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And the hearing on the First Responders. Its only a matter of hours before we know why firefighters failed to help a dying man who was just steps away from their station. News4 will be at a hearing regarding the questions of the breakdown of communication between d. C. Emergency responders. Tommy wells is leading the oversight hearing which starts at 2 00. The focus, the five firefighters who failed to help 77yearold medrick mills who died from a heart attack outside of their station. In addition to hearing from mills son, the mom of a man who died in a similar situation four years ago will also testify today. Stay with news4 and nbcwashington. Com for the very latest developments to come out of this hearing. Barbara . Thank you, angie. Another controversy surrounding ambulance response times may also come up at that meeting. Its a story you saw first on news4 at 11 00. Sources tell us a fire truck had to take a toddler to a hospital because an ambulance wasnt nearby. The toddler was having a seizure around 5 00 friday night when paramedics decided not to wait for the ambulance, which was seven miles away. Chief Kenneth Ellerbe said it was the right thing to do. It was a good idea. It was the right decision to make, and it was a good decision for the patient. Ellerbe says he is looking at increasing the number of ambulances on the streets every day from 39 to 45. Well, after a brief tease of spring, and it was nice, winter, though, is back. Storm team4 meteorologist tom kierein joins us with the first forecast for this mod midday. Tom . It was feeling like spring over the weekend, and now feeling like winter. It is still february, after all. Feeling like february now. As we look at the live view from the sky watcher camera and tinnily town, this scene on friday, there was quite a bit of snow on the ground. But its now gone after a couple days over the weekend when the temperatures got in the low to mid60s. Beautiful blue sky now. But look at the difference. Its just in the 30s north and west of the metro area. Only a little above freezing in hagerstown. Closer to washington, only 43 degrees. Thats 21 degrees colder than it was this time this time around yesterday afternoon. And around the bay, southern maryland, its in the upper 40s. Already around 50 degrees, though, fredericksburg, near culpeper, charlottesville, in the 40s. And we will have temperatures remaining colder than average for the week ahead and the possibility of some light snow coming in on wednesday. A look at that coming up in just a few minutes. Barbara . Thank you, tom. No a Northern Virginia community is mourning the death of their longtime mayor. Vienna mayor m. Jay seaman died over the weekend. We have more from vienna. Reporter its a somber day here in vienna, many learning that longtime jane seaman passed away sunday. Last year, she announced she had lung cancer. Its a shame that we lose a good citizen like the mayor. Reporter vienna resident jeff donley said hes known the mayor for 20 years. Shes a beautiful, personable lady, great personality, always thought about the people. She took her job very seriously. Reporter she moved to vienna in 1968. She was first appointed to town council in 1996 after her husband, a then councilman passed awayment she filled his council seat and ran for reelection twice and won. In 2000, she decided to run for mayor and won every election since. Its a huge loss for vienna as far as somebody who put so much into ensuring that vienna remained the great place that it is. Reporter she was diagnosed with lung cancer last year, and though the long time mayor decided against running for another term, she continued to work through her illness. She was here just last week. Even when she wasnt feeling that great, she was, like, you know, this is my responsibility, this is what i signed up for. And i think that says a lot about who she was as a person. Reporter town councilman Howard Springsteen said she was the face of vienna for so many years and will be missed by everyone. Back here live now, you can see this bunting was put up by town employees. Obviously, she is very, very missed. We know now the vicemayor will take over mayor seamans spot. Within 45 days, the council will appoint somebody else. The person their term, i should say, will be up in june, when hers would be. Live in vienna, Melissa Malay news44. Israeli police say a maryland murderer smuggled a gun into the jail where he had been held for two decades. Sunday afternoon, sham youll shinebahn opened fire. The 34yearold was serving a 24year sentence for killing and dismembering a maryland teen. He fled to israel with his father shortly after the remains of the person he killed were found back in 1997. An investigation into how sheinbaun got the gun into prison is under way at this time. Were working to find out the name of the man killed near the Congress Heights metro station. He was o of two men shot last night near alabama avenue and 13th street in southeast d. C. The second victim is expected to be okay. Investigators are looking into what led to that shooting. And a new report is out this ndscape of ecation in d. C. E lets go to the live desk now. Democratic candidate doug duncan has formally filed the papers to make a run for his old job. Duncan filed with the Montgomery County board of election to be on the ballot in june. In that primary, he will face twoterm county executive Isaiah Leggett and county Council Member phil andrews. Duncan served three terms as county executive starting in 1994. In 2006, he withdrew from the governors race citing clinical depression. Now, recovered, duncan says Mental Health is an issue he wants to address if he is able to be elected this time around. Weve learned that doug duncan has formally filed the papers to make a run to be county executive. Thats the latest from the live desk. Barbara, back to you. All right, thank you, angie. And now, on that report out this morning that shows a changing landscape of education in d. C. , parents now have a lot of choices when deciding where to send their kid to school. News4s Megan Mcgrath is live at the Wilson Building with more on that. Megan . Reporter well, barbara, there is a lot of choice out there for students here in d. C. If you take a look at this chart here from the 20122013 school year, you can see that onl about 25 of d. C. Students went to their Neighborhood School, the school that is in the boundaries of where they live. Others chose to do other things. 