. >> and right now, maryland governor larry hogan is delivering his first state of the state speech in annapolis. hogan is expected to give more details about his goals for the legislative session, the newly sworn in governor is expected to address education funding across agency cuts and tax relief. you can watch that speech live right now on our sister station newschannel 8. and firefighters in anne arundel county are assessing the damage from an early morning fire in odenton. crews were called to the home on the 400 block of monterey avenue around 4:00 this morning. authorities say the home belonged to a metropolitan police department officer and the fire caused ammunition inside that home to go off. good news is no one was hurt. taking a look outside now, temperatures are warming up. our chief meteorologist doug hill is here with how long they will last. doug? >> today is pretty much it. we have a cold front coming through tomorrow that will change things for us. beautiful right now as we look at conditions. this is a live look at our h.d. weather bug camera in laurel. 42 degrees r

in his first state of the address, maryland governor larry hogan paints a grim picture and his message earned mixed reviews from lawmakers. maryland bureau chief brad bell is live in annapolis tonight with details. brad? >> well maureen, the new governor came out swinging today. he campaigns with basically one promise. to get maryland taxes and spending under control. today, he explained how he's going to start to try to do that. governor larry hogan was greeted warmly by the legislative joint session but the mood in the democrat dominated chamber grew icy as he painted a grim picture of the state of the state. >> maryland's anti-business attitude combined with our onerous regulatory policies have rendered our state unable to compete with any of the states in our region. it's the reason that businesses jobs and taxpayers have been fleeing our state at an alarming rate. >> republicans applauded. democrats sat stone faced as hogan revealed his legislative agenda which includes an expansion of charter schools and for tax cuts. he would repeal the so-called rain tax stop taxing the pension

hogan will speak in front of a joints session at noon. the republican is expected to talk about his priorities including tax cuts. chris gordon will be there and he will tweet updates from the speech takes happens. >>> budget cuts are also a part of hogan's plan. we're learning more about how the university of maryland plans to handle cuts this year. the school is dealing with more than $15 million decrease in funding implemented by former governor mar ten owetin o'malle universy president says a tuition increase will cover about a fifrt of that. the school is also furloughing employees, some staff will have to work as many as three days a week unpaid. >>> are you feeling lucky? you may want to pick up a power ball ticket on the way to work. the jackpot is expected to reach $317 million by tonight's drawing. it's the first time in nearly a year that the jackpot has climbed above $300 million. tonight's prize is the 11th largest jackpot ever. largest belongs to the mega millions it reached $648 million in december of 2013. i'll buy one for

. >> maryland governor larry hogan unveiled his plan for the year. brad bell has the details. >> the governor of the state of maryland! >> governor larry hogan was greeted warmly, but the mood was a little acs he painted a grim pitcher of the state of the state. >> marilyn's antibusiness attitude, combined with onerous tax and regulatory policies, have rendered us unable to compete with any other states in the region. it is the reason that businesses, jobs, and taxpayers have been fleeing the state. >> republicans applauded democrats sat stonefaced as he revealed his legislative agenda, which includes an expansion of charter schools and fewer tax cuts. he would repeal the rain tax stop taxing pensions, retired military and first responders, stop the gas tax, and reduce property taxes for small business owners. >> it's time for a new direction in maryland. >> republicans loved what they heard. >> the governor hit the nail on the head. >> democrats took the speech as a personal attack. senate president mike miller said that hogan is tossing the idea of

it's named don't shortchange maryland.com, a play on governor hogan's change maryland.org. they say hogan is taking too much from schools. >> it's balanced on the backs of students in maryland. >> the website allows one to search county by county and see how the numbers play out. montgomery county, for instance is budgeted to receive more than $25 million less than expected. prince george's county nearly $38 million less. >> might be faced again with layoffs to teachers but the rate that our school system has grown, it's a cut what he's proposing. less money for students. >> hogan's camp counters that the budget actually increases state aid to k through 12 public education to record amounts. with a $45 million hike in spending to a total of $6.1 billion. hogan's budget director agrees there's not as much as some would like but argues tough choices must be made. >> the challenge that this administration faces is there's $17 billion in spending requests and there's only $16.4 billion in cash coming in. >> now the budget secretary says that he appreciates that discussion about

. >>> today mayor hogan gives his first state of the state address at noon. hogan is expected to talk about his priorities including tax cuts and heroin crisis. news 4 will be at the statehouse and will be tweeting and also streaming the address live on nbc washington's app. >>> i feel like we're having a cold warning, but some positive news coming our way. >> tom, do you have some positive news? >> i do. enjoy it while you can. by popular acclaim, we'll be warming things up by later this afternoon courtesy of a southwesterly breeze. we'll have dry pavement bright sunshine temperatures a little below freezing for the morning commute. then after that we'll quickly warm. for the afternoon commute, we should be soaring into the upper 40s. dry roads. just a few clouds. noontime temperatures in the mid to upper 30s much of the region. then by mid to late afternoon, should be hovering quickly in the mid to upper 40s metro area. maybe even mere 50 degrees from fredericksburg over to culpepper. mid to upper 40s prince george's county montgomery fairfax county. and th

