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this high will not stick around long. it will push offshore.n we will see clouds will begin tonight with a warm front. maybe a couple showers tomorrow north and west of the metro. i'd think we will stay dry in the metro area and the dust cloud. temper tours will warm up gradually. today mostly sunny and cole, 41- 46. -- cold. tonight, partly cloudy, 28-36. tomorrow we will see the clouds at 52 degrees. if warming into the sixties this weekend. chance of showers sunday and monday. that's the latest. ja >> a rock hill woman is one of the finalists for the anderson viewer co-host challenge. -- rockville. >> thank you for letting me talk with you in person. >> maybe she will get a chance to do that with the real anderson. she is one of five finalists from across the country. the winner will be chosen by viewers who and votes and anderson's website. the voting ends at 11:59 tonight. good luck. >> michael richards is headed back to the small screen. he has been cast in a new sitcom starring kirstie alley about a broadway star whose life is turned ups

>> and we will be checking beanny who has a look at our forecast + will be talking to george will has look at our morning commute. we will be right back. ?Ñ >> (male announcer): live from the bay area this is the kron 4 morning news. >> kron 4 news at 5:00 a.m. starts now. >> top stores there will following on this wednesday, december 19th breaking news out of the south bay where firefighters cover a body in a carport to tell us a straight ahead. >> president obama is launching a gun control task force this morning to prevent another tragedy like new town from happening again, and the national rifle association is speaking out. >> it is a cold one today colder than yesterday's. >> let us talk to anny about how things will want a little bit today. we do have sunshine. bidefinitely a cold start this morning. >> widespread '30's. san jose is at 35 degrees. oakland at 35. concord 31. san carlos the mid '30's. livermore at 30 degrees. santa rosa has cooled down to 29 napa 28. vallejo 29. fairfield 27. elsewhere we are looking at widespread '30's in the north bay because of the twenties we

we will have more on this. it's not over. >> coming up -- cimin' up - we have another hour of news that starts now "live, and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> good morning washington on this christmas eve. >> here is a quick check of today's top stories -- >> d.c. police are investigating the city's latest homicide that happened early this morning here on capitol hill. a man was found shot to death next to his own car. >> here at the mall, people are here to get their last minute shopping done. across the country, 17 million people are expected to head to the stores to get last-minute gifts. how low will the prices go? we will let you know. >> a young man who helped save some of his neighbors during her consent died in a tragic accident. we will have that story coming up. >> now, let's get a look at the forecast. >> it is a very chilly christmas eve. it is just the way it should be in my opinion. let's take a look at the temperatures -- 25 degrees in frederick and manassas and culpeper

this will not be a big storm. there will not be a lot of snow. this will be a lot of snow. we will not get a winter remix of sleet, snow, and all that. rain for you guys. baltimore, it will be snow and a couple of inches. it will move out during the late afternoon and evening hours on saturday. the forecast, cloudy skies. a mixture of sunshine and a few clouds. a typical winter day in maryland. high temperatures in the upper thirties and low 40's. not a blockbuster storm. just a few inches. the exact forecast during the day tomorrow. tuesday, chance for a light snow showers. not a big deal. new year's should come in fairly quiet. >> sports next. >> find $50,000 for his hit. i cannot figure out what the heck he did wrong. the play. makes the catch. a shoulder to the chest. the chest is in the head and neck area. the summit is just below the chest. he should not hit him there either. it is ridiculous. a play this week in cincinnati. suspended for the playoffs. john has made clear he will treat the game like any other, to play to win. another came with the ravens. the ravens p

how that will work? >> we have talked about it and look forward to using the great public transportation. caltrans, great buss that are every morning picking up san franciscans, taking them down to silicon valley. we feel confident and confident we can make that happen in working with sf travel and the other visitor's bureaus down in the peninsula and south bay. we feel confident we can make that happen. >> i would say you see all the seismic retrofitting with the bay bridges, that is another reason why. >> everyone is from san francisco. the tag line was like go sf super bowl. the game will be in santa clara. what exactly is san francisco's involvement. are there events held here? >> yes, a great question. the super bowl 50 will be an iconic game. we expect a week up to the game, the tailgating will be in the parking lot of santa clara. many of the events will happen in san francisco. we believe every hotel from san jose to san francisco will be full. we believe this game benefits napa, caramel and more

