western countries starting with the west look i was before the u.s. election i did six thousand miles in six southwest states i saw poverty all over i lived in california twenty years ago i used to go to the southwest in years ago when you compare what's going on in parts of nevada in parts of utah and parts of colorado now days to twenty years ago you know it. is graphic anybody in europe is more complicated for instance i have lots of friends in spain my son lives in barcelona for that matter so i'm in close contact what's going on inside spain's unemployment rate for the new generation the google facebook generation now is fifty percent so even if you go to a good school or even a back nickel school. it is in spain our stores there's no jobs so the solution for them is to immigrate to south america over here you know any in europe is more complicated have parts of germany which have some of the best standard of living anywhere in the world you have northeastern italy for instance which has a tradition of small and premiership you go to a small. con

something that the west should be proud of. well. part of the force for good in the world i mean the interventions that have taken place if you think about afghanistan for example that has been to rout out al qaeda operation based terrorist organization that has struck around the world from bali to madrid to london there has been one grave there on which europeans and americans had a you know a dramatic fall out that was the iraq war that should not have taken place but compared to certain other regions the west is the most peaceful and stable region there is no conflict inside of the west if you look to russia with the chechen conflict in the northern caucasus if you look to singe are now in the diner that's been over for a decade now more than a light now more than a decade so it's not a conflict. well i mean i would still call it a violent conflict but money is not a but there's no vote there's no violence in chechnya maybe around it but not in chechnya ok then i think asia is here and let's look at it as these are. yeah well

and for the west in general ok alexander in. again you i mean you no need to is nato a force for good ok because it's looking to the pacific now. well i mean nato is reaching out to countries like australia and japan to intensify their cooperation but i'll give you an example of that you just mentioned a country where i travel relatively often and that is libya if it had not been for nato colonel gadhafi would have murdered the inhabitants of lingo i don't know that we don't know that how do you know that what do you know what he so you know that we don't know that that's why he's are going to i know has said he was always this guy for twenty years thirty years he's a crazy guy don't listen to him and he makes one statement then you listen to him it doesn't make any logical sense at all where his troops were. outside of benghazi they were preparing to enter the town he has said that we will he will squash the cockroaches who live there and i quote the colonel gadhafi this new. ad readers are already a very bad reuters story ok we

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the middle class because that's the power of the west traditionally. yes i mean the middle class is very strong in the west pretty is the right there are problems we have a declining middle class that is something we have to fight but for the time being we are both the most competitive societies and the most equitable societies if you look at the distribution of income in china in russia in brazil you will see that the first the people at the very top they will get so much more of their share of national wealth than the rest of society that is not the case in the west yes we have a you know a number of rich people in the united states and in europe but by and large the middle class is the strongest in the west stronger than anywhere else pepe what about rising middle classes elsewhere. no. we have to qualify what alexander just said. the problem is inequality in. western countries starting with the west look i was before the u.s. election i did six thousand miles in six southwest states i saw poverty all over i lived in california twenty years ago i use

they are fighting the decline of the west and nail. this implies financial capitalism and the nexus between financial capitalism new liberalism and the war party which is basically the democrats in the republics in the west but also some parties in europe as well so all deletes will fight it it's the decline of the roman empire you could you could see it's in slow motion but it's also the tour turbo accelerated version and we have to ask this question to our friends in beijing by the way because for them this is the chinese century so what are they putting in place in terms of not emulating all the mistakes committed by the west especially for these past one hundred years and is there going to be a chinese century that is chinese century chinese characteristics i don't think so but then we're going to talk about it soon ok alexander when you come in on this go ahead well i just don't think the west is in the climate quite on the contrary we're the most dynamic economic structure that exists on the face of the earth we tracked more forei

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the west. ok alex analytical back to you in brussels you know outside of the west however we define that the west has seen its very very violent ok over the last twenty years it's nato interventions is this something that the west should be proud of. well i mean i think the west is still the largest force for good in the world i mean the interventions that have taken place if you think about afghanistan for example that has been to rout out al qaeda operation base terrorist organization that has struck around the world from bali to madrid to london there has been one grave there on which europeans and americans had a dramatic fall out that was the iraq war that should not have taken place but compared to certain other regions the west is the most peaceful and stable region there is no conflict inside of the west if you look to russia with the chechen conflict in the northern caucasus if you look to see. that's been overthrown by decade now more than a lie now more than a decade so it's not a co

