The front half of the day, and clouds can be increasing by this afternoon and there will be a chance of a few drops arriving by about 6 00 p. And our rain drops will be here before tomorrows commute. And the focus shifts to cleanup efforts, and the storm pummeled six states. Jay gray reports from hardhit boston. Reporter the wind and snow has finally stopped and across new england the focus has turned to what will be a difficult recovery. The state police and the National Guard have been out in force and working in tandem. Reporter but these are the most important teams right now. Crews working through brutal conditions to try and restore power of hundreds of thousands, many still without any heat. Were working 16hour shifts, so i mean, in this weather, thats tough. It has been tough to dig out dozens of cars most abandoned at the height of the storm. Across the region, still hard. Those that want to get around have to be creative. Trying to ski in boston for the first time in my life. Reporter skis, sleds, and even a kayak helped one. Flight options are limited. Of course for most here the journey is not as much about distance as it is determination, and their destination of getting back to the way things were before the storm, and a trip that will not take days, but weeks. Part of new yorks long island expressway will stay closed today as crews continue to clear the cars, and rescue workers could not get to them, and hundreds were rescued by snowmobile after waiting as long as 12 hours. And yesterday forklifts helped to move the cars so they could plow. New york airports are letting some flights land after their runways were buried in a foot of snow. And the airport finally reopened last night, but very few flights are coming or going. Across the country, flightaware. Com says airlines cancelled more than 153 flights because of this storm. Sthaoeufplt and looking for a man that stabbed a man and woman inside lost society overnight. Its a khraub on 14th near u street. And the man and woman stabbed were taken to the hospital. And discolored water because of a water main break in laurel. Derrick ward is at the scene with the latest. Reporter good morning. If you take a look over my right shoulder here, you can see the construction area of where this happened and its now the focus of repair efforts. It was about 4 30 yesterday when a crew working in the area hit a water main, and people in the area may have lost water pressure for a while but that has been restored and you are now indeed under a boil water alert. This happened on a were told a 42inch main, and were not sure of that but thats what they are doing to repair it. This section has been closed because of the low temperatures and the water on the road, its slick and you dont want to drive across a curve with black ice on it. We have seen a couple people actually do that. The water under the boil water alert, its safe to drink and may taste difference, and you shouldnt wash clothes or use it to make baby formula. You should boil water before you do anything like that. The repairs expected to be done at 12 30 today, and its not sure if the boil water alert will be over at that time as well. This morning if you plan on driving through northern virginia, listen up. Several roads closed near the Pentagon City mall in arlington. Crews shut down joyce street between south 15th street and Army Navy Drive, and also shut down Army Navy Drive between south joyce street and south 25th street. Racers are encouraged to take the Pentagon City metro. Next, strong words about National Security from former Vice President dick cheney. Plus, a 14yearold charged as an adult with murder. This morning neighborhoods are reacting to what happened behind closed doors. And politics for the ehrlich family. 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And chris browns weekend incident, we have gone through the police report. And a man that goes above and beyond to fulfill a promise to a family during the iraq war. The clouds are already starting to move in. When do the rain drops arrive . I will give you a check of the [ male announcer ] so theres lots of people out there who arent happy with their internet. [ spokesman ] hi, are you lindsay . Yes. Did you say, my internets so slow its like a car with no gas . Yes. [ male announcer ] well lindsay, youre about to get verizon fios quantum, americas fastest, most reliable internet. So thats what you used to have. Okay. And thats fios. Wow, this is crazy fast, almost unbelievable. [ male announcer ] that will put some gas in the old tank lindsay. Supercharge your internet speeds. Switch to fios and well triple your speed for free with an upgrade to fios quantum. Living life at quantum speed, call the Verizon Center for customers with disabilities thats powerful. At 8009746006 tty v. 