Long lines are forming at stores as people stock up on the essentials. Places like home depot are selling out of supplies. Theyre flying off the shelves. Several area road crews are on stand by as the Winter Weather approaches. Lets get a look at the forecast with chuck bell. Good morning to both of you and good morning everybody. Welcome to what promises to be a fairly busy weather weekend across the area. Not much is going to happen today ichlts tomorrow. All eyes on your sunday. So be ready for a busy day of preparations today. Winter storm watches are all across the area with exceptions of extreme southern maryland. This is for tomorrow, everybody. Right now temperatures are generally above the freezing mark. Mid to upper 30s around the area. The rain showers we had late last night are moving into parts of southern marilyn and moving away. Thats the end of the rain threat. Saturday planner, clearing and breezy right now. Temperatures up to the low and mid 40s for a time but there will be an opportunity for snow tomorrow morning. Could get an inch to two inches of snow in places. Then well have to worry about ice. Ill be back to talk to you about that and give you more on the forecast. And for the latest weather on the go, check out our storm team 4 weather app. Its available on itunes and google play. Police are trying to figure out who shot and killed a man in the district. This happened after midnight on baits street. This is near 4th in northwest. They found the man suffering from gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead on the scene. An american jailed for more than a month in north korea is on his way to the u. S. He arrive at an airport late last night. Hes on a flight to San Francisco. They decided to release him after his apology for his alleged crimes during the korean war and his health. He talked to reporters about his journey home. Very glad to be on my way home. I can appreciate the tolerance the government has given to me on on my way. How do you feel now . Physical physically . Good. Feel good. Okay. What do you want to do, first thing . What would you like to do . Go home and see my wife. Newman was north korea on a tourist visa. He was taken off a plane in october. Its been two days since the death of Nelson Mandela and were looking at live pictures from outside his home in johannesburg. People have been leaving flowers in memory of the former president. Meanwhile in washington the embassy has a condolence book for mandela. Its available until 2 tuesday evening on madison avenue. They gathered to remember mandelas legacy. Reporter mourners sing hymns honoring the life and legacy of Nelson Mandela at the south African Embassy. People signed condolence books that read friends and relatives. They say he had compassion for humanity and made a sacrificed for the oppressed. Spending a quarter of his life in prison for fighting against the apartheid. That was an even time. Reporter she signed her name. She is visiting d. C. From south africa. To see and know and experience a man with such love and compassion that can come out of prison after 27 years without any hatred. She along with hundreds of people pay respects leaving flowers, cards, candles and personal notes at the foot of the majestic mandela statue showing the iconic leader raise his fist for justice. I think that its been tremendous. Reporter the outpouring of love from d. C. , maryland, and virginia overwhelmed South African ambassador. What are you going to miss most about Nelson Mandela . His presence. We have not seen him governing or speaking but we have always been assured that hes with us. Thank god for the life of Nelson Mandela. News 4. People in south africa as well as leaders from around the world are getting ready for more than a week of mourning. Tomorrow is a national day of prayer and reflection at synagogues, churches and mosques throughout south africa. And then the official Memorial Service and he will lie in state at the buildings in petoria and one week from tomorrow is his burial in his childhood village. Were still waiting to hear if jimmy carter will join three other living u. S. President s there next week. They will be accompanied by george w. Bush and his wife laura and former president bill clinton and former secretary of state Hilary Clinton will also attend. George h. W. Bush is not able to travel. The Mega Millions jackpot is growing. No one matched all the numbers in last nights drawing. Heres the winning numbers. 11, 29, 44, 63, 64. The mega ball is number 3. It will be the biggest prize. 654 million jackpot. At some point you just stop counting. Yeah, right. 1 million is enough. Your phone line may not be working and this morning were getting answers about whats causing the widespread outage. And the big story is the Winter Weather. Chuck will be back to tell us what the storm could do in our area. Time right now is 6 07. You can monitor the weather any time using the storm team 4 weather app. Its free on itunes and google play and well post any closings use chase freedom at select Department Stores and get 5 cash back this quarter. So you can give her an even bigger surprise. Activate your 5 cash back at chase. Com freedom chase. So you can. Happening today, president obama and secretary of state john kerry discuss the countrys relationship with israel. Its part of a Weekend Forum hosted by d. C. Based center for policy. Happening at the willard continental in northwest d. C. And the israeli Prime Minister netanyahu will also be at the event. Pearl harbor caused the