42 of d. C. Students actually went to Charter Schools instead. Another 23 , well, they went to a d. C. Public school, but they just didnt go to their Neighborhood School. They went to a school outside the drawn boundaries of where they live. And the question is, is that a good thing . Is that a good system . Is it good for the students here of the District Of Columbia . It was 1968, if you can imagine. That was the last time that the School Boundaries here were reviewed. And so, now the district is taking another look. A lot has changed since then. Theyre taking a look at the system, trying to see if its in the interest of the children, if its the best system in place. Theyre going to be looking at the School Boundaries. Theyre also asking questions about school choice. Do parents like it . Do they want more of it . Do they want less of it . Do they think that it hurts Neighborhood Schools by offering all of this choice . These are the questions being asked, and theyre going to take a look at those boundaries. And in a few months, theyll come up with a plan. Many families are choosing their Neighborhood School, and many families who arent choosing their Neighborhood School have lots of Different Reasons for doing so. So to be sure, in some cases its because they dont feel its the quality of the neighborhood of the school is something that theyre happy with, but theres lots of other reasons that families make those choices. Reporter and theyre going to be taking a look at the other reasons, why people are choosing to send their children to the schools that theyre sending them to. Now, parents and students can have input into this process. There are a few months to go here before any decisions are made. So its died open right now. You can actually sign up to be a part of a focus group. You can go to the navy is holding a drill today in hopes it will prevent tragedies like last years navy yard shooting. All navy bases and installations in our area will conduct a security drill called solid curtain citadel shield. The annual exercise makes sure the navy is prepared to respond to a variety of threats at its facilities across our region. The drill will last all week. The United States could have its Smallest Army since world war ii under defense secretary chuck hagels new budget. It would reduce the army between 440,000 and 450,000 members. It had been 570,000 after september 11. The budget eliminates the entire fleet of air force a10 attack aircrafts, but this should tell you how hagel sees the future of national defense. Funding wont be cut for special ops or cyberwar fare. And were following a developing story in ukraine. The acting president of ukraine announced today that the campaigning for the countrys president will begin tomorrow. Right now, theres a warrant out for the arrest of former president viktor yanukovych. He was last seen leaving kiev on friday after months of protest over his moves to strengthen ties with russia. The Ukrainian Government wants to put him on trial for mass murder, but they have to find him first. Anger boiled over last week after snipers attacked protesters in the bloodiest violence in ukraines postsoviet history. And right now, president obama is meeting with governors from across the country. Theyre in town for the National Governors association meeting. The president hosted them for dinner last night at the white house. He told them hell count on them to get things done when Congress Fails to act. I want to make sure that i have the opportunity to partner with each of you in any way that i can to help more americans work and study and strive and make sure that they see their efforts and their faith in this country rewarded. Now, not all governors may be willing to work with the president. Louisianas republican governor, bobby jindal, told the washington post, the president s policies are making the division between democrats and republicans worse. And for more on the president s meeting with governors right now, were joined by domenico montanaro, nbcs deputy political editor. Good morning. Good morning. There are some governors who are laying low during this time here in washington. Is Chris Christie actually here . Has he had any friendly meeting with the president . Well, thats one notable exception to who is laying low. Christies skipping the white house meetings. Hes also skipping his own press Conference Today at 1 15. Instead, well hear from jindal, whos the former chairman of the rga, and some other republican governors. You know, is this because of the bridge scandal thats enveloped his administration . Possibly, because certainly therell be a lot of questions about that here in d. C. But he says its for his daughters 18th birthday, which she turns today. So he wants to get home for that. So worklife balance is what hes saying. He was here over the weekend as the governors were seen around town. And john dingell. Longest serving congressman in u. S. History. In history, yeah. Tell us about why hes decided to retire. Entered in 1955. Hes worked a long time on health care, in particular, and, you know, he worked on not only the Affordable Care act but medicare way back in the day. Thats right. When that was finally implemented. So this was a big deal for him to be able to see it see the Affordable Care act through. You know, of course, hes getting older. Been there since 1955, like we said. So i think at some point everyone expected he would retire. There has been talk that his wife could replace him. Never know. She could be somebody shes a name in d. C. Who a lot of peo e people deborah dingell. Thats right. On the board of gm, and somebody who you know, always a good source for a lot of reporters to talk to. Right. And