i can track the temperature at 32 with the nbc washington app. cue the song birds. there is a song bird here. he stopped. no. okay. we've got a digital one for you. they are singing the song of, hey, the spring time is on the way. we'll have sunshine in and out. a gorgeous day to get out. layer up a little bit. we have signs of spring. scott took a picture of daffodils at his house. and look at these snowdrop flowers. they are up as well. you are probably seeing signs of spring in your own yard. back to you. >> thank you so much, tom. new, police just released video of a brutal attack in the district. you might find this video disturbing. it happened 11:00 tuesday night in front of the el nuevo restaurant and bar in columbia road in northwest. we're working to find out more about the victim who was violently kicked over and over again there as you can tell and hit and punched. he was taken to the hospital. attacker, who appears to be looking like what appears to be a football jersey, police would like to hear from you. >>> just four days before super tuesday is once

you have the people speaking up to say they don't want washington to pick their candidates. they want a say. on the democratic side, bernie sanders has shown the people matter and the people can speak up and change the democratic establishment. hopefully that change is going forward and republicans elect someone sane. >> marco rubio won expectations. big win for ted cruz. can he keep that momentum in new hampshire? i'm not sure. hillary clinton may have won, but it would have been groundhog day all over for her in iowa although she won a tiny bit. donald trump is a loser today. >> maria. >> hillary clinton wins becoming the first woman to ever win an iowa caucus. bernie sanders did great. also a win. the democratic party wins. they are focusing on the issues that all americans care about. compared to republicans who will nominate somebody who is anti-woman or anti-latino. >> all right. ben. go. >> i'll say this. donald trump proves arrogance and cockiness does not win you the white house. ted cruz did better than anyone thought. marco rubio is a guy that has a little mo comi

derrick ward, >>> derrick mentioned the live stream happening on the nbc washington app. download that now. as soon as we get new information threw that press conference, we will push that out as well. best thing to have is that nbc washington app on hand and we'll be putting it out throughout the day. so stay close to this. meantime we want to tell you the last prince william county police officer killed in the line of duty is officer chris young, husband and father of three died new year's eve of late 2012. a driver hit and killed him as he was responding to an emergency call on his motorcycle. officer guindon's death is the fourth prince william county police officer killed in the line of duty since the department's inception. >>> more now on the developing story in bethesda. we've learned the names of the victims killed in a horrific car crash that happened around 7:00 last night. parents michael and and their 17-year-old son thomas died. their teen daughter was also badly hurt as they collided with another hurt. both teens attended walt whitman high school. the other

for the latest, we go to tracie potts in washington. good morning. >> reporter: good morning everyone. so, we know donald trump is not prone to be silent on anything and we learned that more late last night. he had a rally in nevada talking about the cruz ads and essentially calling cruz dishonest. listen. >> the cruz ad, it's not a subject i know anything about. but this guy is sick. there's something wrong with him. >> reporter: so, let's talk about today. the nevada, the republican cauc cruz. and marco rubio hoping to make his mark here. a lot of analysts are wondering if trump takes this one is is he going to be unstauablunstoppabl? and interestingly, kasich is getting heat from protesters at some of his events in nevada after signing off on planned parenthood and defunding it back home in ohio. could be interesting race. those caucuses happening later in the evening nevada time. so, here on the east coast it could be a while before we start to see results. >>> meanwhile, the democrats are gearing up for saturday in south carolina.

the app launched at george washington university wednesday. it features a panic button that will call 911. and you can share your location with friends and find resources if you are assaulted. >> it is a resource app and it houses all of the resources on campus specific to the campuses that we serve for students to use and access. >> the nonprofit group men can stop rape created the app. they hope to expand this to other college campuses nationwide. >>> coming up on 4:37. hillary clinton has a chance to reteam herself tonight after a larger than expected loss to bernie sanders in new hampshire. debate at 9:00 in milwaukee, both candidates ramped up their attacks right before the fnew hampshire primary. clinton has a stronger base in south carolina where bernie sanders is polling at about 32% right now. and then there were six. the republican race is narrowing. both new jersey governor chris christie and business woman carly fiorina called it quits. new hampshire winner donald trump, senator ted cruz who worp the eye caucuses, marco rubio, jeb

go to the nbc washington app and search pothole. the event show cases hundreds of worldwide destinations to the caribbean and local hot spots. the show runs through sunday at the washington month since the big blizzard. governor larry hogan asked president obama yesterday to issue a disaster declaration. that would free up federal funding. maryland hasn't said how much the storm costs the state. >>> a crowd funneleding campaign is under way if fairfax to help those struggling with their heating bills. dozens of families kept it through this initiative. our daily bread is trying to raise $16,000 by the end of the month. it would help 80 families who are struggle to go pay their heating bills. >> when this time of year comes around and the heating bills spike, they don't have extra funds to cover those extra needs. so we decided to run a special campaign this time of year to increase the amount of financial assistance we can provide. just search heat assistance in the nbc washington app. so far the campaign raised $3,000 towards the g

