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Region, that toll only gets higher. Its near the start of the carnival season. The nightclub kiss was reportedly crowded. It turned tragic at that club in santa maria. Its in the south of brazil. Its about three hours ahead of us timewise. Rescuers sadly expect the death toll will rise. Officials say most of the dead were overcome by smoke and reports that many of the victims were found in bathrooms trying to he is dhap smoke. There are also some deaths and injuries as people were trampled trying to get out of that nightclub. The official start of karn rall is february 8th. But the unofficial start was had weekend. Well keep you updated as information continues to come in. Derrick ward, thanks. In the week had , new gun control measures. The Senate Judiciary committee will begin hearings on wednesday following president obamas suggestions to try to curb gun violence. Some of of his suggestions and executive orders include universal background checks and a ban on assault weapons. But the president could face opposition from his own party. Progun Democratic Senators in alaska, arkansas and montana are all up for reelection in 2014 and they have said they are unsure about the president s proposals. Gun control front and center as thousands of people around the country are demonstrating to push for tougher gun restrictions and one of the busiest gatherings was right here in washington, d. C. As hundreds rallied in support of gun control o. Maryland congressman chris von hollen was one of the speakers. He said universal background checks are the least lawmakers can do to keep the public safe. I would hope that everybody would want to prevent people from committing crimes and getting guns. I hope that everybody would want people who have been found to be a danger to themselves or the community by a court of law for Mental Health or other reasons should not be get a gun. The rally also featured residents of newtown, connecticut, who are speaking out in favor of tighter gun restrictions in the wake of last months deadly shooting spree. N in addition to gun control, lawmakers are under pressure to find spending cuts in this years budget. One of the biggest supporters for those cuts is congressman paul ryan. Ryan chairs the House Budget Committee and is pushing for drastic changes to Social Security and medicare. He will sit down for an exclusive interview today. He will discuss the future of the Republican Party as well. You can catch that interview on meet the press at 10 30 here on nbc4. Today family, friends and colleagues will say a final goodbye to a Gallaudet University professor who died in a fire. Laura snyder gardner and her teenage daughter, mary ann died wednesday morning in a house fire in falls church, virginia. Both were deaf. Snydergardner taught math at Gallaudet University. She helped to coach the Girls Soccer Team also at the Model Secondary School on gallaudets campus. The Memorial Service will be in the Elstad Auditorium at 2 30 this afternoon. This morning, a homeowner in his 80s is recovering after trying put out a massive house fire in fairfax with a bucket of water. News 4s Darcy Spencer reports. This cell phone video shows flames shooting through the roof of a Million Dollar home in fairfax. It was pretty shocking. The flames were coming out of the roof, probably 30 feet above the roof, very intense fire. So it took a while even with all the water they put on it to knock the fire down. Fire investigators say a man in his 80s who lives in the home had to be flown to a local burn unit after trying to put the fire out himself with a bucket of water. He was injured. Hes been flown to Washington Burn Center with respiratorytype injuries. The flames broke out on the second floor and quickly spread. Officials say the victim brought his wife out to safety, then went back in without immediately calling 911. There was a delay in notification to the fire department. He made several attempts to fight the fire and then retreated from the home. Investigators are still trying to figure out how the fire started. We also would love to find out what happened. Everyone in the neighborhood i talked to is anxious to piefindt what the cause is to take preventative action if we have to. One firefighter was also taken to the hospital after suffering minor burns to his hand. In fairfax, virginia, Darcy Spencer, news4 today. We have a Traffic Alert this morning. Crews are tearing down a bridge along a busy virginia highway and that means delays. Right now crews are working to bring down the courthouse road bridge along route 50 arlington boulevard. Westbound traffic will be forced to detour through 8 00 tonight. Traffic to and from courthouse road will be detoured through august as crews rebuild the bridge. Were just Getting Started here on news4 today. The time 9 06. Essa lating violence in egypt has the