months ago. so it is encouraging. nonetheless, w still need to see additional incase to reach the snow leels, which i would say would be considered healthy. >reporter: realtors say existin home sales will rise in 2011 only if more people get ba on the job. >> reporter: now most people are looking to ecember's rate. the labor depament releases that january 7 think. nbc news, washington. >> those bett than expected reports on joband house reqsting wr good news for trade orders wall streetut not good enough. the dow jones average was down 15 points toay. the nasdaq lost about four points. the s&p 50 closed nearly two points lower. today, new york city's mayor michael bloomberg admitted there were problems with the ci's response to tt maj snowsto. crews finally gan to clear snow-covered streets in brooklyn today. this come more than 72 hours after the bizzard hit on monday. the roads were so b that 600 city buses got uck. mayor bloomrg hasreceived an avalahe of criticism and he promis to find out whatent wrong. >> the long delays in plowing some of the city streets should not have happened. we're not making excuse once the clean-up is over, which remains job number one, once that is fully completed, we will have anextensive review. >> morthan 49,000 calls to 911 on monday. that it's the sixth highest total for a single day. winter sto continue to cau all sortsf problems across the wesrn part of the country. heavy ow and ice forced authorities to shut down major highways in air air and in. in. in reno, nevada,roeds covered with ice. that brought up to a fo of snow to parts of california in ohio, in idaho, that is, thousands people were without poer after three feet of snow fellthere. one restaurant opened its doors by using a generator anderving customers by candlelight. mo snow is expected fall in colorado and wyoming. and while we feel for our countrymen up in the northeast and out west, we're getting a ni break from the bitr cold weather here. and in fact, it will be delicious, isn't it? >> it really is. temperatures will be the warmest weve seen so far ts entire month ithe afternoon. we saw a high of 65 the first of the month. that was at 7:00 in themorning. tomorrow afternoon, we'll feel quite balmy. take a look a what's going on. we had a system movehrough a litte earlier, bringing a little in the way of light rain to our south. and most of us just saw clouds. those clouds kept our temperature down a little t. they're now faing into the 30s to the north. in baltimore. 39 out tard frederick, maryland. 40 in the districtnd toward quantico what have we seen off to the west? look at the temperature toward st. louis and inmemphis. memphis, 61. st. louis, 56 degrees. dallas at 68. d that warm air will make its way our way. we are in for treat. as we look throgh tomorrow, 36 by around 11:00. wake up to a temperature around 32 dgrees at 5:00 and 7:00. temratures will rise by some 20 to 30 degrees tomorr during the aernoon. you're in for a fantastic friday. wait until i show y what's in store for the firstay of the n year. >> thanks. there is a memorial at a car wash in rockville. it marks the spot where a man was killed an another was seriouslynjured in an awful accident. a guy was driving an suv out of the car wash, out of the wash bay at the flagship car wash center in rockville yeerday. when all of a sudden, it accelerated and ran over twof the employees. john schriffen isthere. >> reporter: this car wash behind me is suosed to be packed with customers looking to get salt offheir cars. instead of makingoney today, management decided to remain closed. that's because many of the employe are stillividly shaken u in fact, a few hours ago a memorial waseld here in the sam spot where the two men were trapped underneath an suv. tonight as one of the men rein in the hospital fighting for his life his co-workers are scared. now wrnndering why this happen. >> reporter: as a sign of solidarity with one hand in t eric dozens gathered to prayand mourn the loss of a co-worker and closy monitor the conditions of another. >> they're in a state of dismay. >> reporter: the pastor from nearby church brought this grieving group of frnds and co-workers to the scene ofhe tragic accident here at the flagship car wash on hungerford ive in rockville. police say itappened around 5:40 wn an employee drove customer's jeep gran cherokee from the tunnel to the drying area. but t suv suddenly accelerated, plowing over two unsuspecting employ quleez we towering off this read car. onef the victim is in t hospit in serious contion. the other, 48-year-old gavino did not make iout alive. >> having an know of this magnitude really affects them. i cod be next. they're thinking, how couldhis happen? >> reporter: police are currently investigating to determine how ts happened in the meantime, a family in honduras now without their ther. she said she has known him for the past seven years. every time he come in for a hair cut, he tal