was his life. he was a world renowned fencer. he coached the fencing team for 44 years. >> he had a winning percentage of 0.75%. it was phenomenal. he coached there for 40 years and there is nobody who will come close to him. >> he was struck by a snowplow thursday morning as he walked along mountain road in anne arundel county. the snowplow driver fled the scene. >> it was a shock to know that he died, but then to know that somebody hit him and left and left him there. that was the hardest thing of all. >> police are looking for a person of interest. there -- they are looking at surveillance video from a nearby business. michael says the family is looking for closure and respect. >> if it was an accident, the family will understand, but they want the person to say i did this and i was afraid. i should have stopped, but we want to have somebody take responsibility. >> he coached fencing from 1959 until 2003. he was inducted into the johns hopkins hall of fame in 1995. his funeral will be held on friday. it has been one month since felicia barnes disappeared. police announced a cash reward has increased to $35,000. her school in north carolina raced $25,000. detectives continue to work the case. so far they have followed up 80 leads. >> we are actually looking at this in two directions. one is a homicide. has anything happened along those lines? also the abduction angle. >> if you have any impression on her whereabouts, called crime stoppers. a convicted felon is behind bars after police confiscated several loaded handguns. they call from a concerned citizen led police to this area. that is where they found three loaded handguns. michael was arrested and faces various drug and gun charges. a fatherwho through his son off a bridge has been sentenced to 50 years in prison. stephen nelson admitted to throwing his son of the bridge in 2008 but said his son was not the target. he was angry at the boy's mother who left the relationship. today he was sentenced to the maximum prison term. >> i have just as for my son. i have just as for my family. we finally have closure. my son can now rest in peace. i have no feelings for him. i forget him because -- i forgive him because my faith in god tells me i have to in order to move on with my life. >> in a letter written by his attorney fees says he is sorry for the pain he caused. emotional testimony began in the trial of brothers accused of dousing a dog with flammable liquid and setting it on fire. the attorney says the case has hold -- has holes in it including witness testimony driven by reward money. the trial is set to continue on monday. now to the unrest in egypt. hundreds continue to define a curfew and many are sitting on army vehicles chanting people want the president to resign. the egyptian president spoke to his nation earlier today. >> i have enlisted the government to step down today and i will designate and yield a new government as of tomorrow. >> moments after that address, president obama called for an end to the violence. he also stepped on the pressure of the egyptian officials to appease their citizens. >> what is needed now are concrete steps that advance the rights of the egyptian people. a meaningful dialogue between the government and citizens, and a path of political change that leads to greater freedom and justice for the egyptian people. >> the uprising has created a political crisis for president obama. for decades, the egyptian president has always been america's closest ally in the middle east. andrea mitchell has more. >> even before the president spoke, the u.s. started toughening its response. >> these protests _ that there are deep grievances -- underscore there are deep grievances within the egyptian society. the government needs to understand violence will not make these grievances go away. >> the president had an extended intelligence briefing today and did not even try to call mubarak. egypt has received billions in aid for decades, more than any country other than israel. current aid to egypt is $1.5 billion a year. the of what -- the white house warned it could cut eight if the crackdown escalates. >> we will be reviewing our assistance -- were doing our posture based on events that take place in the coming days. >> in 2008 the president called for more democracy in cairo. there has been little follow-up. egypt has long been america's most reliable partner in the middle east and mubarak a key ally against al qaeda. >> it has been a secular government in an area that is increasingly dominated by more extremists. >> despite widespread fraud by mubarak, criticism from the u.s. was muted. or other arab leaders at risk? this thing has gone by role. we will see this in yemen and all over the arab world. [bell ringing] >> this sent stocks plunging to end the week. the dow jones fell and the s&p 500 fell more than 23 points. concerns over egypt also sent oil prices soaring. the price began around $85 but after images popped up on television cameras, crude-oil ended the day shy of $90. there is some good economic