Involved actually. Reporter couplings is out on 35,000 bond and an order issuing cease and desist has been place here on this home they are not allowed to operate a day care here any longer. Live in upper marlboro, im tracee wilkins, news4. Another big story we have been following today, a successful knee surgery for robert grinch the third. Rg3 had two ligaments repaired today and he tweeted out before the surgery, see you guys next season. Straight to dan hellie. Let the recovery begin. Depending on how talk to the Recovery Process could last anywhere from six to 12 months. The surgery lasted about five hours and took place in pensacola, florida, this morning. Doctor James Andrews performed the surgery and recently released the following statement. 4 griffin will remain in florida to start his rehabilitation. Doctors say the initial six to eightweek period is crucial and could dictate whether griffin recovers on the short or the long side of the six to 12month timeframe. Today, we caught up with redskins safety madea williams who has no doubt the teams quarterback will be back on the field. I think with his work ethic, he is one of those special guys, just like adrian peterson. Robert works hard. Obviously, for him to be one of the top quarterbacks in his rookie jeer a test tonight his work ethic and dedication. I dont put anything past him. I expect him to be ready to go within the timeframe that doctors have plans for him. Now, one interesting part of that statement is they said the 2013 season, the doctor did not say the start of the 2013 season. So, thats rather wide spectrum. Wendy . All right, dan. He is out of surgery but a lot of questions remaining about how these injuries are going to impact his ability to play next season. Doreen gentzler is here with more details on these types of knee injuries. The knee joint has four main ligaments that keep the shin and the thigh bones connected. To injure one of them and you will probably be side lined for a while and that can mean real problem it is you are a star nfl quarterback. Say rg3 has tears in his anterior cruciate ligament, his acl. Thats the legment that prevent the shin and thigh bones from sliding. Doctors say thats common injury and it heals well noninvasive surgery. The stribl also tore his lateral collateral ligament, his lcl, located on the outside of the knee joint and this one prevents the knee from bowing out. Doctors tell us that the lcl has to be repaired with an open surgery, which means a long recovery. It could also have longterm implications on the knees mobility thats a big concern for a star quarterback like rg3. Does make things more complex. And its not the routine acl reconstruction that players have all the time. The wildcard in this is having the late really side done as well. And its a bit more unpredictable when you add that lateral side. If anybodys gonna get back to full, it would likely be rg3, given what kind of shape he is in preoperatively. Doctors tell thanks rg3s previous acl surgery, the one he had when he was playing at baylor in 2009, should not impact his recovery this time. Rather, its that tear in the lcl thats really going to play a big role in whether he will be ready for the beginning of next season. Wendy, jim . Thanks, doreen. At least 11 people were seriously hurt this morning in new york when a commuter ferry slammed into a dock. Dozens of others were hospitalized for minor injuries. The ferry arrived from new jer bill is 8 45 this morning and it didnt stop, sending people flying across the boat on impact. Paramedics spent hours treating dazed passengers on the pier and the company that ounce the ferry says all crew members tested negative for alcohol. The National Transportation safety board is investigating. Today, Vice President joe biden suggested president obama might take executive action on gun control, but biden said no decision has been made on what that action might be. The comment was made during the meeting with gun safety advocates, one of a series that bind will hold as he considers ways to curb gun violence. He noted that the mass shooting that killed 20 first graders in connecticut last month has profoundly touched the nation. [ inaudible ] tomorrow, the Vice President meets with members of the National Rifle association you walmart and other gun rights advocates. Several new gun measures are on the agenda for virginia lawmakers who are back at work today. One of those proposals would allow teachers carry a gun in school. Julie carey is at the state house in richmond with these ho hotbutton issues. Jewels . Reporter since the Virginia Tech shootings five years ago, the virginia General Assembly has back battleground with clashes between gun control activist and right supporters. In the wake of the newtown shooting, both sides see a fresh opportunity this year to press their case for new legislation. For years, gun owners with guns at