but hogan raises the key issue, funding bills are supposed to come from the house. possible for mcconnell to save boehner. but if boehner is smart and can grab ahold of his caucus a little bit, he will say to them let's pass theoid can a bill send it back to the senate and let's get this done with. >> indeed because hogan, you know this more than anybody else. you are talking about 30,000 employees at department of homeland security and created with the support and pushing of republicans, 195,000 employees forced to work for free work without pay. we didn't even get into the fema employees who would be set aside, god forbid there is a natural disaster and we are doing about stories about threats to the mall of america. >> right. >> it doesn't seem the republicans have a position here specifically on dhs, even if you said aside immigration, how could you not pass this. >> 30 million americans don't feel safe and 60% of americans are fearful of another attack on american soil. that right now sits on the plate of the president. but should republicans bungle this dhs fu

tonight at 6:00, strong message from maryland educators to governor larry hogan. how you can discover the impact his budget will have on your child's education. >> we're monitoring the potential for snow later this week. how much we may see and when in doug's forecast. >> and historic meeting happening right now at the white house. coverage of jordan's king abdullah's visit coming up next. >> new opposition to maryland governor larry hogan's budget. educators are fighting against potentially troubling cuts to your child's education. maryland bureau chief brad bell is live in annapolis tonight. brad what's on the table? >> well according to the maryland state teachers union and their friends in the legislature, the problem to them is that the numbers in the governor's budget add up potentially to larger class size and a potential loss of thousands of teachers and support staff jobs. the maryland state education association, the teachers union is launching today this website. it's named don't shortchange maryland.com, a play on governor hogan's change maryland.org.

hogan is expected to talk about his priorities including tax cuts. this was chris gordon he'll be at the state house tweeting during the speech and streaming the address live on the nbc washington app. >>> do your herbal supplements contain the active ingredients shown on the label? do they really have them in there? seems an investigation into supplements in new york state suggests they may not be. nbc's erica edwards tells us which retailers are pulling these supplements from their shelves. >> reporter: is there really ginseng or st. john's wort in those pills? ain investigation by the new york's attorney general office suggests some store brand herbal supplements sold at walgreens, walmart, target and gmc do not contain the active ingredients listed on the label. in a statement released on youtube, the new york attorney general says he's demanding those retailers pull certain products off store shelves. >> mislabeled supplements taken by the public to preserve or maintain their health pose a significant danger to those who have food allergies or t

hogans was the man. he was a man. >> reporter: we know the trucking company does have a surveillance system. and police are reviewing that video. however, detectives say that they still don't know what type of object if any, was used to kill the victim and they're still trying to pinpoint a motive. nbc 10 news. >>> tears from a new castle county man in court today accused of kidnapping his own 3-year-old daughter and setting off an amber alert. he held a picture of his daughter during his arraignment in massachusetts this morning. new castle police say he assaulted his ex-girlfriend monday and took off with the child. police found them both last night in spencer, massachusetts. the girl and her mother returned home this morning. >>> a south jersey police officer pleads guilty to shooting his own patrol car. carr was working as a winslow police officer last year when he reported someone shot at his vehicle. he admits he did it himself. he was sentenced to a year of probation. >>> from our jersey shore bur

. >>> the new budget plan from governor larry hogan of maryland are criticizing it. they predict his education cuts will be felt in classrooms across the state. hogan's budget dramatically reduces funding for the larger jurisdictions as well like montgomery and prince george's counties. his press secretary said hogan had to make tough choices because there isn't enough money around to pay the bills. the. of the state education association says the cuts add up to about $144 million. >>> a proposal to name the university of the district of columbia after marion barry is getting some mixed reaction now. the name change is the idea of d.c. councilman vincent orange. some students agree that the four-time mayor and ward 8 councilman played a significant part in the city's history and whicr hevethe campus -- and therefore the campus should include his name. others are not so sure. >> it's not a bad idea considering all that marion barry has done for the city but at the same time, that's a large leap. >> ward 3 councilmember mary cheh represents the udc community. she is ag

governor hogan is in real estate. he understands the value of the transit network. >> reporter: while governor did not call the purple line by name leaving business owners uneasy. they want an absolute con confirmation. i'm tracee wilkins, news 4.> some new changes also could be ahead for the district's streetcar system. news 4 learned that the planned system for eight lines over 37 miles is in jeopardy. after millions of dollars has been spent on the project, only a fraction of that system is likely to be built. sources on the d.c. council say one proposal would complete the line that's already planned from h street west to georgetown and a second line to ann kosta. those would be completed. there's no timetable for when the projects would be complete. >>> today we're getting a closer look at plans to redevelop the west bar neighborhood. they want to change the area to a mixed use space with a town center like feel. there would be three blocks of retail spaces surrounded by high-rise housing. the plan dates back to 1

governor hogan says it actually increases spending, too, and he will make his first date of the state address tomorrow at noon. stay with abc 7 for how this will impact you. >> d.c. mayor muriel bowser and expensive price tag on her inauguration festivities spending about $1 million on the celebration. that is about $400,000 more than her predecessor. bowser's inauguration was the most expensive in the district. >> a cruise cut short by sickness passengers forced to return to baltimore early. >> plus, dodging the blame for lance armstrong. >> and we continue to follow breaking news from new york where several people are kille >> returning to the breaking news outside of new york city, these are live chopper images. at least six people dead, 12 injured after a metro north train crashed into nan suv. the driver of the vehicle was killed as well as five train passengers. the ntsb will investigate. we are also waiting a news conference in new york and we will bring you updates as soon as they are available. >> a newly cleaned up her ship is back at sea. it left baltimore after was scrubbe