the west would start would begin to. qualify terrorist as. bad terrorist and acceptable terrorists will also ask the minister why he thinks the nato was so eager to deploy the six batteries of the interceptor missiles on turkey's border with syria and whether iran could be the actual target here is what he said that's what some people say. the configuration as it is being presented in the media. really looks like it could be used against iran and other vital issue concerning syria is that stockpile of chemical weapons going to russia as cheap diplomats or outside players seem to acknowledge that it's the responsibility of syrian authorities to keep it safe and that it would be unacceptable if the rebels got their hands on it but then it makes very little sense of why some states in the west continue persuading the rebels to continue fighting by giving them moral political and financial support. your position on. of course bring you more light some sergei lavrov exclusive interview next hour it's also available this streaming on our website if

still an ice situation toward the north and west. we'll break down the details, show you some numbers coming up in a little bit. we'll get a check on the traffic over with lauren cook. >>reporter: good morning, mike. all that wintery mix will make the roads slick. no delays in white marsh, 95, nice and clear from route 43 all the way into it the city. if you are traveling on the beltway this morning, no delays from parkville all the way up to towson. as we check in and take a live look at the west side at liberty road, traffic moving right along, no problems getting down to route 40 or if you are traveling the inner loop up through pikesville. as we head up to hunt valley, here's what 83 looks like, nice and clear from schwann road down to the beltway. megan and charley, over to you. >>> you can count december 26th as one of the most hectic travel day of the year. millions will be saying saying good-bye to loved ones and heading home today. getting home could take longer than anticipated because of some nasty weather out there across

west portal. in a former lifetime i was president of the greater west portal neighborhood association for four years and i remember the discussion -- you know, i think it's seven years that's been a vacancy on the avenue. and it was a ritz camera before. it's a little tiny store. the ncd, the west portal ncd was put in place, i think greater west portal neighborhood association had a hand in it in the '70s, my good friend howard strassner. there was an impression financial institutions are invading our neighborhood, we have to put a restriction on how many can come in. otherwise we'll lose the character of our neighborhood. that was done. and, you know, it's hard to imagine that the conditions that applied in the '70s are applicable now, especially as charles schwab, a bank, how do you define it? i think that the neighborhood is much more at risk or harmed by having a vacant store front for seven years than to bring in a willing tenant that's willing to participate in the community. the other thing the ncd did, and i give howard grief for it every time i see him. they put a 26 foot height limit on w

the winds will diminish out of the west. then for the day tomorrow, mostly sunny and cool, 45 to 50 degrees. winds out of the southwest. here's your extended outlook. it shows temperatures cooling down just a bib. this happens wednesday and thursday. look at wednesday. a better chance for a winterry mix. right now, computer models indicate that the system will move far enough inland or toad the west that we'll get mainly rain here in d.c. a lot can change between now and then. we'll keep you updated. >> it would be nice to have a white christmas. last night was the longest night . >> yeah. >> it is still 24 hours. >> all right. we need a winning local team. >> it is a local athlete. >> exactly. if you want to escape the weather go watch basketball. we are less than 24 hours away from the biggest game of the season. will rg3 be in it? >> it's been 30 years since american university beat georgetown. number 15 georgetown, today at the verizon the eagles won in an upset. in the first half they score right there and won. going tow

bank a project which if it is completed would cut off from the rest of the west bank. the united states anticipated this a week ago secretary clinton told israel way in advance don't retaliate by building any one publicly and this is exactly what they're doing because it's probably the single most aggressive thing they could do and i think after the israeli election there has to be a serious conversation of the united states and the new israeli government about this idea of building a new one at the rate they're talking about and. do you think that this first of all would you characterize israel's response to building these settlements as. as retaliatory and what's your take on what happened in the u.n. yesterday to the first question i think there's little doubt given the timing of the announcement regarding the new construction of the authorization of new construction in those zone areas that it is almost certainly a response to what's her place at the united nations yesterday in terms of what the consequences of that will be in the long term i think that remains tota

