where the lockdown has bn lifted. darcy, what can you tell s? >> well, john, at this point, everything is backto normal here at suburban hospital. this as a veryshocking crime to hppen here on new year's day. it's a place where thounds come every year to receive life-saving care. it's a place where a man was found deadrom assault this morning. montgomery county police ae investigating a hmicide that happened inside suburban hospital in bethesda. the body of a40-year-old n was discered inside the facility this new year's morning. fire and rescue received a call for a stabbing police are not saying who made that call. >> at 10:29 this morning, montgomery countyolice received a call foran assault that had just occurred at suburban hospit, received trauma to t upper body. he was found inan area inside the hospital nonpatient care area. he was pronounced dead at the scene. >> rerter: police are providing few detailsn their invtigation. they say the victim had been an employe of the hospital for the st four years. t they're not ying what kind of job he had. and they're notaying who found him. evidence technicns could be seen around t loading dock area of the hospital, taking pictures and gatheri evidence. lice say they don't have a suspect description at is time, buthey're confident the assailant left the hospital. >> ficers conducted a thorough search of every level roo in the hospil. we were able to determinehat staff and patients, visitors who were already in the hospitl, were not endangered. >> reporter: the hospital was placed on lockdown for about four hours. no patients or visitors we allowed to ter or leave. ambulances were reroutedo other hospitals, and an incident like this is unheard of at this prestigiouhospital which is one of the region's top trauma cente. >> this is the first time that i can remember certainly since i have been empyed at suburban hostal for 14 years. >> reporter: hospal officials say that today's crime, as well as the lockwn and ensui investigaon did not impact patient care. and as i said fore, everything is ck to norm here at suburban hospal. t this point, police have not releasethe identity of the victim. th say they expect to do that sometime tomorrow. reportinlive from bethesda, darcy spencer, news4. john, back to you. thank you, darcy. day's incident added time to hospital visits and diverted others. it also sent a scare through the neighborhood around suburban hospital. our teamoverage continues now with derrik ward. >> reporter: the lockdo began with rort of an assault and the subsequent report of a bdy found. at that point, walk-in patients to the er were turned away and ambulances were derted to other hospitals while investigatorssearched the entir225-bedfacility. >> we immediately put into effect our disaster protocols. so after we locked down, we started a sies of e-mail streams to all hospital staff, infming them every 15 minutes what was going on. and the in turn would tell the patients and vsitors who were here. >> reporter: for some it result in an extra ur or so to their hospital isits. >> we took our kid in the pediatric emergency department, andried to leave the hospital, and we wen't allowed to leave. so nobody told uswhy. we just had to show our ids when we got out. >> rerter: while investigators spoke of their efforts on the hpital campus concern spread far beyondhe hospital into the surrounding neighborhood. >> there i a criminal that's loose in our neighborhood, at lae. we would like to be informed of thatso that w can keep our resides in a lockdown situation as well. >> reporter: and she adds, this event harkensack to another a theospital that more directly affected thesurrounding community seral months ago. >> where there was a helicopter flying around, searching for someone who apparentl the police were looking for. they have escaped from the hospal. >> police havemade a determinion of the areas that were most at risk. searched those aas. and feel confint that no one in theicinity of the hospital is at risk at this poin >> reporter: deick ward, news4. n another use tonight, man was killedn a fast-moving te fire in temple hills, maryland. the flames started around 5:30 this morning inside the hom along fair lawn street. when firefighters got to the home say it was engulfed in flames. afterutting out the blaze, ews found the victim inside. he wasushedo the hospital whe he later died. his name has not been released. the cause the fire is still under investition. he u.s. capitol was evacuatedoday after a cmercial plane headed into restricte airpace whh parently lost radio contact. it happened around 1:30 thi aernoon. f-16 jets were dispatched by andrew air force base. half ahour later the usairway own piedmont flight landed safely. the capitol evacuation was called off. inveigators say a pilot stake was to blame. they intersprvied the pilots an discovered one turned his