Chevy chase resident and science correspondent speaks to our surae chinn. Reporter pbs science reporter miles obrien dives right back into work after returning to the United States a few days ago without his left arm. Everybody it talking about polar vortexes. Reporter the former cnn anchor who specializes in science, technology and aerospace is moderating a panel on Climate Change in northwest, a commitment he made well before his accident. Sometimes the best tonic is to stay focused on work. Reporter he told the world about the mishap in his blog. I wish i had a better story to tell you about why im typing this with one hand. A shark attack would be interesting. An assassination attempt would be intriguing. Skydiving mishappens always make for good copy. No, the reason i am now one handed is a little more prosaic. Obrien was on a shoot in the philippines reporting on the aftermath of the fukushima disaster. It was a seemingly minor accident. He was packing up tv equipment when a caseful of camera gear fell on his forearm. Two days later hes in the hospital suffering from acute compartment syndrome, a condition where blood flow is cut off to the muscle. The doctor made the life and death decision to amputate his arm above the elbow. Being the caretaker that he is obrien didnt tell his family until he returned to the United States on monday, two weeks after the accident. His girl friend says that was his way of processing what happened and protecting his family knowing they couldnt do anything about it. Obrien says hes now dealing with pain and the healing process. Phantom pain which is really crazy weird, yeah. I mean its like my hand is right there all crunched up and in a vice and at times it can be very excruciating. Reporter little did the science reporter know hes been doing the research throughout his career on what would become invaluable information in his personal life and new reality as an amputee. One of the first things i did was look at a piece i did for the news hour about a year and a half or so ago on bionic limbs. I suppose its a little bit like seeing what people might say at your funeral except im still around to be there for it. Im glad to be alive. Reporter in northwest washington surae chinn, wusa9. And he is lucky to be alive, great to see him. Miles obrien is consulting with one of the top limb transplant experts in the world. His name is dr. James higgins of Union Memorial hospital in baltimore and he is internationally renowned. Hes also a Founding Member of the American Society of reconstructive transplantation. He actually led a team that performed the first bilateral arm transplant on a soldier who lost both his arms overseas. Recently dr. Higgins reattached the arm of Prince Georges County firefighter William Alexander after it was severed in an accident on the beltway. While we dont know what sort of treatment obrien is looking for, we do know worldwide 85 people received upper limb transplants. So it could happen for him. Attorney general eric holder is out of the hospital tonight after he experienced faintness and shortness of breath this morning. They rushed him to medstar washington lot center as a precaution. Holder said he started feeling faint during a staff meeting this morning. Never lost consciousness and was just joke he never lost consciousness and was joking with the paramedics on the way to the hospital. More now on the remarkable life of a 91yearold holocaust survive killed yesterday trying to cross 11 lanes of traffic on columbia pike in Silver Spring. Scott broom is at that intersection by columbia pike and tech road tonight where elijah meranski was hit by a school bus. Reporter it is remarkable, a 91yearold man trying to cross 11 lanes of traffic here. Elijah meranski is a survivor of the nazi invasion of poland, imimmigranted to israeli and he died here trying to cross a road with his walker. He still two his soviet war medals in this 2009 photo with his wife who died in 2011. Yesterday his crumpled walker sat by the side of route 29 where he was struck by a Howard County school bus carrying middle schoolers back from a field trip to the white house. Police are investigating whether meranski ran out of time trying to cross all 11 lanes of this busy road. I remember the closeness he felt towards his daughter and the closeness she felt towards him. He did not speak english well. Reporter for the Holocaust MuseumGail Schwartz recalls interviewing meranski and his daughter just last year for the museums oral archive. In his interview he described the nazi invasion in poland, the execution of his family in the streets. He was spared for slave labor but escaped confinement to join resistance fighters and was eventually severely wounded while fighting for russia, a modest housepainter after