. >>> and i'm jim handly, headed to sochi tomorrow for coverage of the games. tonight, with we have a closer look at the security for the spectators and the athletes headed for the games, and how it is looking >>> the winter olympics are now less than two weeks away, but concerns about security are to put something of a shadow over t the sporting events. jim handly is preparing to fly to sochi and he updates us with the safety. >> well, right now, president vladimire putin says that he has a steel of rings around it. there are drones and warships and all ready to be deployed just in case. and the officers will be in plain sight to make sure that the athletes and the speck tato are safe. and the militant extremists have made multiple threats to attacks, and fears of terrorism have led to fewer tickets, but the organizers say that the games are ready. >> the russians have done everything in terms of deployment of people. >> i'm very confident that the villages are among the safest places in russia right now, and i'm also extremely confident in the way that our se

. >>> i'm jim handly in a wet sochi, russia, and only a week before this calderon will be lit up for the games. we will take you on a tour of olympic park tonight at "news4 at 5:00." >>> that is so cool he is over there, and nice and mild across the area today, and just for the weekend, right? but then, guess what is moving back in? yeah, possibly more snow. i will talk about it next. thank you. happy valentine's day. i love you. uh, i mean, thank you. you're welcome. share the love with delicious heart-shaped donuts from dunkin'. try the new cookie dough donut today. pressure points on my tired, achy feet. i had no clue i was putting this kind of stress on my feet. i have flat feet. i found this out at the free dr.scholl's foot mapping center at walmart. in less than two minutes, i got my foot map and my custom number. i'm a 440. i'm a 210. 340. that number matched the dr.scholl's custom fit orthotic inserts with just the right support to help relieve stress on my feet. i'm a believer. find a walmart with a foot mapping center at drscholls.com i'm a believer. >>> we are a week a wai

. >> i'm jim handly. here it is, folks. it is bitter cold out there.are dealing with the stuff right now. we have single digit temperatures with windchills near zero. truly dangerous stuff. biting wind and blowing snow. >> but, things are starting to get back to normal at the airports. reagan, dulles and bwi are open. checking the rails, most trains are running full service. the brunswick line to the northeast is on a reduced schedule. on the roads, most primary roads are clear. crews are working on the secondary streets. watch out, we could have a big refreeze overnight. not too many of you are in the dark right now. power companies are reporting 1700 customers without electricity right now. >> we have winter storm team 4 coverage right now. we begin with veronica johnson on cue. this is just where we said it would be yesterday. >> that's right. folks, this really is hypothermia weather, frostbite type of weather. i felt for the folks i passed today who had to work outside for any prolonged period of time. there's the shot, what you don't see is the w

welcome back at 4:30, i'm jim handly. >> i'm erika gonzalez. cold, rain, snow, we have you covered. >> veronica is in the storm center, doug kammerer is out in it on the weather deck where the flakes are starting to fall. guys? >> that's right. for most of the area, they are seeing snow across, in neighborhoods. as we look outside, the snow has been falling for one to two hours and only sticking to grassy areas. as the sunsets, it will stick to the secondary roads. let's take a look at temperatures across the area. right now, folks -- let me go ahead and advance forward here. there we go. in terms of what you can expect, if we can take max one right now, we'll talk about the forecast here over the next couple hours. radar, of course, showing that moisture moving in. you can see the rain/snow line. there's leesburg and gaithersburg where it's been snowing for awhile and accumulating. evening planner forecast, a chance of snow through your evening. look at 5:00 a.m. that's when the snow will be ending. look at the temperatures for your evening an

our jim handly will be there for the games starting february 6th. >> a question for you -- you think facebook might be on the way out? the social network could see itself fall out of the spotlight as quickly as it came. that's from researchers at princeton university. they compared the rise and fall of myspace to facebook's google searches. they say the site has already reached the peak of its popularity and has started to decline. in october the company admitted to losing a large portion of its teen members. researchers estimate facebook will lose 80% of its users by 2015. >>> netflix planning to offer new streaming features that would be customized to your home. for $12 a month, four people would be able to stream four different movies in one household. netflix says it would then lower prices from $7.99 it $6.99 for customers that only stream one video at a time. a spokesman for the company says this is a trail run. there's no guarantee that the plans will be rolled out to all 44 million net flick customers. >>> in news 4 your health now, a new study says working the night shift ca

