Africanamerican supporters at the white house on this day. He told any plans to monitor heritage when asked about the violence in chicago the president said the city is out of control. Senate republicans are welcoming the president s nominee to the court. Judge neil gorsuch headed to the hill today. Democrats are somewhat skeptical of judge gorsuch, some activists claim hes hostile to womens rights judge gorsuch siding with businesses who argue, their reledgeous convictions would be violated if they had to provide contraceptive insurance under the Affordable Care act. Democrats could filibuster his nomination, which has been the best defense. Org, republicans dont have the filibuster. But they do have a simple majority, a 52 republican senators, they could break with tradition and use the socalled nuclear option. Despite its name, its a legal way to change the rules so that lawmakers cant filibuster a Supreme Court nominee. If it gets to that point, Mitch Mcconnell should just go for it, but there would be no going back, and when democrats are back in power, as they are sure to be they would be sure to use it against the gop. It was democrats who first used this option under president obama for all nominees. The process is only getting more contentious. 30 years ago, the bipartisan support for nominees was nearly unanimous nomination in 2006, that started the split among party lines. First at 4 00, a local accountant with political ties now under arrest with a corruption investigation. Tracy wilkins has been following this story. That businessman also had a nonprofit organization. And it was tied with that nonprofit that he is now looking at some serious legal trouble. Today was his first appearance in federal court. According to court documents, felix, a d. C. Accountant with high ranking political ties agreed to pay will campos up to 5,000 a year in exchange for 25,000 hes believed to have put that money into his nonprofit and provided scholarships. The exchanges happened annually in 2012 and 2015, according to the federal complaints. According to charging docks, he was arrested the same day as Campos Campos is accused of taking tens of thousands of dollars in kickbacks in exchange for putting grant money into nonprofits. He was using some of that money. 100,000 a year for him to use in discretionary funds. We hear from the defendants son who says that his father is not the one doing the wrong thing here. Tracy wilkins, back to you all in the studio. The aftermath of a fire in ft. Washington. On gun powder road is gone. When Prince Georges County firefighters got there, flames were shooting out of the roof. Firefighters were able to stop the fire from spreading to the neighbors home. Fairfax county police are ramping up the search for a missing mom and her young child. The 16yearold mother and her 5monthold son were last seen at their home more than two weeks ago now. Police first thought she left voluntarily with the childs father. Now they fear she may have left in fear of him. A startling moment for a man sleeping on his couch in Prince Georges County. A car slammed right into the house, we learned this isnt the first time its happened. Pat collins has this story. Leonard miller is 88 years old, around 2 00 this morning, a car jumped t into his house. We have a picture of it, can you see how the car is really wedged in there. Mr. Miller was sleeping on a couch nearby when it happened, he didnt seem too phased by it all. You werent scared when this happened . Scared about what . Im standing here talking to you why should i get scared . Im not into that stroke business. Leonard miller says this is the fifth time a car has slammed into his house. Hes got quite a story to tell. Ill have it for you coming up at 5 00. Storm team four, the sun slowly starting to come out, for the most part its been a rather gloomy start to february. Whats in store for tonight. Were a little above average as we talked about. Temperaturewise, take a look at the highs, 49 d. C. , 55 in richmond, still 61 down to the south at virginia beach, 37 in state college. The cold air is up to the north, the warm air to the south, were right in the middle here, we continue to see these changes. Right in the middle also, a little bit of a moisture feedback to the west, not much in our area, were not going to see much at all. What were going to be tracking, still the weekend forecast. Well talk a little bit about that. A chilly weekend, watching sunday for a possible storm. We have a lot to talk about, well see you back here in 10 minutes. A lot of super bowl parties on the line here, doug. A bobcat that cant be held down. What the national zoo now says about ollie the missing bobcat. An alarming safety issue involving helicopters used by local police. This was the announcement we ha new reavect weve uncovered new evidence of just how hard it still is to get into the Smithsonians National museum of africanamerican history. There were many reports of people having to fight through a ton of online traffic to register for passes. All time passes through the month of april are sold out. Limited numbers of same day passes will be available every morning. The majority of us are confused about what can cause cancer. It found more than half of americans think things like stress or a fatty diet lead to cancer, really, researchers say, you should be careful about alcohol and red meat. Working out is key to keeping cancer at bay. Fewer than half of americans realize not getting enough exercise can increase your risk. First on 4, helicopters grounded. Some of its helicopters are no no shape to fly. The past several years, maryland has exclusively used a type of helicopter called an aw139. State police tell us as of this afternoon, four helicopters are still in service. Its the time of year it seems like everybody knows, somebody who is under the weather. Were going in depth from the for for the best ways to beat it. Just into our newsroom, george bush is now out of the hospital, he getting readys f fios is not cable. Were wired differently. Welcome to 8 and a half maple street. Its half a house. And even though it only has half a kitchen, half the closet space and a half bath, its a full house to the wilsons. Because they have fios, their half house has full internet, with uploads as fast as downloads. Dont pay for uploads that arent up to speed. Get 150 meg internet with equal uploads and downloads, tv and phone for only 79. 