Overnight. Put policy in front of american citizens lives. It father of a hostage killed overseas calls out the Obama Administration a. Slick roads are still a concern tonight and into the morning. Machines commute could be a slow one. Storm team 4 meteorologist amelia seigel breaks down the Road Conditions and has a look current temperatures. Chris temperatures now for the most part are above freezing. Overnight, everybody will drop to below 32 degrees. Any snow that melted to, any sidewalks that werent cleared will turn to ice overnight. That could impact your machine morning. Heres your monday morning. Heres look at temperatures. Washington at the 42 degrees. The suburbs in the mid to upper 30s. As we take a look at future temperature across the area this is 1 00 a. M. Notice that the suburbs already starting to fall below that freezing mark. Washington still at 34. By 4 00 a. M. Just about everybody is below freezing. Were tracking icy conditions at the that point. And 8 00 a. M. , when youre stepping out the door, temperatures at that point in the mid to upper 20s. 28 degrees for those of you in washington. So the Road Conditions tomorrow morning, the main roads should be mainly fine. The concern, though is with the secondary roads and the sidewalks. If they werent treated, they could certainly be icy. After that, our focus turns to breezy conditions and falling temperatures because. Because of that the weather has a moderate impact on your monday. Wait until you see how cold its going to feel in your neighbor tomorrow afternoon and evening in my full forecast in just over ten minutes. You mentioned the roads. The School Closings and delays are already pouring in. Some School Districts will be on a twohour delay including fairfax, loudoun, anne arundel, and prince georges county. Schools in Frederick County virginia are on a onehour delay. You can download our nbc washington app, and well let you know about others as soon as they come in. All weekend, metro has been dealing with smoke incidents at several stations including the one where a woman died last month. The stations at Lenfant Plaza, woodley park foggy bottom, and rosalyn have all been affected by smoke. Passengers have been tweeting what they have seen smelled and heard in those tunnels. Darcy spencer is live in foggy bottom. Darcy, what are the riders telling you . Reporter well i was able to speak to a woman who was down inside the tunnel here at foggy bottom tonight. When she said she saw and smelled smoke, she described it as a white smoke. She said it kind of looked like a haze. Fortunately, she was able to get out. She said she was definitely concerned. Its all quiet here at the metro station tonight. But this of the second time the Fire Department had to respond here just this weekend. It was really smoky. You could smell it and see it. Reporter gale rankin got off at the foggy bottom metro station to catch a Kennedy Center shuttle and found herself in the middle of a smoke investigation. It the people getting off, we all noticed, everybody said, yeah its smokey in here. With the last incidents that happened it was a concern. Reporter there was a report of smoke in the tunnel between foggy bottom and rosalyn. Fire departments responded to both stations but it turned out to be some sort of maintenance problem. All trains will be coming and going on track two. Reporter trains were delayed for a while. Julie anne stennis is a George Washington student who was trying to metro to the library. She got off at metro center instead and walked to g. W. Because of the holdup. I was stopped at the metro Center Platform with the doors open. After sitting there for a while, i just got off. Who knows how long youll have to wait. Just this weekend, there we four incidents at metro stations. One at Lenfant Plaza involving a train with a mechanical issue. There were problems reported at the woodley park station and another at foggy bottom. It makes me want to get a car sooner. But as long as they have an evacuation plan which i dont k i think they need to work on it because if so many people are put in the hospital the last time obviously somethings not working. Reporter metro officials tell us tonight that the problem here at foggy bottom tonight was an arcing insulator. They also say that they tend to have more mechanical problems when the temperatures are low. Reporting live from northwest, darcy spencer, new. New at 11 00, pepco crews had to respond to more than a dozen smoking Manhole Covers today. They were spread out across the district and we found another tonight near and r street. A spokesperson said all the salt and ice on roads leaked into underground equipment causing the smoke. Earlier to witnesses heard a big boom coming from a manhole cover on the national mall. Pepco says that was caused by a transformer blowing a fuse. The combination of the blown fuse box and faulty underground cable cut power to thousands of people. Pepco says about 2,600 customers in the district were affected at some point. But at last check, power has been restored to all of them. A fla fire on top of a street car is prompting the distri to inspect the entire system. The car started sparking last night. The fire did go out on its own. Engineers tested the power system and everything checked out. Right now the street cars are only