>> pierre: had a chance to talk to the trainer of the philadelphia flyers. he said jaromir jagr should be good to go. nothing serious. >> mike e.: no carryover penalties or power plays into the second period. as it gets darker here in south philadelphia, the shadows get a little bit long. >> eddie: seems to be a sunspot in front of sergei bobrovsky with the sunsetting in behind down the third base line. something to keep an eye on. a big shine in the high spot area in the defensive zone for the flyers. >> mike e.: bourdon. outlet to wayne simmonds. puck goes on its own behind where lundquist had to play. kicked loose by simmonds to matt read. then worked behind by simmonds again. here is dwayne simmonds. on to the back. shot by bourdon kicked off. bourdon made it for two there. whacked at a couple of times by mitchell. >> mike m.: boyle with the big hit. >> mike e.: one thing speculated about outdoor hockey would be there wouldn't be much hitting. the first one was recorded with the hits. that was deflected out of play. >> eddie: that is a good finish check

from philadelphia hockey to philadelphia music. here i am, over here. performing live, the grammy award winning recording artist from south philly and jimmy fallon's house band, here are the roots. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ the flyers ♪ ♪ ♪ >> bob: the roots performing in their hometown. up next a flyers' legend, hall of famer bobby clarke will join us to revisit the summer series of 1972 which remains one of the sports' defining moments. >> if we don't win the last three games, we are going to be known as losers the rest of our lives. >> score! >> we're not going to lose. we are not going to lose this game. turns to winter and brings in the cold. because of our economy, millions more will feel that chill than ever before. they're the forgotten ones. the big boys have abused the system to enrich only themselves, while workers are still hurting. it could be a layoff after 22 years of working for the same company. or choosing between food and heat for a sick child. or after working your whole life, you don't have what you need to stay warm. you pl

dan hellie in philadelphia will take a better look at some of the follies from today's game. the penalties and dropped passes and missed tackles as well. >> thanks, hakem. >>> still to come tonight, a thief makes an unusual wardrobe choice for robbing a restaurant. >>> a service member arrested. what he's accused of trying to bring on an airplane. >>> and oh, baby. meet the little girl that might be our area's first baby of the new year. kim? >> what a cutie-pie! we'll have to bundle her up, because a big chill is coming. in fact, it's the coldest air of the season on the way. we'll tell you whe >>> tonight detectives are looking at footage from security cameras trying to find the arsonist behind dozens of fires in los angeles. at least 39 fires have been set since thursday. most of them began as car fires before spreading to nearby buildings. investigators believe the arsons are the work of one person or group. so far, they don't have any suspects. >>> a man arrested for trying to get explosives through airport security was an active member of the u.s. military. the fbi arre

that will do it for now from philadelphia. the nfl playoffs begin saturday with a wild card double-header on nbc. in game one, bengals take on the texans. in primetime, lions faceoff against drew brees and the saints. "football night america" begins 4:00 eastern, 1:00 pacific. coming up immediately on the nbc sports network, the premiere of "cold war on ice." eight games featuring some of the great players and unforgettable characters. "cold war on ice" next on the nbc sports network. once again, the final score here in philadelphia, rangers win it over the flyers 3-2. so long, everybody. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> the iowa caucuses are less than 24 hours away now. the republican presidential candidates who have been campaigning for months, today, made their final push. >>> friends remember two young people killed in a crash on their way home from a new year's eve party. >>> the redskins in the basement of the nfc east cleaning out their lockers. >> i'm aaron gilchrist in for doreen gentzler. >> i'm jim vance. r

michael nutter of philadelphia and washington's own vincent gray here to bring national attention to the challenges facing our cities during a difficult political season the mayors felt the impact at home as philadelphia and d.c. face tough budget cuts and the search for jobs. they were both outspoken obama supporters in 2008 but has the president done enough for his urban base in the? let's start locally here. we'll ask you generally as part of the u.s. conference of mayors you're here in washington, what's the big ask on behalf of the u.s. conference of mayors of the federal government? >> i think the big ask is to listen to cities more and do more for our cities. we've got great needs. we're a big part of the gdp in this nation. we all have huge unemployment problems. we need help from the federal government to get our people back to work. we need infrastructure investments. this nation has 70,000 bridges that have one or another kind of deficiency. investing in bridges would put people back to work and get hardcore unemployed immediately to work and we begin to relieve some of th

we're much better in areas like pittsburgh, philadelphia, and d.c. as far as the 24-hour temperature change. i said it would be a quick shot of cold air and then it would be gone. we're looking at temperatures 15 to 20 degrees warmer for everyone on the east coast right now than yesterday at this time. when you leave this morning it's cold but not that bitterly cold air. notice we have another warm-up from denver to billings. we didn't have a cold shot in between. that is going to lead to some record warmth. maybe i'll call this a january thaw. but it was never frozen. a warm, mild pacific air mass spretding up to the border with canada and we'll see record highs in iowa, nebraska, south dakota, minnesota, a few record highs in california. this little cold we this is going to be gone. how warm is it going to be today? 58 degrees in billings, montana. montana should not be near 60 degrees this time of year. we'll be near record highs at international falls, minneapolis, kansas city looks gorgeous today with a temperature of 60 degrees. that's a look a

