thompson from pennsylvania. mr. shuster from pennsylvania. mr. frelinghuysen is recognized for five minutes. mr. frelinghuysen: thank you very much. mr. speaker, i echo the sentiments of my colleagues here this afternoon and want to add my voice and tribute to jack murtha, a colleague, my chairman of the defense house appropriations committee, and my friend. for nearly his entire adult life, jack murtha selflessly served his block ofed nation. first in the uniform as a decorated combat marine and later as an elected representative for my neighboring state of pennsylvania. we all know by now that he was the first vietnam war combat veteran elected to congress. and while many of us followed him to congress, he rose to become chairman of the house appropriations subcommittee on defense. i've had the honor of serving with him on the subcommittee for over 10 years. in our dealings over the years, we did not always agree on policy decisions, but i always respected his undenyble dedication and his refreshing candor. there's no doubt that he cared most d

a pennsylvania judge issued a default judgment. we'll explain what that means for the customers. >> reporter: that means they may soon have to antiup a lot of money. that's because the judgment says the company offered no response to claims that left homes unfinished or in need of serious repair. the attorney general in pennsylvania is totaling up the cost and plans to hand over a big bill. we told you about their problems in 2008 when homeowners showed us the work the company had done in pennsylvania and hartford and howard county. from half done homes to unpaved streets it left a lot to be designed. the attorney general sued the company to get the judgment today. customers are being asked to submit detailed report of how much they spent and suffered. that's going to be submitted to the courts with the hope of getting some money back to the people. the judgment is not only against the company but also the individually against the brothers who ran the company. we are told they never showed up in court for these proceedings. as for

; this is westmont presbyn churchç in johnstown, pennsylvania.of representative john murtha, who died last week. among those attending, house speaker nancy pelosi. you can see former president clinton among the dignitaries in the church today. ççxdçw3ç congressman murtha serve his district for 19 terms. he was the first vietnam veteran elected to the house of representatives, elected in 1974. the marine honor guard units in honor of congressman murtha -- live coverage of his funeral expected to get underway shortly on c-span. you just saw defense secretary robert gates among the many dignitaries here at the funeral of representative john murtha. he was first elected to this districtçç in 1974. ççxdxd >> we saw former congressman ray leolahood, transportation secretary. speaker nancy pelosi will speak here at the funeral of congressman john murtha. xdç [organ plays] >> the center of your screen is general james conway waiting for the casket of john murtha to be taken from the hearse and for the honor guard to escort it inside. this is in

as we gather today, more than 590 pennsylvania cardmembers are on duty in iraq and afghanistan -- pennsylvania guard members are on duty in iraq and afghanistan. finally, thei] real truth withdrawal is happening, but we must keep those on the front lines in our prayers every day until all of them come home safely. [applause] it is a great relief that the stryker brigade is back in the united states after serving so brilliantly in iraq. i am honored their colonel is with us today. so, too is lieutenant-colonel scott perry, the state rep, and we also welcome home another one of our own, who completed his second tour of duty in iraq, where he served in a black hawk helicopter for the army national guard. [applause] we are thankful they and so many others have come home safe and sound, and i was going to ask them to stand and be recognized, but you have already done that. colonel, it is an honored to have you with us today. colonel, know the the stryker brigade's great and effective work in iraq was noticed five all of us, and we're so pleased by their mission and the low amount of casualties they

upstate new york or pennsylvania they had blizzard conditions. white out conditions which we know we have. we got off pretty easy today with winds really strong and we are still dealing with wrap around snow showers from the strong low pressure that is sitting just off the coast of long island new york with the back side of the low pressure system. that's what we are concerned about and that's what we are going to be dealing with. overnight tonight and first part of the weekend some stronger bands of snow showers moving in towards western pennsylvania and new york and that's is in our area tonight and we see scattered storms. we have a winter weather advisory in effect for another 15 minutes and expire at 6:00 o'clock tonight because again we are just not going to get that much snow from the system. but again we still can see some flurry from the storm system and again out towards the west, still under a blizzard warning until tomorrow morning here. so if you have travel plans to travel west, might want to push that back 24 to 48 hours. so overni

pennsylvania, the storm swept into new york. the big apple is still being hammered. andrew joins us live from union scare in manhattan. >> reporter: very snowy day in new york. close to a foot in central park. when it's all said and done and 1.1 million school kids had no school today. that's very unusual in new york. it's only the third time in the last eight years that happened. children got disappointing news from mayor bloomberg tonight. despite all this snow today, there will be school tomorrow. the reason? most kids go to school by subway and bus. they d't have to take cars or yellow school buses, so they'll be able to get to school tomorrow in contrast to the new york suburbs. how was new york city able to cope with all this snow today? well, mayor bloomberg said there were more than 1,600 plows and salt spreaders on the roadways today. by the way, he bragged that this, in comparison to northern virginia, the mayor said he had din were a friend of his from northern virginia who complained his street hadn't been plowed in