their side have been welcomed on the virginia Capitol Grounds and inside its buildings, a bill to limit that practice is one of several measures being introduced by lawmakers who believe in the wake of the Newtown School shooting, there is fresh call for gun control. He know we cant prevent every single tragedy but limit the numbers that occurred and the mass tran that we have seen in the past. Reporter Northern Virginia lawmakers are pushing bills to place new restriction and conduct more screening on those who want to bring guns into capitol buildings. There is also a bill requiring background checks on all virginia gun sales, even private ones, between individuals. He says right now, 40 of all gun transactions in the commonwealth take place without a background check. If you want to get into the market of selling guns, which can be quite dangerous, we want mo make sure we know who you are selling the guns to. Reporter yet another bill from state senator evan would require gun owners to report a stolen gun to police within 24 hours but gun rights activists draw a different message from recent mass shootings. They say gunfree zones, like schools, must be better protected. Prince William County delegate Bob Marshalls bill would arm teachers, administrators and even volunteers inside schools if they get special training. I got letters, emails from, you know, all around the state, from public schooladministrate exprincip administrateer administrateers, vice principals and others. This he dont want to be like sheep led to the slaughter. Maybe we ought to stop having the schools be a gunfree zone and make theme place where d defend their children. Selves reporter the other big issue this session, the governors Transportation Plan to scrap the gas tax andike the state sales tax throughtoraise more money for road and rails. Coming up on news4 at 6 00, what lawmakers are saying about that today. For now, reporting live from richmond, im julie carey, news4. Prince william delegate bob marshall introduced a bill that deals with contra accept eggs. It challenges obama cares requirement that says employers Insurance Programs have to cover birth control. Under marshalls bill, virginia employiers would be able to optout and not offer contraception coverage. Refires connecticut avenue and kensington, maryland will not be completed before the evening rush is over, the word tonight from the washington subis burr been a Sanitary Commission still trying to clean up from that mess onson mondays water main break. Southbound traffic on connecticut avenue still just one lane between noles avenue and saul road here. Officials expect the repairs to be completed before midnight. A mixed bag in the weather all around our region tonight. The latest from storm team four meteorologist kammerer. A big difference in temperatures out. There a huge difference in temperatures, depending on where you were. To the north, we were cold. To the south, quite warm. All those do with our frontal boundary. Our front came through fairly quickly today that brought that lot of cloud cover, even a few rain showers, see those moving through our region earlier, but take a look at the numbers, down to the south, richmond, 67 degrees around the richmond area, ocean city you 57. D. C. , only 49. Only 44 toward hagerstown. Air dwroous the north and west cooler across our region today a cool day for most of us, some of you did break out into sunshine and warmer temperatures. Right now you 48 at the airport, winds out of the southwest at 3 miles an hour. I will show you what the next system about to bring in. Still ahead on news4 at 5 00, a major step for one of the nations largest churches, the Washington National cathedral, opening its doors for samesex weddings. The doors dont open for hockey at the ver rise Reason Center for another couple weeks now, but ate rein sna already getting ready for our caps. And privacy versus safety you can the Supreme Court you can the Supreme Court hearing debate on b are you flo . Yes. Is this the thing you gave my husband . Well, yeah, yes. The name your price tool. You tell us the price you want to pay, and we give you a range of options to choose from. Careful, though that kind of power can go to your head. That explains a lot. Yo, buddy i got this. Gimme one, gimme one, gimme one the power of the name your price tool. Only from progressive. As part of a heart healthy diet. Thats true. But you still have to go to the gym. The one and only, cheerios. And now. You [ giggles ] the one and only, cheerios people could be forced to use ignition interlock dough sizes on their vehicles are, even on a first event if they are convicted of drunk driving. The city showed off new breastal breathalyzers today. Constituent had to throw out drunk driving cases because the machines were not correctly cal baited. Tom sherwood will show us what officials are doing to keep drunks off the