with temperatures in philadelphia expected in the 40s, the league pushed the start time back, hoping to improve ice conditions. it's not the first time the winter classic has been delayed. last year's penguins-capitals game started in the evening, much delayed of because of warm weather in pittsburgh. you can catch coverage of today's game between the rangers and flyers beginning at 1:00. the puck drops at 3:00. >>> and before you watch the action on the ice, you can watch the 123rd annual tournament of roses parade right here on nbc 4. coverage begins at 11:00 this morning. >> all right. we're going to get an out the door forecast. meteorologist tom kierein saying get ready. dig out the warm weather gear. the warm gear for the cold weather. >> stay warm. >>> it's going to be getting colder later tonight and tomorrow. after highs in the 40s today. tomorrow only in the 30s with frigid mornings. >> thanks, tom. >> you know what i meant. >> i always know what you mean. that the "news 4 [ female announcer ] back to school means back to busy mornings. that's why i got them pillsbury toast

this happened after monday's winter classic in philadelphia. this youtube video shows flyers fans attacking neil riccio jr., a former u.s. marine and a new jersey police officer. he suffered a concussion in the beating. one of the alleged attackers went on facebook, identifying the aattackers, and claiming the rangers fans started the fight. >>> a frederick county, maryland, school bus driver will be punished for leaving a 5-year-old girl alone on the school bus. she was found about 45 minutes later, but her parents weren't notified of the incident until wednesday. school leaders apologized for the mistake, and the principal met with the entire staff to discuss the communication breakdown. >>> a montgomery county man who left the scene of an accident while his friends died will spend the next two decades in jail. the judge also ordered kevin coffugffey to serve five years probation after he is released. he was drinking when he crashed his car into a tree in olney back in may. three people died. coffey said he is haunted by the accident and is d

the wizards in philadelphia on friday, then back home on saturday against the same philadelphia 76ers. mark turgeon said tonight this is the most nervous he's been since taking over at maryland. his first acc home game. his first acc win. maryland now 11-4. not bad considering he told me he jokingly said after the first practice the terps wouldn't win more than nine games this season but they've already done that. didn't take long for him to get in the game. just do what he does best. look at the little crossover here, then pulling up from three point range. drains it. that sparks a 9-0 run. they control this one most of the way. terps up by 15. nick fous gets a gift. help does not look a gift horse in the mouth. knows what to do with it. bucket and foul for the freshman. turgeon liking that maryland is leading by 16 at the break. second half. pageant often the inbounds from moseley. he had 11-8. might be the most improved player this season. wake forest comes back. down by five. travis mcky to tie walker. the terps answered with, who else, stoglan. game-high 20. terps win 70-64. he's

philadelphia, new york, philadelphia, boston. new england is getting rain here. that little patch of green, that's still raining a little bit in howard county and anne arundel county and north and east of there but it's beginning to end just about everywhere now. upper 40s in washington right near the bay. parts of the eastern shore in the 50s. upper 30s, shenandoah valley and points west in the mid-30s. and sunrise, 7:26 and sun breaking out from time to time and a lot of cloudiness. mid 50s by noon time during the afternoon. cold change tonight could get some snow. i'll show you how much we might get. donella, how's traffic? >> traveling 395 northbound at duke, definitely seeing delays. an accident in the left shoulder lane. it's out of the roadway, but you will see conjection as you continue on 395 and make your way toward 14 street bridge. past this accident you're clear and nothing else to report at 395 at this time. and traveling i-66 inside the beltway looking pretty good. not seeing any accidents on i-66 outside or inside. from the beltway to glebe, you'r

they're imports from philly, yeah. >> but philadelphia's a wonderful city. as a matter of fact, when i got out of the service, i scored -- do we have time? >> jimmy: we have like an hour. >> no, you have to make money, [ laughter and applause ] >> jimmy: no, i can, this is great. >> no this is, if you don't make some money tonight, this will be my last time on your show. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: i -- really, really -- >> those guys will go, "uh, cosby scored a three in the ratings." [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: oh my god, no we got it. we will -- >> do you want to take a break now? >> jimmy: no, yes, we can take a break now. >> yeah. >> jimmy: i won't take a break now but then i have a lot to talk to you about. >> and i'll be back. >> jimmy: please. >> when? after the commercial? >> jimmy: yes. >> why am i telling you things on your own show. [ laughter ] and you know what your answer is? you know what your punch line is? come here, i'll tell you. okay. >> jimmy: okay. >> so i'll say, "why am i telling you things on your show?" >> jimmy: because you're old. [

