richard jordan has more on how they spotted this valuable donation. >> we received different things. this is a very nice piece. >> reporter: maria can pick out a diamond in the rough. rivera has been sorting through charitable donations for years, but she has never seen anything like the old oil painting of a woman drinking tea, now valued at $12,000. >> it's the real deal. >> reporter: the donation was dropped off at the manassas store and donation center. the woman in the painting is no mona lisa, but rivera knew there was still something special about her. >> i said, let me take this one out. >> reporter: rivera said the picture aside. sure enough, the hunch proved right. >> we decided it was in our best interests at that point to get it appraised and authenticated only to learn it's an batista batiglia painting, which is worth about $12,000. >> reporter: he hope the donation was an act of goodwill. the charity fully expects someone, at least maybe two, three people, will come forward to say they are the ones that made the contribution, but there's no way to verify that. so it goe

richard jordan in manassas to show us how an eye for art is going to bring in big bucks. >> we receive different things. this is a very nice piece. >> maria rivera can peck out a diamond in the rough. rivera has been sorting charitable donations for years. but has never seen anything like the old oil painting of a woman drinking tea now valued at $12,000. >> it is a real deal. >> the goodwill of greater washington received the pricey painting two months ago. the donation was dropped off at manassas store and denation center. the woman in the painting is no mona lisa, but rivera knew there was something special about her. >> i said let me take this one out. >> rivera set the picture aside and sure enough, the hunch proved right. >> we decided it was in our best interest at that point to get it appraised, authenticated. which we did only to learn it is an authentic painting worth $12,000. >> good will hopes the donation was an act of good will. but maybe not the charity fully expects at least some one, maybe, two, three people will come forward to say they are the ones that made the cont

reporting live, richard jordan, news4. >>> thanks, richard. >>> a mother has been charged with attempted murd. police say she tried to kill her 3-year-old daughter. police in triangle, virginia said that julie vasquez gave her daughter cough medicine yesterday afternoon. police say she wanted her dauger to fall asleep. she then for some reason lit a fire in the bathroom, but that fire became too intense, so she put the fire out. she then dropped her daughter off with a family member and crashed her car into the tree. she's in the hospital. the daughter wall street treated and released. >>> two maryland women died in a car crash in jay maka. 50-year-old claudette grant and 34-year-old vanessa brown, they were both from up are marlboro. 76-year-old gloria capelefoehn of brooklyn, new york was also killed. all three of the women were in a car that collided with a mini bus. the driver of the car and fourth passenger who has not been identified, survived. >>> three teenagers from arlington have been locked up, accused of firing bb guns at more than 200 cars. police say they shot at least 250

i am angie goff. >> and i am richard jordan. let's get a check of the forecast with chuck. >> it's a pleasant day outside. first thing, the skies are clear and the temperature 40 degrees at national airport right now, and mid to upper 30s in the western suburbs and low 40s alongside the western shore and the chesapeake bay. and a little breeze out there has windchills in the upper 20s and low 30s, and we're off to a nice and sunny start. enjoy it, everybody, temperatures in the low 50s for a time. when we see you in a little while, we will talk about snowflake chances on the parade route tomorrow. >>> president obama will take the oath of office today for his second term as commander in chief, and he will be sworn enduring a private official ceremony at the white house. >>> and 14th street traffic coming off the 14th street bridge will be detoured on to the southeast southwest parkway and that starts tomorrow. >> crews are not doing any track work. for tomorrow trains will run from 4:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. with peak fair in place

richard jordan, news4. >>> for everything you need to know about the inauguration, download the news4 app. and follow our locals' guide to the inauguration. just search nbcwashington.com in the app. store or google play l playful. >>> all right. if you expected snow in the district, we got nada. >> and that's what we said. we want almost nothing in the d.c. metro areaivities there were no accusations there. >> and it's true. >>> down to the south we are starting to see the rain change over to for. we told you the biggest areas fredericksburg, that's still going to be the case. those totals, however, we have lowered a bit. there are changes out to the forecast. right now clouds across the area, but nothing falling in d.c. once again yesterday we want if you lived around d.c., i want if you lived north of 66 or north of 50 in maryland, you aren't going to see any. even though on the radar, you look at this and say, wow, a lot of rain falling around fred ricks, notice changing over to snow and fredericksburg, now reporting snow, portions of southern maryland starting to report snow now,

