About . Good afternoon. Lots of wind this afternoon. The winds are strong already and theyre only going to get higher and stronger for this afternoon. Lets take a look at the video from mclean, virginia earlier today lots of snow out there. The snow squalls are coming on in with the strong northwesterly wind and its coming over and bringing low visibility. This will continue this afternoon. Then mixed in there once it gets on out of here, you see some sunshine. Lets take a look at doppler 9000. Some areas are seeing that sunshine and the strong wind like were seeing right now outside the weather terrace. Then you get these moments of a little bit of snow through manassas and farther south. Doppler 9000 is showing green indicating rain. This is going to come downing as snow. Its just so cold down as snow. Its just so cold up there. This will move off quickly through the south and east. And back off to the northwest, i think were steel going to see a couple still going to see a couple more snow showers before the day is over. Temperatures are dropping. Saturday is just going to be even colder through the afternoon wind gusts as high as 40 to 50 miles per hour. The latest on sundays storm coming up a little bit later. Allyson, thank you. Twice apparently is enough for mitt romney. Three weeks after he surprised many by saying he was considering a third bid for the white house, romney now says he will not campaign for the republican president ial nomination. The former Massachusetts Governor broke the news to his staff a little more than an hour ago. Analysts say romney discovered several of his past supporters and fund raisers had defected to former Florida Governor jeb bush. An elderly man is fighting for his life after his North Bethesda town home went up in flames. The fire started around 1 30 this morning on brewerhouse road off tuckerman lane. Nikki burdine was there. She has the latest. Reporter investigators say the 75yearold man who lives here was woken up by the smoke alarm. He tried to fight the flames himself. When he couldnt, he went to his neighbors house and they called 911. This is what the home looked like when firefighters got here. The elderly man was rushed to the hospital with life threatening injuries. He had second and third agree burns. I just felt terrible for the person and hope hes okay. Reporter although most of the damage was contained to this home, the neighboring townhouse was damaged as well and had to be evacuated. Neighbors in this tightknit Community Showing up all morning to see what happened. I came out to drive my son to the bus astopnd looking at the unit. Its like, jeez, its terrible. Its a lot of damage, you know. Unfortunately you think of that huge family in annapolis. Reporter the fire started when an electrical outlet under the couch overheated and caught fire spreading fast. The home is a total loss. In North Bethesda, nikki burdine, wusa9. At last check the victim was still in critical condition. Montgomery county firefighters will be back on the scene this afternoon to go over Fire Safety Concerns with other respect accidents in the neighborhood residents in the neighborhood. The sun devil woman who died in a smokefilled metro train formally filed the lawsuit today. It accuses the Transit Agency of negligence which led to the death of 61yearold carol whoever. Ventilation fans carol glover. Ventilation fans also didnt work properly. Her sons are suing metro for 50 million. District police are investigating a serious accident on suitland parkway. A manual was struck around man was struck around 6 30 near the intersection of alabama avenue southeast. The car that hit the pedestrian remained on the scene. Were still waiting word on the victims condition. Bail is set at 2 million for rap music mogul suge knight. Knight is charged with murder after running over two men with his chuck killing one of them. Don champion has more. Reporter wearing sunglasses and flanked by his attorney, former Death Row Records founder suge knight turned himself into Los Angeles Police overnight. Reporter can you say anything about the sal decisions against you . Allegations against you . Reporter after being questioned they charged knight with murder in a deadly hitand run police say he was involved in thursday afternoon. Is happened in the parking lot of this Fast Food Restaurant after an argument. I noticed they were arguing pretty loud. I turned around and went to the car. Reporter once inside his pickup truck, he ran over two men. One terry carter, an actor and friend of niepts died knights died. A second man was injured. People say it looked like an intentionally act. Reporter 20 minutes before the accident, investigators say knight got into an argument at another location in compton. Knights attorney told police the argument continued at the Fast Food Restaurant and that his client accidentally ran over the two men as he was being attacked. Those people were also at the other altercations. It all suggests he was the person driving that truck. Reporter knight has a history of runins with the law. Last year he was charged with a robbery case and faces 30 years to life in prison if convicted. In 1996 he was driving the car that rapper tupac was shot and killed in. Don champion, cbs news. Knight has also been shot at six times last summer in fact. He almost died from a blood clot. Theres still no word on the fate of a japanese journalist and a jordanian pilot being held hostage by isis. The terror group had demanded the release of an iraqi woman, a failed suicide bomber with tails to al qaeda by sunset thursday. In exchange they would spare the life of the pilot and release the journalist. The families of both hostages had issued new appeals to their governments to bring the men home alive. The president of an Ivy League School is taking steps to address Sexual Assaults and binge drinking on campus. One of his first moves is to ban hard alcohol at dartmouth. Teresa duncan is on the campus in New Hampshire with more. Reporter Dartmouth College president Philip Hamlin told students no one will be permitted to possess hard alcohol on campus. If fraternities and sororities dont comply, im shut the entire greek system down. What is the environment that will enable dartmouth to fulfill our potential . Reporter the Ivy League