and also placing calls to their school calvary christian in philadelphia. >> she turned the bus and we got into the ditch and then it was just like that moment that we paused and were like someone call 911. >> reporter: shielding small children from the sight of duncan on the floor students began to pray for the 51-year-old who died later at the hospital. >> a great guy. always had a smichlt kids loved him. >> reporter: the sudden news of the death shocked parents and co-workers who are grateful to the 17-year-old who made sure the kids aboard the bus were safe. >> we had three children on the bus along with dozens of other kids and the outcome could have been much different. so she did something very heroic. >> reporter: she says she is not a hero just the closest to the front of the bus and knew how to drive. >> i've been doing driver'sed so that really worked out well but i just got my license less than two weeks ago. >> that was deanna durante reporting. that's news 4 at 4:00. news 4 at 5:00 starts right now. >>> tonight at 5:00, should she be allowed back into society? the argumen

and for philadelphia and maybe down south for heavier rain. chance for more freezing rain, pockets coming through sunday. so here is a look at the map. 1 to 2 inches of snow. i'm thinking more like 1 inch of snow here before changing over to a quarter inch of ice. winchester, frederick, maryland as well as around areas of westminster. la ray over toward aberdeen an inch of snow to 0.1 inch of ice. your forecast, let's look at the four-day forecast. morning, freezing rain. for saturdays. high temperature just shy of 40 degrees. we are going to be warming up. just shy of 42 on sunday but more pockets of freezing rain. then monday we're back up to 57. we'll take a look at the extended forecast next week in a couple minutes. the real concern is for tomorrow morning. >> like to head home early and sleep in in the morning. >> definitely. very good advice. take it. please. >> thanks. >> we will. thanks. >>> and still ahead tonight, should liquor stores be allowed to sell marijuana? the idea is getting a lot of attention in virginia. >> metro is consi

philadelphia, pennsylvania. detroit, michigan. memphis, tennessee and birmingham, alabama. >> and the worst for men is st. louis, missouri, detroit, michigan. philadelphia, p.a., and bermington, alabama which is different than burlington, vermont. and memphis, tennessee. so we were talking about "cosmos" magazine and it's always got juicy stuff in here. don't even -- can we say it? >> no. >> you can say it. >> no, i can't. dave, do you want to come over here and say it? >> he can't say it. anyway, they talk about awesome moves that men crave. these are the moves that men crave. >> not necessarily sexual. >> apparently not -- >> i heard you. i heard you say it. i heard you say it. okay. >> we just couldn't believe it. we looked at the cover and went -- my gosh. >> all right. so spooning in bed is one of the things men crave. kissing in public. they like it when we link our arm through theirs when walking down the street. soaking in a bubble bath together. >> who wouldn't? >> and like exchanging cutesy text messages. >> if frank cou

the areas north baltimore, philadelphia, boston, philadelphia, new york city all wet. the morning is going to be dry. you want to pack the rain boots, anything to keep your feet dry. you'll need them tomorrow afternoon right through the evening. we have 53 degrees currently, and we have sunshine across the area. sun sets today at 5:05. and what a beautiful sunset we're going to have. rockville coming in at 52 degrees. college park at 54, and 51 in prince georges county. one of our cooler spots. the radar dry, not a drop to be found. i think our first drops are going to start showing up tomorrow afternoon about noontime to 1:00. dry for your good night forecast. 42 to 41 degrees. by tomorrow morning we're going to start to see clouds moving in. mostly clear to partly cloudy. and then the cloud cover will quickly lower and thicken, and we're going to be getting some rain. let's take a look at future weather, check outed time on the right -- far right-hand portion of your screen. there's the sunshine for early tomorrow morning. and then the clouds quickly overtake the are

new york and philadelphia. the heavier rains will wait until tonight and into tomorrow. florida, one more day sun in the warmth. speaking of florida to rub it in. it was 85 yesterday with record highs. >> salt in the wound as it's sleeting outside here in new york. all right, bill, thank you so much. >>> coming up, big ben speaks and wall street likes what it hears. your early morning headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, it's a multitude of reports are to be believed, demi moore needs help for much more than just exhaustion. >>> coming up, the chance to get their rings and knicks continue to slide and an mvp makes a hall of fame call. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. welcome back. i'm lynn berry. here are your top headlines this morning. the u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s team six the same unit that raided and killed osama bin laden was the unit that parachuted into somalia to rescue hostages jessica buchanan. they flew out by helicopter. an american journalist kidnapped in somalia on saturday is still being held there for ransom. >>> timothy geithner says he doe

the sears building in philadelphia. >> sears building in philadelphia. the niagara falls picture is breathtaking. i think it's really great that all these different -- all these, i don't know, different iconic spots chose to help us today. >> nice they also did it on the canadian side of the falls, because we have lots of great friends in canada who watch the "today" show. >> i'm exhausted. my feet hurt because -- >> i wish we had a camera on hoda last night. >> let me say something about dance, sweaty dance, you know the kind. >> dirty, sweaty dancing. >> it feels great when you're doing it, and then later when someone shows you a photograph of it -- >> yes. >> -- you realize you look like a hoo-hoo. >> no, no, no. hoda and amy doing the ho-ho. >> hey, hey. can you hear it? with the prr? >> i look like an insane person. joanne. >> joanne. >> oh, yes. nobody was crazier than me. >> you! >> slow rider was there. and we should -- oh. >> low, low, low. >> by the way, he was great. everyone was -- a bunch of people on stage. >> pit bull was great too. >> pit

