Marking the end of president obamas first term and the start of the second. It began with a national day of service. President obama wants americans to take time out to volunteer and also to give back. Mr. Obama and the first lady spent the morning visiting Burrville Elementary School in dc, helping out by filling book shelves and talking to volunteers at the school. This year, as it has been since 2009 when president obama first took office, the administration is trying to expand the concept of volunteerism. Fox 5s John Hanrahan was at the National Mall and is now in the newsroom with the story. Reporter ive been wondering what the enormous white tent is at the corner of 14th street and the mall. Im told it is a staging area. Today, it was indoor part of the inauguration. Thousands of people were invited inside the tent to consider making a commitment to volunteerism. Reporter Yolanda Adams made her pitch with a song. Im going to do my part, yeah reporter Chelsea Clinton personally visited a booth to help the youngsters there write letters to sick children. And Actress Eva Longoria appealed to a crowd of thousands to help improve the nation by volunteering. Make a difference in one childs life. Mentor a student. Donate a book to a library. Donate supplies to a neighborhood school. Help paint a classroom or clean up a playground. Reporter thousands of people in town for the inauguration and many locals packed into a huge tent on the National Mall, where nearly 100 Service Organizations tried to entice visitors into making a commitment to volunteer. Big brothers big sisters has found pairing youngsters with older mentors helps the kids. The grades are better. They have higher self esteem. They have better relationships with their peers, with their teachers. Reporter at the sunshine foundation, 7yearold Addison Rhodes was helping Chelsea Clinton compose letters. I am making a card for kids who are ill and im trying to make them feel better. Reporter computer terminals around the room allowed visitors to register their interest in different kinds of voluntary activities. Esther lee jones found the whole scene inspirational. Kind of gets you motivated to say youre part of something bigger thats going to help our community. So thats kind of an inspiration for me. Reporter the president is trying to make service on the Martin Luther king, jr. Holiday weekend an american tradition. Joel lucas thinks thats perfectly appropriate. Martin luther kings legacy is one of volunteerism and service, self service. I think this gives americans and the metro dc area an opportunity to, you know, live his legacy. Reporter lucas, who was career military and still works fulltime at the age of 61, signed up today to volunteer at two different groups. Maureen . Good to see people giving back. John, thank you. Just three days until the 57th president ial inauguration. We are tracking the temperatures leading up to the big historic day. Fox 5s gwen tolbart is in the Weather Center with a look at the forecast. The weekend has been pretty nice. We didnt do too badly today, but there are some significant changes coming as we head into monday. Lets take a look at some of our conditions here. Skys not bad. We have a ridge of High Pressure thats been in control. For tonight, we are talking mostly clear, not a lot of clouds to discuss at all. Heres a look at the today. 54 degrees at Reagan National. 56 at dulles. 54 at bwi thurgood marshall. Temperatures well above the seasonal average. As we head through tonight, 35 degrees, mostly clear. It will be cool, but once we move through and into the end of the weekend, into Inauguration Day and Martin Luther king day, things will really take a drastic change. Weve got arctic air that will be moving in. Were talking sun, a few clouds. Upper 30s is where were headed, and also into the afternoon and evening, weve got a chance of seeing snow showers, maybe a very light dusting. So were keeping an eye on all of that for you. My advice right now is plan to dress very, very warmly. Its going to be very, very cold. Weve got an arctic air mass. Well talk more about that in my full forecast and just let you know a little bit more of the timing. But definitely a cold day and something we havent had in a long time, a chance of winter precipitation. More details a little later. Back to you. Thank you, gwen. See you then. A nationally known motivational speaker and comedian has a new documentary called a funny thing happened on the way to the white house. I knocked on the door and a brother answered. The movie chronicles president obamas plight to win the white house. Michael collier is in town for the festivities. It is a pleasure to meet you. The pleasure is mine. I have been a fan for years, i really have been. Oh, thank you very much. I am honored to be here for this fantastic weekend. Yes, it is. What led to you make this documentary . I wanted to show a love letter to our president , because we love the accomplishments of mr. Obama, that he even won this thing the very first time. Thats how it started. Then as we started really looking at him closer, we realized how much we dug him and there were so many people who want to say things that werent flattering, that we want to put together a documentary that was purely biased and say, hey, we love you and were with you. Thats how come i also did a Childrens Book. I didnt know that. The Childrens Book goes right along with it. Everybody loved him at first. Soon as he got in, they tried to stair the house in half. Pushing it back together right there. See the color green down at the bottom, Collard Greens . On the white house grounds, thats in the garden its an amazing documentary with over 40 