storm system in the east and one in the west. got several in the west. we have a little piece of energy coming here through the north north dakota, south dakota area. more cold on shore flow with mountain snows, coastal rains, one to two feet of snow in many of the mountain areas out west. heavy snow in maine. northern vermont, winter hasn't set in in the east. it will slowly get here. so the breeze is going to kick in. that will help with the upslope. rain and even some snow showers at the highest elevations as we head toward midday. we'll see sunshine. again stray sprinkle can't be ruled out. most of us stay dry. clearing skies tonight and a nice wednesday with lighter wind as the storm system pulls away. so today got about 57, breezy, mix of sun and clouds. tonight we're down in the 30s to near 40 with lighter winds. tomorrow a nice day. even though it's going to be a little cooler with less wind and sunshine, it will be a good day on wednesday. thursday afternoon showers, mostly cloudy, 53. by friday and saturday, sunday and monday, there could be a

on the west side outer loop of the beltway we have an accident. that's on the outer loop at 70 westbound. watch for day delays -- watch for delays there. lights out at mayor drive and hospital drive at cane. speeds slowing on the west side of the beltway down to 46 for an average on the outer loop. that's a live look at 95 just south of white marsh. those are the southbound lanes coming towards us. if we take a look outside they look like they are starting to slow just a bit. this traffic report is brought to cow by your maryland toyota dealer. toyotas are built to save you money today and tomorrow. now is the time to make the jump to toyota. don, back over to you. >> thank you. >>> the top of the news, things should be back to normal at saint joseph medical center in towson after a shot was fired inside the emergency room. christy alleto is live outside the hospital with more on what happened there. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. a prisoner turn ed on hospital staff here at the hospital and the officer guarding him while receiving medic

winds out of the west at five to 10. here is your look a weather seven-day forecast. tomorrow's forecast, that looks a little more ominous than it is going to be. a slight chance for a rain or snow shower. should be plenty of sunshine but cold temperatures, wednesday, thursday and friday. if you are looking forward to the redskins game next weekend, next sunday, 45 with sunshine right now. that is weather. let's do some traffic. langdon towne is in this morning and he has been busy already. >> we are looking right now at a big problem in virginia. this is on sully road. this is heading northbound before you get to 66. very serious crash. traffic is squeezing by to the left. so this is an investigation so again, three lanes blocked. stay to the left. northbound on sully road as you approach 66. around the beltway in virginia looking at 459, this is at old dominion drive, you will find travel lanes surprisingly light at this hour without any problems or delays. and so far on 95, you will have a nice, light ride this morning

and the world calls on israel to cancel new settlement buildings in the west bank and east of jerusalem this comes just days after the u.n. upgraded palestine's diplomatic status this as conflicting reports emerge of that fresh israeli strikes on a residential area in gaza. and top news and commentary from moscow this is art to you live glad to have you with us the vote counting is still underway in kuwait where the opposition claims it is the lowest turnout ever with only a quarter of people casting a ballot the opposition has boycott of the parliamentary ballot accusing the ruling of monarchy of changing the election rules to influence the outcome of the poll artie's was a tough enough is in the gulf state with the latest poll the polls are closed doors olds are in but the battle over kuwait's political future has only just begun as expected the new parliament is largely consisting of folks who are considered to be closely allied with the ruling power but that is because the opposition didn't front any candidates in a boycott of the vote they've even questioned the outcome before the

sanctions to start lifting the sanctions gradually at the end the state to lift all sanctions if the west and the p five plus one are ready and this two issue i believe iran will show good will to accept additional protocol to cooperate with by the possibility they mention issues which would need to give access to die beyond additional protocol the e.u. hasn't been buying iranian oil for months now has iran been able to find new markets i believe iranian oil export has decreased fifty percent sixty percent but believe me even if you are in they cannot export one drop of oil they would not give up their rights under the n.p.t. . it really doesn't matter how much you want them exported or not during the war eight years invasion of iraq nine hundred eighty two nine hundred eighty eight we had much more war situation let's move on to syria no how do you think the craft in syria may affect the situation around iran. i believe this would affect more the region the us allies. i believe if they continue like peace syria would go to seed war and civilian war. spreading to iraq so the jordan lebano

at the radar, we do have some shower activity off to the west. it will be coming in at this morning over the next couple of hours. even some areas there are pockets of freezing conditions, there could be some freezing drizzle. we'll show you the radar. >> a busy friday morning. we have a couple of accidents. a crash that is taking up the right lane. there is a lot of activity. you can get by in the left lane on southbound 895. 468, another accident location we're keeping tabs on. moving pretty well on the harrisburg expressway. 51 just prior to the beltway. no problems to report on the j.f.x. traffic is flowing pretty smoothly down to the beltway. up to speed on the north side for the parkville region. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> we are following breaking news. a strong earthquake off the northeastern coast of japan triggered a tsunami warning. so far there are no reports of any injuries or damage. a warning was issued for a tsunami up to 6 feet high. this is for the same area that was devastated back in march of last year. official