news. ford has posted its higher profit in more than a decade. they made $6.6 billion in 2010. it made for the top-selling on a brand in the u.s. now we go to the 15th annual polar bear plunge tomorrow but something very special to share with you. these are super plungers, which means the since noon today they have gone into the chesapeake bay once an hour for the past 11 hours. this is their 11th plunge which take -- took place nine minutes ago. one of those is our very own jennifer franciotti. she is amazingly joining us live right now. at one point do you stop feeling your face? >> that is such a good question. we are so high on the adrenaline. we can all feel our faces. right? i am bringing it to you now what has become a tradition for this newscast. that is bringing you might queens of the beach. there are 16 of us. 16 proud member is going in once an hour for 24 hours. the question is why? no one is better to answer that from -- than erica from -- >> it is and also idea to show that everybody wants to help us. i have been a special olympic athlete for 16 years. it is nice to see i have a family that cares. >> we love you. it is not just our community. we have one person from chicago. you are the sister of the marketing guru from the special olympics. why did you come here? >> to follow erica -- you want to show what it is all about. if we don't give them this opportunity it will not happen. i loved my brother and his wife. i am here to support them. it is my fifth year, sarah it is a great cause. >> our family is growing too young remembers. tell us why you are here. >> i am here because this is my dad's seventh year and i have been supporting him. i thought i would come out here for the special olympic athletes and help them to do what they like to do. >> you have raised an awful lot of money. we are going to go to caitlin now. what did you do to raise money to be here? >> we fund raised at local grocery stores. i had a lot of fun doing it. >> we have to notice our queen of rock and roll is right here. how are you holding up? >> i cannot remember having so much fun. >> she is having fun. we have great girls here. everyone is lovable. take a look at our little pyjamas here. live from the super plunge, once an hour for 24 hours, congratulations everyone. back to you. >> you are definitely the envy of the fashion world. we bless you everybody who is taking part. if you know somebody who is taking the plunge this week and, you can get your cell phone and text your message to this number. we will post your messages on wbaltv.com. they will be scrolling along the bottom of the screen all morning long. still ahead, how loved ones marked the tragedy of the challenger space shuttle 25 years ago. dramatic video caught on camera including a hostage situation in montgomery county. >> it was not very big. about that big. it ignited the flames and came out the side. >> an exclusive interview with a man who opened up one of those incendiary devices. a midwinter midwestern heat wave. find out if it is heading this way. >> we had a little snow today. another klipper bringing a chance for more snow tomorrow and a snow storm brewing for the middle of the week. >> first, a check on the "tonight show. >> the man himself justin bieber on the program. and our first an to touch the face of god. >> a quarter of a century later the images of the challenger crew smiling still bring out emotions from those who gathered at the kennedy space center. this is a reminder space exploration is not routine and promotes the hard work needed to reach the goals the crew strived to receive. >> they are a part of us forever. we will not let them down. we will continue to strive to be better, to explore and expand our knowledge of our universe. >> that was the goal of the first and only teacher astor not. because of her, more than 50 challenger learning centers are dedicated to teaching math and science and space. we have an i-team exclusive for you. this state employee hank kinnamon may not be a household name but some call him a hero. three weeks ago a device ignited. it was hank kinnamonwho opened the package. >> i was just opening it with my hand and that is when it went off. >> hank kinnamon does not consider himself a hero. >> this is the package that was opened by that employee. >> the flames came out of this side. >> this is serious business. >> he works in the mail room across from the capital. he and co-workers are the first line of defense when it comes to screening mail sent to the governor's office. on january 6 he picked up what he saw as an innocent looking package addressed to the governor. he treated it as an envelope. >> around the backside is where i opened it. it was not very big. about that big. it ignited out of the side. it did not come up towards my face. >> flames shot out with the intensity of a road flare and fizzled after a couple of seconds. >> it was very white and had a strong stench to it. >> did it fill the room? >> not too bad. you could smell it for a long time. >> he dropped