much of new england is buried by snow, also new york and pennsylvania. the winter storm prompted massive cancellations of flights per a passengers expecting to have two locations in the northeast are left to recalculate. >> i will probably be late for the first day of school. >> he is an exchange student due in beijing tomorrow. >> they are sending me to a flight to dallas tomorrow morning. >> this woman wanted to pay her boyfriend a quick visit in louisville. she had to fly to north korea all flights there are grounded. >> we did not get snow. >> canceled flights pale in comparison to what they are dealing with north of us. snowe has knocked out power to thousands of people. at reagan national airport, she is pursuing her options. >> i cannot even get to new york to get to louisville. we will see what happens. >> if you are heading to the northeast, you may want to check with your carrier. give them a call or go online. flights heading to the west, the south, the northwest appear to be departing on schedule. >>> when you call you have to wait on hold. w

parts of the northeast and the pennsylvania area for example are going to get pasted. i want to show you the accumulation map before we get to the seven-day the snow will come back from pennsylvania. this is hurting me here. we have the 2-4 hire. the heavy stuff well to the north and east. here's the seven-day forecast. the temperatures in the mid-30s tomorrow. watch out tonight, early tomorrow for the blowing and drifting of the snow, there's a chance of snow again on wednesday. angie. >>> the thing to worry about right now, the rain. early problems early on. in virginia, 395 past duke street. taking away two left lanes. these taillights stacked up starting around the mixing bowl. it will only clear the scene. back towards 95. seek speaking of the interstate. the main congestion lights, extra 5 minutes for that. 66. traffic filling out from route 50 and 12723. we still have the crash activity. maryland high, 270. the camera wet from the rain. the things overall moving well from germantown to the split. finally, no complaints on ma, the highway, and grange avenue. just

eastern shore, delaware, into parts of pennsylvania and new jersey, winter storm warning.hey're looking at the potential for several inches. what we're talking about, this is is the possible snow totals. heavier amounts along i95, around 6-12-inches getting toward the suburbs of philadelphia. 5-9 across the bay. the baltimore city area around 4-8 to 5-9. 3-6 toward howard county, columbia. and then 2-3 towards fredlic and the dc area. that will all begin as the temperatures drop tonight. it will get colder, mix from rainfall, sleet, and to snow by tomorrow. more details on the storm coming up on my 7 day. ♪ it's the guys turn to perform and try to win over idol fans. what makes this year's male contestants unique, next? >> new job ellen degeneres has been very busy critiquing now you can get a multi-room dvr plus set top box free for six months when you sign up for fios tv, internet and phone. you'll get tv with three times more very satisfied customers than comcast, america's top-rated internet, and phone. get it all together for just $99.99 a month for one year with a tw

my pick for today, scranton, pennsylvania.going to see lots of wind, lots of snow, 15 to 20 inches, maybe two feet by the time it's all gone. 40 mile per hour gusts, if they hit that for more than three hours, blizzard-like conditions. >> the poor folks. that's on top of what they got yesterday. >> they got a couple inches yesterday, too. we wrote that down on our facebook, if you want to mess with us about that. >>> some students saw some things that they couldn't believe at the high school pep rally. two teachers were lap dancing. >>> the u.s. hockey team believes in miracles at the olympics. some young guns are on the road. >>> today's salute is for captain dan morrises. he is in afghanistan and isn't expected home until next fall, but his brother, sister-in-law and his little niece want him to know how much he is missed. here is their salute using skype. >> good morning, robin. i'm aubrey and with me is nikko and natalie morris and we are giving a salute to captain dan morris and we'd love to say we miss you and we love yo

the presiding officer: the senator from pennsylvania. mr. casey: madam president, i would ask that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. casey: thank you, madam president. madam president, i rise today to discuss the ongoing imprisonment of three young americans: joshua fatal from pennsylvania, and two other americans who have been imprisoned in iran with him, sarah shard and shane bower. these are three americans who have now spent more than seven months in solitary confinement in iran's evin prison, for allegedly crossing a poorly marked border, the border between iran and iraq. since their detention along the iran-iraq border on july 31 of 2009, the iranian government has refused requests from their attorney for visits. the government of iran has delayed due process, rejected requests from family members to call or visit them. the iranian regime has also delayed requests for iranian visas for the families and stonewalled the swiss embassy's attempt to carry out diplomatic visits. the longer the detainm

