for a stomach ailment. there is no word on his condition or if doctors know what's causing the issue. the 93-year-old mandela spent s

. >> and i'm angie goff. it's sunday, february 12th. >>> this morning, the music world is mourning a major loss. >> superstar and pop diva whitney houston died. her bodyguard found houston unconscious in her hotel room in beverly hills yesterday afternoon. paramedics couldn't revive her. she was in town for the grammys. singer jennifer hudson is expected to perform a musical tribute to houston at the grammy awards ceremony tonight. jinah kim has the latest now on the investigation. ♪ hear me now ♪ >> reporter: she was the undisputed queen of the charts through the '80s and '90s. she then reigned over the big screen in blockbuster hits like "the bodyguard." saturday afternoon, it was her bodyguard who found whitney houston dead in her beverly hills hotel room. >> they found ms. houston unresponsive in her hotel room. they attempted to start resuscitation measures. they were not successful, unfortunately. >> reporter: detectives who continued their investigation through the night say there are no indications it

i'm angie goff. >> i'm chris gordon.want to get the breaking news out of mcpherson square, where it appears police are about to evict protesters. derrick ward is there live. >> reporter: it's unclear as i said. things ramped up about an hour ago and they have plateau'd. what happened is park police set up a perimeter in the center of the park around the statute of mcpherson. they put up iron barricade fences there and started to take some of the things away from the statutes. first, they were going to take over the tarp of the statute of mcpherson, dubbed the tent of dreams. the tarp remains but sort of wrapped around the pedestal now and there's one protester perched atop the statute sort of shouting things down to others in the group. they seemed to have reached some consensus things will pretty much, at least for the next few minutes, we don't know for sure, stay as they are, with protesters outside the barricade and park police inside facing out. the group of mounted park police officers that were there have sort of

as news 4's angie goff reports, zacking is everywhere. >> reporter: at the university of maryland zackr is a big man on campus, not for his size, but his heart. the 18-year-old student first beat cancer at age 11. seven years later it returned. >> when you hear cancer, obviously the first thing that runs through your mind is death, chemo, obviously hospitals, terrible things. but dr. carson put it in a good way. he said another opportunity. i thought what a great way to put it. >> reporter: two weeks ago surgeons at johns hopkins removed a cancerous tumor from zack's brain. >> i'm drugged up. i don't remember it too well. i make the muscles and i say dad, take a picture. my main thought is i don't want anybody worrying about me. you have your problems, he has his problems, don't worry about me. >> reporter: his father posted the picture on facebook. his cause insaw it, struck the same pose and declared tebowing out and zacking in. it went viral. everyone from marines in california to police in howard county were zacking. there were sue she chefs, animals, zack's grandma, darrell from "

if you missed last night's show, big tigger joins angie goff to break down the best voices. at 4:45. >> but first, we can see some winter weather later this week, folks. vero >>> we're loving this sunshine today. >> and tomorrow is not going to be bad either. >> okay. >> but then, this week we have one little sneaky storm system that could give us some weather to deal with. i think the roads will be fine but a conversational type event for this week. let's head outdoors to see what's going on. there is your sunshine we're talking about and some very mild air for this time the year. 51 degrees right now. the average high 45. we've got a south wind at ten miles per hour currently. but again, clear sky all through the area. let's take a look at some of the numbers in other locations just to the north. 52 in frederick. mount airy. 52 olney and gaithersburg. 52 degrees currently from leesburg to manassas down toward stafford and fredericksburg, virginia. not bad at all. check out the satellite and radar. you can see some clouds i talked about earlier skirting over southern maryla

reporting live from dupont circle, angie goff, news4. >> thank you very much. >>> d.c.' gambling program appears to be over before it even started. the district's finance and revenue committee is scheduled to vote today on repealing the program. d.c. was first in the country to legalize online gambling. now, council members question the approval process saying it was too complicated. council members told the "washington post" they'd rather start planning again from scratch. >>> the latest fallout from the harry thomas scandal. a surprise resignation by a member of mayor vincent gray's staff. d.c.'s director of homeland security and emergency management abruptly resigned yesterday. mil sent west is not accused of wrongdoing but says she does not want to be a distraction. before heading homeland security, west was in charge of the trust from which thomas stole more than $35,000. gray, who has praised west in the past, had no comment on her stepping down. >>> this morning, mitt romney is once again ahead of the field in the race for the gop presidential nomination. the form