. >> also ahead, hear what governor hogan would like to do to your taxes. thank you, cable for the slower internet upload speeds. for fewer video on demand titles. thank you cable, because if we never had you... ...we wouldn't know the incredible difference verizon fios makes. in customer satisfaction studies, fios is rated #1 in internet speed and reliability - 8 years running. plus, fios has the fastest wi-fi available from any provider. period. see the difference for yourself. get a fios triple play online at an amazing price guaranteed for two full years! plus, get a $300 bonus with a two-year agreement. >> we want to update you on our top story. a stabbing on a metro train this afternoon. jim, what have you learned? >> reporter: good evening. here is what we know at this hour. about 3:30 this afternoon at federal center southwest, there were reports of a person bleeding on a train. now, we understand and we are told it was a stabbing that occurred and one person was taken into custody. let me back out of the way and show you our live shot. we understan

. >> and less than two weeks after governor larry hogan release his budget, the battle over bucks has begun. i'm brad bell. coming up i'll >> >> less than a month into his term, larry hogan will give the first state of the state address tomorrow. >> that's right. and the republican is expected to spend a lot of time talking about the state's budget problems. maryland bureau chief brad bell live in annapolis with a preview of what it could mean for schools. brad? >> yeah you know right now, it is all about the budget. the governor released his budget just a couple of weeks ago and it's taken that long for legislators to really go through and take a look at the numbers. the governor has to find about nearly $800 million in savings. the thing that he's tarpthed most of all according to critics is schools across the state. and the hit is about 144 million dollars to the k through 12 education across the state of maryland. now, today, the state teachers union, the maryland state education association launched a website. and the website is critical of the governor's budget and makes fun of

. >>> you can hear larry hogan's plans. he will give his state of the state address to a joint session of the jen assembly at noon. the republican is expected to talk about his priorities including tax cuts and fixing maryland's heroin crisis. chris gordon will be at the statehouse today and live tweeting. we'll also stream it live on nbcwashington.com. >>> a local team is groped. the item that may have made her a target. >>> controversial curriculum why maryland is bringing pot into the classroom for some local students about. >>> and you'll want to bundle up this morning. temperatures are below freezing. chuck bell is in the storm team 4 x 4 with your driv >>> welcome back. more maryland roads will be fixed if maryland governor larry hogan gets his way. his budget includes $25 million for local road repairs. a live look here for you from our camera at montrose road. the money would come from a pool of cash that has not been allocated. his original budget plan did not include that hone. >>> you may want to pick up a power

you know, larry hogan said basically one thing for the entire duration of this campaign. that taxes in maryland are too high and he was going to do something about it. so today, when he walked into the maryland house chamber to address a joint session of the house and senate, he did lay out his very first priorities for the legislature and they do include several tax cuts. for instance he doesn't think that retired military and police and fire should have to pay income tax on their pensions so he's going to put in a bill that would make that happen. but he also paints a very bleak picture of what he calls the current state of the state. >> maryland's anti-business attitude combined with our onerous tax and regulatory policies have rendered our state unable to compete with any of the states in our region. it's the reason that businesses jobs and taxpayers have been fleeing our state at an alarming rate. >> well very interesting dynamic in the chamber today. he was greeted warmly but then, the democrats who dominate the legislature sat stone faced while republicans got up a

. >> governor hogan is being put on the press over the line. today the executives from both counties asked regional business leaders to convince hogan not to abandon the project has the federal government has promised to kick in half the money. well, business leaders say there are already as many as 30 new developments planned in the purple line corridor that could generate thousands of jobs and billions in new economic activity. the governor has promised to roll back taxes and has expressed skepticism during the campaign whether the state can afford the $470 million share of what it will cost to build the purple line. >> jurors will continue deliberate rating the case of the so-called beer pong rapist, accused of sexually assaulting four different men. >> they lured him back to his home after giving them alcohol. what went on inside the courtroom today. >> reporter: prosecutors say that 40-year-old joey was actually convicted last week of luring a man that he met at a college park beer pong tournament back to his apartment and sexually assault

according to the "washington post," this week hogan is also planning to meet with maryland's speaker of the house, a democrat to talk about bipartisan efforts in the state. >>> well, the music industry's biggest stars came together to honor the year's best work. >> and one star in particular wound up shining a little bit more than the rest. british pop star sam smith won four of the six grammys he was nominated for, including best pop vocal best new artist and song of the year. beck took home the top prize album of the year for morning phase. the other big win, beyonce picked up a trio of grammys. she now has 20 at home. this is one of the biggest surprises. yes, you recognize this woman? that is snl alum kristen wiig purchasing during the songshan today lear. this is a hit where she goes into the octaves that you can't hit. >> and she only performs up to her mouth. >> that's why when kristinen wiig first came out, people were like who is that. so an interesting night. >>> several people grabbed a shovel and raced down a snowy mountain in new mexico part of the 39th annual angel fire

