moving up to our north, we'll see this and we'll be sort of an the fringe of it, turn to some snow. again, that's the reason right now that we are under the winter weather advisory. the roads i think will be just wet torrow morning for most of the morning rh hour. so here's bob's odds. a 70% chance that right in the immediate metro area, i'd say wet dusting to a couple of inches. we are going to be seeing a lot of the winds increase. that will be the big story for this storm. only a 10% chance that this one will be a major snow-producer for the metpolitan area. it will be a big snow-producer for the eastern shore. we're still very close to that. we'll be sort of dodging the snow bullet on this. we'll be seeing the winds. tell you more about that later. >> thank you, bob. those high winds that he just mentioned have local power crews on stand-by tonight. they're preparing for the possibility of downed trees and more widespread power outages. elaine reyes is in arlington with more on that. elaine? >> doreen, they say that they have been preparing for the storm for quite some time because they've had plenty of practice. in this arlington neighborhood, there are tons of huge old trues and overhead power lines. we spoke wit one woman who lived here for a very long time. she says that she's had plenty of practice, too. >> well, it's a big oak tree. it's been here over 50 years. >> reporter: jean cook's house is surrounded by trees and power lines, and she's confident 50-mile-an-hour winds won't do anything to the big oak in her front yard thanks to maintenance last summer. >> no, we've had it checked. it's okay. and it's been trimmed. so it withstood a lot of -- of the strong winds that we've already had. >> reporter: dominion power had more than 200,000 customers in northern virginia lose power during the snowstorms this month. it has tree-trimming contractors ready to go with its restoration crews. all while monitoring the weather. >> we have a team of meteorologists that track storm systems and so they've been providing us with updates over the last couple of days. >> we're learning to move quicker when folks do lose their power. they get it restored as quick as possible. >> reporter: crews have been monitoring it power lines and poles across the region. and the soggy ground. >> some of the trees have been dropped due to the last two storms. in a sense, some of the trees that have been weakened, they have been cut and trimmed but there's still a lot of trees across the washington, d.c. area. we are watching those trees, watching that moist soil so when the winds blow, the branches will reach our power lines and unfortunately we do expect some outages. >> of course we also checked on the roads. vdot has 600 trucks ready to pretreat the roads all night long in northern virginia. we also called the area airports. so far no problems yet. but they also have crews ready to clear those runways once the snow hits. we're live in arlington. elaine reyes, news4. >> thank you. the president of toyota was on capitol hill today where he issued an apology. he testified about the safety defects that spurred a massive recall, defects that are blamed for a number of accidents and deaths. but the president of the company denies that electronic problems are causing the vehicles to race out of control. steve handelsman is on capitol hill now with more on this. steve? >> thanks. we probably won't see anything like this anytime soon. japanese ceos seldom take the spotlight, but mr. toyoda volunteered to come up here today to testify. that's how much trouble the world's biggest carmaker is in. >> let the record reflect -- >> reporter: akio toyoda came to congress to take responsibility for his company's safety crisis. >> my name is on every car. you have my personal commitment that toyota will work vigorously and unceasingly to restore the trust of our customers. >> reporter: toyoda admitted an emphasis on sales over safety. >> i am deeply sorry for any accident that toyota drirs have experienced. >> reporter: one of the worst was last august in san diego. a lexus accelerating to 120, a passenger calling 911. >> we're in trouble. we can't -- there's no brakes. >> reporter: four members of the sailor family were killed. toyoda spoke to that family. >> and i will do everything in my power to ensure that such a tragedy never happens again. >> reporter: barbara schwartz's daughters say what took so long? >> they're only sorry because they got caught. >> reporter: their mother was killed in a runaway camry. >> i hope the u.s. government takes toyota, makes them accountable for this that has happened. >> reporter: transportation secretary lahoud today -- >> we will do everything we can to find out if electronics are a part of the problem. >> reporter: that's a big issue that could expand the recalls, besides sticking gas pedals and floor mats are computer glitches. toyoda said no, but said to be sure he's ordering a brake override on new toyotas to be certain theyan stop even if the engine is racing. the u.s. government and toyota say they are racing tonight to be sure that affected vehicles already on the road, that all the possible safety defects and the causes are identified. live from the hill, i'm steve handelsman, news4. jim, back to you. >> thank you, steve. a pedestrian was killed after being hit by a van and dragged for two miles. it happened on monday night in