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seeing so snow there. st on the light side and we'll continue to see it moving from west to east. over the next hour to two hours as we moveown to the south around waldorf. do towa la plata and calvert ach and calvercounty. towar saint mary'sity and leonardtown. nd we're oking at some of tha snow. it will ctinue herefor the next half-hour to an hourand it expands towar the fredericksrg your. it is all movio the east and it will continue to do so. the snow has really fallen part. earlier 2 very wide shield of white on the rada screen but you can see, we are seng an end to tt snow. that snow still caughtsome big probls. even though we didn't see nything like what we saw, we're still pickg up aouple of inches. >> already well ozen ground has alowed the snow to completely fit. we we able to mac mize it. we didn't have to wasteany te. the ground was already frozen for sure. snowfall amoun, we continueto get tm pouring in into saint
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ry's county. 2 1/2 inches ere. two a a third ines i staffd and it still coming down. an inch and a half at reagan national, making our first official nch of the wint season. 4.5 inches towa the bl ridge andhree inches winchester, three inchesn dickerson, maryland. along t western parts of montgomercounty. if you've got a picture ofou or your friends enjoyinghe ow, se the pictures to eather@nbcwashgton.com. and snowfall amounts as usual ce directly to me. we'll get a many phot and snow reports ons we can. >> w are going to continue to watch that. yo can follow u on facebook an on twier as well. temperatures have been well beow freezing. that's why we saw this sno stick on the roads. this willet out of here over the next couple hours but then we've been talking about a coastal system for suay. i've bee telling you it woul move off the coast. tha may not be the case. my full forecast coming up.
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thanks. as y might expect to get this kind of weather,ou get all kinds of problems the roads. no major acciden repted but fender benders all over th place. especially in southern maryland. continue now. melissa is down waldorf. >> porter: the roads have been quite a mess her you can see a nicecy crust on them. no jor accidents as you mentioned. still, theome did cause quite aew pblems. it's been a bit of arough day fothis crles county plow driver >> got up at 3:00. and've been out since then. >> reporter: after ten hours of clearing and salting roads, his motorave out. >> withouthis belt, that won't work. >> reporter: a he is not alone. this guy snowlowed this entire parkg lot by himself after his company's ow broke down. both charles and calvert county,
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schoolhave shut down for the day on the snowacked icy roads. >> i know theeople behind me get frustrated because i'm goi rely slow. trying not to in out. ever didn't even know it was snowing. >> i'm at wo at 4:00 in the morning so i did not see no sn. >> reporter: until her job came to her job. >> my husband came and picked it up. put a couple bric in it for me so could i make it home safely. >> reportr: inside athe home depot o crane hiway, fol stocking . snow blowe. >> it's been aood day for us. >> porter: memories of the snowstorms too much for marcus washington's bak. > my back was killing me. >> porter: and outside tying a chrtmas tree to his roof, the cold w too much for his hands. i'm from california so i'm not used to it, san die, i'm not used to the snow. >> reporter:hat's why you don't have gloves.
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>> exactly. >> reporter: a snow day, one of my favorite day here's a hit. it has something to do with the white stuff you see behind me. thanks. he snow started coming down about 9:30 this morning. v-dot says crews didn't hav an opportunity topretreat the roads but trks were on hand to try to clear the snow andut salt down. crews were al out plowing t streets in francona,virginia. you c see will it was moving pretty well. lice s they've rponded to more than 230 aidents across the ste. jul traveled from fairfax and stafrd and back. she'sive with more on the commute and the clean-up. julie? >> reporter: i ca tell u, the road cditions in northern virginia have improved a great deal in the lastouple hours. the saltas finall started to do its work. the morning rush hour wasn't
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quite over when the first snow flakestarted to fall, tangling up the traffi and it was slowoing all day ong. dozens of accidents out there. hen add all those schooluses to the x on the early rease and then parents leavi work early to hustle home to interct the kids. the snow arrived oner and stuck to roads faster than many expected. by 10:00 a.m.,herince william police were call this four-wheel pileup. at the back of the ne, a george mason university student hurrying to take a final exam. >> the car over there. yeah. >> reporter:n the middle the crunch, a fairx county school emplee who sayshis was her first accint in 30 years. it went boom. ere were. >> reporter: police were ke buas accident after accident was called in.