the war, married, had two kids, emigrated from israeli to russia in the 70s and followed his daughter to the u. S. In 1995. Unbelievable. He survived death so many times during the war and to have this happen by chance is devastating. Its a tragedy. Reporter outside rtonsvill neighbors were shocked. Just to survive the holocaust and to do things is just remarkable. Reporter meranski lived in this ground floor apartment alone. The intersection where his remarkable life ended is only a short distance away. Now to the intersection here and the investigation, the investigators have not determined who may have been at fault, but there is a serious focus now on the safety of this crosswalk. When i come back at 6 00, the shocking reality at how short this light is actually timed for pedestrians. Until then scott broom reporting live, back to you. Amazing that he could survive something so awful and yet die trying to do something so simple. A victory tonight for d. C. s transgender residents. Today mayor vincent gray ordered Insurance Companies to stop denying coverage for people seeking to have a sex change operation. Specifically the American Medical Association and the American Psychological association are in agreement and have publicly stated that treatment including gender reassignment surgeries is necessary medical care for some people with gender dysphoria. The city now says gender dysphoria is a recognized medical condition. D. C. Already has laws banning discrimination against transgender people. Gay rights advocates praise arizona governors decision to veto the controversial religious freedom bill. The measure would have allowed businesses to deny services to transgenders, gays and lesbian by saying their religious beliefs precluded them from serving such people. Wusa9 has been tracking potholes for week, but today the district announced the official date for potholepalooza. The month long effort begins march 20th. Thats when repair crews will try to fix all the identified potholes in 48 hours instead of the normal 72. City says they have filled more than 9,000 street craters already. Speaking of road craters, mary gaffney wrote us about a stretch of road in northwest d. C. That needs take lot of tlc, so much so she felt it should be named our pothole of the day. Mary says the street beginning in the 3200 block is a hazard. We is not our cameraman kurt brooks out to get some pictures. He tells us because there are cars parked on both sides of casada, the potholes are hard to avoid just waiting to do some serious damage. We reported this mine field to the department of transportation. Ddot promises to fix potholes within three days after the complaint. With any luck this will be a thing of the past by march 4th. If you know of a pothole, tell us by going to tellwusa9. Com and if you can,easealso send us a picture. A warning tonight from defense secretary chuck hagel to russia. Dont do anything to escalate tensions in ukraine. The countrys ousted president is believed to be under russian protection in moscow. Meanwhile pro russian protesters took over government buildings in ukraines coastal region. Meeting with nato allies in belgium, hagel says the u. S. Is watching the Russian Military exercise at the Ukraine Border very closely. So far north korea is refusing to explain why it fired four short range missiles today. Those missiles were fired from a mountain site just north of the border with south korea. The launches come days after the beginning of the annual joint u. S. south korea military exercises. In the past north korea blasted those exercises as preparation for war. You may precede the nutrition label when you slop for food read the nutrition label when you shop for food in the store, but now for the first time in 20 years the food and Drug Administration wants to give them a makeover, but the proposal to change nutrition labels could prompt a backlash from foodmakers. First Lady Michelle obama wants to make nutrition labels easier to understand. Families deserve more and better information about the food they eat. Reporter mrs. Obama and the fda are leading the way as the government unveiled new proposals for labels. The proposed change would make calorie count stand out with bigger bolder font. Companies would have to list nutrients. Most americans should consume more of like potassium and vitamin d and any added sugars will also be included on the label. Like whether the sugar in your yogurt was added during processing or whether it comes from ingredients like fruits. Reporter the fda also wants the serving size to actually reflect what a person will eat. This is one important part of a broader set of efforts to really address important issues of nutrition and health. Reporter ultimately consumers will decide whether to