parking lot is unrmined, the number of businessesre devastated here. and we' haveo assume some responsibility for that. >> reporter: while that may translate to higher rates for wssc customers, it comes against a backdrop. >> all the re increases in the world will not be able to keep up with the infrastructure need. and it really is impacting our competitivess. >> reporter: the sectionf pipe that ruptured i slated tbe fitted with fiberoptic technology tt could warn of an impending break. in the meantime, the coty's commercialector here has taken a hit, and recoveryon't be easy or cheap. >> we are going to check with edc, our economic developme corporation, and financial services corporation to see what we can do about providing temporary space so thathey can at least be on their feet again. >> reporter: now, the retrofitting of that fiberoptic chnology, that was supposed to take place in2013. they m move that u once they get everything cleared up. this pipwas last inspected in 1999. we're live in capitol heights. back to you. >> derri ward. thanks, derrick. so for seven and a half hours,hat four and a half foot water main sent water through the streets. wssc say 50 million gallons, as we noted, lost. here is some perspecve on that. that's 800 million 8-ounce glass of water. a normal size bathtub, holds 50 gallons. a pool would hold about 1 million gallons. the water main break impacteded about 400,000 water customers around our area. news4's chr gordon ctinues our live team coverage from temple hill chris? >> reporr: good evening, dorene. prince george' county health department, along with the wssc has issued an alert. it's called a boil water alert, and will remain i had effect for the next 72 hours. this resurant issing boiling water to wash dishes, pots and pans. famies doing their shopping learn that boiled water should be used r food prepation. drinking, making ice and brushing teeth. modern liqrs did whout running water all morning. >> you know you have to boil it now you're going to useit. >> yes. yes. but i was trickling out, so mean, it's justardly even working right now. >> reporr: this lndromat finally got water in e afternoon. the holy family catholic school in hillcrest heits closed for the day, because it had no water. the same was true for bishop mcnamara high school in forestville, which cancelled all asses and eveninactivities. the most visible impactf the water main break was in the parking lot of central hamon business park, where the asphalt was torn up, and vehleshrown abou to ge you an idea of the force of this water main break, take a look at this tru and this car, which is upside down. and th acrs the parking lot that station wagons on its roof. the owner is a security guard re, and told me h got off wo at midnight, left his car parked right here, and the explosion threw it across the rking lot. >> my car was sitting on top of the --n the top o the drain when it blew, so i guess that's how got re. businesses in the park suffered serious water damage. >> this devastating and heartbreaking. and i've bee here on this property for 12 years. and i never expected anything or seen any damage quite so devastating before in my life. >> reporter: the worst structural damage was at the ecleese i can't family life and worship center whose frontalls and windows blew out, spreading chairs across the parking lot. >> my immediate concern is finding some place for us to worship. and theact that i hav all of my members and no one has been injured. >> reporter: and for the most rt, people today have bn looking on the bright side. although there was property damage there was no personal injury. that's the latest from temple hills. back to you in thestudio. >> that is good ws. thank you, chris garden, reporting. we have a l of raw video of the massive water main break, includg slide shows. you can go to o website, nbc washington.com, tsee more. the last time a water main this large broke was back in 2008 in montgomerycounty. th december, a 66-inch main broke on river road. rember that? it took nearly six hours before crews could stop the water flowg. 35 million gallons of water was lost in that case. our frigid temperatures cause ny of the water mn breaks. doug kmerer is here. how cold was it out there this rning? >> frigid this morning. some of the coldest temperatures we have seen in a number of yes. many locations wakingp to the single digits. sterling waking up to a mperature of 6 degrees. mainsburg, 4 degrees. manassas cam in at 5 this morning. and towards annapolis, 16 degrees. a very cold morning. temperatures right w, 29. we struggleded to reach 30 grees during the day today. and right now, just about everybody is in e upper 20s to lower 30s. and that's prey much where we're goin to stay. the go news is, we're going to be about 10 to 15 deges warmer overnit tonight. and again tomorrow. satellite and rad showing one storm system makg its way toward . it's not going to have a