." >> pennsylvania congressman john murtha died last week. murtha was elected to the u.s. house of representatives in 1974 and was the first vietnam veteran to be elected to the chamber. his funeral was earlier today. here's a portion of the here's a portion of the service. >> good morning. i'm donna murtha >> good morning, i'm donna murtha. my family pleshes -- appreciates you coming. father would be overwhelmed. he would be so overwhelmed. you know him as a world leader and as a congressman and as it were separate of profiles in courage. you know him as mr. chairman, hawk, and as a patriot and as a marine. he would talk to me every day. we did not talk politics or economics. we talked about teaching. we tried to meet the individualization of every child. we also talked about health care and how would met my children's needs, their families, my friends, and my family. we also talked about his marriage to my mother for 54 and half years. behind every man is a great woman. my brothers and i are not involved in politics. i think that helped him

tonight, upstate, inland, partings of pennsylvania -- that would be all of pennsylvania, eastern partssylvania may see blizzard conditions. this storm is going to intensify as we go through time. look at the snow totals. this isn't from this storm. this is from the warmup storm. parts of vermont, 29 inches. parts of massachusetts, 28. altamo altamont, just east of the albany, 2 feet. check out video coming out of albany where they saw over a foot of snow. digging out yesterday, it was a pretty, heavy wet snow. and now, heavy wet snow coming on top of that. we could have problems with, say, roof collapses in update new york and eastern p pennsylvania. philadelphia, it's snow right now. new york city, it's raining but you'll see the rain over to snow rapidly. everything is going to pivot around new york city. this is where the low is going to kind of hang around for the next day and a half. that means new york will be going rain to snow. sleet mixed in there from time to time. that will keep snow totals down, at least, in the city proper. but outside of the city, you could easily see a f

punxsutawney, pennsylvania. i did not know this, bob, but there is a family section and there's an adult only section. >> really? >> for the viewing. >> good. >> maybe there's partying done beforehand. >> if they did that during hockey games, that would be great. >> i'm not a fan of this, either. >> let the little guy sleep. >>> i tell you, the last couple years has been socked in with clouds, like now. all the low grade, that's the cloud cover. light snow in the area. it put the temperature up. 13 to 18 degrees. it's the exact same situation as last year. somehow, he saw his shadow. that means you get another six weeks of winter. if he sees his shadow, i'm stuffing the guy in his hat. there's no way he sees his shadow. no way. >> weathermen and women hate groundhog's day. >> it's four year b.s. of meteorology. he's dead asleep, they shake him around a little bit. anyway. i feel like bill murray. let me show you the rest of the country. big to do out of the georgia area. lots of rain. it's going to be on the wet

murtha in johnstown, pennsylvania, that there was an opportunity for an irish wake afterwards. jack, i know, would have been very proud of that and i'm sure he got quite a chuckle with o'neal up in a higher place at the coming together of so many members and regaling in so many stories of jack murtha. america's lost a great patriot, congress has lost one of its giants, one of the most knowledgeable members on national defense ever to serve here, whose service spanned four decades and eight presidents and members of both chambers and on both sides of the aisle. our hearts go out to joyce and the family. we in this body have lost a person that makes the very

in pennsylvania, the average age of physicians in pennsylvania is 50. many that i talk with, they look at the challenges of practicing medicine today, in pennsylvania, we have terrible medical malpractice costs. we export our physicians. we train a lot of them but export them to states like texas and you know we don't keep them. and many of the physicians i talk with that are 50 and older, they look at what they've accumulated in their lives and they look at how much they're spending each year, whether it's medical mall prk days, these additional costs and regulations come, the extra costs to put into the practice to comply with federal mandates like the hipaa law from the 1990's. they're say, why not retire now where i can retain a little bit of what i earned so i can have some type of future enjoyable retirement that will just contribute so much to our access issue in states like pennsylvania where citizens are not going to have access to quality care. i see that as a significant unintended consequence as a part of what my friends across the aisle wer

in the pennsylvania border we had nine inches reported by keith in pennsylvania.here's two pictures that best describe the difference between this snow and the snow from 100-plus years ago. this is how we're dealing with it in 2010, blame the weather man, not us, starbucks is closed. if eastbound february of 1899, the last time we had this much snow was twinter of 1899. this is what northwest washington looked like in the wake of the blizzard. no cars obviously, just horses and shovels. tom? >> great shots, chuck. >>> let's check the view at reagan national airport. there's a live picture. the visibility is down. and it is snowing moderately to heavily there now at reagan national where the temperature right now is at 28 degrees. so that snow is certainly sticking. temperatures as well in the suburbs, down into the 20s in montgomery, fairfax, arlington, prince george's county, in the 20s around the region and below freezing. we have wantder storm warning in effect form about all of northern virginia. the county ins red under a blizzard warning later today and toni