about his wife and kids who he supports from america. >> he is a niceguy. hard working guy. and very friendy. >> reporter:ow this close-i it community of workers are wondering what they can do to help the family in houras. >> losing a family mber, it very ready to deal with. not only are you losing a loved one but you're losing all the resourc that person may provide. >> reporter: the pastor says he will have grief cosellors on hand to assist anyone who is handling this tragedy. he said the church will also begin to srt a fundraising effort for the family back in honduras to make se that this hard working man has a proper funeral here in america. we're live here in rockville. john schriffen. back to you. >> montgomery county police have identified one of the suspects accused of murding a college student whowas home for the holidays. police say 21-year-old corey yates and another man shot 19-year-old dudley. thi happened december 21st at a home in wheaton on hutchinson lane. police say he was trying to prevent the gunman from entering his home whenhey shot him through the do, killing him. p police are looking for yes and a second shooter. >> and police have removed 21 anima from a home in manassas. now the woman who lives there could facecharges of animal cruelty. a up the led animal control ficers to the townhouse. in the 9500block. chris gordon has our report. >> reportr: beverly left with a suitcase. her hme has been condemned. the sign on her door reads, dangerous structure. unsa for human occupancy. on wednesday marks nasa asity animal control officers executed a search warrant investiging a complain of anil cruelty. they recovered 21 dogs living in unsanitary conditio. fil, feces, and ammonia with debris strew around the hou. >> ma'am, authority say 21 dogs were living in filth what do you have to say about that? y ome? any comment? >> reporter: in frot have to house she kept staes of the small dogsike the real ones she had living inside, including maltese and poodles. some of the neighbors say they feel sorry for her. >> she had a lot of dogs and she loved them. i don't know how she could have cared f them. but she seemed to she was doing it. she would takethem to the vet if they had a oblem. >> reporter: but others he say that the barking and the smell from her backyard hadotten to be too much. >> ptty bad that that's in your neighborhood. i'm gld it's taken care of. i feel sorry for her. you never see anybody come and go. what has to be done has to be done. best for everybody, her, too. >> porter: we asked the animal shelter if we could take pictures of thedogs being kept here. we were told a prosecutor said no because theogs are eviden in the case. we're told that some of the dogs being held here at animal control services willbe put up for private adoption. in the city of manassas, news4. >> the invesgation continue additnal charges are being considered. > metro is getting some money to replace some cars, rail cars, that were involved in a deadly red le crash. they're call th 1,000 series. transportation secretary ray lahoodnnounced the 50 million gnt ye money will be used for infrasucture improvements which includeshe replacement of aging rail cars. those 100 series cars will be the first to go. ccording to the national transportion safety board, those cars contributed to the severity of the passenger injuries and theeaths in that accident last ju. maryland, virginia, and e district agreed to match the $150 million grant in lcal funds. still ahead, trorist bombs and targets in greece weeks before a trial linked to some embassy mail bombings. a young woman run down by a driver. and new video that may show a killer antanamoing the cameras after he commitsis crime. >> reporter: christine o'donnell speaking out. rex grossm getting ready for what is his final start of the season. five people have been killed in a facto fire in china. some of the workers were able to escape by dpping from a window ledge. that fire bre out at a pharmaceutic factory in the south western part o that county. the news agency in china says that it was thefault of the factory that the fire erted, but it gave no oher details. workplace accidents are common in china, in part because of poor enforcement of safety rules and because of poor training. >> security in athens, greece, is being stepped up after a powerful bomb exploded. it was hidden on aotorcycle parked outside two court buildings. poice had enough time to evacuate after someone called in a warning to a newsper and a tv ation. the blast shattered windows and damaged somecars. but as notedno one was injured. the sma bomb also exploded outside th greek embassy i argentina last night authorities suspe militant anarchis groups in both those cases. no on has come forward to claim responsibility. a london man who called himself the cross bow cannibal pledguilty. video released shows him in acti. >> reporter: this is the ca of a serial kill we are his weapon