>> v.j. thanks. >>> the food and drug administration just issued a new warning tonight about a drug used by millions of men. tisha thompson many the news4 i-team first warned you about testosterone treatments back in 2013. she's on the live desk now with late details. tisha? >> the fda announced today it's warning doctors against overprescribing testosterone drugs for men because the popular treatments haven't been established as safe or effective for problems like low sex drive and fatigue. two years ago we showed you how a graeing number of doctors worried aggressive advertising for low-t was causing a surge of minute to ask for the hormone treatment. now the fda says drugmakers must clearly state in their labeling and in their commercials that their drugs are only approved to treat low testosterone levels caused by disease or injury and not for normal aging. the fda cautions testosterone treatments could increase the risk of heart attack stroke and other cardiovascular problem problems we

how much more and for how long v.j.? >> maybe another 1 to 2 inches or just over 2 across southern maryland. that snow wrapping up between now and 7:00. what's next for us record cold tomorrow morning. if you don't like those windchills 5 to 15 hey, spring right around the corner. really. wait till you see the temperatures in our seven-day . >>> right now, first at 4, winter storm hitting hard all over our region this afternoon. >> and those inches are still piling up in places. we have team coverage right now. let's continue with storm team 4 meteorologist veronica johnson. so are we almost done? >> yes, we're almost done. >> is winter almost over? >> are we almost done with this storm or with winlter? we're done with everything. and boy, do i have something for you. i know you like it mild. >> okay. >> you'll love this forecast. >> all right. >> for now, again, we've got the snow continuing to come down. the back edge though, is making its way through the area, just about ready to end. and folks will have the day tomor

v.j. sounds like it's going to be bad the entire run far lot of these folks. >> absolutely.s why you go out with the attitude that you're going to have fun as opposed to five extra pounds on each leg. download our nbc washington app with weather to stay out ahead of everything. here's a look at the forecast if you're going to be headed down there tomorrow. we'll zoom right on down. follow you through the race there from start to finish. it ends at rfk and of course along the whole route there. looks like it is going to be wet starting early tomorrow morning starting at . your temperature 50 degrees. yes, rain and fog as well. so getting there, again, you'll want to leave early. 53 by 10:00 a.m. temperatures pretty much in the low to mid-50s through the race. we've got a chance to see just some showers coming our way i think by 1:00 2:00 tomorrow. other things of course that are taking place, two more weekends y left for you folks getting the snowboarding or the skiing. this weekend and next. well use caution. i think your better day to go out is certainly sunday as it is loo

for a tense minute and a half, the man pleads and prays until v.j.y the neck and grabs him away from the horrified crowd above. man did not make it out alive. and this is jowra. he just killed a man in the forest, and after rangers caught him, neighbors and family gather around the cage and beat him with clubs. so what happens when there's human/tiger conflicts? there must be a blood lust by the village. >> yes. they look at the animal like a threat. and they're an angry lot then. >> reporter: poonam dhanwatey and her husband build success design in real estate but their current passion is convincing india that tigers are misunderstood. >> it becomes a problem for the animal because if in case, you know, by any politician, they want to be shot legally. then, unfortunate animal is shot then. >> right. >> and is branded as a man-eater. >> you have to convince these very angry people. >> yes. that's quite a task. >> that this tiger that just ate their brother or tried to attack their friend deserves to live. >> yes. >> how do you do that? >> it's very d

v.j. what are you working on? >> a lot of high clouds in the area. you where you'll see more sunshine today and while it's on the cool side it gets cold tonight and right back up with our temperatures. the sea saw temps, your seven-day forecast all next on "news 4 today." >>> the "today" show is up next on nbc4 at 8:00. >> let's get a preview. erica hill and craig melvin joining us live from new york. >> good morning. just ahead on a sunday morning on "today," we'll tackle the turmoil in the middle east. the u.n. security council calling for an emergency meeting on yemen. u.s. officials evacuate the country. president obama speaking out about the bad blood between the house and israel. >>> frightening new details about the machete airport attack in new orleans. the suspect apparently planned a lot more violence. but a heroic tsa agent who is also a grandmother jumped in to stop him before he was too late. she tells her incredible story this morning. >>> plus a sneak peek at the latest gadgets and appliances were ear told could make the chores around