same goes for the top and west side of the beltway. mid 40s on the topside of the beltway. west side in the 30s. there's a live look outside out the west side. it is top and go mostly stop in this particular shot. there's a look at 95 just south of white marsh looking slightly better but seeing brake lights. this travk -- traffic report is brought to you by home paramount. >>> in baltimore county and in howard county police provided extra patrols around the schools yesterday. howard county schools held faculty meetings to review emergency plans. >>> this morning investigators are trying to determine the cause of a 2 alarm fire in baltimore county. the fire broke out last night in a home in dundolk. firefighters says two children escaped after they noticed flames. no injuries were reported. >>> a massive fire on the eastern shore sends 21 people in the hospital. the residents escaped sunday night. occupants jumped from the building. two firefighters suffered minor injured. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. >>> a man is

what's concerns arising in the west that the syrian regime may use its huge arsenal of chemical weapons and now there are troubling video appeared earlier this week on the web it shows why this claim to be chemical weapons being used on lab rabbits after the test a masked man and threatens to use the poison on syrian civilians. for them honestly you will die like these two rabbits you enemies of allah do you see them they were killed by a chemical and biological weapons that he will be like them because you are supposed to. god is great and. all this comes as rebel groups from across syria are uniting under one command at the latest western backed effort to topple president bashar the loss and meanwhile nato has approved the missile systems to boost turkey's the fancies on its border with syria parties guy next to count looks into whether all the chemical fears of the west are really a prelude to foreign intervention. u.s. officials said intelligence agencies have detected that assad's government has been preparing its chemical weapons stockpiles will possible use the obama administrati

it is pushing towards the west. it is christmas, one of the last things you'd think we'd be talking about is a tropical storm. but winds gusting up to 108 kilometers per hour. it is pushing off towards the west. about to make landfall along the southern portion before moving into western vesies. the big problem with this one is the heavy rainfall. if you remember just a few weeks ago, typhoon bopha pushed through here and people are still recovering. then as it pushes off to the west going into wednesday and then thursday, manila, you'll get in on this heavy rainfall. we'll be watching this one as it does bring that risk of tropical activity. switching gears, let's look off japan. see the lines coming from the north to the south, all of this is that sea effect snow machine really ramming up here. in some places along the west coast of honshu, you could be seeing up to 70 centimeters of snow. this is where the big ski slopes are located. a lot of people will really be enjoying this, adding more snow on top of what you

radar now and most of the rain is back to the west and to the south. let's show you where we are around hagerstown and frederick county. i-70, that's where the rain, moderate coming down in the yellows and walkersville to the north of that. you are seeing pink mixing in and street across the area. all in all, we're going to deal with the slick roads this morning. take it easy as you step out. to the south around dorchester. cambridge wet weather and lighter rain across the area. more of the same in indian bone, brick house landing. showers there. and that's going to be the name of the game. as we continue through the afternoon we will be seeing off and on showers. keep that around. handy all day long. and the big coat. and the temperature is coming in at 33 degrees depending on where you go. you will see the temperatures going up as we go throughout the day. it will be cold. 40s in annapolis and 41 in davidsonville. thiss is what you can expect as you plan your day. as we go into lunchtime, showers and more of the same at 3. 49 and that is chilly weath

right now, to the west of us, winds picking up a little bit. southerly wind kind of blew out most of the fog around noon hour. but a few spots are still pretty light. to the west of us, the front this morning, showers and thundershowers down to the south. a little snow, even into oklahoma and texas, believe it or not. they're in the mid-20s there. kwr57 yap minneapolis, pushing upper midwest. picked up 4 to 5 inches of snow. that area of little snow right there. the front is crawling across our region. late tonight, ahead of it, shower activity moving in. most of it, i think, to the south and west of us, is moving across pennsylvania. heavier stuff. so it's kind of breaking up a little bit. but we'll see rain tonight. probably after 8:00, 9:00, for several hours. to the west, where it's colder, a little snow in indiana. that's going to head up toward detroit. don't expect to see anything in the frozen nature here. garrett county, some of the highest peaks there may see a little snow by tomorrow. temperatures out to the west, a lot colder. 29 in