running simulated service. And mayor Muriel Bowser says street cars will only whoep its safe to do so. In southeast, a man and woman are recovering after someone shot them. Happened just before 2 00 in the morning on elvins road. A woman of shot in the face and a bullet grazed a man. The shooter is still out there. Al shabaab is responsible for the deadly mall attack in kenya. Now the terrorist group is making threats against malls here in the united states. As nbcs Kristin Welker reports, theyre already beefing up in one of the nations reporter at one of the worlds busiest shopping centers, the mall of north america in minnesota, there is extra security today. This after a video surfaced overnight showing shabab a somalibased terrorist group, calling for attacks against western malls including this one. I think when its a threat like that everyones extra on guard. Reporter the group claimed responsible for the 2013 attack in the Westgate Mall in nairobi, kenya. A reign of terror where more than 60 were killed. Today the secretary of homel officis are investigating the latest threat and urged vigilance from the public. I would say that if anyone is planning to go to the mall of americaed eded eded ed todd they have mall of america today, they have to be careful. Reporter he stresseded that people sho shopping. Im not telling people to not go to the mall. I think there needs to be an awareness, there needs to be vej lance, and you know be careful obviously. Reporter in a statement, the mall said we will continue to monitor events with the help of federal, state, and local Law Enforcement agencies. Meanwhile, shabab has also called for attacks against the west edmonton mall in canada and londons Oxford Street shopping area. Canadian officials addressed the threat in a News Conference late today. I feel west hampton mall is very safe. I also feel the community is very safe based on the nature of the threat we received. Reporter the group has been recruiting heavily including in minneapolis, near the mall of america, and a city with a large somali population. This is what this group does. And that is why weve been focusing not just on going after the evil of isis overseas but also the homegrown terrorism. Reporter a Senior Administration official says so far al shabaab has not shown an able to launch major operations outside east africa. What the new video does is it moves al shabaab from being a regional threat to putting them on the world stage in terms of threatening western countries in the united states. A young woman was killed while isis was holding her hostage. And now her father says the u. S. Government put policy ahead of american lives. The today show got an exclusive interview with kay muellers father. He has mixed feelings about the Obama Administration refusing to negotiate a ransom with the terrorists. We understand the policy about not paying ransom. But on the other hand, any parents out there would understand that you will want anything and everything done to bring your chile home. A lot of folks are talking about the story on line. We want to hear from you. Leave your comments on our nbc washington facebook page. Be sure to tune in tomorrow for the today shows full interview with Kayla Muellers family. At the white house tonight, president obama welcomed a lot of the nations governors including some who are eyeing his job. Mr. Obama made some brief remarks and led a toast to the Governors Association dinner. Wisconsin Governor Scott walker was there, just one day after the Washington Post reported that walker said he doesnt know if the president is a christian. Mr. Obama did not address that, but he did say hes committed to reaching across the aisle. Within this room were not going agree on everything. But i am committed to working with each and every one of you over the next two years to keep making progress. President obama plans to deliver remarks at the Governors Association tomorrow. Next at 11 00, it is hollywoods biggest night. News4 has you covered on everything oscar. Were going to look at the winners, the losers and the stars turning heads. Find out how to join the conversation on the buzz everyones going to be talking about tomorrow. The Road Conditions are certainly causing problems for a lot of drivers. But some had more luck than others. A local man captures a unique look at about 12 inches of snow. Youre just minutes away from a sports final so jampacked we may have to ask. Why the wizards offense stalls in detroit and makes their grumpy guy. Nascar spins around daytona to give a new kid a sbried new kid a ride to victory lane and what stefan diggs. The nfl combine to know ab. Spoiler alert. [ laughter ] moving with a host like Neil Patrick Harris how you can not open with a broad waystyle number . Anna kendrick and jack black joined him for a musical look at all the nominees. And right about now everyones on the edge of their seats to see which film is going win best picture. They already awarded the oscars for supporting roles. Patricia arquette was widely expected to win best supporting actress for her role in boyhood and she did. Then she made political comments that had fellow nominee meryl streep giving her a rousing applause. The best actor oscar went to j. K. Simmons for whiplash and made a speech for parents. Call your mom, call