Are checking them outt at this point, there is nothing to suggest anything dangerous was in the bags, but h this is just protocol. So a lot of drama at the white house and overseas in istanbul. Back to you. Right now, an intense manhunt is under way in alexandria as the police searched for a gunman who walked up to a house and shot two women. The police dont know if he chose the victims at ran doll. At random. Up with woman died of her injuries, and Jackie Bensen is live outside of the Police Headquarters in alexandria where it is an active investigation, and the residents are being told to take safety precautions . They are. And right now, a helicopter is overhead in the neighborhood searching for signs of the suspect, and short time ago here at the Police Headquarters we heard from the Alexandria Police chief earl cook and alexandria mayor bi mayor, and they updated us on the shooting, and the investigators have not determined whether he knocked on the door and then opened fire on the yohomeowners daughter and care giver. Both men caution it is important for the residents to use care in opening up their door and going about the activities, because so little is known right now about the motive for this murder. We currently have no evidence linking this to any other crime, and however, it would be remiss of us not to consider the possibility that it may be similar to other crimes. We need to have a broad focus in the beginning to avoid risking missing something important. The parallels between yesterdays murder and two of alexandrias most high profile unsolved homicides have residents uned. Coming up on the news4 at 5 00, we will hear from a woman who is all too familiar with the shock of a sudden death, a murder in the family. Live in alexandria, Jackie Bensen, thuz 4. Stay with news4 and nbts washington. Com for continuing coverage of the alexandria murder investigation. And another chilly day outside and we are talking about the e. Showers for the weekend. Storm team 4 meteorologist Veronica Johnson joining us. How much snow . Well, it looks like it is not a big deal for us now, but we have several chances of seeing the snowshowers moving in this weekend w. We are looking at the latest information and as it moves into the area starting at 10 00 a. M. Saturday, we have a chance to see the snowshowers throughout the area. When i are return in a little bit, i will tell you hoing the chance continues on saturday and the other chances through the early part of the week and the weeke weekend. And out there today, a lovely day and one of the best days of the next seven with the temperatures higher than usual, and around rockville and whee n twheeton, and you folks around suitland and maryland, clouds have been coming over on us, and that is coming from the system that is making its way up the coast which is going to be bringing the next chance for some snowshowers, and we are dry overnight, but it is light snow for the weekend not looking like a big deal, but what about the next couple of systems . The sevenday forecast is showing more chances coming up. And now to the disap poorns of a Police Reservist, and Virginia State police are expected to update the investigation any minute now. And we are expected to find a body found near richmond is that of kevin quick. Three more people were arrested in the case today and in custody now in henrico county. He disappeared after leaving his mothers home, and then his vehicle was found in manassas. We will update you as soop as the police speak. And six families in maryland will have to find a new place to sleep after a fire in their apartment complex. Chopper 4 flew over the scene not far from see dcedar lane an columbia. No word on what sparked the fire. A water main break may give you trouble if you are headed to arlington this afternoon. The westbound lanes of lee highway will stay closed in the evening rush between buchanan and columbus street while the crews continue to make repairs there. This is the scene this morning when the crews began to dig to get to the busted pipe. It is not far from gleeb road and some nearby roads and businesses are impacted by the break, because water is going to be shutoff up till the pipe is fixed. And construction on the Metro Silver Line is causing traffic changes next week from dulles. Drivers coming from the access highway will see lane and shoulder closures in the area of Aviation Drive starting monday. It is the second phase of the silver line construction, and the crews are laying the guidelines for the ariel guideway that will go above the airport. And phase two is expected to be started in the spring and finish in some time of 2018. Lets go to sochi now, and we will give you a live look at sochi. They are nine hours ahead of us, and it is quiet there, but the Opening Ceremony with was spectacular with the exception of something that didnt go quite as planned. We will have a live update coming up later in the newscast, and a reminder that you can see the Opening Ceremony tonight here on nbc4 at 7 30. Also ahead, the new pavement being use hd in ed in virginia causing problems in the cold weather. And a special investigation of highrise fires, and what you should do if you are trapped inside and a fire breaks out. This is tough to watch. A close call nearly killed a woman on a snow covered highway. We have just been told that they have been given the allclear at the white house, and staff is being let back in after a scare there that someone it could soon cost more to register your car in maryland. A sep or the from maryland has proposed a bill to let local governments impose an yule surcharge of up to 20 and the money could be used for transportation improvements and a hearing on the bill is set for february 19th. Busy roads can be a busy problem in the noisy metro e area and especially in Northern Virginia, and right now vdot is test i testing out