School had ranked long among those of Higher Learning but students have always had a reputation for partying hard. A staple at Football Games is peggy, the unofficial mascot, a keg of beer. The college in one of its oldest Fraternity Chapters were the inspiration for the 1978 film animal house. Debbie is a senior. Back in october she announced why she left her sorority in an open letter to the school up in. What was your experience . My experience has been that my friends have suffered from Sexual Assault. Reporter joe kerry is also a senior. Up until now, nobody has taken steps that are in my opinion dramatic enough. Reporter beginning next year freshmen will be required to complete a fouryear Sexual Violence program, the first of its kind in the country. As for the new alcohol guidelines, they go into effect in the spring term. Jericka duncan, cbs news, hanover, New Hampshire. There were 35 reports of Sexual Assault on the dartmouth campus in 2013. Still ahead on wusa9, a routine sales call likely saved the life of an oregon woman. Well have details on that ahead. Plus, a dutchman breaks into a television station demanding air time. Those stories and many people clean their dentures with toothpaste or plain water. And even though their dentures look clean, in reality theyre not. If a denture were to be put under a microscope we can see all the bacteria that still exists on the denture and that bacteria multiplies very rapidly. Thats why dentists recommend cleaning with polident everyday. Polidents unique micro clean formula works in just 3 minutes, killing 99. 99 of odor causing bacteria. For a cleaner, fresher brighter denture everyday. Even though extra measures have been taken in amsterdam to pocket media workers since gunmen killed 12 journalists in paris, a man used a fake gun to invade a Dutch Television stiewtd crow. The 19yearold claimed to be part after team of hackers who said radioactive explosives would be detonated across the city if he wasnt allowed to go on air. Staff were evacuated from the building and police eventually took the man into custody. Local news reports say he acted alone. Its the last thing most people want, a call from a telemarketer. But for a woman in oregon, a sales call from more than 800 miles away more than likely saved her life. Don champion explains. Americare health and nutrition, how are you today . Reporter that greeting is a call they wont soon forget. She said he need to hear this. This is no joke. This woman is getting hit. Reporter when tina, a supervisor, got on the lining, she heard a woman getting attacked. [ screaming ] help me. [ breathing heavy ] it was very, very frightening. The lady was helpless. You could actually hear the blows as if he was hitting a punching bag and she was terrifed. Reporter garcias boss then steps in recording the call and holding it open for 15 to 20 minutes while they called police more than 900 miles away in or gone where the woman oregon where the woman lives. Sheriffs deputies tracked down her home and arrested her ex boyfriend. As far as im concerned, the people in that room, we were the only lifeline even though we were states and states away. We wanted to get this young lady some help. Reporter the Victim Told Police he had a gun and the phone was in her back pocket the entire time. It was a call. Feels like almost divine intervention. That probably saved her live. Don champion, cbs news. 33yearold walter ruck is behind bars facing fourth Degree Assault charges among other things. Still ahead on wusa9, pumping up the super bowl. The big day in the dessert is in the desert today on the dr. Phil show, a gorgeous popular 16yearold girl whos a holy terror. You stuck it in the wall . I didnt know it would do that. But it did. Yeah, it did. So you got to be pretty angry in that moment. Youre talking about a small town chief of police who has a holy terror in a 16yearold niece. Tell us about that. Well, andrea, we dont often get a letter from the chief of police that says, dr. Phil, im the chief of police in this town. I need your help. Ive got a teen in this town that is the worst teen ive seen in 40 years of Law Enforcement and i were over there four, five night as week. We do not know what to do. This child is destroying cars, destroying the house, threatening this familys life. Were out of control here. We dont know what to do. The chief comes. The family comes. The child the 16yearold comes. Beautiful, intelligent but totally out of control. You can watch dr. Phil today at 4 00 p. M. Right here on wusa9. All eyes will be on the arizona desert this weekend. Yes, it will, for the seattle seahawks, new England Patriots matchup in the super bowl. Jan crawford has a preview. Reporter on sunday this dome in the desert will be one of the most watched spots in the world. 73,000 fans will pack inside and an estimated 140 million americans will be watching on television. With all eyes on the game, the n. F. L. Is determined to avoid a replay of the deflated football controversy. The referees will handle the super bowl footballs differently than a regular game. Were reviewing our protocol. The officials do have the footballs up until about 10 minutes prior to kickoff. Then theyre brought out to the field. Reporter so each Team Provides 12 footballs for a normal game. For the super bowl, the patriots and seahawks will hand in a 54 footballs each which will be turned over to League Officials later today. Theyre returned on sunday to the teams and are reinspected three hours before kickoff. Last night on jimmy kimmel live, some of the patriots most recognizable fans came to the defense of their Quarterback Tom Brady who has been dogged all week by lingering accusations the deflating footballs before the afc championship games. I deflated those balls myself. Im the perpetrator. It was all me. Im the locker room guy. Im the locker room guy. Tom brady had nothing to do with this because he was too busy being awesome. Reporter with the n. F. L. Going to such lengths to monitor the balls, air pressure will likely not affect the game. What could have an impact, whether seahawks quarterback Richard Sherman will miss it. He and his girlfriend are expecting their first child. Hell be id like not miss the h birtof my first son. Reporter his teammate marshawn lynches who boycott