produce of israel except this isn't israel this is the jordan valley in the west bank and this farm is deemed illegal under international law the european union imports around three hundred million dollars worth of products from here each year now a group of twenty two n.g.o.s from across europe is looking to highlight the issue and it's published a report in which it claims imports make the settlements viable because they are produced in illegal settlements which are contrary to international humanitarian law should be banned out of the european union now if this is not possible at least the consumers have to have the possibility to. to decide for themselves if they want to buy products which have been produced in the legal segment your see farmers this land is much concerned by the thoughts of european n.g.o.s he says he's here because his government told him it was ok to be here. because i was told he. saw it circled where i was told i could it's more the state of israel told me time to go i'll go i'm told i'm an occupier when i got here there was nothing. in denmark and the united

and the west is pursuing against iran, and human rights. i guess the -- i'd phrase it this way. the u.s. claims and the p-5 claim that the sanctions have -- there's a lot of evidence for it, really devastated the oil experts of iran and devastated the currency. there's a counterargument that sometimes you punish average iranians in the appropriation but nevertheless, there's clearly the first time in a long time evidence we have sanctions that made may deserve the frame crippling to be aattached to them. do you have any evidence -- maybe i'll start with emanuele -- that this economic pressure is weakening the regime and does a weaker regime crack down harder or there is some scope for hope that it might actually help the human rights ping -- picture in iran? >> there is evidence that the regime has been cracking down harder and harder on beard sectors of the population. so that to me is in and of itself evidence that the regime is increasingly on the defensive. they know they have a problem. the way they manage the parliamentary election is another piece of evidence. they're not

problem free on the west side. this is 70 from 29 in toward the beltway. baltimore national pike, up to speed. traffic is running smoothly down towards edmondson. this is the j.f.x., 50 miles per hour. this is the fort mchenry, 55 miles per hour. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> the clock winding down as procrastinators scramble to get the last minute christmas gifts. rob roblin joins us live from towson. have you seen any shopping activity? >> a lot of stores are staying open 24 hours a day. before you go out shopping, make sure you check the store hours. last minute shoppers. they were hitting the streets yesterday. if you wore a last-minute shopper, you are not alone. there are a whole bunch of other folks out there. there are 132 million people that have some last-minute shopping to do. 70 million say they will hit the stores on christmas eve. make sure you know there'll be lots of folks shopping also. 17% of people are spending less this year. $586 billion expected in sales this year nationwide. that is the most optimistic forecast since the

now with concerns rising in the west that the syrian regime may use its huge arsenal of chemical weapons another troubling video appeared earlier this week on the web it shows what appears to be a rebel group testing chemical weapons onto a lab rabbits placed in containers after an unknown gas is released and the deaths of both animals amassed person's words to use it against syrian civilians but this comes as rebel groups from across syria are uniting under one command in the latest western backed africa to topple president bashar asad artie's guided she count looks into whether all the chemical fears of the west are really a prelude to foreign intervention. u.s. officials said intelligence agencies have detected that assad's government has been preparing its chemical weapons stockpiles for possible use the obama administration's message to syria the u.s. is ready to act if you make the tragic mistake of using these weapons there will be consequences and you will be held accountable there will be consequences. there will be consequences we have sent a unmistakable message that this woul

israel's called on by the world to call all new settlement building in the west bank in east jerusalem just a day the u.n. a great stunt diplomatic status. hello and good to have you with us because a mislaid opas issue kuwait's boycotted saturday's parliamentary ballot in a bit of standoff with the country's own elected leaders the u.s. but monarchies accused of amending the voting rules to influence the outcome of the poll for most in the gulf states with the latest for you kuwait maybe a tiny nation but it's a regional influence as well as its strategic importance to the west is immense absolutely immense as an opec member anything any sort of unrest that happens on the ground here could have potential impact on the world oil market as well as global oil prices as well as the pentagon's plans to use this tiny nation as a hub for its ground forces as a counterweight to iran now kuwait already holds three american military bases and folks in washington are talking about increasing the troop presence here especially in light of the withdrawal of troops from iraq and the looming withdra