u. S. Taking action this morning. Up next, how the u. S. Embassy is trying to protect americans as riots break out in tahrir square. Why new credit card fees that go into effect today dont necessarily mean a higher bill in the mail. Stay ahead of the Winter Weather coming our way. You can download the storm team 4 weather app to your smartphone or to your tablet. Search nbc washington weather in the app store or on google play. A developing story this morning out of egypt. The embassy in cairo is shut down because of intensifying violence there. For the Third Straight day hundreds are clashing near tahrir square. Protesters threw molotov cocktails at riot police who in turn fired tear gas. It comes if light of the twoyear anniversary of the revolution. A fight broke out after 21 people were sentenced to death for a soccer riot. Venezuelan president hugo chavez is undergoing more treatment in cuba. Venezuelas information minister said chavez is suffering from breathing problems. He remains in cuba where he underwent another cancer surgery more than six weeks ago. Chavez has not been seen in public since that surgery. Despite the health setback, the Vice President there says chavez is in his best moment. The brand new honor giving another film more momentum before oscars. Can you guess it . How a bill getting to your mailbox late could ruin your credit. Kim . It is a quiet sunday but your assignment is to get out your spring clothes. Youll need them for two days and then you have to put them it will cost you a little more to send mail. A firstclass stamp from the u. S. Postal service went up a penny overnight to 46 cents. If you already have the forever stamps, you do not need to add extra postage to your mail. The cash strapped Postal Service is trying to make up for billions of dollars of losses as more people turn to email and other mailing services. You might notice an extra fee when you use your credit card. Retailers are allowed to charge you as much as 4 for using a visa ar master card. Businesses argue that since they have to pay a fee, they should be allowed to pass the fee to you. Not all retailers will do it. Approximate they do, theyre required to disclose this at the register or on their website. Many large retailers say they have no plans on charging an extra fee. In the week ahead, investors will be keeping a close eye on the markets. The Dow Jones Industrial average and the s p 500 are both within range of closing at alltime highs. The dow broke 14,000 back in 2007 and the s p hit 1500plus in 07 as well. But a short time later both market cratered because of the economic downturn. Confirmation hearings begin thursday for president obamas no, maam mags for secretary of defense, chuck hagel. Hagel will meet with the Armed Services committee. There was some opposition to his nomination, even from democrats. But it appears hell be confirmed without much of a problem. Well get our first look at blackberrys latest smartphone, the blackberry 10. Its make or break for the Company Whose products have been eclipsed by apple and samsung. Many say the success will determine whether research in motion stays in business. The blackberry 10 will be unveiled thursday. And its that time of year again when the bills from all of that holiday shopping, he start pouring in. But experts are warning, dont delay when this comes to paying them. News 4s liz crenshaw explains why one late payment can affect your entire financial life. I have spent years building my credit and being reliable and dependable and a conscientious consumer. For this woman in maryland, it only took one late bill to damage her credit. I bought 61 worth of clothes. Thats it sm. Thats it. She paut a dress to wear to her mothers funeral. The retailer offered her a discount if she opened a new credit card. Sounded good to her. The problem . I never received a bill. She never received the bill because of a mixup on her address. She never thought about it until she got a notice in the mail. I got a letter from a Credit Card Company saying that my credit limit had been dropped. The reason . She was 60 days late on the bill she never received. Her line of credit went from 11,800 to 3500. And her credit score took a big hit. Went from 714 to 651. To have this happen in the really, its a matter of a few weeks, is amazing. If you miss a payment by as little as 30 days, you could well find that information will be reported almost immediately to the credit reporting agencies. Chuck harwood, the acting director of the bureau of Consumer Protection warns the credit card and credit are weaved. Harwood advises when the bills start arriving, pay off the balance each month if you can. Or at least pay something. If you get behind on a bill, call the Credit Card Company and let it know youre in the process of fixing the problem. And finally, dont open more credit than you need. Keep track of all the credit you