beltway. mark mcgwire admits to using steroids for a decade and not even telling his family until now. jay leno talking about his show being cancelled and moving on. the late he was group to stand behind senator harry reid in a moment, but first to the weather. yes, those are flurries some of you are seeing tonight, but don't expect any accumulation. >> we have had some flurries, this is the last shot of really cold air we're going to be seeing come in on us, the leading edge of it, a little band still left over, there may be more coming in later on tonight. this one little area up through waldorf. even so, after the bitterly cold air we've had, it's not too bad. we can see the wider view, there's still some in ohio, all of these tending to dry up a bit as we head our way. temperatures continue to fall back into the 20s when you get up tomorrow morning, it will be a cold morning, maybe one or two more flurries. fear not, one more cold day, and then the pattern really begins to change. i'll tell you the details for the week ahead when i join you. there's considerable concern tonight for three missing girls from louden county. they're teenagers and they haven't been seen since last wednesday. today, one father broke down, worried that a gang may be involved in their experience. jackie benson has our report. >> reporter: has anyone seen these three 8th graders? the parents of natalie, alison and jocelyn gathered togethe for support, they ar sick with worry. the girls were last seen wednesday january 6th when they were drooped off at the middle school, security cameras captured them texting someone, but they never entered the school. later on that day there was a call to the school office saying the girls were sick and wouldn't be in school today. >> we're not ruling anything out at all. and we're just working every single lead to try to find where these kids are. >> reporter: alison's father thinks the girls may have decided to skip school, then got caught up in something very fright thing. >> don't hurt her. don't hurt my daughter. don't do anything to her. i want her back. >> reporter: the parents tell us the girls have no history of running away, they're very concerned that they may have been lured away by a gang. now, anyone with information as to the location of these girls is asked to call the crime line, that number is 703-443-tips. you do not have to give your name. and as you can tell, the parents are very very concerned. live in leesburg, jackie benson. president obama responded to some controversial comments harry reid made about him during the presidential campaign. he likened mr. obama's chances because he's a light-skinned africaamerican with no negro dialect. reid says he should have chosen better words. president obama agreed, but also defended the senate majority leader today. >> i've apologized to the president. i've apologized to everyone within the sound of my voice. >> this is a good man who's always been on the right side of history. for him to have used some inartful language in trying to praise me. and for people to try to make hay out of that makes absolutely no sense. >> republicans are calling for reid's resignation. meanwhile, a group known as african-americans for harry reid plan to go ahead with fund-raising this weekend. general stanley mcchrystal today said he's seen more optimism among the afghan people, since president obama approved the ramp up last month. seven in ten afghans support the presence of u.s. forces in their country. 61% favor the military buildup. that support is less popular in the east andhe south where the taliban is entrenched. fighting in southern afghanistan today ended with the deaths of six nato troops, including three americans. dozens of human rights activists got together outside the white house today to protest continued use of guantanamo. they called on president obama to make good on his pledge to shut down the prison within a year. the group opposes the practice of holding prisoners without charging them. some demonstrators wore orange jumpsuits with black hoods over their heads. the gun probe involving gilbert arenas is still bng presented to a grand jury. three players met with law enforcement officials today. d.c. police launched their investigation into an incident involving guns being pulled into the locker room on christmas eve. there are reports that arenas has been questioned about the case but would not testify on the grounds of self-incrimination. the nba has suspended him indefinitely. mark mcgwire admitted he used steroids for nearly ten years. his admission came almost five years since he would into the admit anything in front of congress. more than 10 years since a record break season that he had. more on why mcgwire spoke out today. >> he's the second player within a span of a year to admit the steriod use. mark mcgwire said today he wanted to tell the truth and to admit to using steroids when he was questioned five years ago, but he lied to protect his family as well as himself, because he could not get immunity. he broke his silence to his family and the public. it was five years ago, he could have owned up to the fact he was using when he hit that home run record of 70 homers back in 1998. he refused to answer any questions during that hearing. he said he wasn't there to talk about the past. tonight he spoke on the record to bob costas of the mlb network, admitting to using steroids on and off for ten years. he began taking them to help cope with injuries. >> the status of where i was at and the pressures that i had to perform and what i had to go through to try to get through all these injuries is a very very regrettable thing. and i -- i wish it never came into my life but we're sitting here talking about it. and i'm so sorry that i have to. i apologize to everybody in major league baseball. my family, the maris', bud selig. today was the hardest day of my life. >> mark mcgwire added he called budelig and tony larussa today to apologize. we'll get into why he's finally admitting this coming up in sports. still