99 per month online for one year. Only from fios. First at 4 00, just days after going home from the hospital, president george h. W. Bush has gotten some good news. Hes been asked to flip the coin at the super bowl hes honored by the inning very taking and looking forward to it. The 92yearold bush was discharged on monday after two weeks of treatment for pneumonia. So glad to see him back up and around. The 25 pound bobcat thats left the International Zoo is still missing. Now the zoo says theyve suspended their search efforts for ollie. Megan fits gerald spoke with zookeepers today, she has the latest. Ollie is still in the area, heres what theyve done. To take a look, you can see theyve taped off the exhibit to the public, they relocated the other two bobcats. Heres what we know at this point. Zoo officials tell us that hundreds of tips have been coming in since monday, but it was last night around 10 00 p. M. That they got their most credible tip. Someone said they saw ollie along massachusetts avenue near embassy row, officials got to the location, they say they were unable to find ollie, they spent up to 45 minutes scouring the area, but again, no luck. So at this point, Officials Say they will only resume their active search for the bobcat, if more credible calls come in. Reporting at the national zoo, megan fitzgerald, news 4. Arlington just netted a huge economic gain, the necessarily company is moving its headquarters from glendale, california to our area. Virginia Governor Terry mcauliffe just wrapped up a call about the move. New details on when that move will happen. Is someone in your home or office coughing, sneezing or trying to dry a runny news. Viral infections and creeping crowd are making the rounds. Some of the viruses doctors are identify and treat them. We turn to jackie evette. Dr. Jackie, youre seeing a lot of bad cases of norovirus. How do you know if its that . It hits you like a truck. You get stomach pain, vomiting and fever. It happens fast and it wipes out families. Why do you think that particular virus is running so strong right now. That virus, that germ can stick around better in cold weather, and then we all come around each other, the virus is lasting longer, and its very easy for us to spread. Beware the spike is yet to come, february and march is when the real peak is. This virus spreads more easily than influenza . It spreads very easily. You want to not stick it in your mouth. Wash your hands before you eat, if youre the person thats been sick with this sure youre the person thats not cooking. And wash all the clothes and bed linens, especially if youve been sick on them. Theres a nasty cold with a could have, and were seeing it in our newsroom right now. This is the adenovirus. Its a little different and stronger. It really likes the warmer temperatures, so it goes deeper inside of you where its warmer. Gets down into your lungs, makes a deep cough. The infection lasts longer, almost up to three weeks sometimes. Had is airborne, why is that so bad at this time of year. Youre outside in the cold weather, and the cold weather itself can make you cough, and then that makes you spread the virus that much easier, its best you stay inside where its warmer. If you can. If you can. And then you have people who will say, ive had this cough for threeee cant get rid of it. Are you contagious or not. Where the contagion stops, youre no longer contagious. If the nose clears up, youre no longer contagious. Asthmatics may condition to cough for weeks or months. Theyre not contagious, but they should get their asthma taken care of. Do you take an over the counter drug . You dont need antibiotics, its a virus, you really can manage it with other supportive symptoms. The over the counter stuff in terms of cough medicine really dont work. You really dont want to use them, because you turn off the cough center from your brain to the lungs. You want to move these secretions up and out. What helps with that is some kind of humidity. Man honey and lemon will stop the cough. You want to stay mobil. Youre going to risk getting clear those secretions out, nasal rinses, move around inside. Stay well. Chris . Thanks, guys. Now the news thats been setting your social media time lines on fire this afternoon. I shared it on my facebook page. Beyonce posted this photo showing off a baby bunch. She and jay z are expecting twins. We are incredibly grateful our family is growing by two. The twins will join blue ivy. Beyonces fans havent stopped bussing since. Here are a few of the reactions weve been seeing on twitter this afternoon. A lot of surprise, mixed with tremendous excitement for the carter family. Your elderly friends and family targeted by scammers, were working for you, the schemes you need to know about, and why its not always strangers who are to blame. Not bad region, temperatures coming down as we head to the weekend. Were tracking a little system for your super bowl sunday as well. A bigger system next week. Well talk Scott Mcfarland at the live desk. A car has hit three potomac high h in oxon hill. Very close to the school itself north of the beltway, south of southern