i'm chris gordon. >> and i'm angie goff. taking a look at some top stories this morning, two of seven prince george's county firefighters hurt battling a fire remain in critical but stable condition. fire investigators say the strong wind helped fuel the fire at a house on 57th avenue in rirdale friday night. there's still no word what sparked the fire. >>> in syria, voters have the chance to create a multiparty system, giving them a voice against president bashir al assad. assad's opponents say this is simply a ploy to quiet critics and demand he resign. the united nations says his government forces have killed more than 5,000 people since last march. >>> former south african president nelson mandela is expected to get out of the hospital today or tomorrow. the 93-year-old had a series of tests to determine the source of a stomach ailment. current south african president jacob zuma said mandela's hospital visit was planned for an issue he's had for a while. >>> and this week is special. you know what wednesday is? >> the la

reporting from dupont circle, angie goff, news4. >> turning to the weather now we see clouds out there. mild day, though, what's it going to be like the rest of the day? here's meteorologist tom kierein. >> good morning. we would love to have a repeat of yesterday. that certainly was wonderful and got into the mid and upper 60s and does look like we are on our way again. right now around the region we are into the mid 50s and it is 55 at reagan national. in leesburg, gaithersburg, 63 degrees. fredericksburg, culpeper, 66. charlottesville also at 66. they will probably easily hit 70 there later today. but reagan national, 55. one of the cooler spots with the wind off the cold waters of the not mack. we had sprinkles this morning. passed off to our seat and few lingering sprinkle east of cambridge on the eastern shore. and south of there in the northern neck. it is goinging to move off to the east. clouds over the shenandoah valley and mountains. farther to tease between the blue ridge and the metro area, we have some sunshine breaking out now and for the rest of the afternoon, partly cl

angie goff lives in this area and from is here too. >> hello, everybody. little adorea came out recovering from a cold but the weather is so nice we figured it would be nice to come out for a walk. >> reporter: doreen, did you know that angie and i went to the same high school right over there? >> did you really? do they have a historical marker up over there, doug? >> they have an historical marker for myself and for angie goff at herndon high school right down the street. that's right. >> you were ten years ahead of her weren't you? >> i was one year ahead of her. >> yeah, right. >> no. we're not buying it. >> no. >> it was a decade or so in between there. >> that's what i'm thinking. >> you guys enjoying the weather tonight? >> yes. >> it's fantastic isn't it? >> yeah. >> they've been skating and beating me around the rink. i have to be honest. let's look at how nice it is. temperatures into the 60s all across the area. right now sitting at 67. that was the high temperature earlier this afternoon. only three days this month have been colder than average

news4's angie goff reports. >> reporter: the task, it's huge, taking eight moment, the longest time a station has closed, according to metro. crews started the process of ripping out three escalators. they have already built a staircase and vent shaft as a way out for workers in case of emergency. from now until october you will have to use the north entrance near q street. this morning, we got mixed emotions from people who use and work around the station. >> definitely a good sign that they are going to repair that i mean, obviously the fact it is going to take eight months it is a long time. >> my business is when the people come out and the way people go. so, look, that's my business. there is not anything. so, i'm like this i don't know how i'm gonna survive. i'm gonna be homeless. >> reporter: very tough for those who work around this station and depend on that rush coming through to support their businesses. meanwhile, we want to let those who use the station know that the farragut north station, the construction there the long-term construction, has been suspended to free up s

i'm angie goff. >> i am chris gordon, saturday, february 25th.s hour. former south african president, nelson mandela is in the hospital. the 93-year-old is being treated for a stomach ailment. no word on his condition other than that. he was hospitalized a year ago with respiratory infections. >> two virginia families are mourning the loss of two marines killed in a helicopter crash in arizona. they were two of 7 service members who died in a training exercise. both attended the training academy and had tied to the d.c. area. one will be buried in the article cemetery and the major at a family plot in connecticut. governor o'malley will sign the same sex marriage law next week. opponents are already planning a petition drive that would force the measure to a referendum on november's ballot. >>> seven prince george's firefighters are recovering this morning after being injured while battling a house fire. it happened on the 57th avenue in riverdale last night. derrick ward joins us with more on this story. >> reporter: good morning. what happened

