Alaska. It happened about 75 miles southeast of cordova, alaska. A tsunami warning was issued for parts of alaska and canada. At this point, there are no reports of damage. Lets go to meteorologist chuck bell. Good morning to both of you. Good morning, everybody. Happy new year. Hopefully you enjoyed your holiday season. Were off to a seasonably cold start early on a january morning here in washington. Temperatures in town are in the mid30s. You dont have to go too far out to the west or to the north before you get back down closer to the freezing mark. 30 now in gaithersburg. 33 in martinsburg. Nothing showing up on storm team 4 radar for now. Thats not going to be the case necessarily all weekend. Little chance of moisture well down to our south. It is racing in our direction. It will bring clouds back here tonight and maybe a little passing snowflake or two. Your saturday planner, nothing to worry about. Sunny and cold today. A little bit of a breeze as well. Of course, tomorrow, 4 00 in the afternoon, skies will be clear. The sun will still be out at 4 00, but it will be generally a dark time for the game. Clear skies out there, upper 30s, low 40s. Well talk more about that coming up. Thanks, chuck. Redskins mania is reaching a fever pitch this morning as the team gets ready for their return to the postseason. The battle with seattle is just a little more than 24 hours away. And after five years away from the playoffs, players say the excitement of the fans could be the difference for them tomorrow. Heres a preview of the game. Good saturday morning. The skins are 10 all time at fedex field in the playoffs, that game coming 13 years ago, a wild card win over the lions. So theres not a lot to go on historically. If youre trying to predict what kind of advantage the skins will t this weekend. What we do know is the current playoff bound skins are counting on having the 12th man. The postseason pandemonium, what really started at fedex field last weekend versus the cowboys. Skins are riding a sevengame win streak, four straight at home. Skins are 132 all time in home playoff games. The seahawks are just 10 on the road in the postseason. The players say the fans have a job to do this weekend. I expect our crowd to come up, come out and be loud and support us. You know, theres no reason they would be any less excited than they were for the dallas game. For the dallas game, they were awesome. Having a good home crowd really does a lot. I think seattle is 80 at home. You know, if we can get that kind of atmosphere for our game, it should mean a lot. They been great throughout the year. The atmosphere last sunday when we played dallas was so electric and exciting for us. And i know exciting for this fan base. They deserve a team that wins. They deserve someone to root for. Its good we can be at home to give them that. Chris cooley, beyond excited for his first ever playoff game at fedex field. He said in 07, the seahawk fans were so loud he couldnt even hear the plays being called in the huddle. Sounds like a challenge. Now its pay back time. Sure is. Thanks. When fans head to the stadium tomorrow, theyll likely get a show by two of the most electrifying quarterbacks in the le league. They both happen to be rookies. Heres more on the phenom rookies. This sunday showdown between the skins and seahawks will likely come down to the performance of two rookie quarterbacks who have lit up the league this year. Rg3 and Russell Wilson have both had record seasons. Wilson had a great year. Hes tied Peyton Mannings rookie record with 26 touchdowns. He had just ten interceptions. Hes thrown for more than 3100 yards and rushed for nearly 500 yards. Rg3s stats, theyre just as impressive. He had fewer touchdowns than wilson with 20, but he has had half as many interceptions, just five. Thats a rookie record. Griffin also passed for 3200 yards and his rushing yards were totaling up to 800 this season. Off the field, on a personal side, wilson married his longtime girlfriend last year and rg3 is engaged to his college girlfriend. So in case you were wondering, theyre both off the market. Well, thanks, jim. Stay with news 4 all weekend for full coverage on the battle with seattle. And show us how you are getting ready for the game. We want to see you, your kids, your house, even your pets decked out with redskins pride. Send us your pictures to skinsfans nbcwashington. Com. Or you can tweet us at nbcwashington. Also this morning, police are trying to figure out whos behind a driveby shooting that sent a maryland teenager to the hospital. This happened last night around 7 30 in the town of great mills, st. Marys county. Police say three teens were out walking when a small vehicle pulled up and someone inside started firing shots. The 15yearold was wounded. They were taken to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. People in Montgomery County are warned to keep an eye on their mail. Police are investigating a series of thefts involving outgoing mail with checks. If you have important mail, you should take it directly to a post office or a Postal Service mailbox or consider not putting up your mailbox flag because it could alert thieves theres mail waiting in your box. And a warning for dominion virginia customers. If you get a call saying you have two hours to pay up or else lose power, it could be a scam. They tell people they owe hundreds of thousands of dollars, telling them to loan the money on a prepaid green dot card. The company will never ask for a payment over the phone. If you feel you may be a victim, the Company Wants to hear from you. The time is six minutes after 6 00. Next, taking no chances. How passengers took matters into their own hands on board an International Flight. Plus, the warning for parents after