my name is beatrice dunn kwan can i'm one the co-chairs the san francisco coalition along with jeff collins the ymca san francisco i'm extremely proud to be here today and tell you how strongly we support in campaign as a grandmother of two high school teenagers 16 and 14 and also a member of the african-american and mexican component i know this mechanism is going to be a great hope for them to understand the results of the consumption of sugar drink sodas i think it is important they will be able to relying rally to the youth they're the ones that will educate them and bring them into the realm of this tragedy when we consume the sodas it's interesting listening to your previous discussion when they were talking about the oral hygiene and the funding for more services to deal with the issue of the dentistry and the cavities and so on and so forth it is interesting in one of the part of the on truth campaign we are talking tooth decay and here we are today you as commissioners discussing the fact that the increase of tooth decats is astronomical and here inter as a volunteer organization o

jeff will have more tips at 6:40. >>> dlartlater today, we'll find out the winner of pat collins' challenge. we received hundreds of entries everything from cats to goats. yes, will are pet gets out there in our area. we have a panel of judges for the photos. we will announce the winner tonight and the winner gets a grand prize, and you then tig pat collins snow stick. >> a big deal around here. >> i people e-mail me, please spd me one. i have no access to these snow sticks. >> we don't know where they keep them. all right. let's turn to tom kierein. you're telling us we'll have a little more snow today. >> yes, more snow for the pets to romp in and maybe this afternoon just a little bit. but similar to what we had on value teen's day, we had the brief whiteouts, the snow squalls. we may be getting some of those. take a look at the radar, we're getting some of those. if we go to max 2 for this hit will guys today's where we have the radar showing up right now. that is moving now out of the midwest and coming into the mountains. and that will be continuing to track our way here as we get into

jeff will have more tips coming up at later we'll find out the winner of pat collins' snow stick challengewe had a field day with this one. we received hundreds of entries. cat and dogs and goat and pigs. we had have a panel of judges who will decide best in show right here. we'll announce the winner tonight. always tough to judge this competition. >> i like the banana. the dog in a about a man in a peel. that's fun for me. 5:51. let's turn to tom kierein. we're dealing with the cold and we now the the snow was behind us. not so much. >> those dogs that dress in costumes they look embarrassed. dress in your warmest winter gear this morning. we have snow getting closer to us in the ohio valley, kentucky and tennessee that is tracking toward our region. a line of snow showers that will be moving right into the metro area by later this afternoon. here is the timing. leading edge of that in the panhandle of west virginia around 2:00. and then into the shenandoah valley. and then crosses the blue ridge and gets closer to the we were sub western suburbs around 5:30 this afternoon. the whole line

coming >> northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg introduces us to one woman who says it can make a big difference in her child's life. >> when beth collins first took her cause to richmond in january, she was met with a chill. >> when a lot of legislators heard the word "marijuana" they were like no thanks. >> as collins started sharing stories of her 15-year-old daughter jennifer who has epilepsy and suffers up to 300 small seizures a day, she explained the therapeutic power of marijuana oils which have nothing to do with getting high. >> we're asking for medicine. >> a year ago beth and jennifer left their family in fairfax and moved to colorado where marijuana along with the oils is legal. drops under her tongue three times a day dramatically reduced jennifer's seizures and no side effects like with other drugs. but they wanted to come home to virginia and join other families in the fight. >> never underestimate the determination of parents when protecting their kids. >> on tuesday, the house of delegates voted 98-0 making it easier for virginians with epilepsy to use marijuana oils. the similar bill has passed the senate and governor

jeff sessions, ted cruz have repeatedly said they would really like to make the president's executive action the centerpiece of this d.h.s. funding bill. one other option that has been floated senator collins introduced an amendment that would essentially take out the controversial piece decrying the president's 2012 action rolling back dacka there. but still include language that would make senate republicans hold democrats accountable for what the president did in 2014 on his executive action. of course democrats even though who said in november that they didn't approve of the way he did it they don't appear like they're willing to vote with republicans on that. so that's an unlikely option. and what we're hearing is that if they cannot get on to the bill senate republicans want the house republicans to send them a new piece of legislation. of course that puts house speaker john boehner back in a precarious situation where he has to sort of fight off his right flank and look to pass something else that the senate can pass. so none of the options here look good. and it certainly is going do be between mitch mcconnell and house speaker john boehner to work out. >> the house is going to tak