they have been talking for years that she would replace him if he ever retired. Hes the 20th member to announce that he will retire, and there are a lot of people out there how many retirements are we seeing . Well, you know, its not as much as i think people will say, you know, theres so many retirements now. But if we would go back and say, this time, in the cycle, in 2010, 2006, this is when you start to see people, you know, announcing their retirements, because theres still time for candidates to get in. You cant wait too long, otherwise people miss filing deadli deadlines. Let me ask you about the military cuts we just talked about. Is this going to turn into a political fight, you think . You can bet it probably will. Without earmarks anymore, its very difficult theres no levers that people can use to say, you know, this is what ive done for my district. Well, one of the things they can do for their districts, theres a lot of jobs we know in virginia and other places where the military is an important aspect of that state. And when youve got places that are known for shipbuilding or for other kinds of weaponry building, that means jobs, and you can bet the congressmen in those districts will fight hard to stop the reductions. All right, domenico, thank you. A lost folks talking about the weather today. Well talk about that, too. Tom is here. Do we have a story were going to read first . We do. Today, the Supreme Court is hearing the Obama Administration defend its limit on Greenhouse Gas emissions from factories and power plants. Industry groups in republicanled states say the epa is overstepping its authority because congress hasnt approved them. The white house says it has the authority, though, under the Clean Air Act to do that. And now, storm team4 meteorologist tom kierein. I was just anxious to get him in here. I want him to stand up and tell us well, you dont have to stand up but talk about the snow. Are we really going to get more . I know. After that wonderful weekend, talking mid60s on saturday and again on sunday, melted all of the snow we had back on february 13th, most of the area, that snow is gone. Well add a little more, but not yet. The storm team4 radar is scanning the sky. We have no snow, no rain, a gorgeous blue sky, lots of sunshine. There is the washington monument, the Jefferson Memorial under this beautiful blue sky. No snow there. It is 43 at reagan national. Very dry. Dew point down to just 12. Humidity only at 28 . Wind out of the northwest. Its gusting around 10 to 15 miles per hour. It will stay blustery as we get into the afternoon. A chilly monday by contrast from yesterday. And its just in the mid to upper 30s in Montgomery County. Loudon countys upper0s. Near 40 in much of fairfax county. Prince William County, the low 40s, and farther south and west there, the mid40s fredericksburg, though, now up to 50 degrees. Areas east and south of washington are in the low to mid40s, and well hold steady in the mid40s into the afternoon with the wind getting a little blustery through midafternoon. Lots of sunshine. And then, the temperature will gradually drop back down into the upper 30s by late evening. Then its going to continue to drop, and all the way down to the 20s by dawn on tuesday. Average high this time of year is 50 degrees. Each day, though, the High Temperature will be below 50. The coldest days, next several days, will be on wednesday, and again on friday. And it does look like we have a possibility of some snow on wednesday after we get to near 40 tomorrow afternoon. Increasing clouds. And then, on wednesday, now it looks like in the morning well have some light snow. 1 to 3 inches around the metro area. That will be over quickly, and will end by mid to late morning as the latest timing on that. Some sunshine getting back in the afternoon, just barely getting above freezing, so a lot of the snow will stay around for a while, all the way into thursday morning when itll be down into the teens. But then, thursday afternoon should make it into the low 40s, and so a lot of the snow will be melting. Then cold again as we get into friday. Friday morning, down to just near 20 degrees, afternoon highs on friday should make it into the mid30s. And then, a bit milder as we get into the weekend. Should be a bit milder on saturday, and gend on sunday. Well have highs saturday, the mid40s, quite a bit of cloudiness around. And then on sunday, sunshine breaking out, partly sunny, afternoon highs in the upper s 40s. And that is going to show the trend as well starting off next week, too, at least with highs near the average high 50 degrees, as we say goodbye to february and hello march. March marches in on the weekend with temperatures in the 40s each afternoon. So thats the way it looks. Maybe thisll be the last snow of the season coming up, although weve had them in march. Yeah. The chances of getting a big snow in march, very, very small. And this one is not going to be very big. Does not look big on wednesday at all, no. All right, thank you, tom. It is 11 22. Voicing concern, a Doctors Group is warning parents to think twice before using one of the drugstore clinics. Well tell you why. Plus, from Howard University to traveling around the world to sing, well introduce you to the First Responders<\/a>. Its only a matter of hours before we know why firefighters failed to help a dying man who was just steps away from their station. News4 will be at a hearing regarding the questions of the breakdown of communication between d. C. Emergency responders. Tommy wells is leading the oversight hearing which starts at 2 00. The focus, the five firefighters who failed to help 77yearold medrick mills who died from a heart attack outside of their station. In addition to hearing from mills son, the mom of a man who died in a similar situation four years ago will also testify today. Stay with news4 and nbcwashington. Com for the very latest developments to come out of this hearing. Barbara . Thank you, angie. Another controversy surrounding ambulance response times may also come up at that meeting. Its a story you saw first on news4 at 11 