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The mother found the baby in a car seat when she got home from work. He placed her in the car seat after he beat her and held his hands over her mouth and nose because she was crying. The teen is charged as an adult with premedicated murder. We learned the name of the woman shot and killed by police. Police shot bugs friday night while responding to a disturbance at her apartment. She opened the door and lunged at the Police Officers with a knife. Those officers are on leave while police look into the incident. A deal made in the Rocky Mountain desert. A rocky interpreter always wanted to come to an america, and died before he could make it but his family will get the chance thanks to a soldier who would not give up. Roy is the name given to him by his troop, but his family members knew him as mohammed. Blake call grew fond of him, and hall and many others relied on roy to communicate for them and in the depths of the battlefield he made him a promise. I made a pledge to him personally that i would do everything in my power to get him a visa to come to the United States. But roy was killed in a house bomb in 2008, and he thought his promise would go unfulfilled until he found a different way. I thought i could fulfill my promise in that way, finding his family. He tracked down his family, and four wanted to immigrate to america, and now they are coming to the United States on monday only bringing a few belongings with them, whatever they can fit into their luggage. Roys relatives will reunite with other family in san diego. I know i will cry like a baby when i am out there because it has been two years, and if you think about what baghdad is like right now, seven to eight hours of electricity per day, and its flooding and the streets are filled with two to three feet of raw sewage and protests against the government, and they are going to leave that and land in san diego, california. I am jealous of people who live in san diego, california. The familys impending arrival will complete the promise. For this one family, i have been more fortunate to have two Law School Students at berkeley helping me with the visa paperwork and to bring justice to the family. He plans to bring the family to d. C. And give them a tour to the district. He had help but it was his efforts making this happen. Such an incredible bond created between these two people at a time of such destruction. And the loyalty, really. And because of roy, his family was able to help him and now its just teamwork all the way around. And they are going to san diego, which should be real nice, a nice destination. Who wouldnt want to live in san diego . Its calmer than what we were seeing yesterday. Those winds lasted until lunchtime before they started to lay down, and then overnight the skies were clear and the winds went calm, and as a result we ended up with a cold start this morning. Teens and 20s all over the map a few hours ago. And i think you are going to like your sunday afternoon. There you go. A few from our city camera view there. It was a completely blue sky. Now already starting to take on the milky white or gray shade out there. And the high clouds are drifting in from the west and southwest, and these clouds tell me there are changes on the way. Those changes will bring rain drops before this time tomorrow. Right now 32 degrees in washington. The winds remain calm out there. Theres going to be a light wind if any for the rest of the day today. Winds will be light out of the south. Generally 5 to 10 miles per hour. And temperatures below freezing in many spots in Northern Maryland and down through the Shenandoah Valley, and the usual cold spots remain below freezing, and you will see the temperatures get into the 40s by later today. And hour by hour, temperatures climbing quickly. From the mid30s into the mid40s by 2 00 or 3 00 this afternoon, and because of the cloud cover the temperatures will not plummet like they did last night, and thats important because moisture is on the way. Nothing on the immediate future, but a warm front shows the leading edge of the rain drops now, and this first ban of rain will evaporate, but this next one, i do think it will hold together long enough as the warm front comes through. It not only brings chances in tonight, but it opens up a huge amount of warm air and tomorrow we will start off with chilly 30s and 40s and rain drops and some spots tomorrow will get up near 60 degrees as the warm front goes north of us. Sunshine to get your sunday start, but the high cloudiness will continue to lower and thicken, and by late tonight and into the Early Morning hours of tomorrow, light rain showers and maybe aoeugsyness in the deep Shenandoah Valley, and not looking for a big problem because the warm air is rushing in so quickly, and clouds and rain moving in and it could be a slow go on monday mornings commute, but the commute on the way home is looking better. Temperatures for the rest of the morning climbing through the 30s with the light wind and high clouds out there. This afternoon, skies going over to mostly cloudy, but a nice day to go outside. Mostly cloudy, and a chance of rain drops out in the Shenandoah Valley after about 8 00 tonight. Here is your extended forecast. Nice day today. Kind of an ugly way to get the week started with the rain drops for your monday morning commute. And dry by tomorrow evening. Tuesday gets looks. Wednesday and thursday, all eyes on the middle of the week and school kids have their fingers crossed, and it would be cold enough to be snowing somewhere close to washington if not in washington, and you want to stay carefully tuned to the wednesday and thursday forecast. Want to give a quick shotout to the junior league. I am so happy to be able to mc the event, and there you see some of the members, cheryl along with sloan, and we also have wendy on the end there, and she is the president. But they have contributed 100,000 books in their centennial year here in the d. C. Area. Thanks for all your service. Now looking to the week ahead, the