just two weeks ago, hogan said his budget would include funding for the project. the government says the purple line would cost more than $2 billion to build. president obama has already allocated millions in federal aid toward the new line. >> if the purple line is canceled the federal investment of $900 million which will be green lighted by the federal transit administration goes to another state. it doesn't come to maryland. >> lawmakers are looking for an absolute confirmation of support from the governor. the purple line would connect montgomery and prince george's county. the line would include 21 stops from bethesda to carol ton oig. >>> scientists have created a device that can diagnose hiv in minutes. it replyicates a lab drug test. it showed promising results while testing mothers and children in rwanda. experts say this twicedevice could make a huge impact. >>> if new legislation passes in california there would be no more exemptions in school vaccinations due to religious beliefs. a california senator who is also a pediatrician says vaccines should be

morning we're hearing from local veterans about a new tax legislation backed by maryland governor hogan. it would eliminate the state income taxes they pay on their military pensions. >> the money that i pay in taxes, i would be able to put additional money into educational fund for my grandchildren. >> hogan announced the plan yesterday during a gathering at the american legion post. the governor said the tax relief would be phased in over four years. >>> democrats are showing some love to the city of brotherly love. the party chose philadelphia for its 2016 national convention. that convention will be held on the week of july 25th. the republican national convention will be in cleveland one week earlier. >>> three marines are still in a california hospital after being exposed to fire retardant gas during a training exercise. 22 hospitals were hospitalized east of los angeles. a fire extinguishing system actually went off in an assault vehicle. >>> this morning two more women have come forward accusing bill cosby of drugging them. one of those women says the comedian sexually assaulted

. >> local veterans are reacting to a new tax legislation backed by maryland's governor larry hogan. it would eliminate the state income taxes that veterans pay on their military pensions. governor hogan announced that plan today during a gathering at an american legion post in greenbelt, maryland. the governor said the tax would be phased in over four years and he urged the veterans there to help him lobby for it. >>> new at 11:00, the fbi says it's opening an inquiry into the killings of three university of north carolina students. dozens gathered in dupont circle tonight to show solidarity with the unc community and to call for a hate crime investigation. police say the students all muslim were killed in an argument over a parking spot but friends are concerned that religion could be a motive. >>> next at 11:00, the bait used by police to arrest a couple of car thieves. >>> today is his birthday and rg-3 says he has a real gift to announce. >> i'm getting better every day. >> and it was fate that helped save a local pastor on the brink of death. >>> two men are in jail tonight aft

hogan: trading at about 7.25 times this year and 15 point five times next year. look at it in a world of zero inflation, those multiples tend to be higher. when you rationalize what your alternatives are in fixed income markets and think about where multiple should beat wendy fed funds rate is at zero and inflation is 1.6% of the core pce level. it is historically high but rational for the low interest rate and low-inflation environment. what drives the markets? if you look at u.s. gdp and a sin that two thirds is consumption. you look at what talents consumption has this year. you have higher employment. you have to go back to 1997 to see this kind of jobs growth. wage growth on the private level for companies like walmart and other companies following suit. wage growth of 2.2% on a year-over-year basis. wages are increasing. consumer confidence is the highest in 10 years. on a backdrop of lower energy prices. the benefits of lower energy prices have not been priced into earnings this year. the negative effects have. we've taken a cut to the s&p 500 this year th

governor hogan's budget dramatically reduces funding for larger jurisdictions like montgomery and prince george's county. his press secretary says the governor had to make tough choices because there just wasn't enough money to pay the bills. the president of the state education association says the plan apartments to roughly $-- amounts to roughly $144 million in reductions. >>> house speaker john boehner and minority leader nancy pelosi have come together on vaccines. both say children should be vaccinated against measles and other diseases. more than 130 cases of measles in 14 states are now linked to disneyland in california. a confirmed case of measles in the district last month was a result of an international trip and is unrelated to disneyland. yesterday directors at both cdc and hig spoke to congress -- n.i.h. spoke to congress about this. >> you have one of the most highly effective vaccines against any virus and you have a highly contagious disease, measles, that can have serious complications. to me it's a slam-dunk what the decision should be. >> many parents don't realize t

governor hogan will not declare a state of emergency as he vowed to do during his campaign. instead he's asking for a $500,000 federal grant but no new state money for treatment. he's also asking a task force to report back to him by december 1. >> i lost the first cousin to a heroin overdose just a couple of years ago. and so i know the kind of devastation it can cause for families and communities. >> governor hogan says heroin overdoses have shot up 95% since 2010. some say the increase is directly attributed to its low street value combined with the increase it's becoming more and more difficult to obtain prescription painkillers. >>> a former marine convicted of killing american sniper chris kyle and chad littlefield is facing the possibility of life in prison now. it took a texas jury just two and a half hours to reach a guilty verdict against eddie ray routh. routh killed kyle and littlefield at a texas gun range two years ago. littlefield's mother spoke shortly after the verdict. >> we waited two years for god to get justice for us on behalf of our son and as always,

