get to h.h. gregg now, your samsung headquarters for the big game. see it all at h.h. gregg.com. >>> take a look at this. here's a good reason to steer clear of fire trucks and give them plenty of room to maneuver. this car got stuck trying to drive over a d.c. fire truck's hose this morning. it happened on upshire street in northwest. firefighters were working a kitchen fire at a senior citizens' facility at the time. d.c. fire and ems isn't saying what firefighters had to do to disentangle the hose and car, but we're told they did need a tow truck. no one got hurt, though, in the fire. >>> no jail time for the alexandria woman whose baby died after being left in a hot car. we broke this story about an hour ago on nbcwashington.com. this afternoon, a judge accepted a plea deal for zaraida hernandez. in july, hernandez left her 8-month-old son in the car for sick hours while she went to work -- six hours while she went to work in arlington. when she realized he was still inside the car, it was too late. the baby had died. the plea deal puts hernandez

get to h.h. gregg now, your samsung headquarters for the big game. see it all at h.h. gregg.com. >>> from nbc news in washington, the world's longest running television program, this is "meet the press" with david gregory. >> and good sunday morning. big week coming up here in washington. one of those moment where is the president has a huge audience and a chance to speak directly to that audience with his state of the union address. my big question through all of this is how much political clout does he actually have left. the outspoken republican senator rand paul is here this morning. he'll talk to me about it. speaking of republican politics, a lot of discomfort this week about some comments made by former presidential candidate mike huckabee over what he described as

get to h.h. gregg now, your samsung headquarters for the big game.all at h.h. gregg.com. >>> right now. road crews on standby. by the end of the day, some of us will see some more snow flakes. >> and this morning, storm team 4 is tracking what we could see and when. good morning, everyone. >> welcome to news 4 today, it is saturday, january 25th. and right now, we are getting ready to see more winter weather. storm team 4 is tracking the chance for light snow today. it may not be much, but for the first time in days, it will actually climb above freezing. >> we are ready to thaw out. let's get the latest forecast now. amelia in for chuck this morning. good to see you. >> good to

get to h.h. gregg now, your samsung headquarters for the big game. see it all at h.h. gregg.com. >>> as topper described it earlier, experiencing record low highs. if you can wrap your head around that one. >> it's cold. it's very cold. let's embrace the big chill that is coming our way. the wusa9 ice desk and mola joins us to give us insight into how this bad boy was made. >> 5 1/2, 300 pound slabs of ice. then the artist and the engineers got ahold of it ask turned it into what you're seeing right here. it's impressive. i hope it's being done justice. seeing it in person is unbelievable. it's 1500 pounds right now. 1500 pounds. it's massive. they started putting this thing together around 11:30 today. worked around the clock. as you can see right here. just busting their butts. they worked, they shaved. they used chain saws. they fused the slabs together. this was an operation. >> we started on this a little before 12:00 and finished a little before 5:00. >> how did it arrive? >> it arrived in 300 pound kegs. we have a special machine that slices t

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get to h.h. gregg now, your samsung headquarters for the big game. see it all at h.h. gregg.com. >>> 4:46 now. a winter storm about to move into our region. we are getting ready for the snow and the cold to make a huge impact around here. most schools, the federal government and the d.c. government are closed. >> right now most of the roads in our area are dry, but they could turn into snow in a few hours. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is joining us now with more on what's happening out there in the weather, chuck. >>> good morning, eun and aaron. i know you two are not necessarily the biggest snow lovers in the world, but don't worry, amelia and i make up for it. and it's a little something to talk about. the winter storm warnings are up for the entire area from sunrise this morning until midnight tonight. and already you can start to see a little snow in northern maryland. we've still got several more dry snow-free hours to go right inside the immediate metro. most everybody, the largest center of our population, montgomery, fairfax, prince