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v-dot d pretreated the accidt spots but ads were quickly covered before the salt ucks could t going. >>e'll put some chemicaldown. >> reporter: for a time, intstates weren't in much beer shape. this is what i-95 and stafford county looke like around the noon houfrl state police responded to calls for 30 crash and 33 disabled vehles in northern virginia alone. >> how did you find conditions? >> really slippery a wet. really extreme slippery and wet. >> reporter the road conditions convinced em toclose. >> the kids love it. they're praying for no school torrow. i wouldn't mind having a day off, too, if you ask me. >> repter: some students who were clearly getting their first experience with snow driving discoved their firs challenge was simply mang it out of t parking lot. now, v-dot stard the guy some 700 trucks ready to battle.
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they saythey quickly doubled that when they realized, th would be a bigger challenge. so at peak, there re about 1400challees. after rush hour, they'll start scaling down. they willeep trucks on hand to deal with the icy patches. coming up,e'll show you a few more mishapsut othe road. >> okay. thank you. we're going to have mo on this litle bit of a storm. that's how we roll arond here. and laterriginl pat collins is going to take us through his day dealing with this weher. that's coming up at abut 5:30. meanile, president obama's tax cut compromise t a snag but it is expected to be a tempory setback. it easy passed the senate with bipartisan support. it faces much more intense opposition in the house. espeally among many liberal democrats. observe say today's hold-up does not mean theill wilnot ultimately pass but some emocrats wanted more time to voice their objections. democratic leaders say they expect a final vote tonight. > mayor elect vincent gray
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ended spelation wh he annound he would be pointing police chief kathy lanier to her job. and he wld na ellerbeas the fire chief. he is the fire chie in floda. he worked for the.c. police department for 27 years befe he left to go to lorida. many communitynd buness leaders have beenrging gray to repoint lanier. crime is downnd she has public approval. >> we had two very lenhy conversations. both mo than an hour. we both felt comfortablehis was a good fi >> the appntments need tobe approv by th council. to sherwood willave more coming up at 6:00. in a few days, metro wil search passengerwith carry-on bags.
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>> reporter: met says this new plan i based off program already inplace in new york, boston, as well as union station when boarding amtrak. with this new plan, metro will found place the unannounced checkpoints system wide where authorities willrandomly slect passengers to searc their bags. the searches wi be conducted by metro police in cnjunction with transportation security administratn fficials. they will be go at the erances. police will be using high-tech equipment as well canins. metro says for t passenger, ese carry-on passenger will not be opened orearch unless the tests indicate further inspection is need. this comes on the heef last week'sarrest of a 25-ye-old arlington man who allegedly made threats on his facebook page to
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plce pipe bombs on metro cars around the area. the question tonight,hat do metro riders think about this new plan? >> i think if it is going t keep people safe, i'll all for i >> it doesn't bother me. i'm not breaking anylaws. if it is what i got to do, then we'll do it. >> ion't think th need it on the met role of million of people take t metro and i don't think it's necessy. it will get me late for work and school. it's an invasio privacy. and this will affect people' days more sothan usually does. metro already has issues and it wildd on to it. >> metro says for any rer that is randomly selecd, you do have th option to notgo through with thissearch. if youdo opt out, athat point yourcarry-on itemsill not be allowed inside the station. they're li in bethesda. john hriffen, back you in thestudio. > thank you. still ahd, tainted treats sent
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six high school studts prince gege's county a recovering tonigh they ate some brownies earlier that may ha been ced with drugs. thegot sick ju before 100 this morning in oxon hill, maland. >> rerter: the prince george's ountyems busrrived at united medical center around 12:30 carryin six students. medical staff met them with stretchers although they seemed to be moving under their own will. county ficials say before 11:00 a.m., seven studen e some brown biness somehowgot into the school and suddnly got sick. sources say the brownies may ha been laced th an illegal drug. one student told us it w