. >>> new at 6:00 tonight, the dispute over the proposed budget for maryland governor larry hogan is going online. critics say hogan's budget shortchanges schools and will lead to larger classrooms and fewer teaching jobs. now the teacher's union is rolling out a website that will allow residents to show how the budget impacts their school district. check it out on nbcwashington.com. governor hogan says he's spending a record amount on education and has set aside almost $300 million for new school construction. >>> d.c.'s only public university could soon vote on the mayor for life. vincent orange introduced a bill today to rename the university of the district of columbia after the late marion barry. council councilman orange says it could be referred to as nbudc. orange called barry the university's biggest champion. >>> virginia's state senate has passed a bill banning discrimination on gender. two republicans joined minority democrats to make the vote a 19-19 tie. the tiebreaker was democrat ralph north of the 2015 session. similar measures have passed the senate before but have

. >>> maryland governor larry hogan will learn if his cabinet nominees will be approved. >> and a bill that would deregulate virginia's largest utility is now sitting on governor mcauliffe's desk. >> temperatures running below zero. we could have colder windchills saturday night, sunday morning. i'm have your weekend forecast in just >>> it 16:12 on this friday morning -- it is 6:12 on this friday morning, very cold morning. we'll see less wind this afternoon but a cold day between highs between 25 and maybe 30 in the warm spots. break tomorrow and then get ready for an even colder surge of arctic air on sunday. we'll tell you how cold when i see you coming up in about six minutes. let's check in with beverly farmer and find out if we have any bigger obstacles to our morning commute. >>> any early ob stack cams -- obstacles quickly cleared out of the way. on the beltway in college park, i-95 and 495, right now that volume just coming off the ramps of 95 south to merge on to the beltway. moving very smoothly. just the volume to deal with there. virginia 95 any volume delays we've seen c

only hulk hogan could one up him.led to some fierce battles in the 1980s and '90s including wrestlemania 7. >> sergeant lawsuit slaughter who looks like he is out on his feet. i never saw hulk hogan take it to any opponent like him. >> we did a super bowl commercial for radioshack. >> reporter: before slaughter entered pro wrestling, he was an actual marine. served in vietnam. he later maintained his taste for combat in other ways. >> when i was in the circle i give it everything i had. knowing that sergeant slaughter never gave up, never backed off, always was going forward. >> wow. >> star struck by a lot of this is the "name your price" tool. it gives you options based on your budget -- it's a piece of cake. i was told there would be cake. get a free quote at progressive.com. female announcer: through sunday, save up to $300 on beautyrest and posturepedic. even get three years interest-free financing on tempur-pedic. and of course, free same-day delivery. but hurry! sleep train's presidents' day sale ends sunday. i

bring tax relief to veterans receiving military pensions. >> news4's fwor gor was there when governor hogan shared details of a plan with a very receptive audience. >>> maryland governor larry hogan came to american legion post 136 in green belt maryland. >> just want to say hi to everybody and thank you for your service. >> reporter: to share his proposals to eliminate income taxes on their military pensions. >> immediately when we pass this legislation, 25% of your income will be exempted an then over four years it will go up to 100% and you will no longer -- maryland will no longer take a penny out of your military pensions. >> reporter: the american legion has been lobbying for this for years. >> i to know veterans that have left this state because of the taxes in the state and the fact that their military retirement is taxed. >> reporter: frank killebrew is a member of the east coast chapter of tuskegee airmen. he lives in ft. washington, a maryland income tax exemption would save him more than $5,000 annually. >> the money that i pay in taxes i would be able to put additional money in

. >> we're taking a look at what maryland governor larry hogan is doing to try t >> maryland governor larry hogan has declared a heroin emergency in the state. >> as kevin lewis explains it's part of a statewide effort to crack down on this growing drug problem. >> leon and alison governor hogan says the opiate epidemic umbrella that heroin falls under does not discriminate. rich and poor black and white, urban and rural all impacted by the grips of these drugs. governor today flanked by his newly formed opiate task force announced a plan to combat this problem. on this list preventing opiate list at an early age bolstering treatment with affordable quality care plus better enforcing state drug laws. after all, coroner records show more people in maryland now die from heroin overdoses than by murder or car crashes. and according to the d.e.a., heroin is more potent and accessible than ever before often produced in south america and then trafficked over the u.s.-mexican border. >> i lost my girlfriend eileen to an opiate overdose at age 45. she left behind a 12-year-old daughter and 15

hogan has faced criticism related to his proposed education cuts. those cuts could impact schools in prince george's county. that speech happens on wednesday at the statehouse in annapolis. >>> super bowl xlix, it is here. more than 100 million people will gather around their tvs today to watch the seattle seahawks take on the new england patriots. >> nbc4 is your super bowl station. kickoff at 6:30 tonight. before you start preparing your super bowl goodies for today's game, we want to show you how they're celebrating at super central in arizona. here is news 4's jim handly. >> reporter: we're in scottsdale at the ultimate taste of the nfl. this is the chef's gridiron. 32 chefs and players from every nfl city. representing washington here a crab bisque. >> chef, i'm tasting the beer. >> it's ale right from ashburn virginia. >> how fitting. redskins legend brig owens was on hand. >> what goes through your mind the night before the game? what are they thinking about tonight? >> they're going over, playing the game in their head right now. talk about

