in indianapolis diana russini, news 4 sports. >> thanks diana.ollege basketball scores for you. gw losers today. vcu, they defeated u mass. georgetown they will play tonight. >> all right. thanks jason. what's on tap this week? >> well tomorrow it's going to be cold. a high temperature of 39 degrees. only some li. rain ends by 7:00 a.m. of course i'll have the latest coming up on news 4 at 11:00. >>> on this saturday night, no end in sight. this brutal and deadly winter weather, the dangerous cold and ice and now fears of flooding as yet another big storm and deep freeze on the way. >>> off track, on the eve of the daytona 500, the driver nicknamed "the outlaw" remains suspended tonight. kurt busch the latest high profile sports figure accused of domestic violence. >>> exit plan. will the u.s. slow down its withdrawal of american troops from afghanistan? today's surprise comments from the new secretary of defense. >>> and good question a place where they still search for answers the old fashioned way. >>> this is "nbc nightly news" with lester ho

she would be proud of me right now. >> in indianapolis diana russini, news4 >>> developing right now, more than 100 customers including a school without water kristin wright talking to residents as we speak. . >> i felt like everyone was looking at me that black girl made te she was black, not because of merit. >>> we continue to follow breaking news in the 400 block of h street where mass h street and fourth street all kind of come together. three people hit, one in critical condition, two serious. transported to the hospital. metro says buss in that area are experiencing delays of up to 20 minutes and that goes in both directions. and of course that is the major way of getting out of town. so expect a lot of problems with traffic there. news4's chris lawrence is on the scene right now. we'll have a live report coming up from him in just a moment. >>> now to that water main break in alexandria causing bigger disruptions than first thought. >> news4's kristin wright talked to residents on janneys lane and is there live with their reaction on this cold night with water. >> reporter: ye

diana russini caught up with head coach jay gruden to get his thoughts in the upcoming nfl draft and we the combine. we have to take a look at our own guys and got a new coaching staff. got a new gm. a lot of things we have to get our coaching staff abbing clam ated. joe berry has to get his defensive coaches township speed on what he is doing. of course we have to get ready for the free agency. there's a lot to do and our ability right now. >> katie lidecki swim if anything her last -- also tonight, third ranked virginia they will take on ninth ranked louisville. in lieu ville. that's going to be a great game. >> all right. well some fol took advantage of a relatively mild february day to jump in the lake. in fact they were doing cannonball there's. the brave souls dove. still the water was so cold. they were raising mone. it raises about $85,000 every year. of course there have been many colder february days where they have done that today. >> yeah. >> but i guess today we got pretty lucky. >> it's nice today. our high is 50. warmer tomorrow. high temperature tomorrow near 60 degre

gw's 12-game home winning streak and take this one 79-66 with more from the smith center here's diana russini. >> jason, george washington unable to defend the 3s by vcu, but really their bigger problem now -- trying to make the ncaa tournament. >> we'll always have the tournament but i don't think our guys can handle the pressure thinking be a the ncaas and everything else so we went into this game to try to get better as a team. >> the atlantic 10 right now a bunch of people about the same. you sgloe gw is one of them and we're one of them, and there's not a whole lot of separation, and on any given day it's just, whichever team is able to, as you nedsaid make shots and be the aggressive. >> a mental breakdown. the team way too many open shots, as coach said and knocking down 3s. i think we need to stay focused on defense again, but not giving up. >> reporter: now the colonials are challenged trying to turn it around and head coach says he may even change the starting lineup before the next game. at the smith center dianna russini, news 4 sports. >> thanks. >>> some young eagle fans fired u