have opened o. If you do not get a bill, either for a new credit card or one youve had for a while, contact the Credit Card Company immediately. Consumers have the right to check credit reports for free. Annual credit report. Com allows you to obtain a copy from your report from each of the three major reporting bureaus every were. Take the initiative to check on errors, followup and make sure the errors are corrected. For this woman, it forced her to bome more vigilant. It can happen to you. Thats all i can say. It can happen to you. Liz crenshaw, news 4. She was able to get her credit line back but shes still working to increase her credit score. Kim martucci joins us. Shes used the words wacky and crazy. These are not scientific terms. These are not my relatives. This is the weather thats happening. Its going to be happening. You know what, approximate youre doing some traveling today, friends coming approximate and out, people are going to chicago or minneapoli , guess what . Chicago has 154 Flights Canceled in or out. Minneapolis now 71 flight. You want to call your Airline Carrier if youre headed out. Theres a big ice storm and snowstorm going on. A little piece of this will be affecting us oh, ill let you guess. Whats been going on here . Our commutes have been at risk. Thats what tomorrow is going to be all about. Lets talk about it. 30 is where were at now. This is a happy number. It doesnt start with a 2. I am fine with that. Northwest winds at 9 miles an hour. Not too bad. A good day to relax. We still have a deep freeze in cumberland where its 21. 24 hagerstown. But 29 in Southern Maryland and well be working on highs into the middle and upper 30s today. Good news there with a good deal of sunshine. So it should feel nice. When i go outside for my weather hit on the he they are patio, wont be that bad with the sun and the wind not so cold. All righty, the next thing up to talk about. This freezing rain event that will be happening tomorrow morning. We have a Winter Weather advisory and this is for the counties shaded in purpose am, including loudoun and frederick. It does not include the metro d. C. Beltway counties or Southern Maryland. But we could still have slick spots tomorrow morning with the icing event being so close. So today, we have the sunshine. The timeline is up here in the title. 5 30 tonight. No problem. Just clouds on the increase. Let me pause this for you tomorrow morning. 5 30 in the morning. You see that pink. This is that icy mixture. Could be a little bit of sleet. It could be freezing rain and it could be possible around the beltway even though were not included in that Winter Weather advisory. As the warm air scours out the cold air, cold air dense and heavy. This warm air has to push it out of the way. Eventually, it will change over to plain old rain. Work their way into our weather forecast. 67 on wednesday. Let me back up a little bit before we get that far ahead and focus again on your tomorrow morning forecast. Because this is the biggest hiccup of the week in my opinion. With the Winter Weather advisory, kicks in at 3 00 this morning and goes until 10 00 tomorrow morning. And the freezing rain and sleet is the big possibility for you affecting that morning rush. Notice, though, the high of 41. That should change things over to rain showers. Then we have this crazy degree day of 50 on tuesday. Its my pick of the week. Its going to be 15 to 20 degrees above average and dry. Wednesday not so much. We have the warm and very nice weather in the morning. Thats dry. But by the afternoon, a soaking rain of a half inch to an inch will be affecting your, guess what, rush hour home. If thats not bad enough. Just when you get out all your spring clothes and youre sporting the short shorts, you have to put it all away. Because on friday, the high will be 34 and we have to talk about snow showers again. What the heck is going on with that . Friday is february 1st everybody. I have to admit, its hard to get a grasp of your poeforecastr the next week. Everything inconsistent. Youre going outside to get a closer look. Bye bye. See you soon. Enjoy. I will. The hit movie argo is on the way to winning awards. It won outstanding producer of motion picture. That award at the Producer Guild awards. It beat out lincoln, zero dark thirty and les miserables. Won the top award at the golden globes. With the latest win, goes into the Academy Awards with a lot of momentum. The capitals come back home today still searching for their first win. Season. The caps take on the Buffalo Sabres this afternoon at verizon center. They almost had their first w friday against the devils. Tying the game late to send it to overtime. The devils scored. Winning the game 32. The o. T. Loss gave the caps one point making them the last team in the league to tally a point. Come on, caps. Were rooting for you. Before heading to new orleans to prepare for