avenue. The students were taken to the hospital, theyre expected to be okay, theyre described as nonlife threatening injuries, the driver remained on the scene of the accident. Jackie benson is on the way, and well keep you updated as we learn more. I hope the kids are okay. Februarys coming in like a lamb. I sure hope so. What do you say . It looks like its going to at least for the next week or so, and then well see some big changes as we head into next week. Out there right now, kind of nice as far as the afternoon is concerned, the evening, its been a little bit on the cool side, we saw a lot of cloud cover today. Some breaks in those clouds, take a look outside right now, well show you what were talking about. You notice some areas of sun that are making their way out, mostly cloudy, temperature right now. Down about 42 degrees by 11. A nice mild night for early february, 52 currently in lees burg, 58 in fredericksburg, much warmer down to the south. We have seen more sun here, thats why weve been on the waxer side. As far as the radar is concerned, you see moisture off to the east, moisture back to the west. This is not really hitting the ground here, but what is, is back toward the west, look at this, this happens all the time, look how the moisture, it looks like a lot of is making its way our way. And petering out. This is the Allegheny Front right here, where the mountains are up to 2000 feet higher than the allegheny plateau. It brings the moisture up, stops the moisture from moving in, and rings it out. Theyre going to get two to five inches of snow. Another little snowstorm for them. But doesnt make it for us, we stay on the dryer side of things with the flow this way. You can see it here as well. The cl that moisture, coming our way, stops at the Allegheny Front. Thanks a lot, mountains, if we didnt have mountains we would be getting rain or snow today. But thats not the case. Fairly nice night, and tomorrow, a little on the cooler side, 45 degrees. A blustery afternoon, we could see winds gusting upwards of 15 to 20 miles an hour. 41 on friday, 38 on saturday. Saturdays going to be a cold one for sure. Windchills in the 20s all day, 38 degrees, sun and clouds, rather breezy, winds gusting upwards of 20 miles an hour, wind chims in the 20s, may start off in the teens. Sunday is the day weve been watching, we had sunday yesterday at 36 degrees, now were going 45 degrees, big difference here. Earlier we were looking at a storm, now its not even a storm, its a little system moving through, its a weak system, maybe some flurries to the north, south, no road issues, if you have a party to go to, i think youre looking okay. Heres where the bigger storm is, next tuesday and wednesday, still predicting high temperatures in the 60s next wednesday. You know thats rain. 60s, rain. Thank you, doug. Rain. Black History Month is officially underway, the local tie to a National Tribute and for the month long celebration, give the president an opportunity. Plus, examiners targeting Senior Citizens. From convincing letters to the bakery flavors you love. [ ding ]. Now available in your dunkin coffee. Sip in the happy with a medium vanilla cupcake, or new fudge brownie macchiato or latte for 1. 99 america runs on dunkin. Psst. Hey. Where you going . Weve got that thing you know. Diarrhea . Abdominal pain . But we said wed be there. Woap, who makes the decisions around here . Dont think ill make it. Stomach again. Send if youre living with frequent, unpredictable diarrhea and abdominal pain, you may have Irritable Bowel Syndrome with diarrhea or ibsd a condition that can be really frustrating. 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Were hearing from democrats and republicans, democrats concerned about scrutinizing his record, they intend to do that, but also concerned that they might ultimately get cut out of this process. Judge gorsuch returned to the senate today, a decade after being unanimously confirmed to the federal appeals court. This time might not be so easy. Hes moving from aaa ball to the big leagues higher. President obamas nominee never even got a hearing. Thats still a sore spot with democrats. We have to recover from it, we have to go on. Lets give the man a chance. Talk to him. My goodness, dont shut it down before it even gets started. He will be confirmed one way or the other. The other being so called nuclear options. President trump meeting with conservative groups said, thats okay. That would be an absolute shame if a man of this quality was caught up in the web. So i would say its up to mitch, but i would say go for it. The senates wants republicans to back down. They should hold their fire for when theres somebody really really objectionable to them. The nomination is confirmed. Despite opposition, the Senate ConfirmedRex Tillerson today. Also another big announcement today to tell you about at the white house, mike flynn showed up, its putting iran on notice. He did not say exactly whats on notice means. Back to you. Some are calling the nomination of gorsuch trumps best unifying moment. Its proof the president can deliver on his promises to the republican party. Pete williams says, theres more to it than that. I think the wanted to find someone who would approach the law and vote on cases the way Justice Scalia would, they found someone who may be slightly more conservative than Justice Scalia. A strategic move by the conservative groups. This is a man who was once the law clerk to anthony kennedy. Presumably having him on the court would make Justice Kennedy comfortable. Maybe hell retire this term, next term. Thats the seat they really want to get. Thank you. From pete and the rest of the nbc news team, ahead on nightly news at 7 00, right avenues 4 at 6 00. Should the Senate ConfirmPresident Trumps pick