eventually, over the next couple of hours, those temperatures are going to plunge in new york city, philadelphia, washington, d.c., baltimore. the cold air is on the way. there is rain actually all the way up to central new york but now that cold air is moving in and changing over to snow. the heaviest snows are found in between buffalo and erie. throughout the day we get the highest accumulation. a possibility of 6 to 12 inches of snow. we get the initial burst and lake effect later on today. lake-effect snow, pittsburgh, syracuse, rochester, buffalo, a snowy drive today. midwest, you're cold but at least you're that's a look at the national forecast. now here's a look at the weather outside your window. areas like boston will be warm but during the morning hours, the afternoon is when the temperatures will begin to plunge and in pittsburgh, a cold day. high only 24 degrees. that is one of the coldest days of the winter and you will see some snow showers. weekend forecast looks chilly, but not a lot of snow so it looks okay. >> i'm perplexed there is even snow. it's amazing. >> some areas, it's

overnight friday night into saturday morning, snow arriving for areas like new york city and possibly philadelphia northward and southern new england. most areas 3 to 6 inches, so enough for the kids to play in and shovel as they go throughout your saturday morning. if you're watching us on whdh in boston, mass. afhrodite and the gods of love. that is your "early today" event of the today. >>> here is an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. >>> the number one film will be all about vampires at war. under world awakening. the fourth installment of the franchise marks kate beckinsale's return as a battling vampire after she skipped the third film and should do well with higher 3d and imac prices. i hear it's good. >>> "red tails" the true story inhe pilots in the all black program should earn $15 million. >>> the 9/11 drama starring tom hanks and sandra bullock should take in $10 to $12 million. "haywire" starring gino carr ano is not expected to gross the $10 million mark. >> clint eastwood and denzel washington tied for second and sandra bullock was the only woman in the top te

the windchills are still kind of brutal in new york city and philadelphia too. the cold air that is in the east will slowly leave. there's another shot of cold air coming down there through the northern plains and it's going to be a battle this week. we've got some mild air trying to move up in the middle of the country. the 24-hour temperature change has really warmed up from san antonio to dallas. we're 23 degrees warmer in chicago than we were yesterday morning. but also there's a shot of cold air through montana. there's a battle between the two. the cold air coming down from the north and the warm air from the south and in between is where we're going to see stormy weather. we're going to start with light rain in areas of the ohio valley, tennessee valley, memphis, heading into little rock. but to the north of that we're going to see significant snows this week in the northern rocky. that's a look at your national forecast. now here's a look at the weather outside your window. well, we are watching areas of rain that will develop during the day it's going t

. >>> and timely, philadelphia's broad street was filled with a colorful brigade of revelers sunday. the parade brought out crowds of spectators to the new york tradition in which participants in elaborate costumes compete for cash prizes. that guy should definitely get something. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, here is nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. happy new year. >> happy new year to you. have a good weekend? >> yeah. it was fantastic. i had the night off. >> good for you. and you? >> i was asleep by 10:00. i tried. i tried my best. good morning, everyone. i hope you had a wonderful ringing in of the new year. we're starting off the new year with some interesting weather. arctic blast of air is coming down from the north. the lake-effect snow machine has been turned on high. we're cooling things off for our friends in the southeast, which has had a mild period as of late. the northern windchills are in northern minnesota and the dakotas. we had a big windstorm over the weekend. we started off with gusty winds on saturday

throughout areas like new york city and philadelphia, even d.c. this morning. the afternoon should fine but, this morning, showers are around and heavy rain in central florida. as we go through your weekend we dry it out and cold air that comes into the northern plains and sweep into the great lakes on sunday but, overall, most areas are going to be dry in at least average temperatures. if you're watching on wdib local 4 in detroit, michigan, classic stories like moby dick at once upon a time at the detroit institute of arts. that is your "early today" event of the today. i never read moby dick. i need to do that. >> welcome to american literature. >>> here is an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. >>> no box office block busters this weekend but between new films and holdovers, it shapes up top a super close battle. a safe choice of many is last weekend's champ underworld awakening eking out a second straight win 12 to 13,. the wild card choice based on liam nissan's box office thriller with 14 million. the pg-13 action comedy "one for the