roads. How far can police go to enforce drunk driving laws . The case went to the Supreme Court that weighs safety against personal privacy. Nbc justice correspondent Pete Williams is live outside the Supreme Court now. This is about getting blood tests without a warrant. Give us some of the background on this case. This case comes from missouri, a man was pulled over after its police saw him weaving down the highway. He failed the sobriety test. He couldnt walk and turn around. He couldnt stand on one leg. They asked him to take a breathalyzer, he said no they asked him to take a blood test, he said no he was taken to the hospital in handcuffs, subdued him and forced to give a blood sample without a search warrant. The aclu is representing him. They have appealed that to the Supreme Court here, the lower courts threw it out and the aclu stays is a violation of somebodys right against unreasonable searches to do something as intrusive as a blood test without a search warrant. The state of monsieur very asking the Supreme Court to rule that police never need a search warrant in the drunk driving cases because the Supreme Court has made exceptions in the past for police not needing a search warrant in evidence is being destroyed. The classic care you knock on the door, hear the drugs flushed down the toilet. The same is true here, they say because every minute that passes after the somebody leaves the bar, their body is metabolizing their blood alcohol and their blood alcohol is dropping and that should be enough reason to let the police do these tests without a search warrant. The white house has taken a stance on this issue, where does the president stand . Reporter right. Well, the Justice Department filed a brief here supporting missouri, saying the police should never have to do this. The Supreme Court seemed persuaded though, that 26 states ban a police getting these blood tests in runofthemill drunk driving cases without a search warrant. Maryland is one of those 26 states and it did seem from the argument today, the Supreme Court is not going to do what monsieur rained the Justice Department want them seem very skeptical that the police should have this power. They note that many of the states, those 26 state, dont seem to have a higher a lower conviction rate for drunk driving or any more problem getting drunk drivers are off the road, even though they did require search warrants and note in this day and age, many states, you can get these search warrants pretty quickly, even in the middle of the night. All right. A lot of people be following this one for months to come. Pete williams, thanks so much. Live at the u. S. Supreme court. Get a check of our forecast. The warm weather hasnt hit just yet. We are anticipating it. This was really the next week, really tough forecast. We are going to be right on the line between some very, very warm weather and some really cold weather and today, we were on the coomer side of things from the d. C. Area to north and west. Down to the south and east, did you get into that warmer air, thinking today, d. C. Would get around 57 degrees. We saw a High Temperature right around 50. So a little cooler than what i was expecting. Down to the south, well above that number. Right now sakt 48 degrees, a pretty nice evening, we are starting to clear out and we are actually seeing some sun before the sun went down just a couple of minutes ago. 48 degrees the current number, wind out of the southwest, 3 miles per hour. The wind not going to be a fact tore here. Wither going to see another cool night tonight but really, its gonna stay a little bit above average once again. Take a look at the numbers, 62 in fredericksburg, only 43 in frederick and in gaithersburg, so, a 20degree temperature difference. Look where the warm air was. To 56 degrees today. I thought the warm air would make it up here, i missed it about by 23 miles. Mmhmm. 23 miles. That was about it. I will tell you this, i think everybody is definitely going to get warm air the next couple of days. This evening, cloudy, chilly to the north, mild to the south, 37 to 49 degrees and some of you well south will senate 50s the next couple of hours. The radar seeing this system did thank did move through, shower activity, portions of st. Marys county, thats about t most air zwras see shower activity, the d. C. Metro area, portions of maryland this system moving on out. You can see whats happening behind it the clearing skies, that will allow temperatures to cool overnight tonight. The frontal boundary moves through, the mild air we saw to the south will drift across our area tomorrow. Tomorrow, a day similar to what we saw around the metro region, a mixture of sun and clouds. I think temperatures around that 50degree mark. Rather mild this time of year. Once again, the afram High Temperature is 43. We were well above that even though today was fairly cool. Friday, still mild, going to be watching this frontal boundary, this will be a warm front give us a chance of showers late in date on friday, not a big chance of rain, but a chance of rain nonetheless, this warm front will move through overnight on friday and the weekend is looking extremely warm as you move through the next couple of days, we told you about that the jetstream really changing bigtime cold air to the west. For us, nice and mild, temperatures get into the 50s and 60s by the weekend. Tomorrow morning, a few clouds, chilly, temperatures 28 to 35 degrees. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15. See a little bit in the way of a wind chill tomorrow morning. By tomorrow afternoon now, warming up to 50 degrees on a partly sunny skies, 52 on friday, a 50 chance of rain late in the day. Saturday and sunday, look at that 63, saturday. 68 on sunday. I also went 70 for sunday because thats how much warm air is moving in. Staying warm on monday and cooling off as we make our way toward tuesday and wednesday. The start of next week, thats when we start to see things go back down. Four days to turn that into a seven, okay . Im working on that. Trying hard. Coming up on news4 at 5 00 tonight, coming clean who lined up a major tv interview with former Tour De France champ Lance Armstrong . It is one of the most common crimes in Montgomery County and police say it is so very preventable. And a local High School Basketball player who nearly lost his dream until he got serious in the c hire heres a welcomed sight for hockey fans. The Verizon Center gearing up for games. Laying down the ice surface and laying out the caps logo. Barring snags and lockout deal, a 48game season is expected to begin next sunday. We are ready. It is looking good down there and dan is here with a story of a local hoops star who knows that academics and basketball are not are absolutely compatible. They go hand in happened in terms of trying to get to the next level. For basketball star, josh hart, going through Wheaton High School to sidwell friends was a massive adjustment. Not just on the court but in the classroom. After trials and tribulations that included getting kicked out of school, these kind of things many people wouldnt overcome, hart has and he is thriving at the elite private school and soon be headed to one of the premiere College Basketball programs in the country. Zachary kiesch has the story. Reporter if its true that the journey is its own reward, sid well friends senior point guard josh hart has a leg up on the competition. When hart arrived on the sid well campus in upper northwest d. C. As a wiry sophomore, his game was well seasoned. Unfortunately for hart, his study habits were a little less polished making sid wells rigorous code of conduct and education a stretch, at best. I wasnt used to tennyson, classic classics, i wasnt used to the workload and demand of students. Reporter where the obamas send their two girls, where parents shell out big money for their children to become world leaders, not league mvps. After one year, hart was shown the door. As jr. Was faced with finding a new place to get an education you can the schools head master was flooded with hundreds of letters, emails, phone calls, all asking to give josh a second chance. Not josh the baller though, josh the person they had grown to love. I give my head of school a lot of credit for having the courage. A lot of faculties. Like i said, not just only the families in the community you can the kids, but people from within that had to make this happen as well. Kids love him, teachers love him, took him a while to get into sidwell. He loves candy and keeps a bag in his socks of skittles. A bag in his socks . Skittles. Trick or treat bag. Tube socks. Whats that lump in your sock . Still ahead on news4, who gave you the flu . A new appfacebook. Why the fiscal cliff could affect when you get your tax refund this year. Maryland must raise money dre raise hundreds of millions to ease traffic congestion. This is chris gordon in annapolis. A 19yearold day care employee under arrest tonight accused of child sex abuse or abuse after a witness captured an incident on video. Jonathan desmond couplings is charged with physical child abuse and Second Degree assault. That Second DegreeAssault Police also say the Day Care Center was not licensed and is now shutdown. Tonight, doctors are hopeful that robert griffin, iii will be ready to play again next season. He had knee surgery this morning in pensacola, florida and late today, his doctors said that surgery went well. Griffin sprained his right knee last month and reinjured it again on sunday. Virginia lawmakers kicked off a new legislative session today. They will tackle several gun bills. One would allow some teachers and School Administrators to be specially trained to have a gun in school. Another would require background checks on all virginia gun sales, even private ones. Now lets fast forward to the weather. Doug . You look to the north, you stayed on the cool side. Down to the south, much warmer. Everybody saw the cloud cover. Take a look at the temperatures the north. How about 43 in frederick, maryland. 