super bowl xlvii, the ravens will travel to the big easy tomorrow. Thats where theyre going to practice before sundays big game against san francisco. The purple and black are looking for their second super bowl title while the 49ers are aiming for their sixth title. Five ravens will miss todays pro bowl because of super sunday. The redskins are wellrepresented. Fletcher, carrigan, Trent Williams will sit out after receiving seven stitches during a bar brawl in honolulu friday night. Police are investigating the incident but they say williams is not at fault. You can watch the pro bowl here on nbc4. Coverage starts at 7 00 tonight. Teddy might never finish last again hanks to the newest racing president. The nationals introduced as you saw, William Howard taft. Were going to call him bill for short at yesterdays nats fest at the Washington Convention center. Our 27th president has lots of connections to baseball. He was the first president to throw out the first pitch and reportedly legend has it, he started that tradition of the seventh inning stretch. They said he was a pretty large guy. 330 pounds, maybe 62. He got really uncomfortable in the wooden seats when had he would watch the game so he had to get up and stretch. History said teddy and taft didnt get along. This could be a new rivalry. They looked jolly. Got to wait until the season starts. Will teddy win . Coming up next, new york mayor Michael Bloombergs generous donation to ace alma mater in maryland. Crews are searching for survivors inside a nightclub after a fire that killed more than 200 people in brazil [ female announcer ] at yoplait, we want you to feel even better about your favorite flavors. So when you call, tweet, and post, we listen. Thats why yoplait light and yoplait original are now made with no high fructose corn syrup. And why we use only natural colors and Natural Flavors in yoplait original. So, anything else we can do for you, let us know. But youll keep it to yogurt, right . cause we shouldnt really help with your love life. Yoplait. It is so good you can bet this place is going to be busy today. A live look at express car wash on Georgia Avenue in northwest washington. But theres always a but. You may want to hold off on getting the salt off your car. We have freezing rain headed our way. Our photographer, roy, out there saying that the owners are saying theyre having brisk business. Remember, it could be a messy monday. Well update you on that. Good morning. Welcome to news4 today. Im chris gordon in today for richard jordan. Im angie goff. It is sunday, january 27, 2013. Time now for a check on your forecast. Lets check in with meteorologist kim martucci. Yes, shes outside on storm 4 weather deck. All bundled up. It the deck, the patio, is it a terrace . Its outside. Im happy to be out here. We get a little cooped up. Im not complaining because today is a nice day. The wind isnt blowing too much. The sun is brilliant. I see blue skies. If you wash your car, do note that even if we dont get freezing rain tomorrow morning, the roads are going to be treated in anticipation of freezing rain. Youre going to probably have to wash your car again. Let me tell you about the forecast. This afternoon is a keeper. Colder than average but better than where weve been. 37. Lots sun in winchester we have to talk about some interesting weather headed our way. Look at this. Look at this warm weather moving in for tuesday and wednesday. If we hit that 67, thats the average high on april 15th. Yes. We have to talk about icing. Ill fill you in on the details next. Thank you very much kim. You bet. Breaking news out of brazil where a fire the a nightclub killed over 240 people. The death toll is expected to rise. The fire injured at least 200 others. More than a thousand people were reportedly inside the club, called kiss, when the fire broke out. There are reports the fire may have started by the pyrotechnics display of the band. This is the start of carnivale season in brazil. Japan announced its launch two intelligence satellites into orbit with growing concerns about north korea planning to test a nuclear weapon. Japan was planning to launch them before north koreas recent rocket launches. North korea is saying it launched at a satellite into orbit last month, a move condemned by the u. S. And other countries. Its believed the satellite was actually a missile and the country is planning more launches despite the u. N. Security councils impending sanctions. Desperation for a new york city family after a 33yearold woman disappears in turkey. Family members say this woman never got home, never got on her flight from turkey last week. Police in istanbul say her passport and medical cards were still in her room but shes gone. Congressman Michael Grimm of new york says his office is working with u. S. And turkish investigators trying to find her. In arizona, rescue after floodwaters washed