00. Sources tell us a fire truck had to take a toddler to a hospital because an ambulance wasnt nearby. The toddler was having a seizure around 5 00 friday night when paramedics decided not to wait for the ambulance, which was seven miles away. Chief Kenneth Ellerbe<\/a> said it was the right thing to do. It was a good idea. It was the right decision to make, and it was a good decision for the patient. Ellerbe says he is looking at increasing the number of ambulances on the streets every day from 39 to 45. Well, after a brief tease of spring, and it was nice, winter, though, is back. Storm team4 meteorologist tom kierein joins us with the first forecast for this mod midday. Tom . It was feeling like spring over the weekend, and now feeling like winter. It is still february, after all. Feeling like february now. As we look at the live view from the sky watcher camera and tinnily town, this scene on friday, there was quite a bit of snow on the ground. But its now gone after a couple days over the weekend when the temperatures got in the low to mid60s. Beautiful blue sky now. But look at the difference. Its just in the 30s north and west of the metro area. Only a little above freezing in hagerstown. Closer to washington, only 43 degrees. Thats 21 degrees colder than it was this time this time around yesterday afternoon. And around the bay, southern maryland, its in the upper 40s. Already around 50 degrees, though, fredericksburg, near culpeper, charlottesville, in the 40s. And we will have temperatures remaining colder than average for the week ahead and the possibility of some light snow coming in on wednesday. A look at that coming up in just a few minutes. Barbara . Thank you, tom. No a Northern Virginia<\/a> community is mourning the death of their longtime mayor. Vienna mayor m. Jay seaman died over the weekend. We have more from vienna. Reporter its a somber day here in vienna, many learning that longtime jane seaman passed away sunday. Last year, she announced she had lung cancer. Its a shame that we lose a good citizen like the mayor. Reporter vienna resident jeff donley said hes known the mayor for 20 years. Shes a beautiful, personable lady, great personality, always thought about the people. She took her job very seriously. Reporter she moved to vienna in 1968. She was first appointed to town council in 1996 after her husband, a then councilman passed awayment she filled his council seat and ran for reelection twice and won. In 2000, she decided to run for mayor and won every election since. Its a huge loss for vienna as far as somebody who put so much into ensuring that vienna remained the great place that it is. Reporter she was diagnosed with lung cancer last year, and though the long time mayor decided against running for another term, she continued to work through her illness. She was here just last week. Even when she wasnt feeling that great, she was, like, you know, this is my responsibility, this is what i signed up for. And i think that says a lot about who she was as a person. Reporter town councilman Howard Springsteen<\/a> said she was the face of vienna for so many years and will be missed by everyone. Back here live now, you can see this bunting was put up by town employees. Obviously, she is very, very missed. We know now the vicemayor will take over mayor seamans spot. Within 45 days, the council will appoint somebody else. The person their term, i should say, will be up in june, when hers would be. Live in vienna, Melissa Malay<\/a> news44. Israeli police say a maryland murderer smuggled a gun into the jail where he had been held for two decades. Sunday afternoon, sham youll shinebahn opened fire. The 34yearold was serving a 24year sentence for killing and dismembering a maryland teen. He fled to israel with his father shortly after the remains of the person he killed were found back in 1997. An investigation into how sheinbaun got the gun into prison is under way at this time. Were working to find out the name of the man killed near the Congress Heights<\/a> metro station. He was o of two men shot last night near alabama avenue and 13th street in southeast d. C. The second victim is expected to be okay. Investigators are looking into what led to that shooting. And a new report is out this ndscape of ecation in d. C. E lets go to the live desk now. Democratic candidate doug duncan has formally filed the papers to make a run for his old job. Duncan filed with the Montgomery County<\/a> board of election to be on the ballot in june. In that primary, he will face twoterm county executive Isaiah Leggett<\/a> and county Council Member<\/a> phil andrews. Duncan served three terms as county executive starting in 1994. In 2006, he withdrew from the governors race citing clinical depression. Now, recovered, duncan says Mental Health<\/a> is an issue he wants to address if he is able to be elected this time around. Weve learned that doug duncan has formally filed the papers to make a run to be county executive. Thats the latest from the live desk. Barbara, back to you. All right, thank you, angie. And now, on that report out this morning that shows a changing landscape of education in d. C. , parents now have a lot of choices when deciding where to send their kid to school. News4s Megan Mcgrath<\/a> is live at the Wilson Building<\/a> with more on that. Megan . Reporter well, barbara, there is a lot of choice out there for students here in d. C. If you take a look at this chart here from the 20122013 school year, you can see that onl about 25 of d. C. Students went to their Neighborhood School<\/a>, the school that is in the boundaries of where they live. Others chose to do other things. 