the morning. doug and amelia are tracking all of i from our storm center. >> another very cold night tonight. not nearly as cold as last nillt. no wind c advisory out there. we haven't heard of any school lays and closures. we don't think it's because of the cold tonight buthe snow could add a caveat to tomorrow's where you shall. >> it's difficult with the timing, if schools delay you delay putting them on the bus when snow is falling. you dt early you get ahead of the snow but you'reit dealing the cold. >> current wind chill 9 below in cleveland. 22 below in minneapolis. but look at d.c., 23, no wind, the wind is calm. the current temrature is 23. nothing like buffalo with an ongoing blizzard, 18 below zero. not good for them. temperatures around the area, 14. that's the current temperatur a no wind chill. 18 at dulles.

19 at baltimore. when we get the snow early tomorrowg morning anytht there snow wise will stick to area roads especially those that are untreated. most of the roads are treated so we're not worried about those, but it is the secondary roads we're worried about. e weather advisory in effect from 6:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. ju about the entire state of maryland, and it's only forou loudony and fairfax county, arlington and frederick county virginia. the rest of virginia is not in there. we expect themnow to be f d.c. to the north. we'll have an updated snowfalls map. we have new models fp we'll take you hour by .ho let's talk about the warm up because it's coming too. see you in about 15. when it gets this cold we're all trying to figure out how to stay burm. investigators say some of the efforts may have uninnded

consequences. >> crews across the dmv today fbattlinges that in at least one case appeared to have started from a space heater. >> corey smith is working for you tonight in sver spring with tips to keep us all warm and safe. corey? >> rorter: good evening. whether you use a fireplace or a space heater to heat your home. if used incorrectly both can danger.a fire tonight we're working for you with tips to keep u safe. today signs of the busy fire season were evident across the dmv. fireatghters btling not just flames but frigid temperatures as well. after busy morning it appears efforts to stay warm are the cause of two of the overnight incidents. around 5:00 firefighters in montgomery dispatched to this germantown home, where investigates say a space heater hadeen left running causing a fire. neighbors came to see the damage

themselves. to see it like this, what are your thouts? >> it's scary. >> reporter: fire officials say this is a reminder that space heaters pose a major threat when not used correctly. >> give space heaters space. >> that means keeping drapes and papers as far as as you can. and make sure it's plugged in correctly. >> this is the court appropriate r this device. plug it into the wall. >> what about into a power strip? >> same thing as an extension recommended. >> reporter: for those homeowners with a fireplace, improperly store ashes cause about three to four fires a year. >> ilthough seems cool and you had the fire yesterday, those ashes retai their heat and a little bit of wind is enough to get the embers orgoin >> rr: how do you protect yourself? >> the ashes metal can with a tight lid, away from the house or anything that might burn.

not in the garage, on the deck. >> reporter: as we continue to battle it out with mother nature. just take extra care. >> our lives are prorious. >> rr: two more things before you plug in the space heater, read the label on the cord and the device itself. it goes without saying do not use atove or oven to heat your home. it is very, very dangerous. we d't need firefighters coming out in conditions like this to battle m earlyning fires. they have a tough job as it is. >> some life saving tips there. so important. corry, thank you. six days after the government shutdown ended federal workers across the government should receive their back paychecks by today at thes la the office of management and budget said a lot of feds worked around the clock to process those payrolls in record time. this is a regular payday for members of t membe o

memberthe coast guard. most others should get their check on february 8th. the effort to stop another government shutdown. house speaker nancy pelosi today signalledpenness to some kind physical barrier at the southern border.ru but president said no wall, no deal. blayne alexander is live to break down the standoff. >> reporter: standoff is a good way to put it. we've been here before. both sid seem to agree that the country needs stronger bordersecurity. democrats offering $22 billion for border enhancements but no money for a wall whilep presidet trs saying that is a no go. it is the largest fentanyl bust in border patrol history, more than 600 pounds o the opioid and meth seized at the border of arizona smuggled in a truck. >> in the compartment under the floor of the trailer was this you see here