richard jordan was at the courthouse in alexandria when the senator issued a public and very personal apology. >> reporter: the senator says he made a huge mistake. he admits he failed as a public servant and member of is the mormon church. >> i'm embarrassed to have to admit publicly that i failed. >> reporter: michael crapo came to court not as a u.s. senator, but a defendant. the idaho statesman pleaded guilty to a drunk drive arrest on december 23rd when an alexandria police officers saw crapo at a red light. he then failed a field sobriety test. he said earlier he was drinking vodka -- >> i occasionally have had alcoholic drinks in my apartment in d.c. it was a poor choice to use alcohol to relieve stress and went at odds with my personally held religious beliefs. >> reporter: crapo left court surrounded by hi wives and legal counsel. before he can shut the door on the ordeal where he said he wanted to clear up the night what happened. >> i wasn't out drying to a particular destination. ed gotten restless, i could not sleep, i got in my car, i got out and drop 395 past the monume

. >> and i'm richard jordan. we're following breaking news this morning. police are searching for a gunman who opened fire at a northeast d.c. nightclub. five wepeople were hit, all of them went to the hospital. police say a man went to the club and just opened fire. three men and two women were shot. they were all alive when rescuers took them to the hospital. >>> it's expected to be another chilly day in our area. our most recent inch or so of snow came through very quickly, and the winter weather came right as many of you tried to make that evening drive home. plow trucks stayed busy trying to get the salt down. this morning you'll find roads passable and the snow mainly on the gross. >> a live look right now at the roads. crews are working around the clock to make sure state roads state clear. state troopers say they responded to nearly 250 traffic crashes statewide friday evening. they also helped out about 175 drivers stranded on the side of the road. >> we have meteorologist kim standing in for chuck this morning. looks like the cold is sticking wit

i'm richard jordan. >> and i'm angie goff. it is saturday, january 19th, 2013. >>> we're going to begin this half hour with our inauguration team coverage. first up, storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell has a look at the forecast. >> hey, richard and angie. it is indeed a clear and chilly start first thing this morning. a noticeable wind out of the south and southwest today will allow for a bit of a windchill factor. be ready for that. early morning, be on the bundle up factor for sure. temperatures now in the low and mid-30s pretty much area wide. cumberland, maryland, one of the cold spots. windchills in the low to mid-20s right now. it is a south breeze. that means things should warm up relatively nicely later this afternoon. we'll have no chance for rain today or tomorrow or monday. so that is welcome news. a cold start. it'll stay on the chilly side today, but technically it'll be warmer than average. highs today in the upper 40s to near 50 degrees for a lucky few. tomorrow and monday it will be cooler. we'll talk how mu

i'm richard jordan. topping our headlines this morning, police and firefighters are investigating a fire that tore through a home where a woman had to be rescued. chopper 4 flew over that home just off the expressway. the woman was flown to the hospital with critical injuries. there's still no word on how that fire started. >>> 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. dominion says the scammers tell people they oweundreds of dollars, telling them to load the money on a greed dot prepaid card and call back. a spokesperson for the company says they'll never ask for a payment over the phone. if you feel you may be a victim, they want to hear from you. >>> good saturday morning, everybody. i'm chuck bell. the sun is just now coming up in our eastern sky. a beautiful day on the way today. plenty of sunshine on tap for your saturday afternoon. temperatures are chilly. 20s to low 30s around the area with windchills i

i'm angie goff. >> and i'm richard jordan. straight ahead, a big morning in the district as we kick off inauguration events. let's go to tom sherwood. >> reporter: i'm tom sherwood on the nat it's the national day of service, and you can participate. i'll have the story coming up. now to derek ward. >> reporter: getting to the inaugural events on metro and getting back. details coming up on news 4. >>> and the sunshine is back, and the colder air is coming. i'll have a complete check of your weekend forecast. >>> and one of the hardest working men on morning television will join us in hour studio, al roker is here to share his story of battling obesity. >> this is going to be a good show. all that and more when you join us for news 4 today. >>> a live look towards the national mall. we are now down to just hours before a long list of inaugural events kick off here in the nation's capital. hi, everyone. good morning. i'm richard jordan. >> and i'm angie goff. welcome to news 4 today. it is saturday, january 19th, 2013. we have