. >> and i'm jim handly. we have a winter weather advisory in effect for partfes of the region and this time it is a storm moving up from the south. and now to storm team 4 meteorologist veronica johnson. v.j v.j.? >> well, a big deal down to the south, but even around here and take a look at the numbers and the snowfall amounts expected tomorrow morning and some of us some of us not have to do anything at all, and a little sweeping and we may have to see some delays and slick spots on the road tomorrow morning. and all of the counties shaded in purple and anne aroundel county and the northern neck and those the areas of west and northumberland, and essex and stafford kocounty and the possibility of throughout the area of folks seeing several areas of snow, and we have been tracking it from leonarddown and fredericksburg and already seeing the snow from the sizable system that is making its way up the coast. it is going to graze us. so the snow chance mainly over southern maryland, and a bigger chance for oce

we might have just seen our friend die. >> chris handly makes it to the hospital.d after five hours of brain surgery, he emerges alive. >> had a subdural and epidural hematoma. it was causing intercranial pressure. the doctors said i was really, really, really close to the point of not being able to come back. >> while chris may have eluded permanent injury, he and his friends are scarred from the memory of that day. the lesson they will never forget. >> the fact we caught a near-death experience on camera really, really reminds chris and all of us all the time that it can happen like that. and you're gone. and you're never coming back. so that alters some of the choices we make in life. >> with a little time and maturity, the group gains perspective on the traumatic event. >> i definitely think i took it a little bit too far. it was just dumb and reckless. not a very smart idea. i would tell kids to just chill out and think about what you're doing before you do something that could possibly end your live. >> oh [ bleep ]! oh [ bleep ]! >>> coming up, a coach steps

jim handly at the live desk. jim? >> well, we are getting new details on the plant explosion that happened at international nutrition which is a beef processing plant in omaha. officials say multiple fataliti fatalities, but not confirming a number. at least ten people are on the site, and osha is on site, and they said they have had violations in the past. osha cited the company for one worker who fell into a tank an died. and from the live desk, i'm jim handly. >>> and tonight, in virginia, it is supporters for gun control are hoping that the statehouse will support them. >> reporter: at one rally they wore stickers that said their chief message "guns save lives." >> i want to protect my family wherever i go. wherever the bad guys can carry, that is where i want to carry. >> reporter: on the other side, they have 833 hearts and their stickers say, background checks save lives." >> well, i think that it does make a difference, because you have a governor who now believes in this, and he is going to be a cham champion

jim handly has land and already posting pictures from sochi, and you can like his page on facebook andollow him on twitter. >> posting pictures or posing for the pictures? a little of both i imagine. >> and mostly posing. i have a gut feeling. and now, we will tell you about plans to charge people to park on the mall. >> after some digging we will find out where the cash will go. >> and free parking spaces will van niish on the national mall,d we will find out why one group is happy. >>> and a police tragedy, and why an officer turned a g ed e n on -- turned a gun on >>> a heartbreaking tragedy inside of a gaithersburg home after a police officer shoots an kills his own son while trying to save his life. and now this well known veteran is coping with a massive loss. police say that the officer james stirkens heard his wife and son arguing inside of their home. >> and he discovered that his son was attacking his wife, and that is when he fatally shot the boy or the man. and his wife later died. jackie bensen is in the neighborhood with more and why this happened? >> reporter: well, inve

i'm jim handly in for pat lawson muse this morning. making a transition period, one that's affecting a lot of jurisdictions in our area, this concept of a regional minimum wage. we've seen prince george's, montgomery on board with it to some degree, the district as well. >> that's right. you've got movement in the district, obviously. and in maryland for minimum wage. virginia has to wait on richmond more than local entities. there's nos not as much movement there. same old argument gevenlt if you raise it too much, do you impair people who are low-income people or just hired at the current minimum wage and the local restaurants, local establishments will have to raise, you know, prices or they'll have to fire people to pay for the minimum wage. there's a counter argument that, no, it puts money in people's pockets and they'll spend more. the latter argument is winning in maryland, especially in maryland as well as in the district and you not in virginia. >> well, you know, some of these places where the minimum wage is, what, $8. peop