i show you a larger picture and show you the scope through all of maryland and southern pennsylvania and most of verge. and cease those areas, those are blizzard warns. this is going to be a large storm. think about the one we had on the 19th, add gustier winds and possibly of a few more inches and that's what you could expect. those warnings in effect at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. the storm willntensify as it moves up the coast and will go to sea, thankfully and as it does, it'll keep us in the northern flank for long period of time, meaning high impact snowfall through most of the area. this is a time for the metro area, it will begin late morning and flurries earlier but we'ringing 11:00 a.m. and spreads through the region and the snow will get heavier and the winds stronger and the snow piles up quickly, sometimes overnight, developing up to two inches an hour. before it is done, i think 16 to 20 inches of snow with higher amounts in isolate spots. we'll explain the snow and sleet and the impact when i join you in the studio. >> and you got it. and many of the area school syste

more snow showers up across parts of northern pennsylvania.be surprised to see snowflakes around. windchills in the teens. highs this afternoon, upper 30 way up. 40s and it will feel like the 30s if not the 20s. a bit of a wind chill. one last one. i'm giving you guysxtra time. >> as we told you, is you and-a-halfy warnings have been sued for hawaii and beyond. live from honolulu where they have a tsunami warning for the entire state. good morning. give us a sense of what authorities are telling residents and tourists to be prepared for in the coming hours. >> it is 3:30 here and they are just starting to get the word out that people need to get prepared. the big thing is at 6:00 a.m., we have a statewide emergency siren that will go off on all the islands that reaches most of the state. we have air patrol planning to fly over to let campers know they need to head to higher ground at 6:00 a.m. the first wave is expected to hit at about 11:20 this morning. we have some time to try to clear out everywhere along the coast. >> you had tidal surges

. >> bottom right box is pennsylvania. i recognize the tree. >> the top two, midtown manhattan, as you can see it's snowing. we have the maps. brandon is up early and he's going to show us. >> who is brandon? >> look at that. that is weather advisory -- flood advisories. we want to look at weather 6 right now. what? i mean, weather 7. let's take a look at weather 7, john. it's coming. it's coming. >> coming up. >> you handle the maps now? what are you talking about? take a look. the storm continues to swirl from new england right down through the delmarva peninsula. heavy coastal flooding along so some spots and a lot of rain as well. 40, 45 miles north of new york city got 23 inches. harriman. >> 52 miles got 23 inches. west milford, new jersey, 18 and in central park as of 1:00 this morning, 9.6 inches of snow. >> and what that meant to me when i was in high school, if you missed school and it is snowing, you have an excellent chance to make a lot of snow shovelling revenue. >> i just got the call. my daughter's school c

snowing in western pennsylvania too bite the band.o to live doppler hd and i will walk to the weather center and show you what is going on with that. the dark blue that you are seeing. that's three-quarters of afternoon are an inch to an inch an hour. locally we have seen areas producing more than that. carroll county we have a report and i can't remember the city there. ten inches of snow and you have seen westminster to the pennsylvania border heavy bands of snow now. coming up from columbia to baltimore, as well. we are seeing heavy snow. and look at this knot of chantilly. route 28 south of dulles heavy snow, as well. this is extending back to fairfax and vienna here in fairfax county. this snow will be more than an inch an hour rate. you see the purple popping up between chantilly and dulles. a lot of areas are experiencing light to moderate snow and kristin fisher gets a gold star from me for noticing the snow going from a wetter to drier snow and that will help to pump up the snow total and help with the blowing and drifting. i

the snow flakes dropping southbound out of pennsylvania.two may make it to the washington area, but it won't be an accumulating snow. conversational snow flakes for late tonight and into the day tomorrow the main area of low pressure spinning its wheels in new york, pennsylvania. moisture coming off the great lakes and wrapped around from the atlantic ocean on to the western sides of the appalachian mountains and the upslope areas have been getting hammered in the last couple of days. as we go forward in time, the area of low pressure works out to sea tomorrow. good riddance to it. some of the folks in new jersey, western massachusetts and new hampshire have had 36 to 50 inches of snow with that one storm. they are glad to see that go away. for us high pressure coming in, a fairly quiet day tomorrow and a nice day on monday. partly cloudy skies by morning, watch out for a chance of black ice. where you saw a puddle today, you may see ice tomorrow. 47 for a high tomorrow with a mix of clouds and sunshine, flurries up to the northwest. breezy