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rijuana. >> a kid brought brownie and he passed it around to somekids. he g to tripping sxe >> reporter: dawsonaid two studentbrought themto school and were handing them out. school officials say they don't kn how the brownies got into the ilding. rescue crews cheedhe kids t and transpoed six of the seven. they had accelerated breathing and het rates. >> one person was saying she couldn't breathe and he go. she needed water. >> reporter: theire and ems crews recovered some of the brownies and turned them over to law enforcement. no one could say what if anythg may have bee in the brownies. still, itould have students lkingoday is true, one parent said he fids this all pretty shocking. >> pot in brownie? i never heard of a pot brownie. i don't know. may they didn't eck it. t once word got out, somody should have reported it. >> reporter: the sheriff's office has school resources offers here. so that that officeill lead to instigation from here on. i'm aaron gilchrist, news4 oxon
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hil, maryland. >> at last word, those kids were still at the hospital being checked out and the sheriff department has what's leftf the brownies and they're being tested. experts think children are getting way too much caffeine. a new study found 75% of kids consumed caffeine. mostly through sodas. chilen as young as 5 years old guzzle the am of a canf sewed. a is recommended that yog children limit their intake to avoid harmful sid effects like slee problems. >> d like climbing the walls at hole and going ape. listenwhat'soing to? do you have any 5-year-dsat hom >> have a 3-year-old. andny time you turn around and he's drinking one o my cokes, i ow it will be a longnight. >> for re. >> what's going on? do you tnk we'll seeore snow onsunday? >> it's possible.
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this is astorm we've been watchg over the past couple daysnd i've been saying it is goi up t coast. mo of that storm wi go off the coast. that'm pretty sure of. it is a matter of wherehat line will as far as the snow is concned. we'll talk about that. let's talk about the snoing on. already, a little in the way of snow falling and we have se over an ich in most locations. the aport picking up 1.5 inches. some areas in thsubur picking uptwoo three incs of snow. live digital doppler radar showing wherehat snow is. two bands. one from around the washington, d.c. are rig through loudoun county and toward frerick county, virginia. it's bn going on and it has beedropping down to portions of clvert countyown through anne arundecounty. and then even if you are to the sou, thisand aound fredericksburg and down toward saint mary's cnty. let's zoom into theseareas. toward serna park, the area of precipitation starting get less and less. it is starting to weaken a lot.
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looking at some moderate snow along the eastern shore. this continues to move out to se as well. and then behind that, take a ok. it is just falling apar we are about done. a few light snow showers, a few light flurries. thatill be it through e rest of the ening. it is a cold night but there's no windchill to talk about. the windchi was 27. we're not seeing anything in the wa of wind. that's the good news. 21in frederick. 25 inmanassas. be very careful on tose roadways. they will frze if they'reot ozen alrey. they will frze with e cars onthem. our storm syst is just about out of here. in hind well see the potential for another storm. there goes storm number one. n himd it we'll see at cld air. and at wi be in place tomorrow io the day on saturday as well. and then this area of gh pressure will start to mov in to the west. that will low the aea of low pressure to mo up the cot. most of the time dung a la
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nina, we don't s them come together until they're well off th coast. that's wh will happen with this one. if it hugs the coast cse enoughthey could see some snow along the delmarva, maybe along the easternhore and mbeow and east i-95 corridor. once again, this is something there are a lot of questions with. cloud cold. areas of light snow. most of russ about done. partly cloudy, other cold start. 18 to 25degrees. a lot of kidsffchool next week. so tomorrow is the last day before we goack to school and little bit of avacation. the suhine rurns tomorrow his afternoon. still cold and breezy. men of lting. that will be the good news. it willrefreeze tomorrow night andaturday more than we could have more problemsn the roads. nday, there is that chance of snow. a a 40% chance o ow on sunday. then on monday, it will be in
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the mid to upper 30s. on thing about deember, our erage high temperatures must be close to 5 degrees. we haven gotten ywhere close to at in over a we can and it looks like it will stay cold next week, t. >> coming up, he steed in to se lives during that school board meeting in flora. why he said he is not a hero. cops say they we stealing rom the area's top schools. >>he snow and ice continues to create proems on the comte.