when the washington lobbyists settled on other lobbyists in this race. when the media in one voice said a conservative cannot win, nationwide over 800,000 contributions poured in to tedcruz.org as courageous conservatives said, yes, we can. 800,000 contributions at tedcruz.org with an average contribution of $67. that is the power of the grassroots. but it's more than that. it's 12,000 volunteers here in the state of iowa. it's over 200,000 volunteers all across this great nation. you know, during the course of this campaign people have asked heidi and me are you tired? and i will admit it is 16, 18 hours a day, 6, 7 days a week. we are not tired at all. ♪ >> to the contrary, we are inspehred by each and every one of you. i leap out of bed every morning amazed that at a time when our country is in crisis, every one of us has the opportunity to stand and lead, that we have been put in a place of leadership. for such a time as this. >> all right, we're going to breakaway from ted cruz. there you see, hillary clinton and her husband and daughter. she's ab

download our nbc washington app so you'll be weather ready. so 30s this morning, up they're 50 today. a nice quiet day ahead of warm and rain tomorrow. >> it's nice and mild. a little bit of a relief. brand new problem here 95 -- near 95, northbound 123 between 95 and old bridge road, you can see a little bit of a slowdown here. that is the left rain getting by. a brand new crash just popped up. 395 south at seminary, again, left lane getting by the work zone until 8:00 a.m. and bonifant street at georgia avenue this stiin silver spring have the water main break. crews will be out there this morning. travel times in 10 minutes. >>> it is a different raes afo r the iowa caucuses. ted cruz beat out his republican competitors and since print hillary clinton squeaked out a win against bernie sanders. aaron gilchrist is live in des moines. >> good morning. there were expectations that a big turnout would favor bernie sanders. there was a big turnout, but it did not favor the senator from vermont. results from an hour ago, extensi essentially a 50/5

let's go back to wolf in washington. >> our political directors, you are looking at all the numbers. who showed up and what they won. >> he asked the voters as they showed up, what are you looking for in a candidate quality. this will help explain to everyone watching why ted cruz is where he is. take a look at this. among the voters that said i am looking for a candidate who shares my values, ted cruz is demolishing the field. 37% for cruz and 21% for rubio and 16% for carson and 7% for paul. that is 41% of the republican electorate. that was an important quality. when we asked about the quality of someone who can win, the electability question. rubio and 25% for trump and 22% for cruz and 2% for carly fiorina. not as many caucus goers looking for electability as for someone who shares their values. this quality, telling it like it is, that is the donald trump thing. that is what he is campaigning on. 67% of voters looking for a candidate who said i want someone who tells it like it is. only 15% of the republican caucus going electorate is looking for that quality. with four oust te

a good idea to download the nbc washington app. now even though we're expecting river flooding on wednesday, minor to moderate, i think we could still see the water levels rise through thursday. the weekend absolutely delightful. we know that there is going to be a lot of super parties going on for the big game. dry sunshine, close to 50 degrees. chuck bell has more on the potential of flooding midweek coming up tomorrow on news4 today. >> thanks, v.j. >>> coming up, the kickoff to the super bowl. the super bowl. it gets a (elephant sound) there's a big difference between making noise, (tapping sound) and making sense. (elephant sound) (donkey sound) when it comes to social security, we need more than lip service. our next president needs a real plan to keep social security strong. (elephant noise) hey candidates. enough talk. give us a plan. ♪ (cell phone rings) where are you? well the squirrels are back in the attic. mom? your dad won't call an exterminator... can i call you back, mom? he says it's personal this time... if you'

we're getting a little sunshine here in northwest washington, a little bit. we need to go closer to virginia think we'll get it here eventually. a mix of sun and clouds out there today. temperatures in the 40s right now. 34 seems to be the cold spot, everybody else in the upper 30s. everybody was involved with that freezing mark. clouds are starting to roll back in little by little. as i said, a mix of sun and clouds out there today. cool as we go through the evening, but temperatures will drop, will fall below that freezing mark tonight, but then we warm back up. we've got the 7-day forecast coming up. >> all right, lauryn, thank you. we've seen a pretty wild swing in the temperatures over the last several days. coupled with the snow and freezing rain is creating a big problem across our region. you know what it is. potholes. molette green is live at cc with more. molette? >> blame all the salt and grime we need to use to melt away the i check it out, i'm on 44th street leading into georgetown. we went all over d.c. to find potholes. it wasn't hard. check ou

so make sure you download the nbc washington app. the fog in the morning, rain that could be heavy and wind with even a few thunderstorms that could come through. river flooding a possibility for tomorrow. especially these areas under a flood watch starting wednesday afternoon. northern maryland, up through areas of pennsylvania, frederick county, washington county. there's the system headed this way. i'll take you hour by hour to show you the heaviest rain coming through and we'll have more on what rivers and streams could see flooding tomorrow. >>> as she just noted. that mix of rain, leftover mountains of snow and warm temperatures tomorrow could lead to potential flooding. and tonight people are making preparations for all of that. chris gordon is in fairfax county fire and rescue station in great falls right now. chris? >> well jim, water rescuers tonight are issuing a warning -- they want you to avoid standing water in roadways, if there is flooding tomorrow. >> fairfax county swift water rescuers here at the great falls fire s