Pay Attention to the new information. Its going to help people to know what theyre eating. Its a good effort, but i dont think it will be that effective. Reporter some Food Companies may fight parts of the plan. The fda prects companies will have to take around 2 billion to change the take around 2 billion to change pay around 2 billion to change the food labels. The fda is giving the public 90 days to weigh in on the proposed changes. We thought wed talk about this because newsrooms are not the healthiest places. The big idea is to help people understand the calories theyre taking in as you chomp on those and what the serving size is. In this bag of potato chips there are 15 servings here. For some of us thats like two servings. I know. This is what an actual serving size of these potato chips look like, right . This is 20 chips, but how many of us only ate that . Thats 150 calories, 9 grams of fat. Now if you eat this whole thing like youre known to do, you would consume over 2,200 calories. Thats like food for a whole day. Absolutely. The whole idea is for people to be more educated. The calories will be bolder. The serving size will be bolder. All of this in an attempt to help you understand what youre eating. These used to be bags where youd see two servings. Now theyve right sized them so its just one serving in these bags here, but got to pay close attention to that. Or sometimes you on purpose dont look because you just dont want to know. Thats right. If youre trying to keep up with the joneses, you ought to know four of the wealthiest neighborhoods in america right here in our neck of the woods. Peggy fox takes us to the land of the rich folks coming your way at 5 30. If youre sick of the snow and the cold, youre not alone. So right now pretend its summer. Were going to take you to some tropical locations where you dont even need a plane ticket. Hard to believe even colder air is moving in right now. Winds are howling on the weather terrace. Well show you temperatures. 38 downtown, 32 in gaithersburg and frederick, 27 in hagerstown, 34 in leesburg. Well come back and tell you what the winds are doing to our wind chills. I got new information on mondays storm. Dont we love those guys at nasa . Theyve come out with what theyre calling a planner to bonanza. Scientist a planetary bonanza. Scientists have discovered new planets and nasa says four of the planets have the makeup to potentially support life if only we could get there. Look what nasty weather did in toronto. Nearly 100 vehicles in accidents. This highway was closed here for most of the afternoon while crews dealt with the mess. Unbelievably there were no major injuries. I thought they knew how to handle their cold and snow in toronto. Whats up with that . We were going to ask you whats up with that . Well, makes us feel better, doesnt it . A little. We always get nailed. We dont get those massive ones. That was horrific. New information on the monday storm, its all trending colder which is actually kind of good because it would mean more snow and sleet as opposed to freezing rain. Be glad for small favors. In this case our choices are not good. So that would be one of the better scenarios, the colder the better. Lets start with a live look outside, our live michael and son weather cam, 38 right now, dew point Single Digits, relative humidity outside is 25 . I harp on this, but its very dry air, wind north, northwest at 17 gusting to 30, but your indoor relative humidity is 9 . If your hands are cracking, thats why. Satellite picture radar combined, well zoom out into the west coast. This will be our storm. This is our source of moisture. It will track across the country over the weekend. It is going to hammer california. They have winter storm warnings out and flood warnings out. Were talking about 1 to 3 inches of rain there. In the meantime a cold front moved through. Most of the snow showers stayed north of us. You heard the winds pick up in the afternoon. Its driving in fresh arctic air and generally clear skies. Temps 38 downtown, 30 in gaithersburg, 32 in frederick, 34 in leesburg and manassas. Factor in these winds. It feels like its 60 in gaithersburg, feels like 29 downtown and 22 in leesburg. If youre going out, dress for the teens tonight. Look at this, wind chills 1 below in oakland and 6 below in davis around timberline. Even colder tonight, hard to believe, but its fresh arctic air, some Single Digits possible north and west of town. Bus stop temperatures 9, 25. Whats the Silver Lining . Okay. No winds tomorrow morning. Very cold friday the whole day but good news, no wind the whole day. For tonight clear sky, even colder, winds slowly diminish, northwest 10 to 15, but lows 9 to 19. Tomorrow morning mostly sunny, a very cold start. I would say hat, gloves and a scarf good idea. Teens and 20s, winds manageable northwest at 10 and by afternoon partly cloudy, colder. Youll need your sunglasses, winds light, High Temperatures again struggle to get to the freezing mark which is kind of a cold way to end february. Look at these temps, in the teens to start, lot of sunshine. These are city temps. 