. >> and i'm richard jordan. today is saturday, january 5th, 2013. just moments ago, a 7.6 earthquake hit off the coast of 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. >>> let's go to meteorologist chuck bell. >> good morning to both of you. good morning, everybody. happy new year. hopefully you enjoyed your holiday season. we're off to a seasonably cold start early on a january morning here in washington. temperatures in town are in the mid-30s. you don't 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. that's 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

i am richard jordan. in the news today president obama will take the oath of office for his second term of commander in chief. the president will be sworn enduring a private official ceremony at the white house today and he will use michelle obama's family bible. and joe biden just wrapped up taking the oath of office for his second term, and sotomayor swore himn for the second term, and he used a bible that has been in his family since 1893. >>> tomorrow trains will run on a rush hour schedule from 4:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., and the system will close at 2:00 p.m. the smithsonian archives and mt. vernon stations are closed tomorrow for the entire day. >>> the inauguration day forecast includes a chance for flurries. let's go to meteorologist, chuck bell, now. >> colder air, we have been talking about it for a week now and it's just about ready to get moving into the area. currently outside on your sunday morning, temperatures in the upper 30s to 40 degrees, and we are off to a mild start and today will be a

richard jordan has our report from vienna. richard? >> the flu shot is hard to come by in some places and doctors agr agree, getting the vaccine is the best defense against getting the flu tonight. we went to some of the largest pharmacies out here. wall greens, cvs, rite aid. all of them said their supply of the flu shot is all gone. >> in. some cases, shot seekers can't get the injection or mist now in high demand. a few big-name pharmacies are all out. >> you don't like the shots very much? >> parents say they're having trouble getting the shot for their children. >> we went to the doctor, not for the flu shot, but we asked for it and they said they're out. i would assume most people are out. >> in an e-mail, the v va dart department of health says i'm not aware of any vaccine shortages. i can't imagine there is steady demand for the vaccine this season is getting. dr. steven teach says the hospit's pediatricians in d.c. and maryland report adequate max scenes still payable available, but it may not always be easy to find. >> we're

in herndon, richard jordan, news 4. >>> a man on death row in virginia might be able to walk out of prison tomorrow free. justin wolf, sentenced to death for the 2001 murder of a drug dealer in prince william county in virginia. prosecutors say wolf hired another man to kill him because he owed him money. that man, owen barber, testified against wolf in exchange for a lilt lighter sentence. the judge threw out wolf's conviction. he said barber had lied. today a judge in prince william county ordered wolf set free tomorrow. his parents say they are grateful for that decision. >> we are just so relieved. but still concerned over the next 24 hours. >> wolf will be set free by 5:00 tomorrow afternoon unless a federal appeals court intervenes. >> to night new elevators at bethesda metro station are up and working. the first time elevators have worked in seven months. as news 4 at 11:00 reported last night. people have been frustrated with delay that coincided with escalators not working. construct tuion is scheduled fo early 2014. >> we all know superman. rg 3 can do it all. as a rookie dmuti i

i'm richard jordan. >> and i'm angie goff. welcome to news 4 today. it is saturday, january 26th, 2013. if you're going out to get your newspaper, watch out for slick spots. >> let's go to kim martucci. she's got details on a warmup. >> yes, a very small warmup, but it will have impact. today's the day we should get up to the freezing mark. let's take a look at a few snow showers that have been falling this morning and are starting to dry up quickly. western fairfax county, just a few falling right now but nothing all that heavy. the numbers show you 34. that is our future forecast. the timeline up here at 3:41 p.m. i'll take you through the rest of the hours. temperatures not really getting much above 34, then going back down to the 20s tonight. tomorrow, rebounding back into the 30s. here's the thing i'm worried about, you guys. we look at the future as we head towards monday morning at 5:00. we're at the freezing mark with 20s. we could have icing moving in. i'll talk more about that later. >> kim, thank you. >>> new this morning, d.c. police are o

i'm richard jordan. >> and i'm angie goff. it is saturday, january 19th, 2013. >>> right now thousands are gathering on the mall for the national day of service to honor dr. martin luther king. later tonight is the kids inaugural concert honoring military children and their families. >> tomorrow, president obama and vice president biden will be officially sworn in. monday, thor monday, the ceremonial festivities kick off. we're going to check in with meteorologist chuck bell. if it's cold out there, we're sending him out. >> reporter: ever so true. it's a real chilly start this morning. temperatures really aren't so n intoi intolerably cold. temperatures are closing in on 40 already alongside the chesapeake bay. windchills remain in the subfreezing category this morning. heavy weight coats and scarves are definitely a mandate on your early morning activities. sunny and staying on the chilly side, but it is january, after all. kind of breezy as well today. temperatures upper 40s to near 50 degrees. enjoy it, everybody. more coo