we will be cloudy. by 1:00, 2:00 today we will see showers move in.t the onset, particularly west and north of the city, you saw those cold temperatures early this morning, you will be slow to warm up. could you see a mix, a wintry mix of a few snowflakes and sleet out there as the whole system moves through. be ready for that possibility. we are not expecting travel difficulties today. this will be a quick mover. it should be out of here by early evening. cloudy skies, a little sleet changing to showers. winds north and west. a cool afternoon. early showers then becoming cold overnight as we clear out. the active seven-day forecast. christmas day looks fantastic. mid- to upper-40s with sunshine. wednesday we cloud up again. better chance of a mix to rain. we could get a wintry mix to rain wednesday then we could do it saturday. saturday looks impressive as far as a winter event. hope you were taking notes. let's do traffic. jeff has the latest. >> good morning, tucker. we will start in virginia heading northbound up from the aqua quan. restrictions a

we will be experiencing delays and this will take another half hour to completely clear. no delays, this only happens a few times a year so enjoy it while you can. in the san jose area, headlights are running well as you make your way towards santa clara, back to you rosemary orozco. >>> we are dry outside our doors this morning and we have a little bit of patchy fog, cooler start to the day but again we are dry. looking at the satellite radar, a few scattered showers remain over the area and kirkwood picked up two feet of snow. they are dealing with fog as well, patchy fog is reported in our sports in santa rosa. today is dry but the next system right here is will begin to bring clouds and tomorrow rain is back in the forecast. let's enjoy what we have tomorrow, temperatures will be on the cool side and something we do continue to watch is the rushing river and we have 30.1 feet on the river and it is expected to rise to 30.9 and it will not hit the flood stage but there is an advisory in place. it is right along the river in areas of the rushing river. now 40s and 50s a

all that electronic evidence will be analyzed and we certainly will dissect it, if you will.es, sir? >> did he destroy evidence in his home? >> can't discuss the evidence. i'm sorry. i cannot do that. >> is there a second survivor? you said there two survivors? >> yes, two adults that were injured in the facility in the school that suffered gunshot wounds and are recovering. >> do you have the ids? >> i don't have any information of what he was carrying on his person. >> how did he get his brother's id? >> i don't have any information. >> was there a surveillance system? >> i'm not aware of that. i don't have that information. in the back sir? >> [inaudible]. >> that will be a town decision. the leaders are possessing that school and holding that school as a crime scene indefinitely. i can't tell you what that means. i don't know how long that will be. i'm suspecting months. at that time it's up to the town officials to determine exactly what's appropriate with that building. yes, sir? >> can you talk about any -- [inaudible]. . >> we're provide the the survivors with the sam

we will be right we are back.uick check on gas prices in the bay area and across the state they continue to fall through the month of december. >> every metro area in northern california restaurant a decrease that the pope since last month. that is according to a spokesperson with triple a. >> here's a look at today's averages. >> in san francisco the average for regular gas of talent--gallon of gas is $3.62. >> across the bay and oakland is $3.50 a gallon. >> and in san jose the cheapest and the bay area. the average is $3.49. the state average for today is $3.55. >> and here on the bay area news will be right back stay tune to kron 4. ?Ñ we are back. 4:19. a live look out of downtown stethoscope as in from our james lick freeway camera. >> the entire bay area waking up with some sort of death is from overnight showers. let us find out more about the forecast. >>--some sort of a damp neness. >> the showers are spotty in nature. we are seeing light rain in the east bay, the peninsula, and the south bay. as we see

later on, there will be a live band. they will give out prizes as well. with this being new year's eve, some people are getting rid of the old and bringing in the new. they say new year's eve is the biggest donation day of the year. there are a couple of reasons why. the first, people want to get rid of their stuff. but this is the last time this year that you could report tax deductible donations on your return. so people are taking advantage of that as well. talk to then who works here, whether it's today or any other day, the donations go to a good cause even a local official -- even local officials are stepping in. >> willie brown has selected us as the charity of choice. he's given us a number of his suits that are online right now. we're really excited about that. >> reporter: they are expecting a lot of people lining up here today. in terms of the suits by willie brown, he's donated about 50 suits available online for an online action. the website is sfgoodwill.org. back out here live, if you do make it out here today, not only will you be helping