>> reporter:e example of th flow of illegal drugs from mexi into the.s. but seized at a legal port of industry. not an areact pro by president trump's proposed border wall as washington continues to argue over whether pay for it. it's the only thing that works for security and safety, a wall. >> reporter: a group of bipartisan lawmakers trying to reach a deal. but the standff between president trump and house speaker nancyelosi not breaking. >> if they don't have a wall, i don't want to waste my time reading what they have. if there's no wall it doesn't work. games.laying >> there's not going to be any wall money in the legislation. reporter: whatemocrats will consider, money for border security and enhanced technology. but the president signaling he does nots need congrt all. >> i knew he wanted it all to himself. really? a president who wants to have congress be completely irrelevant? >> reporter: president trump again threatening to declare a

national emergency and take billions of dollars from the military to build the wall. now government funding runs out on february 15th. ndt in order to get something through congress signed by the president in time, the committee is really eyeing the end of next week to reach a deal. doreen. >> thank you, blayne. new details tonight on the scuffle in front of the motorca motorcade. court documents said the secret service agent tore knee ligaments. presters tried to get to the rner of 17th and f streets. while struggling with officers he fell on one of the officers, the protester has been charged with assault tonight. broken glass from smashed out windows everywhere. it happened to about a dozen people at one metro parking lot yesterday. now metro transit pole are trying to figure out who's

responsible. our transportation reporterm ada tuss is at the southern astnue ion with a look at the damage tonight. >> reporter: it is not what you want to find when you come back to your car. the windows smashed, glass all over the ground, and here it is over and over and over again at the southern avenue metro station. >> it's craz that's crazy. >> reporter: hearing the news that a dozen cars were broken into here wednesday. make you think twice? >> yes. i want to move my car now. that's crazy. >>seporter: whoever did thi was clearly looking for something here one of the spots where a break in happened. you can see amongst the class is also a granola bar, a pen, another granola bar, this person was looking for specific.g they say the thief or thieves got away with a tablet and handicapped placard in one case. we documented how handicapped plards have been stolen.

metro says they've stepped up surveillance in thesees pl overall crime is down in metro parking lots according to transit police statistics. 349 incidents in 2017 compared to 219 last year. drivers here, though, say t they've learnebe cautious. >> i don't leave anything valuable in my car. sobody breaks in they're going to be disappointed. >> nothing in my car but cat stuff. ng reporter: for now metro police investiga and they do say they have a lead. at the southern avenue metro station, adam tuss. people living in a bladensburg neighborhood said they know longer feel safe after violent crimes there. the latest outside this apardient bu, two men shot and killed in the driveway here. tracee wilkins has more on the particularly violent day in the county yesterday.

>> i'm actuallyovg today. >> reporter: the shootings in this neighborhood have become too much for this woman who lives here. >> i've been here five years and beenas at ten. at least ten. >> reporter: in this immediate area? in this immediate area. >> reporter: the latest last night, a double micide in thedr was dow god forbid the bullets came through my window. >> reporter: one victim found inside the car, another outside. both were shot to death. police have identified the victims as 23-year-old jonathan contrary reand johnny baitany. >> it happened at a busy time. even with the weather we're hoping someone in the neighborhood may have seen or epard something that can help us. >>ter: as police search for a motives, they have made arrest in a separate homicide that happened the same day.

police announced the arr ot joseph deloch who police ssh and killed his roommate. >> having three is concerning to us. >> reporter: as thisoman moves in hopes ofinding a safer neighborhood. >> what about these murders, these young people being killeds families left with no answers. >> reporter: police haveir cod there have been a number of shootings in this area and a couple homicides in the last few years. they thought they had turned a corner on this violence, untils night. prince george's county police are asking for anyone withio informn on this case that could lead to a arrest to contact them. tracee wilkins news4. a d.c. pizza place onceed targ by conspiracy theorists trying to solve a fire. counting dn the super bowl we'll look at the strangest bets