get to h.h. gregg now, your samsung headquarters for the big game. see it all at h.h. gregg.com. >>> a local break for hundreds of drivers. drivers will be getting a refund after being ticketed for speeding in prince george's county. the camera is -- the camera in question was near the st. ignatius loyola school along brinkley road in ft. washington. of removed this month after police realized that an advertisement about the installation was never printed in the local newspaper. according to state law, police have to advertise camera locations in the paper. since the camera's installment, the county has issued more than 2,000 $40 tickets. nearly 1,500 violations will be refunded. the rest of the tickets will be voided. >>> there's one way to get out of the cold today. head to the 2014 washington auto show. it opens at the washington convention center, runs through february 2nd. tickets, $12 for adults, $5 for kids between 6 and 12. kids under 5 or 5 under under get in for free. >>> g.m. giving more than just a look at its new cars at the show this ye

in the h.h. greggrsus best buy, some analysts say, well, best buy is a better choice during the holidays. they had better tvs. h.h. gregg lost out in that fashion. but slower traffic could hurt these office retailers as well. david: i did say home depot. office depot we were talking about. it was a depot. nicole, thanks for the depot. we appreciate it. >> s&p futures are closing. let's head back to lincoln ellis in the pits of the cme. lincoln? >> this is the cold depot here in chicago. absolutely, myself and a lot of guys behind me wearing long johns today, first time in a long time. all eyes focused on fed and treasury auction. bunch much notes, 10-year notes this wednesday at very beginning of the jobs extravaganza. one theme hyped me on the pits we're expecting some more volatility around the jobs number and seating of the new fomc president. so that will make for some volatility. david, ask my friend barry knapp one question, the most dangerous score in soccer is 2-0. we had two very good years in

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get to h.h. gregg now, your samsung headquarters for the big game.ee it all at h.h. gregg.com. >>> a 12-year-old who's been in foster care most of hiss life. >> even though he had to move place to place over the years managed to stay focused on school and remain a very good student. meet isaiah. >> reporter: not every child would choose a bookstore as a favorite place to visit but isaiah did. >> he loves books. >> you came to the right place. >> reporter: he came to barnes and noble on an early day before it was first open and before isaiah was even awake. she asked what type of books he might like to look for and off the top of his head he said sports. >> what kind of sports do like? >> football and basketball. >> okay. let's see what we can find. >> reporter: they found books he might enjoy and passed up some he'd already read, like the entire harry potter stories. we quizzed him on that. >> reporter: who was the name that shall not be spoken? >> voldemort. >> good job! >> he loves to read. >> reporter: his social worker several years now, he's bee

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get to h.h. gregg now, your samsung headquarters for the big game. see it all at h.h. gregg.com. >>> tracking weather with an hour by hour forecast wusa9 first alert weather. >> what a great way to end the month. i mean 50 downtown for the high, 45 at gaithersburg, leesburg and the high of 48 in manassas and 54 in culpeper. so a nice way to end the week and also the month. in terms of temperatures we're looking at temps in the 40s. they're not going to stay in the 50s long, 43 frederick, gaithersburg, 45 in manassas, 43 in leesburg and 40 up in baltimore, only 36 in annapolis. satellite picture radar combined, clouds tonight, but all the precipitation stays north. we'll talk about the weekend, when and if the showers roll in and if winter is lurking around the corner. >>> checking up on our top stories right now on wusa9, one of the d.c. firefighters accused of not helping a man who later died of a heart attack put in her retirement papers. d.c. public safety officials are trying to figure out if they will grant kellene davis retirement or pursue dis

get to h.h. gregg now, your samsung headquarters for the big game. see it all at h.h. gregg.com. >>> live look at 495, the belt way at coalsville road and silver spring, and the roads are so slick. not a lot of heavy backups, because a lot of people are off work. >> and that is a good idea off of the roads and staying home. another big story today, and awful story, of two women accused of killing two children in germantown last friday are being held without bond. police say that monifa sanford and zakieya avery is being held. avery is being held pending a psychiatric exam, and sanford is wait i waiting to be seen by attorneys. mark segraves will have more on that story tonight at 6:00. >> and police investigating a shooting on a college campus tonight. news4 scott macfarlane at the live desk with more details. scott? >> yes, it happened in purdue university in indiana, and officials confirm one person was killed in the shooting. the university officials say that the shooting happened inside of the electrical engineering building on campus. it is not