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the women used th a grocery stores to buy giftcardsnd other merchandise. if you recognize these women, call pice. the man who stopp a shooter at orida schoo board meeting said he is not a hero. his name is mike jones. he spoke today for the first time since a gunman oned fire at a school boardeeting on tuesday. he eressedis condolences. that gunman took his own life after he was shot in the leg by jones. jones downplayed hisle. he id he initially thought he let the school board dn when duke began shooting. jones also sai he wasn't even supposed to be at thateeting but heust had a feeling that he nded to be ther >> iknow you sai what? i'm goin to go by there. i hava feeling they neede in the board meetingo ansr questions. i wasn't in the building five mites and i was in aun fight. if nbody believes in god after you watch that video, you need to go to church this sunday.
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he had his arms wrapped around everyone of us. >> jones said he looks forward to resuming his regular life which includes chstmas shopping tonight for about 600 unrprivileged children. >> comingup next at 5:00 know we're tracking the winr strm across e reion. chi meteorologi doug kammer will tell us how long it will last and h much we can expect to get.
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thione is a scenerom charles county. it hapned earlier this afternoon. snow blowers were getting workout out there. the roads we vered in ice nd snow. schools weclosed for the day. >> slippery, of course, all over e place. that includes fairfax county here there were several accides reported. v-d spent much of the afternoon plowing d saing the roads. >> and crews have been working hard to keep snow clear from arnd theapital building. snow plows, snow blowe and old-fashioned shoves were busy along the ste and walkways just this moing. lawmars are still at work
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trying to find a tax t come prom before christmas. now let's fast forward t the weather. >> the reay good news about that snow, it was a lhtfluffy snow that wesee so often. right now that snow continues to move out of the region and will contue to do so throughout the ening still a few lht snoshowers. how much hav we seen? som areas picking up abo an inch. stll 1.5. back to the st. remmington, about foyou.5 inches. backoward winchester, about thr inches of snow. ederick we saw one report here about a half a inch. weant to continue to seeour reports. goahead and-mail em. i'll hve the the cplete forecast again icluding the five-day. the four-day and the extended comg up. >> thanks. this little bit of snow really a dp in the bucket cpared to what we got lt winter. >> whil its the first snoall of the winter, most people seem to be taking it in stride. rrick ward has been tracking the snow in d.c. a maryland tod. he is live in thesda withthe
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latest. you can see maybe, y can pick upust a f snow flake falling. a big difference from what we had earlr. as you look at the adways, they're passab with some snow on the sis and maybe icy spots. rd spots between th lanes. a in all, it wasn't too bad today. although this owfallid cause some people to make some adjustments. mae we've redefined our perception. about what a big snowfall is after last ye. we did find some pple w know what snow is. like tse t from sweden >> do u think we overreacted? >> well, ah. maybe. swed this is usual. so yeah. >> the was some tough going f motorists with just an inch or so on the grod and it was bad enough for some local school jurisctions like prince george's coun to close schools two hours ear. >> didt cause a challenges? >>. no actually i live right dow
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the street. we expected it whenevere get snow. for the schos to closeearly. >>ot so for montgomery coun schools themlose at the usual time. the streets around the district were passable wth caution early on. the secondary roads quired some extra caution. and while the early scho closing may ve caused some schedule shuffling, at lst one parent said she would not have preferred a full day o for the yog ones. >> i'm gld they open. >> how come? >> i got to do some of the things i needed tdo today. >> if you ve thing you ed to do tonight, ercise cauti on the roadways. back toou. >> thank you. for the second day in row, commute here's use the ferry to trvel between poolslle, maryland, and leesburg virginia, had to find another wato go today. asdoug noted, ere are a cople of inches of ow.