you can find more coverage on that rally in alexandria on the nbc washington app. >>> right now we're getting some light to moderate rain across virginia and maryland. it's all advancing off to the north coming into the metro area. we had some really dense fog downtown. the fog quickly dissipated. and it's still rather foggy, though, much of the region. as the rain pushes on in, we're getting decreased visibility. you could barely see the tower there at national airport. right now it's starting to move in. temperatures at 2:00 will likely make it into the 50s, very briefly maybe at 60 degrees, then thunderstorms roll in between 4:00 to around 7:00 p.m., temperatures holding in the 50s. risk is mainly for some high winds, some hail and maybe eve downpours. there is low risk of any tornadoes. again, that's 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. >> john, thank you. safety concerns this morning after a gas line blew up a home in woodbridge county. they are expecting to replace some 800 service lines in homes in the woodbridge area. the entire process could take a year and a half. they investigated pipes in th

, they don't like you in washington. and if you want to be liked in washington, that's not a good attribute for president. >> here's a man, robin hood over here. he talks about corruption. on his financial disclosure form, he didn't even put that he borrowed money from goldman sacks ande

it's today's nbc washington flash survey. call or next the number on your screen or head over to the nbc washington facebook or twitter pages to cast your vote. >>> we know a lot of you are sleep deprived and we have some eye-opening that up. more than a third of americans are tossing around turning. sleep experts recommend adults get seven hours a night. anything less is linked to health problems like diabetes, obesity, and heart disease. the cdc reports 1 out of 3 people do not get enough sleep. this was especially true among african-americans and people living in the southeastern part of the united states. >>> delaware is looking for money to repair popular beaches that were damaged in last month's big winter storm. governor jack markell plans to ask for $2.5 million in federal disaster relief. the money would help fix the north end of rehoboth beach boardwalk and repair broken storm water pipes. >>> a heart-warming reunion after a dog went missing during a snowstorm. >> yeah. the dog's owner briefly let him off the leash

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three officers from prince william county police responding to a domestic shooting in suburb of washington, d.c. officers wounded. 28-year-old officer ashley gwendon killed. >> police william county police department is in very deep mourning over the loss. >> reporter: the suspect 32-year-old ronald hamilton, an army staff sergeant captured. >> the accused and his wife were involved in a domestic altercation for some period of time that day. she was shot and killed allegedly by the accused. >> officer gwendon was just sworn in on friday. welcoming words, be safe, at the end of a now tragic tweet. first serving her country six years in the marine corps reserve. >> she clearly had a passion to serve and black bunting, shock to a department that in nearly four decades had only suffered three line of duty deaths until now. a trail of blue lights in a police procession celebrating a life lost too soon. steve patterson, nbc news. >>> as a fragile cease-fire enters a second day in syria, the international war against isis rages on. one woman has been battling them on her own for over a year. she'

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there's a live view overlooking washington. another view of the sunrise from our tower camera showing the sun was up. sunrise was five minutes ago. mostly clear sky. a few high clouds drifting over us now. winter. certainly february acting like february. from the mountains all the way to the bay. couple spots northern virginia. near 20. manassas down to warrenton. you need to larry up. right now nothing on storm team 4 radar other than a few flurries. this gray patch in southwestern, pennsylvania will stay well to our north. a few high clouds through the morning hours. mid level clouds around noon time. the rest of the afternoon sunshine, blue sky. a terrific february day with the wind greatly diminished. overnight, it will be much more pleasant as you head on out over a clear sky. a great day to felt tpherz. take the kid on a hike. 40 by 11:00. mid 40s by 2:00. may briefly get into the 40s by 4:00. back to the mid 40s by 6:00 p.m. if you're going hovering between 6:00 and 8:00 in the mid-40s. then back to 40 degrees. clear ski

what may have started out as a political joke in washington is looking more and more like a political reality. as you can see, donald trump has just landed here in tennessee. a super pac supporting marco rubio is on the air in states across super tuesday states spending more than $6 million on negative trump. marco rubio himself has released his taxes. in it they say that rubio has made over 500 grand for the last four years that he was in national office. most of that money coming from book deals. >> katy tur, thank you. >>> in southern california, a big collision left three people dead and several in critical condition. police had two cars rr racing on the i-5 free way in commerce when one of them lost control and ran into a ups semitruck. the truck then hit the center median, crossed the divider and struck several other vehicles. the truck driver was among those killed. >>> overseas, a temporary cease-fire went into affect in syria. it was a long awaited pause in the deadly conflict between the government and rebel forces. was worked out with the help of u.s. and russia. it's consi

king marched on washington unafraid to challenge the status quo to end racial profiling, take on police misconduct and take down a system that profits from mass imprisonment. >> there is no president who will fight harder to end institutional racism. >> this, to me, is the defining test of this race. because of where the calendar goes next. where you have either majorities or high pluralities of african-americans in the democratic electorate. if bernie sanders can break through and get a sizeable number, that means a longer race and a changed race. >> and the place to look when we get numbers out of south carolina is younger african-americans because the big question is going to be whether younger african-americans vote their race or their age. younger people have flocked to bernie sanders. and why wouldn't a younger african-american connect with his message the way a younger white person would? that's the argument that the sanders campaign is making. >> that's why you see people in the congressional black caucus come out and more aggressively support hillary clinton as they did last we