away a hiking trail leaving dozens of hikers stranded. As many as 50 adults and children were stuck as heavy rains suddenly started flooding. A canyon near tucson. Rescue teams had to work from the ground and from a helicopter. Hikers were soaked but otherwise okay. D. C. Police shut down a northeast nightclub following a shooting that sent five people to the hospital. Officers temporarily closed d. C. s sound stage or d. C. Sound stage on benning road. Early yesterday morning, a man walked up to the club and opened fire, injuring five people. Police are still looking for the suspect and have not said when the club is allowed to reopen. A teen is behind bars had morning charged with robbing hotel guests in Silver Spring with a sawedoff shotgun. 18yearold Jackson Julius crashed a room party at the homewood suites hotel. He took cash and other items from the guests and then took off. Officers found him on a rideon bus with his loot and the weapon. Hes currently being held on 150,000 bond. In virginia, a person walking her dog finds a body along a wooded path. The mans body was found near tamarack way in herndon yesterday morning. Police believe the man is in his 30s. Although they havent released a cause of death, investigators say the man may have been exposed to the cold and wasnt wearing proper winter clothing. No word yet on his identity. This morning, a virginia man in his 80s is recovering from burn injuries after he tried to put out a massive house fire with a bucket of water. Cell phone video, check it out here, shows how intense it fire was. It broke out last night at a Million Dollar home in the 9,000 block in fairfax. The man brought his wife out safely and then went back inside to fight the fire. They say he did not call for help right away. It was pretty shocking. The flames were coming out of the roof, probably 30 feet above the roof. Very intense fire. So it took a while even with all the water they put on to knock the fire down. One firefighter suffered a minor burn on his hand. The cause of the fire remains under investigation. New york city mayor Michael Bloomberg gives 350 million to his alma mater, Johns Hopkins university. 100 million will go to scholarships for students in need. 250 million will go to several Different University programs. Bloomberg has given Johns Hopkins university 1 billion since he graduated there in 1964. The new york city mayor says he doesnt know of any other institution that can make a bigger difference in lives around the world through its groundbreaking research. Right now, it is 9 34. Coming up, the president s view, rt parenting decisions the commander in chief has had to think twice about if he had a son. A game stopper that forced crews to turn off the lights at a basketball game this weekend. Youre watching oh progressoh oh oh oh oh what do you know . Oh bacon . Oh oh oh [ female announcer ] with 40 delicious progresso soups at 100 calories or less, there are plenty of reasons people are saying progressoh share your story for a chance to win a progressoh makeover in hollywood. Go to facebook. Com progresso to enter. Had weeks wednesdays child has dreams of playing football. We first met him a year and a half ago when he hoped for a loving family to adopt him. Even though hes still waiting, hes still hopeful his forever family is watching right now. Heres news 4s barbara harrison. Take a look at tj. Timothy or tj as he prefers is 13 years old. He has lots of hopes and dreams for the future. That includes playing football someday. Georgetown University Coach kevin kelly put tj through some plays with the help of two of his star players and tj showed he had some pretty good moves. He was happy to show me he could beat me in a sprint across the field. Tj is a typical boy. He loves sports and music. He says rap and hiphop are his favorite. Hes working hard at school. What kind of grade are you making . 100s, as and bs. Great. Thats fantastic. Hes a very good student. He loves music is his favorite subject and math too. He excels in math. There you go, there you go. Get it. Tj hasnt had a chance to play football at school. They dont have a team at his group facility. After school, he says he likes to listen to cds that hes been able to collect of his favorite songs. Do you have a cd player at home . I dont have a home yet. I dont have a mom or a dad. Would you like to have a mom or a dad . Id like to have a dad. This way, this way. There you go. He often thinks of how hed like to have a dad to play football with. Would you like to be adopted . Catch the football x you ran the ball in the end zone and also has knows how to finish where he spikes the ball in the end zone and did the dance. Tj got a few gifts to take home and an invitation to come back as a guest of the georgetown Football Team next fall. And that was worth a hoiers high five. Wednesdays child. If you have room in your home and your heart