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dahlkemper of pennsylvania. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 1051, the gentlewoman from pennsylvania, mrs. dahlkemper, and a member opposed will each control five minutes. the chair now recognizes the gentlewoman from pennsylvania. mrs. dahlkemper: mr. speaker, my amendment to h.r. 4061 expands computer and network security capacity building grants to allow for collaboration between community colleges, universities, and manufacturing extension partnership centers. as we all know cybersecurity is an issue that affects both our national security and our economic prosperity. and it posings a particular problem for our small businesses. small and medium sized businesses often cannot shoulder the cost of developing and maintaining the mechanisms needed to protect themselves from cybersecurity threats. individually the security of these firms may seem like a minor affair compared to larger economic and government entities. however the 27 million small and medium sized businesses across the country account for 9

places in pennsylvania, carol, what did you find out?after budget crisis? casinos are popping up all over the place and paying enormous state taxes. this money in turn pays for all sorts of things for the state like education, property tax, fire departments. but some say it is an easy way out. because our politicians can't think of anything better. >> thank you! yay! >> reporter: life can be sweet at the rivers casino. most come here for fun. but others come for cash. >> winning. >> i won $250. >> it actually helps the people in the recession if they get lucky enough to win. >> kind of hard. that's why i'm down here most of the time, to try to get some money. the most i ever won? $82. >> reporter: he didn't have to travel all the way to vegas to win it. rivers casino is in his backyard -- pittsburgh. actually, there are lots of casinos now, or soon to be in the nation's backyard. 39 out of the 50 states, to be exact. but not everybody's feeling lucky. >> no casinos, no way! >> reporter: in philadelphia, some say the proliferation of casi

in pennsylvania, a lot less, because they will be further away from the storm.ins when you get the aid of a lift from the slopes, maybe some spots there will get up to two feet. most of us will be under 20 inches. on sunday, super bowl sunday, the saints -- the things should be dry. another chance of light snow on tuesday and wednesday of next week, late tuesday and wednesday. a fun snowstorm for the weekend. back to you. >> the kids love it, so we will focus on their fund. if it's 32 degrees on tv hill. much more ahead. >> we will look at one of your answers to our water cooler question. >> this is a look at last night's winning maryland lottery numbers. good luck. >> 11 sports. >> good morning, everybody. keith mills. super bowl on sunday in miami. more on that in the second. first, a big win for the maryland basketball team for. a few hundred miles from south florida to the north in tallahassee. a good win for maryland. a good effort from landon. the slam. he had 18. the game tied early. in the second half, derwin had 29 to lead the seminoles. it was tied at

we have a blue shaded county winter weather advisory for central pennsylvania. all the baltimore area. all the d.c. area and a winter storm watch. where you see the pink shading a winter weather advisory going into effect overnight lasting through friday morning. it is going to be a long-lived storm. we are seeing precipitation on maryland's radar well to the south and east where they are getting good rains across southern maryland and the eastern shore. it hasn't changed over yet. this storm really hasn't began to get its act together. two big areas moving in our direction to form a powerful storm off the coast. 31 tonight. winter mix developing. one to three inch accumulations. this is coming in late after midnight. this will be a beginning of it. through the day tomorrow we'll have winter weather snow showers, very high winds, gusty powerful winds tomorrow afternoon and another round of snow friday morning. we'll have all the details coming up. >>> no matter which way you look at it emergency managers say they know they could take a hard hit from this storm.

just headlines i've seen over the last couple of weeks in pennsylvania. to see that, it's not enough just to say weather the storm and we'll try to provide a safety net. we have to have a safety net. but i believe we have to have targeted and focused strategy that's are not theoretical. we know this will work. we have prior evidence and experience with it. we need to pass a job creation tax credit to jump-start the creation of jobs this year in 2010, in the next couple of months and throughout the year. and, with that, mr. president, i will yield the floor and neat the -- and note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. casey: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from pennsylvania is recognized. mr. casey: i ask that the quorum call be vitiated. 2000 without objection, so ordered. -- the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. casey: after the opening of the senate on february 4, that the senate resume consideration of calendar 474, the nomination of patricia smith to be sol

near pennsylvania, a foot, a foot plus in maryland and west virginia. and if the blizzard warnings get expanded, that wouldn't surprise me. seven-day. snow and wind today, windy tomorrow. we stay cold so slow melting and a clipper system on monday, i don't want to tell you, could bring us more snow. here is angie. >>> i'm back. i know. i'm saying it over and over again. don't get out there if you don't have to. big problems on the major highways and the interstates. on the outer loop around central avenue, that's where we have this accident taking away three right lanes for drivers squeezing by on the left. notice we have delays in the area. everything is stacking up quickly. it only takes one, folks, one accident and one disabled vehicle with our limited lanes you can clog the roadways for the snow crews and that's bad news because they have a job to get done. and a disabled vehicle on the outer loop at 212. and southbound the wind working our camera. snow coming down hard. northbound at wooten parkway, taken away the left lane. and snow covered roads

an area of disturbance across pennsylvania and ohio.er of it sticking down here in virginia. the main storm there and it quickly goes away. 434 national. 29 dulles an martinsburg. 28 frederick. 29 bwi. annapolis, pax river and cambridge 32 and fredericksburg you are looking at 33. winds are calm. the wind chill is the same as the temperature, 34. humidity is high 86%. there's a lot of cold air. a little bit in the northern part of the country but in canada a lot of cold air. we will be pulling in on that with the next couple of storms and in the southwest look at the moisture, lasts six hours. it blossomed across texas in response to the upper energy coming across. this is the friday saturday storm developing now rain here in texas but with the cold air coming down it will pass to the south. ingredients for another major snowstorm are coming together. that's what we will carefully watch the next couple of days. here's the seven-day forecast, 42 today. 40 tomorrow. friday morning we are still okay. by friday, mid to late afternoon, here

