by 5:00 tomorrow morng, is really when we see skies become a little less cloudy and the shows becomeattered. we'll see pretty steady rain here, moderate rain through the late part of the night and the early morning hours. so, unfortunately, slick roads out there. and then by saturday afternoon, showers are going to be more scattered. look wt happens on sunday. yep, there's more rain. in fact, into the south bay and east bay. but afr that, it looks like things may change. here we are goingnto monday morning. and, yeah, the showers are offshore. so statewide forecast, we get a break if you're doing traveling with skies in southern california. 58 there. 54 in palm springs with numbers still pretty cool in the 20s in laketahoe. but the numbs will moderate in the sierra nevada so the crowds will be there, too. south bay low 50s. increasing clouds. 52 redwood city with 50 in the pacifica. the main rain holds off until later today. near east bay upper 40s for you in hercules. 52 union city and out over the hills. 48 concord, 49 walnut creek and by the monterey bay, 51 in watsonville. timing

up through the nor bay where the rain hit first this morng, kind of locked in the cooler weather.anta rosa may make it up to 60. east bay shore, temperatures mid to upper 50s to ne 60 in oakland, hayward and fremont. as you head inland, temperatures upper 50s to near 60 also and near the monterey bay we have low 60s and mid 60s from morgan hill and salinas. our lows tonight running in the low neighborhoods for most neighborhood. the thicst fog in the north bay with temperatures a little cooler in the mid to upper 40s. the cool front that tried to stall in. that's the low and why west a steady rain. we have to keep those scattered in the forecast. they'll be very light throughout the afternoon hours. tomorrow that money market flow will continue. we'll keep clouds in the forecast. keep it mainly right. sunshi returns saturday, sunday and monday and ou next chance would be tuesday, especially into wednesday. >> mike, thanks very much. >> you >> today on oprah at 4:00, the connecticut doctor who lost his family in a brutal home invasion. at 5:00, an alarming new study of wom with hea

a very cold night tonight, chilly morng.hance of rain new year's eve day, night and new year and a break from the rain. >> take your rain jacket. >> from all of us at abc 7 news, thanks for joining us.

you n see a few left over showers wednday night but fog developing by wednesday morng.hen we'll see sunshine wednesday afternoon and some dry weather. any rain that will fall will be south of us on wednesday and thursd. temperatures will be back up to the mid-50s. and rain will take over for friday through sunday. so today could be the driest day of the week. >> san se city council is going to take up the issue of medical marijuana dispensaries and also consider whether to ban them. after law enforcement agencies raided two disnsaries last thursday. they shut one down in s jose and another in morgan hill. they say the owner is suspected of selling marijuana illegally. he is also suspect of money laundering. his attorney says the raids were misguided under guidelines. >> a new crackdown o the campus of u.c. berkel has bike riders crying foul. they have been cracking down on moving viations for bicyclists there are similar fines that can quickly get into hundreds of dollars. the police say they didn't know the bike fines were so high until students begin complaing. now th

space station after the sce shuttle is retire >> florida's weather a lot differenfrom our weather this morng absolutely. in the sierra let's take a look what we have. there it is, the golden gate bridge coming towards us. people from marin heading into the city and they are hopefully exercising caution because rain's going to be around all day. we'll still talk about that warm weekend coming up, too. >> mike, thank you. some researers are linking cellphone use with the behavior of young children. >> find out why oprah starts crying during the sit-down interview with barbara walters. ♪ >>> oprah winfrey says she is not a lesbian. that was just one of th many things with barbara walters in a new special that airs monday night. barbara walters shares some on "good morning america" today. her emotions called gail king the sister everydy would want and the friend everybody deserves. >> i don't know a better person. i don't know a bette person. >> why is it making you cry? >> shoot! it's making me cry because i'm thinking about how much i probably have never told her that. tissue, please. now i ne

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mentioned a combination of cold temperatures and wet pavement could make for one slippery commute this morng. from springfield just off i-95 where crews are getting ready for icy conditions tout there. good morning, tracee. >> just south of the mixing bowl. things looking fine on 95. we're going to get the camera up there on that so you can see we have light flurries but it's coming down consistently. winds picking up as well. road crews were preparing for this last night. we have a winter weather advisory from northern virginia to maryland. baltimore as well. this is effect until 9:00 a.m. today. they're expecting we could get up to an inch of snow out here. so what road crews have been preparing for, slippery roads. they've been working on this since last nht. >> it would be important for drivers to be careful. >> take it slower, to leave enough in front of t car in front ofhem a the car behind them. just take it easy. >> reporter: road crews have been out around our area, ryland, d.c., pretreating the roads and praring for what could be a slick commute. you know, we had all that rain yest

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. >>> right now, some school students are just starring their school day after some early morng snow showers. >>> today could be a record holiday breaker. fedex says today could be their busiest day ever. and just a few minutes ago, president obamsigned a bill at a d.c. elementary school that's aimed at improving children's tie ets. "news 4 midday" begins right now. >>> good morning, everyone, and welcome to "news 4 midd." i'm barbara harrison. it's monday, december 13th, 2010. and we go to breaking ws now from dulles airport. police are questioning the driver of a shuttle that is suspected of being involved in several accidents without stopping. news 4's megan mcgrath is standing by live at the airport and has more for us now. megan, what can you tell us? >> reporter: well, barbara, this began to unfold at around 9:30 this morning. state police got a call about a blue super shuttle that has been involved in fender-bender-type accidents in the area right around the time of 9:30 and that shuttle, the reported, did not stop. apparently there was one fender-bender near the roosevelt bri