angie goff has a look at what's going on. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, joe. we know the boards and the signage behind us have been out there for weeks, warning and letting -- sending the message to metro riders that relief is coming, but it's going to take a lot of time. right now here at the 19th street entrance of the station at dupont circle, it's going to be closed so that worker which are working away now, we can hear them, will be replacing all three escalators. it's no small task. it's going to be closed for eight months. why so long? it's because they're going to rip out the existing units and put in a new spiral staircase and shaft in case of emergency. at all times, one escalator staircase will be preserved to provide a way out. we'll look at the map here. with the 19th street entrance closed, you're going to have to ease the north entrance near q street. metro workers plan to work day and night and weekends to fix what's considered some of the most unreliable escalators in the system. we want to let you know that long-term construction at the farra

i'm angie goff.ssive house fire in prince george's county. it happened around 1:00 in the morning at the 7600 block of normandy and hyattsville. firefighters says two families were living inside the building however everyone was able to get out unharmed. >>> lawyers could present closing arguments as early as today in the trial of former lacrosse player george huguely. they last heard from huguely's godmother as well as two teenagers who said they saw the couple get into an argument days before she died. the charlottesville judge told prosecution and defense to prepare for a full day in court today. >>> metro track work may slow you down this holiday weekend. the claire rendon and courthouse stations are closed on the orange line and the gross ven or-strath more stations are closed and each should reopen in time for the commute early tuesday morning. we will >>> some wintry weather making its way our way this weekend. let's check in with chuck bell. >> yes. we have a chance tomorrow afternoon and tom

i'm angie goff. >> i'm chris gordon.showdown with occupy protesters. police set up a perimeter around mcpherson square as the tent of dreams comes down. >>> protesters killed in clashes with syrian forces. the impact it is having there and in washington. >>> we're in the final stretch. super bowl xlvi is just a day away. we'll go live to indianapolis to see how that city is preparing. i'm storm 4, meteorologist chuck bell, clouds are sneaking in, raindrops and maybe even snowflakes before the weekend is through. your complete forecast. >> all that and more when you join us on news for today in less than two minutes. more colors, same edge. the droid razr is now $199.99. exclusively from verizon. just a second. just, just one second. ♪ what are you looking at? don't look up there. why are you looking up? ♪ get outta the car. get outta the car. ♪ are you ok? the... get in the car. get in the car! [ male announcer ] the epa estimated 42 mpg highway chevy cruze eco. from spending time together, to spending your lives togethe

i'm angie goff. in serious condition after being hit by a van in montgomery county. it happened in north frederick avenue in gaithersburg. they were transferred to the hospital and police have not released any information as to how the accident happened. >>> in prince george's county, police are investigating a shooting that happened during a vigil in new kcarrollton. a man suffered non-life-threatening injuriesonn 85th avenue. they have interviewed witnesses but not released information on a possible suspect. as many as 200 people gathered to remember 16-year-old chris smith, who was shot and killed tuesday. >>> plenty of delays this weekend on the metro. there are no there inrains runn between east and west church falls station and on the red line, single track between van ness and friendship heights and new york avenue and rhode island on the red line. on the green line, trains share tracks between naylor road and branch avenue and l'enfante pl plaza an mt. vernon square. >>> meteorologist >>> we'

i'm chris gordon. >> i'm angie goff. it's saturday, february 4th.continue to follow breaking news out of d.c. earlier this morning, u.s. park police came into the occupy d.c. camp in mcpherson square to enforce the law against camping overnight. >> protesters were not evicted. some tents, including the tent of dreams were taken down. news4's derrick ward joins us live at the scene with more. derrick. >> reporter: chris, indeed, there is still a u.s. park police presence here in the park. if you take a look behind me here at the right, you can see the officers are surrounding the statute. they put up a fence there and essentially cleaned that area out. we want to show you video from earlier this morning, a little after 6:00, maybe 6:30, mounted park police officers converged on the park along with other officers in riot gear to essentially enforce the court order against camping in the park. the judge ruled they can maintain the protest as a vigil but cannot camp, no sleeping bags or blankets or cooking or camping stove. that process still conditions