. >> for months the republican establishment in washington and elsewhere was convinced that donald trump was going to implode, there was no way his popularity could last, he was saying outrageous things, surely this was going to end and for months you and i have been speaking about this and i have seen no evidence that he can be stopped, that he won't get the nomination. i hope that the republican establishment is realizing that this man is here to stay and they need to rekon with him. >> they probably are. they're trying to at least and i think part of the reason why they're quite concerned tonight is because all of their potential candidates who are if had that cluster for second and third place, it was sort of a circular firing squad. >> john kasich was twice -- donald trump beat him, 16% to 35%. >> voters wanted somebody from outside the establishment, outside politics and that's what they chose. >> wolf, back to you. >> thanks very much. it wasn't close. 50,000 votes he beat kasich in new hampshire. donald trump by 50,000 votes and they're still counting the votes. 91% of the vote i

. >>> say with news 4 and our washington nbcnd you breaking ns alert when we get new developments today. the last prince william county police officer killed in the line of duty, officer chris young, husband and father of three, died new year's eve of late 2012. a driver hit and killed him as he was responding to an emergency call on his motorcycle. officer guindon makes the fourth prince william county police officer killed in the line of duty since the department's inception back in 1970. >>> it's 9:03 and we do have more on a developing story. this one out of bethesda, maryland. we have learned the names of the victims killed in a horrific car crash. this happened on river road near pyle road around 7:00 last night. parents and r their teen daughter was also badly hurt. the other direether driver was the hospital but expected to being on. the crash is under investigation. >>> i'm meteorologist tom kierein on this sunday morning. lots of sunshine, temperatures are really climbing quickly. we're well into the 40s now much of the region. a little bit of a breeze coming in out of the sou

they're really frustrated with washington. that's why you see the candidates who are from washington. it doesn't get mer washington than two senators running away from that record. marco rubio saying he doesn't want to be in the senate anymore, ted cruz staking himself as an anti-senate senator. there's no doubt they want someone from the outside. they get the sense they're frustrated and angry and donald trump has embodies that for them. >> you have to wonder what that means for those going forward in the senate and the house. voters are saying they're very angry with what they've done. interesting, marco rubio, there was one category that he did win and that was the category essentially people who think that he wanted experience, people who did want experience wanted marco rubio, and he hasn't been in this senate all that long even. >> yeah. you know, he paints himself as a 1-year conservative. that's a new part of his stump speech he's put in there in the past weeks. he kbos back to his time in the florida legislature as a

washington. let's go back to derrick ward live at the townhouse development where this all unfolded. what can you tell us? >> reporter: indeed. we are in the 1300 block of palmer road at ft. washington. this is the pinewood hill development. you see the townhouses there. you see that car with the door open. that has been the focus of the investigation here. prince george's county police says they look into this double homicide, a mother and a child. a 2-year-old child. neighbors called police at 37:00 this morning, reporting the sound of gunfire. when they got here they found an adult woman, unresponsive, pronounced dead at the scene. the child was found in the car. both had been shot. child was taken to the hospital and died at the hospital. we understand that 2-year-old is a little girl. we don't have her name. now, the entire command staff of prince george's police department has been on the scene, at least was on the scene earlier. still a kadri cadre of detectiv uniform officers. they used c

ted cruz, the worst kind of washington insider who just can't be trusted. >> that's tough stuff. of course ted cruz is not one to sit back and let that happen. he released this ad earlier tonight. >> look, i got the trump action figure. >> no way, it's huge. >> what does he do? >> he pretends to be a republican. >> bailouts for the banks. >> too big to fail. >> i gave money to pelosi, reid and anthony weiner. >> hey, hillary, i'll give you money to be my house. >> check out my house, mr. trump. >> that's a lousy house people going to take your house and park my limos there. >> we wouldn't tolerate these values in our children. why would we want these in a president? >> well, that is the most interesting interpretation of eminent domain i have ever seen. dana, we are now entering a truly new phase of campaign. anyone who thought it was negative before, well, you ever ain't seen nothing yet. >> that is definitely a memorable ad that ted cruz has up but i thought that the donald trump ad was particularly p potentially devastating but if you saw at the end he used the words "trust-ed