18 at 9 00, 22 at 11 00 and by 1 00 25 degrees. This may be a little bit low at 1 00. The weekend looks good for the first weekend in march, 45 on saturday, maybe a sprinkle, but im tempted to take that out, partly sunny. Clouds come back at us sunday, High Temperature 50 with rain developing late sunday or sunday night. That leads into our winter storm monday. Rain and or ice or snow, 33 and again models are trending colder which would be more snow and sleet, less freezing rain. Thats a better thing. Then cold tuesday, wednesday in the 30s, chilly on thursday, next thursday with temperatures back in the mid40s. Do you want to get away . Remember that commercial . Escaping this miserable Winter Weather can be pricey, spring break air fare up 9 this year. So how about a staycation . Jessica doyle found some local places. Reporter are the winter blues stomping the life out of you . More than 90 of people do admit to some lessening of their mood and going into a hibernationlike mode this time of year. Reporter the dirty snow, gray skies, all of that can really get you down. I think of washington winters as very wimpy. This one has been pretty powerful. Reporter and depressing. And depressing depending on your point of view. Reporter but psychiatrist antonia baum says you can do things into trick your brain into being happier, so we found a couple local spots where we can pretend its already summer. Im so over this cold. Reporter not only can you get your tooties ready for toes, theres a lime and ginger body treatment with warm oils and heated body wraps, talk about tropical. Cheers. Reporter speaking of the tropics how about scuba diving classes . Blue planet d. C. Is just 4 blocks from the Dupont Circle metro. Did you know Fairfax County has a rec center with an indoor water park . Cub run in chantilly has a 50 foot indoor water slides. You can put summers restaurant georgetown at tackle box. R in put a clam bake and rum punch on your bill. What it, did somebody say bill . He is the roseate spoonbill. Reporter mike acts like the mayor at the zoo. He loves greeting new friends. At about 80 degrees yearround, you definitely want to lose your winter coat. Now if they could only work on getting a little more sun in here. There are monkeys, fish, different species of birds. Hey, theres mike again. Its always summer in here. Personally big fan of the lime and ginger body treatment. That was Jessica Doyle reporting. Just in case youre counting, theres only 20 more days left till spring, but tomorrow is the last day of february, so you know this is almost over. Tell the truth. You really like the pedicure. That was your thing. That was my thing, but dont ask me to take my shoes off and show it off. We will not. Right after the break why babies born via c section may be more likely to suffer fr in tower health alert new data suggests c section in our health alert new data suggests c sections can increase the likelihood of your child being obese later in life. London Research Shows 25 of babies born to c section were more likely to be heavier as adults. Its concluded not having a natural birth might affect a babys metabolism. They need to be exposed to the bacteria that comes from the mother which that baby might not be exposed to if a baby is born by caesarean section. Experts compared data from 150 births. About 1 3 of all babies in the u. S. Are born by c section. If you drive on the highways at night around here, youve no doubt noticed a lot of those lights are out above thhighways. Whats going on . I hit the road to get you some answers. It was a tv mini series that 100 Million People watched. Its now been remade into a movie and our andrea roane speaks with the popular creators of son of god. Reporter im here in a luxury home in mclean. If this refrigerator isnt big enough for you, theyve got more right over here. Check this out. Coming up we will take you to one of the richest 10 neighborhoods in the country. Can you see us . Are you there . Youre breaking up. Are you there . Is it you or is it me . Wait, no. Dude, im lagging. Is it you or is it me . Why is it so slow . Is it you or is it me . [ male announcer ] if youre not on 100 fiber optics, its you. Verizon fios is 100 fiber optic, comcast isnt. So you can video chat smoother. Game with less lag time. And upload a 5minute hd video in 20 seconds. 