being placed and tell you whyts sp betting could start in d.c. sooner than you think. i bet some of us see snow during the day tomorrow but it's not going to be a lot. how much? we have an updated snowfall total map to show you. t a winter weather advisory is in effect

n some video here tonight gives us a clearer picture of the suspect authorities are looking for in connection to an arson at comet ping-pong restaurant. authorities tell us thi man tried to destroy surveillance equipment as a fire burned last

week. you can see the flames in the right of your screen. in december 2016, you may recall, a gunman opened fe the restaurant while investigating a conspiracy theory. no one was hurtnd so far there's nothing to connect the two incidents. lawmaanrs in mar want to honor the capital gazette shootingictims by naming june 28th freedom of the press day. it was on that date last year when agunman stormed into the offices killing five employees. annapolis' center introduced the bill this week. highlights the importance of protecting a free press and recognizes the vital role of journalists. every snaenator signed on. if it passes the governor is expected to sign it into law. we are not alone dealing with this weather. more than 230 million people across the country are feeling the effects of the extreme cold. >> that's most of the country. at least nine pple have died

from the cold and it's brought z frostbite and pipes and grounded thousands of pipes. chris palone reports. r eporter: the pictures are breathtaking and so are the temperatures, but not in a good way. most of the nation inhe grips of the polar vortex. >> this is not just bad weather. it's a -- can be considered a -- we lookt it as a public health risk. >> reporter: in chicago theur merc reached 23 degrees below zero. lake michigan and the chicago river frozene scenrom the air looked like something from another planet. people who had to venture outside covered every inch of skin or paid the price. >> feels like your face is about off.eel trust me you don't want to do that. >> reporter: hospitals are seeing a ris in frostbite, which can happen in a matter of minutes. at least nin deaths are being blamed on the weather. wednesday police found a university of iowa student dead behind a campus building, the

wind chill 51 degrees below zero at the time. some people in michigan are asked to turn down their thermostats after a fe at the gas plant threatened the supply. >> i know that weather hardly fades us but this is an unusual time. >> reporter: the good news is temperatures are on the rise over the weekend but nhat could ew problems. >> drama warming would potentially causelooding as all that ice melts. >> reporter: while there's guy.s that one >> enough, man, enough. >> reporter: public officials say this cold i no joke. chris palone nbc new new york impressive pictures that we just were looking at. let's look at something else. balls of icear covering of lake michigan. a photographer capture these floating near the shore o st. joseph michigan. the wind howling and kicking up waves up there.

>> if you'd rather think warmer thoughts. >> we would. >> how aamut no sign of the polar vortex,at temperures in the 70s in south florida. i'll take any one of those boats right now. >> it is the kind of cold you do need to cover up your face -- >> yeah. >> -- even your eyeballs if you can. >> incredible up there. the coldest i saw was 66 below zero. >> where is that? fallnational >> that was minnesota. just incredible. >> i'm not going there. >> i'm sure the falls are great this time of year. i couldn't find any falls when i looked. so if there are falls iend to me. it's a cold night, not as cold as last night. temperatures at 23, winth out of south at 3 miles per hour. we're not seeing much in the way of wind but notice the wind direction out of the south. that's a warming wind but it's

not going to seem like much but keeps us warmer. last night t in the city, 1 below zero at dulles. 23 the current wind chill at d.c. -- actually, these are the wind chills in hagerstown at nine. the one cold spot, oakland at gative 11, they got to 30 below yesterday. but we're noteeing that now. we're seeing some zero numbers aroundittsburgh and state college. most of us above zero and that's going to be the case t aight. the kithe bus stop will need to dress warm but we're not anticipating the delays w saw out there earlier. no wind advisory in effect. what there is, a winr weather advisory because of the next storm. this is going to do a couplene things, see the clouds ahead of it right there. they'reoing to move in and help temperatures stay above ere they were last night. and bring us snow. you can see that, just down to the south of chicago, towards

