doreen gentzler is live at the desk with more. >> and indeed, doreen. it is a powerful system bringing snow to rain in california. it is causing flooding and road closures and mud slides so far. in this video from los angeles, two people and two dogs had to be rescued from a rushing river. at a least 14,000 people are without power in california. there were also lots of accidents in the rain. the rain is welcomed since most of the state is in a terrible drought right now, but so much rain in such a short amount of time has been too much for the dry ground the handle. from the live desk, i'm doreen gentzle gentzler. >> a woman who came to washington to become a nun is now facing serious jail time for the death of her baby. sosefina amoa admitted that she suffocated the newborn. pat collins is live outside of the courtroom with more emotional testimony. pat? >> well, you see she wanted to be a nun, but today, she is a convict convicted felon, and guilty of voluntary manslaughter and facing four to ten years in jail. in a courtroom today stood sosefina amo

. >> first of all i'd like to start off by thanking ex-president doreen woo ho, vice president brandon for your years of leadership. the port commission, we found ourselves the last couple years going through a typhoon and your leadership led us through it, very firm and very strong, and i thank you for it, doreen and (inaudible) for all your hard work. then i'd like to say a few words. at our december meeting we were talking about the heron and tern park project. it was right after that that i had the opportunity with national geographic as a tourist, 17 days at the arctic and the south pole. it gave me a different perspective as a person about the last frontier, how important our environment is, whether it's global warming, protecting the environment, and i'm just a kid that grew up in the streets of city city, missouri, and going to antarctica was my 7th continent, i was with researchers and scientists and people that really care about the environment and to see the orca whales, the humpback whales, to see the penguins, to see leopard seals and all type of wildlife it was just somet

jim and doreen, back to you. >> thank you, wendy. because of all the snow that has fallen and the conditions outside news4 today will go on early at 4:00 tomorrow morning. be sure to tune in for the latest on school closings and road conditions in your neighborhood. >>> next and new at 11 -- >> our major winter storm finally moving out of our region. i'll show you what is moving in next. >>> plus, the competition is heating up in sochi. >> i'm jim handly. team usa back in the medal count game. i'll tell you how they did it, next live from sochi. >>> complete coverage of the winter games and the breakout star who almost didn't qualify, star who almost didn't qualify, coming up. dear future olympian, one day you will be standing on and here's exactly how you'll get there. you'll work hard and you'll fall hard. you'll lose sometimes when you really should have won. you'll win sometimes when no one thought you had a shot. and you'll never, ever stop. we know this. because you're one of us. at citi, we believe in everyone's potential, whi

jim and doreen. >> thank you, wendy. a new milestone for gas prices tonight in all 50 states. >> and schools in montgomery county are dealing with offensive student tweets. offensive student tweets. >>> and the search is on for it's a wondrous sensation of clarity and alertness... it's owning your opponent... it's knowing beyond a doubt "you got this"...

also, doreen? >> a controversy over the state-of-the-art speed skating uniforms.t the americans making a big change. jim handly is live in sochi with all the headlines. hi, jim. >> hi, guys. is it revolutionary, or is it a drag? that's the question tonight here in sochi for u.s. speed skaters wearing their new high-tech under armour suits. six events, no medals at all wearing the new mach 39. check it out, folks. the maryland-based company along with lockheed martin designed the suits with a vent to reduce body heat. but now it's suspected of creating a drag and slowing the racers down. even the world's best, shani davis placed eighth in the 1000 meters this week. now some want to dump the suit all together in favor of their old suit. some argue it's not the suit, it's in the training. under armour tonight tells us the mach 39 is the most scientifically advanced and rigorously tested suit never the olympics, and they will continue to work with u.s. speed skating to make that translate into medals. bottom line, team usa going with their old under armour suits next.

doreen gentzler is live at the desk with more. >> and indeed, doreen.erful system bringing snow to rain in california. it is causing flooding and road closures and mud slides so far. in this video from los angeles, two people and two dogs had to be rescued from a rushing river. at a least 14,000 people are without power in california. there were also lots of accidents in the rain. the rain is welcomed since most of the state is in a terrible drought right now, but so much rain in such a short amount of time has been too much for the dry ground the handle. from the live desk, i'm doreen