angie goff here with the big night for them and a super bowl moment during the halftime show, angie, that everybody's talking about. >> that's right, aaron. thank you. the feel-good story of the "voice's" premier night came from a single dad from chicago. jesse campbell used to be homeless daughter in his car. he auditioned for "the voice" looking for a fresh start, and within seconds the judges gave it to ♪ i've been so many places in my life and times ♪ ♪ i've sung a lot of songs ♪ made some bad signs ♪ i've acted out my life on stages ♪ ♪ 10,000 people watching ♪ we're alone now, and i'm singing this song for you ♪ >> that wasn't the only highlight. rae lynn, a 17-year-old girl from texas, wowed blake shelton by singing "hell on heels" a song from the band pistol annis, which includes shelton's wife, miranda lambert. join big tigger and myself as we dish about "the voice" tomorrow on news 4 at 4:00. then at 8:00 p.m. "the voice" returns right here on nbc 4. "smash" debuts at 10:00 p.m. and you can watch both with me. and i'm going to be hosting another live web chat during "the vo

. >> reporter: angie goff, news 4. >>> still ahead, a sweet date. >> i'm liz crenshaw, tricks of therade for valentine's day. do it yourself delicious sweets for your sweetheart coming up. >>> one family's frightening ordeal, tossed off their sailboat hundreds of miles off brad, where we going? just a second. just, just one second. ♪ what are you looking at? don't look up there. why are you looking up? ♪ get outta the car. get outta the car. ♪ are you ok? the... get in the car. get in the car! [ male announcer ] the epa estimated 42 mpg highway chevy cruze eco. from spending time together, to spending your lives together, chevy runs deep. alexandria has now died after a freak accident. >>> welcome back everybody. i'm meteorologist doug kammerer, watching what is a nice evening. sun going down. in about ten minutes from now. sitting at 46 degrees with sunshine left over. the sun making its way down behind the mountains. winds out of the west-northwest at about 7 miles per hour. we'll see a lot colder air. winter is moving in. the colder air having stuck in alaska and canada all winter

angie goff joins us now from the newsroom with more from the medical examiner and plans for her funeralod evening, jim. whitney houston's body

. >> and i'm angie goff. welcome to "news 4 today." taking a look at the morning's top stories.es for whitney houston continue this morning in new jersey with her burial. yesterday, family and friends honored the singer's life at the funeral. it was held at the same church houston attended as a child. >>> jury deliberations will begin on wednesday in the murder trial of a former university of virginia lacrosse player. george huguely is accused of killing his ex-girlfriend, yeardley love, in may of 2010. the 24-year-old from chevy chase, maryland, faces the possibility of life in prison if convicted of the most serious count of first-degree murder. >>> prince george's county police have one person in custody after they say he shot four people and led officers on a car chase from maryland to virginia. it happened in district heights this morning. all four victims have nonlife-threatening injuries. >>> if people have been sleeping in and just joining us, they want to know about the weather. >> the clouds are in place after a break or two of sunshine early this morning, but clouds a

here is angie goff. >> we are making you smarter every swipe of the way t is called s.a.t.d here is how it can expand our vocabulary and prepare the teens for the salts. take a look at this talking 25 levels of s.a.t. vocabulary words, words most commonly found on the test. each level carries about 20 words each. what i love is that you not only see the word but you see a one-word definition of what that means. then you have the antonym. i love the pimp, checture, that ludicrous, how do you forget that? the games, talking about a ton of minigames, while there is a lot of words involved there is a lot of visual elements for visual learners so you're definitely gonna want to play these games, it keeps track of your points, for some reason, you just can't think of what the word means, you run out of time and they penalize you for it you can see our fish did not make t another thing that we want to show you real quick is that this allows to you keep track of your progress as well and you can tell here that we are not doing so well. we are still -- our weekly activity is conside

i'm angie goff.ounty are trying to determine what sparked a house fire that injured seven firefighters that started around 9:00 last night in maryland. one firefighter is in critical condition and another serious condition, both with major burns. a third firefighter has broken ribs and four others hurt last night have been released from the hospital. >>> right now, shoe fanatics are lined outside a store for a limited edition of nike basketball shoes. a woman sent us these pictures. on minnesota avenue, they plan to hold a lottery this morning for the new foamposite shoes. they have had no crowd problems so far this morning. the footlocker at the mall at prince george's canceled the release because of rioting. one pair costs $220 but can go for ten times t stay with us. >>> hello, everybody. not sure if you can see it. behind me, we have a bunch of snow flurries flying live around the white house. >> hello. snow squalls around the heart of the washington area now. you can still see snowflakes stuck t