of choice, apowerful cross bow right after a murder. tauntg the cctv camera. this isis voice tauntingan he can girliend. she said he beat her, cut her nose with a piece of glass. >> i'm not going to go away so i guess you'd tter. >> reporter: the cctv camera showed him leavinghis room second after killing his third victim. shot r in the head with an you are a over. in britain the call him the canibal. claimed he ate parts of his vtims. police found 81 piecesn this river. steven gruifth told police on camera thate kill three sex workers. he said he called his bathroom the slaughrhouse. >> we cannot begin to understand what drove thiscold hearted and ma up in la i have the individual to take three lives in such a brutal and senseless y. >> reporter: there are piures we are not showing of him dragging his last victim into his room. an then this final image. the killer after killed. he has now gone on a hunger strike, refusing all food and drink. it isn't ear what shape he is in but by christmas day he reported had lost 40 pounds and was in a weak tate. nbc news, ndon. >> at the time of the murders, he was aparently studying f a ph.d. in criminolog the filed senate candidate crustine o'donnell is defending herself against accation that's she misspentampaign money. federal authorities have launch ad criminal investigation. they want topping if o'donnl who lives in delawa, a publican candidate there, used campaign funds to pay for ren meals d other personal expenses. she acknowledges paying part of her rent with campa money shelf argued her home doubled as campaign headquarters. but on the "today" show, she said the allegations come from disgruntled campaign work here's were fired. >> disgruntled employees. look at the source. check out their credibility. again, crusten murray issaying she saw something. the cmplaint claims in 2009 i was misusing funds shelf worked r us for a week and a half in 2008. so wha she saw it through her crystal ball? look at thi for what it. >> o'donnell suggested that viewpoint joe bid who represent delaware for decades, was behind the invesgation. the vice esident's officeas declined to comment. still ahead, a winter wonderland is getting a lot of attenti in croatia. and doug will cme become to tell us about some waer temps. the rush is on theworld's most notable new years e party is all set. today'srews tested the ball drop in times square in new york. police set up 17 plus mile of barricades but lo at all the el. they got the snow off that stree that's for sure. this is a live look a times sare right this minute. lots of folks packed on those sidewalks. some them, hundreds of thoands are expected to be there tomorrow night. it looks like a lot of them are already there for the front row seat and they may be spending the night out there so they have a front rowseat come new years eve. >> they must really want to see it. >> something tell me they're young. >> it is a great exrience. if you haven't been there, it a really gat experience to see. the cool thing is when the ball drops, you kiss whoever you're with. hopelly it is somebody you're real close to as soon as you kiss somebod everybody is gone. everybody just scatters. after being there f 48 hours, yes. you wt to leave. >> it won't be too cold and that's the good news. something we like to see this time of year is snow. maybe not in our area butut west. this is flagstaff, ariza. they saw a walloping out there. about 13 inches of snow. there are now blizzard warnings in ten states across the west, including arizona. in new xico, south dakota and minnesota. i on't know if that's all ten of them but that's where that storm is heading. any time there's snow, that meansfor us aware on theother side of that ounsel. for us that means warm weather and we definely have it coming into our area. high tod was 47 degrees. it doesn't sound like a lot but this was the third day i a row above average. this is the longesttreak above average we' seen allmonth long. we'll continue that stretch as we me into the dayand high temperature will get in the s. 40 degrees. winds out of the sow at nine miles an hour. a little winhill. it feels lke 34 degrees. noing compared to what we've seen earlier th month. currently, 39 in rederick. 41 in sterling. right now, 36 degre down toward manassas. we did have a litt storm system that mde its way through the area day. that's why temperatures were health down just a little bit. we didee some into the northn neck. crossing over to the bay and on to the eastern shore. most of us rained on the dry side. look at the hi temperature toward e west. 49 in cincinnati. 56 in st. louis. 