ahead on news 4. new video outrages state police. walmart pulling some children's jewelry off the shelves after reports it has a chemical more dangerous than led. big shake-ups coming in prime time tv. jay leno talks about his a water main break flooded part of dupont circle this morning. a lot of water mains have been breaking recently because of the cold weather. the break this morning happened because a construction crew accidentally hit a 20-inch pipe. reports of a gunman on campus locked down a d.c. high school today on benning road in northeast around lunchtime. police searched for the gunman, but never found him or a weapon. traffic was shut down around the school while police conducted their search. as a precaution, phelps high school nearby was also locked down for a short time. the last surviving woman who protected anne frank from the nazis has died. she helped hide the jewish teenager and her family for two years in the netherlands during world war ii. this is the woman who kept anne frank's diary for safe keeping and later saw that it was published. she was 100 years old. still to come tonight, dangerous driving on the beltway. >> bikers behaving badly on local roadways, we have the video coming up. be careful what you pack, an extra bag could cost you a quarter of your flight. rob's back with more on the flurries out there. chances are you've seen some dangerous driving on the belt y beltway, but new video shows stunts by motorists. >> reporter: it's been glower tide in movies, it's been glorified in video games and it's hit the streetness a real way. those who take part in what's become a sub culture are putting their lives and the lives of others at risk. >> when you expect this kind of riding on the beltway -- how about rockville pike? you may not expect it, it's been done. this youtube video shows motorcyclists and auto drivers pulling stunts that would raise your hair. >> it's reckless driving, dangerous, deadly, irresponsible and reckless behavior. >> reporter: it's not some sort of new phenomenon, police see it a lot. when something goes wrong on a roadway where there's little margin for error. >> there's risk when you're riding a motorcycle period. a lot of these motorcycle drivers get involved in a fatal or serious accident you. >> want to get out of the way and let the go and keep your distance, as far as you can do it. >> reporter: for law enforcement, this is reckless driving. it could net a driver a fine somewhere north of $500. >> if we see a violation, we conduct an investigation, they can be held responsible for the laws they break. >> in the worst case, the case of an accident the costco be much higher. >> reporter: we reached out to the producers of the video to get their side. since our inquiries, the videos have been taken off youtube. >> derrick ward, thank you. the cost of flying is going up again. delta airlines raising its checked bag fees tomorrow on flights booked after january 5th. $23 for the first checked bag, $32 for the second checked bag at the airport ticket counter or kiosk, the fees go up $2 a piece. usairways raised its maximum fees to those same amounts last year. continental is raising its fees later this week. cadmium is an element even more dangerous than lead and it could be in some of your children's toys. an investigation found that some chinese companies are putting large amounts of cadmium in children's jewelry shipped to stores in the u.s. they include the princess and the frog movie pend ant and charm bracelet seen here. walmart decided to pull items off of store shelves today, so far there have been no injuries directly linked to the jewelry. more about the flurries that aren't going to amount to much? >> no, they didn't. >> and we're getting -- we're tough now. flurries come through, we get in the 20s. >> we need warmer temps to come in and dissolve those nasty piles of knee. >> this week. can't get rid of that salt that's on the road, though. we'll have white roads for some time. there they were, in case you missed it, we had visual proof there were some flurries, and there may be a few more too. once again, we barely made it above freezing. look at gainsville, did i spell that right? i don't think so. probably not. i missed an e. 17 degrees, any how, was the record low. see, i caught it, though, i caught it. good for me. 20 degrees our temperature, tampa and there have been all sorts of records in florida. tampa 25. 90 record low temperatures in florida. miami, 36 degrees, key west second coldest morning they've ever had in key west. 42 degrees in key west, these weren't records, but still mighty cold around the lakes. the cold pattern is beginning to abate a little bit, while in florida, the high temperatures were 15, almost 20 degrees below average around the las, only 5 too 10 degrees below average. our current temperature here in washington, 31 degrees. meanwhile, it's been mild out west. there were som records set in the state of washington. there's that overall pattern we've had so much of with the cold air coming in, but as we get later into the week, that will begin to recede to the north, at least the overall jet pattern, here we are in washington, there are the laboring snow flurries for you folks around calbert county into charles county. a little bit of excitement, but that's all it is out to the west. there have been a few more, and still some out of the mountains in west virginia. reports from bob lefler of 50 to 60 inches of snow on the ground in the mountains of west virginia. overnight tonight we'll continue to see that cold air coming in with northwest early winds. later on in the week, high pressure begins to come in, this time if will be moving a little to our south, so eventually we'll see the winds turning into the west, and milder air coming in. not tomorrow, though. temperatures in the mid-30s for highs. maybe a lingering flurry west to northwest. 