>> yes, doreen. because of the timing of this, it is going to start overnight when the sun is down and start with colder temperatures and look at what we have seen. there is the storm that we have seen in some location, and that has picked up good amount of snow, and prince williams county, and some areas picking up two to three inches around springfield and at the airport. and close to 2 to 3 inches of snow where dulles picked up half an inch, and some snow showers now, and snow flurries south of the waldorf and leonardtown a a area, and we have a winter advisory for the area, and southern maryland, and gaithersburg to fredericksburg and manassas, and does not include martinsburg and winchester or i-81, but it does include the metro area. i will show you the latest numbers coming in now sh, and i will tell you what to expect tomorrow morning. >>> thank you, doug. the latest on the controversial bill in arizona. that bill would allow businesses to refuse service to gay and lesbian customers based on

. >> and i'm doreen gentzler and now to the developing story where we have just learned that one of the two women who was shot has died and the shooter still out there. police say that a man walked up to their home on ridge road drive and walked up to door and shot the two women who answered. jackie bensen is live on the scene with more on the victims and more about who the police are seeking. jack jackie? >> doreen, the woman who died of her injuries is a well known music teacher and he late father with was a oprominent judge, and this community is in shock. >> reporter: police officers with search dogs fanned out in the neighborhoods within minutes of the 911 call of a shooting inle a lin le alexandria. and that prompted a lockdown at two area schools. the man walked up to the door, and when they answered, he shot them point blank. one woman was hit in the arm and he managed to run to the neighbor's house, and he called 911. the homeowner's daughter was rushed to the hospital, but did not survive the injuryies. her elderly mother was not physically harmed. >> this is very, very upsett

hi, doug. >> hi, doreen. we've been looking at how cold things have been all afternoon. and the winds have yet to calm. temperatures sitting in the 20s and even the teens right now. when you add in the wind, it is just frigid. 33 miles per hour wind gusts at 11:00 at night. 23 miles an hour in manassas. 18 in frederick, and take a look at the windchills. we talk about possibly being near zero. we're already close. 7 in d.c. 3 below in hagerstown. 5 in manassas, and 16 down towards fredericksburg. a very cold night tonight. the coldest night we have seen in quite some time. it's going to be a very cold day during the day tomorrow. then we look at our next storm. the latest data has just come in right now. i have an update for you on what that storm is going to bring. and i think it may bring us a lot. i'll talk about it in my full forecast. >> thank you, doug. >>> new pictures tonight of two women wanted for assault on metro. police believe they hopped on a green line train after targeting a victim at the mt. vernon square station on february 19th. you may remember we spo

>> reporter: that's right, doreen. right now montgomery police are out here outside the rockville metro station, trying to determine what caused this accident there is the bus right over there. you can see it. the lights are on inside. and there are investigators on the other side. they are snapping photos, trying to figure out what happened. and they're snapping photos for evidence. right now let's take a look at this chopper 4 video shot a couple of hours ago. investigators tell me around 7:20 tonight, the bus driver was making a left from park road on to north stonestreet avenue to drop off and pick up people at the rockville metro station bus stop. now let's show you some ground video. investigators say the driver hit the woman in her 60s. medics rusheder to a nearby hospital where she died. the police collision reconstruction unit is trying to determine where the woman was hit, and if she was in the crosswalk. the driver stopped the bus and tonight he is cooperating with police. back out here live, police have not

doreen gentzler has more information to protect yourself this weekend. >> these personal trainers in are used to working out a lot, but they say shoveling snow can be more trens you than a long run on the treadmill. >> more muscles being moved, more calories being burned and more energy is being expelled. >> reporter: so we decided to see for ourselves using wireless heart rate monitors we track their progress. the different colors on the screen shows how much energy they're exerting. in the beginning they're in the gray zone only at about 45% of their maximum heart rate. but just a few minutes later, the colors change. reggie is green, that means he's getting tired at 77% of his maximum heart rate. >> challenging but doable. >> roberta is at 84%. >> starting to fatigue, the heart rate was definitely elevating, obviously. our breathing was getting elevated, as well. >> even though reggie and roberta are fitness professionals who work out a lot, the stress on their hearts more than doubled in just a few minutes of shoveling this heavy snow. doctors say for the average person that stre

we have doreen gentzler here with more on this story. >> pat and barbara, stroke kills twice as many women as breast cancer each year. did you though that? the doctors say it could be because wepaying attention to the risk factors. today, doctors released the first ever guidelines to prevent stroke specifically in women. while men and women share the same risk factors for stroke including high blood pressure, women are uniquely impacted by a set of factors like hormones, and reproductive health, and pregnancy and childbirth and now in a new set of guidelines the medical experts are asking the women and doctors the take extra precautions, and those with high pressure before and during pr pregnancy with preeclampsia should be clescreened because t are at higher risk. and women who are having headaches with visual change should stop smoking to reduce their risks. and they say that certain people with different heart beets -- heart beats and diabetes and depression and that is some of the symptoms. and next, doctors want to identify a score to identify how high your risk is. and we have