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Temperatures in the 30s pretty much across the board, 38 downtown, 30 in gaithersburg, 32 in frederick and 34 in leesburg, but the winds are still a factor. In fact, theyre gusting to 38 Miles Per Hour in gaithersburg, gusting to 25 downtown. Lets factor in the wind and the temperature, what it feels like outside, feels like 16 in gaithersburg, 29 downtown, feels like the 20s in leesburg and manassas, feels like the teens in hagerstown up toward cumberland. Well come back and talk about our potential winter storm for monday. Checking up on our top stories, were learning more about the holocaust survivor killed trying to cross 11 lanes of traffic in Silver Spring yesterday. Elijah meranski gave his oral history of the Holocaust Museum last year and explained he escaped confinement and went on to join resistance fighters. A wake today for vienna mayor jane siemens. She was 76. Her funeral is tomorrow. Attorney general eric holder is out of the hospital after experiencing fainting and shortness of breath. He was taken to medstar hospital as a precaution. Holder started feeling faint during a staff meeting this morning. Where do you think the richest neighborhoods in the country are, new york, maybe california . Huhuh. Right here in our neck of the woods. Four of the top 10 richest neighborhoods are in maryland and virginia. Our peggy fox joins us from one such virginia neighborhood known as mclean. Reporter yes. Not all of mclean. This is the swinksville virginia neighborhood. Heres a look inside some homes for sale around here in the upper income bracket. It looks like a home for cinderella. You can bet its got a price only a princess can afford. Im just taking a peek inside. From the foyer you walk into the great room with soaring ceilings and the sellers here are builders and developers. So all the architectural details was done by their own artisans and crafts people by hand. Reporter check out the kitchen. We have a tiered buck ceiling, dual dishwashers, six burner stove, dual refrigerator, six bedrooms, six full baths, three powder rooms. The asking price is 4,900,000. Reporter the swinsville virginia neighborhood in mclean is one of four ranked in the top 10 richest neighborhoods in the country. This one is on the market for about 4 million. That is a refrigerator freezer with drawers, yes. Reporter both sides. Yes, both sides. Reporter oh, theres a whole mirror there. Dont forget the elevator. Hockey player Alex Ovechkin bought the last home this builder sold in this neighborhood. They lead such a public life when they come home, they want to be home. Its a sanctuary for them. Thats one thing this estate features is the possibility it could be gated. Reporter w. In the d. C. Area used to revolve around washingtontype businesses such as lobbying and contracting. Now the rise of wealth in this area is more ahsan of double earners. A sign of double earners. Theyre successful business people. A lot of these are earners, ceos of folks that have their headquarters around here. Its folks that want a large private lot and big house but enjoy being close to downtown washington. Reporter a professor of urban geography named steven higgler developed this list called the police list of 100. Called the list of 100. What did you say the name of that neighborhood is . Swanksville . Reporter swinksville. It is swanky, though. In tonights consumer alert the department of Homeland Security wants to speed up security lines at airports and its calling on Technology Companies to help develop a new security scanner where passengers wont have to remove their shoes, their belts and jackets. Before you start cheering, its going to take some time. Dhs wants this new screening system to detect threats, but this could take years, so dont expect to see the new scanner at your local airport any time soon. American airlines will no longer offer bereavement fares. Those reduced priced ticket rates were available to people who had to book last ticket flights because of a death in the family. After the merger with u. S. Airways there is the option to buy changeable and refundable fares instead. The federal government launched an investigation into whether General Motors waited too long to recall more than 1. 