comedians, white, black, young, old, lifting up mr. Obama in a positive light, even doing comedy as mr. Obama or about mr. Obama. Music, bootsy collins, comedian anthony anderson, awesome. Its an hour and 90 minutes of pure positivity about mr. Obama and how we should support him as president. I have another question for you before that. Can people buy this in their video stores and online . Where can they get this . They can actually just go to my web page. In fact, go to my email. Comicking123 aol. Com. Then they can get all the information. They can ask questions. Theres also a facebook page. Its called michael collier, a funny thing. They can look at pieces of it or inbox me. Ill be out on the corner selling it, from my car. [ laughter ] oh, my goodness. Michael collier, im getting the wrap. Such a pleasure seeing you. You are going to the balls and things this weekend . Im going to a lot of the balls. Im going to one of the youth balls at a club called leo. Ill be there at 6 00, doing comedy, having a great time and just jokes. Ill be doing just jokes radio as well. Im doing all the stuff i can, hitting every inaugural ball i can. As many as you can. Give the website one more time. Actually its my email. Comicking123 aol. Com, michael collier. It is a pleasure, fan of yours and even more so after tonight. Yay have a great night. Thank you. We are still waiting for the kids inaugural concert to begin at the Washington Convention center. First Lady Michelle obama and dr. Jill biden are hosting the concert as part of their ongoing commitment to military families. The concert will feature performances by katy perry, actors from glee, and also usher, a lot of fun. Kids who got involved with todays service projects, too, young people at turner elementary in southeast. They pitched in with a little help from musician and philanthropist john legend. Turner elementary is one of six dc Elementary Schools in ward 8 to post projects. They put together books to give out to 2000 students at those schools. We have to take ownership. We have to say, you know, its not just my house and my family. Its my whole neighborhood. Its my whole city. My whole community that i care about. Thats what this service day is all about. Legend says hes a big fan of dc Public Schools and will do whatever he can to help out schools. Stay with fox 5 for complete coverage of mondays inauguration, all day long, both online and on air, at myfoxdc. Com. We will broadcast the ceremony and the parade that follows, live. The fox 5 morning team kicks off our coverage bright and early at 4 00 a. M. Coming up, the latest on the deadly hostage crisis in algeria. Is the fourday standoff any closer to coming to an end . . We are following major developing news around the world tonight. In algeria, officials are commanding a final push into the Sahara Desert, hoping to finally put an end to the hostage crisis at a gas plant. Defense secretary leon panetta says there is still work to do. Heres the latest. The loss of life as a result of these attacks is appalling, not acceptable. Reporter British Defense minister philip hammond, alongside leon panetta, declaring the hostage crisis in algeria over. This comes after reports of algerian officials commanding a final push into the Sahara Desert to end the fourday crisis at a gas plant. Lot of this information still remains sketchy. We know that lives have been lost and i pledge to continue our close consultation on this issue until the crisis is finally ended. Reporter the state News Agency Says seven hostages were executed before the attack and 11 alqaedalinked gunmen were killed after the assault on the complex. At least 19 hostages have been killed during this ordeal, including one american. We have made a commitment that were going to go after al qaeda wherever they are and wherever they try to hide. Reporter meanwhile, more hostages recount their experiences after their release. The algerian government continues to deal with criticism regarding how they handled the situation. They did what they could because it was a hostage situation. Reporter the norwegian Prime Minister meeting with victims saturday. The french president saying the hostage situation justifies french intervention in mali. Terrorism was about to overwhelm mali. This terrorism threatens west africa and the entire world. Reporter the algerian government says 700 algerians and more than 100 Foreign Workers were freed during the course of this fourday stand off. However, there are still some Norwegian Oil workers unaccounted for. In london, fox news. Well, a big story were following. Gun Appreciation Day rallies are planned across 49 states today. Crowds gathering to support the right to own firearms. The group guns across america organized the event. The rallies come after the Newtown School shootings, leading president obama to attempt to ban assault weapons. A news alert tonight. District police are investigating a deadly overnight shooting near Howard University on Georgia Avenue northwest. Police say 44yearold Tracy Mcfadden was shot in the chest and died. So far, no suspects. If you know anything about this crime, call district police. And this just in, Montgomery County police have made an attack on an elderly woman. It happened in the bridge cheney area grocery store. The suspect is 45yearold Ricky Jefferson from silver spring. Police say he threw the elderly victim to the ground, then robbed her. A developing story out of baltimore. Baseball legend earl weaver has died. 82yearold weaver was a hall of fame manager with the orioles. Sources say weaver died on a caribbean cruise associated with the team. The fiery manager led the orioles to four world series, winning one in 1970. Maryland governor Martin Omalley released this statement on weavers passing, saying i am sad to learn of the passing of earl weaver, a baltimore pioneer and one of the greatest baseball managers of our time. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family at this time. In other sports news, the capitals are on the road for their first game of the season against the Tampa Bay Lightning. Players hit the ice tonight at 7 00. Joining us with a preview, fox 5s lindsey murphy. Such an anticipated night in the world of hockey. The 113day lockout is now a thing of the past. For caps fans, the puck drops at 7 00 p. M. When it does, this team will be full speed ahead for the remaining 48 games on their schedule. The team landed in tampa yesterday afternoon in anticipation of their first game tonight against a division foe. Unlike many teams in the league, the caps are a bit behind the eight ball, considering they have only had six practices and one scrimmage to get to know their new head coach, adam oats and his new system. Working in their favor is team camaraderie, with only a handful of faces for a team that finished second in the Southeast Division. Tonight, it is ready, set, race for this team to the finish. Just knowing that everyone is behind us. I wouldnt sayiner of us, but definitely almost more into it, if you know what i mean. We know how much more important every single game is. Theres no realtime to stumble right now. We were talking with guys on other teams, saying if you go on a three or fourgame losing streak over the gates that, could be the difference between playoffs and four games into the season. Were setting a good pace at the beginning of the season and especially with a new coaching change, we got to make sure were picking up systems and playing well right away. Caps center brooks light did not participate in practices this week, as he recovers from groin injury. Denot make the trip to florida. Well have much more on the new system later in sports and highlights tonight at 10 00 and 11 00. Lindsay murphy, see you later on. No shortage of news this week from the sports world. From Lance Armstrongs doping confession to manti teos imaginary girlfriend, some athletes are making headlines for all the wrong reasons. Confusing enough for adults to understand, but ever wonder how this is affecting your child . Seeing your sports hero fall from grace. Many child psychologists say its important to talk to your kids about it all. One of the things that we can do as parents is to teach them that these guys arent perfect. They make mistakes. They have flaws. And sometimes under certain circumstances, they make really poor decisions, really poor chases that may affect them for the rest of their lives. Manti teo broke his silence last night, speaking to espn. Teo says he was never in on the hoax. Still ahead, the tsa doing away with those controversial scanners. Plus it, may be the dead of winter, but its not too early to start thinking about vacation. Before do you so, a consumer alert. And if you have a story idea, call the tip line at 202 8953000. You can also send us an email to fox5tips at wttg. Com. Back after this. . Crowd gathered in southwest to honor a civil rights icon. It is the Martin Luther king, jr. Freedom and peace walk. The event is in its 35th year. The event began at lan ford park and concluded at shepherd park, recreating dr. Kings march to montgomery, alabama. Vice President Joe Biden kicked off the day by putting in volunteer hours. The vp and his wife kept up with their tradition by serving others in the area. The second family was all smiles, working for military members overseas. Bens chili bowl got in on the national day of service today, with a book drive. They invited people to come in for brunch or dinner and tolls bring a new or slightly used Childrens Book. The books will go to two groups. The reading connection and hope in a home, both serving underprivileged families in the district. Thats a good thing. Glad to see a lot of people out there enjoying the day. And the weather wasnt bad at all. I thought it would be really cold, but surprise didnt have quite as much wind as anticipated, so it was really pleasant. That trends going to continue. But its going to be short lived. Enjoy it while we can thats what happens with mother nature. Heres a look at what is going on outside right now. Not a lot of clouds. Beautiful shot of our national monument. Not a lot of clouds right now. Well see partly cloudy skies under the course of tonight. As i mentioned, winds, not quite bad at all. Sky cover, pretty good. Were under the influence of a ridge of High Pressure. That ridge of High Pressure to the south and as we take a look, a little action over the great lakes. For us, not very many clouds to talk about tonight, but well n west. Just Cool Conditions overall. So not all bad. And heres a little closer look at our area. Were not going to be dealing with a lot of action in terms of the sky conditions, at least not for tonight. Into tomorrow, not too bad either. But we do have changes coming up in the extended forecast. Todays highs, well above the seasonal average. We should really only be into the low 40s. So we hit 54 degrees at Reagan National today. 56 at dulles. And 54 degrees at bwi thurgood marshall. Well above where we should be. It was fairly mild outside, fairly pleasant, so not bad at all if you did get out and get a chance to enjoy it. Temperatures still fairly comfortable. 48 degrees at dc. 46 at gaithersburg, 49 at baltimore, 45 degrees at annapolis. 49 at fredericksburg. 48 at dulles. 50 at martinsburg. So it is fairly comfortable. Moving through the course of tonight, well see temperat