. >> doreen gentzler, news4. >>> doctors tells that you can easily remove iuds if you are trying to getlity returns fairly quickly. the up-front cost of implanting the iud is more expensive than oral contraceptives but after that you don't pay until you remove the device. doctors say that in the end it is pretty much balances out. >>> it is far from your average dance scene. coming up, the local program that is

. >> and i'm doreen gentzler and now to the developing story where we have just learned that one of theomen who was shot has died and the shooter still out there. police say that a man walked up to their home on ridge road drive and walked up to door and shot the two women who answered. jackie bensen is live on the scene with more on the victims and more about who the police are seeking. jack jackie? >> doreen, the woman who died of her injuries is a well known music teacher and he late father with was a oprominent judge, and this community is in shock. >> reporter: police officers with search dogs fanned out in the neighborhoods within minutes of the 911 call of a shooting inle a lin le alexandria. and that prompted a lockdown at two area schools. the man walked up to the door,

. >> doreen gentzler, news4. >>> doctors tells that you can easily remove iuds if you are trying to get pregnant. fertility returns fairly quickly. the up-front cost of implanting the iud is more expensive than oral contraceptives but after that you don't pay until you remove the device. doctors say that in the end it is pretty much balances out. >>> it is far from your average dance scene. coming up, the local program that is teaching kids to dance to success in more ways kerri: kerri the sparkle® fairy here. are you about to spend that on paper towels? mom: well, i use bounty... kerri: ooo! use sparkle®... it's just right for cleaning up everyday little messes without cleaning out your piggy bank. sparkle®. the bright way to clean. >>> there is a new program had a uses the art of stepping as a tool for teaching. news4's danella sealock has a look at how kids are stepping their way into a healthier lifestyle. >> it is a communitywide pilot program offered by the parks and recreation. geared towards middle school students success through teamwork, respect. inclusivene inclusiveness, val

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>> reporter: doreen, imagine soaring high above the key bridge, oblivious to the traffic below whilemuting back and forth from d.c. to virginia. it is just one of the amazing plans on stab for georgetown's future. imagine bypassing the buses and cars on a four-minute ride from georgetown to rosalyn. planners envision a gondola ferrying thousands of people across the potomac. >> i can picture the little gondoliers floating back and forth along the potomac. >> i know when i visited in rhode island, providence, they have a gondola. having that here in d.c. would be awesome. >> reporter: joe says for a relatively reasonable $80 million, the gondola could carry 4,000 passengers an hour. cheaper than light rail, and without adding to congestion on the key bridge. >> it moves a lot more people a lot more quickly, a lot less expensively than most other ways. >> reporter: it's just part of georgetown 2028, a massive plan to reimagine the neighborhood with streetcars and a stop. >> how feasible is metro right here in georgetown? >> metro has to eventually come to georgetown. the only question

. >> yes, doreen.hey say that this person is for certain an eyewitness who walked through the doors moments before the three killers. >> nobody has a right to take a life away. >> reporter: a woodbridge owner moved to tears. >> i don't have much in my place, but only important are my employees. >> reporter: she was shot behind the counter friday night. a second employee was also shot. surveillance video shows it happened fast, ten seconds. >> we know that somebody out there has to have information to help us identify the three individuals and help us to understand why this took place. >> reporter: what you don't see is a customer at the counter, because he is hunkered down while the shooting is happening. the three run out, and at that point, the man in the counter runs, too. and the detectives need to talk to him. they don't have a lot to go on. >> and their faces are cover and they are all wearing dark clothing and gloves. >> reporter: the store has been robbed three times, but after this, the owner

until then, back to you from sochi, jim and doreen? >> a man who never sleeps.e is going to be updating us about his behind the scenes experiences at these winter games. you can follow jim on facebook and on twitter, or you can read his blog. we invite you to nbcwashington.com. once you're there search handly in sochi. >>> tonight jay leno prepares to hand off the reins to jimmy fallon. for his last broadcast tonight, jay will have billy crystal as his guest, one of them there is significance there. crystal was his very first guest when he took over "the tonight show" in 1992. >> you are america's night life. you helped us through good times and bad. the country would stay up for the night to hear the monologue. when it was announced recently that america's number one terrorists had been captured, who told us it was justin bieber? you did. >> country music superstar garth brooks will perform, and we understand there will be a few surprise appearances. this will be the last taping of the tonight show in burbank, california. when fallon takes over, the show will m