4 million older model vehicles for a defective ignition switch. The problem which surveyed over a decade ago can cause the cars engine to unexpectedly shut down leading to a crash. So far 31 frontal crashes and at least 13 deaths are linked to crashes related to the faulty switch. The greatest story ever told is being retold on the big screen for the first time in decades. This friday the movie son of god opens in theaters nationwide. Its producers are the same guys that brought you the History Channel mini series the bible. Our andrea roane recently spoke with the creators about their latest collaboration. Reporter its been 10 years since the movie the passion of christ and 50 years since jesus entire life story was a major motion picture, the greatest story ever told. Listen to the voice of one crying in the wilderness. Reporter now with the start of the easter season a new movie look at jesus life, son of god. Pray to him and he will listen. Reporter starring deogo mergado the films producers are a husband and wife team that coproduced the 10part mini series the bible. It drew a staggering 100 Million Viewers to the History Channel and is the basis for this movie. S. The jesus narrative from the series started to unfold, we looked at each other and said wow, i wish we were making a film. This really deserves its own stand alone experience. Reporter so they shot extra footage while making the mini series. This film version came alive in the editing process taking almost a year to complete. I believe your son is the promised king of his people. Told from his humble birth in the christmas story of the nativity right through his mission, the miracles, his death and resurrection, the ascension. Are you the son of god . I am. Reporter but even with a proven record of success between them with hits like survivor and touched by an angel, renet said they didnt know if they could get the film released. We knew we could afford to put it in stop theaters and share it with people. But 21st century fox called and are distributing it in 3,000 theaters across the country. Usa today entertainment editor dennis moore will join andrea and the team tomorrow morning with his review of son of god. The couple is already at work on a tv sequel called a. D. About some of the bible stories in the new testament. Trending now an 80s supermodel takes on one of todays cover girls in sort of the ultimate catwalk cat fight. 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The one thing he hasnt been on, a soccer pitch. So its going to get really cold tonight and tomorrow, but that is nothing compared to what we may be in for by monday. Topper is tracking the next storm coming up. But first shedding some light on why so many of those overhead high lamps are sitting in the pitch black on the beltway. Mine was earned in korea in 1953. Afghanistan, in 2009. Orbiting the moon in 1971. [ male announcer ] once its earned, usaa Auto Insurance is ofhaten nded down from generation to generation. Because it offers a superior level of protection. And because usaas commitment to serve current and former military members and their families is without equal. Begin your legacy. Get an Auto Insurance quote. Usaa. We know what it means to serve. So we have been asking you all the time what drives you crazy about your commute . Elliott from Prince Georges County who did not want to us use his last name told us his commuter pet peeve has to do with the overhead lights. Why are there so many of them out along i95 and the beltway . We went out in search of answers. Not only on the why, but when the lights might be back on. By day elliott specializes in risk management. Like that one is totally out. Which is why as he drives our local highways, elliotts eye is drawn not to what he sees, but what he does not. Around 9 00, 10 00 at night, you go around and you see nothing unless youre right up on it. Early in the morning if its foggy, you can forget it, then. You see nothing. Reporter because the light as top those highway poles are out. Specifically this ramp off sandy spring road onto southbound i95 elliott points out. Theres about three or four points down there all in one mile. Reporter elliott proceeds south on i95 for 2 miles. We got one lamp on. Reporter then he takes us to the 95 and 495 interchange. First hang west. If you go to the right, take you 495 going west. Reporter then heading north on i95 off the beltway. When you have the exits with people coming in and people coming off and you dont have the lights , thats what really causes a problem. Reporter are you worried it might be unsafe . No. Reporter helping to shed some light on elliotts questions is david buck with the maryland state low administration. First that stretch of road highway administration. First that stretch of road down 95 to the icc route 200, both have everything to do with the icc conte road projects. When we work Major Construction projects, we do have to deenergize the lights in the area for the safety of the construction folks. Reporter the work ought to be done and the lights back on come the summer. Now on to the 495 95 interchange. We have folks that will fix that in the next 30 to 45 days. Reporter when you do have to fix a broken light, how complicated is that . We wish it was as easy as the bulb, but a huge part we deal with in the winter, 98 of the lighting issues are underground. If the ground