manassas. the driver claims she didn't know she had hit the man, but this afternoon police charged her. jane watrel has more on this story from manassas. jane? >> well, doreen, this accident has outraged people who live in manassas park. that's because authorities say the victim was still alive after being dragged for two miles under the minivan. >> i'm outraged. i'm stunned. i'm at a loss for words. i'm saddened by it. i'm -- i've lost a brother. >> reporter: francis humphreys is still trying to process the bizarre circumstances surrounding her younger brother's death. >> he was helpful to everybody. he was always smiling, happy, grateful, hard-working. >> reporter: on monday night, 39-year-old henry humphreys was struck by a car near centerville road. a passer-by called 911 because the driver was too distraught. police say a second vehicle driven by a wooderabridge womann over humphreys and dragged him two miles. there the driver called police saying she discovered the body under her minivan. humphreys died a short time later. his sister is outraged. >> how did they not know? when i have a gravel in my tire, i notice it's there. a gravel in my tire. this is a human body underneath the vehicle. >> reporter: henry humphreys was well-known along this stretch of centerville road. he lived in the woods and worked odd jobs for local businesses. late today the minivan driver was charged with felony hit-and-run and reckless driving. after toning herself in to prince william county authorities. police say they're looking into why she kept driving for two miles with a man pinned under her car. >> part of the investigation is what is the person doing at that time? were they on the phone? who is in their car? are they distracted? did they know they hit something or someone? >> henry humphreys was so well thought of along this stretch of route 28 that the owner of this business behind me, the virginia meatpacking company, plans to collect money to defray his funeral costs because the victim had no health insurance or life insurance. reporting live in mansas park, i'm jane trel. back to you, doreen. >> thank you. oorlanother pedestrian was killed in tyson's corner at 3:30 this morning. investigators say 49-year-old man was hit while he was crossing route 7 near the beltway. he died at the scene. his name has not been released yet. authorities believe he was hit a silver or beige honda accord from the model years 1998 to 2002. they say the vehicle probably has damage to the driver's side front bumper. anybody with information about that is asked to call the police. coming up on "news4 at 6," an orca whale has killed a trainer at sea world in florida. we'll have details. we'll hear from the teachers who tackled a gunman who was shooting at kids at a school in colorado. new information about the health of dick cheney. economic frustrations boiled over in greece today as police clashed with protesters there. dan, what's ahead in sports? >> maryland seeking some redemption against clemson tonight. and the u.s. hockey team continues its quest for gold. plus, the capitals break down tonight's big matchup between russia and canada. a whale killed a trainer at sea world in orlando this afternoon. the victim was drowned in front of an audience. she's been identified as 40-year-old dawn bransho. authorities say the trainer slipped into the tank. it was reportedly just before a show was about to begin. one audience member says the whale grabbed the trainer and thrashed her around. experts are involved in the investigatio the park has been shut down for the rest of the day. a $1 million cash-only bond has been set for the suspect in the shooting that wounded two 8th graders in colorado. it happened yesterday in jefferson county, colorado. the school is only three miles from columbine high school where 12 students were killed by two student gunmen back in 1999. chris clackum has our report. >> reporter: reagan weber was at home recovering wednesday from a gunshot wound to the arm. one of two students shot by a gunman with a rifle outside their middle school tuesday in littleton, colorado. just as school was letting out. >> then i saw the shooter. i saw him put out a second shot. and that's when the bus driver told us all to get do. >> reporter: the suspected gunman, a 32-year-old with a record of assaults, threats, and as his father put it, mental issues was formally charged wednesday a two counts of attempted murder. >> he did have his first court appearance at 10:00 this morning. the high-powered rifle that was recovered from the scene does belong to his father. >> reporter: others in littleton shudder at the images broadcast tuesday and their eerie similarity to the scene three miles away at columbine high school in 1999. >> look at all these students. >> reporter: since columbine, teachers like becky brown have been drilled for emergencies like these as the gunman attempted to reload, he was tackled. brown got the gun. >> the next thing i know, i'm on the ground, i've got my legs wrapped around his legs, i've got my arms wrapped around him. when they tackled, they rolled around a bit and the first thing i thought was i need to get that gun aanywway from h. >> reporter: police are talking to the suspect about motive. chris clackum, nbc news. >> the middle school was closed today. they have not determined when they'll reopen for classes there. former vice president dick