>> reporter: well, doreen, i have to tell you, it's already dangerous. we're getting hit with a light mist. but let me show you what it looks like as it's coming down on the road. take a look down there where my foot. that parking lot looks kind of wet that is pure ice right there. and making for some very difficult conditions. a short time ago, we spoke with the mayor of frederick. his city is gearing up for what could be a pretty difficult day tomorrow. >> that's what we're afraid of. you know, we're trying to prepare. we never like ice. much rather have two feet of snow than a quarter inch of ice. all we're going to do is try to stay ahead of it. you know, our crews are on call, waiting to come in. we have two sets of crews. one shift will come in first, work probably seven, eight hours. the next shift will come in behind them. >> reporter: and the mayor tells us they have already city officials there have already been in contact with utility companies who are telling them they're making sure that they will have the people on standby in case we get on

>> reporter: i hey, doreen. when you think of king street you think of a pretty expansive piece of roadway. but what we're talking about zeros in on a few blocks. reaction is mixed, to say the least. >> we don't think this is the best decision. >> reporter: up for review tonight in alexandria, the decision to remove parking along king street in order to add bike lanes. >> every day i ride king street. >> reporter: and the difference in residents' opinions is very clear. >> if you go up and down the strip, all you're seeing is anti-biking signs. >> we're not anti-bike. we just think it's not a safe plan. >> reporter: if the city approves, the area directly impacted would be between west cedar and highland place. the plan adds four and five-foot bike lanes in either direction, but narrows lanes by one foot. aaron eastman asks what about emergency vehicles on that road? >> if the vehicle is 10 1/2 feet wide and the lane is 10 1/2 feet wide, it's an accident waiting to happen. >> reporter: a cyclist all his life, he

police say that doreen lanstra is facing a noncriminal charge for improper backing up and will be in the mobile home community for seniors. they are not sure why she wasn't able to stop. >>> new backlash on obamacare this morning. economists saying the law will hurt economic growth. this comes as a new study finds more companies may be cutting insurance all together. doug luzader has the latest for us in washington. >>> big numbers to talk about here. a 40 percent duke university did a survey of chief financial officers. that is a percentage of them that will be switching perhaps to heart time workers because of obamacare insurance requirements. the best numbers 44 percent that's the percentage of the same cfo's they will have to start scaling back health benefits because of the walk. finally the big number we have been talking about 2.3 million that was put out by the congressional budget awes. full-time employees will lose as a result of the obamacare disincentives to work. >> et insurance has little. they have income risers. it creates disincentive for people to work relative to w

back to doreen. >>> a report on u.s.ent figures for january has just been released and this is what it shows; that 113,000 jobs were added in january, and that's well below earlier estimates of 185,000. the private sector accounted for all add -- decisions. >> reporter: as in most advanced economies consumer spending in the u.s. accounts for most of the jobs, so there's grown for concern in the weak forecasts of big retailers. but looking past the bad weather that's kept buyers close to home there is a long-term trend in evidence. 94% of consumers questioned said even if the economy improves they plan to keep spending at current levels. >> i don't expect to start spending a lot any time soon. >> my shopping has changed greatly. >> reporter: one factor beside those attitudes of course the number of americans who's paycheck has stopped growing or may not have one at all. since world war ii a steadily growing share of american men has been neither working nor looking for work. in december nearly one in every six of those me

. >> and doreen, he was doing the job, and delivering the plerts a -- delivering letters and mail whenulted and at least one suspect had to b te taken to the hospital by ambulance. this is what we know. d.c. inspectors from the u.s. po postal service responded to a parking lot off of north capitol street in washington was just after 4:00 a and spokesman for the postal service did confirm that a letter carrier was robbed and assaulted, but not clear what was taken and it is not clear where the letter carrier's van is, because it is not here at the scene. short time ago we spoke to a neighbor who arrived home after work shortly after it happened. >> i just got home from work. >> they robbed the postman. >> you have to watch your surroundings. >> reporter: and he was just doing his job. >> i am hurt by that. i am. >> reporter: how now as we mentioned the postal carrier was taken to the hospital by ambulance and informatio t