44, hagerstown. Those were the High Temperatures. And 63 down toward fredericksburg. Pax river, 62. Washington is 7 above average. Aboveaverage temperatures last longer but show you when they may be coming back down. Maryland drivers could soon see the first gas tax hike in decades. The General Assembly opened its legislative session today and looking at the increase as a way to pay for it. Chris gordon is live with details on the gas tax plan. Chris . Reporter no one likes to raise taxes and there are plenty of lawmakers here in annapolis ready to fight against gas tax or sales tax increases. But the governor today said that maryland and virginia has the worst traffic in the country and something has to be done about it. As the maryland General Assembly begins its 90day legislative session, local leaders pushing their toppriority. Can i mention transportation twice . Would than allowable . The make thing from prince georges, charles, frederick county, month comery. We need to move people so we can grow economiclism. Reporter maryland needs hundreds of millions to improve highways and bridges and try to ease traffic congestion. Governor Martin Omalley says the state has not raised the gas tax since 1992, but a gas tax hike would be extremely unpopular. Could you raise the same amount of money by increasing the sales tax broadly by a penny and dedicating that penny, in law, to the Transportation Trust fund. Reporter republicans vow to fight any proposed tax increase. Reporter last year, governor omalley proposed the same onecent sales tax hike and they were going along discussing it but then he says that lawmakers got distracted by that whole issue over expanded gaming. Now with gambling behind us, he says it is time to be responsible about deciding how we are going to pay for transportation improvements. Thats the latest live at the General Assembly in annapolis, chris gordon, news4. There could soon be extra security at Elementary Schools in Montgomery County. A video intercom system would be installed at all 132 elementary campus. The school board voted for a mesh that frees up 3464,000 to install the system t goes to the county council for approval f approved, those cameras would be installed by july. A highend heist in chevy chase. Police say two men ran into the jimmy choo store on wisconsin avenue this afternoon and grabbed expensive purses. They got away with seven of them. Signs are posted on the stores front doors asking customers to use the back entrance now. A similar incident occurred several months ago. Witnesses say four men ran into that store and their arms full of designer handbags. Police say its too early to tell if the incidents are connected. A suspected thief is caught on camera by a Montgomery County homeowner and this video is enough to give you the creeps. But police tell us this crime could be preventable. Jackie bensen join us live from chevy chase with a look at what these pictures show. Jackie . Reporter this video is creepy. Most people have no idea what guess on in their neighborhood in the overnight hours, prime time for people looking to steal from cars. The Security Camera images were captured over the new years holiday. At first glance, the backpackwearing theft suspect looks like he lives at the house on village park place because he is casually opening the door of the latemodel jeep. But police say he was only able to open the door because it was not locked, allowing him to continually rummage through it for valuables. 90 of our theft from oos still unlocked vehicles. Reporter the commander of the Bethesda Police district says crimes were down 17 last year but burglars and people who steal from cars are notoriously hard to catch. The most important item i want to stress is if you see something or someone suspicious in your neighborhood, call us immediately. Do not wait till the next morning. Our last three arrests we have made in the bethesda district from them theft from autos is a direct result of residents calling us a the 2 or 3 in the morning. Police say the video should serve as a reminder that even the simplest precautions can deter a thief. We never leave our cars unlocked, even inside the garage. And we have never had any breakins. I do lock t just to make sure no one goes in. Reporter goes without saying that police would like to locate the man seen in that video. Live in chevy chase, news4. Eager to file your tax return to get a refund . The irs wont process returns until january 30th, eight days later than originally scheduled. The agency tells us it still needs time to update forms so they reflect the various changes in the tax laws that came with the new fiscal