42 of d. C. Students actually went to Charter Schools<\/a> instead. Another 23 , well, they went to a d. C. Public school, but they just didnt go to their Neighborhood School<\/a>. They went to a school outside the drawn boundaries of where they live. And the question is, is that a good thing . Is that a good system . Is it good for the students here of the District Of Columbia<\/a> . It was 1968, if you can imagine. That was the last time that the School Boundaries<\/a> here were reviewed. And so, now the district is taking another look. A lot has changed since then. Theyre taking a look at the system, trying to see if its in the interest of the children, if its the best system in place. Theyre going to be looking at the School Boundaries<\/a>. Theyre also asking questions about school choice. Do parents like it . Do they want more of it . Do they want less of it . Do they think that it hurts Neighborhood School<\/a>s by offering all of this choice . These are the questions being asked, and theyre going to take a look at those boundaries. And in a few months, theyll come up with a plan. Many families are choosing their Neighborhood School<\/a>, and many families who arent choosing their Neighborhood School<\/a> have lots of Different Reasons<\/a> for doing so. So to be sure, in some cases its because they dont feel its the quality of the neighborhood of the school is something that theyre happy with, but theres lots of other reasons that families make those choices. Reporter and theyre going to be taking a look at the other reasons, why people are choosing to send their children to the schools that theyre sending them to. Now, parents and students can have input into this process. There are a few months to go here before any decisions are made. So its died open right now. You can actually sign up to be a part of a focus group. You can go to the navy is holding a drill today in hopes it will prevent tragedies like last years navy yard shooting. All navy bases and installations in our area will conduct a security drill called solid curtain citadel shield. The annual exercise makes sure the navy is prepared to respond to a variety of threats at its facilities across our region. The drill will last all week. The United States<\/a> could have its Smallest Army<\/a> since world war ii under defense secretary chuck hagels new budget. It would reduce the army between 440,000 and 450,000 members. It had been 570,000 after september 11. The budget eliminates the entire fleet of air force a10 attack aircrafts, but this should tell you how hagel sees the future of national defense. Funding wont be cut for special ops or cyberwar fare. And were following a developing story in ukraine. The acting president of ukraine announced today that the campaigning for the countrys president will begin tomorrow. Right now, theres a warrant out for the arrest of former president viktor yanukovych. He was last seen leaving kiev on friday after months of protest over his moves to strengthen ties with russia. The Ukrainian Government<\/a> wants to put him on trial for mass murder, but they have to find him first. Anger boiled over last week after snipers attacked protesters in the bloodiest violence in ukraines postsoviet history. And right now, president obama is meeting with governors from across the country. Theyre in town for the National Governors<\/a> association meeting. The president hosted them for dinner last night at the white house. He told them hell count on them to get things done when Congress Fails<\/a> to act. I want to make sure that i have the opportunity to partner with each of you in any way that i can to help more americans work and study and strive and make sure that they see their efforts and their faith in this country rewarded. Now, not all governors may be willing to work with the president. Louisianas republican governor, bobby jindal, told the washington post, the president s policies are making the division between democrats and republicans worse. And for more on the president s meeting with governors right now, were joined by domenico montanaro, nbcs deputy political editor. Good morning. Good morning. There are some governors who are laying low during this time here in washington. Is Chris Christie<\/a> actually here . Has he had any friendly meeting with the president . Well, thats one notable exception to who is laying low. Christies skipping the white house meetings. Hes also skipping his own press Conference Today<\/a> at 1 15. Instead, well hear from jindal, whos the former chairman of the rga, and some other republican governors. You know, is this because of the bridge scandal thats enveloped his administration . Possibly, because certainly therell be a lot of questions about that here in d. C. But he says its for his daughters 18th birthday, which she turns today. So he wants to get home for that. So worklife balance is what hes saying. He was here over the weekend as the governors were seen around town. And john dingell. Longest serving congressman in u. S. History. In history, yeah. Tell us about why hes decided to retire. Entered in 1955. Hes worked a long time on health care, in particular, and, you know, he worked on not only the Affordable Care<\/a> act but medicare way back in the day. Thats right. When that was finally implemented. So this was a big deal for him to be able to see it see the Affordable Care<\/a> act through. You know, of course, hes getting older. Been there since 1955, like we said. So i think at some point everyone expected he would retire. There has been talk that his wife could replace him. Never know. She could be somebody shes a name in d. C. Who a lot of peo e people deborah dingell. Thats right. On the board of gm, and somebody who you know, always a good source for a lot of reporters to talk to. Right. And they have been talking for years that she would replace him if he ever retired. Hes the 20th member to announce that he will retire, and there are a lot of people out there how many retirements are we seeing . Well, you know, its not as much as i think people will say, you know, theres so many retirements now. But if we would go back and say, this time, in the cycle, in 2010, 2006, this is when you start to see people, you know, announcing their retirements, because theres still time for candidates to get in. You cant wait too long, otherwise people miss filing deadli deadlines. Let me ask you about the military cuts we just talked about. Is this going to turn into a political fight, you think . You can bet it probably will. Without earmarks anymore, its very difficult theres no