u. S. To enter world war ii. Theyll participate in a wreath laying cemetery at the too many of the unknowns to honor the troops killed in the attacks. Its normally reserved for dignitaries like the president. They were selected for their leadership. More than 2400 americans died in the japanese air raid in 1941. Vice President Joe Biden took part in the wreath laying ceremony at the memorial in seoul korea. This morning he met with forces in korea and members of the u. S. Embassy and also visited the border that separated north and south. Hes on his way back to washington d. C. Two thieves on the loose at st. Georges county. The surveillance picture that could help track them down. Now for chuck. The calm before the storm. Go out and get your milk, bread, eggs. Well talk about the Winter Weather and how long its going police in Prince Georges County are looking for two men they believe broke into 15 businesses in one night. Officers say the people in this surveillance photo broke into the business on friday, november 29th. In the pictures theyre seen stealing cash from restaurants and stores along the corridor. Detectives believe these men might have broken into several other retailers in the area. And police are offering a 10,000 reward for information that helps them find these two men. According to the officers, they held up a couple and their young child at gun point inside the familys home. Theyre using this footage to look for more clues. The two men forced their way into their home last week as the mother was walking inside the house. The men stole several items from the home and the familys Cadillac Escalade was also gone. No one was hurt in the incident. 500,000 worth of pot was found in one laurel home overnight. Wbals george has more on the bus that stopped the home grown operation. Reporter this is 180 pounds of marijuana. Worth about 1 half a million dollars. Earlier friday it was seized from what appeared to be a moving van sitting at a holiday inn express. Laurels Drug Investigation Team noticed something suspicious from the van. A canine unit confirmed what was inside. All of the marijuana wrapped in moving boxes in an attempt to conceal a drug operation. Its right time. Right time. We do a lot of investigations at hotels for possible drug activity or suspicious activity or criminal activity. They were in the right place at the right time. The dog alerted and worked the way it should. Victor is under arrest. He is the person the van was registered to and officers found him in one of the hotel rooms. He is charged with intent to distribute but theyre not revealing how much they know about this drug trade. Verizon crews are repairing damaged phone cables causing outcampers in virginia. They cut five near falls churng on thursday. Verizon says theyre working around the clock to restore phone service in that area. The rain and traffic caused repair delays but everything should be up and running by wednesday. Now to more on our winter storm watch. While we wait for the wintry weather to arrive, parts of the south have been fighting it for days. Take a look at this back up. Caused by a truck skidding off the road and not being able to get back on. Drivers were dealing with a thick layer of ice on most of the roadways as well as the bridges. The Sheriffs Office confirmed at least 70 crashes on the highway since the weather moved into the area. Now those conditions also lead to hundreds of businesses closing down and millions of residents staying inside their homes. The weather even caused the cancellation of tomorrows annual dallas marathon along with the st. Judes marathon in memphis. In arkansas they caused massive outer outages for people across the street. Theyre trying to recreate the power as temperatures arent expected to get above 30 for the next few days. They also have airlines canc canceling flights in and out of the area. Thats where it gets treacherous. That is making its way to the northeast. Its hard to believe it was so mild around here days ago. That air is being shoved out to sea and we have the cold air coming back into the area on your saturday morning. Its not going to be a bad day today. Today you need to get everything done you need to get done outside this weekend. Prepare to be inside tomorrow and plan to stay inside tomorrow and off of the area roadways. Especially on a day you dont have to go somewhere, better to just stay at home and take it easy as its going to be a prolonged stretch of what could be dangerous driving conditions around our area. Thats the view outside this morning across downtown washington. Skies are starting to clear out a bit. 39 degrees right now. Winds out of the north averaging 13 Miles Per Hour and that north wind is going to be with us for the remainder of the day. So cold and breezy and dry for your saturday. 34 in hagerstown. 