radio to the wrong frequency. if you tuned into nbc 4 at 1:00 this afternoon lookingfor the winter classic youmight have bn surprised to see last ar's game airing. this year's hockey game between the capils and penguins was pushed back unl 8:00 tonit due to the rainy weather in pittsrgh. dan and linds are logging overtime at heinz field fous. guys, will theame start on time tonight? >> yes, it will. excep for a quick weather report that w just saw courte of the ipad which is nd of scy. >> they're expecting rain at 7:00, so this coulbe like a nascarace, it couldstart, it could delay. >> john schriffen, you would lo the atmosphere here. there is so ch energy here at heinz field. >> you can feel it. >> yeah, fs were ringing the stadiumour hours before game time, very much li a festival. the game supposed to be at 1:00, so we want to show you a picture of the rink at 1:00 today. a litt wet, a little dzzly out there. but the players and coaches ar confident it's gong to be better. the major concern tnight for both of them is the condition of the ice. >> with the forecast, and even looking at if -- if it was sunny as iwas yesterday when we practiced at thattime, that sun wa coming out, that ice was elting faster than frosty the snowman, i'll tell you. it was -- the sun was so bright in that one spot, yououldn't freeze the ic. so we're hoping 's a blessing. we're hoping it's not, you know, something that, you now, turned negative on u >> all right. so that's bruceoudreau talking about the ice. tonight you saw coup caps players playing catch with a baseball, mething you don't see very often >> both teams are here. don't forget the rivalry, this is a humongs game for both tems, looking for points. i just saw the penguins get off their bus a half hour ago. there were a lot of boos, so it's goingto be a raucousrowd tonight. >> a lot ofaps fans too. >> we look forward to the po game wrap-up at 11:00. the wicked weath in the naion's heartland claimed other life. a look at the monumental damage caused by a series of tornadoes as the residents there begin to clean up. aso ahead, the new year brings a new and costly change for drivers in virginia. and it's a good day for a birthday. meet the baby who has claimed the title of first newborn of the year at e local hospal. chuck, what's coming up in the weather? >> all right. a couple showers out there fo no but i have a forecast which will inclu a return of some sunshine before tomorrow is though. all of the details are coming up. welcome back. we now know the identities of those kill when a plane and helicopter collided in rural virgia. the crash happened around 2:30 yesterday afternoon nearhe rport. 19-year-old jacob kaiser and 22-year-old jason long were in a sile engine cessna when it collided with a medical elicopter. both young men died at the scene. theelicopter had just dropped off a patient at u va medical cenr in charlottesville. the three people on board the helicopter were noturt. > starting today, drivers who use the dues toll road will have to dig deper into their pockets. that's because a 25 cnt toll hike is now in effect at the dulles toll roads main toll plaza. you'll now have pay $1.25. rates at he on and off ramp remain a 75 cents. the hike is part two of plan that spans three years withhe last hit coming in 2012. the extra money will pay for the dulles mtro rail project. still to come tonight, driving right int the new year. a look at the rituals that some people are hoping will bring them good luckn 2011. and we could beooking at me wet weather ahead. chuck's got all the details in his frecast coming up. i have fallen in le with making bird houses. caw caw! [ dictor ]what is that? that's a hrible cr. here are some things that i'll make little portals. honestly, i'd love to this for the rest of my life so i've got to take care of my hear for mecheerios is a good place to start. [ male announcer ] got sothing you'll love to keep doin take care of your heart. you can stt with cheerios. the naturawhole grain oats can help lowerholesterol. rrbb... makes you feel ageless. [ le announcer ] it's time. ve your heart so you can do wh you love. cheerios [ bob ] squak. the deadly tornadoes that touched down in missoi and arnsas have claimed a sevent vict. a woman was found under debris that had on been her mobile home that was thrown by the storm about 50 feet. survivors in the small communities are sendipending thw year's pickg up the pieces. >> not areat way to start t new year, huh? >> yeah, but itis if you're all alivethough. that's all that tters. we can rebld this. >> officials are still touring the hard hit areas trying assess the extent o the material damage. ere in the district, preparations are you said way for the inauguration ofd.c. mayor elect vincent gray. allnauguration events are free and open to the public, including th prayer breakfast at 8:00 a.m. and the swearing