cheney is home now and recovering from his fifth heart attack. he was discharged this morning. his spokesman released a statement saying that mr. cheney is feeling good and will resume his normal schedule soon. the former vice president was admitted to the hospital monday night with chest pains. he suffered a mild heart attack. cheney has a long history of cardiac problems dating back to his first heart attack at the age of 37. he is 69 now. the senate today passed a $15 billion jobs bill. but even supporters of that bill say it might not be enough. while congress is trying to get americans back to work, a record drop in the sale of new homes last month shows that the economy is still on shaky ground. brian moore has our report. >> the yeas are 70. the nays are 78. >> reporter: in the u.s. senate, strong support for a modest jobs bill, and with 13 republican votes, it was rare bipartisan win for democrats. >> both sides of the isle can show the american people we have heard you. >> reporter: the bill offers tax breaks for businesses that hire the unemployed and funding for highwa andass transit. at $15 billion, it's a shadow of the $155 billion house bill. some rublicans say it's trading jobs for debt. >> we are running this nation into a -- a ditch. >> reporter: the president sees it as a foundation. >> this is an important step forward in putting more americans back to work as soon as possible. >> reporter: ben bernanke says jobs are the key to an economic rebound. >> unemployment is the biggest problem we have. >> reporter: meanwhile, there's more bad news from the housing front. despite continuing tax incentives from uncle sam, new home sales in january unexpectedly plunged to a record low. brian mooar, nbc news, washington. >> that announcement from fed chairman bernanke sent stocks higher today. the dow picked up 92 points and finished at 10,374. the nasdaq was up 22 points on the day and the s&p gained 11 points. police and demonstrators clashed today in greece. an estimated 50,000 demonstrators staged a march in athens against government austerity measures. some of the steps may include salary cuts and pension reforms. labor unions organized this protest march. things got violent for about lf an hour near the parliament. protesters hurled rocks, red paint and plastic bottles at riot police and the police responded with batons and tear gas. today the unions also called a 24-hour strike that grounded flights, shut down schools, and crippled public services. coming up, the middle school student -- the controversy surrounding the middle school student who refused to standor the pledge of allegiance in montgomery county. more high winds headed our way. how to prepare for power outages. we might get a little bit of snow, too. bob will tell us about that. all right. i guess we want some details now, bob, about how much snow we could possibly get and exaly when and what is the chance it's not going to happen? >> i don't think there's going to be all that much. it will be a wet snow, too. so the roads right now, the temperatures in the 40s. outside today, this is for you, vance. there is this man walking along. where is he walking? to see halle berry. >> of course. >> oh, bob, come on, man. >> outside, our high temperature today made it up to 47 degrees. once again, the low temperature, well above freezing. if we even get a tenth of an inch of snow t will mean that we're setting a new record. our february snowfall now is 32 inches. that's equal to two years, about two winters' total. 44 degrees in washington. look to our west, though. the 20s. this is still a wintry pattern. even jacksonville right now is chilly. eventually, the dew points in the 20s. when we do get the precipitation, it is coming in now. it will be changing over to some sleet and then some snow later on tonight. the latest storm, there is one up in eastern new england. here's the latest one that's forming off the north carolina coast. that's going to come up to coast and then because of an upper-level whirl in the atmosphere, if you will, that is going to close off and become quite an intense storm in eastern parts of pennsylvania and new york state. and before then it's going to be spreading a lot of sno also up into new york state. the main impact for us from this storm will be some strong winds. there have been some strong winds already off the coast. winds out at ocean city and even at the mountainsf west virginia i think could be 40, 50 miles an hour. arlington, virginia, right now 40 degrees. you can see down in north carolina, there has been some rain. down there, some wind gusts, too. overnight tonight, watch that area of storminess off the carolina coast. it will stay well off the coast, but throw back enough moisture that we'll see cold air coming in and even any rain showers that we see out there right now and there they are coming in for folks into fredericksburg and into southern maryland. even there, it will behanging over to sleet and snow as we go through the evening. by tomorrow afternoon,hat storm, as you can see, really becomes very, very intense. as it does, the winds will really increase tomorrow night. we could be seeing winds 30, 40 miles an hour. and left-over moisture still rotating around that storm. even late tomorrow, tomorrow night, especially cross northern maryland there will be some snows. by 7:00, some rain showers. then as we get into thid