and i also want to introduce to you malcolm smith, who represents the 14 senatorial districts in queensand is the first african-american president pro tem of the new york state senate. malcolm's death. -- malcolm smith. >> thank you very much, girl. good evening everyone. -- that you very much, earl. good evening, everyone. all the men in the house, but to the lady -- look to the lady on your left or right and say, happy valentine's day. now -- now, all the ladies in the house, look to the left and right to demand, and say happy valentine's day to them. and my wife is way over there, table 84, happy valentine's day, michelle. thank you very much. i have the pleasure -- shh. i have the pleasure of introducing someone tonight, a young man that all of you know. i was at service this morning, and the preacher, dr. sojay, davis a sermon at of exodus, and the topic was "through struggle comes straiength." the young man i'm about to introduce to you is a man who understood and knows what struggle is and how that struggle gives strength to individuals. this young man could have left washington

and i also want to introduce to you malcolm smith, who represents the 14 senatorial districts in queens, and is the first african-american president pro tem of the new york state senate. malcolm's death. -- malcolm smith. >> thank you very much, girl. good evening everyone. -- that you very much, earl. good evening, everyone. all the men in the house, but to the lady -- look to the lady on your left or right and say, happy valentine's day. now -- now, all the ladies in the house, look to the left and right to demand, and say happy valentine's day to them. and my wife is way over there, table 84, happy valentine's day, michelle. thank you very much. i have the pleasure -- shh. i have the pleasure of introducing someone tonight, a young man that all of you know. i was at service this morning, and the preacher, dr. sojay, davis a sermon at of exodus, and the topic was "through struggle comes straiength." the young man i'm about to introduce to you is a man who understood and knows what struggle is and how that struggle gives strength to individuals. this young man could have left washingto

he has done a fantastic, fantastic job bringing the senate to the majority, malcolm smith.let's give him a round of applause. [applause] >> to our great in c. tonight, he paid me to give him that plug but it was my pleasure in what. let's give him a round of applause. carol lewis. [applause] >> nick perry, to ruth thompson, to govern patterson and senator schumer and senator gillibrand and harold ford we'll be hearing from and all the other a lack is, it's a pleasure to be with you. nearly 40 years for the caucus. let's give them all around of applause. 40 years what they have accomplished. [applause] >> and as david dinkins used to say when you get to this point in the program, everything has been said, just not everyone has said it. [laughter] >> so let me be brief also. but this is an important we get. because on this weekend, we recommit ourselves to the battle. we recommit ourselves to the battle for justice, the battle that says every child, every person in this state deserve the right to make the most of their god-given talents and and any barriers in the way must be

smith. somewhere under there, her car. it's just covered in snow. the day to clean it and clear it out tomorrow, hopefully she'll get a chance to. this one from malcolm johnson, american university. the canopy at mary gradin just across the street from the studios of nbc4 collapsed with all of the snow. send in your pictures. we'll get them on. we'll look at the seven-day forecast in just a few minutes. >> all right. keep those pictures coming. >>> one of the only ways to get around today other than on your feet was on metro's underground line. how is metro running now? >> good afternoon. we are still running the underground portion of the metro rail system. it will run until midnight. the following lines, the redline between medical center and union station, the blue and between boston and stadium armny, the greenline and the yellowline shuttle, that is the only service that we are operating today. that is again strictly the underground system. trains are running about every 24 to 30 minutes. >> all right. steven, thanks for that update we appreciate it. we'll be right back with our continuing coverage of this record-breaking bliz >>> at 4:30, welco