right now we want to head over to v.j.nd out when things will warm up. >> not until the end of the week. in terms of the warmth that most of us have waited on we've wanted warm weather with temperatures at least seasonal. it doesn't come until the end of the week. i'll have your detailed forecast when "news 4 today" returns. >>> winter is officially over but the long cold spell took an enormous toll on schools. >> furnaces failing, boilers breaking down in so many places old heating systems pushed their their limits. as i-team's scott macfarlane reports, it's approaching $500 million. >> let's brainstorm ideas -- >> reporter: inside this elementary school in beltsville, a new heating system. we found it comfortable inside. the principal says that's one less distraction for the students. >> you don't know what the weather is going to be outside. what we try and do is focus on the time we do have the students in the building to make sure we maximize those opportunities. >> reporter: inside some of the newest school buildings

v.j.? >> that's right. weather all over the place, but that's what we get with spring certainly around here. our temperatures today despite the sunshine feeling more like february across the area. some 9 to 10 degrees below average, what you typically would feel this time of year. 45 around silver spring sandy spring 49 inside the beltway, camp springs, 46 to close to 50 degrees in warrenton. everywhere it's kind of cool. just wait because tonight it will get cold. we'll be tracking this fast-moving system as comes in and starts dropping a little snow. colder by 11:00 p.m. with cloud cover across. 7:00 a.m., the flurries the light snow already here. i'll show you how long it will stick around. >>> this afternoon, the isis threat hits home. we just learned that some people in our area are now among a long list that's raising a lot of concern. who is the group threatening now? >>> easy come, easy go. starbucks kills a project while it's still in its infancy. why did it get so much backlash and what could happ

. >>> v.j. joins us now, and we are talking warming trend. >> may be able to get by with wearing one of those dresses and not feeling chilled. warming trend as we head into the next couple days. but then after that well let's wait and see. first we talk about the warming trend. you can see there for the eastern half of the country all that blue that is where temperatures are fairly cold or fairly low, and in most instances some of the cities like cincinnati over towards st. louis running below average. the warmth that's down to the south. that's what's going to start making its way from southwest to northeast right into our area. thursday will be the one warm day here. right now it's just plain old cool. 47 degrees. we drop to 42 by 9:00. the other thing, we've had cloud cover already today, but clouds are only going to thicken up over the next couple of hours and it's going to get cold again by tomorrow morning. but this will be the last time for a while, at least a couple days i think that we'

how cold v.j.? >> last night we saw temperatures throughout the area drop to the single digits and teens. and here we go again tonight. so anything snowwise that wasn't cleaned up today, and we did have melting from the stronger march sunshine, yes, that's only going to refreeze. talk about the snow from yesterday, 4.8 inches record for national for baltimore and dulles too, 6.2 baltimore marshall 9.5 inches of snow there in dulles. but look at this. the snow throughout the area. that's the dark xwlublue covering the ground with the higher amounts to the west. itted to show you this map because more than 50% of the nation is covered in snow today. that is remarkable. pattern change for us and it all has to do with the big thaw. springlike temperatures coming our way and it will be sooner than you think. might even be able to do a wardrobe change. but look at 11:00 p.m. 23. we'll talk more about that cold coming our way tonight in a few. >>> we just learned what's been causing a bit of a traffic tie-

thanks v.j. >>> a local girl is a contestant on "the voice."'s captured the nation's ear. >> this local girl has a back story that has folks talking. ♪ ♪ wow something sounds sweet in here!!!! ♪ ♪ need a little honey in the bowl. yeah!!! badabopbopbopa!!! no? must be the honey!!! >>> surreal. triva gibson only imagined this moment a chance at superstardom on nbc's "the voice." thousands of miles from hollywood at home in frederick, maryland the walkersville high school junior is keeping the secret of secrets. how far has she made it in the competition? >> it's beyond exciting. i didn't think i would make it to blinds let alone my coach be christina aguilera. >> all the judges heard her voice r story. >> my parents are deaf so i don't have any musical influence. >> deanna and john gibson can't hear their daughter sing. they feel it. >> i look so beautiful she says whenever she sees my face and how i move and my expressions, i look so happy and sad and emotional. >> reporter: triva has over come her own challenges. >> people speaking it gets muff