. >>> and our own jim handly is fou in sochi, and he is going to be blogging behind the scenes and bringive reports on news4 throughout the games. make sure you follow on facebook, by fol hiloing his page or on twitter, and his handle is @jimhandly. >>> a group of students got a look at the astronaut class talking about the importance of s.t.e.m. classes at the air and museum downtown, and those are science and technology and engineering and mathematics courses. they are currently in a two-year process, and that ri nasa's first group of astronaut hopefuls in four years. >>> and carnivale cruise lines is return ting to the port of baltimore and the ships will be more environmentally friendly and have technology to release fewer toxins into the air. and you have a year to make the plan, because they will resume seven-day year-round cruises starting on march 2015. >>> and a new attraction to fredricks bug, pedal cabs. a seven-seat human powered vehicle will be here. this is a view of similar vehicles operated in various citi cities. they came up with the idea and launches it with a colleagu

. >>> and our own jim handly will land in sochi this morning.e'll be blogging behind the scenes and bringing you live reports on news4 today throughout the game. follow along on facebook. you can follow page by page, or on twitter at jimhandly. >>> and while organizers of the olympics deal with security concerns half a world away, another big sporting event is getting its own special attention. news4's aaron gilchrist is here with the steps being taken to protect the super bowl and interesting numbers about america's biggest game. >> reporter: in just days, american also practically halt their lives for the nfl championship game, and that has security experts paying very close attention. a big concern this sunday, the number of people taking mass transit. about 30,000 people could be using buses and trains to get to metlife stadium. that has security experts looking at the recent attacks in russia for ideas on how to prevent an attack. the weather also a big concern here. the high on sunday expected to be about 38 degrees, but it could drop into

i'm jim handly. >> and i'm barbara and we are going over to veronica with the weather. >>> lackt the windchill with 16 in gaithersburg, and you with were up to the 40s and the 50s and 23 at fort bellfor and everybody, with we are down to the teens and the 20s with the winds gusting up to 30 to 35 miles per hour, and the weekend forecast, we are down to 25 in the air temperature, and the single digits down with the windchil bow zero, and a bundle up morning cold and windy and the winds will start diminishing throughout the afternoon tomorrow, and 17 to 22 degrees and we will take a look at the forecast for the rest of the week in a few minutes. >> and people brought flowers and stuffed animals to the columbia mall after the deadly shooting saturday. it was emotional time for the mall employees as the community tried to get back to some normal normalcy. there was extra security there. and the zumiez's store where the shooting took place has been boarded up. >> and mall workers and others are paying tribute to the victims with a flowers and teddy bears. there is also a condolence book a

i'm jim handly from the live desk. >>> two people are behind bars after an early morning stabbing intal heights. prince george's county police were called for a large fight early this morning. when they arrived they found a man with stab wounds. we're told the man who was stabbed will survive. >>> police are looking for more possible victims of two women who are accused of what calling a flimflam scam. police arrested two women, green and erickson on monday in takoma park. they say those women offered bags filled with fake money to their victims in exchange for bank account information. the scheme is spreading in our area, all the way up to new york. if you think you're a victim of the scam, you're asked to call the police. >>> a sheriff's deputy in saint mary's county in maryland was injured after he hit a deer in his car this morning. police say sergeant russell was on oakley road in maryland. the cruiser hit the deer on the road, overturned and landed upside down in a ditch filled with water. the trooper was trapped in the car, but emergency responders were able to get him out of