a child unwrapped suspicious candy. And the argument over a tv show landed one man facing serious charges. And redskins versus seahawks. Who are you rooting for . We spend a lot of time on the feed because a chicken is what it eats. [ jim ] this seal verifies we feed my fresh allnatural chickens an allvegetarian diet including corn, soybeans, and marigolds. No animal byproducts. No meat and bone meal. When you put my chicken on the table, you know where it came from. That i put on my childrens plate. Thats why we use allwhite meat, breading that is whole grain with omega3 and no preservatives. It is my goal to make the highest quality, besttasting nugget on the market. I want consumers to go, dang, thats a good nugget. An American Eagle pilot is facing charges after tsa agents say they found him drunk on the job. The 48yearold was arrested friday morning in minneapolis while doing preflight checks in the cockpit of a flight bound for new york. Agents say they smelled alcohol on the pilot before he even boarded the plane. The pilot was given a breathalyzer test and removed from the plane. No passengers were on board at the time. A bizarre scene on board an International Flight to jfks airport. Passengers taped a drunk man to a seat. Holy cow. The passenger was described as drunk and out of control. He prortedly treportedly trying woman next to him. They did take a drunk passenger into custody after the plane landed, but he was not charged. I hope he could breathe. Wow. A scare at the nations busiest airport. Police had to shut down part of Atlanta International airport yesterday after employees heard a ticking sound coming from a passengers bag left curb side. The sound turned out to be an electric toothbrush that was turned on. Travelers were diverted to other parts of the airport for a while until police determined there was no danger there. The time right now is 6 11. The redskins arent the only local team getting ready for a big game. Next, the transformation happening in baltimore ahead of the ravens matchup. Plus, tracking one of the worst flu seasons on record. What doctors have to say about your chances of getting a flu shot if you havent already. President obama will return to washington after finishing vacation in hawaii. He and the first family are wrapping up a vacation there that was cut short last week by fiscal cliff negotiations. Locals and tourists alike caught a glimpse of the president and the first lady as they had dinner last night. The obamas are set to fly home later tonight. And were starting to get a better idea of what the president s cabinet will look like in his second term. Former republican senator chuck hagel of nebraska appears to be front runner for defense secretary. The white house says the president has not made a final decision. Last month the president nominated john kerry to be the next secretary of state. This morning, House Minority leader nancy pelosi is defending a photo of congress that was photoshopped. It shows all 61 Democratic Women of the house. The group met on the steps on thursday after their official swearing in ceremony. The four women in the back row were not part of the original picture. They were running late and had to be added in later. Pelosi says it is still historically accurate, and she added that it was freezing cold when they had been waiting a long time. Ailing venezuelan president hugo chavez could postpone his swearing in if its not able to take the oath next week. Thats according to the vice president. He made the comments in a televised interview yesterday. Opposition leaders argue that new elections must take place if chavez is unable to be sworn in on january 10th. They say the constitution allows for him to be sworn in by the Supreme Court at a later date. Chavez is recovering from his fourth cancer surgery. Caught on camera. A Man Leads Police on chase and then tries to get rid of the evidence. Dashboard cameras were rolling during this chase through a georgia town with speeds reaching as high as 85 miles an hour. Suddenly, the man pulls over along a bridge and chucks a bag full of cocaine into the flint river. Then he surrenders. But it was all for naught. The bag was vacuum sealed, floated in the river, and that made it easy more police to find it. Very smart there. Police are warning parents about a new way some kids are getting away with drug use. Take a look at this. Police say it looks like candy, but its actually marijuana. A suspicious parent outside of philadelphia brought it to police to have it looked at. Detectives say its designed to have the same effect as smoking pot but avoids detection by not having to light up. This is something that would easy fly under the radar. It was something new in terms of, you know, doing drugs in school and ways to hide it, so im not really surprised. Investigators also say its parents who have to be the first line of defense against drugs. A new york man accused of killing his grandmother in a fight over what tv show to watch is due in court this morning. Police arrested 25yearold Clarence Newcomb in kings park yesterday. He and his grandmother were arguing over what to watch on tv. The medical examiner has not determined how she died. No weapons were found. Police say newcomb is unemployed and lived with his grandmother. The pharmacy at the center of a nationwide meningitis outbreak says a cleaning company it hired is also at fault. The new England Compounding Center says the cleaning company should take some blame for the outbreak. Universe says the charge is without merit. They say they offer cleaning services once a month to the pharmacy and used their own cleans solutions. Some 14,000 people received the tainted steroid used to treat back pain before the fungus was discovered. This years