president and first lady give a former army staff sergeant, the militarys highest honor. He receives the medal of honor for his heroic actions in afghanistan in 2009. Thousands of people expected to celebrate fat tuesday. Its happening on bourbon street, and Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of lent, a period of fasting and repep tupbs before easter sunday. And pitchers and catchers report. The nationals and orioles will head down to florida for spring training. And pitchers and catchers will arrive on tuesday with the rest of the players coming later in the week. And then two teams played five overtimes last night in south ben. The irish kept tying the game in the final seconds forcing the extra periods and notre dame had the luck of the irish winning 104101. And good news for both of the teams because they wont have to play again until later this week. The terps get ready for a tough battle against the cavaliers today. And then an offensive outburst. Thats all this morning in sports minute. Good sunday morning, everybody. We start with the caps heating up the home eyes. Ryan zimmerman catching hockey before heading down to spring training. And he picked a good one with the capitals. Check out the assist to troy brower. He slaps it home, and two goals, and he has to thank his goaltender for that one. Third period, caps up 30. And ovechkin gets his third goal of the year, and the capitals go on to win by wait for it. Duke is coming to town next weekends, but what they are worried about is the cavaliers. Tomorrow is a big game for game and just like rginia tech wake forest was a big game, and florida before that. We will prepare like we always do and hopefully we will go out and play well. Tipoff for that one is at 1 00. Hope your sunday is a good one. D. C. Transportation leaders are listening to ideas to get people where they need to go faster and easier. Ddot moved the exchange yesterday. The collaborative effort will help d. C. Leaders plan a seamless Transportation System on roads, rails, bike ways and walkways. When we have that kind of rapid growth, we have conflicts with people getting where they need to go and this is an opportunity to resolve some of the conflicts and think about how to balance the needs of everybody going forward. Several more forums will happen in the coming months. Chris brown crashed his car while the paparazzi chased him. According to Beverly Hills police brown claims he lost control of his black porsche yesterday, and its not clear if Police Identified the paparazzi pursuing him, but the cash came a day before the Grammy Awards where he is nominated for the best urban contestimony tau perpai album. And then following the lives of Nelson Mandelas grand daughters. The women say they consulted their historymaking grandfather before signing on for the show and that he is fully supportive. Both our grant parents are proud of what we do. They have told us many times that this name belongs to us, and its part of our legacy to sort of do as we see fit as long as we treat it with respect and integrity. They support us in everything that we do. You can catch the premiere of being mandela. That should be interesting. We dont hear from them often. A great new channel, too. Great shows there. Magnum p. I. Yeah, love it. And then mardi gras celebrations led to violence and chaos in new orleans. And clear the roads now. How it could change with rain on the way in t almost tastes like one of jacks cereals. Fiber one. Uh, forgot jacks cereal. [ jack ] whats for breakfast . Um. Try the number one yeah, this is pretty good. [ male announcer ] over a third of a days fiber. Fiber one. Shimmy, shimmy chocolate. Shimmy, shimmy chocolate. We, we chocolate cross over. Yeah, we chocolate cross over. [ male announcer ] introducing fiber one 80 calorie chocolate cereal. Chocolate. And here is a live look for you to start this half hour. We are tracking a brandnew system moving in to the area that could create a mess for the monday morning commute. Welcome to news4 today. I am angie goff. And i am richard jordan. And its sunday, february 10th, 2013. Lets go to meteorologist, chuck bell, he is outside on the storm 4 weather. You can still see your breathe out here. Its a cold start. 31 degrees on the front lawn of channel 4, but beautiful sunshine still getting through the veil of high thin cloudiness out there. Clouds will continue to thicken today. If you need sunshine in your life you need to enjoy it while it is still around. Thats the view on top of the property here in northwest washington. You are looking to the south and west where the clouds are coming from. Its a cold start. Here is the way it is looking. 32 down at National Airport right now. And we should be at 45 degrees by 10 00. And highs near 45 degrees, and the sunshine for now will lead to a mostly cloudy afternoon coming our way. Rain drops move in after midnight, and it could be a very slow go on our monday morning commute back to work and school. More on that and the rest of the seven day with another mention of snow coming up. People in the northeast are waking up this morning to a whole lot of snow to cleanup. The blizzard of 2013, its over, and now the work begins. Its hard hit massachusetts we start with, and some towns got as much as 30 inches of snow. Many could be in the dark for days. The catholic arch die asus is warning worshippers this morning that they shouldnt come to mass if they cannot do so safely