. >> jordan has been out of the nba since getting fired by the philadelphia 76ers in april of last year. but he's still getting paid. a lot. the remaining $3 million on his contract which makes him probably the highest paid fresh man boebl coach in the country. a lot of things he's doing at kairm that were foreign to him as a nba head coach. >> i missed this step growing up. going through the ranks. it is something that we all should go through if you're going to coach and i started in college and there was a manager, there were equipment managers and i'm all of them. >> jordan's high school coaching resume will likely read one and done. he plans to pursue nba jobs next season and no matter what happens, he always has those wizards' memories. >> i remember leaders, antoine and caron. what they do for us. you know? that's what you remember. the guys in the foxhole with. >> for trying to figure out gilbe gilbert, eddie jordan has come full circle. >> love him. one of d.c.'s premier facilities for art will be tackling a new genre. video games. that's right. all part of a new exhibit coming

in philadelphia, the all-time record for snow there. 31 inches. 21 inches, new york city. 19 in boston. you know we get snow this time of year. unfortunately for you snow lovers not anywhere close to the area. out there right now. 48. dech southerly wind continues to keep us on the mild side. still 50 winchester. 54, fredericksburg. couple cooler spots. manassas. 34. storm 4doppler. move to the west. chicago where they normally would see snow this time of year. rain for them too. that is a cold front though. the cold front will sweep our way during the day tomorrow. high temperatures out ahead of the front. 70, st. louis. 61, cincinnati. 69 in memphis. we have warm air ahead of the system that will move in during the day tomorrow. nice and warm. saw warm temperatures today. we'll see them again on your saturday. this as it round 5:00 tomorrow afternoon. the frontal boundary. warm ahead of the front. then on sunday call it cool. but not cold. as we move through the area. and over the next couple days. your forecast for tomorrow morning. looking pri goo ining pretty go. 30 in the suburbs

on the other hand, they're taking on the first place philadelphia 76ers. if $5 is more than you want to spend, tickets for monday's wizards-rockets game going for $3. >> we need fan support. that's part of the equation. i'm hoping that we -- >> i might just go. >> you should go just to support the local team. all right. >>> so so much for the importance of a good head coach. >> apparently many football fans think there's a little divine intervention going on with the nfl playoffs. i think you know what we mean. especially when it comes to the denver broncos. according to a survey, 43% of people think god is helping tim tebow and the broncos win. it appears republicans have more faith in the tebow-god connection. 54.2% of republicans surveyed say the man upstairs is helping the broncos. just hink so. there are a lot of people praying for their football team. put it that way. >> yeah. a lot of people tell you over and over again, prayer works. don't stop beright? if it works, go for it. >> i like that. all right. >>> 4:55. 37 degree. coming up, paying more t

he spent the weekend with his 3-year-old daughter who is in a hospital in philadelphia with pneumonia. bella has a genetic condition known as t-18 which can be fatal. >>> in the day ahead, president obama is posting an online video chat. the interview with the president is tonight on the new networking site for google. over the past week, americans submitted questions via youtube. the president will answer questions for about 45 minutes and will chat directly with users. this may the president's first online video chat on google-plus, but he is no stranger to social media. he's participated in online town hall meetings via facebook and twitter. >>> millions of illegally downloaded movies, songs, and content on the web site mega upload could be deleted as soon as thursday. the web site hires outside companies to store the data but has not been able to pay the online storage companies because the government has frozen its money. earlier this month, federal authorities arrested the founder of mega upload and shut down the site. the company's attorney says at least 50 million users have d

. >>> plus the investigation into dozens of arson fires out in los >>> warm weather in philadelphia. it's a late start again for the nhl's annual winter classic. with temperatures expected in the 40s, the league pushed the start time back two hours, hoping it will help the ice conditions there. this is not the first time the winter classic has been delayed. last year's capitals-penguins game, you'll recall, began in the evening because of warm weather in pittsburgh. you can catch coverage of today's game between the rangers and flyers beginning at 1:00. the puck will drop at 3:00. >> that's right. you were saying you were planning to watch it during the day, and then you said, wait a minute. i'm in bed watching this. >> we ended up watching it in bed that night. >> let's hope for a better outcome this year. 4:41. it's really feeling like hockey weather now. meteorologist tom kierein, tell us about the big changes in the weather. >> the puck drops at 3:00, and the fight starts at 3:01. >>> good morning. here's your weather and traffic on the ones. 4:41. starting off with cold temperat

the wizards lost their 15th game last night to the philadelphia 76ers, 103-83. the wizards were down by 19 by the end of the first quarter and by 30 in the half. but they were able to cut the deficit a bit in the second half. jordan crawford led the team with 17 points. the wizards will try to get their third win of the season tomorrow against the charlotte bobcats. ouch. >>> capitals store alex on,vich kin is on thin ice -- ovechkin is on thin ice. he was suspended three games for this hit. whoa -- against penguins' defenseman. that's pretty harsh punishment since ovechkin wasn't penalized on the play and the player wasn't hurt. the capitals franchise player will miss big games against boston and florida. he can return february 4 for the caps game against theom montrea canadiens. >>> we're hearing from the hockey player who snubbed the white house. the boston bruins were invited to the white house to celebrate their 2011 stanley cup championship. the most valuable player, goalie tim thomas, chose to stay home. in a statement he said his decision was based on hi