. >> and i'm angie goff. story this morning, the death of whitney houston. >> the pop icon was found dead in her los angeles hotel room last night. nbc's jinah kim is live in hollywood this morning. what's the mood out there, jinah? >> reporter: well, chris, we're in beverly hills, actually, at the beverly hilton, and whitney houston was staying at the beverly hilton. by now, the crowds have really dissipated, but even as of 2:00 this morning, about four hours ago, there was still a throng of people, fans, celebrity, police, and it was really interesting because they were silence tansly mourning and celebrating her while investigating her. in fact, police wrapped up a ten-hour investigation before they took off earlier this morning without saying a word to reporters. there still remains a little memorial and a candlelight vigil with flowers over there on the corner of wilshire and santa monica. that is growing, obviously, this morning, but we don't expect too much more police activity today. at this point, it

. >> and i'm angie goff.g a look at some of the top stories this morning, two of seven prince george's county firefighters hurt while battling a fire remain in critical but stable condition. fire investigators say the strong wind helped fuel the fire at a house on 57th avenue in riverdale friday night. there's still no word what sparked that fire. >>> in syria, voters have the chance to create a multiparty system, giving them a voice against president bashar al assad. assad's opponents say this is simply a ploy to quiet critics, and they demand he resign. the united nations says his government forces have killed more than 5,000 people since last march. >>> moments ago, former south african president nelson mandela got out of the hospital. the 93-year-old had a minor surgery to determine the source of a stomach ailment. the procedure involves using a thin tube to look at abdominal organs. a government statement said the procedure did not show a serious problem. >>> montgomery county police need your help findi

i'm angie goff. >> and i'm chris gordon. >> the wait is almost over. after more than a week of anticipation, super bowl sunday is finally here. >> and of course, you can catch the big game right here on nbc 4 tonight. our own tracie potts has been in indianapolis all week, and she joins us now live. tracie. >> reporter: hi, chris and angie. good morning, everyone. we're just outside lucas oil stadium, where we expect in the next couple hours we'll start to see lots of crowds, just like we've seen all weekend. keep this in mind, just under 70,000 people can fit in this stadium, but hundreds of thousands of people have come to indianapolis to be around the nfl atmosphere. the nfl experience and the super bowl village. and we've seen those crowds. last night wasn't so bad. they've been coming down for free concerts and other activities. but on friday night, it was described as a mob scene. there were 11 people who got injured. fortunately, not too badly. there were 22 people who were arrested. and you know, when you consider hundreds of thousands of peopl

i'm angie goff. >> and i'm chris gordon. scene of a shooting at the national mall near the tidal basin on ohio drive and independence avenue southwest. derrick ward is on the scene with the breaking developments. >> reporter: good morning, chris. we got here at about 8:00, shortly after police started getting calls, reports of the sounds of gunfire here near the intersection of independence and ohio drive. and i want to direct your atio

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i'm angie goff. >> and i'm chris gordon. welcome to "news4 today" on this sunday, february 26th. right. chris, gusts last night topped 30 miles per hour. the winds even knocked out the traffic lights near wisconsin avenue and brandywine street in northwest washington. this created a traffic nightmare. and this morning, those winds have died down a bit. check out the calm after the storm. i guess we didn't really have the storm, but -- >> absolutely. >> it was still very, very windy, and we are still dealing with some very chilly temperatures. >> yeah. it was actually the wake of the storm, so you could still totally call it

. >> and i'm angie goff. welcome to "news 4 today" this sunday, february 5th. the occupy d.c.a rowdy and sometimes violent clash between protesters and police. >> now, authorities say a protester hit a park police officer with a brick yesterday. news 4's derrick ward joins us now live from mcpherson square. derrick, what is the latest? >> reporter: well, i'll tell you, it was quiet up until about 5:00 a.m. this morning, and that's where you kind of see what's going on behind me now. that's when that started. now, u.s. park police are saying that this is a continuation of the effort that

i'm angie goff. >> and i'm chris gordon. it is sunday, february 19th.we've got the man to answer, perfect. >> some flakes. >> emphasis on countable flakes, you know? we've had to use the term conversational snow a lot this winter, and that's kind of more or less what we're facing again today. but rather than call it the same old thing, we'll just call it a few flakes. >> it's still snow. >> still snow and not a lot of it, no doubt. with each computer run, the storm is estimated to go further down to the south, and for every mile it goes to the south, it