in festivities which begin at 10:00. the black tie gala is sold out. ticks were available, but they wentquickly. t first baby born in the d.c. mro area in 2011 was a little girl in rockville, maryland. roxanna arrived at 12:01:00 a.m., weiing in a healthy 9 pounds, 5ounces. she was born at the shady grove addenuist hospital. bothom and baby are resti and doing well. how cute is she? >> vry cute. >> very cute indeed. look at tht. moving on now tthe weher, excuse me here. new year's is one of the holidays celebrat around the wod, but regardles of the rigious or cultural customs. the tradition of polar bear ving become very popular 10,000 people reded into the north seas. it was so cold t event was almost cancelled. rome, hundreds gathered to watch five brave italians jmp more than 50 feet off a bdge. there you go, check it out. and howbout this, this is the 40th year of the seals clubin berlinhipping through the icy waters. they believe it improves their immune system. ah, i don't think we'll be doing that around tse parts. it was a little warmer today, though. >> i'm not that cold. nice mild start to the year around he. no doubt aboutthat. >> temperatures running well above average fo the first time of the year compared to how cold it could be, our record l for new year's ay, 14 below zero. tt was set way back, though, in1881. outside on a beautiful new year's day, around washington today, plenty of cuds out ther started with sshine first thing this morning. but if you're a visitor even a local, spendi the day down on the national mal taking a look at the sites, actually was a ver pleasant day to be outside. temperatus climbed up into the mid and upper 50 officially at national airport, 58 degrees our high temperature thisfternoon after a 34degree start. so a mild beginning to the new year. toy's high temperature was 15 degrees warm than average for janua the 1st. right now, tempatures back down into the mid 50s. so mild by january standards for ceain. there are a couple lonesome shors on doppler. none of this is all that heavy. might pick up a few hundreds of an inch rain alo the richmond area, and that's all lifting northbou. so light passing showersn the forecast for the remainder of the overnigh hours tonight. the outdoor game up here in pittsburgh, lonesome showers in eastern ohio, as well mong in toward the game. so tere may be a passing shower at t game in pittsburgh. temperatures other than that, mild weather down to the south. he bowl games inlorida had very nce weather for today. an area of low pressure is what veloped into severe weather yesterday and again today. more severe weather across parts of south georgia andorth florida. for us, we're justort of waiting on the cold front to ce through. lightassing showers for much of the overnigh hours tonight. our future cast at 8:00 tomoow morning, just a couple fadi showers around and i tnk during the course of the day tomorrow, the north to northwesterly wind picks up steam, and it will scour t the clouds d we'll have sunshine backefore the end of the day tomorrow. the capitals and penguins,9 degrees at face-offime at 8:00 here on nbc washington. our forecast for this evening, cloudy skies, mild, passing shower, evening temperatures in the upper 40s to ar 50. tomorrow's highsnly in the upper 40s to near 50. as the sun shine comes out, colder air spills in. so the bengals at the ravens, 1:00 kickoff, good weather, 46 degrees. the giants at the redskins at fedex field until 4: kick. 45 degrees there. here is the extended forecast. tomorrow, mild and w to start, cooler and drier we get wards the end of the day. monday, tuesday,wednesday, pretty stanrd stuff for the first week of nuary. still watching for a poibility of some rainr snow coming up on friday. doesn't look lke a big one t, but we have our ice on it. >> all right, chuck, thank you so ch. appreciate it. coming up in sport a live report from the winter classic inpittsburgh. and a look inside yesterday's capital practice from the mind of budde throw. >> the word is a good carpenter neveblames his tools. he'll come through. t good alarm clock buzzing, indistinct conversations ] [ male announcer ] important events can sneak up onou. , i am not ready. can i have a couple weeks? [ female announcer but with yoplait light's two week tune up you could be ready. you coullose 5 pounds in 2 weeks when you replace breaast and lunch with a fruit, grain, and yoplait light. betsy bets. you haven't changea bit. oh...neitherave you... sean. well, yeah. [ fele announcer ] go to yoplait.co to start your twoeek tune up. welcome back. hakem is here rocking the official ovechn jersey for tonight i like it. >> rebock sent it over to tus and said would you wearit on the air, i said su. i kind of have to become a cavs fan now. >>a reebok fan, as well. >> precipitation in pittsburgh pushed back the winter classic to 8:00, making