northern illinois and indiana. and moving into our region overnight. by 7:00 a.m., starting to see the snow envelope the area. this isom newter model. notice by 9:00 a.m., snow around the metro region, and then everybody gets in on it from d.c. north at 12:00. look at this map right here. ok notice low leesburg, warrington, fredericksburg, not much in the way of snow. and lookur at winter weather advisory. just about the same. goes up and back dow here. the reason you don't see the snow in this area, the area of low pressure too far to the north. that's why we get the best chance forsn , the winter weather advisory until 3:00. i'm only expecting a coating to inch possible in towards d.c., maybe as far south as waldorf. better chance in the north, frederick, hagerstown, baltimore. back to the west in the mountains, about 3 to 6 inches of snow.o nts to hear about 50s and

60s? >> i do. >> doreen is ready for it. weather alert tomorrow, mild on saturday. the weekend a nice weekend. 59 omonday. doreen i'm out of time. so i'm not telling you about t 60s until 6:45. >> i can wait. >> good.ha yo to. >> thank you, doug. nearly half of allmericans now have some kind of heart or blood vessel disease. the number is staggering. but what's the reason behind it? coming up, some perspective from nbc's dr. john torres. a caps and wizards owner ted leonis, how soon he says you can spend your lunch breaks >>wntown making legal bets on sports. eople will be able to come in, watch games and dine and bet. and that is something that and that is something that

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i like that one you don't have to pay attention until the end of the game. >> by nt year you can place those bets here in washington. if ted has his wa capital one arena will open for betting as early as april. >> reporter: ted leonis has been steadfast in his expanding of legalized sports betting. >> what are we afraid of. >> reporter: appearing on ask the owner, he pointed to april when sports betting will be available inside his capital one arena. >> my expectation is there will be built a high end world class restaurant called the sports book. there'll be televisions showing games from all over the world, e and that peo will be able to come in and watch games and dine and bet. and that is something that happens all overhe world. >> reporter: leonsis plans to

open up the arena so you can place betsn your lunch break, not just at games. >> ill drive traffic throughout the day. i don't think it'll be 24 by 7 but we would like utilize where we are in the city. i'm sure the nats are looking for somethingsimilar. >> reporter: as to whether you can place bets on college sports? >> we should use men's sports and pro basketball and hockey, pro football leagueeefore do georgetown basketball or the big east. >> reporte the nationals could also be offing sports betting this spring. as for the mobile app you can use anywhere in the city, that's been delayed a while as the council debates whiompany gets that contract. >> talk about a game changer. that's going to be big. >> it will make difference. the local lawmaker at the center of a fight of virginia's

abortion laws. why the debate is growing louder and getting nationalhat was one of the coldest days of the year, students going to class without electricity and without heat. ahead on news4 howep they warm. and doug and amelia back to break down the cold we'll be break down the cold we'll be

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this. team coverage continues at 6:30 with students who went to swiool no heat. >> we start the night with chief ologist doug kammerer. >> you saw the flag outside our studio, it is calm. that is goo news. we're no longer talking about wind chill. now it's aboutemperature and the storm moving our way tomorrow, it's a small tomorrow, kurnt temperature at 23 degrees in d.c. in the teens back to the west. the snow that cwes in tomor morning is going to stick on side roads, neighborhood roads. most of the mai roads should be okay. snow, so anything that falls, y heould be able to sweep that snow off to side. that's something we're going to track for you. fairfax county debating a two hour delay. we're not expecting many, but with your weather advisory d.c. to the northoenot include areas to the south. you're not getting much at all

towards the south. we'll talk about how much to expect in your area, our new updated snowfall total map when amelia joins me in about ten minutes. tonight students are back in their warm homes after a cold day of oclasdss. >> power in their schools meant know heat. david culver is outside falls church high scho. that was a rough day for those kids. >> reporter: the timing was not great for this to happen here at falls church high school, and three other schools within the county. despite t the hour delay, students come here, they start, walk into cold classrooms. some of themell me in orde to feel somewhat comfortable they would gather around the windows just to feel the sun's warmth. falls church high school's digital markey without words the school tweeting this morning they were out of power.