he has defined what he thinks is the wrong approach by washington and then he's offered what he believes is a rather simple remedies. that is something that's really resonating right now. >> but a lot of people in the beginning didn't believe that he could do it. >> that all of these people misjudged the pundits pm they misjudged the anger of the american people. >> they really shouldn't have because the three people who are the frontrunners right now, marco rubio in 2010, ted cruz in 2012 and donald trump in 2015. what do they have in common? they're the outsiders. and they have close to 60 and 70% in some places. and marco rubio now wears the establishment proudly. and the idea you can beat trump from the left, senator rubio himself was asked tell us which state you'll win and he said i'll win florida on march 15th. ladies and gentlemen, by march 15th, 50% of the delegates will have voted. he's skipping the first four contests 0-4, he's not going to win anything on super tuesday, according to mr. rub io himself and he may win florida. i think cruz has a much better chance of winning te

when you cut taxes by $5 billion and you grow over 400,000 jobs, that is a record that i can take to washington. >> if you add it up, kasich, bush, christie, put carly fiorina in there, even though she's an outside establishment voters, and marco rubio, donald trump would be in the rear-view mirror. but you have this cluster. >> and for kasich, the question is -- he may do well here, but where is he going to do well afterwards? it's hard to see him doing well in south carolina or the super tuesday states. and he does not have the kind of organization that he's built that could actually compete for a national campaign. that is the one thing that jeb does have going for him, while he has burned through a lot of money -- >> it's why ted cruz's campaign is quietly cheering for jeb bush. the ultimate representative of the establishment. but cruz's folks are cheering for jeb here in new hampshire because they want jeb, and more importantly, they want jeb's super pac to keep going to south carolina and keeping its fire on marco. >> we know there are a lot of evangelical tea party members in the south.

so, all of metro washington now included in the flood watch. temperatures this more than, out the door, not terribly cold. upper 30s to low 40s. radar shows light rain out there for now. we will have heavier rain coming our way this afternoon. heavier rain moves in late morning to lunchtime. continues through the afternoon. morning commute will be wet. the afternoon commute will be badly impacted by heavy rain and low visibility. speaking of the commute, here's kim mccorporal mimick with the . >>> a single right lane is getting you by the crash scene. we also have that crash still out there northbound kenilworth avenue shutting down the ramp to westbound route 50. hopefully, they will get that cleared out shortly. and there's debris on the roadway reported. eastbound on icc at needwood road. stay there to get by. >>> i've been asking that all day, who could shoot a child? i've been asking that all day, how could you look a child in the face and shoot a child? >> even police tell us they are tuned by the murder of a 26-year-old teacher and her 2

. >> reporter: the manila gorilla trains at old school boxing in fort washington. but all his training didn't prepare him for this. being knocked out by iron mike tyson in a commercial that aired during the super bowl. how humiliating was that? >> since it was mike tyson, it wasn't too bad, to be honest with you. he knocks everybody out. >> reporter: he was actually knocked out 10 times for the making of the spot. >> he pulled up at the last second, but he made contact with my lip. >> reporter: did it hurt at all? >> it hurt a little bit, >> reporter: his head smacking the mat over and over again. >> the next couple weeks, my elbows and knees were scabbed up after falling so many times. >> reporter: sam doesn't just play a boxer on tv, he is a professional boxer here in prince george's county. he is training for a big match happening later this month at the convention center. >> reporter: this knockout has gotten him a lot of attention. what's it been like for you? >> it's been awesome. people i haven't seen in years have been calling, texting, saying they saw the

and hillary clinton took a detour on the campaign trail yesterday to visit with kerry washington and the cast of scandal. clinton was in town for a fund raiding event in los angeles. actress kendrick lamar will be inducted to the nwa this morning. dr. dre, ice cube are among the inductees. the event will air april 30th on hbo. >>> and vh1 announced yesterday it will be reviving the long running reality competition america's next top model. the show has been renewed for 14 new episodes and tyra banks will serve as executive producer. >>> i'm frances rivera. thanks so much for being with us. this is "early today." (baseball on tv in background) with heart failure, danger is always on the rise. illing room) about 50 percent of people die (dog whimpering) within 5 years of getting diagnosed. but there's something you can do. talk to your doctor about heart failure treatment options. because the more you know, the more likely you are... (dog whimpering) to keep it pumping. choose your match new revlon colorstay™ 2-in-1 compact. expertly-matched foundation and concealer deliver a flawles

and in a town like washington, d.c. that's become increasingly partisan he's a man that's always had deep and enduring friendships on both sides of the political aisle. he can see the good and the valuable and the funny and the fun and the interesting in everyone. and you know, he was -- he had a tremendous wit. just a tremendous wit. >> tremendous wit. memories from paul cappuccio, a former clerk and very good friend of justice scalia. our thanks to him. later this week cnn will host two republican presidential town hall events in south carolina ahead of the primary there. all six republican candidates will participate. marco rubio, ted cruz, ben carson will appear on wednesday night. donald trump, jeb bush, john kasich will appear thursday night. both town halls hosted by our very own anderson cooper. they both begin at 8:00 p.m. eastern time. the town halls will give south carolina voters the opportunity to question directly the candidates and of course the passing of supreme court justice scalia will be addressed as

