people to perceive the facts to be. you listen to that sound bite from john bain e you would think there was a requirement for a balanced budget amendment to pass in this like there was in two previous deals he authored and got through the house. there is not. you listen to democrats, a lot of them are upset at the depth of the spending cuts. a lot of them are upset that there are no tax hikes in this package. but many of them are happy, and we ll talk a bit more about why they re happy later, that they feel that there be tax hikes coming up because of this plan, but there are no tax hikes in this plan. so to circle back, jim, to your answer, the house rules committee sent out a rule to vote tonight. it s been approved. they re going to start debate. they should vote in about an hour. it s possible the democratically controlled senate could follow that house passage with its own passage. so it s further possible that president obama could sign this bill into law, and that wou
plow here. and other side streets still haven t been touched. leaving residents to shovel out. or play with the kids who are out of school. it feels like snow ma getten all over again. reporter: a lot of people saying that. snowmageddon is the nickname given to last year s record snowfall. again for which storms will be measured for years to come. we are live in downtown silver spring. back to you. chris gordon. thank you, chris. a man from hiyatthyattsvill maryland died. he was driving along military road in the district when a tree fell on his pickup truck. this was at 7:00. cruz was found unconscious near oregon avenue and taken to the hospital, but he later died. police say at least four others in the vehicle were injured. there have been at least five other deaths blamed on this storm. a baltimore taxi driver, he died when the cab caught fire after getting stuck in the snow. the other victims were killed by snowplows in delaware, maryland, and new york. one o
stevens addresses his letter to the president with his formal notification beginning the letter my dear mr. president telling him he intends to leave the court when his regular term ends in late june. about the only thing surprising about this announcement is the timing coming out today. it was widely expected he would announce his decision this month because he turns 90 on april 20th and he has strongly signaled in recent weeks that he would be stepping down after more than 34 years of service. though he was put on the court by president gerald ford, he has been solidly in the court s liberal wing in recent years so the appointment of his successor by a democratic president won t change the court s ideological makeup. among possible nominees are elena kagan and diana wood of kake and mayor rick garland from here in washington. the white house already has a list of possible nominees for the president to consider because they went through this last year with sonia sotomayor.
we begin with our top story, it s the redskins. no question the team has serious problems after a loss to another winless team yesterday. benching quarterback jason campbell and revoking the play-calling duties of coach zorn. everyone wants to know, now what? lindsay czarniak is live at park. reporter: hey there, wendy. jim zorn had a player s meeting about a couple of hours ago here at redskins park in the team auditorium. it is kind of quiet i m told. let him talk. what went down after yesterday s game and aed to give up the may-calling duties. jim zorn said earlier when he held his news conference that he did not want to give up the play-calling but agreed to do so because he wants to be here and because he wants to win and of course this all stems off of the player s loss yesterday to the kansas city chiefs and that s what the redskins haven t been able to do is win. zorn has called the plays since he became head coach in 2008. he did not want to give up that duty but b
welcome to news4 this week. hello, everybody. we re going to show you some of the most interesting local stories making news this week. among them, the road to recovery. see one officer s incredible journey after being struck while escorting the british prime minister through washington. and exclusive behind-the-scenes look at a new project, starring olympic superstar michael phelps. and see what happens when three sisters who didn t even know they had a brother meet their long lost sibling face to face after 36 years. but first, bad behavior by some local students has prompted a crackdown on sexting. first, it had barely gotten underway when police had to handle a spate of teenagers sending photos of themselves to teammates. now police want to know how serious the consequences can be for the students. reporter: four cases in just the first month of the school year at one fairfax county high school. police sought search warrants because they seized six students cell ph