Alaska. It happened about 75 miles southeast of cordova, alaska. A tsunami warning was issued for parts of alaska and canada. At this point, there are no reports of damage. Lets go to meteorologist chuck bell. Good morning to both of you. Good morning, everybody. Happy new year. Hopefully you enjoyed your holiday season. Were off to a seasonably cold start early on a january morning here in washington. Temperatures in town are in the mid30s. You dont have to go too far out to the west or to the north before you get back down closer to the freezing mark. 30 now in gaithersburg. 33 in martinsburg. Nothing showing up on storm team 4 radar for now. Thats not going to be the case necessarily all weekend. Little chance of moisture well down to our south. It is racing in our direction. It will bring clouds back here tonight and maybe a little passing snowflake or two. Your saturday planner, nothing to worry about. Sunny and cold today. A little bit of a breeze as well. Of course, tomorrow, 4
And we could see the first snowflake potentials around 11 00, midnight. Well talk more about that and of course the redskins forecast and the seven day. All that is coming up in a few. All right, chuck. Thanks. The next 24 hours might seem like an eternity as the entire town waits for the biggest game in five years. Tomorrows battle with seattle marks the return of the playoffs to d. C. , and players say fans could be the difference maker. Carol maloney is here with a preview of the game. Good saturday morning. The skins are 10 all time at home at fedex field. So theres not a lot to go on historically if youre trying to predict what kind of advantage the skins will get this weekend. What we do know is the current playoff bound skins are counting on having the 12th man. The postseason pandemonium really started at fedex field last weekend versus the cowboys. Skins are riding a sevengame win streak, four straight at home. The burgundy and gold have to like this. Skins are 132 all time at
A national day of service on the mall. That begins at 9 30. The first family urges all americans to help honor dr. Martin luther king jr. Then tomorrow, president obama and Vice President biden are officially sworn in for their second terms. The ceremony happens monday. Crews are still putting together the final preparations for mondays inauguration. We have Team Coverage starting off with nbcs daniel lee. Shes live on the mall with more now. Good morning, danielle. Reporter good morning. In just hours, thousands of people will be coming to the National Mall here. Many will be coming to tsee the memoria memorials, but theyre also going to a tent thats been put up in honor of the national day of service. The crowds have arrived packed for a party. This is one of my bucket list experiences. Reporter Tiffany Grimes thrflew in from atlanta. Her first stop was the National Mall. Over 200,000 people sign up nationwide. Reporter amelia is attending. Shes here from new orleans. Like four years
Veterans groups, economic development, education, health care, you name it. Its all part of the national day of service for the obama inaugural. Something is going on in all 50 states. This big tent opens at 9 30 to the public. You can come down and see all of these exhibits. Theres plenty of room for everybody here at the mall at 12th street. We talked to a couple of the people inside about what they hope to do today. Anyone can volunteer if youre ages 10 and up. We have everything from an email Pen Pal Program to getting involved with our friendship program. People are here for the national day of service. Youd like people to come and sign up. Absolutely. We need volunteers. We are run by volunteers. We have over 1,000 volunteers. Were always looking for more volunteers. Thats why were out here. Reporter again, its a national day of service. It wont be any good unless you participate. Im tom sherwood live on the National Mall. Back to you. All right, tom. Were glad you canceled your
Suspect, why a local man who escaped this house fire is now facing criminal charges. Plus, the first lady does late night and lets her feet do all the talking. First in, a wintery mix of snow, sleet and rain across the region and its not over yet. This same system has dumped more than a foot of snow in parts of the midwest. Tonight, the cleanup continues. Heres a look from treacherous Road Conditions in indiana to detroit, to a close call in cleveland, as a plane slides off the runway. So what can we expect . Heres meteorologist veronica johnson. For the rest of the overnight and tomorrow morning early on, there will be icy patches out there, especially on anything thats elevated. For sidewalks, for steps, for bridges, overpasses, especially in this area thats under the Winter Weather advisory. That includes d. C. , fairfax, prince georges county, montgomery, howard, into loudoun and areas of northern faquier county. We dont have much at all falling, just a little light stuff that surr