so far so good? >> too short. >>hese are the way things work. plenty of cold air back in place. veryhilly weekend. not going have to worry too much inhe way o snow or rainfall. that's welcome news. might have snow flurry especially up across northern maryland. skies are ptly to mostly cloudy. temperatures in the upper 20s to near 30 degrees. in napolis. 28 for winchester. 23 in massas. 29 degrees in falls church this morning. 25 degrees als in leesburg, virginia. here's a look at radar. couple of snowflakesn maryland. a few more as the morning wears along. nothing in the way of accumulation. mperatures climbg to upper 30s to near 40 degrees. tomorrow sunshine returns. chilly sshine with temperatures staying in the 30s. dry weekend ahead. at's good news. no reason to cancel your plans too the hlth and fitness expo just bed on the weather. >> last year a little dicey. not this year. it haseen a week sin a man openedire on pple in a tucson safeway killing six and injuring more than a dozen others. the community there is still struggling with the horrorsf that da nbc's jay gray has moreow from tucs. >>eporter: this morning marks a full week since the tragedy and the hope seems to ce more quickly. friends and family holding on a bit tighter and a bit lger as they search for some kind of comfort here. only four vtims remain at university medical center, congresswoma gabrielle giffords ill in critical condition but doctors y making incredible prress. >> you couldn't have hoped for any better improvent that we're seeing now. >> reporter: two of giffords staff members are out of the hospital now. n barber spent time with stranger to helped save his life. and pam stopped by the congressional office les than a week after being hit with two bullets. the reunions bring a muc needed smile. there are still friends to say ide too. the funeral for federal judge john roll so many mourners, 1700 the church couldt hold them all. re victims wille buried thi weekend. as the search for answers continues invtigators say the man responsible. jared loughner posted a nen thenternet that said good-bye friends. while it was friends who gaered at the scene of the tragedy yesterday, determined to find a w to move on. jay gray, nbc news, tucson. and you rember christina taylor green the 9-year-old killed in theshootings. she continues to insre even after her death. she and her familygreed to donate her organs and saved the life of a little girl i boston. it iuch quietert american university this morning afr a westboro baptist church protesting sparked a spirited crowd on campus. the church said au is one of many college teaching students rebellion and gay tolerance. studen organized their own coter protest. hundreds of people joined the student group compare to a handful from west skbror. au students said they wanto spread message of unity and not hate. black ice contributedo a head on crashhat killed two people along canal road in the district. the driver oa jaguar slid on a patch of ice yesterday morning. it smashed into a pkup truck. the j driver and passenger died. one community leader wantshe district to do more to prevent watefrom collecting on the street. >> the maintenance of the sewer drains has been horrible. for decades there's been water on canal road and it's getting worse. >> police haveoteleased the nameof the two men killed in that crash. family and friends are remembering a retired minister killed in aragic accident. dr. james t.lemens was hit and killed by a marc train yesterday morning. 81-year-old misjudged the distance of the train as he tried to cross the tracks station. he was a retid theology professor and author on several pieces of suicide preventi. just last month he gave up driving because of his age. > we have a tffic alert for drivers this weekend. there are some road closure in alexdria as crews continue to work on the be wilson bridge project. some of the ramps will be closed at telegraph road. and you can't get to telegraph road from duke street thi week either. crews have entered the final phase of the wiln bridge project. they will be demolishing the old beltwabridge over legraph road. if everything goes smohly the mps will b opened 5:00 monday mornin metro riders expect mor delays thi holiday weekendn the blue, orange and red lines. the foggy bottom station is close forwd pairs. there wi be free shuttle buses beeen rosslyn and farragut west. the red le will be single tracking its statis so it will be slow going. for a complete list go to nbcwashiton.com and just search metro. a new plan to fund road projects inur area being met with skeptici. the goveor wants to use a smal percentage of the state's sales tax revenue toelp ease congestion in northern virginia andampton roads. democrats say that could strip money from schools and other services. the propal is in the general assembly's hands. theead coach of the woodbridge girl's basketball team s it's a miracle he's alive. >> he collapsed bill leading his team in e middle of a game last month. 