doeminon energy's power outage map showed more tn 1,000 homes area.ut power in that >> what's it like to be in asc hool with no heat. >> not pleasant. >> reporter: not wanting to show her face, this student told me how she kept warm inside. >> the heat sourc was thesun. >> i saw people come to school with blankets and big coats. >> a lot of people were it's ridiculous to be here, they want to text their parents and go home. >> reporter: she went to class despite t cold. she feels there should have been more than a delay. >>hey should have closed the school. this isn't safe for us, n other elementarys. school >> reporter: timber lane elementary school was part of th same outage. when we showed up at noon. >> the power is reinstated at this time. tintinue your normal acties. >> reporter: the heat back on. this recent cold blast forcing us to layer up.

to help people warm, county bod of supervisors, giving away hats, gloves and scarves from her office. >> it helped fill the gap in the community. >> reporter: back at fls church, the power returning midday. >> we didn't do much today. >> it was hard to focus too. >> reporter: after a cold lunch, tonight students at home hoping for a warm dinner. you see the last student there wrapped in a comforter. i was asking, i said, why not if the students go home there was no power in the middle of the day. they said the concern was this was a widespread outage, you saw there more tha 1,000 customers without power. so they said if youtu letnts out in the cold, they would return to homes without electricy and likely without heat. they said we'd rather keep them here, monitor the temperatures. they had plans they said ift got too low to relocate the

students. not a pleasant day. >> no, not for students and teachers and staff that had to be there with them. >> right. >> new reaction to a virginia lawmakers's proposal to loosen abortion rules in the coghonwealth. towe're hearing from the delegate whose comments led to a backlash. as chris gordon reports, even president trump is weighing >> reporter: virginia republicans expressing outrage over a failed democratic abortion bill l tosen restrictions on third trimester abortions. >> i will keepighting to protect the unborn. i don't think there's a more important issue that we face up here. >> reporter: the battle began with this video of a when thetee heari house speaker asked kathy tran from an abort could be done even when a woman is dilating ready to give birth. >> i'm asking ifour bill allows that. >> yes.

>> reporter: it's creatin national fire storm on social media. president trump tweeting mocrats are becoming the party of late term abortion. wtop radio on wednesday, virginia governor ralph northam'sil comments on the inflamed abortion rights opponents. l> if a mother is in labor, i can t you what would happen. the infant would be delivered, kept mfortable, the infant would be resuscitated if that's what the mother and fily desired. and then a discussion would ensue between the physician and the mothers. >> reporter: delegate tran released this video. >> right now women are able to access abortion in the later stages of pregnancy. i've done nothing tohange that. >> reporter: virginia governor ralph northam spoke outt this news conference. >> i regret those know comments have been mischaracterized. the personal insults toward me, di really f disgusting.

again, as i said in my comments eerlier, we can a to disagree, allen, but let's be civil about it. >> reporter: even though this abortion bill is dead, the issue could play a part in next year's virginia's elections. chris gordon, news4. the maryland senate president sai he's having good days and bad days as he continues chemotherapy for stage 4cancer. mike miller said the cancer has me statized to his spine and pelvic area. the treatments are every three weeks. he said he's getting the best treatment in the world at johnsjohns hopkins, he's entering his 33rd year as senate esident. >> troubling health news about a silent killer. a new report finds half of all americans have some form of heart disease. that's mor than 120 million people. the increase mainly due to

updated guidelines for classifying high blood pressure whh is now 130 over 80. anything higher than that, the previous definition was 140 over 90. poor diet, lack of exercise and other bad habits cause 90% of high blood pressure. we spoke to nbc medical correspondent dr. john torres. he said the solution may not always come in the form of medication.nt >> what they o do, if you're in the area just above 130, they say let's try diet and we want to get it down to 120 if we can. if you can't d bring itn this ten that i say let's think about medication. >> dr. torres looks at other things that can help ler your blood pressure tonight on nbc "nightly news" rigew after at 6:00. protection for tens of millions of victims of aaj mor data breach about to end. up next,me conr reporter susan