i'm angie goff. >> and i'm richard jordan. straight ahead on news 4 today, a violent night in the district. several shots fired at a d.c. nightclub. we'll have a live report from the scene. >>> and in an hour, a march for gun control will take over the streets around the national mall. special guests from a small town in connecticut will lead the way. kim. >> good morning. i'm watching a few snow showers across southern maryland. straight ahead, your full weekend weather forecast. >>> a violent day in egypt. deadly riots and police officers there to calm the crowd are among those killed. how a soccer match of all things tipped off the violence. >> all that and more when you join us for news 4 today. >> we're back in 90 seconds. >>> hi, everyone. good morning. i'm richard jordan. >> and i'm angie goff. welcome to news 4 today. it is saturday, january 26th, 2013. it's expected to be another chilly day in our area. our second is snowfall of the week cake through quickly. only an inch or so fell as many of you were driving home fo

news4's richard jordan is here with more on the public confession. richard? >> jim, the senator came across very remorseful. he said it was the first and last time he will drink and drive. he explained in details what led up to his arrest, saying he made a poor choice. >> i'd like to state i had recently made personal choices that are at odds with who i am. >> reporter: idaho senator michael crapo came clean. he pleaded guilty at the alexandria courthouse to driving while intoxicated last month and he admitted he went against his religious beliefs, drinking vodka with tonic water when alone in his d.c. apartment. an officer saw him make an illegal u-turn at a

richard jordan is live outside the apartment building that may hold the answers to what happened to michael poe. richard? >> reporter: wendy, today some of the victims' relatives were out here taking a look at the area. they are trying to figure out

reporting live, richard jordan, news4. >>> right now investigators are trying to figure out what led to a crash that sent four teenagers to the hospital. a large truck hid their car. this chopper 4 video shows the scene about an hour ago. we're told one of the teens is in critical condition. at this point investigators are only say the teenagers turned directly into the path of that truck. >>> now to the breaking news in virginia, a man once a death row for murder came within hours of walking out of prison today, but a short time ago he learned he'll remain behind bars for now. seth lemmon is live with the latest. >> reporter: jim, that's right. the 44th circuit court of appeals just granted a stay that halted the release of justin wolfe. his family was very hopeful he would walk out today as a free man for the first time in ne near -- all the back-and-forth is because prosecutors tried to stop the release of justin wolfe. there were a couple stays and motions across courtrooms in the state of virginia. the district court, the appellate court, even the u.s. supreme court. that circui

i'm chris gordon in today for richard jordan. >>> i'm angie goff. it is sunday, january 27, 2013. time now for a check on your forecast. >> let's check in with meteorologist kim martucci. yes, she's outside on storm 4 weather deck. >> all bundled up. >> it the deck, the patio, is it a terrace? it's outside. i'm happy to be out here. we get a little cooped up. i'm not complaining because today is a nice day. the wind isn't blowing too much. the sun is brilliant. i see blue skies. if you wash your car, do note that even if we don't get freezing rain tomorrow morning, the roads are going to be treated in anticipation of freezing rain. you're going to probably have to wash your car again. let me tell you about the forecast. this afternoon is a keeper. colder than average but better than where we've been. 37. lots sun in winchester: we have to talk about some interesting weather headed our way. look at this. look at this warm weather moving in for tuesday and wednesday. if we hit that 67, that's the average high on april 15th. yes. we have to talk about icing. i'll fill you in on the d

. >> and i'm richard jordan. it is saturday, january 5th, 2013. we have two games on nbc 4 today. then, of course, tomorrow the redskins, the game that people have been waiting years for. >> we are so fired up about this. the fans, everyone. i don't even think they care about what the weather is going to be like. >> let's find out anyway. let's go outside to meteorologist chuck bell. >> good morning to both of you. good morning, everybody. i think people care a whole lot. it's just hard to tell whether dry weather favors the home team or the visitor since they're coming from a rainy place. i say the dry weather favors the redskins tomorrow. dry and cold for sure. if you're headed out to the game, you'll definitely need something to keep you warm. outside for now, what a beautiful morning here in upper northwest washington. this is the view from our tower camera, which is about 503 feet above my head looking out to the west this morning. not a cloud just yet. that will not last all day long. we'll pick up mid and high-level clouds later on. windchills generally in the upper 30s and