's thanking two women for saving his life. jane watrel has an update on his recovery in an exclusive interview. >> it was amazing the amount of peoplehat pouredut and said see, get well soon. >>eporter: this woodbridge highchool coach said he's ovwhelmed by the outpouring of support. on december 28th his girlsquad wa playing in a regional tournament. with five minutes to go he called time-o. thenassed ou >> remember calling timeut. then i remember seeing a white light. d i seen a silhouette. i mean a silhouette of what i can't remember. but that's t last thing isaw. >> reporter: the coach went into cardiac arrestnd stopped breaing happen his assistant coach and a parent ithe stands rushed tois side performing cpr and keeping him alive until paradics arrived. >> proud. nervous. glad i was there to do something. >> i was erwhelmed. you know, i guess i'm the type of person tt i'm so used to take care of everybody else that i think i was reallyn shock at so many people steppedp and took care of me. >> reporter: wasngton spent a ek in the hospital and hast been cleared by doctors drive or return to wooridge high. doctors have yet to figure out wh triggered his collapse. >> i have a cousin that lives in maryland, he's a meteorologt. he came to the hospital vit and said don't look for an explanion, this is just one of those miracles. ani'm just accepting that as so. >> reporte jane watrel news 4, today. pretty imessive. we are hosting the annual nbc 4 health and fitss expo. >> it's happening today and tomorrowrom 9:00 to 5:00 at the washington convention center best of all it's free. 'll be going live to the expo this morning at 9:00 so you c get a sneak peek. bring out the family, meet the entire news 4 am, get health screenings and a whole lot mo. to learn moreo t nbcwashington.com and search health expo and just keep it right here and watch a9:00. >> should be a lot of fun. we'll both be out there around noonish for a couple of hours. chuck will beut there too. >> mh more ahd. michael stle is out as rnc chairman. wel introduce you to the man who is in. >> new questions about president ronaldreagan's health while he was still hey, wt to go for a smoke? i like that. cool. quitting sks. carl, we're gonna ab a smoke? nah. i'm good. woman ] hi, carl! hi! [ ma announcer ] quitting sucks. corette makes it suck less. and for fast craving relief that goes wherever you go, try e smaller, more convenient nicorette mini lozenge. some dignitaries gathed at the kennedy memorial center to honor richard holbrooke. he died st month from a tear in his ata. president obama highlighte holboke as a leading light of ameran diplomacy. secretary of state hillary clinton and bill clinton also tended the service. the republan national committee has a new leer this rning. reince priebus was elected t replace michael steele. priebus was chairman of the wisconsin republican party. during his victory speech he said the rnc has one goal for 2012 >> we ha to get on track and together we n defeat barack obama in 2012. together, unified as a committee. >> heill serve for the next two years and will help oversee the republan party strategy for the 2012 election. >>the son of the late ronald reagan is suggesting new heah questions about the former president. in a new book, he said his ther showed the beginning stages of alzheimer while at th white house. he says he was first alarmed at a democratic debate in 1984. hisatherumbled throughome responses and was at a loss for words ich was unlike him. doors diagnosed reagan with alzheimer's in 1994 five years after he lefoffice. tunisia is in chaos this morning. it's the first wikileaks revolution. protesters called for t president to resign after wikileaks cabl were relsed showing deep rooted corruption and poce abusing their powers. during t riots police fired live ammunition into the crowds killing 23 people. tunisia's prime nister announced he would take over temporarily unl a new president can be elected. today marks t years since the miracle onhe hudson river. swans video captured the plane making that splash landing on january 15th, 20909. moments after taking offer from new york's laguardia airport the plane hit a flock o bir and lost power in both golden globeses. all people aboard that plead climbed aboard the wing and waited. captain sully says he has a new appreciati about what happened. he's writing a new memoir. pope paul ii is a step closer to sainthood. a second miracle is to be nnonized as a saint but the process is coming with a bit of controversy. critics say pope john paul was too slow to respond to the priest sex abuse crisis. the ceremony will take place on may 1st. the firstime a pope has presided over ta predessor. coming up, chuck is here. we're rghly where we should be right now? high tempeture wise? >> today will be very typical for januy around he. temperatures in th 20s to get you arted. upn the low 40s for a brief time. how much sunshe will you get in your weend activities? i'll he the answer to that question coming up. 