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you gotiv to them credit for trying. a pair of new orleans saints season tkets holders threw a hail mary pass, hoping that the courts, the courts, would allow a do over of this year's nfc championship game. but today a federal judge knocked down their claims. ints fans are still riled up over the blown no call in e game against the rams. the nfl admitted officials messed up when they failed to call a penalty at a key moment of tme . the rams victory sent t sm to theer bowl as you know. a judge ruled two die hard games couldn't force the nfl to replay that game. now back to that polar vortex and the icy cold grip i s on the midwest tonight. >> the cold has been deadly. it cancelled thousands of

flights and delayed mail delivery too. here's a look now at how cold it will be again tonight. the wind chill in minneapolis, low is6 below zero. in fargo, north dakota even worse, as low as 25 below. chicago is the warm spotnly 10 below overnight tonight. >> that's why we are not going to any of those places. all those numbers are higher than last night. thingsyre actua getting better. >> nbc's micheal almaguer has a unique view of the cold. >> reporter: this is the view today in chicago. it is brutally cold. today it felt like negative 20 and that t gperature isng to remain frigid for the next couple of days. there is warmup in sight but tonight on nightly news we'll take you across chicago as well as the rest of the country to give you perspective on just how cold it is. there are folks working out on the water and trying to stay out

av this area as well. we'll he a full wrap up. i hope you can join us. >> looks like a scene out of a sy fi movie. >> he has to stand therehe for an 20 minutes before nightly. >> something like that. let's hear the good news about how much warmer it's going to be tonight -- >> you want to go right to the warm weather? >> yes.>> see what's happening. we have one more cold night tonight, temperatures downnto theteens. some area single digits but not as cold as last night. about thee're talking snow tomorrow. just a little snow. andothing likehe last 24 hours in buffalo. >> blizzard-likens condit talking about 20 inches reported. that's there williamsville out there. >> i did not know that. >> yeah. >> that's why welu id -- amelia used to work inlo buf at the -- >> williamsville area. >> thankfully we're here in d.c.

tonight. is even for this was because of the polar vortex coming off lake erie, this was a monster storm for them. >> they're used to dealing with things like this, especially the amount of snow, but dealing with winds that strong, those reduced visibilities, making travel a nightmare situation in buffalo. >> look at that.e nothing l that for our area tomorrow. what we're dealing with tonight is the cold. 23 degrees, current erteure. but i'll take 23 over 10. 22 by 7:00. notice we're not diving down. 20 degrees by 11:00. frigid.t we are in the teens, no wind chills, though. these are actually the current temperatures out there. here's the next system making its way our way. this is one coming in overnight tonight into the day tomorrow and that's why we have the winter weather a advisory in effect for the metro area and points to the north. this is not going to be a big snowstorm but because of the timing of this, during the morning rush and the fact

temperatures are so cold we expect accumulation. >> absolutely. it could lead to some delays out there, so you want to budge extra time getting to work on friday. the good news, coming home from work, the weather will be cooperating. we think the most snow is going to fall north of the beltway, upper montgomery county, loudon county, all of frederick rycoun, nd looking at 1 to 2 inches, inside the beltway, a coating to an inch. northerncalvert, prince william and fauquier county. in general we're talking a coating to two inches. when this falls during roush hour, it can lead to a nightmare situation. chuck will be in tomorrow morning updating the forecast with what you can expect out there. but again snow showers during the morning rush. hereoo a at road conditions tonight. no problems out there. some slickts s for sure tomorrow morning. but coming home tomorrow night not dealing with any issues. now until 6:00 a.m. keeping it r

but 6:00 a.m. till noon, some scattered snow showers out there. we could see not onlno light but moderate snow falling as well at times. noon to 30 p.m. there's still chance for snow. and for most f of us it's around an inch or less. then we look to the weekend. 48 for a high on saturday. 53 on sunday and with warmer temperatures in the upcoming forecast, this iso going a great weekend to hit the slopes because the forecast is cooperating. and then not only are we talki about warmer temperatures but rain as well. >> they have plenty of snow from the last couple weeks towards the ski resort. liberty, seven springs going to get more snowtomorrow. monday high of 59, 66 on tuesday. that'say the warm ahead of a storm system that brings us rain on thursday. better chance for rain on thursday.