your dad. If youre luckiy enough to have a parent alive call them. Dont text. Dont email. Call them on the phone. Tell them you love them and thank them, and listen to them for as long as they want to talk to you. Thank you. Thank you you, mom and dad. [ applause ] wow. Words to live by. A lot of folks are talking about those lego oscars and Neil Patrick Harris nod to buryman when he appeared in his birdman when he appeared in his underwear. Tell us what you think on twitter and facebook and head to nbcwashington. Com where we have posted all of tonights best the oscars are just about over. You can still relive the big night. Weve got plenty of stories line and on our app including the oscar fashion faux pa of the past. Right now a lot of you are on facebook and twitter talking about who you think was best dressed on the red carpet. To find out who the experts thought stood out, go to our nbc washington app and search oscar. I saw John Travolta rocking the tux with no tie look. Im im not an expert on physician, but i think if youre going to wear a tuxedo, it calls for a tie. I quickly glanced over. Did he have like a necklace going on, too . Yeah. I dont know. That was no thank you. That jumped out at me. Back to us tonight, temperatures are already dropping out there. So tomorrow morning, anything that melted today is going to be ice tomorrow. Driving to work i saw a sidewalk that hadnt been treated. That is going to be a solid sheet of ice. Throughout the day tomorrow were not going to see melting. Were going to start off with temperatures in the upper 20s and then theyll slowly fall as the day wears on. Breezy conditions throughout the day means were dealing with a windchill factor. So here are your weather headlines. Slick spots tomorrow morning. Were already Getting School delays. Of course news4 today starts at 4 26. Toms going to have the latest weather conditions at that point. By tomorrow afternoon, its going to feel like temperatures are in the teens. And by the evening wait until you see how cold its going to feel when you factor in the winds. Overall this week, its a cold week. Believe it or not, our average high is now 50 degrees. Most High Temperatures this week are about 15 to 20 below normal. I values to say the Climate Prediction Center coming out with their latest report. It looks like well have below average temperature right on through the first week of march. So spring not looking to make an appearance any time soon. Temperatures now in the 30s and 40s. College park at freezing. Bowie close at 33. Annapolis at 32. Washington still coming in at 42 degrees. The school day forecast for tomorrow delays likely. Were already getting those in to the newsroom. Recess potentially indoors tomorrow. Not only because of the ice but the breezy conditions creating cold temperature outside. Dismissal feeling like temperatures in the teens. So heres the hourbyhour forecast throughout the day tomorrow. Starting off 7 00 a. M. A temperature of 28 degrees. At least well start to see some sunshine develop as the day wears on. Clouds do decrease. But its breezy and cold. Notice how the temperatures slowly fall as the day wears on. So 11 00 a. M. Mid 20s. 3 00 p. M. Were at 24. By the evening hours, temperatures are in the low 20s. Tell feel like theyre in the single digits. So want to walk you through the feelslike temperature in your neighborhood. This is at 4 00. Feeling like 8 in gaithersburg. 5 in hagerstown. 16 in culpeper. And 14 for those of you in washington. Heading into the later evening hours, it only gets worse by 8 00. Feeling about 8 in washington. 2 in gaithersburg. And 8 degrees over in easton. Its very cold tomorrow night. Its a cold start on tuesday morning. A High Temperature of 32. So not much melting on tuesday. Really the only day this week we could see medicaling will be on wednesday with the high of 41. Well then be dealing with more refreezing wednesday night into thursday morning. Thursday and friday, two cold days with High Temperatures only in the low 30s. Next weekend, 3 on sudden. Maybe some rain later in the day on sunday. Of course with many School Delays across the region for tomorrow Road Conditions continue to be an issue. As news4s derek ward shows, the snow and ice impacted people saturday as well as to reporter by morning, it was time to start undoing what the snowstorm had wrought. This doctor checking on patients. But the Critical Condition of the roads flatlined the trip home. I got stuck on river road. I left my car, was hoping that a big plow would hit it and id trade it for a now one. Reporter that didnt happen. By morning he was out reclaiming it from mother natures icy embrace. She doesnt up easily. Finally he got underway. He wasnt the only one whose trip had taken an unexpected turn. Plows were out putting the final touches on road that were slowly becoming more passable. And people started emerging from their winter shelter. Under the glare of a surprisingly warm midday sun. I think i am actually overdressed right now. Reporter by midday this is what you had little bit of spring. But people arent fooled. They know its not going to last. Were trying to get the ice off of the sidewalk so it doesnt freeze over that. Reporter in the meantime these little ones found enough to play around in. And this man was with his daughter who