night, changing to sleet, some light snow, light snow. there may be a little patch of moderate snow. i don't think it will accumulate too much. there will be moderate to heavy snows out over the del marva tomorrow. anything after 10:00, 11:00 should be minimal, but the winds will be increasing. right now around washington, a dusting to a couple of inches. you folks in culpepper and fredericksburg may not be such of anything. on the other hand, up toward baltimore, the upper part of the eastern shore, and around kent island, maybe as much as four inches. and then six to eight inches is possible out over spots like wilmington, delaware, and on up into eastern pennsylvania. so look for some light snow in the morning. temperatures still for the most part above freezing. tomorrow afternoon, tomorrow evening, ough, we might see some lingering snow showers. no big accumulation. the winds will really be increasing. that will be the feature you'll notice tomorrow. by friday, temperatures staying only in the mid-30s. i think there could be passing snow flurries and snow squalls. certainly enough to whiten the ground where it isn't white already on friday. even lingering flurries into saturday. then into next week, partly sunnily with temperatures still below average. the average high in march is now in the low 50s. we'll get back to those low 50s one of those days. not a maj storm for us but strong winds tomorrow evening and tomorrow night. there could be power outages because of the winds. >> thank you, bob. still coming up on our broadcast, with more winter weather headed our way, how road crews are getting ady. liz will be in with information on how to get ready for the possibility of power outages caused by those winds. and a middle school student in montgomery county who was allegedly escorted out of her classroom by police after refusing to stand for the pledge of allegiance. and a snowboarder got caught in the middle of an avalanche. coming up in sports, a huge olympic hockey game. it will be russia taking obcn canada. plus, georgetown getting big against louisville. "news4 at 6" continues. back now with our top story for this half hour. people preparing for the possibility of some snow tonight and tomorrow. >> after a month in which we've already seen two blizzards, road crews are on stand-by again. tom sherwood reports. >> reporter: in the blizzard of 2010, motorists in the city were stunned to get $250 tickets for being parked in the no-parking emergency zone. >> $250. >> reporter: so far this month, the district has written 7,363 snow emergency tickets. each one $250. for a total of nearly $2 million to the city. as some snow still lingers from the blizzard of 2010, weary city citizens are resigned to new predictions. >> i am very tired. i hate the word snow. >> reporter: although not like the blizzard, the district is preparing trucks to stand by tonight for whatever comes. >> i'm not looking forward to snow. let's make that clear first of all. but we really approach all of these storms, every snow event the same way. and so we're going to have a full deployment out tonight, even though we're not expecting a significant amount of snow. we'll have close to 200 pieces of equipment on the streets and we'll be ready to salt and plow as needed. >> reporter: if necessary, a snow emergency no-parking order will be announced, but not yet. >> the mayor will declare a snow emergency when there's a significant amount of snow that needs to be plowed. >> reporter: tom sherwood, news4, washington. and with high winds expected over the next few days, power outages could become an issue. liz crenshaw joins us now with more on how people can prepare for losing power. we'd rather not, liz. >> sorry, it can happen. being prepareicid is better tha not. assemble an emergcy storm kit. this includes a battery-powered radio or tv, a flashlight and a cooler for your food. make sure you have adequate prescription medications, folks. also keep at least a three-day supply of non-perishable foods and bottled water on hand. don't forget about a hand-operated can opener. if you do lose power, you'll want to prevent a power surge when the lights come back on. so if the electricity goes off, you want to turn off whatever you had on. we're talking about lights, computers, tvs, everything. just leave on one electric light and leave your refrigerator plugged in so there won't be a power surge when the power is restored. when you see that one light come back on, turn on your appliances one by one. now, we need to talk about telephones. a lot of folks have cordless phones in their homes. in a power outage, a cordless phone will not work. make sure you have one of those old-fashioned hard-wired telephones to make sure that you can make calls. if you lose telephone service altogether, your cellular phone is worth keeping up and running. and keep emergency phone numbers handy. they're kind of hard to find with a flashlight. one other key point to remember, if you bundled your cable, your internet, your phone, if you lose power you're going to lose all those lineof communication after that battery backup runs out of juice. so keep your cell foenls handy for those of you who bundled. back to you. >> okay. thank you, liz. the national transportation safety board continued its public hearing today into a deadly metro train crash on the red line. that crash happened back in june. nine