35 degrees in martinsburg. Stafford, southern, maryland. Charles county, all in the upper 30s this morning. Is weather story for today, cold and dry outside. Tomorrow, thats when things get interesting. Its probably going to be snow at the on set of this event for tomorrow. Snowing around daybreak tomorrow morning up until about lunchtime tomorrow. Could get a dusting. Maybe an inch or so in and around the immediate metro area. Areas to the north and west, lou din county, frederick county, Washington County maryland, 1 to 2 inches of snow possible. So enough to talk about. Tomorrow ach and tomorrow night and potentially into monday morning, thats when we really need to be careful. There could be significant icing problems on the roadways. Especially to the north and west of town. This could be a prolonged stretch of icy weather. Thats sunday morning through monday morning. Today your out and about planner, partly cloudy. Chilly today but not that bad. Highs in the low to mid 40s for a time. All the warm air we have been enjoying, thats getting shoved out to sea. You can see the big area of rain showers off the eastern seaboard now. Thats where its going to stay. Cold and dry. We will get sunshine. A bit breezy at times. Clouds coming back in after midnight and by daybreak it will be mostly cloudy. Here we are at 6 00 a. M. On our forecast. Between 6 00 a. M. And noon tomorrow the snow chances will be at the highest. Then after lunchtime tomorrow, the warmer air aloft tries to change a lot of the snow over to sleet or freezing rain mix. This is going to be a dicey call. Cold and breezy. Temperatures in the low 40s today. Tomorrow, snow first. Then a chance for freezing rain or sleet during the course of the day. Gradually becoming mostly rain in and around the metro area but temperatures hovering in the freezing mark sunday night into monday morning and its a very chilly rain. Temperatures in the low 40s monday afternoon but more cold air behind that means this could end with snow on Tuesday Morning but i dont think tuesday is going to be a high impact day. Theres the rest of your 7day. If you like it cold i like it colder than most thats going to be a cold week around here. We may not get above 40 degrees for most of the coming week. You can follow me on twitter chuckbell 4. Amelia will be here this afternoon. Were on it. We have the great weather app, too. You got it. Where will the new casino go in Prince Georges County and who will operate it . Why consul tanlts may have shown their hand before the final decision. Starting today, a new and possibly faster way to travel between d. C. And [ female announcer ] i like to mix things up a bit with grands mini pot pies. Only four ingredients. And a few easy steps. Weeknight dinner in a flash. And my family devours them. Pillsbury grands biscuits. Make dinner pop. Guys. [ female announcer ] pillsbury cinnamon rolls, with cinnabon cinnamon, are an irresistible sunday morning idea. Nothing calls them to the table faster. Make breakfast pop z. A new casino could be coming soon to Prince Georges County but even after a hearing over which one will be built, theres still plenty of debate this morning. Three casino operators better vying for marylands final gaming license. Mgm is pushing for one at national harbor. Pen National Gaming wants to build and greenwood racing at fort worth off of indian head highway. Tracy wilkins was there as analysts weighed in. Reporter mgms proposed location set it apart from its competitors. Mgm has a better location. Mgm is three to four minutes closer to almost everybody in the marketplace. Reporter consul tanlts told the Video Lottery commission that most gamblers will come from virginia. The location at the belt way outweighs the advantage of parks wanting a larger casino. Theyre starting with the premise that three to four minutes matters. Which it doesnt. Reporter the ceo is challenging the reports. He wants his casino to go off of indian head highway. All sites are ten minutes apart. She agreed that driving a few minutes to the raceway shouldnt mean more money for the state. The one commissioners question was if theres only one choice, what does three or four minutes matter . They project mgm to have higher revenue if its selected. Pen National Gaming 560 million a year. We think the report reflects we have been saying all along. One consultant rated us as a better facility. I dont understand how you conclude we wont do as much revenue. The perspective casino operators still have time to fight for their projects. The final vote for the Gaming Commission comes at the end of the month. The group of d. C. Area children that get to take a flight to the north pole today. Well, sort of. New this morning, were hearing from the family of an american man detained in north korea. What they had to say about his overnight release. And trust us when we say new this morning, police are looking for the person that shot and killed a man in the district. The deadly shooting happened just after midnight on bates street near first and northwest. He was pronounced dead on the scene. Police havent released the victims identity. An 85yearold veteran is on his way home after he was detained in north korea for a month. He was in the country on a tourist visa. His son talked about his release. Well hear from him in a few minutes. Also, no one matched last nights Mega Millions numbers. The jackpot grows to 344 million with a cash option of 184 million. The next drawing is tuesday. Right now preps are happening at this hour ahead of a major winter storm. We learned that vdot crews are headed to a meeting to discuss plans on how to treat the roads. Bob mcdonald is urging us all to prepare for a major ice storm. You can expect companies and stores today as a lot of people will be stock up on batteries, flash flights, food. All of those supplies. Expect nothing like those conditions today. Now would be an ideal time to head out and knockout the errands and buy the items you mentioned. Lets look at the hour by hour forecast. Heres chuck. Thank you. Saturday off to a cold and breezy start today. Like you were mentioning, today is the day you get out and get all of your errands run. No problems on the road today. Tomorrow you need to plan to