the red cross says the problems primarily center on an inspection in philadelphia, and it has since addressed the issues. >>> police are trying to figure out who let a week-old baby die outside in the subfreezing temperatures. we brought you the breaking news yesterday morning. police say a man found the baby girl on the steps of a home on channing street in northeast washington. she had no clothes and was wrapped only in a thin blanket. the man who found the baby and the man's father tried to warm her up and perform cpr while emergency crews got to the scene. the crews then rushed the baby to the hospital where she died. police are asking for anyone with information to come forward. >>> and this morning, more than a dozen people are recovering from a carbon monoxide league in rockville. paramedics checked out 14 people. no one was seriously injured. firefighters say a faulty heating unit caused the leak. residents were expected to return to their apartments last night. >>> virginia governor mcdonald wants to relieve local governments of a long list of state mandates, including allowing schoo

with sunday any loss in philadelphia, the redskins earned the sixth pick in this year's nfl draft. it's washington's fifth top ten pick in the last ten years. while that may sound exciting. it's really not. the redskins have won just 15 games in three seasons. shanahan, redskins, down early against michael vick and the eagles sunday. second quarter, we start vick. looking for chad hall here on the outside. and well he is 5'#", 187 pounds. muscles into the end zone. beating de angelo hall and perry riley. can't make the tackle. chad hall needs a boost into the stands to celebrate. third quarter. redskins answer. rex grossman. playing injured. makes a play. limping. limping all the way into the end zone. 47 yard touchdown. skins trail just 10-7. but we go to the fourth quarter. eagles up 13-10. they start to pull away. vuk lo vick, desean jackson. redskins lose 34-10. 5 and 11 record. finish last in the division for the fourth year in a row. franchise worst. also, shanahan's worst record as a head coach. >> we're doing some good things. but we didn't show any points. that's what you

philadelphia up by 21. it get worse. john wahl tries to go inside. picked off. the wizards commit 18 turnovers. drew holliday to jody meeks, smooth. he buries it. philly outscores washington 38-18 in the third quarter. fourth quarter, if the 76ers score 100 points, fans get free big macs. the shot from deep, mctasty. meeks was 6-7 from beyond the arc. the wizards lose big, 120-89, dropping the record to 1-10. ouch. >> ugly. that hurts. >> thanks. >>> we want to update you the cruise ship that is taking on water off the coast of italy. coastal cruises confirms the evacuation now of about 3,200 passengers. 1,000 crew members. a statement just released by the company, that's a picture of the shipt li ship listing there, says the position of the ship has worsened making the last part of the evacuation more complicated. there are reports some passagers jumped off the ship into the cold waters and tried to swim to shore. [ female announcer ] they've been off limits to dieters since time began. not anymore. fiber one is bringing brownies back. at 90 calories, the only

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in philadelphia, you may get mixed sleet and ice after some snow. one to three more inches here. windy and snowy in chicago. three to five in new york city. this is the first snowfall in new york city since the big storm back in late october. >> we know that well. we had a free ride around here. does this open up the flood gates or snow gates for the rest of winter to proceed as usual? >> reporter: not in the short term. in fact, it will warm up sunday and monday back into the 40s and 50s in much of the east. next storm will be a rain storm. there is not a whole lot of winter weather on the weather map coast-to-coast next week. so far, nothing persistent like last winter. >> mike seidel in chicago, thanks. >>> a fast-moving wildfire in reno, nevada, burned more than two dozen homes tonight and forced thousands from their homes. miguel almaguer is on the scene. >> reporter: driven by 82 mile-an-hour winds fueled by bone-dry brush, crews could do little to slow the 40-foot wall of flames surging towards reno. 26 homes engulfed in a the marry matter of hours. >> those are hurricane-

played for philadelphia in atlanta and wound up finding my way to 476 pounds at one time and realized i needed to do something and the same came along at just the right time. >> reporter: we're excited for this. people will meet you and get your autograph and ask you how you did it. >> absolutely. i will be here all day and get down on the floor with people and interact, and tell them how it was. >> reporter: quite an adventure. you're half the size -- >> half the man i used to be and it feels great. >> reporter: i know there are a lot of people who want to come down and meet you. he is here with his wife, i will mention that little detail. we're excited he's here and a lot of other interesting people who you can talk with. we will be back in a little while with more about what you can find here at the nbc4 health expo. we're here from 9:00 to 5:00 today and tomorrow. angie and chris, hope a lot of people will come and join us. it's a wild time over here. >> yeah, it is. already getting started over there. a long day and fun day but the best part is it is free. >> reporter: it's all f

few tense moment when is protesters broke police lines to come to the aid of an occupier, a retired philadelphia police captain. a few moments later the stand-off ended peacefully. >> they wanted to determine who i was, and whether i was armed or not. and they took care of that very professionally, i would have enjoyed having any one of them work for me when i was active, i am retired. >> reporter: those words of praise for the u.s. capitol police, that's the latest from the capitol, back to you in the studio. >> chris gordon on the hill, thank you, chris. >> 14 people were arrested outside the supreme court today. they were among a group protesting the death penalty in the united states. the supreme court upheld executions in 1976. today's protests were organized to cone side with the 35th anniversary of the first person executed since that ruling. >>> the wild weather swings continue. temperatures climbing into the 60s today. don't get too used to it, though. doug it's coming back. >> don't get used to any there that we have seen out there this winter, we have seen the cold, the very warm weat