v.j.? >> overnot, temperatures cold again. cold air will be with us early friday morning. enough so to give us snow. we're tracking that system. we'll tell you the roads impacted the greatest if we could see any del >>> you are not alone if you worry about the medicines your kids are taking. parents call poison control centers nearly 1500 times a day, according to a new report from safe kids worldwide. the majority of those calls are related to toddlers taking the wrong medicine or too much of the right medicine. it found teenagers are most at risk for mistakes that involve allergy or adhd meds. >>> secretary of state john kerry is condemning the terrorist attacks that killed at least 19 people at a prominent museum in the tunisian capital. other tourists sought shelter in the parliament building next door. security forces brought the siege to an end by storming the museum. the two attackers were killed along with a security guard. it's not clear yet who is behind this attack. >>> there are going to be very sad kids walking through times square soon. the iconic toys "r" us

v.j.? >> first on our radar, the last of the snow showers, those have been done for a while. the rain showers moving out. here's what's coming up your weekend outlook. >>> in the wake of the largest ever car seat recall graco has been fined $3 million for taking too long to report issues with buckles on car seats. they have buckles that stick, posing a safety hazard trying to free a child from the seat. graco has to spend $7 million on safety improvements or be fined that amount. you can find a list of the affected seats on nbcwashington.com. just search "graco." >>> well it may have snowed this morning but the cold, wet weather isn't stopping spring from coming. >> now is a great time to jump-start your spring cleaning especially when it comes to your documents and paperwork. consumer reporter erika gonzalez joins us with ways to simplify the process. >>> do you shred it save it? here are some things to keep in mind while you tackle all those mounds of paper this weekend. let's start with taxes. since you might be doing those this weekend as well. "consumer reports" says you

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. >> thanks v.j. >> getting ready to put my coat somewhere. >> not so fast. >>> she has the voice so many people are talking about this afternoon. >> oh, boy. did she blow them away last night. this afternoon this talented and soaring voice opens up about the changes and challenges that she's had to face even before her voice made it to the national tv spotlight. >>> imagine retiring at the age of 24. that's the plan for one pro football player. but his reason for stepping away could affect so many others. >>> the long-term effects of head trauma in the nfl has been a topic for a long time now. >> for one of the top rookies to walk away from the game after one season is raising new questions. mark barger has more on what this means for the nfl. >> chris borland's sudden retirement surprised but didn't shock harry carson. >> i know too many former players who are dealing with the residual effects of concussions. >> trying to avoid a similar fate, the 24-year-old borland told espn he was retiring after just one season. >> i just don't want to get in a situation where i'm goeshging my h

. >>> let's start off with doug and v.j. in the storm center. how bad are we talking? >> not too bad. there's a chance we could see gusty thunderstorms move through during the evening but a low chance we'll see any warnings issued. >> faw thunderstorms this evening and then what comes behind it. more cold air so temperatures cut in half from where they are today by saturday. >> exactly. all part of the same system. we'll show you where the severe weather was yesterday, oklahoma southwestern missouri areas of northwestern arkansas. now that system well to the east and down to the south pap lot of rain through the gulf coast and around here we wait and watch this front as it makes its approach some showers right now showing up in areas of western virginia. just west of winchester and west of front royal right now. some showers first moving in there. as far as our forecast goes here for the evening hours, 7:00 to 8:00 and 9:00, stormy conditions we go from 70 degrees to 60 degrees then 50 degrees. temperatures will be dropping in a hurry. tomorrow morning it will be wet,

v.j. could be one of the warmer days we've seen so far this year. >> certainly the warmest day out of the weekend because on sunday as we start to dry out we see a high temperature of 56 degrees. it's going to be breezy at times too sunday but sunday is the day to make those plans to get outdoors with all the rain we're expecting right now. friday night on through at least a good part of saturday. as we look forward, 58 degrees on monday right now with a partly sunny sky. we start out in the 30s. i don't think it's going to be as cold or as low those temperatures as tomorrow morning. we could be getting back to that pattern for the midportion the end of next week. i told you about the trend. still now looks as though with our average highs of 54 degrees as we get into that last week of march still temperatures looking as though they're going to be below average. we have more on upcoming rain for saturday and friday night on news 4 at 5:00. >>> election day is changing in the town of herndo