was getting a bicycle ride in while she could. I was trying to keep up you but i couldnt. Reporter she like was obviously taking advantage of this mini thaw while it lasts. I think this is getting colder. Its all going to freeze again. Its going to be the same tomorrow probably. Reporter thats right. Spring doesnt show up until march 20th. Hang in there. Derek ward ill be out there. More than 300 voices lifting up in musical tribute to dr. Martin luther king jr. Concert was held tonight at the Kennedy Center. The Choral Arts Society of washington and the washington performing arts sponsored the event. He sang spirituals and h. I. M. S about the triumph of the human spirit. And civil rights icon and baptist minister reverend ct vivien was presented with the 20 today chinatown came alive at the sound of firecrackers as the Chinese New Year parade made its way through d. C. This years sign represents homeownered animals like sheep, rams and goats. Some chinese families try avoid having children in the year of the sheep because they consider it bad luck. 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If you like grinditout basketball where the high scorer only gets 13 points 13 . Have we got a game for you. I love it. Virginia theyre without one of their top players in justin anderson. Somehow, some way, the cavaliers keep on winning. The second rank team in the country showing everyone why theyre such a complete team. Fans pumped up at John Paul Jones arena tonight. The cavaliers hosting florida state. Second half action scary moment here. Malcolm brogdan and london perentez collide. How about that still down on the ground. Watch it one more time. The starting backcourt collide heads, brogdon returned. P perentez did not. Just over three minutes to play the cavaliers clinging to the fourpoint lead. And look who it is brogdon with the huge bucket. He had four suspense. Virginia wins 5141 to improv to 251 on the season. Up next a visit to wake forest on wednesday. Nba. Randy whitman and the wayards visiting the detroit pistons. First quarter, its the new guy. Ramon sessions driving and finding the reverse layup. Session has five assists, send points. Add 24 to that. Just over two minutes to play in the first half. Off this detroit miss john wall is running, speeding down the court. Finds butler for the bigtime jam. He had the doubledouble. Wizards led by five at halftime. The second half detroit just took over. Pope made six three pointers in the game. He had 26 points. Detroit, they beat the wizards 10689. The wiz dropped seven of their last nine games. Alex ovechkin and the capitals visiting the flyers. Caps down 20 to start. Second period, things getting chippy between the teams. Thats janon chimera and jack renaldo him on the chin. Caps down 21 at this point. That fight may have sparked the team. The equalizer here puts that puck on net. It scores 14th goal. Were all knotted up at two. Later on, same score. Just over four minutes to play. Cant get control of the puck. The flyers to. To michael delzado. Fires what turned out to be the game winner. Flyers topped the capitals 32. The caps their fourgame winning streak comes to an end. Coming up tonight on sports final, joey logano wins the daytona 500. Well show how he did it. Dianna russini catches up with newly retired ryan clark at the combine. And what was the ultimate factor in hanging up the cleats. Plus a guy leading the league to one about to join. Former maryland star stefan diggs breaks down his highlight reel and explains why hes ready for the next one. I think his skill levels going to translate well to the nfl. A lot of people saying hes probably a third okay, i need a better pizza. One made with only real cheese. A pizza my family will love. announcer freschetta naturally rising crust pizza. Freschetta. Made better to taste better. What it look like to get nearly a foot of snow in under 14 hours . Something like this. Bradley stelzer captured this video in frederick using his ipad between 9 00 in the md at night. It shows how fast snow piles up as a 12inch wine bottle quickly disappears. Completely covered upper all that winter storm. Boy, something to see. If you didnt get out and chop up the ice, its going to be difficult tomorrow because it only gets colder. Were not talking about nilting tomorrow. Well start with a temperature around 29 degrees. Temperatures slowly fall throughout the day. What youre looking at is how it will feel throughout the day. Not only do temperatures fall but its breezy as well. Around the midday hours, in the teens. By evening hours, 7 00 p. M. Feeling like only 8 degrees. So the snow the ice, its not going anywhere. Slick tomorrow morning. Even tomorrow afternoon. 30 then 32 on friday. Thats it for us tonight. Sports final is up next. Have a great nig. Do not be alarmed. Sports final will save you. Caps flame out in philly while the wizards let down in motown. We play the last couple of minutes of quarters like its the pickup game. If they get more than three plays on the first round, theyll have to take me out calls it a career and gives his prognosis for jay gruden and rg3. Jay had to answer questions. You think youre the best wide receiver in . Yes, i feel that 100 . Takes center stage at the combine. This shows got some pop. And it starts right now. Welcome in to sports