the former pennsylvania senator returned to the philadelphia area for a fund raiser last night. he told reporters when he arrived he hasn't had any discussions for dropping out and will be in the race for quote a long long long time. he scored a surprise win in the iowa caucuses but since been beat out both by romney and gingrich in south carolina. >>> presidential hopeful ron paul is defending himself against reports he was involved with a company that produces racially charged newsletters. reports he approved racial an - anti-semitic and anti-gay articles published in 1990s. three people involved in the business have also described paul's involvement. paul denies the acquisiticusati says he never read the newsletter. >>> it was a meeting of the minds in the oval office. former president bush and his s son, jeb bush met yesterday. they did not discuss the details of meeting and expected to attend the annual alfalfa meeting tonight. >>> d.c. state hood dealt another blow, this time by another state. mayor quam kwame brown went to council members to push to be recognized. it down

they travel to philadelphia to take on the rival eagles. the 'skins are looking for their sixth win, while the eagles are looking to end on a positive note after underachieving with a record of 7 and 8. the game starts at 1:00 this afternoon. and good luck to them. all right. the time right now is 9:40. good morning, everyone and happy new year to you. >> yes. welcome to 2012. still ahead on news 4 >>> good morning, everyone. we are looking back at our success stories from wednesday's child. >> actually, i found out on the internet. >> we found out he was veil for adoption. >> i knew it. i knew he was going to be my son. >> my children. >> congratulations. >> thank you. >> there's nothing we enjoy celebrating more than our brand-new wednesday's child families. >> when i saw the pictures of them and i'm like these three guys play the piano and i like singing. >> he's talking about his three new sons who he first introduced six years ago as wednesday's children when they were 11, 12, 13. they had a little bit of a wait but they say the wait w

. >> you can see the totals all the way north in philadelphia. 31 inches. it continued on the eighth and ninth of january, 21 inches in new york. 19 inches in boston. that's what we were doing 16 years ago. we were shoveling. the only thing we are doing now is going woo, sunshine, warmth. what am i going to do tonight. a light wind out of the south. in the low 60s currently. we are talking act the weather going through more changes. still on this winter. 41 degrees by tomorrow morning. a very nice start indeed. mild temperatures across the area. we'll have them another day. monday, we drop to the 40s for high temperatures. by next friday this time, you'll want to enjoy the weekend. next friday, that cold heads all the way down to the deep south. there's the pattern change. the reason for the jet stream. it's going to head down to the south by next friday. so, here we go again. it's more up and down. tomorrow, we hit a high temperature of 62 degrees. not quite as strong of a southwest flow. 60 up in frederick. 63 in fredericksburg. 63 degrees over in culpepe

last night the wizards were down by 30 at half time in philadelphia. that was the final straw. the wizards lack of effort and penchant for getting blown out left ernie grunfeld with no choice. >> i don't know if the players were responding the way we thought they should have been for the first quarter of the season, and we felt like a different voice was needed to do some things a little different. and maybe to play a little bit of a different style than we had been playing. >> is this a happy day, no. a good man walked out the door today and it's always hard. >> if i didn't think that this team had any positive ahead of it, i would have walked too. i believe that this team does have a lot of positive. i'm not the miracle maker here. we've got to change our outlook on how we play, can't live with it if you're going out there and going through the motions. knowing that i'm a young guy and they're supposedly supposed to develop me, i'm going to get this no matter what kind of effort on the floor. that's got to change. >>> randy whittman the wizards interim head coach. he was part

we've got the snow coming into new york city, boston, philadelphia, several inches expected in some locations. and watch that icy mix. that will come into play, as well. while down toward the south, you've got the rain, even thunderstorms in places like atlanta. some of those storms could be on the strong side. watching new orleans, as well. otherwise, dry but chilly in the middle of the country from minneapolis to kansas city. dry weather in dallas and we have this other system affecting us on the west coast. from seattle all the way down towards los angeles, mainly rain this go around for seattle. as your temperatures will be in the low 40s. there's your high in minneapolis, only in the teens. 29 in chicago as we get your weekend started. sunday, we've got that icy mix setting up across portions of wisconsin, as well as des moines, iowa. snow showers in kansas city. rain showers moving through the southeast, as well. as well as the possibility of some thunderstorms. you can see just how warm it's going to be across much of the south. look at dallas. 75 degrees. mid 70s around houston and qu

the former pennsylvania senator returned to the philadelphia area for a fund-raiser last night. he told reporters when he arrived he hasn't had any discussions about dropping out and will be in the race a long long time. santorum scored a surprise win in the iowa caucuses but since been beaten out by gingrich and romney. senator ron paul is defending himself he was involved with a company that produced racially charged newsletter. reporting he approved racial ant anti-semitic and anti-gay articles in the 1990s. three people in the business described paul's involvement. paul denies the accusation and says he never read the newsletter. >>> it was a meeting of the minds thoichb val office. president obama met with former president george h.w. bush and his former spresident son georg w. bush. they will go to the alfalfa club later. >>> several went to new hampshire to push to be recognized. the meeting with state officials didn't last long as the granite lawmakers shot down the mayor's pleas to support d.c. statehood rejecting the proposal saying it violate violates the constitution

