B. Right now, d. C. Is taking heat because of communication problems during the metro underground emergency. Tonight mayor answers critics. Flames tear through a complex and reduce homes to rub m. How hoarding may have played a role in the fire. And more toll roads inside the beltway. The plan in the works and how you can sound off the top at 11 00, accumulations of snow sleet, and ice. They are all possibilities as we get ready for another blast of winter weather. And this one could affect your monday morning commute. Meteorologist a mealia siegel has more on when the heaviest snow could fall and where. Chris, were looking at rain and snow showers to arrive in the area tomorrow evening. The counties here in blue this includes western loudoun, western Montgomery Frederick county and northern Howard County is under a winter storm watch. This beginning tomorrow and runs through monday evening. Like i said rain and snow arrives tomorrow night. This will likely cause delays in spots monday morning. Were continuing to track this storm. Still trying to figure out the exact timing and amounts of snowfall across the area. Here with future weather. As it arrives, notice temperatures freezing. Once we got to 2 00 a. M. The areas in the watch drop to below freezing and snow starts to accumulate there. How much could you see in your neighborhood . Ill let you know coming up in 15 minutes. Thanks. You can stay ahead of the storm with alerts from our storm team 4 weather app. News4 today is going to start at 4 00 a. M. Monday morning and l keep you posted on School Closings and whats happening on the roads during the morning commute. 20,000 worth of stolen shoes, clothes, and kitchen appliances. Thats what investigators is a i they found this this mans home last night. Maryland state Police ArrestedRonald Palmer along the eastern shore. They say he was a contract driver with jcpenney. The fbi worked with the stores Theft Prevention unit. After they discovered he may have used trailers to haul away stolen goods. They found a tag sensor remover in his home. Tonight, 18 people are out of their homes after flames ripped through their apartment building. The fire broke out this morning in green bell. A case of hoarding may have fueled those flames. Reporter fire forced six families to run out of the chelsea wood condominiums on green belt road with little more than the clothes on their backs. We had this loud bang on the door. We opened the door and it was just smoke coming out. So everybody just grabbed their coat and we ran out. Reporter the two alarm blaze broke out just before 5 00 a. M. When many of the residents in this threestory building were sleeping. We woke up because we were smelling smoke. And we grabbed my son and i went ahead and knocked on all the peoples doors so they could get out. This is a devastating fire. Fortunately no one was seriously injured. One resident was taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation. Reporter the injured resident described as a man in his 80s climbed out of a window to safety. Prince georges firefighters say the fire started in his terrace level condo where possible hoarding conditions existed and made it tricky to knock down the flames. In the aftermath, you can see a large amount of charred belongings inside. That amount of materials is nothing but fuel for the fire. The fire grew in intensity very quickly. And rapidly extended up to the upper floors. We just thank god that were out. Life is more important than properties. The condominiums insurance properties will take care of all the structural damage done here but the 18 people forced out are on the hook for all of the loss of their personal property. Tonight theyre looking for a place to go after this mornings rude awakening. And the red cross and loved ones are stepping up to h investigators in annapolis plan to resume their search tomorrow for the sixth and final person killed in that mansion fired. They recovered five bodies. Todays search was unsuccessful. Still not clear how the fire started. But it was massive. It burned a 16,000square foot home to the ground. New tonight, learning of a prostitution bust that went down last night not far from the Washington Convention center. D. C. Police tell us 25 people were arrested during the operation and that the third districts vice unit made those arrests. Most of the people were given a citation and court date before being released. D. C. s mayor fired the latest blast in an escalating dispute with metro over what went wrong at the plaza. Today we spoke with him about who is to blame for the delayed response to an underground electrical fire. Reporter metro Officials Say the district was partially responsible for communication breakdown in the tunnel. I dont think we have it quite right were the mayor says the d. C. Fire department have been test new digital radios for months and told metro there was trouble at the reception at this station. Thats how we determined that there was a problem in plaza days before this incids fixg the signal had to be done by metro. In fact our Fire Department and our Homeland Security department believe it was equipment that is located in the tunnels. Reporter passengers were trapped, choking for 35 minutes on a yellow line train. The mayor defended the Fire Department some said they made a mistake by going to gallery place. Firefighters didnt go to the wrong station. They were called to gallery place. That was where the first call came from. Reporter she says they responded to that call and le fant where the spoke actually was. Metro Officials Say the only impartial investigation is being done by the ntsb. The federal agency will likely reach some conclusions when it releases its final report. We have posted the d. C. Homeland security report on our website. You can read it for yourself