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this first snowstm of the season is really making thing diffilt for drivers. u don't need a lot of snow to do. that they' been slippin and sliding l over the pce. pat colli who is sure food is in nohwest washington with more on this. >> reporter: i call this a practice sno it is just like sort of, it is sort of li spring training for the snow people. look. i see about 30 degrees. it actualy feels warmer now than diit a couple hours ago. nd take a look oer here. this snows not even covering the grs here. iis not snow stk worth it would dishonor t stick to make ameasurement this one. that's not to say the weren't some problems. mostly earlier in the da motly on the roads. take a look at this. tom the mhanic trying to drve this big fancy bmer into the
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shop for what else? snow tires. >> you won't get any track >> it is pretty icyut here. if you can' drive, stay ole. >> reporter: this is one of 17 plows the city has on the street. scraping and salting, tryi to kee ahead of the snow. ths little snow. william is the he of dpw. on acale of zero to ten ten being the blizzard last year, how wou you re this one? >> oner two. practice it is practice. we need to be t here. >> repoer: onhe roads, it don't take much. weste avenue. a car going this way. tries to avoid a car going that way. and, well? it ends up over the curb and
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into the tree. see that een stuff ther antifreeze. a lightnow but a busy dayor the d.c. fire department. we're here with chief dennis rubin. wt has it been like? >>we've been very, very busy all day long. a lot of medical call, automobile accidents, slips and falls and probably abo two dozen structal fires. most ha been reted to cooke and folks staying indoors. >> porter: thing major? >> nothing major so far. we'll keep our fingers crossed. we hope folk slow do and realize there's limited visibility. we're most concerned hat automobile accidents and people slipping and falli. >> reporter: now today, i actually saw people going to the store. t because it wasnowing but becae they needed groceries. me about that coming up at :00. back to you. >> we can't wait.
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thnks. ashley linder now looking at the roads. >> reporter: we've got a lot delays still at this hour. no relief in sig. along 270, here's the pace. up in the soth bound direct. in shady grove, they'll tip past clarksburg all way in toward frederick it is till congested passing hurrily. as promed the delays keepon rolling. now, capial beltway. the inner loop has been the wost of it. not saying there han't been delays but the inner loop takes t case. not the inner loop. we're still jamm from 6 headed all e way around. hee's prior to river road and then ativer road. still big delays them do connue past old georgetown. arief brther there. but it continues past connecticut avenue and in the delay, you can see some salt
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trucks. you finally catch ur brds and you're back up to spd. ck to you. from december tornadoes to massive back-ups caused by icy roads. we're n the only ones dealing with severe storm a powerful tornado h the small town in northwest ogon. a skrt tap inside a bar shows patrons diving for cove when the stm rolled in yesterday. tornadoes are rare in th part of the country but this was cssified as an f- pac winds of 100 miles ahour. it tore roofs off homes an se treesrashin to the ground. in atlaa, georgia, it was icyroceeds cauroa that caused a mess. causi huge back-ups and hundre of accidents. the gridlock was so bad, some drivers gave up and checked into nearby hotels until thg cleared up. even salt trucks getnto trouble when the weather is
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severe. this one overturned on a slick hhway in knoxvle, tnessee this morning. to make matters wor, it is out3,000 pounds of slt on the pavement. the truck was gong up a hill and then slid backwds and overturned. the tw ci drivers were treated at a ospital. a fire ripped through an apartmt building. investigators thinkt was a space heater that caused it. >> porter: this is chris gordon at pool's general store. it has been here since 1901. thisew years eve, iis scheduled to clo. e end of an era.
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more probms for people who use metro. cracked rail at thekennedy town station this morning caused serious delays. passenger face two-houraits in both directions. we're will the rail has en fix. there's no rdyet on what that. fire officials believe a space heater is to blame for an apartment fire in aspen hill, aryland. the fire broke out just ter minight in the 2900 block of hewitt anue. crews arrived to find flames ming from a ground flo unit of the thr-story building. seral ople had to be rescued from balcoes. one person was takeno the hospital for smoke inhalation. the red cross is helping somef the residents displaced by the fire. comi up we've got orts. time to do some clean-up in the locker room.