25 degrees, a bit of a windchill, not any howling winds, breezy and cold. tomorrow afternoon it will be partly sunny. temperatures once again, every day almost since january 1st have been below average, that will be about it, we'll begin to see a little bit of moderation on wednesday. it's really thursday and friday that for a change, at least the high temperatures will be in the mid to high 40s, and the only may only be around the freezing mark. i think anything on sunday is very, very appealing. if it did anything at all, it may be some raindrops. >> maybe 40s? >> that's hot, open the pools. jay leno talking about the end of his prime time show. >> bringing frozen animals back to life with a hair dryer. and sports, the wizards this thing is just snowballing. >> it is. and it makes you wonder how many more players will come forward. mark mcgwire broke up describing how he told his family as well as former manager tony larussa and said he wanted to come clean in 2005, but couldn't get immunity and kept it to himself. he told bob costas he's fessing now, because he wants a clean slate while he takes the position of hitting coach with the cardinals. he said he wanted to tell the truth when questioned by congress in 2005, but he was protecting himself as well as his family. he began taking performance enhancing drugs to deal with injuries. mcgwire says his admission is not geared toward earning hall of fame votes. >> i'm not here doing this for the hall of fame. i'm doing this for me, to get this off my chest. i played this game of baseball because i was given the ability to play. if i'm lucky enough to get in there, that's just icing on the cake. but i played this game, because i loved it. >> an emotional admission for mark mcgwire. the wizards are trying to avoid more distraction, and, therefore, the team has suspended andray blatche. he was held out of practice today and suspended because of conduct detrimental to the team. blache is in his 5th year with this team. he contributed just four points over the last two games. this has nothing to do with gilbert arenas' situation. it's not a direct result of one incident. but it's because of a repeated pattern of immature behavior on and off the court at a time when the wizards really can't afford immaturity. he will miss tomorrow night's game. against the pistons. to nfl news, the redskins have offered bobby turner the title of assistant head coach. you may not be able to tell, but former usc coach pete carroll is pretty excited about his new job. let me take you out to hear what he had to say. >> can't keep on going, because i can't pass up this opportunity that's come up. if you know anything about me, i can't pass up a competitive challenge, and can you challenge me right now, and i'll go right now. i'm nuts for it, and so what this next step presents is the challenge of a lifetime, truly. in the most difficult of settings, the most challenging of levels of performance, it's just too good to pass up for me. i have to go. >> former usc head coach pete carroll is now the head coach of the seattle seahawks, he sounds pretty excited, doesn't he? moving on to women's college basketball. maryland travelled to charlottesville to take on the cavaliers, despite 28 turnovers, brenda freeze's lady terps got back to 500 by winning by just one point. this little fan hungry for more than just basketball tonight. virginia down three, arianna moore gets it, pulls up 25 feet, drills the three-pointer. that's impressive. the team went into the looker room tied at 32. second half, close game, history for virginia. monica knight nails that treatmenter, becoming virginia's all time scoring leader, surp s surpassing dawn staley. on the fast break, taylor to kaiser, she had 19 points. maryland just barely squeezes out the victory. 61 to 60 over the cavaliers. >> that girl, annette kaiser is a lot of fun to watch. she sizzles on the court. that's my recommendation, next time you're at a we talked about the changes coming to nbc's late nightlineup. nbc plans to move jay leno back to his old 11:35 time slot. that would have an impact on the tonight show and late night with jimmy fallon. the network is negotiating with those two about changes. the situation continues to provide material for laughs. >> my people have said, conan's people are upset. nbc said they wanted drama at 10:00, now they got it. [ cheers and applause ] >> i tell you one thing -- i take pride in one thing. i leave nbc prime time, the same way i found it, a complete disaster. >> the 10:00 jay leno show will go off the air on february 12th, that's the day the 2010 winter olympics begin. sarah palin has a new gig. she's joining fox news as a contributor. fox says palin will offer political commentary. she will not be getting her own show at the network, details of her multiyear agreement were not disclosed. american idol is losing simon cowell, the judge best known for his blunt criticism says this season will be his last. he's moving on to another singing competition, one that he owns. cowell is making $36 million a year for "american which is fantastic. we'll have them over for a friday night pizza. it's just our way of entertaining without going out. this is where all the magic happens. this is where i knead the dough, make the pizza. by using my card, i get the specials, the real deals, and it saves me money. the win-win is that we get to visit with our friends, the kids get to visit with their friends, and it's great food. more savings, more rards. every time you shop. only with your giant card. we save money, and that works for me. the cold that's gripped the nation is causing unusual sights in florida. some animals native to the sunshine state are being frozen stiff. some types of lizards have become imomobilized in parts. one woman used a blow dryer to thaw out the lizard out. once they are brought back to temperatures above 40 degrees they begin to move again and they're no worse for the wear. i wonder what happens to that gecko guy. i don't even remember what he advertises for. >> geico. >> that's it. the woman who brought the snake inside, that's another story to consider too. >> to warm it up? 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