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storm team 4 meteorologist get your home ready for the big game, with big savings at h.h. gregg's super sale. save up to 30% on appliances, electronics, furniture, and more. get an lg 60-inch hdtv $699. samsung 51-inch hdtvs $469. washer/dryer pairs are just $549. plus, get up to 24 months special financing on purchases $497 and up. get the best brands at the best prices for the big game. see it all at h.h. gregg.com. >>> who asked for the double dose of cold weather is what i want to know. this is sticking around another week. >> we're looking at dangerously cold temperatures tuesday morning and wednesday morning. there could be school delays, maybe cancellations, especially in those rural areas. again, that's going to be tuesday morning and wednesday morning. but i do have good news. by friday and the weekend, high temperatures relatively speaking will be balmy, in the 40s. temperatures right now aren't too bad either. we're at 35 degrees in washington and during the overnight hours temperatures for the most part are really going to hover around where they're at right now. what you're

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get to h.h. gregg now, your samsung headquarters for the big game. e it all at h.h. gregg.com. >>> a 10-year-old girl is in a hospital tonight, recovering after falling down a 30-foot well earlier today. chopper 4 was over the scene in pasadena, maryland as rescue crews pulled her out this afternoon. she was flown to the hospital with nonlife threatening hypothermia. fire officials say the temperature in the well at the time was much warmer than the air temperature above, and that may have prevented more serious injuries. it is still unknown how the girl fell or how long she was down in that well. >>> fairfax county school superintendent karen garza says errors that led to the hiring of seven convicted felons as teachers won't happen again. the issue was first revealed in 2012. all seven have either been placed on administrative leave or resigned. garza became superintendent in july. she noted the teachers were hired prior to 2009. >> we have systems in place. it cannot happen again. and the reasons come to public light now is it's taken that long to

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get to h.h. gregg now, your samsung headquarters for the big game. see it all at h.h. gregg.com. >>> current windchill temperatures at storm team 4 at 4:44. temperatures may be in the teens, but it feels well below zero in far too many places. and on the roads, snow, ice, slush. you will see it all this morning if you're heading out. give yourself a lot of extra time. this winter storm created pretty treacherous driving conditions across the region. the concern this morning is ice on a lot of roads. news4's derek ward live in downtown d.c. with a look at conditions here. derek? >> reporter: well, good morning. as you see, traffic is moving now. this is outbound new york avenue heading east out toward the d.c. line. you can see that the roads have been treated. take a look a little on to the side. and you see the sidewalks are not -- there is a path, you just have to walk carefully, certainly drive carefully. we talked to a woman who was beginning her journey. she's actually headed for nairobi, kenya. the hardest part is just getting out of town. she t

i will show get your home ready for the big game, with big savings at h.h. gregg's super sale.ave up to 30% on appliances, electronics, furniture, and more. get an lg 60-inch hdtv $699. samsung 51-inch hdtvs $469. washer/dryer pairs are just $549. plus, get up to 24 months special financing on purchases $497 and up. get the best brands at the best prices for the big game. see it all at h.h. gregg.com. . >> r. >>> tonight a charles kocounty commissioner is charged with driving under the influence and a sheriff's officer stopped ruben collins the second after erratic driving. and he failed several field sobriety tests. it happened last night, and no injuries. collins represents the waldorff area, and he is out of jail now. >>> amanda knox's boyfriend is speak i speaking out to nbc news about the convictions and the suspicions that he tried to escape. raffaele sollecito was picked up near the italian border today, and he said he did not think that he would be found guilty. but amanda knox is in the united states, and there are questions of whether she will be forced to return to i

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every retailer so far that has presented whether it's h.h. greggvery good december, electronics were not great for them, the category has been tough. target had said that, too. you know, even though amazon probably did take a little bit of share i'm not so sure yet that they'll come out and say they had gangbuster electronic sales. >> hey, joe, people are trying to pare the weakness out of best buy from what we heard from bed bath & beyond the other day. are you envisioning some sort of broad structural weakness in housing resale, housing renovation demand? appliances were up for best buy. but is there a bigger story here? >> i think the bigger story may be where we are with the consumer. i just came off a big retail conference in orlando the irc exchange and the sentiment was so poor just among all the retailers. holiday season was a tough season for most people and you saw a lot of surprises so far. we've heard a lot of surprises. so, i think there's maybe something going on more broadly with the consumer right now that spending wasn't quite as g