at nbcwashington. Com. Isis is making new demands tonight after this online image appears to confirm the at the time of one of its hostages. The terrorist group kidnapped two japanese men and demanded 200 million to let them go. That deadline passed on friday. Isis put out a new video demand that jordan release a female suicide bomber who attacked hotels there in 2005. President obama left for ipdia today but plans to cut his trip short to stop in saudi arabia. On tuesday the president and mrs. Obama will fly to rihad. The king died friday. Schedule willing shift underscores how important the saudis are to u. S. Policy in the middle east. Still to come fighter jets scramble to escort two commercial airliners. What forced down the planes and what if anything they found onboard. There was a whos who in gop politics. What brought the candidates to iowa more than a year before the president ial caucus. And a parking garage caves, technology has improved our lives, in small ways. In big ways. But what about this . Couldnt this be better too . At redfin we asked ourselves the same question. Which led us to create new ways to take you inside a home or instantly schedule a tour. But we paired that with our own agents who arent paid on commission but on your happiness. And thats what makes it all work the world has changed and now real estate has too. A parade of republican president ial hopefuls are testing the waters in eye eo. Oh what. The caucuses are still a year away but today they heard from politicians with their eyes on the gop nomination. Some big names. Took the stage at the iowa Freedom Summit including new Jersey Governor Chris Christie ted cruz and former governor rick perry. New at is second quarter, a snowplow driver managed to walk away from this after parking garage collapsed underneath him. If driver was clearing the top deck in new jersey. Investigators say a a combination of the heavy snow and the weight of the plow itself caused it to cave in. The driver was shaken up but not seriously hurt. Federal officials have given the all clear in atlanta after two credible bomb threat thes forced two airplanes to land. Inspectors didnt find any explosives on the planes but earlier today Authorities Say they did receive threats targeting both flights. The military scrambled fighter jets to escort them to atlantas airport. Passengers were evacuate and put on other flights. Next at 11 00, a winter storm could bring up to three inches of snow in our area. When youve got something to share, you need upload speed. And only verizon fios gives you upload speeds. As fast as your download speeds. And the fastest wifi available from any provider. Period. So join the millions who get the difference fios makes. And see how sweet it is. Call the Verizon Center for customers with disabilities at 800. 974. 6006 tty v new at 1 second quarter, proposal that could radically change the way you travel inside the beltway. Transportation officials want to ease congestion on i66 and one of the ideas under consideration, charging drivers in virginia. As news4 reports its all part of a bigger strategy to improve traffic flow. Reporter i66 heading west from the beltway. At night, smooth sailing, almost pleasant. During rush hour the difference is well, black and white and day. Vdot is looking at ways to make it more common regardless of the time of day. One idea thats getting a lot of attention, high occupancy lanes, toll lanes. Lexus lanes. They call them that too. Its sort of like weve seen on stretch efrs of the beltway, express lanes where you pay a fee to speed your commute. Time is valuable. Quality of life i would pay a nominal amount to get going home a lot faster. Reporter the idea is catching on the transportation planners all over the country, though not necessarily with motorists all over the country. Im from georgia. And they actually tried that where you actually pay at head and depending on certain amount of miles they charge you. And ended up not really working out. I mean, me, personally i probably wouldnt. But i know some people would because they travel over there from the west and everything where they could live a little cheaper. Reporter opinions about the idea can also vary like night and day. Your first chance to talk publicly about turning night into day on 66 will come monday here at oakton high in vienna. All right. Well i guess everybodys got their eye now on whats going to happen. Is sunday night or monday morning, maybe a little bit of both . Thats when it all moves in. Looks like the monday morning commute will be a slowgo. Delays are likely. Cancelations are possible. This is a storm system were doing to continue to track and update. Th forecast is not set in stone. We still have good 24 hours before we start to track rain and snow moving in to the area. You do want to stay tuned for updates. Ill be back in tomorrow morning. Chuck and doug will be in tomorrow evening. Of course news4 today will begin at 4 00 a. M. On monday bringing you the latest updates. Here are the weather head likes right now. Winter weather arrives late tomorrow night and run through monday night. Theres a chance we could see a few additional snow showers on tuesday. Our active pattern continues with the chance of more rain and snow thursday night into friday for the upcoming week. Temperatures right now are in the 30s and 40s. Washington coming in at 40. The suburbs will drop to below freezing tonight. There could be icy spots from the rab wein we had earlier today. At 7 00 a. M. Limited sunshine. A temperature around 33. After that limited sun, its cloudy. Not too bad for temperatures. A high of 47. Thats above average most of your sundays dry. Good day to get the groceries. 