go ahead and stay inside tomorrow. Luckily its a sunday so it should lower the impact a touch. Winter storm watches are across the entire area. Z the lone exceptions are into far south maryland. All rain from last night is working through the lower part of the bay and the eastern shore. So your planner today, partly cloudy and chilly, temperatures in the low 40s this afternoon. Overnight tonight into the evening hours. Temperatures back down below freezing by about 11 00 tonight and by tomorrow morning, temperatures mid to upper 20s and snow flakes are likely around sunrise tomorrow and then a mix of sleet, snow, freezing rain and rain during the afternoon and potentially more ice tomorrow night into monday morning. Well talk more about that and the monday back to work commute could be ugly. Well see you in a few minutes. An 85yearold american is on a flight home after he was detained in north korea for about a month. The family of meryl newman is relieved he will be home for christmas. Reporter they shot this video of the 85yearold walking through the beijing airport hours after his release. We can appreciate the tolerance that the government has given to me to be on my way. How do you feel now . Physically . I feel good. Newman, a korean war veteran went to north korea on a tourist visa. But as he was leaving the country in october, a military officer escorted him off. He was accused of killing innocent civilians during the war. Congressman adam shift told us its wonderful news he is home in time for the holidays. This korean war veteran will be coming home now and have another story to tell. He is in excellent spirits and eager to be reunited with his family. Outside his home, jeff newman thanks the u. S. State department and Swedish Embassy for helping his father return home. We also want to thank the many americans. As you can imagine, this has been a difficult ordeal for us as a family, and particularly for him. First thing, what would you like to do . Go home and see my wife. And that was kate larson reporting. Newman is expected to arrive in San Francisco around noon. This morning, tributes to Nelson Mandela are coming from people far away from south africa. Take a look at this, nasa paid tribute from space by releasing this picture of south africa. It was taken as the International Space station passed over the country. Here in washington, the south African Embassy is hosting knig nightly visuals at 7 00 in the evening. T tom spoke to leaders that feel a special connection to mandelas work. For 30 years he lead the metropolitan washington counsel. He gets giddy when talking about meeting Nelson Mandela here in 1990. I was saying its such an honor to meet you. I said madiba. It just came out of my mouth. The colorful posting is from 1994 when williams was an election watcher in south africa. But williams really likes the picture taken with mandela. At the afl headquaters here because of mandelas fierce support for labor. Thats the picture he will always cherish. He was in the house of labor. On capitol hill, Eleanor Holmes norton has her own memories of south africas history. She was among four civil law right leaders who helped sparks months of demonstrations that helped bring about reform in south africa and freedom for trade unions there. She said it was time to celebrate his long and worthy life of making life better for many people. Theres not a lot to mourn if you consider the life he lived and his gift to the world. We always mourn for the passing of one of the great men of our time. But in south africa, theyre dancing. They are jubilant because their freedom is a Straight Line from his sacrifice. The National Museum of african art is another place to sign a condolence book for mandela. It will be available until next friday during regular visiting hours. You can also post messages on the website or facebook page. Metro is doing track work on all five rail lines this morning i. Could put a wrench in your plans. In northern virginia, the Arlington Cemetery station is closed this weekend. You can take a free shuttle bus and you can only get to Arlington Cemetery on a bus leaving the Pentagon City station. You may have to wait as much as 20 minutes between the trains on all five lines. This morning you have a new transit option if youre coming to or leaving d. C. Starting today, you have the brand new option of using marcs trains on the weekend. Lets say you want to visit baltimores inner harbor or get to bwi but dont want to deal with all the traffic on the belt way. Heres what you can do. You can board a train at Union Station and that service is now running nine round trips a day. That could get you from this area to pen station and midtown baltimore and anywhere in between. For a quick day trip, keep in mind you can get from d. C. To baltimore for about 7 and if you plan on catching a plane and flying, getting to the airport is a 6 trip and traveling is going to cost 5. If you have a weekly or monthly pass, were good to go. All of this information is at nbc washington. Com. Just search marc train at the homepage. They flipped the switch but the fun is not over yet. Why its about to feel more festive around d. C. These days. And the campaign called see something, say something. Why everybody is isnt on board police about saying something suspicious. Winter weather is on the way. For all those who sleep too hot or too cool, now theres a solution. Sleep number dual temp, the revolutionary temperaturebalancing layer with active air technology that works on any mattress brand, including