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v.j., we think we're going to break a couple records tonight. >> temperatures will continue to come downg about being in the single digits some areas to about 14 degrees right in d.c. take a look at the records. dulles to reagan national dulles record 15 degrees from 1978. bwi marshall thurgood 13 from 1901. these record have held for years and maybe one or two could have a new record by tomorrow morning. record cold and wind. the winds will be over 20 miles per hour and that will take our windchill temperatures, what it feels like in the morning down to 5 to 15 degrees below zero. you ready? >> in march. kind of hard to believe. we'll set a couple records tonight. look at the numbers. these are the actual low temperatures we're going for, 14 in d.c. 9 in leesburg 8 in winchester 12 in fredericksburg a very frigid morning. as we mentioned we think we'll break a couple records. the good news is warming next week. here's our storm. the cold air aflorida, you just showed florida, we're finally going to get some of that warmer air. not quite that warm but at least it's on the way and looks l

veronica johnson, we've been looking at this all afternoon, and v.j.t is a huge factor when that cold air moves in. >> that's right. we think right now that cold air is going to move the early, areas from northwest to southeast, put a graphic together for you to show you the cold air, the temperatures below freezing making their way into northern maryland. take a look around gaithersburg. this is at 1:00 a.m. thursday morning. temperatures dropping from north-south. so if it does here's the way it's looking for how much snoesm we're going to get and the highest probability, a 70% chance the cold air gets here early that we'll see between 5 and 8 inches of snow. lower probabilities 10% to 20% we'll see anywhere from 3 to 5 or 2 to if that cold gets here late and mixes with sleet, your chances go up for, saipe, about 3 to 5 inches of snow, a lot less. doug? >> right now we are thinking that cold air will arrive early. but we still have time to make this forecast. the snowfall total amounts are our first call. 46 on your wednesday, 29 for a high on thursd

tell us about the time line v.j. >> right around the corner guys. some wet weather and that means wet roads here for the latter part of the evening rush and especially throughout the day tomorrow. in fact i've been tracking that rain here on storm team 4 satellite and radar for you. yes, we had the clouds that moved in. a little bit of sunshine earlr part of the day. here's where the leading edge is. garrett county same thing around page county orange county leading edge of light showers. you folks probably getting the sprinkles. by 8:00 9:00, that rain arrives here and once it does we're talking about a pretty soggy overnight period. your temperatures coming down from 49 des at 7:00 to 46 degrees at 11:00 p.m. as it gets wet, with our temperatures remaining in mostly the low to mid-40s across the area we'll see some thick, soupy fog across the area a half-mile visibility by 6:00 a.m. and it will improve very slowly by late morning. i'll take you hour by hour through your neighborhood just how this fog will impact driving on area roads. guys? >>> th

v.j.? >> that's right. rid of the rain tomorrow still the umbrella for some of you early tomorrow morning but 64. i like that. springlike warmth. cooling, thursday and friday. wet wrapping up the workweek. i think the showers come in for the evening rush again on friday or just after it ends. dry on sunday. more on the rain and our chances of see isolated flooding on news 4 at 5:00. >>> get ready to hear a lot of this. some schools are already trying to make up all those snow days. faulkier county public schools say students will have a full day of class this friday and next friday. they were originally only supposed to have a half day both days. last day of school is now expected to be either june 4th or june 5th rather than may 30th. jool heads up if you travel on i-66 inside the beltway. don't be surprised if you see buses driving by you in the shoulder lanes. vdot is conducting a pilot program allowing certain buss to bypass congestion but you're warned to be aware of the buses merging. buses would be a

. >>> and doug and v.j. are tracking rain and sleet tonight. >>> a story you'll only see on news4. a ticket writer doing her job writing up illegally parked cars and gunshots are fired. >> turns out someone didn't like her writing those tickets. this happened back in november near the intersection of corcoran and mt. olivet roads. just today, news4's mark segraves found out is suspect in the case also works in law enforcement. >> reporter: the ticket writer was on corcoran street placing tickets on illegally parked cars when she heard a woman yelling absenies at her from across the street. charging documents show the suspect is a police officer authorized to carry a badge and a gun. before the shots rang out, witnesses in this apartment complex told police they saw a woman standing on this walkway wearing a security guard's uniform and carrying a gun in a holster. they said she was boasting that now that she was a security officer no one could mess with her. the park enforcement officer told police she ignored the verbal threats from the woman and continued down corcoran street unt