people were killed. the testimony today focused on failure in metro's automatic train operating system. investigators believe a defective censor is what caused a train to slam into another train. documents show workers rebuilt the censors on the track just days before the accident. all this despite warnings tha it could be dangerous to combine parts from different companies to rebuild censors. family members of the victims in the crash who attended the hearing were outraged. >> this is lives. these are peoples' lives that were lost because of this. and anytime they take the same material they make the buses with and make the trains with, that says a lot within themselves. they are not doing their job. >> the ntsb is investigating other metro accidents. they include the deaths of metro crews working along the tracks at dupont circle, at eisenhower avenue and in rockville. it's also looking into the recent train deilment at mt. vernon square. tw men are accused of raping an 11-year-old girl in silver spring last night. the men initially approached the girl around 4:00 yesterday afternoon. the men reportedly encountered the girl in a park later that evening. police say they forced her into an apartment and raped her before letting her go. officers arrested the suspects. both are charged with rape. some controversy at a school in montgomery county because a student refused to stand for the pledge of aallegiance. it happened last month in germantown. the aclu says the 13-year-old girl's teacher made her go into the hall when the girl refused to stand during the pledge. when she refused to stand again the next day, the aclu says two school police officers escorted the girl into a counselor's office. the acting principal says the school has issued an apology to the family. an aclu lawyer hired by the family says it wants an apology from the teacher. >> under constitutional law under supreme court precedent, the student has the right to not stand regardless of whatever their reasons may be. the student and the family has asked in this case that we not reveal or discuss the reasons other than saying it was a personal reason. so we've chosen to leave it at that. >> the family of the 13-year-old has decided not to file a lawsuit against e school. coming up on our broadcast, we'll tell you about an unusual protest involving snowmen. some terrifying moments for a snowboarder who got caught in an avalanche. and a dog that's part of an avalanche response team in vancouver. stay tuned. our temperatures still in the 40s. we are getting some rain moving in. it is light rain, but even in richmond now it's also mixing with some sleet. you folks in fredericksburg seeing that. as we go through the night, we'll see some -- you get an idea, too, that this is going to be staying pretty much to t east of washington as we go through the nighttime hours. and also that's reflected in the winter weather advisory. not a warning, but a winter weather advisory for what could be maybe a couple of inches of wet snow. there is still the winter storm watch for northeastern maryland. those areas out in the del marva, closer to that storm track, are thenes that we'll be seeing. tomorrow morning our temperatures around town, probably staying at our above freezing. so the road should be in reasonably good shape. this is going to be nothing like the big storms we saw. i think a lot of places are going to be heading out into some light snow or some temperatures into the low 30s. and then by midmorning to noontime, the winds will really begin increasing. the total accumulations, a dusting to a couple of inches around the metro area. a bit more up into northeastern parts of maryland and the del marva. it will continue to snow tomorrow with the areas like wilmington, delaware, picking up perhaps six to eight inches of snow. but the main thing for us in washington will be the increasing winds. even if we get a couple of inches of wet snow on the trees and especially those ervergreen, there could be power outages. winds could be up to 40 to 50 miles per hour. back to you. >> thank you, bob. people in michigan came up with the creative way to protest a tax increase. there are now three dozen snowmen on the state capitol lawn in lancing. a group calling themselves common sense in government created the snow figures. the snowmen have, as you can see, sad or mean faces. they're holding signs with slogans don't raise our taxes, i'm mad and i vote. michigan faces a budget shortfall of $1.7 billion. over in slovakia, there's a snowboarder who recently had what might be described as the ride of his life. he got caught in an avalanche. the guy is actually a snowboard instructor. just for fun, he attached a camera to his goggles before this particular ride. he got going, he noticed the snow beneath him crumbled and he was in the middle of an avalanche. >> wow. >> that's scary stuff. the dude was lucky, though. despite the snow steering him towards some rocks, he was able to maneuver away. he was not injured. but he is -- well, he's -- that's tough. he's smiling. he probably thinks it's all fine. did that ever happen to you? >> no. thank goodness, man. that's -- you know, i just bought a jacket and i have avalanche detectors in all of these new high-tech ski jackets. it lasts forever. no battery, no nothing. >> that's not real comforting to me, actually. >> better than nothing. >> what have you