direct imct on us, but our temperatures go way up as a sult. it's also going to ve a big impact on our next storm system. i'll break it down for you, coming up. cold weather also caused problems for metro today. crews found some cracks in the rails ne the red line rockville station and near the van dorn station the blue line. a spokesperson said cold weather can lead tocracks, because the steel contracts. they say also tha inadequate maintenance also contributed to the prlem. riders on the red line had to share a single rail, and that caus some district significantdelays. familynd fends gathered for the funeral of the life o 33-year-old wliam mitchell at the st. john the evangelist urch in silver spring. mitchell w shot late tuesday at the intersection of north catol street and florida avenue. heas on his way he from the theater when it happened. thsuspect got away on a bicycle. investigors are reviewing surveillance cameras in th area. but so fa nobody has been arrested. d.c. police arrested a man for murder even though the victim's body has not been found. detectives say 23-year-old brian gaither killed 18-year-old la tisha frashner southeastd.c. in august. gaithewas arrested over the weekend. poce say other arrts are possib. 35eople were killed. nearly 180 others we injured in a deay terror attack in russiatoday. it happened in e mid afternoon in the busie airport in moow. police say a scide bomber set f a powerful explosive, packed in a suitcase. yonan pomrenze has our repo. >> reporter: a huge explosion took place at 4:30 in moscow's busiest airport. they're saying the explosion took place at the international arrivals area near the baggage claim areament i've been to the airport number of tis, a low ceiling ere. it's very, very crowded and if you had had aumber of planes whh landed at the sametype, you would have a lot of team push tether which woul obviously lead to the numr of casualties that we're seeing now. >> a bri statement from the present on the terrori attack in moscow today. i strongly condemn this out rainfallous act of terrorism against the russian people. at the aiort. i want to express the solidarity of the arican people wh the russian ople in the aftermath of this premeditated attack ainst innocent cilians. >> reporter: president mvedev has pushed off hisrip to the economic forum so he could personallyoversee the beginning of the investigation. >> obviously, we are continuing to gather facts to talk with the russn government. we would extend any assistance they might want. >> reporte for now, the security scenes a beginning their investigation. jonathon poenze, nbc news, russia. thorities have increased security at the two other commercial airports in moscow and athe other transportatio systems. president obama announced new government initiives to suppt military families. the president says governmen aim sees will now crdinate on the educaon of the children of those who serve andn the careers of their spouses. >> as commander in chief, i am determined to do everything in my per to make sure that we are ffilling that request from our troops. that we are taking care of their families. >> the president made the announceme, alongside first lady michelle obamand jill bide the wife of the vice president, who are both involved addressing the needs of military families. good day on wall street. the dow jones average closed 20 points shy of the 12,000 mark. that's the higst total in two-and-a-half years. the dow jones average closed today about 109 point higher. nasdaq up about 28 points. the s&p 500 also up 7 points. still ahead on news4 at 6:00, the suspectn the arizo shootings heads back to court. >> the day bore the state of the union, president oba makes clear he'll call for reding the deficit. bu he'll also make clear if we don't spend more, wll be in trouble in the fute. i'm sve handelsn in washington. the 38th right to life march in washington. >> andhe vice presidt of the united states ts summoned for jury duty. the ps are getting ready to play. hey, dan. >> dorene, the capitals hoping to write a hot holtbee tonight. the steel curta has fallen on the jets' super bowl hopes. we'll have the highlights and reactions news4 at 6:00 the man accus in that shooting spree in tuson, arizona tered a not guilty plea today. 