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welcome back, everybody. most of the sno is now out o forecast region. that's the good news for the most part here. e'll see thing wind down. take a look at the digial doppler radar. aroundthe winchester area into portns of western loudoun coty, betsda area andhen more significant snow dwn to the south eastern portions of saint mary's county. it was snowing a little earlier this afternoonn just about all locations and thatelpedome kids get outf school andid it post some problems on the adways one it fell it really accumulated quickly. even an inch s a problem and it d allow for some schl children to getut early during e day today. i'm sure a lot of th were happy. you wit for that inrcom system to go out saying you'll
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get out a ltle early. th's always a good thing to ar. the current temperature, windchill, n a fator. we're lookin at temperatus of 27 degrees. 27 in washington, 23 as well toward andrews air force base and annapolis at 27degrees. ld air behi the system. therea of low pressure is offshore. and we' continue to move out tonight. willtay cold tomorrow. i think we'll see some sunshine. that wll allow for some melting and then freezingy tomorrow night. and then we'll watch a coastal storm develop. thatoastal storm,ow far out to sea it goes will have a big impactn what our weather will beike during the day on sunday. right no i thi most of us ould be okay. we're going to continueo watch this one closely. thievening, cloudy, cold, areas light snow. another inch or less? we'll ha tohange that. it is just about o of here. another cold start. light winds, 18 to 25 degrees as weove throu the day.
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sunshine returns. still cold and a litt on the breezy se. plenty of melting. high tempetures, 34 to 37 the windchills probably around the 30-degree mark. as we movethrough, a high of 30 degrees. thenthat cance of snow on sunda this is something we'll be watching very closely here. behind it we're tking about re cold air. a high of 3 and we stay in the 30s through the middlef next week. and even another cance of sno next wednesday. 'll talk more about that as w get closer as well. >> thanks, doug. hopping for e latest in high-ch gadgets can be awfully confusing no fearful we have some help. liz crenshawis here with what's hot. >> reporter: electnicdo top many wish lists. an explanationf what they are and what they can be lpful. joining m jim barrwith t consumer electronics organization. we call you our guru. th year, 2010, what ae we
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hring? >> in oururvey, people said they would snd a littl more on electrics, a little less overall on gif but aittle more on electronics, everyby like to get them as gts. the flat panel 3d tvs. >> every price rane. everything i hear is i want to know aut the apple ipad. i guess they do't needny more pp. >> it on the list and it has been a big, bi seer. this is the one at is aouch screen tablet. so it has a little bit of everything that you can get o the internet. yo notice it has that virtual key boar so you can use that as a, r typing and so forth. yocan read books, you can do allinds of ne things with that. now they're starting t get some competition. thiss sam sung galaxy tab. this uses t android operating system. a lot of fol are famliar with that from their smart phones. thiis about $600. you can get it from the carrie. it looks like thepad.
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>> a seven-inc screen. it has camera front and back and video camera. sometng a lot of folks wish thathis first generation of ipad had. >> i love tking about reang things. reding on the ipad is possible also the m sung. but this thekindle. >> on the touch screen taets, you can read in color, ks book ifou just want to read book, he ebook reade li the kindle 3g which is $179 themselves start at $139. there are some ebookreaders that are less expensive than th. great in bright sunght. sy on the eyes. >> at night? >> you can put this on i has a case tha has a verynice little light on it as well. t case is extra. about a $50 leather case but really neato youan read. >> you want to show me this? >> net book is small, light inexpensive computers. no dvd driv noebook computers aret the top of theish lit. the interesting thing about this
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idea. you can convert it into a tou screen tablet. so it does a little ofboh. it is windows 7. it hasall the inputs that you needand it has that genuineey board and it is about $550. >> can we talk about kids? some people hand their ipnes to kids tolaywith. >>it depends on the kids. this ia v-ader. for kids3-7. maybe a little older. ths gets them into electronic reading as wells game payi. >> would you go you having sow to he hand -- >> ah. and it is $59 so y don't to have hand them a couple of hundred items. in terms of gaming, i don't understand this. this a gamechanger. a cole years ago got us off he coh. to exerciseomething besides your thumb with a wand. now move fromsony has a wa. this is the connect from
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microsoft for the x-box 360. nois there's no juan. that is a senr. video sond, mowing, you come controller. so u wa to dance a little bit. whater you're going to do. yo become coroller about $150. remarkable tenology for that price. if you have th x-box 360. if you don't you get the whole packa for about $300. >> once again trying to make ense out of tse crazy electnic for us. it theres something out the for everybody and it is a wonderful pthora of stuff. so thank y for joining us. 'll take one of each. >> it keep getting lower. >> the prices t lower. thank you so much. >> thas col stuff. want one of ea. >> yeah. tonight we're going into the redskins' lockerrom. >> dan llie s more. >> heading down to dallas trying to beat the cowboys again. itouldn't cure all thaails them but it would make the season somewhat more palatae.