12-20 inches from baltimore on north towards the pennsylvania line. there will be a few isolated spots to get more. 11-16 from annapolis on south. there will be mixing with sleet and rain. in the mountains, the lift from the rain will get some spots up to two feet. towards pennsylvania, maybe 10 or 12 inches. everybody will get at least 1 foot elvis. nobody cares after that much. that is a lot of snow. it's got to be a long duration event. sunday and monday it will dry out. eisner's 29 on sunday, 36 on monday. maybe more snowfall next week. -- high of 29 on sunday. >> ford plans to repair 17,000 mercury milan and for confusiond geza electric highbridge ghaziyeh software problem. -- ford fusion gas electric software problem. they will notify customers. heinz ketchup, the new package can be torn it and more convenient way. it will be available at some fast-food restaurants in the fall. >> i have messed up my neckties a long delay. sentiment on wall street echoing around the globe. the problems at toyota have hit and destroy it. >> the good as its friday

same story across parts of new york and new jersey and eastern pennsylvania. our winds are gusting now, low 30s at national. 40 at dulles, 51 in martinsburg. the storm itself is a deep storm. imagine you make a fist and pound it in a pot of water. the water will go to fill the hole. similar thing here. the air is rushing in to fill the deep ear of low pressure and that's why we are getting the winds. we are getting the snow trying to come back. show you live doppler hd. we have expanded winter weather advisories. you see the snow around baltimore but it is getting in to areas in the north now. here it is. bwi in to northern anne arundel counties tries to get in to prince georges crossing 32 up to jessup and ellicott city. howard county a few flurries now but we have to watch if that heavier band comes around. that's the same for frederick. let me show you the winter weather advisory, not out west. virginia you are not in it but areas to the north and east some warnings. on the eastern shore they have been lowered to winter weather advisories from warnings. win

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winter storm warnings run from virginia into maryland, parts of west virginia, pennsylvania, new jersey, and ohio this morning. it has already started to snow in parts of virginia and right here in the district as well. we're looking live, though, at route 29 in centerville. here in the district, we're also seeing some flakes starting to fly. skies are pretty gray out there. >> they are, indeed. let's get a first forecast now from meteorologist tom kierein. he, of course, has been tracking this storm for several days. tom? >> hey, tom. >> hey, barbara and joe. good morning. we've been tracking this storm and we've been seeing some copious amounts of moisture coming in off the gulf of mexico. that's why we're forecasting such high amounts of snow. look at all of this rain, getting heavy downpours in georgia, northern florida, that's just about to move into south carolina. then it runs into cold air in place right over our region. and that rain turns into snow. and that is now beginning to increase in its intensity. the snow is now falling moderately, right around roanoke, lynchburg, blac

this is original view of what is going on for maryland and north port of into pennsylvania.this is an extensive storm system. the low pressure center is developing over georgia and south carolina at this point. the track is going to take is skimming past cape hatteras and then out over the atlantic ocean. we are in the cold air north of the storm center, and that means snow. we will talk about how much, coming up. >> these are the biggest storms on the board ever in baltimore. february 2003 is when we set the record. it produced more than 28 inches of snow. that is now the standard in baltimore. the january 1922 storm was a big one, especially down in washington d.c. a lot of people are comparing this one to the february 2003 storm. the one this past december was #seven on the list. temperatures are still just at or above freezing in many areas, but getting colder as we speak. without the sun, the radiation is still comes through the cloud deck. it will get colder overnight tonight, as the storm to the south begins to approach. one system has pushed into kentucky. it looks l

. >> the warnings extend all the way up in to pennsylvania and all across the state of maryland. the only two counties not included in the morning are somerset and worcester counties down in the far southeastern part of that state. the red shaded counties in delaware, a blizzard warning for saturday as the winds will be increasing. the storm is approaching from the south, producing a bunch of rain on the gulf coast that is now mixing with sleet and snow to the south. we will wake up to a cloudy sky, 22-30 degrees. snow will be on our doorstep. the forecast is coming in just a few minutes. >> state highway officials spent the day getting ready for the weather coming our way. trucks are already out working before the snow falls tomorrow. while the trucks are out preparing the roadways, officials are encouraging citizens to get their shopping done. he said it is important for everyone to be patient and prepared to stay home during the storm. >> me if you are getting ready for the weather that is coming later tonight -- many of you are getting ready. john sherman is live in baltimore