of the press led to fines has had a change. On tuesday . Im just here so i dont get fined. Reporter on wednesday . I know why im here. You know why im here. Reporter on thursday he had his most honest and engaging session of the week. You all should have cameras and microphones. So now for these next three minutes, ill just be looking at you all the way youre looking at wyme. Thank you, marshawn. You can be sure there will be questions about deflategate when n. F. L. Commissioner Roger Goodell meets the press later today. Both sides are so entertaining for the super bowl. I saw him on cone fan. He conan. He was so engaged. He can have fun when he wants to have fun and talk when he wants to talk. Until he says nope glur saying yup to wintry weather. Did i see flurries . Youre going to see flurries. Five minutes later you might see sunshine. Well see a little bit of everything today. Strong northwesterly winds are the culprit for this. The strong winds bring in some flurries and once its out of here, its sunny again and they come on back. Lets take a look at our weather headlines quickly. That will continue for the rest of the day. Sometimes visibility will drop as well with the fast moving snow squalls. Snow showers today. Its going to be very cold and even colder tonight. Bitterly cold. Painfully cold overnight with winds still saying about staying about 20 mile per hour wind gusts overnight. Well see temperatures drop down into the teens. It will feel like Single Digits if not below that by first thing saturday morning. Temperatures barely making their way out of the mid30s but well see more sunshine and lose the threat for some of the snow showers. By sunday were getting warmer. Weve been watching the storm all week. It is trending a little bit warmer but were still going to see the rainsnow line within our area. Im show you that coming up in a bit. 40 degrees. Not going to feel that way. Feels about 31 once you factor in the strong wind out of the northwest. I had this zoomed in to see a snow shower but its not there anymore. Thats a sign of how fast theyre moving, quickly moving from the south and east from the northwest. Shows a lot of guinn here. Its green here. Its not raining. It is snow quickly coming down. Visibility will drop if gaithersburg, fredricksburg along 66. They are moving fast but theyll bring snow showers and maybe a quit coating for areas to the northwest. Lets get to sundays storm. It is going to be something everyone is watching, especially with all your super bowl festivities. Friday afternoon, today we are looking very cold. We will see the snow showers go away. Overnight tonight clear skies. Its going to be very cold. Temperatures staying into the teens. Here come the northwesterly winds continuing. First thing tomorrow morning, yeah, its going to be very cold. If you have evening plans or first thing in the morning on saturday, its going to feel into the Single Digits for a lot of places. Sunday morning, staying cold. Temperatures into the 30s. Here come the clouds. If youre traveling to pennsylvania or west virginia, you are going to see some of that snow. Watch that rainsnow line right along the masondixon line. We are going to see sleet possible and snow. But this storm has been each way every single time we look at a model run. Stay tuned. Things can change. But it is trending warmer so we could see a lot of rain sunday night into monday and turning to snow for monday afternoon for areas to the north and west. Dropping temperatures today. Well see teen temperatures overnight. Passing flurries continue through the afternoon. Tomorrow sunshine, blustery. By sunday well watch that storm move out. Still trending pretty warm. Well have the latest tonight at 5 00 with topper. And were going to be even colder by tuesday. Well be right back with more news on the 49 days until spring. Its time to stop hibernating if youve been putting off selling a house. The advice is to get busy right now. Mary lou dell says some small upgrades could pay off. Happy new year. Good to see you. Good to see you. Why is spring a good season for sellers and buyers . Its a time that everything is starting to open up. You can have good curb appeal for your house. You dont have to worry as much about the weather and people are ready to go. Theyre ready to get out and start buying. Small upgrades are good. What are we talking about when it comes to small july grades. Lets start with the kit upgrades. Lets start with the kitchen. So many say they want an open kitchen arrangement. Maybe new curtains. Declutter, the less you have around, the better. Especially on the refrigerator. We all have the magnets. Yes. Get rid of those. Get rid of those. Just make sure its clean. You want to show off that its very livable. You talked even before in the past about staging. You might want to hire a stager to help you make it look appealing because people have to see what they want to buy. Thats correct. What about the bathroom . Is that an important place to make a little more of an investment . It is a good place, but everybody has their personal taste. So i dont think i would be putting in a new bathroom because theyre probably going to change it anyway. But have it have your tile cleaned. And once again, not too much around. You say paint is a good idea. A good idea. And how important is curb appeal . Curb appeal is very important. Not only because you want it to show well in the pictures that are appearing online buyers are very saivey. You want good pictures. You always savvy. You want good pictures. You always want people driving pay to say oh, i would love to live there. That would be redoing the garden. A reasonable price on your sales price, a little roof fit but not too exorbitant. I have seen this repeatedly. People say lets just try it. The amount of time on the market works against the seller. And in the end, it keeps bringing the price down. Oftentimes they dont get what its really worth. And they lose out on a good deal some other way. Mary lou dell, always good to you have here with us. Thats it us for. Well be back at 5 00. Keep track of the weather this Super Bowl Weekend on our wusa9 mobile app. Until then, have a great day. Well see you all again on monday. Happy Super Bowl Weekend. 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