levers that people can use to say, you know, this is what ive done for my district. Well, one of the things they can do for their districts, theres a lot of jobs we know in virginia and other places where the military is an important aspect of that state. And when youve got places that are known for shipbuilding or for other kinds of weaponry building, that means jobs, and you can bet the congressmen in those districts will fight hard to stop the reductions. All right, domenico, thank you. A lost folks talking about the weather today. Well talk about that, too. Tom is here. Do we have a story were going to read first . We do. Today, the Supreme Court<\/a> is hearing the Obama Administration<\/a> defend its limit on Greenhouse Gas<\/a> emissions from factories and power plants. Industry groups in republicanled states say the epa is overstepping its authority because congress hasnt approved them. The white house says it has the authority, though, under the Clean Air Act<\/a> to do that. And now, storm team4 meteorologist tom kierein. I was just anxious to get him in here. I want him to stand up and tell us well, you dont have to stand up but talk about the snow. Are we really going to get more . I know. After that wonderful weekend, talking mid60s on saturday and again on sunday, melted all of the snow we had back on february 13th, most of the area, that snow is gone. Well add a little more, but not yet. The storm team4 radar is scanning the sky. We have no snow, no rain, a gorgeous blue sky, lots of sunshine. There is the washington monument, the Jefferson Memorial<\/a> under this beautiful blue sky. No snow there. It is 43 at reagan national. Very dry. Dew point down to just 12. Humidity only at 28 . Wind out of the northwest. Its gusting around 10 to 15 miles per hour. It will stay blustery as we get into the afternoon. A chilly monday by contrast from yesterday. And its just in the mid to upper 30s in Montgomery County<\/a>. Loudon countys upper0s. Near 40 in much of fairfax county. Prince William County<\/a>, the low 40s, and farther south and west there, the mid40s fredericksburg, though, now up to 50 degrees. Areas east and south of washington are in the low to mid40s, and well hold steady in the mid40s into the afternoon with the wind getting a little blustery through midafternoon. Lots of sunshine. And then, the temperature will gradually drop back down into the upper 30s by late evening. Then its going to continue to drop, and all the way down to the 20s by dawn on tuesday. Average high this time of year is 50 degrees. Each day, though, the High Temperature<\/a> will be below 50. The coldest days, next several days, will be on wednesday, and again on friday. And it does look like we have a possibility of some snow on wednesday after we get to near 40 tomorrow afternoon. Increasing clouds. And then, on wednesday, now it looks like in the morning well have some light snow. 1 to 3 inches around the metro area. That will be over quickly, and will end by mid to late morning as the latest timing on that. Some sunshine getting back in the afternoon, just barely getting above freezing, so a lot of the snow will stay around for a while, all the way into thursday morning when itll be down into the teens. But then, thursday afternoon should make it into the low 40s, and so a lot of the snow will be melting. Then cold again as we get into friday. Friday morning, down to just near 20 degrees, afternoon highs on friday should make it into the mid30s. And then, a bit milder as we get into the weekend. Should be a bit milder on saturday, and gend on sunday. Well have highs saturday, the mid40s, quite a bit of cloudiness around. And then on sunday, sunshine breaking out, partly sunny, afternoon highs in the upper s 40s. And that is going to show the trend as well starting off next week, too, at least with highs near the average high 50 degrees, as we say goodbye to february and hello march. March marches in on the weekend with temperatures in the 40s each afternoon. So thats the way it looks. Maybe thisll be the last snow of the season coming up, although weve had them in march. Yeah. The chances of getting a big snow in march, very, very small. And this one is not going to be very big. Does not look big on wednesday at all, no. All right, thank you, tom. It is 11 22. Voicing concern, a Doctors Group<\/a> is warning parents to think twice before using one of the drugstore clinics. Well tell you why. Plus, from Howard University<\/a> to traveling around the world to sing, well introduce you to the Living Legend<\/a> jessye norman. First, heres a look at whats hot on nbcwashington. Com. [ male announcer ] attention Small Business<\/a> owners its your last chance to get the power and reliability of verizon fios internet and phone for just 99. 99 a month with a twoyear agreement, and a free wireless router included. Because with verizon fios youre not just ready, youre downloading huge files without a hitch ready. Youre never ending Early Morning<\/a> Conference Call<\/a> ready. Youre small. Business. Ready. So switch to verizon fios now. Call 1. 888. 410. 4404 for your last chance for a free wireless router to keep all your devices and employees connected and working at their best. 