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maryland schoo opened late. a robocall went out alerting parents. his phone rang at 4:30 a.m. >> get a phonecall. first thin i think who is dead. i jump out of d. my second thoughtcy have to kee all my kids asleep. >> five little ones all uer 5 years old including a 1-week-old daughter. sleep doesn't ce easy for anybody in his house. he enlisted some iends, turned to an internet and found a company that makes robo cas. >> this is is a prince george's coty parent calling to thank you for a roboll. i decided to return the favor. i hope this call demonstrates why a 4:30 call does more to annoy an inform. >> his messa was 29 seconds long and was delived to the phones of the supertendent and several school boar members at 4:30 a.m. >> i've heard that at least one school board member did receive the phone call. she was a little perturbed as yo know, i understand. >> the school district says the call accidentally went o an hour ear to all 12000 students homes and now it has a lot of people talking. >> it's creative. i guess it was a little tit for tat. two wrongs don't make a right but inow why he did it. >> we want reven on job callers at one point or another and it mad me fl better. >> tt cous for a lot. >> oh, yes. >> the school district said this is the first time and last time that tha call willo out that early in the morning. >> they said it was accidental. >> it goes out sewhere between 5:30 and6:00. >> i liked his idea. sotimes a little bit of retribution is all you need is to straighn things out. the good news is i don't get weird calls in the middle of the night because people didn't like my forecast but it could happen. >>ing might changethings. >> we're not dng that. send me an e-mail. buthat's about it. outside for now jt a cold start on our saturday morning. welcome to your weeken everybody. going to have decent weather for our outdoor activity this weend. t a perfect looking day but tomorrow is brighter. a little bit chillier. temperures have dropped mostly into t 20s ts morning. 29 degrees here high atop the hill inorthwest washington. temperatures in the upper 20s around much of dowown washington. 29 degrees at ronald reagan washington national airport. the dew pointsre in the mid-teens. not much of a breez blowi just yet. those winds out of the southwe today will hp ease teeratures int the upper 30s and low 40s for a brief time today out ahead of a cold fron that promises colder weaer for tomorrow. 23 drees up in the panhandle of west virginia. 25 in hagerstown. a few lone some snowflakes tay cross nohern maryland. here's a look at doppler. no organized snow around her but can rule now snowflake or two in fairfax county, leesburg. light snow showe across muc central ohio and western pennsylvania. they arealling apart as they come or the mountns but nonetheless can't rule out a snowflake or two especially over the high suppose. 20s along t eastern seaboard. temperatures have been climbing over the lt several da. warmer bubble is coming our w for toy, but warmer air won't stick around t long. no advisories around here. we'll have a quiet weekend. mo clouds andunshineor today. temperatures in the 40s and then tomorrow more sunshe than clouds but the return of a rthwesterly breez makes for a colder day. high pressure will provides wi a commonwealth weekend. as the high presre moves away late monda night into tuesday willet the stage for the moisture to move into our direction and w may get a wintry mix late monday nht into the early morning hours of esday morning before everything gs back over to rain tuesday afternoon. fotoday we'll call it a mostly cldy day. highs today upper 30s and low 40s. tomorrow clouds in the morni but sunshine back by tomorrow afternoon with temperaturesnly in the mid to high 30s tomorrow. we're watching out for monday. monday is martin luther king holiday. a lot folks are off of work and school. but monday morning we may start with a little light snow and wintry mix late monday night into early tuesday. it shod change over to rain tuesday afternoon and end with a couple of slippery spots possible onednesday morning and