this year's game theirst to be played in ime ti. an appropriate result, considerg all the drama between bothteams. bottom line, when the cavs and penguins face off, it's must-see tv. we go liveto heinz fld. happy new yr, my friends. >> hey, buddy. precipitaon in pittsburgh pushed back, i love the alliteratio the -- >> i'm trying t be like oneof the washington catals. >> she is. >> all week. the reason i'm doi this, they gave us a hat. hakem has a jersey and i thought it would look great o you. >> i'm goin to put that on at the end. it to me a while. we're worrd about rain. weather has be the story all weekong leadingp to this thing. asyou saw in chk's forecast, could still rain. aeady pushed back until 8:00. and really, the game-time right now probably the most normal thing abo this event for the players, because most of their games are around 7:00 anyway. >> it is. and it's been very interestin i know a lot of the player talking about how they wer excited to have an oppotunity to eat what they wanted, to take those naps. they are trying to keep everything as normal as possible. andhat started eay this morning, because the capitals showed up with al ovechkin on the ice at consol center where the penguins nrmally play. andreally, this did become normal day for them. bruc boudreau wanted to watch the team and make sure they could do their best against the pengui penguins, because this is a huge rivalry. it was good for the guys like the goaltender that will get the sta tonight. mi mikeca nubl said this istill a main rivalry and everyone is taking it seriously. >> whether we lose or -- it's a tight game weose it aga in shooto or win in a shootout, you know, we're pying better, and we're goingo get a result and we're gog to be in the game and have a chance to win, i feel, theait we're playg. we won a l of regular season games, but ultimate, they have the big trophy in thelast year. and that's i think the ulmate statement. >> i think our prepation and focus is obviously the same. but there' a lot of distractions going on. but, at the end of the day, it two points and th're important for s. so we focus on the same. >> i think everybody -- it's an excing day for us. excited to have more energy than ual. so -- and to play against pittsburgh. you know, to give you some perspective on how people in this city see this rilry, i was having a sandwich at the only restaurant i could find th was open and the bartender said after you win two ps, you realize in this town that hockey doesn'teven start until march. so he s saying for them, for the penguins fans, this is excitin this is what it's all abou because it's a bigg stage for them to have had those championships. >>it's really exciting for everybody. even the coaches. bruce boudreau justgiddy this morng at that morning skate. we were talking aout this and i said coach, how did you keep everody from going out on new year's eve. he sa we had a tea dinner for 200 people i endedbout 9:30. everybody acted like theyere going back to their rooms, i don't knowf they did or not. boudreau always full o good stories. and weicced him up at the practice, the outdoor practice yeerday here. and you've g an inside look at what it was like from the voic of bruce boudreau. >> on or off? the longer we wait, the better it is, actually. let the pond tighten. hey, you're not a skier, by the way. get those sunglasses off. the two coolest coaches, i n dig it. lookow soft it is hey. this is the goodce over here. hey, we ned water! throw water here. i would bend over, but probably wouldn't b able toget -- oh-oh, i dot want to do too muc hey, wat where you're skating over here, eh theword is, a good crpenter never blames his tools. he'll come though. but good players don play nice. it's going to be dumping in, work thecorners, below the circles. yep. myon could have shot it rder. and i'm not talking ben or andy. i'm talking brady. >> bringit. >> no! no! i just wanted to see a turkey. >> all right. so a turkey is thee straight losses in e shootout they finally got it. cis kerw, photographer extraordiry shot that bruce boudreau piece. >> you are one hot commodity you should wr hats more often. >> i wish that were the trut >> hakem. guys lookinggood, thank you very much. enj the game tonight. talking college hoops georgetow hosting de paul today in la yas frst new year's d game in 60 years. unbeaten at home in season. in the second half, de paul with it, n for long. chris wright gets thesteal, and up for two 17 points. hoyas with 17-point lead. the ree-pointer, freeman went for 21 pots. jason clark also had 21. geortown defeats de paul -75. the blue democrat mondays lost 25traight road game a road game on monday against safe john. so they are cruising along. georgetown and hopefully the winter classic is a good e for the caps. >> thank you so much. make sure to stay with us tonigh we're coming back at 11:00 after