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nobody knows mor than the offensive liman. when it co to linemen, nobody gives as you better tour ofhe locker room than casey. who introduces us to the skins' offense. >> see a g that does nothing but make big plays. >> may wsee your locker, please? >> a little ssy but it's fin by messy. >> this i a game boy. just in case the coac wants us have a formal prtice or mething. a little cubby hole. i have a phone,toothpaste. a cross word puzzle. at's an easy one. i'm a ginner. casey is a pro.
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from the bottom, we've t shoes. i kp them clean. i make sure i spray them don. especially r shoes and unwashable equipment. shoulderpads. anything. anything in ther. you can even use aittle cologne if you wan to. it help you out. it's very important. uhould get some. >> you want to bring your house wears present. >> i kw you're a big skills guy. >>my favorite cannedy. i love it. ank you very much. wel put this here. >> w're going to see the guy that makes go. maye see your locker, plee? i know it'smessy. >> first of all, let me show you my beautiful family. my wife th would be me, of coure. my newest edition to the family, racton. my oldt which is kaelin.
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they come here. they wantto take all my stuff. i got all this stuff. this is my very smart helmet. >>so beautiful. >> not hiding anything inthere. >> great guys. definitely ep it clear onhe field. >> the host of may we seeyour lockerplease. we'll be talking more reskins/wboys coming up at 00. >> wha a cute baby. >> adorable, huh? >> beautiful. comi up, end of an era. aocal family run sor
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a winter storm continus to blanket the region and some areas could see up to three inch of snow when is is all ne. virginia state police have respondedto morthan 230 acciden across the state. chief meteorologist doug kammerer will havehe latt on news4 at 6:00. a chapter in montgomery county's htory is ding. pool's general store in maryland will close at the e of the month. r family,riends and farmers in the area,t isime to say
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gobye. chris gord reports. >> reporter: i's a familiar sht if you'veriven aege river roa pool'sville w name for the familyhat was. has run it fo 45 yeas. >> it's been wonderful and we don't have cusmers. we have friends. >> report: it's located on five aes next to seneca creek. in 1972, hurrine agnes flood the store. montgomery unty parks bought e property and rented it to the pools their leaseuns out on the december 31st. they' burning buness records becau economic hard times cingarmer has made it difficult for the store to continue exteing credit. >> ihink it's sort when was old time business tchniqueand traditions run into modern realities of credit.
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and people not paying their bills. tre's a petition drive for the continuedperati of pool's store. the department have parksell ushey are hoping to ffl it up andind ather tenant them went he with an unexpected trophy >> i'm really excited i was ab to get this. this will have a place in my family room and home. >> the store was aathering place attracting custom for farm fresh eggs,hotdo, chilly and barbecue they are pac up the belongings. 84-year-old raymond pool look over the many srap books he's put tether over the years. >> i'v been here quite a whil and enjoyed every minute of it. and hate to leave. will gefr thing come to me and i say this is it. it is uncertain what will happen to the building and the land afterdecember 31st. t for the pool family, it will be the end of an era.
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on new years eve, they will clse for siness for the last time. in montgomer county, maryland chris gdon, news4. that's it for ns4 at 5:00. new at 6:00 starts right now. it's the frst measurable snow of the seon and thre could be more on the way. >> a teorarysetback for the president's tax cutcome prom in thehouse. ome local sudents ended their day wit a trip to the hospitaland it may be nked to something they at at school. we begin with a snoworm. they made a mess traffic all overhe area. od evening. >>oreen gentzler is off tonit and here's a lookt coitions out here. many schools closed or let the students oea
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