homes and businesses without power, high winds and heavy snow closed a 60-mile section of the pennsylvania turnpike. 20 tractor-trailers slid off the road on one icy stretch. the winds in hampton beach, new hampshire, were gusting at near hurricane speeds of 68 miles per hour, whipping flames into a five-alarm fire that destroyed a block of businesses. >> alls i saw was smoke and embers just everywhere. >> reporter: the airports are a mess. more than 3,700 flights have been canceled in the past few days. >> i hate snow. i just hate it. i don't want to see it ever again in my life. >> reporter: but here in northwest new jersey, the snow wasn't stopping letter carrier carol kern. you know the old saying. how's it go? rain, sleet... >> snow? does it say snow? >> reporter: (laughs) this hasn't stopped you. >> doesn't stop us. been doing this 24 years. we keep doing it. >> reporter: this third major snowstorm this month is one for the books. pittsburgh's had 43.2 inches of snow this month, its snowiest on record. same with philadelphia, baltimore, and new york's central park with 36.9 inches. w

pennsylvania, virginia, delaware doesn't ox get hit as hard. once you get up to new jersey and new york it depends the local municipalities. i want to say that for any officials watching for my personal family and they drove through sunday and they said hands down the best of the roads in the region after that storm and then we've got to deal with this one. this one is going to be worse across most of the area. jamie elers burg what was the gentleman. >> scott you just mentioned 7.5. this really highlights how tough my job is, not my job but all of our meteorologist' job to put out the snow forecast. elers burg came in at 7.5. it's not a huge place and there's rolling hills and so at 8.5 inches measured last night. scott has 7.5. needless to say you've got more snow than we have in the city and you're getting more snow now and you're going to get more snow on top of that. a wide ranging tally in carol county where it's colder lineboro 10.4 and some reports pushing foot already in york county, pennsylvania. you head further south we range from t

the 77-year-old republican is from pennsylvania. and he is serving his 19th year in cobb. he's a democrat. >>> remember when ground hog day is just one little fellow being pulled out of pennsylvania? well today, we counted at least nine case of animals being counted on the forecast of the weather. let's get to the original. the good old feel. thousands of people are gathering and gobblers, don't you love that name? the gobblers knob this morning to find out the famous rodent that would saddle the verdict. well, he did. that means they are predicting another six weeks of winter. but then the controversy begins. this is staten island, chuck and his forecast, not quite in the agreement with them. you see when they came out of the winter home, they did not see the shadow. they grabbed that winter box. >>> things were not so smoothly in georgia with that leaked. he's probably the second most famous furry progress most -- prognosis. climbing to trees and then they hid from his handlers. they are petty sure he missed the shadow in all of that. they are counting on the predictions

the northern half of the is snow, north of richmond, right up to baltimore and pennsylvania -- the northern half of this is snow. there is quite a bit of rain. in the western part of west virginia, kentucky and tennessee and all of north carolina, and that rain/snow line has been edging up a little bit north toward the past couple of hours, but it seems to have stabilized a little bit. maybe a little rain gets into our southern portions of our viewing area. that is what we will be watching, and tom hassett estimates about where we may go with this storm. >> -- and tom has some estimates. >> this will be critical for a good part of the day. so far, many areas have been above freezing. we are getting some reports in the higher terrains. these are starting to drop back into the 20's. 33 in randall's down. -- rentals rebel towone town. this is still hovering within a degree or two of freezing. high pressure to our north. this double -- and hovering within a degree or two of freezing. these will merge and become one major storm, just east of norfolk tomorrow morning. as this one strengthens, tha

cochair with congress man mike doyle of pennsylvania. author of legislative acts autism statistics, surveillance, research and epidemiology. honors, several including autism society of america congressional hero award. christopher smith. >> before we leave the subject on whether or not vaccines cause autism, which is a commonly held view, there is a division particularly on the drug the mare sol. and it should be noted that in the november december issue of of the columbia journalism review, a very lengthy article addresses the journalistic responsibilities are of how this is presented to the public and the conclusion is whether this ther setrue, right or wrong, there will be consequences for the public health apparatus and vaccine manufacturers. both parents and their children, and for journalists, but with science left to be done and scientists eager to do it, it seems too soon for the press to shut the door on the debate. because there have been articles that have dismissed the ther mersolor vaccine and there is congressman wells of c

it has increased in pennsylvania also where they are getting moderate to heavy storm, as well. the storm is coming in to ohio, virginia and eastern kentucky. outside my buddy devon lucie is enjoying the next round of winter. >> enjoying it right now because it is a little fine snow here in the the northwest. if anything a little freezing drizzle mixing in but mostly fine-grain snow falling now. but not much throw. as we saw on doppler radar we have more snow behind us. we have had blizzard warnings go up in the higher elevations of the appalachians for virginia and western maryland and most of maryland wrapping around the metro. right now no blizzard warnings for the metro, montgomery county in to the district and then i will have to check and see if prince georges is in that. but toward anne arundel and baltimore county and northern maryland in the appalachians and wave women blizzard warnings have gone in to affect there. that's the latest look at the blizzard warnings showing up in the bright purple shades and to me, i don't believe anne arundel is included. so portions and