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And so, we have we have an understanding of that child and that family dynamics. Right now, about 20 of patients at cvs Minute Clinic<\/a>s are between the ages of 18 months and 18 years old. A representative for cvs says its Minute Clinic<\/a> plays a complementary role in Kids Health Care<\/a> and does not replace a pediatrician. If you own an apple computer, keep an eye out for an update that should protect you from hack attacks. The tech company say it is will release a Software Update<\/a> soon. It will protect against the same security flaw that was just fixed on iphones and ipads. The problem involves the way software recognizes Digital Certificates<\/a> used by banking websites, gmail and facebook to set up encrypted connections. Without the fix, a hacker could pretend to be one of the sites and gain access to your personal data. Well, today well get a look at what could be the next big smartphone. Samsung will unveil its newest galaxy smartphone today. One feature some people want to see is a fingerprint sensor similar to the rival, the iphone 5. The big reveal is happening at an event in spain. Facebook Ceo Mark Zuckerberg<\/a> will deliver the keynote address. Samsung says it will show the latest take on the smartwatch. Its 11 27, and right now, the worlds most wanted drug lord is behind bars. Coming up, the role the u. S. Wants to play in keeping him there. Plus, this video has parents in disbelief this morning. A principal dragging a kindergarten student down the hall. The punishment she received, and why some say it doesnt go far enough. And morning sunshine doesnt do much toarm things up for us this morning. Storm team4 meteorologist tom kierein will be back with how long our temperatures will stay so low. Right now, mexicos top drug lord is in a mexican jail, but a retired dea agent says it will not stop drugs from coming into the u. S. Another expert says his arrest could create more violence. He expects a power struggle within mexican drug cartels. Mexican marines arrested Joaquin Guzman<\/a> over the weekend. He escaped from a mexican prison in 2001. The u. S. Wants mexico to extradite him to face at least seven federal indictments here. And this morning, were waiting to hear the sentencing for a former virginia marine. This past november Anthony Taglianetti<\/a> was convicted for the shooting death of a school superintendent. Reid and his wife were having an online relationship at the time of the shooting. He blames the online affair for pushing him to drive more than 400 miles to shoot reid three times, resulting in his death. He is facing 25 years to life behind bars. And were working to find out more information about a man shot in Northern Virginia<\/a>. The shooting happened last night near north payne and wyatt streets in old town alexandria. He was found with a gunshot wound to the chest. He was rushed to the hospital in stable condition. The shooting has no connection, police say, to the recent murder of music teacher ruth ann ladatto. Right now, Prince Georges County<\/a> police are handing out fliers in connection to a triple murder hoping someone will come forward with information. Saturday night, police found the bodies of weldon mason, stacy white, and ortiz olah, all in olahs apartment on marlboro pike in the Capital Heights<\/a> neighborhood. They worked together at a retail store in laurel, maryland. Police are offering a 25,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in this case. Today, in annapolis, the Maryland Senate<\/a> will debate two bills to decriminalize marijuana. One bill would make it just a civil offense to have less than 10 grams of pot. Youd be fined, but wouldnt face any criminal charges. The other bill would make it legal for adults to carry small amounts of marijuana. Youd have to be at least 21, though, to do that. No change, no problem. Youll have more options to pay your parking meter in bethesda this afternoon at 1 00. Montgomery county executive Isaiah Leggett<\/a> will celebrate the first Smart Parking<\/a> meter installations. Youll be able to pay street meters using your credit card. The county department of transportation will replace the tops of 840 Street Parking<\/a> meters in bethesda. The work is expected to take about a week to be finished. Now, youre going to have just a few more hours to sign up for a group that will work at curbing cyber bullying, an idea that began after the leader of one of the areas Biggest School<\/a> districts started getting threatening tweets. Angie goff is here with more on how you can have a say on whats being said online. Angie . Barbara, you have until 5 00 p. M. To apply to be a part of the cyber Civility Task<\/a> force for Montgomery County<\/a> schools. The campaign was just started by the superintendent, joshua starr, here. He hope it is will open up talks about civility on twitter and other social networks. The task force is starrs response to what he says was disturbing behavior by students and parents online. The School Leader<\/a> was the target of threatening and offensive tweets following his recent calls on snow days. Some were so disturbing that staff reported them to security. And so far, we checked and were told that 180 people have applied. You can, too, on School Districts<\/a> website. Barbara . All right, thanks, angie. And speaking of snow days, all of the playing in the snow that weve had this winter means some of your kids are getting less time on the playground right now. Prince William County<\/a> is cutting Elementary School<\/a> recess from 15 minutes down to 10 minutes starting today. The School Boards<\/a> decision allowed the county to adjust one day to the end of the year. But its a very unpopular compromise with some people. One parent started a petition on change. Org calling on the county to give back the recess time. It has nearly 1,500 signatures on that petition. Were going to check in again with tom kierein on the latest forecast, which includes a little more snow. Tom . Yes. Accent on the little. And it is cold. Got a blustery wind from the north and west that just penetrates even my puffy coat. And weve got a gorgeous blue sky. Time is on our side. Only a few more days left to february. Its certainly feeling like february now. 43 at reagan national. 30s farther north and west. South, though, its near 50. Fredericksburg over toward parts of central virginia, southern maryland, in the mid40s. Highs this afternoon should hover near 50. Parts of North Central<\/a> virginia in the mid40s around the metro area. Highs only near 40 farther north and west. Snow potential for wednesday morning. 