cliff deal. It also means no one will be getting a refund this month. April 15th is still the deadline for returns. News for your health, an older Cancer Screening method could have a new use. Researchers at johns hop crin developing ways to use pap smears to screen for ovarian and endometrial cancers. Pap smears have long been the Gold Standard to detect cervical cancer. Now scientists are developing a test that can take pap smear fluid and screen the fluid for the nutations we introduced you to a wonderful young man who was really hoping for a family to come forward and adopt him after his first appearance on wednesdays child last spring. We think the right family just didnt happen to be watching that night. We want to have an opportunity to reintroduce ronald again. Barbara harrison has his story. Reporter there was a chefs coat, an apron and finally the toque blanche, making him ready for his first lesson in cooking. You ever work with pancetta before . No, maam. Reporter chef kristen was giving ronald, an aspiring chef, a lesson in making pasta carbon nara. Being a chef is one of the dreams he has for the future, says his social worker, but says he really would like a future that would include an acooperative family. He really is a sweet kid. The thing that is so amazing about his, he really wants to do well. You would like to be a chef. Have you ever cooked anything. Mmhmm. What . Spaghetti, eggs, omelettes. My own version of jambalaya. Reporter ronald likes to be creative and loved working alongside chef robinson. He is doing well in school and at 15, he says he has a few things he would like to do someday. He wants to make a family proud of him and wants a family that cares. He needs the emotional support of a mom and a dad and thats really what he is looking for. He is a really good kid. Reporter when the pasta was done, he plated it, topped it with the egg and sprinkled it with more pancetta. That is your pasta carbon nara. Reporter Art Institute had a cookbook for ronald signed by all the teachers there, but the best part of having cooked here is getting a taste of success. What do we think . Scrumptious. Reporter barbara harrison, news4, for wednesdays child. Reaction to the big change at the National Cathedral, now giving its blessing to samesex weddings. And its an app designed to detect a virus, not on your computer, but among your friends. Can a facebook app really figure out who gave you the flu . About 80,000 cars a day ride on the bridge thats right above me. The story of this deteriorating bridge. I know who gave me the flu, its my kids. Theres no app for that. Outthere right now, the cold front making its way across the region. That cold front coming through. Show what you it brings for us overnight tonight and into the day tomorrow, coming up in a minute. [ male announcer ] now at your neighborhood subway the big hot pastrami melt. We perfected the pastrami sandwich filled with hot, juicy pastrami, pickles, yellow mustard and bubbly melted cheese. All piledhigh on our signature freshly baked bread. Made hot, toasty and just for you. And dont be afraid to put your spin on this deli style deliciousity add your favorite ingredients, like spicy jalapenos or crisp green peppers. Get to your local subway and taste some perfect pastrami today subway. Eat fresh. The south capital street bridge needs serious repairs. The 63yearold structure takes drivers from Prince Georges County in Southern Maryland to downtown d. C. We got a unique look at that bridge today and live there tonight to explain just how much work it needs what happened it means for commuters. Adam . Reporter hey, jim, rust, contracts, holes, wouldnt believe what we were able to see as we climb under the bridge here today. Think of this, 70 to 80,000 cars a day use this bridge. Take a look at the traffic going across the bridge here at nats park and you think nothing of the bridge, but climb underneath the structure and a much different picture quickly comes into focus. This bridge is old and in need of repair. Corroded steel beams, some that you can see right through. The heavyweight and sound of traffic right above. The 63yearold structure is in bad shape. Ddot chief engineer, nick nicholson, took us on a tourer of the britain. You see the steel section that has come off . That offers no more structural stability to that beam. Reporter this is literally incredible, being underneath the south capital street bridge, as the cars race above us, you can see these beams and girders here shaking. Of course, doesnt make me feel too comfortable when you see the corrosion and the rust and some of the contracts underneath this bridge. Now its important to mention that this bridge is safe. If it wasnt, it wouldnt be open to the public. But to use a transportation term, its near the end of its useful life. So whats the plan you could repair the existing structure but that would only be