a new pavement that is so quiet it could cut down on the need for a sound wall. With we have adam tuss in herndon and see what drivers think about the plan. Just off in the distance here, shush. Quiet here and cars are going by on the new pavement, and this is happening on the Fairfax County parkway and not here, because the pavement is louder, but it is a new pavement that vdot is testing, because, yeah, a lot of the roads go through the residential neighborhoods now, and they want to cutdown on the noise. Is it a good idea . We talked to the drivers in herndon about it. It is good to keep the road quiet, sure. It certainly cant hurt, because noise is a distraction at times. Reporter and if it was running next to your house . I would like it. Reporter if it made your house quieter . It would be nice. Reporter but is there a downside to the quiet pavement . Well, it turns out because of the cold winter, something has been happening with the quiet pavement, and we will tell you about that news4 at 5 00 and 6 6 00. In herndon, adam tuss, news4. A Popular Grocery store shutdown after a major health violation, and what the investigators found inside of that store. And you saw it happen on ellen, the military family from the Washington Area that got a big surprise. Right now the owners of a washington sprshupermarket are waiting to see if they can reopen their store after investiga investigators closed the supermarket on tuckerman lane this morning. They brought in exterminators and a cleaning crew, and said that the problem has been fixed. But as we are told, even though the mice may be gone, so may the customers. Reporter d. C. Department closing the door after evidence of mice. It is sickening, and i had no clue. I have been coming here since the door was open. Reporter the violation is right on the glass doors. William hudson was just at the store before it closed and he said that the safeway employ e yees told him about the rodent problem. They said that con can tam nation of ver min or whatever, and like rats or roaches or whatever it is. Reporter and it makes some people cringe, and shoppers say they expect more from a Grocery Store. I would think that the Grocery Store would have bet per hygiene and stuff, and i expect that from the carryout and thot the super store. I am going to my giant. But hudson says he is going to be back. He makes light of the situation. Hey, i have someight here across the street on 9th street. Not a lot of other people who are finding this funny. Safeway says they have not received any ed of cuvidence of from products that were taken home, but now customers will be taking a look. And now after the power struggle, electric Companies Say they are making progress with the power knocked out by the storm this week. P but they warn that some residents may be without electricity through the weekend. Most of the Power Outages are here in maryland, and with we checked with the local you tuti companies, and Frederick County has 6,000, and baltimore with 5,500 hundred outages and the in carroll, only 2,000. And is this storm going to make it worse . No, it is mostly going to be wind that comes through and it is not going to be a big deal with the waeather this weekend and it probably wont leave any delays on monday. The temperatures are higher than yesterday, and giving us a little bit of warmth and getting rid of the last bit of snow on the ground out there. And your weather headlines, folks. We are expecting a nice evening and dry period in the overnight, and then again, not too much snow expected for weekend and talk about the evening right there where temperatures sit right now, and getting a little chilly and by late tonight, it will be cold as the temperatures drop on down to the 30s by 9 00 p. M. And 11 00 p. M. , and look at this 35 to 39 degrees, and the temperatures are heading down to 20s by tomorrow morning. All right. Well, it is all about the little two systems coming through our area, and however, one actually brushing by us, and that is a system going up the coast. This is the future weather here. This evening by tomorrow morning, the clouds on the increase, and the first chance of snow is 10 00 p. M. , and at 2 00 p. M. , scattered showers, and you can see, warrenton and down to leonardtown, we will keep the chance around until 5 00 p. Saturday. Another system which is going to be making its way from west to east, and brushing by us, too, with most of the snow up in pennsylvania and the maryland line. Our chance here from noon through the evening, and i think that including monday morning, and for some of you on sunday, as the temperatures rise to the upper 30s to 40 degrees, and not just snowflakes that you are seeing, but maybe some sprinkle s and light drops of rain. This is the look of the storm forecast. Highs for saturday, there is the chance at 60 , and likely to have some snow showers moving through the area. It is a 40 chance for sunday and during the afternoon mainly and through the evening and the High Temperature is 39. It has been 38 degrees with the morning snow coming our way for monday. How much . Here is what we are looking at right now. Again, not a lot. I think that much of the area will see a coating to two inches of snow as we head into monday morning. And that includes d. C. , waldorf, fredericksburg, and warrenton and hagerstown with a coating to two inches of snow through the whole weekend time period and maybe an inch down across areas of the Northern Neck are where more rain showers will mix in. In a couple of minutes, we e will talk about what is ahead for nex week, and it is another chance of some snow, and i will show you when that storm system will be moving in. Barbara. Yes. Ok okay. Thanks. And you can learn more about u. S. History through music. This week the library of congress opened up the digital collection of music to the public and it is called the songs