. >> reporter: there was enough snow near philadelphia that the weather channel's mike seidel -- >> i'm going to buffalo. >> reporter: he'll need it around buffalo where the system is expected to dump as much as two feet of snow. putting an abrupt hall to that area's snow drought. in new york city, only flurries are in the forecast. that calls for bitter cold tonight into wednesday. multicar pileups were common across the region. the one monday near indianapolis injured several people. >> it was a sheet of ice. it was a chain reaction all the way from the front with the truck all the way back as far as you can see, really. >> reporter: there was snow as far south as georgia. a dusting in the mountains but enough to make roads too dangerous for school buses. even in central florida, for protection from the cold, they're covering plants with special frost cloth. the winter blast will be brief for the northeast. highs in the 50s are predicted for the weekend. nbc news. >> wow! that could be us, you know. we've got to be thankful. we're just getting wind and cold temps. more to come on news

we're from philadelphia. be nice to the roots. [ audience aws ] >> and i was like -- i was at work. >> jimmy: okay. >> and i was like, "what? what is quest talking about?" because usually -- and you know me -- if i'm a super bitch to someone -- one, there's a reason. and two, i remember doing it. >> jimmy: yeah. >> and i was like, "i don't remember doing anything bad to the roots." and i am from philly. so i had a very philly reaction. i was like, "i'm gon' kick his ass. i'm gonna key his car. i'mma drag him behind the wawa and we're gonna fight." [ laughter ] >> jimmy: "i'm going to key his car." >> i'm going to key his car. i'm gon' egg his there. i'm going down there, i'm egging his house. [ laughter ] but then i calmed down. >> jimmy: all, right. >> but i honestly -- like, i can't -- i don't know. it's crazy someone -- and you're like "i don't even know what he's talking about." >> jimmy: no, i came in -- yeah. 'cause i watched the show. and then i saw that go down. i just didn't know -- and i knew, becau

in philadelphia, some people ditched the idea of ice skating and headed out to the water instead. according to the weather channel, 1,100 record highs have been broken between january 1st and january 6th. >>> so if you were to divide 1,100 by five or six days, that's pretty incredible. >> most of them came in a two or three-day stretch. that third, fourth, fifth stretch, there were a lot of record highs. and a few record lows. 30 or 40 down in florida. i was down in tampa for new year's. the last night tuesday night, into wednesday, down below freezing in tampa. everyone in florida is like oh, it's cold. >> yesterday you mentioned we didn't have any video of washington. but if we were we would have chuck in his convertible, top down. >> i was keeping the convertible count yesterday. i counted 22 convertible tops down and seven convertible tops up. so people got the message. they're hard-core. you have to have a little bit of cold in your life to have cold. it's 68 degrees in january. >> you did. you did. >> it was a good preview of what's coming our way. 68 degrees yesterday. that

., vincent gray, and mayor of philadelphia, michael nutter. only here on nbc 4. >> thank you. we look forward to that. >>> now, a happy reunion in prince george's county between a man and his four-legged best friend. >> this is cody, a schnauzer mix that disappeared a month ago. his owners left him in a truck that was stolen and used as a getaway car. now, the truck was found a few hours later, but cody was nowhere to be found. the family put up flyers. and on friday, someone called the owners, saying they think they found the missing schnauzer. >> the lady that had him was just a very nice lady, took, looks like took very good care of him, and we're just happy to have him back. >> i think we all cried. everybody was just so excited to see him. and as soon as we called his name, he came running over. so, he knew. >> cody's owners say they never plan to leave him in the car again. >> never leave him again. >> like "the little rascals." >> turning 16 year! i'd be devastated if somebody stole him. devastated! >> oh, my goodness. anyone who loves animals loves to see that reunion.

it shows several flyers fans fighting with new york rangers fans after the winter classic in philadelphia on monday. one of the rangers fans attacked was a former u.s. marine and a new jersey police officer. he suffered a concussion in this beating. one of the alleged attackers went on facebook identifying the attackers and claiming the rangers fans started the fight. >>> this next story is a story of survival. >> this morning a dog feared dead after a deadly avalanche is back with his owners. ali and his owner david and carrie gallard were cross country skiing near cook city on saturday. david died. his wife survived. the family thought ali died too. the welsh corgi showed up at the alpine motel wednesday. that's where the family was staying. rescue workers say ali was tired and hungry, but he'll be just fine. what a welcome greeting. >> welcome greeting in the midst of a horribly tragic story. >> indeed. that's right. >> it's good news he was able to be found. >> dogs are so resourceful. we've had a lot of survival stories. >>> our time is now 5:25. coming up, a scandal at the d.c. coun