a patch. When we weigh all those things to consider, like the old car, you dont keep replace the transmission, the exhaust, the engine, you think about a new car. Reporter mere sheer animation of the new south straight bridge and surrounding streets, part of a plan to make south capital street into a grand boulevard, not a fastmoving road. The cost, about 6 0 million and a new span would be built next to the existing structure so that traffic could keep moving. Construction could start as early as next year. Now in nothing is done here, the city says there may soon have to be a ban on heavy trucks on this bridge. Live at the south capital street bridge, adam tuss, news4. Another look at our forecast, kind of very warm to the south down there, doug . 63 degrees in fredericksburg today. Still hit 50 in d. C. I thought temperatures would be in the mid50s here, just down to the south, i mean just down to the south, quantico, la play ta, 60 degree marks. Winds out of the southwest at 3 miles per hour. 57 toward huntingtown. The d. C. Metro area, we have stayed the cool side of things all day long. Lost of the area saw cloud cover and even rain showers came through portions of the reege. Those showers are out of here, not expected to see more as we move through the night tonight and the day tomorrow. What we will see tonight, another cool night, down to 35 in the city, 32, gaithersburg. 32 in culpepper. Saw frost again this morning, could be the same situation as you wake up and you head out door the tomorrow morning. Tomorrow afternoon, should be warming back up again, once again, about 7 degrees above average, 47, gaithersburg. For you folks down to the south, so warm today, you will be a little cooler but still mild, temperatures around 52 in culpepper and fredericksburg, call it partly cloudy skies during the day tomorrow. We move through the next couple of days, we talk about that big warmup, jetstream take a major turn, majorly cold air back to the west. Denvers High Temperature on saturday could be near 18 while we are sitting in the 60s, maybe 63 degrees, that cold air will move our way eventually into next week but right now, the biggest question is just how cold is this air going to be and just how far south will this jetstream move . Right now, i think in the 30s and 40s, most of this colder air may stay to the north of us, we will have to wait and see if that real cold air is going to make its way toward our region. The next couple of days, the warm air you will see 52 friday, a chance of late day showers on friday, saturday, sunday, coming in dry, highs to mid to upper 60s a pretty good chance of rain monday and tuesday. Temperatures cool back to the 40s by wednesday. Temperatures drop, last thing we want to do is go to the gym. Why dont we take advantage of the cold weather and get a workout on chills are news4 hit the slopes. As skiers what is your workout . Ski sang awesome workout for legs and score. A core workout. You have to have your core stable when skiing. You get runs in going on the bumps, you can burn a lot of calories. Your body can change when doing the raw fitness sport like skiing. So the more calories you burn, obviously, your body becomes more fit and you will see changes, especially within your legs. Skiing during the winter helps with other sports and other sports help with skiing. So, balance plays into skiing, very large component of it. So, if you are a cyclist or horseback riding, definitely, these kind of mountains, especially near cities, have great beginner areas, see up there, it is a very mild slope. We have over 300 instructors that can get you started and it looks steeper than it is, but it a very gentle way to get into the sport. I love skiing for a lot of reasons but the speed of it the fun of it the camaraderie of it. Definitely a fun thing to do. Does look fun. Hey, now lets check out start ries trending online today. Oprah winfrey lands another highly anticipated interview, a oneonone with disgraced former cycling champ, Lance Armstrong. Oprahs website says she will have a noholdsbarred talk with armstrong about the doping allegations that ended his career. Arm strong has strongly denied the use of performance enhancing drugs, even in the face of a report that stripped him of his Tour De France titles that will air january 17th on oprahs own network. If you are feeling ill and cant figure out how you got sick, a facebook app can help you, so it claims. Help my friend gave me the flu goes through your friends posts, searching for key phrases like coughing, sneezing, feeling run down. Even if you are not sick yet, the app warns about your friends who are currently feeling under the weather. Hmm. Track them down. Group of students from new york state is visiting the Nations Capital tonight. They are not just sightseeing. They are lending a big helping hand. They are spending the last week of their winter break