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good morng, peggy. caller: i am surprised at my own reaction to all of this.oting the messenger. i do not know i he exposed other secrets in other countrs, like he is doing with the u.s. m to some important people. i cannot wait to hear what the financial revelations will be, if there ever exposed. are you surprisedhat this has such coverage, compared to the dollar plan case? i thought that was pretty serious. -- valerie plame case? the commutation by president bush -- scooter libby's sentence -- it was dealt with, as you say, with the stroke of a pen. the conviction stands, but there was no sentence to jail. i am interesd in your comment about assange, in the sense about some contribution he may have made. one of the reasons i find this all very difficult is, as one can see, by reading our newspapers, some of the material that had been made available -- even though it does not show misconduct from the united states -- does permit a better understanding of certain things going on in the world. at the same time, that the understanding can proper -- compromise

it's not gold to melt because we'll stay cold between now into thursday morng.ffect snows are temporarily halted. we could get a few more of those later today. right now it's near 20 degrees. windchills single digits. highs today near 30 degrees. and frigid tonight and we'll have winds gusting 40 miles an hour. frigid again on saturday and a little bit warmer on friday. joe? >> thanks very much, a look at how traffic is rolling at this hour right after this. >>> good morning, everyone. now the aftermath. along interstate 66, no accidents, just volume. as you head in from centreville to fair oaks en route to the beltway. on the topside of the beltway, look at that. look out for that. joe? >> thank you very >>> 8:00ow on this tuesday morning, the4th of december, 2010. and our friends on the plaza, huddling together for warmth, it is a bitter cold, windy morning here in manhattan. and outside on the plaza, i'm meredith viera along with matt lauer. just ahead in this half hour, e interesti fashion statement being made by kate middleton for her new engagement photos,

made the cross country flight to be with us this morng.o sleep. fortunately i had any wife bradley on the plane with me last night. and we are so excited. in fact bradley is over there. >> you must be so proud of patrick. >> i'm so proud. he looks amazing. >> and you and fredo were neck and neck all the way. did you think you had this thing wrappeded up? >> i never really knew for sure if i had it wrapp up or not. fredo and i had been close the entire season. good friends. i talked to fredo off and on after we were home. and last night finally seeing the numbers and seeing that confetti come wn, unbelievable. >> l's take a look at your before picture. your weight, really an uphill battle. especially after your football career ended in college. it must have been difficult to look at a picture lik this. >> it was. i mean that guy is a completely different man than i am now. it really is. and i like to fl like i have made the changes mtallynow, that it's a lifestyle change and not a diet anymore. i'm going to make different options in my life

caller: good morng. how are you doing? host: good. caller: i've always listened. this is my first time calling. i'd like to ask a couple of questions, if i could. since you're talking about the disparity in income and wealth, i was just wondering, do you go more into as far with women the cultural breakdown of that wealth and if you could speak on that as far as like black women compared to other counterparts? and then also, how is the new ledbetter act, if i'm not mistaken, how will that affect that as well? guest: yes, i'm really glad that you asked about cultural differences or racial differences. that's one of the main points in the book is that women, our disadvantage with respect to wealth, but those disadvantages areot uniform across racial groups. just to give you an idea for some of the most recent data that have calculated for the racial wealth gap f women of color, black and hispanic women have about $100 of median wealth. so that means that the typical black or hispanic woman has only about $100 in wealth. now, that doesn't mean that they only have $10

caller: good morng, susan, good morning, ms. geewax. first of all, i love npr.he population owns 7% of the wealth? you listen tod npr. i cannot tell you any and all but all i can tell you is the statistics. opinions on policy is not the end your way -- not the npr way. host: texas, you are on. caller: got a question for ms. geewax did what you think of means testing for social security? also, i watch a lot of c-span, i watch a lot of congress and the senate, and the guys are up there, they are making their speeches, and they make a speech to an empty house. then everybodyomes in and make the vote and they are in there for 15 minutes, they make the vote, and they have not even listened to the other side. as much as i hate to agree with the catholic crch . . they are voting in a the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk will read. the clerk: the speaker's rooms, washington, d.c., december 3, 2010. i hereby appoint the honorable eliott l. engel to act as speaker pro temporerary o

th were at the salt stone rly this morng and they were loading out with sand and salt and he go they need to get throughout a attackhis on the streets. and we've seen quite a few plows o by. they are out therend treating the ads. still, the sondary roads like franconia still pretty slippery here. we are seeing snow coveron the roadways. soolks will ne to bring down theirspeeds, be careful. of enough stance between and you the car in front of you and give thoselows eugh room also. they have a job to do. they'll be sprayin that salt out there. you don't wnt to crack your windshield. give them aittle room so that lt can ge out there on the roa surface so it c help melt that snow. very, very cd conditions. vy, very slickonditions out there right now. franconia, megan mcgrath. ne4. >> all right. let's fi out how the sno s pacting the rush hour. there are problems on the beltway. >> what's goingon? >> well, wee got alot of delays. let's take alook. diving rit in. here's the beltway connecticut avenue. headed awaying from us. you can always seehe salt trucks lined up at the ready. they're n