hogan's coworkers say he was someone they deeply cared for. >> to walk into the drivers room and not to see him or hear him, you know what i mean, it's going to take a minute. it's going to take a minute. >> investigators are interviewing a person of interest. sources tell us that person is someone who knew and worked alongside the victim. meantime detectives are still trying to determine a motive. >>> happening today, a philadelphia group fighting for more funding for education will head to harrisburg trying to send a message to state leaders. the philadelphia coalition advocating for public schools will join other demonstrators in daal calling for a fair budget. this is video from last year. along with their funding concerns over school funding, they're also pushing for more affordable health care and they want pennsylvania to tax natural gas drillers. now, newly elected governor tom wolf has already promised to tax natural gas production in the marcellus shale region of pennsylvania. he says that could generate $1 billion a year and the bulk of that money would go to education. >>

. >>> maryland governor hogan is pushing hard to repeal the so-called rain tax. the republican outlined a new bill that would let the ten jurisdictions find alternative ways to pay for cleaning polluted rain runoff. the chesapeake bay foundation says the current law creates funding for programs that counties have failed to produce on their own for years. marylanders apparently support the new governor. but they don't support his proposals to slow the growth of education funding. this is according to a new poll from the "washington post". 27% of those surveyed support the plan. 69% oppose it. overall, 58% of those polled say that they believe governor hogan will lead hearmaryland in the right direction. >>> a drunk of concrete fell on a car on suitland parkway. megan mcgrath is live with more on what crews will be doing to keep you safe. >> reporter: that overpass bridge is behind me here. you can perhaps see the headlights of the traffic traveling across it. the bridge carries beltway traffic across suitland parkway. engineers say that it is structure structurall

. >> purple line, backed, pushed by martin, derided by larryy hogan. and yet theres money for it. it is supposed to take placenn 2015. lolots of blueprints and plans and businesses. here is the pop quiz question. how do you rate thchances of the purple line?e? and whenen wilill it? >> really when you look at the federal gornment t silver liline initially was not graded highly. the bususiness community worked to get the silver line e back on track. the federal government has rated the girll that's rated e purple line at the highest level. it will be delay potentially as six months. >> i didn't buy a house becau it was supposed to be on the path f the purple line. larrhogan could make this a play to please his tea party conservative race, scrapap it,t, and move on. howdy you rate the chances? >> look at terry mcaululiffefe and obamacare. it didn't happen becauause of ideology. the reality is the purple line is more of a mass traffichan the silver line is. hofully some body will say to m atat the end of the day y what matters is not posturing for the camera, whatatte is economomic de

. >>> if you're preparing cuts promised by larry hogan, you could be waiting a white.tate democrats already criticizing the governor. according to the "washington post," they said those cuts won't pass. the "post" says hogan met with senate majority leader yesterday and will meet with the state speaker of the house this week to talk about bipartisan efforts in maryland. >>> later today, students will hold a sleep-in demonstration in hopes of convincing montgomery county school board to change school start times. it's part of the save our sleep campaign. some middle and high school students and their parents will wear pajamas, and camp outside the rockville offices. the demonstration is set to start at 3:30. this is all ahead of tomorrow's possible vote on changing the start times. the proposal with trying to adjust start times to allow high school students to start later in the day. >>> 6:49. the future you may not have to raise money for playground equipment at new elementary schools in loudoun county. the leesburg "today" reports the cool board will consider plans to

hogan had said his budget would include funding for that project.ernment says the purple line would cost more than $2 billion to build. president obama has already allocated millions in federal money toward that new line. >> the purple line is canceled the federal investment of $900 million which will be green lighted by the federal transit administration goes to another state. maryland. >> lawmakers are looking for absolute confirmation of support. the purple line would protect montgomery and prince george's county. >>> big changes could be ahead for the d.c. street car system. new 4/has learned the planned system to include eight lines over 37 miles is now in jeopardy. hundreds of millions of dollars have been spent on that project. only a fraction of the system likely to be built. sources say one proposal would complete the planned line from h street west to georgetown and second line to anacostia, but little else. >>> d.c. police are investigating a crime near a college campus. police say that two men took someone's cell phone yesterday. this wa

ann kaiser will focus fighting hogan's proposal to slow growth of primary and secondary education next year. he said it provides record education funding but it is $144 million less than educators expected. >>> a two week security exercise starts today at navy bases in the area. it's called solid curtain shield 2015. an annual training on responding to threats. you may see more traffic or access delays at the navy yard, the u.s. navel observe story and the naval research lab. >>> big changes coming to th >>> there's new research that says something they're doing before bed is making them sleep less effectively. >> plus the new fight this morning over robin williams' estate. why his family is struggling to divide the late comedian's empire. >>> a live look outside the studio now. it is so cold. you see the flag flapping in the winld . >>> welcome back. next steps are happening on bringing more business to aspen hill. you may have seen a big vacant building there. the county council will hold a hearing on the plan today. supporters say they're excited about the idea of new businesses. cr