63 in memphis. very warm air out aheadf this system. that's what we're going to see. thisas with the hours. temperature now, 30 degrs. they have degrees in abou three hours. they areoing to see big time snows i their region as well. 56 in st. louis andnce again, that warm air ju continues to make its way to the no and east. this is why. we have an area ofigh pressure just to the south. it will continue to ide to the southeast. it will be breezy tomorr morning but by tomorrow thi afternoon, n much in the way of wind but the temperate will skyrocket as we will see plenty of sunshine a with winds out of t south, we get into the 50s. continued cool but not too cold. still a colonel night but not cold. breezy tomorrow morning. 24 to 32 degrees. if that southwest wind that is ing to bring in those mer temperature, torrow afternoon, we'll see tperatures we have not seen all month long. sun andlouds. much warmer. a great afternoon. 51 to 5 degrees. it is rally looking nice. f new years eve, right around midnight, the driest temperature of 40 degrees. we've been very lucky over the past couple yearsith new years eve. it looks like another great one tomorrow nig. that's the good news. if you have any plans tomorrow eveng, they'll go a-okay. 60 degrees, the high teerature on saturday. i'm going for it. i think we could hit 60 on saturday. then on suay, a pretty good chance of rain. we may see rain saturday afternoon. sunday, a hi of 50 and then become to cool weather, nday, tuesday, wednday and thursday. but all of next wee looks to be about average temperature and rather dry. we're not talking about any kind of a big outbreak. i was looking at the long term number. i don't see any real cold outbreaks again for a couple weeks possiy. >> excellent. >> that's good. no complaints. thanks. coming up, nintendo has issued a warni about its 3d game. jack johnson getting me freedom after he was accused of tampering with evidee. car thieves are really bus we'll tell which you onehey like most to steal. and the new trend could make it safer for drvers. cong up in sports, the caps players talk tdoor hockey memories. we go up close with capitals player d.j.king. and the redskins' final game. it means a lot to the quarterback. a memorial habeen set up where a man was killed after a freak accident in rockville. it happened yesterday in e car wh center. two employee pinned underan suv that suddenly aclerated. the second man was seriously injured. two sitive economic rends. the number of peopleiling claim for new unemployment benefits was down lst week, hitting its lowest pointn nearly 2 1 years. and home salesere up in the month of noveer. today, new yo city's mayor michaelbloomberg called for an investigation into wh went wrong with the city's lizzard. crews began to clear the snow in brooklyn today. that is three ds after the storm hit. a woman who was ithe crosswalk crossing a busy street inrlington was hit by a driver who didn't bother to stop. it happened about dnight on fairfax drive near the boston metro station. police are now looking for that driver. he is still on the n. deick ward has that report. >> reporter: in thehours immedialy after the crash, investigators detaied the debris personalffects of the victims and pieces of the c that struc her. >> when we responded,he striking vehicle was noton the scene. the victimho was a 22-year-old female was transferred t the hostal. >> reporter: it was abou 20 past midnight at the intersecti fairfax drive and stewart street. police stay victim was walking th a fremd. sheas hit as they crossed fairfax drive in the crosswalk. the partial description of the eastbound car a dark colored sedan. >> it wll certainly have front end dage to the body of the hicle. >> reporter: all kinds of safety measures at this itersection for pedestrians. there is a clearly marked crosswalk. the written sign for motorists and even flashing signs. but sometimes beingn the crosswalk, being in the right isn't enough. >> in this characters you know, the victim was in the crosswalk. we asked for people to walk i the crosswalk, walk in well-lit areas and don't assumethat people a going to stop for you. sotime they're not paying attention. sometimes they're intoxicated. and you have to take care of youelf. >> reporter: investigators are ot saying whether speed, alcohol or distractions were factors in this se. they are asking that any witnesses to the incident come forward to he them t. derrick ward, news4. >> the ctim, the name of that victim has not been reased yet. she is still in a hospital. we're told she is in serious but stable condition. former prince george's ounty executive jack johnson oes not have to war an electronic monito anyme. according to court documents, johnson's lawyer said tha bracelet as keeping his client from finding aew job. joson and hisife leslie were arrested last month. the preliminary heari in this case i set for february. d we now kw the name of the alleged robber who wasshot and killed by a dunkin' donuts shop owner. it happened on tuesday in laurel. a man walked into the store, announce ad robber and implied that head a weon. he w shot in t leg during a struggle with the owner. and he died a short time later. today, ne arundel county police entified the suspect as 29-year-old jose