volunteering at local food banks and othering that he serve the needy in our area. Melissa mollet caught up with them this morning. Reporter here in washington, they get a healthy helping of volunteers throughout the year but it isnt that of the they get a large group like this one, students from out of town. They help out a lot of people. Reporter lonnie bruce was born and raised here in washington. He has been coming, to so others might eat for 40 years. The good lord has sent over here. Reporter lonnie is exactly who these students from the college of st. Rose in albany, new york, want to help. Good morning. Good morning. We well . We are going to dance. Are we ready . Come on. Reporter more than a dozen of them spending their last week of winter break here in washington helping out. Guys, be sure to grab that bread back there. Reporter experiencing the plight of the homeless and working poor. With this, i realize just how serious this problem is. Reporter some serve 365,000 meals every year. Thank you. Some of the people that are in the dining room today in about two or three years will be perhaps living in our housing or going to our Job Training Program that we run or working for some. Reporter tujuan evans was mons once a client here, she is now on staff. So important to me that the guests actually receive some of the things that they truly need. Reporter joan has been come here for the last 17 years. When you come to the Nations Capital and see this problem, you see it from a different perspective than you do in even the state capital of new york. Reporter but serving food to the needy here is only part of the schools mission. We also have done a bunch of seminars as well, learning all about homelessness, affordable house. It is a chance for our students to live out the mission of the college, serving their neighbor, reaching out to those in need. Reporter those, like lonnie. Feed you lunch, when you get up from the table you feel like your bea to poll. Its great really s. Reporter the st. Rose students will end their trip with a trip to alcohcapitol hil speak with lawmakers about issues affect the homeless. Melissa mollet, news4. Back to you. Up next at 5 00, the National Cathedral gives its blessing to marriage for samesex couples. What the church told us today and reaction from around the [ male announcer ] now at your neighborhood subway the big hot pastrami melt. Weve perfected the pastrami sandwich filled with juicy pastrami, pickles, yellow mustard and melted cheese. All piledhigh on freshly baked bread. Taste one at your local subway today subway. Eat fresh. The washington gnat had National Cathedral is making International Headlines today. The church announced it would begin performing samesex marriage ceremonies. News4s Keith Russell visited the cathedral today, found most there are in support of the controversial decision. Reporter home to president ial funerals, inaugural Prayer Service and other Memorable Events through the years, the National Cathedral has another distinction t will now be a place where samesex weddings are celebrated. Reverend gary hall, dean of the National Cathedral, shared the news today on the news4 midday show. It has been a conversation we have been having for 25 years in the Episcopal Church but they have come now to a strong consensus this is the direction we are going in. Reporter a direction supported by just bull all the folk wes spoke with today. For those of us who believe that marriage for everyone and that relationships are always a good thing, this is a great step. Reporter i mean if people want to be together, i think thats okay. Doesnt bother me at all. Reporter jamie steen, a syndicateded columnist who lives blocks from the cathedral, is pleased by the headline. We know the kath need zral tolerant and open to everyone as a National House of prayer, this seems very appropriate at the beginning of a new year. I realize that doing this is going to be some discomfort to some people. I dont think it will be as controversial as some people think it will be. Reporter reverend hall points doubt is not just as simple as walking up building and saying i do you have to be a member of the cathedral acre tend or be an alumni of one of the schools it is anticipate it had could take six months to a year before the first ceremony is held. An institution rich in history, today, the National Cathedral made even more. In the district, news4. The surgeon for rg3 has given a timetable for his return. A Day Care Center in mary slarnd shutdown tonight and a work he were arrested on abuse charges. Two workers in our area killed in a construction zone. Today, Vice President biden began to build public support for stricter gun laws. Steve handlesman is on capitol hill where biden faces a tougher sell. Steve . Reporter hi doreen, thanks. Politically here on the hill, this is going to be a tough one for democrats and the white house