. >>> our own jim handly is there in sochi blogging behind the scenes and brigging us live reports on news4 throughout the games. make sure you follow along on facebook by following jim's page or on twitter @jimhandly. >>> no such thing as a free lunch. some parents are fuming after school lunches were tossed this the trash right in front of them. what were the school lunchroom workers thinking? >>> trouble on board another cruise ship. the caribbean princess arrived home in texas late last night two days earlier than plan ned after more than 170 passengers and crew members got sick. the highly contagious norovirus to blame again. officials with the center thes for disease control were on the ship again to ensure that it is properly sanitized. earlier this week, royal caribbean's "explorer of the seas" went home early after some 700 people got sick with the same illness. >>> parents were outraged after an elementary school throws out school lunches for some students. it happened to more than 30 chirp in salt lake city, and some parents say that the students were humiliated by the whol

your weather could be on the way, and good afternoon, everybody, i'm barbara harrison in for jim handly. >> and we are tracking the possibility of heavy downpours and severe thunderstorms tomorrow. >> and a flood watch has been issued so we will go right to team 4 meteorologist veronica johnson. >> that is right. we are expecting moderate and heavy rain in our way the next 24 hours, which means that runoff could be an issue. we have had the ground warming up a little bit, but still a frozen ground when you get down a couple of levels. from frederick county to leesburg and you folks in mas nas sas are include and baltimore and columbia and so all of the way over here to this whole area under a flood watch for saturday. right now, we have showers running through the area, and nothing currently, and what we are e seeing is running down the southern portions here down to bethesda and d.c. and waldorf and allen's fresh, and this is where most of the rain will hold throughout the eveningch and the big story is also the fog. you are looking at a time lapse grabbed from the herndon, virginia ca

i'm jim handly. >> and i'm pat lawson muse.how the snow is impacting the travel around the washington area. if you have a flight to catch, check the stt tatus before you leave the house, because more than 3,000 have been cancel and some 170 of them out of reagan international, and dulles, and bwi have cancelled about 100 flights each, and a number of flights delayed as well. >> metro is running on the normal weekday schedule, but that could change as the ridership dwindles, and the weather is worse. and some metro buses are impacted due to the slick conditions of some routes, and some routes are being modified as always, so it is best to check the metro routes before you leave. all metro access has been cancelled, but no announcement for tomorrow yet. >>> and we have steam 4 coverage here and it is not done, we have meteorologist, doug ckammerer, and veronica johnson and dave culver in fairfax, and kristin wright in southeast. v.j.? >> well, we are at the height of the storm, pat, right now, and we will continue to be at the he

there the children of voters, barbara buono is the democrat in that reelection that christie won handly't know who in the document, saying that they are smiling and that these kids are in trouble because the mayor is complaining about getting kids to school and not being able to. the person said i am smiling. is it wrong that i'm smiling some he said no and through the children of democratic voters. pretty stunning stuff. >> two questions off of that. one, from the different names and the top aides in chris christ christie's administration and the name not involved at least in the quotes we pull side that of chris christie himself. he said over and over he had to do with the lane closures. is that the truth? >> well, 50 of all, bill barone and david wildstein, appointees to the port authority who are named as part of these damning e-mails resigned in december. both of them resigned in december as a part of the fallout from this controversy or scandal. now, the deputy chief of staff, this is the first time today that we have evidence of her playing a role. bridget annicle we her e-mails.

. >> and jim handly is on his way to sochi right now and blogging on the behind the scenes action. you can following him on facebook or twitter @jimhandly. >>> the major says he's outraged and emotional reactions to a man's death a few yards from the fire station. >> reporter: a bunch of new buildings are about to go right there over the 3rd street tunnel and you can see why that might be a transportation challenge coming up. >>> dozens more people in >>> dozens more people in maryland tell us the for seeing your business' cash flow work even harder. for seeing receivables coming in and payables going out... so that now you can do more for your business today and tomorrow. for seeing your business' cash flow like never before. the enhanced cash flow insight, powered by pnc cfo, a suite of online tools that can now sync with popular accounting software, and turn seeing into doing. ♪ >>> it's a story you're seeing first on 4. a major rebuild going up. between massachusetts tunnel and e street. adam is live with the details. >> reporter: let me set the scene. massachusetts avenue clos