that's what washington, d.c. does. the drive-by shot at the beginning with incorrect and incomplete information and then the memorized 25-second speech that is exactly what his advisors -- >> the bottom line, this notion that barack obama doesn't know what he is doing -- >> there it is. there it is. memorized 25-second speech. there is is t is, everybody. >> here's the response. i think anyone who believes that barack obama isn't doing what he is doing on purpose doesn't understand what we are dealing with here. this is a president, this is a president who is trying to change this country. >> oh, boy. hard to come back from this. and the boston herald ran with it. choke. it takes you back to the drinking of the water moment. >> yeah. i mean, we're chattering a lot about this. but when you look at the google search trends, 538 did an article about this. actual viewers spike -- the interest spiked when he talked about his pro life position. that was two, three times as many hits as when this exchange was going on. so may

check them out in our nbc washington app. open them up and search snow stick. >>> a makeshift memorial gin of a crime for the first time since two deputies were shot and killed. >>> plus a murder suspect's mother is turning her pain into empowerment and talking about her son's d >>> the panera restaurant where a harvard county sheriffs deputy was killed reopened today. david evans shot and killed senior deputy patrick daley in the restaurant in abingdon last week. the gunman ran outside where he shot and killed senior deputy mark lockston. a memorial, flowers, balloons and signs is sitting outside the panera now. services are being held for the deputies it week. official says it's not clear why evans shot those officers. >>> the mother of a murderer is sharing her story with news4 tonight in hopes of changing minds. and maybe saving lives. last october antoine tan yarks before turning the gun on himself. sullivan was a d.c. protective services officer. crella sullivan smith said she learned after the murder/suicide that her s

brian moore, nbc news, washington. >>> what do you think about this story? is the government going too far to get this information from apple. you can call or text the number on your screen or head over to our nbc washington facebook page to cast your vote. >>> news4 at 5:00 begins with breaking news. >>> it was an armed home invas montgomery county, and now a manhunt is under way. >> this brazen crime happened in the middle of the afternoon. two masked men armed with guns storm into a home. >> tonight police are still searching for those two men as they try to figure out whether this case could be random. >> it all unfolded along arlive court in rockville, in a neighborhood just off seven locks road. news4's pat collins live at the scene this afternoon with the latest on this. pat? >> reporter: wendy, this is a neighborhood of doctors and lawyers and many of them retired. this is a street that ends in a cul-de-sac. it's a hard street to find. this is not a place you'd expect to find something like this, a daylight home invasion victimizing an 86-year-old wo

aimed at preventing the spread in this country. 51 zika cases have now been found in a dozen states and washington, d.c., all but one brought into this country by travelers. and there is growing concern about the large outbreak in brazil, as we close in on the summer olympics in rio, now just six months away. rehema ellis has more. >> reporter: today the cdc is rushing to produce more zika testing kits. >> there aren't enough zika tests to go around. we've been turning them out as rapidly as we can. >> reporter: also today a new warning urging all men who have been to the zika zone to abstain from sex or use condoms if they have a pregnant partner, and even if their partner isn't expecting, to consider taking the same precaution for the time being. the new discovery of zika in urine and saliva raises even more questions about how the virus can be transmitted. all the uncertainty adds to growing concerns about this summer's olympics, the opening ceremony happens here in rio, six months from tonight. ♪ and already more than 1 million tourists from around the world are flocking to brazil for carniv

more like 1 to 3 from washington and points south. already thinking about the weekend? plan on it being bitter cold. sunny, but high temperatures, high temperatures, in the 20s both saturday and sunday. so we're not done with the snow or the cold just yet. see you at 6:31 with more on the timing of the next snow chance. >>> brand new crash here 95 northbound there near 630 in stafford. sounds like it's on the right side of the roadway. a little slow in the southbound lanes because of some earlier road work. in-are loner alone at st. barna report of a crash on the right side. 15 at 50, truck accident, still have the roundabout shut down. so that is still blocked. and just south of there, 15 shut down between 50 and 234 because of heavy equipment transport here this morning. westbound icc at 29, a crash in the right lane. and then a big look at the beltway overall, no major issues. i'll see you at 5:31 with a live look at 270. >>> one person is dead and six others hurt after a plant explosion in northwest georgia. police say the explosion happened early sunday morning at

to see where you can see them, open the nbc washington app and search candidate tracker. and if you're hoping to vote absentee in the virginia primary, today is the deadline to ask for a ballot if you want it mailed to you. most voter registration offices close at 5:00, but a few will stay open until 8:00 to give you more time today. >>> news 4 is the only place you'll see inside a historic trip cuba. today mayor bowser is that company, one idea being if youed is having public schools and universities in the district and cuba work together on foreign exchange programs. david culver is the only local tv reporter with this delegation. we'll check in with him live at 6:45. >>> thneighbors this warin warda meeting to talk about how unsafe a proposed location for the shelter is. the site is at 25 theth place i northeast. it's surrounded by barbed wire and close to adult entertainment clubs. >> families normally entail children. i wouldn't want my children there. >> i do not support the current location in ward 5. >> that list of 15 alternate locations is expected to be sent to