right now the pull senatefu senate is expected to confirm hogan's choices. >>> and casino revenue in maryland is done for the second straight month raising the question has the market in the state pushed beyond its limits. mchl g mgm is scheduled to open in 2016. it's not known whether this will pull customers away from the existing casinos. >>> alexandria schoolboard adopted a capital improvement plan of more than $305 million. among the priorities tackling enrollment growth. to do that the school system wants to either make upgrades to patrick henry elementary school and bui a new one. the school says the out of date buildings were treating a stwran on their capital improvement budget. the city council will have the final say on what happens to the old building. >>> if your son or daughter is applying to virginia tech he or she is not wloon. the university says applications for admission have increased more than 7% this year. the admissions office says that it has received more than 22,000 freshman applications. school officials say they have also received more than 9,000 applicati

. >>> in maryland, governor hogan will meet with the state's speaker of the house this week. both the speaker and the state senate majority leader are democrats. hogan says that he wants to discuss bipartisan efforts with them after his state of the state address last week. democrats criticized that speech saying it sounded more like a campaign address. the post says state republicans applauded what the governor said. >>> i'm angie goff at the live desk. this developing story out of australia. we know a surfer is dead after a shark attack. this was on the country's east coast. a 41-year-old japanese man was sitting on his board waiting for a wave when witnesses say that the shark came from behind him and attacked him grabbed part of his board and both of the man's legs. his friends rushed him to shore, but it was too late. now, this happened just 12 miles from where another attack happened this weekend and officials are saying that they believe both of these attacks are connected. >>> 5:48 right now. pennsylvania mall is planning to crack down on unsupervised teens on the wee

of course republican governor larry hogan. he's opposed to legalizing marijuana and even opposed to medical marijuana when ch was signed into law by former governor martin o'malley. today's hearing in annapolis begins at 1:00 this afternoon. mike, andrea, back to you. >> thank you. >>> firefighters are keeping a close eye on the smoldering remains of a fire fire near bwi airport. the smoke could be seen for miles. firefighters had to battle both the flames and the bitter cold as they tried to put this out. crews tried to keep the fire from spreading to nearby businesses as well n. is an industrial -- well. this is an industrial area no one was hurt. >>> the attorney for accused child moll rester michael gardner -- molester michael gardner is off the case. a judge ruled his lawyer chris liebig could be called to testify against his own client so he withdrew from the case. prosecutors want to question liebig about the discussions he had with gardner concerning an alleged murder for hire plot. gardner is the former chair of the f

. >>> during his state of the state address maryland governor larry hogan said he wants to reform theate's legislative redistricting process. governor hogan wanls to put the re-- wants to put the restricting process in the ands of an independent bipartisan commission. critics of the current process says maryland has some of the most jerry man derred -- jerry mandzerred congressional district in the country. >>> the chair of the arlington county board is retiring. mary hughes heinz says this will be her last public office as well. prior to joining the arlington county board, she served at the arlington school board for 12 years, including three times as chair. howard? >>> we're looking at cold air pouring in now. temperatures are falling. they'll be falling into the 30s, even upper 20s here with windchills down in the teens if not single digits by later this afternoon. and a couple of flurries this morning. less wind tonight. we do fall into the teens. tomorrow a cold day. nice saturday and a couple of showers later sunday into monday. trenice? >>> there's not even enough time for me t

. >>> today the maryland senate will start to vote on hogan's choices for his cabinet.ate nominations committee has already given a favorable report on the appointments. right now the full senate is expected to confirm hogan's picks. >>> new information on the hacking targeting anthem insurance patient information. how the feds may have traced it back to china. plus how the breach could impact how you file your taxes. >>> and experts explain how often you should clean items you use every day that you might not think abou . >>> and you don't want to go outside without looking at your temperatures. you can find them on the nbc washington app. it's really codld out there. >>> this morning we're finding out when you should clean pretty much anything that you use every day.the daily mail asked a micro byiologist biologist. apparently should you clean your phone every day. your bedsheets once a week. they say our sheets are a hot bed for bacteria because of all the sweat and skin cells that we shed every night. jeans maybe? scientists say we should wash them after every five

hogan made it a key part of his state of the state speech.was approved in 2012 allows maryland's largest counties to collect storm water management fees. runoff management fees from homeowners and businesses. it's all to pay for sewer treatment projects. >>> a storm slamming parts of new england isn't over yet. up to 2 feet of snow fell yesterday in boston. public transportation is suspended in the city today. schools and some businesses will also remain closed and more bad weather is expected later this week. boston set a record for the most snow recorded a 30-day period with more than 71.8 inches, basically 6 feet of snow. >>> i know a lot of skiers jealous of boston right now. we're looking at a little bit of a wintry mix in southern maryland, northern neck near fredricksburg south. watch out for the slick spots for a few more hours. eventually upper 30s and low 40s. maybe late day sun. windchills will be holding in the 20s and 30s. tomorrow 45. then an arctic front on thursday. colder stretches in the afternoon along with wind and -- temp