of america. The collection is 80,000 items, including recordings and sheet music and essays, and you can search for time period and format, and the first piece includes a textbook published if in colonial america in 1744. Before you make the saturday and sunday plans, what the re r Research Shows about the weekend binge eating and drinking. I am the luckiest guy in the world. And a look back at jay lenos emotional finale as host of the tonight show. Well, it looks like the bug that made a bunch of people sick last month on a cruise was a newer strain of the norovirus. The centers for Disease Control says that the strain was detected first in australia, and it is not dangerous, but it is contagious, and cause stomach problems that last for days. The Royal Caribbean cruise ship docked in new jersey after passengers were sick. It is one of the largest norovirus outbreaks on a cruise ship in 20 years. A military family from calvert county, maryland, got a h huge surprise when they attended the ellen show and the segment just aired today. And you know don and anthony yes. Come on out. That is el llen and Heather Stevenson of chesterton beach, and his wife was in a bad motorcycle accident a few years ago that e required a number of operations, and because of mounting medical bills, they could not afterford to make improveme improvements to the fixerupper home, and so ellen surprised them with a home makeover provided by hge kitchen cousins, and also gave them a home depot card and the work is expected to begin on the home next week. And jay leno ended his run as host of the tonight show with the highest rating, only second to when president obama attended h show. It was packed with many surprises and emotions, too. Reporter lenos show kicked off with advice from his former guests including Charlie Sheen and even president obama. I have decided to make you my new ambassador to antarctica. Reporter and first was jays first guest from 1992, billy musical led a musical tribute with some famous people singing an ode. If you were me, you would buy them all a car reporter and more music from the Country Singer garth brooks who is one of lenos favorite artists. Thank you, buddy. I love you to the death. Reporter and outsides brooks stopped to talk to fans about the finale. He is wonderful, and i was so proud of him and i would have bawled like a baby doll if i were him. Reporter and in the end, he did breakdown as he thanked his fans and staff. This has been the greatest 22 years of my life. Reporter and giving a send off from his predecessor the late johnny carson. He said is, i bid you all a heartfelt good night. Stephanie stanton in burbank, california. And the tradition continues here on nbc as jimmy fallon will take over on february 17th. Binging on the weekends may not be a bad thing after all. A new study by Cornell University found that heavy eating and drinking in the weekend doesnt necessarily lead to permanent weight gain. The researchersle f ll lle foll group of people who regular le indulged on the weekend but 60 lost the weight in the weekdays. The weight loss was seen among people who had usually Healthy Eating habits in the week. The olympic caldron is burning in russia. And details coming up about the Opening Ceremony in sochi. And good afternoon. Im barbara harrison. Im pat lawson muse, and police in alexandria are asking residents to be cautious of their surroundings as the search continues for the gunman who killed long time resident Ruthanne Lodato, and the shooter also injured the womans caretaker. They expect to have a composite sketch of the killer soon, but the police dont know if the victims knew the shooter. A ukrainian man is in custody for trying to hijack a flight and send it to the site of the Winter Olympics. It happened on the Pegasus Airline flight from ukrain to turkey. The suspect said that he had a bomb and want toddy vert the plane to sochi, russia. Pilots sent an alert, and a fighter jet es kour escorted the plane to turkey. And now, police are looking at the the bags that belonged to a man who tried to hop a fence. Police dont believe there is anything dangerous in the bags bshg but the screening, which is proprotocol, and we dont have a name of the person arrested or the reason for climbing the fence. The white house was on lockdown and nobody let in or out for 30 minutes, and again, the lockdown has been lifted and the allclear given. Back to you. Thank you, scott. We will check on the weather again and go to meteorologist Veronica Johnson. What is happening out there, veronica . Well, it is quiet and dry out there, and that is what i like. If you are looking to go out, set going to be nice and fairly comfortable with the temperatures above freezing for a while. Looking at the sky mostly cloudy right now, and the temperatures are in the upper 30s, but we are going to drop to 35 by 9 00 and we hit 32 late this evening around 10 or 11 00, and then into the 20s by morning. Look at this, we are dry by 7 00 a. M. , and even dry at 9 00 a. M. Tomorrow morning, but not for much longer. Hey, folks, even though we are talking about the clouds moving in the International Space station will be visible and home to the astronauts, of course, and it is up at 220 miles from earth, and around 7 00 visible, and look towards the southwestern sky first at 6 59 and then at 7 03 it will be in the east northeastern sky. And we are dry early, but after 10 00 a. M. , we will expect some snowshers and i will talk about those snowshowers for the weekend in a few minutes. We are hours from seeing the Opening Ceremony, and officially kicking off the winter games in sochi. And since sochi is nine hours ahead of us, the ceremony has ended, and it was a big success. A great mystery heading into the opening was who would light the calderon, and so they did it with a mysterious flair. A russian artist shouted, welcome to the scenter of