is frozen, its tough to get to. When water gets into it, the wires freeze. Animals get to it. Its not as simple as saying im going to go fix that light. Buck also tells me a lot of the lighting along our interstate is just plain old and needs to be updated. The good news is maryland got an influx of new money going to the transportation improvements including new lights, but buck adds while safety is a top priority, continuous overheadlighting along the highways is just old school. Vehicle headlights have come a really long way since then and you dont need the overhead lights the same way you did 40 years ago. If youve got something thats driving you crazy and you want answers, let us know. Log onto tellwusa9. Com and we will get out there. I love how weve asked the question and people have been sending us all their great ideas. So keep doing it. We might feature your story. Thats whether or not im talking about. Reporter ready . No. I can give you a pretty decent start to march. Thats tomorrow . Saturday. Sorry. Then it will go down hill in a hurry on monday. Youre giving and taking back. Exactly. The models are trending colder which means less freezing rain, more plain rain, sleet and snow. Lets start with a live look outside, our live michael and son weather cam, gorgeous evening, just some kind of cold. 38, relative humidity way down there, winds still cranking at 17 miles an hour gusting over 20. You got to really prepare for the teens and 20s if you have plans this thursday night. Satellite picture radar combined, well go out to the west coast, big storm. Its going to be their second of three storms headed for california, already some good rain up and down the coast into the sierra. Were looking at the potential for that moisture turning into sleet and freezing rain and snow here monday. In the meantime you see these snow showers . That little line there was a cold front that went through the metro area dry and really kicked up the winds. Now it will reload our arctic air, clear skies tonight, winds will slowly diminish. Look at how much rain potential there is with this system in california. We take you into saturday and saturday evening. Were talking about 3, 4 inches of liquid rain. There are winter storm warnings in effect just outside of l. A. And venture ya county above about 6,000 feet for Ventura County above about 6,000 feet for as much as 3 feet of snow. 32 frederick now, 30 in gaithersburg, 32 leesburg, 38 downtown, 37 toward dale city and woodbridge. This is what you have to deal with. Factor in the wind, feels like its in the teens and 20s, 17 in gaithersburg, 30 teen in hagerstown, 17 in martinsburg 13 in hagerstown, 17 in martinsburg. Colder tonight, reloading arctic air. Some Single Digits are possible north and west. Bus stop temperatures 9 to 25. Good news . Very cold tomorrow but with light winds, so a little Silver Lining, very slim Silver Lining. Tonight clear skies, colder, winds slowly diminish, lows 9 to 19 and winds still northwest 10 to 15. Theyll settle down as we get closer to dawn. Well break it down. This is teens to start. These are city temps, 22 by 11 00, 25 by 1 00 and again good news, not much wind. Next three days our first weekend in march not so bad, 45, maybe a sprinkle on saturday and near 50 sunday, showers developing late and that turns to rain sunday night. That rain sunday night becomes our little storm on monday. Rain and or ice or snow, probably everything ending in snow late monday, monday night, 33, in the 30s tuesday and wednesday, back to the 40s on thursday with sunshine. Washington wizards are eyeing their first playoff appearance, their first in six years. Kristen berset is here to tell us more about one of the key reasons why it looks more likely theyll be in the postseason. Its looking good right now. Since the wizards were after john wall four years ago they havent had much luck with first round draft picks. Weve barely seen otto porter and Chris Singleton has been all right. The exception has been bradley beal, a young player mature beyond his years. Heres dave owens with more on how beal is handling the spotlight. Beal stops, shoots, gets a three. The stroke is as genuinely as it gets. So is the smile. So is the character. The person i am, im very humble. I stay grounded. He also loves fans. After a recent practice a game of horse with a young kid. You almost had him. Yeah. It was a close one. Imthought i had him. Reporter still beal made the kids day. His employer has to be giddy, too. Big slam for bradley beal reporter in just his sophomore season beals play mimics his twitter handle, real beal. The man he is off the court is just as impressive. At 20 his maturity strikes you. There are kids always watching me. So i always think okay, if im on the news or in jail or doing