in the campaign, you've heard a lot about washington and wall street. we all want to get secret, unaccountable money out of politics. that starts with appointing a new justice to the supreme court who will protect the right of every citizen to vote, not every corporation to buy elections. and we also agree that wall street can never be allowed to threaten main street again. no bank can be too big to fail, no executive too powerful to jail. but if we listen to the voices of flint and ferguson, if we open our hearts to the families of coal country and indian country, if we listen to the hopes and heartaches of hardworking people across america, it's clear there is so much more to be done. the truth is, we aren't a single issue country. we need more than a plan for the big banks. the middle class needs a raise! and we need more jobs! we need jobs that pay well and can't be outsourced, jobs that provide dignity and a future. we can do it by unleashing the innovation of our entrepreneurs and small businesses. we can do it with new investments in manufacturin

on education, on welfare, reforming those programs, getting the money and power out of washington. and that's just a fact. again, when you have a record, you have an enormous advantage. that's why he's done so well in the past few weeks, because when you carry your message to 106 town hall meetings, you understand what voters are concerned about, but you also have real ideas, real vision, that resonates with them. so it's been a great campaign. of course, with 12 candidates, you can always find someone who hates john kasich, but the fact is he is the right kind of leader for the country right now. >> all right. i have to leave it there. john, thanks for stopping by. >> still to come in the news room, john kasich and the power of the undecided voter in new hampshire. will his gamble pay off on this primary day? we'll talk more about that, next. see see me. don't stare at me. see me. see me. see me to know that psoriasis is just something that i have. i'm not contagious. see me to know that i won't stop. until i find what works. discover cosentyx, a different kind of medicine for mod

molette green is in northwest washington for us this morning. somehow still with a pleasant look on her face d fact that it's so cold. and this is a dangerous type of cold. >> reporter: really is. i have on three layers and i am miserable standing at this location even just for a few minutes. and we're talking about windchills in the single digits and teens. and even colder over the weekend. all of this could set us up many people for frostbite, hypothermia type risks if you're not prepared. and we know many people are preparing to head out to the bus stops and to come out to the metro station. this is really important information if you have to work outside. frostbite can resemble burns and doctors want you to take this kind of cold air seriously. and take a look at your television screen. there are some warning signs we want you to know about to let you know when you really are in danger when there is a change in sensation this your hands and feet. en pale to severe redness. in the most severe cases if you're turning blue to black, you need to

several thousand people attended the service in washington. we get more from our justice correspondent pete williams. >> reporter: justice scalia wanted a simple funeral in a parish church. as it turned out, more than 3,000 came to the massive basilica of the national shrine of theic mac lat conception. it was celebrated by his son paul, a catholic priest part of the large scalia family. >> he is the father that god gave us for the great adventure of family life. sure, he forgot our names at times or mixed them up. but there are nine of us. >> reporter: like scalia himself, the spiritual but marked with humor such as the story of a time justice scalia got a surprise going for a con confession. >> he found himself in my confessional line. and he quickly departed it. as he put it later, like heck if i'm confessing to you. >> reporter: his fellow conservative and fellow catholic justice clarence thomas read from scripture. >> god proves his love for us in that while we were still sinners christ died for us. >> reporter: among the moners, vice pre

so from washington southbound to the northern neck, just conversational. a little bit nor ofmore of a nu for loudoun and montgomery county. snow all over the north and west sides of the metro area. more rain down across parts of southern prince george's county down into southern maryland. so we're keeping a close eye on that. temperature though as you can see, highs today generally above freezing. 35 in gaithersburg, leesburg, 38 in downtown washington. coming up, i've updated my school cancellation and delay odds. >> kids say, yes, sleep a little longer. 4 x 4 in the parking lot. again, untreated areas look like this. about an inch of snow here. tom kierein saying it is slick like vaseline this morning. so be really careful then you head out. 270 at old hundred road, state police saying they don't have anything reported, but again, treated roads like 270 here, you can see really not a big problem. it is just quite wret. tom kierein driving around all over montgomery county. what are you seeing? >> reporter: it is really slick like you said, melissa. i ste

. >>> he h >>> hello, i'm jake tapper in washington. both leading candidates picked up wins and the night's biggest wins will all be right here. first up, donald trump, who sealed a diecisive victory in south carolina, ten points ahead of his closest rivals, marco rubio and ted cruz, who battled for the second-place trophy with rubio ultimately winning it by a nose. in nevada, hillary clinton winning a hard-fought race against bernie sanders. both of them will be here shortly. but first, let's get right to donald trump, who basked in his big win. >> there's nothing easy about running for president, i can tell you. it's tough, it's nasty, it's mean, it's vicious, it's beautiful. when you win, it's beautiful. >> and the winner of the south carolina republican primary, donald trump, joins us right now. mr. trump, congratulations on your victory. what do you think this means for the race going forward? are you unstoppable? >> well, certainly you can be stopped. i'm dealing with very talented people. they're politicians, they're senators and