in indianapolis, diana russini, news4 sports. >> meanwhile, mike shanahan discussed everything from mcnabbert griffin iii. he talked about which plays were acceptable and unacceptable to run in the offense. >> talking about what plays were unacceptable that he was not a rookie anymore and wanted the opinion and the term unacceptable is used by dan, the owner, quite often. so it was a little bit of a smile when i heard these complaints and the bottom line is you want to throw more, run less. >> so we hear from the current redskins coach and the former redskins coach. shanahan went for like an hour. >> especially about robert griffin, iii. we're going to move on to college basketball right now. george washington they haven't lost games since the 2012 season. with conference play winding down the colonials are one of those teams on the bubble tournament time. we'll pick this up in the first half. here's the junior from denmark, kevin larson. a little later on watch the big fella here. jumps over everybody. up eight at halftime but a cold start to the second half. final seconds, it's a two-poi

he spoke to diana russini earlier today. >> hey, jason. a negative 20-degree windchill in indianapolis but inside lucas l stadium, things are heating up. the workouts have begun. tomorrow the receivers get their shot and maryland's wide receiver stefan diggs hopes to stand out. being filmed will be a key factor in how high he's select sod we showed him a little bit of that before he takes the field. >> i remember that game like it was yesterday. >> reporter: yeah? >> that was a good game. >> reporter: what about here? >> what's going to happen here? i almost fell. only reason i didn't fall let me tell you why, because i knew people would make fun of me so i tried to catch myself. this is good stuff right here. thanks. >> reporter: do you think you tear best wide receiver? >> i feel th 100% in my heart and my mind. >> reporter: coaches really value the interview process. when he stepyou leave the room, what do you them feeling about you? >> i'm self-motivated, a dominant competitor and player who can help you in the super bowl. i feel like

diana russini, news4 sports. >> the capitals hosting the winnipeg jets tonight, a successful road tripgames, the most recent a thriller in pittsburgh. the team on such a high note after a great road swing. we asked the guys what exactly needs to happen to avoid any kind of letdown. >> try to keep your fete foote on the gas. it's difficult because you get home and things slow down for you, see the family again, but you have to remember it's still time to play hockey. >> haven't seen your children, your wife, all the honey-do things that maybe had to sit for a week. bills will be on my list and that comes monday. i got them all before i left so i've got a couple days. >>> college basketball, the number 16 maryland men's basketball squad back at it hosting nebraska tonight. it's the first of three straight home games for the terps. a rarity this time of year. don't expect this team to let up though during this stretch just because they're at home with the home-court advantage. also maryland women are in action tonight as well. they will take on wisconsin. they are undefeated in conferen p

i'm diana russini. the redskins making room on their roster as free agency approaches.wo big cuts today. barry cofields who you heard there had been with the redskins since 2011. the nose tackle was a constant on the defensive line with the burgundy and gold until injuries forced them to miss eight games this season. cutting cofield will save the skins $4 million against the salary cap. and the redskins parted ways with defensive end stephen bowen today. he's spent the last four seasons in d.c. as well but missed 14 games in the last two seasons because of injuries. this move saves the redskins over $5 million against the salary cap as they prepare for free agency on march 10th. look agent the redskins saving about $10 million between both of them. >>> there are lots of stories to follow at nats spring training in florida but one of the biggest, the futures of jordan zimmermann and ian desmond both in their final years of their contracts. nats gm mike rizzo is the man making all the decisions and jason pugh asked him all about it. >> what's it like for you as a general

later on at news4 at 6:00 we'll hear from diana russini at the nfl combine and caught up with stephon diggs. the redskins showing interest in diggs. we'll tell you all about it in just a bit. from the verizon center i'm jason pew, news4 sports. >>> thank you, jason. >> new at 5:00 a reward increasing in a mysterious murder. >> why prince william county police tell us they're still stumped. >>> if you've driven out 66 or taken a trip through fairfax, you've seen the name wheelie avenue. >> did you know the town was once right there? and what about backlick road? what in the world is that? what is that name for, back? first at 4's traffic melissa mollet hits the history books in this edition of "meet your street." >> this is dr. wheelie on a sign ovechkin the town of wheelie. >> kind of a jokester. >> looks like it. >> he was having fun. >> looks like it. >> turns out max wiehle was a physician in philadelphia. at age 35 he move todd washington. >> he had a home in downtown d.c. and decided to build a small town that would be sort of a rural retreat out here in farquhar virginia. >> but