noticeow we go up and down and back up on thursday. next weekend, we'reracking friday, saturday, sunday for a potential storm. could be a bigger storm. we'll talk about that the next couple days but let's get through the next 24 hours first and gethe polar vortex out of here. >>nd melt the ice still around out there. coming up on news4 at six, there caps a back from the break d they'ran steronger is blasting her tumors... without risking her bones. it's training her good cells... to fight the bad guys. stronger is less pain...w pe... more fight. it's doipo everything in your... and everything in ours. stronger, is changing even faster than they do. because we want them toant ow up stronger.grow up.

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>> announcer: thiis the xfinity sports desk. >> it's a week of building up to the big bowl and getting some redskins connections tonight. >> it's exciting to think thepe bowl is only three days away. i don't know how we got her so quick. but in three more sleeps theor football will be glued to super bowl liii. yesterday nflommissioner roger

goodell gave his state of the league dress. so today we're turning to brian mitchell to give his state of thens reds >> looking to the redskins right now they have to figure outalf smith is going to be tround. i understand t bruce allen say he mayac be bk with you they need to know becau if he's not ing to be around in 2019 they need to address that, somewhere inehe draft or f agency. when you look at the differe changes around the team with the coaching changes with o'connell the offensive coordinator, will he call the plays? if he is, he's the next sean mcvay they have to be concerned about someone swiping him up. onhe flip side, look at the defense, bringing tom sue la ack is something they had to do. and rob ryan, i like it a little bit because the guy brings energy.

he may change up things, buck the system a little bit but i think this team a change. a lot of these coaches are even keel theyeed somebody a little a crazy that's normally the guy coaching the linebackers. but the redskins have to find a way to stop having so many insries. two yen a row nothing but injuries, they use it as excuses you're not allowed to use that as an excuse in the nfl. if they do, then they can compete. people want to see a winner on the football field. seven, da that's how long we have wait today see the capitals last on the ice.at th's just aboutugh time to forget about the seven-game losing streak. alex ovech won't be available to helpre themak it tomorrow. he h to sit out one game forhe skippi all-star festivities. but good news chrissian juus back on the ice.

he had surgery on his theft thigh in december. the team in a good mood after a mid season vacation. e >> i can srybody was missing the hockey and everybody flying like, you know, everybody laughing, everybo don't think about what happened week ago or how many games we lose in a row. but we'll be fine the next few tays. >> any time throuhe season you get three, four days to settle in and not have to pack a bag. it's nice we got to use it, make sure we're playing good hockey at home here. >> anyone ee here think ove had that dolphin goal after the vacation. >> yeah. >> capitals play their next six games at home. the nba trade deadline is a week away. today busy for the new york nicksrading chris top porzingis to the mavericks. we caught up with the wards

owner who said don't expect any major changes to the ster. >> i think we have to stay the course for this season. i wassked point blank, are you going to tank? and that's an offensive question. you can't go to yr organization, to your players, to ourcoach, and say, let's plan to ise. love when they go trade bradley beal, john wall, otto porter. d i go, okay, for who? we're not tradi any o those players. >> i'm right there with them. people told me trade all the big guys. but that might not -- probably is not the answer.il mean also, georgetown men oing fg xavier tonight the 14th win of the year. >> brian mitchell, i think he has the answer, sometimes you need a little crazy. s >>ke it up. no harm, right? >> good man. >> they do need to look at how to prevent the injuries. >> 100%. >> tnk you, sherree.

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