a slow moving storm is dumping snow and heavy rain from pennsylvania to maine. and it is having a nationwide domino effect. hundreds of flights have been canceled, including several in our region. and that's not all. we are dealing with whipping winds. if you've been outside tonight, you know how strong those gusts can be. fox 5's roby chavez is live tonight with the wind warning. roby? >> reporter: indeed, will. we've been outside for the last couple of hours and we've felt the wind pick up. in fact, some gusts up to 40 miles per hour just within the last hour or so. it's really picked up making it feel a whole lot colder outside with wind chills in the teens. all night long as the wind picked up, the problem started to develop. the wind roared through the national mall creating a wind tunnel of sorts for tourists the washington monument was shut down early and the flags brought down due to sustained winds of 35 miles per hour. by nightfall everyone was feeling the wind. >> where i came from it wasn't very windy. when i got to the parking lot, i opened the door

for the time being, one more band of snow passing through the zone, southern pennsylvania. and hartford county, one more band of know this morning. otherwise, a chance of flu chris the skies try to thin out for the afternoon. our complete forecast in a few minutes. back to you. >> you know how it goes, when it show, we say send us your pictures. and we have been getting pictures all morning long. this picture was taken, a beautiful scene this morning. almost looks like a postcard. a sleepy morning out there. and another one sent to us from andrew. andrew is a 7th grader. and clearly, a photographer as well. and then of course when the snow happen, the dogs come out and play, we got this one. autocxfing -u and rain relaxing in the snow. if you have pictures and you want to send they can to us, email us and we will get them on the air. >>> the howard county council has approved a three-phase plan to turn columbia into a lively downtown. it calls for new home, office space, retail store, you name it. and it could include renovating the post pavilion. neighbors say they're thri

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in pennsylvania, i will show you what is happening there. that is in scranton, wilkes- barre incident area. some of the wind gusts we have been dealing with, 56-mile an hour gusts. weather terrace some gusts 35. national had a gust of 37. loudoun county 55. petersburg and grant county this is the winner so far. 67-mile an hour gusts so far at 3:17. an amazing amount of wind and a wind warning is in affect until 6:00 p.m. a lot of wind to get through and it will cause all sorts of problems. windy and mid-30s today. breezy tomorrow. low 40s. maybe a flurry and see the snow this morning that is north and east and sunday 45. the momslikeme.com bus stop forecast, we are looking at windy conditions with snow showers north and east of washington. temperatures in the mid-20s to low 30s. sun is up in 300 minutes. gusts 4 a, maybe upwards of 60 miles an hour with higher elevations with highs in the mid-30s and windy tonight. there's the wind warning. covers everybody. wind advisory around it. looking at gusty winds. you see 40-mile an hour gusts in ga

in scranton, pennsylvania, residents have had enough. >> down here about 20 years.robably the worst one. >> never seen anything like this? >> no, not consistency of storms, one afternoon another. >> reporter: this is the sixth major winter storm to affect the east coast this year. philadelphia, baltimore, washington, d.c., wilmington, delaware, atlantic city, new jersey, have all surpassed their all-time winter snow records. and this very powerful nor'easter is unusual in its path, direction, duration and even the types of weather extremes. it's path and direction? this storm moving inland, then does a loop, then pucks off the shoreline. the duration of this storm, probably two to three days before it clears new england. and types of weather? it has it all. from rough winds and beach erosion to heavy floofding rains to a mixture of rain and snow, to heavy snow and even blizzard conditions. the unrelenting series of february storms have taxed steps and states already reefling from budget cuts. philadelphia had slammed a season record for snowfall, even before this st

all those counties in pink across pennsylvania, all of maryland. most of west virginia into the ohio valley. there's a blizzard warning in effect for those counties in red. much of delaware and southern new jersey with very strong winds from this storm which could cause some considerable drifting and blowing of the snow. here's the storm timeline. by 8:00,ing light snow in the shenandoah valley. still locally probably won't have any snow, flurry activity. by noon time light snow to moderate snow by mid-afternoon. heavy snow coming in by 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. from the south and west and we'll probably have by that time two or three inches on the ground. and then some very heavy snow coming i tonight that will be covering the entire region and we could have on the ground by this time tomorrow morning up to a foot of snow. and then that very heavy snow will begin to move off to the north and east by 8:00 on saturday morning, and then we'll still have several more inches of snow to deal with during the day on saturday. here is the total i expect from this