7 00 p. M. Rain and snow will start to move in. A temperature in washington at that point of 43. Now, this is our system here impacting parts of iowa and parts of missouri. This is going to continue to track on into the area. All eyes on it 4 00 a. M. When news4 today is starting monday morning. Notice the snow inside the d. C. Metro area. And the Northern Neck. We continue to track snow potentially heavy at times, especially in that winter storm watch. Parts of montgomery loudoun, frederick counties. 8 00 a. M. Tuesday, still potentially snow in the area. Delays are still possible on tuesday morning. My initial snow totals forecast this is by monday night around midnight d. C. Metro, one to three inches. Southern maryland and Northern Neck an inch or less. The areas under the winter storm watch as Prince William county three to six inches. Areas back to the west could see isolated amounts, over five inches. You can find this on my facebook and twitter pages. Of course ill continue to update the forecast there as well. A High Temperature on monday of 37 degrees. 40 chance of snow on tuesday. A high of 33. And then the chance of some more rain and snow on friday chris, with a High Temperature then around 38. Thanks a lot. Still ahead, alex showing off the skills at the allstar competition, coming here we are a week later, people still asking how did those balls get deflates . We learned a lot today. I dont know if this is a press conference or standup comedy act from Bill Belichick. Super bowl xlix is shaping up to be an outstanding game. Patriots offense averaging 40 points a contest postseason while seat is giving up the fewest points in the league all year long. Instead of talking about the actual game deflated footballs have taken over the conversation. Its the scandal that just wont go away. Deflategate. Today, patriots head coach Bill Belichick talked with reporters and said over the last week hes learned more about footballs and the Science Behind air pressure than he ever has before. He also says his team followed every nfl rule. As far as i know and everything that i can do we did everything as right as we could do it. And we welcome the leagues investigation in this matter. Im not a scientist, im not an expert in footballs, im not an expert in football measurements. Im just telling you what i know. I would not say that im mona lee savido. If you ever seen my cousin vinnie that last line is out standing. Well played. Super bowl xlix is this tuesday, the teams fly out on monday. Lets move on to hockey now. Alex ovechkin and others put on a show for fans in columbus tonight. The allstars skills challenge taking place and ovi brought out the bag of tricks. Having too much fun. On the break away challenge, ovechkin getting teed up by the blues vladimir. He swings and misses. Baseball style. But naturally he goes to bigger stick. Roberto luongo helps him out but that didnt help either. On the fast shaft challenge. Ohvechkin would fire a rocket here. Ovi in first place in this competition so far. That was until shea webber came along of the predators. Barry trout is his former captain. He almost sent the puck through the net. 108 miles per hour. Second fasters ersest ever in this event. Ovechkin finished second place but his team did take the crown in the allstar challenge. You can watch the game on nbc sportsnet. Moving on to the hardwood. The wizards trying to move on after a tough loss at home to Oklahoma City a few nights ago. Theyre on the west coast for a fourgame road trip. Taking on portland. Wizards with their First West Coast road trip of the season starting out pretty good in the first quarter. Off the miss. Hes running. All the way for the flush. Got off to a hot start. Up 132. Later in the quarter. Under five seconds to play john wall somehow gets this shot to go before the buzzer. Wall wizards up 12. Right now they lead by ten to start the third quarter. Lets go down a level to college basketball. Fans fired up in wisconsin. Georgetown taking on marquette. Final minute of regulation. Hoyas up by three. Wilson ties the game with that ball. Georgetown not trying to head to overtime. Pass inside to the big man down low, joshua smith is fouled. Thrown to the ground. He did make two big free throws. Georgetown goes up by two. Golden eagles not going away. Matt racing down the floor. That bucket is good. His foot was on the line. Just a twopointer. Tied at 8181. Headed to overtime. In o. T. These two trading blows. Wilson the freshman had a great game. 26 points for him. Marquettes up by two. Georgetown just kept battling. Tray campbell with the corner three. Georgetown went on the beat marquette 9585 in overtime. George washington they have won 24 of their last 25 home games dating back to last season. Conials hosting ducane. Here savage. Reverse layup this is good. G. W. Out to a 209 lead. Fans are pumped up at the smith center. He had game high 20 points. Second half, gw continues to roll here. Nice cut by joe mcdonald. Easy layin. 7459. Gw wins. Colonials stay undefeated at the smith center this season. Playing at home is just completely different. I think the Home Court Advantage that we have here is something unique with the Colonial Army and the faps give us a lift, a little extra push. These guys have done a great home run undefeated this year. Its early in the season. So win or lose tuesday weve got a long ways to go. Maryland mens baskel plays tomorrow. Northwestern also. The pro bowl taking place in the nfl. Good look. Snow may be in the forecast but thous of people are thinking warm thoughts as they willingly jumped into the chilly chesapeake bay. There they go. About 7,000 people in annapolis took part in the Polar Bear Plunge today. Raises money for the maryland special olympics. Since 1997 they have raised more than 20 million. That looks absolutely frigid out there. Got to [ cheers and applause ] welcome to inside the nfl. Im greg gumbel the human