for tj or perhaps another child who is waiting, please call our special adoption hotline. That number is on your screen. Orvis it nbcwashington. Com and search wednesdays child. What a story. Coming up on news4 today, the surprise at a basketball game that had people using their cell phones not to call but for light. And over to kim. Whats up . I am keeping an eye on a big ice storm thats marching in towards chicago. A piece of this storm is headed here and the timing looks to be your morning rush. Ill have all the slippery details when i see you next. Here you go little man. [ humming ] [ babbling ] the cheerios bandit got you again . [ both laugh ] the one and only, cheerios. And now. You [ giggles ] the one and only, cheerios new this morning, happened just minutes ago. Tennis superstore djokovic wrapped up his Third Straight title. He dominated andy murray to win in four sets. Djokovics win makes him the first player ever in the modern open era to win three straight Australian Open championships. Maryland congresswoman Donna Edwards among the many others who braved the subfreezing temps at National Harbor yesterday for the keep winter cold plunge. They ran into the potomac and as you can probably guess, most people made it quick. Ran in, ran right back out. The event raises awareness for climate change. Could they have picked a colder time than this past few days. Right. They could have waited for the subfreezing streak to end. The 60s to be here would have been a little better. Tuesday. Terrific tuesday. Youre right, we had that subfreezing streak that angie was talking about. 108 hours straight from midnight tuesday through noon yesterday, we were subfreezing. Below the freezing mark. 33 at noon yesterday. And finally its gone and today up above freezing for sure as we head into the afternoon. Great to see you. So are you ready for a crazy weather week . Lets start right now with a nice calm calm day. 30 degrees, mostly sunny skies and its looking pretty good with northwest winds at 9. If you were catching a flight, though, call ahead if youre headed to the midwest like chicago or minneapolis. Theyre having icing problems today. 30 here. The 20s up the road along 270 and 70 towards hagerstown. Southern maryland, 29. Across the bay, the Eastern Shore is at the freezing mark. Off to the west, winchester to martinsburg in the middle and upper 20s. Your highs today close to the freezing mark. Warmer as we think about manassas, south of culpeper, upper 30s, same for the district. Over towards the bay, your high today around 35 for annapolis. This is a Winter Weather advisory. Its in effect for later during the overnight. 3 00 in the morning is when it starts and youll notice that it doesnt include any of the counties right around the beltway. Loudoun, you are in this advisory. Frederick county, maryland, in this as well. Northern Prince William county is in this. It goes until 10 00 tomorrow. For ayris being of sleet and mostly freezing rain that were worried about. The storm affecting us, all this pink is the freezing type of precipitation and freezing rain is the worst. Ohio excuse me. Ohare airport at chicago, 150plus cancellations. Having to do with whats going on there now. Minneapolis up to 70plus. This is going to be a big problem for people flying any time this afternoon to those locations. Around here, not a problem. Today is a breather day. Want to get you ready for the possibility of icing in the morning. This is warm air overriding cold air at the surface. Thats why we get the freezing rain. Eventually the warm air will scour it out and then it will change to plain rain showers as we hit highs in the milder 40s. Thats just the beginning. Wait until you see the highs in my sevenday. You dont have to wait long. Theyre here on tuesday and hes calling it terrific tuesday. 60. On wednesday, 67. But let me back up. Its tomorrow morning that we have that 40 chance of icing. The pelt way technically is not involved with the advisory but i want to warn you, there could be slick spots, especially bridges and overpasses. All righty. Tom kierein will be here and he has the road temperatures and hell keep you updated all morning long. You want to be tuning in to nbc4 tomorrow morning as you get started. The warmup for tuesday, that 60 is 15 to 20 degrees above average. It will be a dry day. Wednesday is warm but not my pick of the week. Even though its 67, a soaking rain happens to an inch will be falling for the afternoon rush. Let me throw this Little Monkey wrench in the forecast while were having fun. This is friday. Some snow showers coming at us. Maybe that was thursday. I couldnt see. By friday, well have snow showers. Thursday is plain old upside down. You see that 52 for the low. Thats going to be the high. The high will be in the morning. The low in the afternoon. Upside down thursday. Terrific tuesday. Name your day of the week for me. And