yours. Its only at a sleep number store, where this holiday season, including sleep number dual temp. Discover dual temp at one of our 425 sleep Number Stores nationwide. Sleep number. Comfort individualized. Inch laurel will ring in the holidays in style. Tonight is the citys holiday parade and armory illumination. It begins before 6 00 on Sandy Springs road. It ends at the laurel armory on montgomery street and santa claus and mrs. Claus will be on hand. You can check out the National Christmas tree. The first family flipped the switch last night. They did not let the rain bring them down. Mariah carey joined several families. A group of special kids will be taking the trip of a lifetime to the north pole this morning, kind of. United is taking a group of kids to the north pole for the annual fantasy flight. The airline teamed up with childrens Hospice International to create a one of a kind experience for the children. Theyll fly around with the kids and land in a man made Winter Wonder land staged at dulles. They get to meet santa and mrs. Claus and the redskins cheerleaders and ronald mcdonald. Talk about a high school trip. Why this group is in hawaii right now. Go hornets. Chuck, whats going on . Nothing. Just a nice, quite, dry saturday. Thats not going to be the case tomorrow. Were tracking the Winter Weather possibilities for your sunday and for better or worse, your monday too. That for the today show is next here on nbc 4. Lets find out what theyre working on. We want to check in with erica hill. She joins us live from new york. Hey, guys. Good morning to you. We are tracking that big storm. I know you guys are watching it too. Responsible for ten deaths across the country. Grounded flights. Knocking out power to thousands. Were live for you this morning. One of the hardest hit areas. Dylan who has been moving along with the storm this week will be here to give us a sense of what is coming next. Lester also is not next to me this morning. Hell be live for us in south africa. Celebration there is are continuing to grow as the tributes from around the world pour in. Well talk about mandelas legacy. Plus recess is a time to get out there and play together but some kids get left out. Well, hopefully not for much longer. If one second grader has his way, he is doing his part to make sure no one has been left out. Its been a long three and a half months for us without our jenna. Good news is, she is back. Not that im not happy to have jenna back, but now we have a ton of harper pictures to show you because let me tell you, this is one of the cutest babies ive ever seen. We get you a lot of harper and jenna this morning. We were just looking at bobs baby picture. Yeah. I feel bad. They could be cowinners. They could. There we go. They could share the crown. Thank you erica. We all heard the phrase see something, say something. Now police are making sure you can do that all in the palm of your hand. Theres a new app that police hope will bring crime tips. David culver spoke with some that support the new tool but also worry about losing their privacy. Spend just a few minutes in a crowd and youll find a handful of people on their cell phones. We found them here in woodbridge, virginia. Either making a call or more likely sending a text. Its a quickgo. Reporter Virginia State police catering to the smartphone population to get crime taps. They rolled out a new app, see something, send something. It gives it almost instant information to be able to hopefully respond to prevent criminal activity. Its hitting the air waves. See something suspicious, snap it and send it. While police are promoting the effort local Law Enforcement will have access to the tips as well. Officers were on hand to support the launch. First concern, privacy. Some see the benefits to the country but also worry about unnecessary tracking. The luxury of being anonymous is taken away from you because they have your cell phone number and information. Reporter but state police say they wont actively track users and they promise if the information collected is not useful it will be deleted. Theres no archiving of tips or maintaining a collection data base. Reporter she decided to download the app right in front of us. Its con convenient. Everybody has apps now. Even with the new apps, state police say the quickest way you can get ahold of them is of course to call 911. Happening today, you can get rid of your clutter while making sure your personal information doesnt fall in the wrong hands. Were going to help you stay safe and secure. Today is the nbc 4 Allstate Community shred. Well be in parking lot b near prince place and campus way south. You can bring up to five boxes of personal documents. Its from 8 00 until 11 00 this morning. Today the hearndon High School Band is waking up in hawaii. As part of their trip member of the brand already played patriotic music at the u. S. S. Missouri. Heres the pictures they sent us. They met the 12 of the remaining survivors of the attack. Today marks 72 years since the surprise air raid in pearl harbor. Thats picture perfect but were expecting the weather to hit the area soon. And theyre gearing up for the worst. Adam tuss is finding out what needs to be done to keep the roads clear. Reporter bundling up, she heard about the Winter Weather coming. Her best defense is her coat. Thats the secret to staying nice and dry and arm, right . Sure. Road crews preparing for sunday. We definitely feel theres something to this storm. Steve shannon says the wheels are already in motion. Its