1 to 3 inches is likely around the metro area. In the darker blue zone. The lighter blue zone, an inch or less. And itll stick, because the temperatures will be right in the upper 20s when that snow falls on wednesday morning. So that may cause some problems for the wednesday commute. And then, as we get into thursday and friday in the rest of the week, well have temperatures below average, and well have highs reaching just near 40 tomorrow, and again on thursday after we get the snow in wednesday. And then over the weekend into the 40s on saturday and sunday. Barbara . Okay, tom, thank you. Right now, wildlife officials are investigating the death of a 30footlong whale in the chesapeake bay. The whale was found near an island at the marylandvirginia border yesterday morning. The virginia aquariums stranding Response Team<\/a> conducted a rare onboat necropsy on the animal. Theyre now studying tissue samples to determine what type of whale it was and how the animal died. And this morning, were getting a look at disturbing video showing a connecticut Elementary School<\/a> principal dragging students down hallway. Take a look at this video from 2012. This is principal carmen dixon, dragging a kindergartner through the halls. Another clip shows dixon pull the same child by the hood. The video was just released, but dixon has already been punished. Shes currently on a sixmonth unpaid suspension. Shell be back on the job next month. Some School Administrators<\/a> and parents say dixon should be fired. Youre not supposed to put your hands on anybody elses child. You dont know the situation she did, it may have triggered something more traumatic for the kids, and thats not right. The clients actions, the attorney says, were within board policy guidelines in using reasonable force. Maryland has the thirdhighest foreclosure rate in the country. The naacp says thats far too high, and its hosting a rally to call for a sixmonth freeze on foreclosures. They say lawmakers need to change state policy. The rally begins at 4 30 at the statehouse in annapolis. More than two weeks of olympic competition is officially over today, and russia can now call it a blockbuster success. Take a look at the final medal count. The host country came out on top with 33 total and landed the most gold with 13 gold medals. The u. S. Came in second with 28. Norway, canada, and the netherlands round out the top five, just off the pace of the u. S. The cauldron is barely cold in sochi, and already the world is turning its attention to the next olympic games. But that attention is shedding light on some major problems for the host of the summer games, and thats reo. Chief global correspondent bill nealy has the progress report. Reporter reo, the site of the next olympics. But behind the smiles and the excitement serious concerns. Its just a huge bay of sewage. Reporter this bay will host olympic sailing. Its filthy, and reo is struggling to clean it up on time. Reos mayor concedes its a problem. This is one of our biggest challenge. We can we have to show that we are able to deal with these things. Reporter this is the site of the next olympic games. Its a building site. The officials in charge of the olympics are telling reo to speed up. Theres not a single day to lose, they say. They won the games in spite of being the least prepared to host them. The citys feeling the heat from olympic officials. Theyre worried. Are you . Of course. Of course. I have to worry. Thats my job. I worry every day. Reporter brazil has seen its worst riots in decades over the cost of hosting the olympics and this summers soccer world cup. Many are angry, too, that thousands of reos poorest have been evicted to build olympic facilities. This man fears his family is next. Brazil has the olympics, he says, but no justice. New homes have been built to house some of the evicted, but the demolitions continue. They watched the winter games, baffled at some events. Next, its their turn. They love a party. But will it be on time . Every city official i talk to says reo will be ready. The International Olympic<\/a> organizers say this city needs constant supervision. The road to the reo games wont be easy. Back to you. And that was nbcs bill nealy reporting. Before reo hosts the olympics, it will host, as we just heard, the world cup, and thats coming up this summer. 11 41 is the time now. The laundry product coming under fire for staining clothes. Plus, a woman who is described as one of the greatest sopranos of all time. How this Living Legend<\/a> ended up at Howard University<\/a>, and then at ho[ male announcer ]nd then pillsbury grands biscuits. Delicious, but say i press a few out flat, add some beef, sloppy joe sauce and cheese, fold it all up and boom delicious unsloppy joes perfect for a school night. Pillsbury grands biscuits. Make dinner pop. [ male announcer ] dont wait for awesome. Totinos pizza rolls gets you there in just 60 seconds. School in augusta, she was an exceptional student and outstanding member of the choir. She was chosen to compete in a single competition in philadelphia. On the way home with her choir director, they stopped to see the sites in washington, d. C. , and decided to visit Howard University<\/a>. She sat in and sang along with a class at the famed Howard School<\/a> of music. The professor was impressed. She said, how old are you . And so, i said, im 16. I just turned 16. I am all grown up. And so, she said, well, how where are you in high school . I said, well, i said, i have another year. And she said, well i suppose you have to finish high school before you could come to school here. I said come to school here . At that moment, she went down to the dean of the college and said i want to teach this child. Make sure that she comes to Howard University<\/a>. Thats how i happened to have a scholarship to Howard University<\/a>. Reporter after graduating, she moved to europe where she wa were following several developing stories right here on nbc4 today. First, in just a few hours, the d. C. Fire department will have to answer for some highprofile mishaps. Well be there as Council Member<\/a>s try to get to the bottom of communication problems among First Responders<\/a> that have been connected to several deaths. And right now, president obama is meeting with governors from across the country at the white house. The governors are in town for the National Governors<\/a> Association Winter<\/a> conference. 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