a package and pick up the phone. local emergency crews responded. authorities believe he had cinched his fingers. in the middle of the emergency his phone rang. >> my wife called me after -- just about something else. i said don't be worried but she had no idea what was going on. >> investigators say the package contained a complaint about state highway message boards. the note said, you have created your own self fulfilling prophecy. >> there are easier ways to air your grievances. >> as soon as authorities declared the building safe, hank went back inside to work. the fact that you go inside knowing this could happen, that is pretty heroic. >> my kids thought so. they gave me a big hug. >> the fbi expects lab results from forensic evidence back next week. investigators expressed confidence it will lead to an arrest. david collins, wbal. the father of three daughters said it was an honor to be the first line of defense for the public servants in annapolis. a tense scene unfolded in montgomery county. a bank robber shot and killed a hot -- he was shot and killed. he slipped on some ice and that gave the hostage a chance to run for it. one officer was also shot but he is expected to be ok. another dramatic scene out in colorado. you can see a 13-year-old boy had fallen through the ice. some firefighters who were first on the scene jumped into action. you can see one of them slide to the ice and grabbed the boy. the good news is everyone is expected to be ok. and no coach and no problem. after being battered with snow and ice, it is almost as if spring has sprung in the midwest. temperatures rose into the 70's in kansas. it sent -- sunshine sent temperatures soaring into the 60's in nebraska. is that shot of spring heading our way? let's check in with tom tasselmyer. not looking for those kind of temperatures any time soon. it might feel milder tomorrow afternoon, but for the most part we are still expecting below normal temperatures for the next week. 35 degrees at the airport. we were not too far off the normal pace. we did trip -- pick up a trace of snow at bwi. it was just a couple hundredths of an inch. the planning on the cloud cover, it will determine the temperature. the temperature down to 19- oakland. we can see the same scenario- southern maryland. clouds breaking it briefly, but in downtown baltimore still above freezing. we are in between systems. this clipper is moving of the new england coast, but the second one is spreading to an area of snow into parts of michigan. that is the system that will be moving through here tomorrow. probably will see a lot of clouds through the day tomorrow. temperatures in many areas below freezing, so watch for some icy patches. one clipper leaving and the other system dropping in from the west. this will end up being an east coast storm. it is likely to follow these upper level winds and drive further to the gulf. that is a tuesday storm that we will be keeping an eye on for the next five days as it gets organized. the clipper tomorrow is staying to our north. a wide area of snow into detroit, but we will be on the southern edge of it. probably not as much snow as we saw today. then a clears out into sunday. monday we will keep an eye to our south and west. it looks like it will impact our region on tuesday and wednesday. if this clipper's days to the north, the testing will be primarily in upper pennsylvania. temperatures of 35-40. water temperature at sandy point park, 33 degrees. thankfully there is not much of a wind. it is pretty much what you can expect tomorrow. temperatures in the 30's. 29 degrees with a couple of inches of snow possible. and mix of sun and clouds. a dusting of snow possible along the pennsylvania border. the lower eastern shore should hit 42 tomorrow. sun on sunday and mid 30's monday. the next on arriving witte snow on tuesday in the mixture on wednesday. not the game he wanted to prepare for but ray lewis makes the most of another trip to the pro bowl. it is friday, january 28. tonight's jackpot is an estimated $77 million. he must have these three white balls. let's see if we can make you a millionaire. our first number is 33, 48, 50, 49, and the final white ball is 14. now for the mega ball, 18. if no one matches all six numbers tuesday's jackpot could the ravens coaching staff has a remodeled look to it. they officially added their new secondary coach. austin takes over the group formerly coached by the person who moved up to the defensive coordinator. he will coach the likes of -- not too many people get excited about the pro bowl but don't tell that to re lewis. he is making his 12th trip to the pro bowl. he says he would rather celebrate today's tenure anniversary with the ravens super bowl win with another super bowl trip, but he will do that at full speed. >> i am just dedicated to this part of my life to make sure i did not cheek that one moment of it. for these guys come bank that is one of the biggest questions i got. how did you keep on going? 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