send them in. Im at weather kim on twitter. Messy monday. People washing your cars this weekend, youll have to wash them again. Youll get a half inch of rain on tuesday, that will do it for you. Thanks, kim. Up next on news4 today, the parenting decision that president obama says he would have to secondguess if he had a son. Youre watching news4 today. Lucky charms . yer always after me lucky charms whoa. I forgot how good these taste [ lucky ] theyre magically delicious now all General Mills big g kid cereals have more whole grain than any other ingredient in cereals like lucky charms and cinnamon toast crunch, the delicious way to help them grow up strong. It. This was the scene at Busch Stadium yesterday as family, friends and fans say goodbye, finally goodbye to st. Louis cardinals legend stan musial. Thousands turned out to honor the legendary ball player who played his entire 22year career with the cardinals. Bob costas delivered the eulogy and said that musial never let anyone down during his life. Musial died last week at his home at the age of 92. As we count down the days until the super bowl, player safety is taking centerstage. In fact, president obama says if he had a son, hes not sure he would let him play football because its too dangerous. The commander in chief talked with the magazine, the new republic and said the games violence is taking a toll on the players. He also said that the game will probably have to make changes and will make things less exciting for fans but safer overall for the players. In basketball, the ref calls a penalty when theres an extra person on the court. But when Something Else joins the game, things can really get interesting. A bat found its way into the Marquette Providence game yesterday interrupting the game for several minutes. Everyone had a laugh when the coach of providence used his assistant coach for protection. Several attempts to catch it failed. They actually had to turn off the lights to trick the bat into hiding. Was that a joke or was he really trying to use him as a human shield . It was a joke. Okay. Good. Just a little bat. They dont really bite. I dont know. I cant say. I dont want to find out. I dont know either. Dont want to confirm. Nbc is your place for politics on sunday mornings. Coming up next, the Chris Matthews show. That is followed by meet the press with david gregory. Heres a look at what theyre both working on this morning. Good morning, washington. Coming up on the Chris Matthews show. If the preside the two democrats most likely to take the oath are looking on, Hillary Clinton and joe biden. Her testimony on benghazi, the confidence that a president should show. For his part, Vice President biden has had a huge last few weeks. Biden swoent say hes rolling it out and hillary is cagey. Even if the president inaugural address was aggressively liberal as supporters say, are republicans now boxed in . Join me and chuck todd, parker, Kelly Odonnell and chris paetz for a great roundtable. Find out whats up on meet the press. Heres david gregory. Good morning, angie and chris. Coming up, i go oneonone with the 2012 Vice President ial nominee, paul ryan. Its his first live interview since the campaign ended. Well cover a lot of ground including the spending fights ahead on capitol hill. Hell be an influential voice in all of that as chairman of the House Budget Committee. Well also talk about the future of the Republican Party and what he learned from the campaign. Also, our own ted koppel joins our political roundtable. After meet the press, the press pass conversation is with martin indig of the brookings institution. All ahead this morning. We continue to stay on top of this breaking news out of brazil. The death toll now expected to rise from this nightclub fire as at least 245 people have died. 200 others injured in this fire that happened in santa maria. More than a thousand people were reportedly inside the club called kiss when the fire broke out overnight. The fire may have been started by the pyrotechnics display of the band playing in the club. A Security Guard described it. He said it was at maximum capacity, about 500 people. Which means more than 1,000 people with in the building. That would be when the fire started. People started pushing and shoving each other to escape. Many people were celebrating this weekend, which is the start of the carnivale in brazil. A lot of people also died when they got trampled. Thats what officials are saying now. Very tragic scene in santa maria. Well stay on top of it. Thanks for joining us. Wake up on monday at 4 30 a. M. Im halfway to your heart you have to let me know so i dont make my worst mistake turn around and let you go [ female announcer ] when sweet and salty come together, the taste is irresistible. Made with sweet, smooth Peanut Butter and salted, roasted peanuts. 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