got? >> talking a little hockey. it's not an avalanche, but it is the united states hockey team that could be skating towards a gold. maryland hoping for more magic at home tonight. and a local product, brian westbrook, on his future. maybe playing for his home-town team. "news4 at 6" continues. okay. i want to see it, but i need to make clear we cannot show you the u.s. hockey game today. we've got contractual things going in that regard. but i left with -- how much was left? about a minute or two left. >> yeah. did you leave when there was no score? >> the use was u 1-0. >> they added another goal. and they won. this was on our air right before he went on. we're allowed to talk about it. but this could be something really, really cool. there's never going to be another miracle onice, but the u.s. hockey team could be working on something special. they beat switzerland this afternoon to move into the semifinal round of the olympics. hockey has been one of the best parts of the vancouver games. there are plenty of caps involved. last night, the czech republic with an early 1-0 lead. how about this? thomas flishman. his first goal of the olympics. but latvia, that was the team they were playing. they came back to force overtime in the extra session. he scores the game-winner. the czech perrepublic into the quarter finals. they'll take on finland tonight with the winner to face team usa on friday. it's the canadians taking on germany last night. they made a switch in goal. luongo starting instead of martin brodeur. the canadian offense was right back on track. leading 3-0 in the second. eric staal, the pass to igig lala -- iginla. canada advanced. that sets up tonight's showdown with russia. this is an absolutely huge game. the question is who are the capitals rooting for tonight? much of the team, of course, is canadian. it is hockey, by the way. but they do have three guys on the russian team who play pretty big roles. >> it's going to be fun to be a fan of hockey tonight. it's going to be a fantastic game. i think a couple of the guys are going to come to my house and watch the game and see how the boys do. i'm canadian, so, you know, i'd like canada to win it. also, if -- you know, canada won it would mean our guys got more rest. i want our guys to do well, but back in washington now, my goal and our team's goal is toin the stanley cup. if we can limit the amount of games that our three russian players play it would be great. >> brooks is canadian. don't let him fool you. >> i've gone overt 100 different ways. being canadian, do you want them to win? do you want them to be tired for -- do you want the americans to win? do you want ryan miller to have to play every game? do you want the russians to win and our guys come back with a sense of knowing what it's like to win a championship and that feeling and to get it again? same with the swedes and the czechs. i don't know what the hell i want. i just -- i want what is happening is hockey is back. >> it's a great way to put it. a lot more attention being paid to hockey. but bruce is canadian, right? so if russia gets knocked out and his russian players come back home, all is good for bruce. let's be honest. >> he rests his russian guys. >> right. >> he's got that national pride. >> yeah. >> because that means everything to this group. >> yeah. he did a good job of explaining all these different options. either way, it works out. >> leave it to bruce. tells it exactly like it is. maryland in very good shape to make another trip to the ncaa tournament. the common thought is that if they win 2 of their final 4 regular-season games they will be a lock to head to the big dance. the challenge starts tonight at comcast center with clemson, a team that beat the terps earlier this season. it's a game gravis vac kzquez a the terps would like to forget. clemson cruised to a 62-53 victory. the terps now believe they're a much better team since that game a month ago and they're hoping to play at home in garyland and have a little momentum. >> it's hard for any team to win on the road. you know, if we -- our fans come up with the energy and we come up with the same energy as your fans and get the place rocking on wednesday so we can have the up side against clemson. >> we've been working hard to get better all the time. you know, this is one of the games where you find out if you have been improving. and obviously, this time of year any game is a big game, but it's a big game for both of us. >> that's tonight. georgetown went into last night's game with louisville cold. the cardinals were red-hot and it certainly showed during the first half. then something happened. that something, austin freeman. georgetown's leading scorer erupted for 24 points in the secondalf alone. and willed the hoyas to victory, their 19th of the season. the hoyas at freedom hall, never an easy place to play. georgetown, breaking the full-court press. jason clark drops it off right here. he gives it to the big fella, greg monroe. 16 points, 14 rebounds. second half, different game. the hoyas up by 12. look at this pass by monroe. are you serious? take another look. is it magic or is it monroe? man, that was nice. one of the best passing big men. the georgetown hoyas have ever seen. second half, it really belonged to austin freeman. wright drives, kicks it out to freeman. buet and the foul. freeman scored 29. 