there is the washington monument, the jefferson memorial. skies trying to clear out a little bit, but it's not clear everywhere. there are raindrops on the radar. ripples on the potomac this morning because of all the strong winds. and the rain is just north of the city. here is the capital beltway right here. there is interstate 95 and route 1, here is columbia, a interstate 70, 270. so heaviest is 270 eastbound toward damascus, north of olney, out toward ashton. this is headed out into parts of western and central howard counties. so that's where the heaviest of the rain is for no town. it's drifting down to the south and east, so it may graze the northern half of fairfax county, northern half of the district, northern two thirds of prince george's county and anne arundel county. pockets of very cold air, how cold? snowing all the way down into the great smoky me ky mountains tennessee. if you're traveling today, could have some slowdowns. locally, windy with passing showers. regional travel, windy from here to richmond and boston. nationa

. >> cnn washington correspondent, joe johns. i think i heard your voice in that room, joe. what was he doing the morning after the cnn town hall? >> reporter: well, for one thing i think he was just making his appearance felt here in south carolina. there has been this running narrative in the pall meadow state that bernie sanders has been writing off south carolina because hillary clinton has such a big lead in the polls and that has been sort of spurred by her strong support in the african american community. sanders, this morning saying he has not been writing off south carolina but also tipping his hat to the idea that he might have to worry about doing better in some other states. listen. >> we came to south carolina and if you look at the polls we were like 7, 8, 9% in the ebolapolls. we were 60/70 points behind. we have picked up a lot of support and closed the gap very significantly. but this from day one was going to be a very difficult state for us. we're not writing off south carolina. >> so, if you look at his schedule, it tells a slightly different story. after

it happened in the middle of the day this northeast washington on 58th street. one man was found dead inside a home, the other man died at the hospital. >>> possible delays on changes for the department of liquor control after a news 4 iteam investigation. after our reports, montgomery county council members started looking at problems inside the dlc. that department oversees all alcohol sales in the county. the county eventually supported a bill that would privatize some sales, but today delegates will vote on an amendment that could replace that bill and form a new a task force that would take a team are look and delay any changes to more than a year. >>> decision 2016 having a direct impact on some of our students. all fairfax county schools will tuesday. the school buildings will be used as polling places. the school board made the decision last night in light of historic turnouts in other primaries across the country. students will not have to make up that day. >>> and potholes on beach drive in northwest d.c. shouldn't be a problem much longer. crews will

. >> the washington cartel in full terror that the conservative grass roots are rising up. >> we won. we won. >>> of course plenty to cheer about for trump supporters after winning the south carolina primary with 32.5% of the vote, trump is now the unrivalled front runner among the republican candidates. marco rubio edging out second place over ted cruz. >> well for the democrat, a crucial win for hillary clinton, blunting that rise of bernie sanders, a so called nevada firewall held up, helping to ease anxiety among her supporters. more in a moment but we're going to start with donald trump's commanding victory in south carolina. and the now shrinking republican field. cnn's senior political reporter manu raju joins us from south carolina. the trump campaign must be motivated ae but move to the south on march 1st. >> a very encouraging victory here. this is ha man who has never run for office before. and taking two of the first three primary states is such a resounding manner really gives him a head of steam into nevada where he's a heavy favorite to win the caucuses there on tuesday

you want to keep your nbc washington app very handy. we'll be pushing out alerts, and as soon as derrick gets those pictures up, we'll be bringing them to you live. vance? >> thanks, chris. >>> new dashcam video shows the crash involving a drunk driver. tonight some people say the punishment rendered to him does not fit the crime. >>> 18 years for a former d.c. police officer who pled guilty to sexually say althouassaultin teenagers. >>> and the long awaited d.c. streetcar rolls out this weekend. it will be free at first but we'll tell but some of the ideas for a cup of coffee just because you're a woman. so why does congress think it's ok that women get paid 20% less than a man for doing the same job? i'll fight for pay equity, to protect planned parenthood, choice for women, and expand paid and family leave. now some politicians will belittle this as a women's agenda. more proof that we just need more women in congress. i'm kathleen mathews and i approve this message. >>> an emotional outburst in court today from a father of a young g

through pictures, learning about all the politics outside washington and pulling back the curtain on the iowa caucuses. >> it's been phenomenal in terms of i guess pulling back the curtain and understanding how these things really work, the mechanics of them. >> reporter: when all the political tourism ends, when the campaigning and handshaking are done, who becomes a presidential nominee may be a bit clearer. >> iowa is going to be the first test where there are actual real voters who are weighing in on who they think their nominees are going to be so we will get a much better picture of who the leaders are on both sides, who has the moesm going into later contests. >> reporter: many will watch on tv but those students will get to go to a caucus tonight and witness what one of them called democracy at its purest. aaron gilchrist, news4. >>> it is still months away, but the preparations for the 2016 olympic games in rio are in full swing. >> while wendy is back and tanned up, thousands of miles away in switzerland where workers are busy making the bells that will be used to signal th