flu season is on track to become one of the worst ever for the united states. According to the centers for the disease control, 48 states are reporting widespread flu activity. Doctors say cases in the district started spiking here this week. The strain of flu theyve seen is circulating its particularly severe. To avoid the worst of it, get your flu shot, even if you havent already. It can keep you out of the hospital, prevent you getting pneumonia, even though you may have a touch of the flu. Influenza is the viral infection every winter that can put even a healthy person into the intensive care unit in 48 hours. Doctors say there is no shortage of vaccines this year, and if you do get sick, stay home. Sorry, guys. Whoops. Too late, right . Sounds worse than it really is. Its just a head cold. Thats good to hear. A little chilly outside this morning. If youre not feeling 100 , take your time, stay inside a little while longer. It is going to be a pleasant enough day. If youre feeling up to it, plenty of sunshine for your afternoon. Not a bad day to be outside. It will be on the chilly side. Outside this morning, it is a clear and fairly cold start out there. Certainly nowhere near the records. The record this morning, 3 below zero. Not even within a mile of that. Temperatures are in the middle and upper 20s in most of the colder suburbs to around the freezing mark in and around town. Downtown inside the urban center, 37 now at national airport. Winds remain out of the northwest at 12 miles per hour. That little bit of a breeze this morning will definitely put a windchill factor in your Early Morning plans. Temperatures, low to mid30s out to the north and west. 23 in manassas. 28 in fredericksburg. You fak ctor in the wind, generally in the upper teens to low and mid20s. Dont leave home without your scarf and mittens. No real rain for us just yet, but look to the south and west. This moisture is aimed in our direction. Its racing our way. The thing thats good or bad about it, depending on how you feel about your snow chances, not much of a snow chance with this one, but we could see passing flakes late tonight into early tomorrow. Your weekend, chilly and dry to get you off and started on your saturday. Plenty of sunshine out there for today. Clouds come back very quickly late tonight. Here we are stopped on our future weather forecast. At 11 00 p. M. This evening, the clouds are back. We might be able to wring out a snowflake or two between midnight tonight and Early Morning sunrise tomorrow morning before the clearer and drier air moves back in tomorrow afternoon. Great weather coming up for the redskins game tomorrow afternoon. A dry start to the coming week. By 1 00 a. M. This morning, doesnt look like a whole lot out there. 2 00, 3 00 in the morning, a little ribbon of moisture coming through here. Temperatures will be just at or above the freezing mark around town. Just at or below to the north and west. By 3 00, 4 00 in the morning, an opportunity for a touch of snow out here to the north and west. That should be tapering off quickly by sunrise tomorrow. Doesnt look like anyone is going to get more than an inch. Today, morning sunshine. Some mid and high level clouds coming in later. Breezy, chilly today. Upper 30s in the high spots. Tomorrow, kind of the reverse. We start out with the clouds around but becomes mostly sunny by tomorrow afternoon. Heres the extended forecast. Enjoy your weekend, everybody. Any precipitation chances should be generally while you are sleeping, between midnight and sunrise. Theres the sevenday forecast. Dry and sunny weather into the early parts of the coming week. Next chance for what looks to be a primarily rain event will be wednesday night into thursday. You can always stay ahead of the weather and follow me on twitter. Thanks, chuck. At 6 22, coming up on news 4 today, the shock for two kids who sat courtside at an nba game last night. 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It was a rough landing, but griffin made sure everyone was okay. People in the midwest are still digging out from snow over the last week. In green bay, shoveling the bleachers at Lambeau Field is a familiar sight. This weekend, the crews dont have to worry about the turf. The packers are using a system that actually heats the field and keeps it from getting ice eye aicey and dangerous. Thats just one of the playoff matchups you can catch here on nbc 4. Watch as the Cincinnati Bengals take on the houston texans. Thats followed by the battle between green bay and the vikings. Keep it here after the Football Games for news 4 at 11 00. Meantime, the Baltimore Ravens are getting ready for a big playoff matchup. People there are showing their team spirit in some pretty creative ways. Baltimore gas and electric lit its downtown headquarters with Purple Lights last night, casting its entire building in ravens colors. Theyll keep the lights this way for as long as the team is in the playoffs. The ravens face the Indianapolis Colts in baltimore tomorrow. A lot of team spirit. We have a lot of ravens fans in our area as well. Thats true. It is a good time. 6 27 right now. Up next, we run down the musthave menu for Football Game time. The list might have you running to the grocery store. And the new app that d. C. s top cop says you may want to download right now. Let the trash talking begin. This morning, we are counting down to the battle with seattle. From the game day hype to game day food. Were running down everything ahead of tomorrows big redskins game. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to news 4 today. Im richard jordan. And im angie goff. An update to breaking news. A tsunami alert has just been canceled after a 7. 6 earthquake shook off the coast of alaska. It happened abo