hard to do and its the most treacherous and sometimes black ice, you kancant see it. So were actually mobilized and well be at a high level too which is between 6 and 700 vehicles out on the road. Reporter and the maryland state Highway Administration and d. C. Department of transportation also getting game plans together. Sunday the redskins and ravens have home games. Youre asked to take Public Transportation as possible. And more trains running between d. C. And baltimore this even. But even with the forecast, some say bring on the cold. I want a nice long two week vacation of snow, snow, snow. Not sure if thats on tap any time soon but looks like the first real taste of winter precipitation is coming. Adam tuss, news 4. I like that guys spirit. No thank you. Watch what you wish for. I can wish for it all i want to. Thats not what is going to happen. We can have ice and sleet and freezing rain. But all snow, not going to happen. This is what a lot of parents in my community are talking about. Are we going to get the stuff that we can build a snow man . This is not going to be a good snowman making event i. Could be a slushy five or six inch tall snowball man. But thats it. Most will be in the sleet and freezing rain category and that helps nobody. Even snow lovers like me. Winter storm watches are all up across the region. This is from tomorrow. This time tomorrow morning all the way through the remainer of your sunday, sunday night and going to continue into monday as well. Winter storm watches are already posted. They go into effect about this time tomorrow. This is how our sky looks first thing this morning. Tonight isnt a bad day to go outside. These clouds in the eastern sky are moving away from us. Well see a clearing trend for the remainder of the morning. 39 degrees right now. Breezy and cold outside. Temperatures mid to upper 30s right now. Your weather impact scale, for today, cold and breezy but dry. Very low impact on the weather scale for today. Tomorrow morning, though, starting out with snow and likely to go over to ice with some rain as well. Medium to medium high impact for tomorrow. Monday morning could be real trouble around here. A chance for ice continuing sunday night into the monday morning commute. That will be a high impact for your monday. Then we could see a lingering impact through monday afternoon as well. Heres where the moisture is now working its way out. We get about 12 to 18 hour break. We have two different computer models with different answers. The american model krairngs out less than an inch in town and three inches out north and west. The other favorite gives two to three inches across northern maryland. Somewhere between those two is where were going to end up. But its not just the snow. Cold and dry for your saturday. Clouds coming back in late tonight and then the chance for snow arriving early tomorrow morning and snow likely during the Morning Hours tomorrow and, again, between one and two inches of snow, a possibility in and around town. The problem is tomorrow afternoon, noon to about sun down tomorrow, snow changing over to a sleet or freezing rain event ampd here. Thats not going to be pretty for the local roadways. A higher impact the further north and west you plan on living and traveling tomorrow. I81 will be much harder hit than i95. Keep that in mind. This will taper off late tomorrow night but theres a chance for lingering moisture into your monday morning. Heres your 7day forecast everybody. Nice day today. 43 degrees. And then for tomorrow, that sleet, freezing rain, snow mess that lingers into your monday. Probably rain monday afternoon and ending with snow flakes on tuesday. Chuck, thanks. Wait until you see what it takes to bring you the news. Why weather coverage didnt good as planned for this reporter. Tonight, actor paul rud hosts saturday night live with musical guest one direction. Guest one direction. See it right after news 4 at its holiday time, and no fruit is as versatile as our ocean spray cranberries, which is why were declaring it the unofficial official fruit of the holidays the figs gonna be so bummed. [ laughs ] for holiday tips and recipes, go to oceanspray. Com. Ghirardelli squares chocolate. A little rendezvous savor our luscious filling combined with our slow melting chocolate. That little reward for all the things you do. Only from ghirardelli. It gets more and more entertaining every day. And once youve got verizon fios, thats when you get it. 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Its at noon today. Biggest game of the year for us. Youre excited. Temperatures in the low 20s out there. That is coming right here for us starting tomorrow. Today is the day. You get everything done. One more check of your 7day forecast. 25 cents if you put it up. Nothing. You know what, youre going to have to wait until 9 00 a. M. When we have the latest on this headed our way. Were back in 25 minutes with [ male announcer ] we all deserve a good nights sleep. Thankfully, theres zzzquil. Its not for colds, its not for pain, its just for sleep. Because sleep is a beautiful thing™. Zzzquil. The nonhabit forming sleepaid from the makers of nyquil®. Good morning. Breaking news. Finally free. The american war vet held for six weeks in north korea headed home today. Just glad to be on my way home. We have live with the latest. Deadly and dangerous. A massive storm system making its way across the country. Now responsible for at least ten deaths. Travel is becomes near impossible as hundreds of flights are grounded