. >>> maryland governor larry hogan will make his first state of the state address this week. he's already faced criticism recently related to his proposed education cuts. those cuts could impact schools in prince george's county. that address happens on wednesday at the statehouse in annapolis. >>> colleges taking a strict stance on drinking on campus. it's all an effort to face another threat facing students. will it work? why students are skeptical. >>> we're counting down to kickoff in nbc4. less than ten hours to go. coverage of super bowl xlix begins at noon. kickoff about 6:30. stay tuned after the game for an >>> dinking and partying hard could be a thing of the past for college students. >> colleges nationwide are taking a hard line on drinking, aimed at preventing sexualf"cx assault on campuses. nbc's stephanie gosk says the reaction on campus. >> reporter: is the wild alcohol fueled party on campus, a rite of passage? >> this week dartmouth banned hard alcohol on campus hoping to bring an end to bing drinking and sexual assault. >> we are not alone in facing it but

. >> reporter: school counselor doreen hogan says providing more opportunity for students to recover and get credit during the regular school year has made a difference. >> night school was almost $500. summer school was $500. a lot of students cannot afford that. that's what would break down and cause our graduation rates to be so low. >> reporter: hispanic and latino students experienced the highest increase with more than 4% in the graduation rate. african-americans more than 2%. i'm tracee wilkins, news4. >>> what's the ultimate reward for a student bound to inspire here students. maggie hawk was given the award considered the oscar of education. she has been teaching at yellow spring elementary for 12 years. it's the same school that she attended and where she found her inspiration for teaching despite struggling with dyslexia. >> this is the reason that i wanted to go into teaching. i loved all my teachers. they gave me that passion that drive and i wanted to instill that in my students. >> reporter: the . >> the award will go towards her son's college fund. >>> arie will open

governor there he hogan announced a plan to have effective treatment and quick justice.alf a million dollars will be set aside for programs. alison: the police have charged a driver involved in the california train derailment with felony hit and run. dozens of people were injured when their commuter train slammed into a delivery truck north of los angeles. the driver abandon his truck on the tracks. officers found the driver a mile and a half away on the phone. the national transportation safety board is still investigating. still ahead -- dogs in arlington made sick by a substance inside of sausages. the police say they know what it was. leon: "consumer reports" has the best cars for safety and reliability. which ones got the top honors. alison: and winter fun on capitol hill? alison:s in a story that you saw first on 7 -- two dogs were given caffeine pills. the american welfare league said that the dogs ate sausage tainted with caffeine. they were second. leon: 7 on your side with a consumer alert about the best car brands. "consumer reports" looks at crash tests, and

. >>> maryland governor larry hogan is proposing a bill that would eliminate state income taxes for veterans receiving military pensions. he detailed the plan during a gathering at the american legion post in green belt. the governor said the tax relief would be phased in over four years. >> that's my family in a lot of ways because it will give us more money to do some of the things that are important to us as far as paying other bills and taking care of other responsibilities college tuition and things of that nature. >> it's going to cost about $50 million for the tax exemption on military pensions. the governor is also pushing for tax relief for retired police officers firefighters and emergency personnel. >>> all right, phase one, complete. it's done. but it's going to take many more years and a lot more money before earthquake repairs are finished at the national cathedral. news4's tom sherwood gives us a tour of the progress thus far and explains what's left. >> reporter: the earthquake three and a half years ago rattled our region and caused millions of dollars in damage to the washi

keep the -- today, executives from both counties asked regional business leaders to chime in and ask hogan not to abandon the project. >> for both montgomery county and prince george's county, it is not simply about moving people back and forth. it is about growing the commercial tax base for the entire state. >> now, business leaders say there are already as many as 30 new developments planned for that purple line corridor. that could generate thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in economic activity. whether or not the state can actually afford the $700 million share to build that line. >>> a plane crash captured on camera in taiwan. what the pilot did just before this happened. >> the equivalent of a gold rush. a business professor becomes the first here in maryland to teach a class on the opportunry. >> will your digital life live on after you're gone? this could be a real life problem for your loved ones who are still around. we'll show you how to product your i know grandma's house isn't the most exciting, but it's only for a few hours. look what i've got. when you get verizon f

let's do that. >> hogan? >> i agree. let's bring it on. see where it falls. sick of what's been going on. it is obvious wall street has done extremely well under this president, main street suffered that's a fact. depends who can articulate vision. jimmy is right, hillary clinton hasn't been asked about the guilliani thing, people would care what she had to say. this campaign will be fought on policy foreign policy on domestic policy. if republicans rise up articulate a vision and frankly been given keys to the senate and house, if they can put forth serious legislation, get some things done stand up take credit for it we will be in good shape in 2016. if not, we will see more of the same, i am afraid. >> thank you both for being with me. appreciate your time. >> thank you very much. >> thanks. god bless. >>> in msnbc, strong comments from parents of kayla mueller how the u.s. handles terrorist hostage situations. congressman gregory meeks joins me to discuss whether it is time to reassess how the administration deals with terrorists. >> we understand the pol

in his first state of the address, maryland governor larry hogan paints a grim picture and his message earned mixed reviews from lawmakers. maryland bureau chief brad bell is live in annapolis tonight with details. brad? >> well maureen, the new governor came out swinging today. he campaigns with basically one promise. to get maryland taxes and spending under control.