22-year-old jared loughner was in court t face federal charges, charges that include attempted assassination of a member of congre. witnesses say loughner was sming as he walked into the courtroom. it was his second cou appearance sce he was accused of opening fire on represtative gabrielle giffords and other outside a grocery store earlier ts month. he'll fa charges dealing with otherictims at a later date. president obama will deliver the state o the union addre tomorrow night. the annual speech comes as wmakers of all ideogies are debating how much spending to cut and where to cut it. the presidents expectedo acknowledge that t deficit is too big, but he will also aue that some programs should be expaed to prepare for the fure. steve handelsman has our report. >> reporter: the day before his sate of the union address, president obama stagedn event to mak clear he ll not call for just spending cuts. >> we are uppingur game. reporter: he pmised military filies new programs to reduce suicide and homelessness. >> the readiness of our armed forces depends on the readiness of our military families. >> reporter: a larger version of that obama message will dinate e state of the union like it did last year. thathe readiness of america to compete depends in par on government investment in infrastructure, education,ore spending. but the president will also call for deficit reduction. >> steps we need to take to get our fisl house in order wl be -- will be something y'll hear a lot of discussion on this year, yes. >> reporter: to beat mr. obama to t punch, hou rublicans say tomoow they'll vote to cut spending 10%. >> we have a natiol debt of over $14 trillion, a mi-boggling, incomprehensible figure. >> reporter: liberals claim gop cuts wou layoff 4800 teachers, and cut college aid $13,00 per student. they want cuts in the pentagon budgethat so far is off limits. >> so we can have a stron defense. but we're snding so much moy, we're undermining our abilit to be able to provide for the american peoe here at home. >> reporter: democrats and repuicans do agree on the goal. >> l's get real about the deficit. >> reporter: barack obama hopes to be seen as the psident who can make that happen. aides say presidentbama will call for bipartisan cooperation, and tonight, new members of congress, mo coervatives, many tea partiers, who campaigned against the president and for deep cuts in the defy set, are iited to a party. down at the whithouse. i'm steve handelsman, new, capitol hill. you can watch the state of the union addss tomorrow night at 9:00 here on nbc 4. vice prident joe biden has joined the ranks of ministration officials called for jury duty. the vice president reported thi morning for jury duty at the new cassel county couhouse in delare. biden and his secret service detail waited withbout00 other people,ut he was not picked. that is not the jury ro, by the wa from which the panel was chosen. biden was dismissed shortly after noon. attorney general eric holder and supreme court justice elena kagan have also bee called t jury duty. tens of thousands took to the strts downtown today i d.c. for the 38th march for li, the 38th anniversaryf the roe versus wade decision legalizing abortion in this country. tomherwood has the story. ♪ >> reporter: tuning up the bagpipes. drummers inspiring the crowd. enthusiastic chanting. >> we stand wh you for life. >> reporter: and determined an-abortion speeches. butostly it was a day for tens of thousands of marchers fm around the nation to take part in the 38th annual right to life march. a march that cdemns the 1973 roe v. wade supreme court ruling allowing legal abortions. a ruling that set off an ooing battle in america politics. >>iven the results of the last election, the arican people, fiscal and social conservaves, are curved with the direction of the country. >> reporter: there were small groupsf anti protesters who said the cntry should remain pro choice. >> we still need to have a pro choice voice out here to stand up for roe v wade. we cannot go back to unsafe abortion. ♪ >> reporr: law enforcement the offials did not give out official crowd estimates, but this marcht times filled constitution avenue. participants were eager to walk past the supme court with opponents hoping theourt would one y reverse its ruling, or that congress will act. >> it's wrong. these ar life forms. they're huns, you know, and we are aboing these babies as a nation and i bieve we're going to have to be responsible to god for these babies. >> ie been coming for quite a long time and we've always had lots of famils and older people. but as the years progress, we have more and more youth. not only high school, but lleges, and the come from all over t country. and i think that's a scary message for tse w are pro choice, so to speak. >> reporter: tom sherod, news4, washington. saturday was the anniversary the supreme cou ruling, the first march for life was held in 1974. still to come toght, two men killed inside their car in northeast washington. pat collins has that report. the deep free prevented several people from driving to rk today. check that out. >> and doug comes back wh his fo you think it's cold around here? check out this scene from new york city. several cars in manhattan were completely covered in ice. single-digit temperatures also turned fountains into ice skull at yours and ford everyone to dress in lotsf layers. you came out and saw your car like that, wouldn't you just turn around and go back to bed? >> uhuh. >> that would do for me. >> i don'think the defrost button would work. >> and that little scraper thing. forget