24 of those came in the second half. georgetown wins 70-60. up next, they host notre dame on saturday. football now. brian westbrook, the latest h h high-profile running back to get released. philadelphia cut ties with westbrook rather than pay him the $7.25 million he would be owed next year. he's not done with football just yet. in 2007, westbrook rushed for 1,300 yards and led the nfl with 2,100 yards from scrimmage. last season at fedex field, this play is what basically ended westbrook's season. he suffered a concussion when london fletcher landed a knee to the head. that was the last game westbrook was the eagles' featured back. now he looking for the right team and the right situation. what about the redskins, brian? >> yeah. definitely would be a huge thing for me to play with the washington redskins. it would be a huge dream come true to play with my brother. so, you know, i would love to see a washington redskin. and see how things go. >> i don't think these guys ought to be messing around with this. >> the hea injuries? >> yeah. he might have another year or two, but ten years down the line, what does he have to pay for that? i think the nfl is doing well to pay a lot of attention to these concussions. there are a lot of these guys, ten years later they're almost vegetables. >> and they're paying attention. they're coming up with new helmets. you'd like to see him walk aw. he's had a fine career. with the loss of josh howard to a torn acl, the wizards signed mike harris from the developmental league. he will be in uniform tonight. now, with all the bad luck the wizards have had this year, when it's all said and done they're hoping one of the bright spots will be andray blatche. blatche has stepped up to a level we've never seen from him before on a consistent basis. the 23-year-old averaging 25 points per game over the last four. more importantly, the wizards have won three of those games. flip saunders calls it the best basketball the team has played all season. blatche, one of the reasons why. his talent is tantalizing, but over his five years in the league, his improvement has been incremental. now after one week, it's a sample week, blatche is hoping to sustain his high level of play. >> he has had a different attitude from the standpoint of a more serious approach to the game. both prior to the game, during the game and after the game. now, for the first time he's shown for four games it's been the most consistent that he's been in his career, but that's just the beginning. now, as i've told him, when you start playing like this, now your expectations become higher. and not only that, when you're playing games, now teams are going to set their defense up to pretty much play, to defend you and stop you from going into your -- you know, your key moves and those things. but it's part of his whole progression. >> grizzlies at home tonight for the wizards. andray blatche trying to keep it up. >> thank you, dan. in the event of an avalanche, seconds matter for rescuers getting somebody trapped under the snow. that's why members of the avalanche rescue team are ready to go at the moment's notice in vancouver. phil rogers joins us live from the scene of the olympics. hi, phil. >> hi, doreen. you know, these ski patrol personnel do heroic work, but human beings can't see right into the snow. that's why rescue dogs are so important. they are valuable partners when seconds count. it is the most frightening event in the high country. an avalanche. if a human being is buried, veteran ski patrollers know the first half hour is critical. >> your chances of survival drop by about 80% if you're not found within that first 30 minutes. >> reporter: meet hector. this border collie was bred for avalanche rescue. he is relentless about what he does. >> and his job is to indicate where snow -- human scent is rising up out of the snow. my job is to recognize when he's giving me that indication. >> reporter: to elallow hector demonstrate, we buried a certain reporter under the snow. from there on out, out canine friend was all business. >> there you go. what a fine dog. >> reporter: hector knows that where he detects a human, that person just may have his favorite toy. that's what he's really looking for. the reason he attacks his job with such gusto. >> the experts so that an avalanche could happen at any time. for that reason, hector has to be ready to go at a moment's notice. >>ture makes that call. >> reporter: man's best friend, especially when every second counts. >> this is the best dog that i've ever worked with. >> good dog. >> very cool. >> that was phil rogers reporting. he did get out of the hole. dirk has been vindicated. for years he was the director of the museum in the netherlands. a painting of a french windmill, he insisted it was the work of vincent van gogh. other critics were skeptical. a number of paintings he turned out to be forgeries. but he remained convinced. finally, experts agreed to investigate and now 25 years after his death, they say he was right. the experts say a computer analysis shows the painting is, indeed, by van gogh. and they are convinced beyond any doubt. discoveries of unknown works by van gogh are exceedingly rare. only five new van goghs have been authenticated in the past 40 years. not that any of that is going to do dick any good now. >> i was going to say, they need to change his tombstone. i told you so. >> that's probably what he w