something silly, how would my Little Brothers look at it . Reporter older brothers bruce and brandon have lived with bradley since he became a wizard. If you have a bad game and you have nobody to talk to, i always got my older brothers there to calm me down. Reporter mom, too. Turns out she taught bradley to shoot when he was a kid. During one of his recent slumps she took action. She had enough and she came up and was like you got to correct it. Reporter family and faith are never far from his heart. In fact, its tattooed on his arms. Hes only 20, but theres a lot of layers to bradley beal, even a lifelong friendship with a famous rapper. Is it true nellie used to walk you to school . Are you tired of telling that story . I can see it in your face. No. Because a lot of people probably dont believe me when i say it. We believe him. Beal is averaging 17 points a game up from 15 last year. Hes a quiet giant that will play a key role getting the team to the postseason. The wiz looking for their season high fifth straight twin and well preview that game coming up. Right now its looking good. Nellie seems to be the worlds biggest fan of bradley beal. They call themselves the mighty tigers and theyre pretty fierce, but their passion is not sports. Youll meet members of the First Robotics Team at one of d. C. s high schools and see why they really want to help nurture the scientists of the future. Reporter another d. C. Mayoral debate and the incumbent and frontrunner pointedly ignores continuing sniping from his chal the engineers of the future are learning a lot more than programming and building robots these days. As mike hydek shows us in this weeks cool schools, students are also learning why its important to give back. Reporter you can create lift many ways in the world of engineering. This right here is the catapult portion where the ball will be sucked in through the roller system. Reporter the First Robotics Team at wilson gh school in northwest d. C. Has proven they can do it by making the National Competition in years past. As they try to get back this time, they have to engineer another kind of lift. That is what the chairmans award in the competition is all about. Its essentially competition to see what is the most Community Minded team, who helps out their community the most. Reporter wilson students share their love of robotics with the kids at janing Elementary School by showing 5th and 6th graders these, vex robots. They also showed them the lego versions as well. It just gets the knowledge and interest in robotics around these kids in the area and adults to get involved in the program. Reporter which in turn helps grow support for their level of the competition. This year its called aerial assist. Our robot will pick up the ball using the roller and shooting them out into the catapult into high goals as many times as possible, as fast as possible and as consistently as possible. Reporter which takes a creative team, much like the 1 in real engineering firms says a. P. Physics teacher benjamin. We have the engineers and mentors who come and help us, the coach and then we have all the kids with the different skills theyre bringing. Reporter all hoping to achieve lift in life and academics. All right. Mike says that team heads out for the regional competition in lubbock, texas, march 60 through the 8th and there will will 6th through the 8th and there will be another at the end of march at George Mason University with the final goal of making it to the finals in st. Louis april 24th. Right now at 6 00 your first alert. We are warning you now about a potentially damaging storm just days away. Reporter im scott broom in Silver Spring. Coming up the holocaust survivor who could not survive crossing u. S. 29. When i come back, scrutiny on the timing and the pedestrian light here. Then a different kind of tax fight, are people with disabilities at a disadvantage . Coming up an equal opportunity for the bottom line. It is going to be another cold night across our neighborhood. That cold air will have a big impact on what form of storm were tracking for next monday is actually going to take. Weve been talking about this for days now. First alert meteorologist topper shutt is in the weather system keeping a close eye on this system and this has got you concerned. It does. I wish it would be a pure snow. Were still tracking the storm by the morning commute on monday. Something will be falling from the sky. Models are trending colder which equals a wintery mix, time frame 5 a. M. Monday to 3 a. M. Tuesday. We could see rain and or ice probably ending as snow. All the models seem to be in agreement it will end in snow monday evening or monday night. The storm is hammering california tonight and tomorrow and then it moves off to the east