. >> doreen, yes, the ukrainian parliament asked the u.n. to intervene.ter has been written to the security council asking for a meeting about the situation in ukraine and crimea. a meeting is being hastily convened. it's not on the agenda formally, but you the meeting could take place in 1:15 from now. we understand it will be a closed meeting. we won't hear what they're going to say, but that meeting taking place in just over an hour's time. obviously all of those around the security council table will be aware of the sensitivity of this issue, the security council already divided on many issues, particularly syria, between the western nations and china and russia on the other side. we're talking about a country here, which is one of russia's neighbors, so everyone knows that this is a sensitive issue. >> all right, james. we'll speak to you a little later on. for the time being, thank you very much, james bays, diplomatic editor from the united nations. >> still to come on the program, we'll tell you more coming up in a moment. >> at a cost of almost a

doreen has an interview with a man whose transplanted heart has lasted longer than the one he was born with. >> it's not often doctors define something a miracle. tonight, we're meeting thomas cook, a man who's celebrating 25 years living with his donor heart. >> even the doctors tell you it was 30 appearance medical and 70 appearance miraculous. >> reporter: at age 25, thomas cook was in a life or death situation. a congenital condition called marfan's syndrome was causing his aorta to detach. >> when i walked into the hospital i didn't think i was going to come out. >> reporter: his only option a heart transplant. >> i got a heart at the last minute. i never had to wait. it was a miraculous heart transplant. >> reporter: that transplant was one of the earliest ever done at med star washington hospital center where they had only started doing the surgery two years before, in 1987. doctors at the time had no idea how long his transplanted heart would last. >> in 1989, this was new technology. >> reporter: turns out that heart was a perfect match. so perfect this month, cook celebrated

. >> i'm wendy rieger sitting in for doreen gentzler. >> and i'm jim vance, and that man is in custodythey say that he made a bomb threat and demanded that the flight be diverted to sochi, russia. >> and this all unfolded as the winter games were happening in russia. >> and chris lawrence is here with the latest. >> well, guys, the bottom line, and most importantly, everybody is safe. the suspect was sitting near the front of the pegasus airplane on the way to turkey. he then said he had a bomb, and demanded that it be diverted to sochi, russia, and the pilots said they would, but then they turned off the in-flight maps and went to turkey. then they triggered an alarm about a hijacking, and then they were landed at istanbul followed by a fighter jet, and then the man was taken into custody, a all of the pas is ep jers are safe -- passengers. we have the first pictures of the suspect, and we don't know a lot about him, but this is the first look and pictures of him as he is apparently handcuffed and restrained by some of the authorities there at the airport in istanbul, and the authorit

ulfilas supermarket one day and there was a tumbleweed the size of a volkswagen beetle and from a for doreen shed no idea how to get enter else. very harsh and forbidding in that way. so i think that you have to have a special appreciation. it made her tough. >> in her book, it's really a love letter. it is so much a part. she talks about the sky and how her mother as she used to just look upon this guy for hours on end and how important that is to that part of the country. what george w. bush mentioned to me one time, that kind of country bronzer are rising. you see people for who they are. there are no trees. the sky's the limit. >> well, in the 1950's may lend was supportive, but it also could be insulating. >> well, she was an only child. i think that is insulating in a way. it's a lonely existence. there were about a lot of folks who came in from the outside. when they did and came into the oil business and took the little time to get adjusted. i think that people have their own hydro ways of doing end their armed divides as to where you were in the social stratus, whether your wildcat

. >> reporter: in her closing, prosecutor doreen lloyd insisted that kennedy must have felt drowsy or before the accident. when someone falls asleep, they get tired, they get drowsy. they rest their eyes and fall asleep. lloyd closed by referencing kennedy's own book "speak truth to power" telling the jury, you will speak truth to power and convict kerry kennedy of the crime she committed. kennedy is also the ex-wife of new york governor andrew cuomo. now, to convict her, the jury has to find that, yes, she was driving, yes, she was driving under the influence of a drug, and yes, she knew that she had taken that drug. savannah? >> and that's the last point in contention. katy at the courthouse this morning, thank you so much. >>> meantime, this is the fourth year of michelle obama's let's move initiative and the first lady went on the road this week to promote it and major new proposals. jenna bush hager, you went along with her. >> i did. had great time with her this week and sat down with her and started off by asking her, has let's move worked? >> really just changing the entire ar