for the past thirty three years ever since these lamb equiv aleutian the west and the u.s. in particular has been plotting against iran and people in our country are aware of that. but at the same time people go on with their lives and they don't worry about what the united states me do. this does not mean that the united states does not want war with iran what i'm saying is that they won't gain anything by this war and such a war is unlikely. so we're not afraid of the u.s. or any other country in our message to those countries is that our friendship and not a message of war. talk only a foolish person can expect to impose he's eighty years with guns but such an approach makes no sense at all. you say your message is a message of friendship and you do look like a very peaceful person but i think you will agree that some of the sayings that president obama mean jaja says about washington can hardly be described as friendly do you agree. if you look at what mr ahmadinejad he will see that he's approach is actually that of peace and friendship he ran is an anshan nation with

down to the south and west we go. it's starting to snow. we're going to see a burst of snow this morning, but a big changeover to rain. we'll have the forecast coming up. >>reporter: mike, no delays here on 695 just south of burniee highway. i'll tet you know what traffic looks like on 83 on "good morning maryland." >>> a live look at times square where it is unusually dark. take a look at that, megan. let's head that way for a check of today's tech bytes. >>reporter: in today's tech bytes, less than a merry christmas for netflix. the video streaming service went dark for many customers on christmas eve and was out for more than 10 hours. netflix uses amazon's cloud servers which were down. for the first time sales are falling for e-rooders like the amazon kindle and barnes and noble nook. they're being replaced by tablets which are becoming cheaper with longer-lasting batteries. you may be thinking this morning about returning a christmas gift that was bought online. abc news technology editoranna sterns says if you mail it back, make sure

such an approach the syrian crisis and in my understanding i see two sides to this lorrie of how the west first it's syria's their geopolitical alliance with iran and hezbollah and their perhaps with the with russia so it's a it's there it's not it's not a western friendly country in its current format and probably the west realized that even with negotiations and smooth negotiations with the current ruling system in syria things aren't going to change much and probably they realize that changing by the hour is the only way forward to them the other and dimension is the energy and and since two thousand and nine qatar and turkey have been talking about a new gas line that is that extends from qatar. through syria to turkey and then to there to the european union with gas or resources this is very important because if this is to happen it will bypass russia and it will probably loosened a noose that russia currently has over the european union in terms of supply and gas. in western countries i see we're getting out there dr wilson thank you for giving a shit thought so it is appreciated th

kuwait may be a tiny nation but its regional influence as well as this strategic importance to the west is immense absolutely immense as an opec member anything any sort of unrest that happens on the ground here could have potential impact on the world oil market as well as global oil prices as well as the pentagon's plans to use this tiny nation as a hub for its ground forces as a counterweight to iran now kuwait already holds three american military bases and folks in washington are talking about increasing the troop presence here especially in light of the withdrawal of troops from iraq and the looming withdrawal from afghanistan now tolls have officially close here in kuwait and while we won't know the results the opposition is already claiming a victory here saying that the boycott was success that voter turnout was low and that the parliament therefore is illegitimate now what this means is this could spark further on rests on the streets on the ground here in kuwait and people are quite frustrated with the developments in the political system on one hand this country is considere

to the west or western citizen or american citizen particularly both here to to. be sure to put some pressure through. the. countries. that have been sort of thing there were a massacre for. the way we still enjoy the. support from from the information and the across. some syrian rebels are reportedly threatening to make russian and ukrainian citizens in syria their target and prey saying they shouldn't be allowed to leave the country alive meanwhile moscow is warning that the opposition may win the conflict but and an honest sceptical price. has the details the russian foreign ministry would not exclude the possibility of the syrian opposition forces being victorious in the military conflict in this country that is according to the deputy foreign minister minister but he stressed once again at what price a completely unacceptable price according to the russian foreign ministry this victory may come he said that for now it has been claimed that sixty percent of syrian territory is being controlled by the pro position forces whilst forty percent of the territory rem

as we get to the west, lots of 20s. ricksburg 29 to the south and west. 27 the winning number in gaithersburg. no doubt bit, on the cool side to start your day. dulles 26 at this hour. we have seen temperatures bottom out. they should warm up to the upper 30s and low 40s. temperatures will be critical here as we have some precipitation on the move toward the washington area. that will get in later this afternoon. your morning hours will be fine. as we get into one, 2:00 this afternoon we will see it move in. timing is favorable to keep it generally liquid across the washington area. clouds will start your day. lots of clouds in the forecast. a cool one, no doubt about it with highs in the 30s and 40s. here is the storminess. area of low pressure will be to the west. we will be on the warm side of things. we are thinking generally this will be liquid for us. secondly not a whole lot with it. as it passes through, precipitation totals should be light. but, however, as it does arrive, there will be enough cold air particula