it. that's out of the question. it was that cold here today, though >> it really was. places in upstate new yor almost 40 below zero. this is a very cold outbreak here around our ea. sing digits. notheoldest in years. about two years, really. the coldestemperatures we have seen. butt's in the single digits. we d, however, get up to a high of freezing today. >> all right. >> howbout that. for the first tim over the last couple days. out there right now, the cloud makingheir way in. and thos clouds are goi to meanome good news for us overnight tonight. we will not be nearly as cold tonight as whave been. high today was 32 degrs. the lowas 17. st areasere in the single digits. very cold air early this morng. average high today 33 degrees. so the average high is starting to go up. maybthere is good news, too. 29 degrees, the current temperature, dew point of 15. dry atmosphere out there. wind chill of 21 degrs. wind chills stil a little bit of factor right now. anyime you're at 26 in hagerstownr 28 in massas, any wind will help to make it that much colder. 19 in sterling, 19 in nassas, 26 in fredcksburg, and annapolis at 19 degre as well. sn on the radar, most off toward the west front royal right along 81, and maybe even some in the northern maryland around parts of carol county, even in howard unty, a couple light flurries. but the atmosphere is just s dry. most of this is probably not making its way towards the realm. but it is part of a clipper system and this has aot of cold air associated with it. that's why it's all ow. buany time these go to our north like this one is going to be doing, they bring in warmer air. as a matter of fact, look at the warmer air to our south and we. 44 right n back tthe west. knoxville comg in at 46 degreesnd the warm air making its way here tomorrow. tomoow we have a very warm day. and then we have to watch out for what happens during the day on wednesday. first off, here'she area o highpressure. this has been the arctic area of high pressure. if this w to stay in place, we would be talking about the potential fo a monster snowstorm coming up on wednesday. that i not going to be the case. that's therea ofigh pressure, sliding south and east, allowing mild air to move in i place during t day tomorrow. highs tomorrow, 10 to 15 degrees above where they were today. i actlly think tomorrow a pret nice day. but setting the stage still for our next stor and even wednesday about 7:30 in the morning, we still have mild air around re. most areas, i think, m actually start outith rain from this storm system. but the storm making its way up the coast and right now still o early to call exactly wt wear going to be tting, becae the shift of 50 miles, even 20 miles, has a big bearing on what we're going to see here. whether it'ssnow, whether it's rain, whether it's freezing rain or sleet, there will cold air on the back si. so i think just about everybody will end as snow. but how much, that's still up in the ai right now. so here's my early call for wednesday. mostly sno this is the area whe you see the best snow chance. winchester, i-81, really off to the west, maybe louden county, frederick coun, as well. i-95orridor south a east, mostly rain and then changing over to snow late ithe storm, maybe some light accumulation here. but'm not expecting too much. but we're goingo have to wait and see, because thi forecast could be changing over the next 24 to 48 hours. partly cloudy this evening, continued cold. 24 to 27 degrees. light wis, but even a light wind gives us that wind chill. tomoow morning, 19 to 25. that is 10 to 15egrees warmer than we were this morning, but it still below average. and wind chills will sti be between and 15. so really, one more cold morni before we s a nice afteron tomorrow. much warmer. doesn't that just look great? 42 to 46 degrees. who would have thunk you would be thinking that in the middle ofanuary that 46 looks fantastic? because we go back to 38 on wednesday. thursday, a hh of 39. we will have to watch the storm wednesday night into thursday, especially, to see if it's going to create any problems. right no i'm thinking less of a storm as far as impact goes. >> is it too soon to a about a time frame, when wednesday? >> definitely going to move in probably wednesday morning and last allay wednesday, if i does that and further inland, we're talking more abo rain. wel talk more about that at 11:00. >> we'll stay tuned. thank you, doug. xt half hour, d.c. police are investigating the murders of two n shot in their car. > also, a stlement in the works for a mayor whose dogs were killed during a raid by a s.a.t. team. plus, george allen makes an announcement aboutis political fure. 'll be right back. coming up in sports, several nfl playe questioning the toughness of bears' quarterback jay cutler. meanwhile,he steelers just can't be stopped. andraden hoping to keep up his stellar play for the r hot caps. >> repairs are underway now on that brok