quieter weather returns for the remainder of the week. this is the coldest time the year and typically cold for much of the next seven to ten days. don't be surprised. the capitals went looki to ge back on the right track against vancouver and the nats introduced one much their newest sluggers. >>indsay czarniak has that a more in this morning's sports in a minute. >>good morning, everybody. yo "sports minute" begins with the capitals. last night for the first time in seven games the capitals scored the first goal of the game but it wast enough to snap a two game now three game losing streak aft theaps took a lead early i the first period. the vancouver responded. the caps fall to the canucks. the washington national introduced their new first baseman, adam laroche. he's an upgrade. doesn't have the power tt adam dunn brought to the home run. he hit 20 home runs in e last six seasons. the nfl playoffs reme. disional round. the baltimoreavens visit the pittsburgh steelers at 4:30 and the atnta falcons host the green bay packers. that's your "spts minute" on this saturday morning. i'm lindsay czarniak, have a great day. > now still ahead this hour, toyota's recalls were one of the biggest stories of 120. wait until you hear h long those lawits from those recalls will land in court. nobody ces how much you can bench press if y don't have prope manns. a lesson in etiquette. forty years ago, he wasn't worried about rerement. e'd yet to hearf mutual funds, iras, or anities. back then, he had something more portant to do. he wasn't fused on his future t fortunately, somebody elseas. ausaa we provide retirement sutions for our military, veterans and their filies. from investments... to life insuran... to health care options. learn more witour free usaa retirement guide. call 877-242-usaa. tragic aidents in northwest washington leaves two people dead. this morning some people are asking whether the city could have de more to prevent the accident. good morning and welcome back to "news4 today i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm kimberlsuiters. it's saturday, juary 15, 2011. the news is just ahead. first a check on our fecast with meteorogist chuck bell. he joins us in the studio right w. up said we are where we should be. i think of january so frig. >> i is our coldest month. our averages for the next two weekare the lowestverages for the entire calendar year in aboutwo weeks from now they go to 43 and 28. statistically this is the coest time. >> why did i doubt? >> you didn't hesitate. >> i ge you the comple rundown. very typical january weekend with temperatures about average this afternoon up in the low 40s. tomorrowolder than average. generally mostly cloudy sky. not muchrecipitation falling. there may be a passing flurry or two. temperatures are bel freezing. 25ow in fairfax coty. 29 downtown. 24 in beaiful prince george's county. 29 in annapolis. here's a look at the radar. a couple of light snow flurries late last night and early this morning and chance of a couple more passing snowflakes. most of us won't seehe snowflakes. high today aroundaverage. 42 for a high today. in the 30s tomorrow. tomorrow is the prettier but colder day. today i hav a passing snowflake or two. th weatherill cooperate for everybody coming down the health and fitness expo. we'll all be there for a little time today and tomorrow not to mention all of our co-worrs as well. come on down and say hi. this morning we're learnin more about a csh that killed two men in northwest washington. investigators say black ice played a role in the head on accident on canal road. darcy spencer talked to drivers who sa that stretch has hidden dangers. >> reporter: ts wreckage is the resu of a violent crash. two men inside this jaguar were kied when place say theirar hit a patch of ice on canal road in northwest washington crossed theenterline and smashed into a pickup truck. m rhodes son was driving the truck. >> the car coming the other direction hit a patchf ice and came into their lane. an hit them head on. >> reporter: police have not identified the two men ithe jaguar friends of the victims say one worked at the upscale loue in northwest washington. the other at the josephine club in rthwest. co-workers said they were close friends and had been cebrating the serbian new year on thursday night. >> i'm very sorry w h a fatal down there and that's at that rough thing that that might be the condition of the road. >> reporter: the commissioner says there have been problems with pooling water and ice forming on stretches of canal ad including o the bend where the two men lt their lives. the district neeo make sure the storm drains are fre of debris. >>he maienance of the sewer drains have been hor