. >>> i'm chris gordon in today for richard jordan. it's sunday, january 27th, 2013. >> from the sounds of it,e'

i'm chris gordon in for richard jordan. >> glad to have you with us chris. i'm angie goff. it's sunday, january 27, 2013. we're starting off with very cold temperatures this morning. >> we'll get some sun today and then the bottom could drop out a little later on. let's get your first forecast with storm team 4 meteorologist kim martucci. >>> good morning, guys. already the national weather service has issued a winter weather advisory, mostly for freezing rain. it's not for today. it's for tomorrow morning. of course, during a rush hour. it's for these counties in our western suburbs, including loudoun and frederick county, maryland and points west. it's for your monday morning, okay? we're going to be talking about those details coming up very shortly. in the meantime, what you need to know is we have subfreezing temperatures again. we will hold on to some middle 30s today and then we have to talk about that icy mix coming our way. more details to come in a bit. i'll see you in a little while. >>> kim, thanks. in the week ahead, congress will begin debating new gun control

richard bloom. the wife of former mayor gina mos coney and the wife of former mayor joe alliteo, catherine. the sister of former mayor george christopher. the board board and the rest of the city family who has made this event possible. we are also honored to be joined by several giants dignitaries. president and ceo larry baer and his wife sam. [cheers and applause] . giants vice president and general manager brian saibian and his wife amanda. [cheers and applause] the wife of the skipper mrs. kim bochy. and let us now welcome distinguished members of the giants ownership group, charles johnson, david jenkins, trina and rob veen, tory and steven humphrey and allen baer. and we also joined by past giants owners. please welcome the family jamie and kim rupert and peter stoneum. also here with us today bob and connie laurie. peter and debbie mc clawlin. bill and sally newco. and now let's give it up for your giants training staff. david, mark and carl, and harold. [cheers and applause] [inaudible] you

chris wallace sits down with ted cruz and chris van hollen and republican representative jim jordan of ohio. cnn's state of the union is at 3:00 p.m. eastern with the democratic senator and richard hudson and the senate majority whip and lindsey graham. then "face the nation" with mcconnell, house minority leader nancy pelosi and jeff blake of arizona. the sunday network tv talk shows re-air on c-span radio brought to you as a public service by the networks and re-air. that is "meet the press," this week, fox news sunday, cnn state of the union and "face the nation" from cbs. you can listen to them all on c-span radio, at 90.1 f.m. in washington. on xm satellite channel 117 on the smart phone or online to c-span radio.org. >> the big discussion i remember was what is richard nixon going it do. >> i remember going home that night. we were scared to death. this was laike a time bomb. this gets in the press it is a disaster. >> johnny walters came to me and said john dean, the president's counsel has just brought me a list of 50 names of people and want as full field investigation. that i

floridians like richard jordan. richard waited more than three hours in a line that just wasn't moving to try and cast his ballot on election day 2012. he had already worked a ten-hour shift that day, evers exhausted, he was hungry and he ultimately in anger decided he couldn't wait anymore. he simply gave up and walked away,about denied the opportunity to cast cast his ballot by an unprepared, underresourced or just incompetent voting system. on behalf of voters across the state like richard, earlier this month florida's election administrators presented governor rick scott with a list of reforms they'd like to implement to prevent these problems from happening again. governor scott admitted his own state's election process was clearly in need of improvement, and he said he agreed with some of the election supervisors' proposals. this is in my view a very positive stem cell research-step forward and one that should be undertaken in every state where there is documented need for stronger, fairer, faster, freer elect

this is richard fowler filling in for bill press. now, it is time to talk sports. what happened to the redskins? joining us on the line jordan schultz, huffington post sports columnist, welcome to the show. >> thank you for having me. >> what happened to the redskins last night? >> the issue is two-fold. i was there and one of the things you look at richard, is obviously, rg3. i think it's easy to criticize the shanahans. i think it's worth noting this is a young man who has been vivantastic all year, who has been a leader clearly the leader of his team. if he says he can go and if he is cleared it's hard to say to him no. >> that's what shanahan said in that post-game press. griffin said to trust him. he trusted him and seattle number 1 scoring defense in the league showed why they had a tough start. they took it over. i think griffin not being able to run the pistol like he normally does, not being able to get out of the pocket and i hear washington. >> i was freaking out watching that first quarter. i thought that it was over and done with if they kept that up.