board of supervisors will offer free passes and muni will plan to use part of a million dollar plant to pay for a program that would last about 6 months. >>> the home was completely engulfed in flames and was reported 3:30 this morning. it was contained at 5:20, fortunately no reports of injuries and investigators are still looking for the cause. >>> we are on storm watch again and it is already sparking fears of land slides. reservoirs are rising and hills are waterlogged. the geological survey is focused on marin county because some of the homes are on hillside. >>> crews were busy in lafayette and that's where creek water washed away part of a road. now that big rain we had on sunday led and caused this gigantic sinkhole on mountain view drive. they worked all night last night making temporary repairs and one woman was overwhelmed thinking her home is in jeopardy. >> i just worry if the whole house drops, i just don't know what to do. >> now the creek flowed through another woman's garage. that sinkhole is cutting her and many others off from the main streets and all of them have

the senate will pick it up in the house will vote on it tomorrow.ard is what is the house going to do? they ping-pong back and forth with the senate. this could drag out and you cannot go beyond tomorrow. comes in january 3rd. everyone your negotiating with is gone and the new people come in and say why should i be voting on this turkey. i want a new crack at it and did you have the potential for dragging it out a week or two weeks or even more. that's when things start to get serious. >> also a public republican leader in the house is down >> this is the cynical part of this. if they don't have good deal, that he does. the republicanthere is a small chane there'll be a rebellion on january 3rd. >> the thing for most americans the bush era skat kat tax cuts will stay in place? >> somehow or other it will get done. that will mean that your payroll taxes will go up and it is going to go up 2%. in terms of your holding on to your paycheck and that may have been in the first week or two. you will get it back later in the year. >> the deadline for the fi

today the first filling will be funeral will be held for a six year-old jack cancer. on sunday more than 2000 people can call for a memorial service to remember the 26 lives cut short after authorities say 20 year-old adam lands of shot his way into sandy hook elementary and opened fire. >> we offer you our tears in our pain. our anger and our sorrow. >> president obama traveled to town where he met with the families and spoke at the service. >> what ever portion of sadness that we could share with you to these this heavy load we will gladly bear. >> the president raised a community for pulling together and said " more needs to be done to protect our children. >> to end this we must change. >> the gun law debate renewed. democratic senator dianne feinstein of california says that last month she plans on introducing a bill that will ban assault weapons. as far as the investigation goes we note investigators are still practice sayininvestig inside handy sandy hook elementary. >> we have more details on the shooting authorities say multiple 30 round magazines and hundred

they will decide how the money will be used. instead of sending donations in, they are encouraging to donate in member are you of others for the funerals. >> they are coming to a close. yesterday a service was held for josephine gay and 6-year-old anamarquez green and emilie parker was also laid to to class on january 3rd. they will be attending a school in a nearby town >>> following the shooting in newtown, connecticut, people are taking a stand against gun violence. >> demon straighters held signs for those 26 lost at the sandy hook elementary school she is pushing for stricter gun laws. >> i can't even tell you the number of deaths that are caused by guns that were bought by not having a simplele background check and the background system check needs to be reworked in some way. >> many people are also pushing for a ban on assault rifles. saying those type should be left for the military and not in the hands of civilians. >> they picked outside a sporting good store. it opened a short time and was forced to close because of t

kids will get sleds and people will be happy and it will be great. >> we could go roller blading. >> we could. you can tell who grew up in south florida roller blading on christmas. >> and the wind here, people in our neighborhood took your advice and deflated their christmas decorations, and can they put them up? >> yeah, put them up. winds gusted over 50 miles per hour across much of northern virginia into the great state of maryland yesterday afternoon. the peak gusts at reagan national reached 43 miles per hour. and hagerstown, maryland, 51-mile-per-hour gusts yesterday afternoon. those winds are now gone. we are off to a cold start this morning. temperature down to the freezing mark now at national airport, and there is one or sheltered spots out there, and manassas and bristow, and southern end of the shenandoah s morning. what are you going to do from day-to-day, if you are going up to baltimore the giants and the ravens playing and it's a 4:00 game this afternoon, so bundle up. clear skies. it will be cold. redskins fans, sunshine and pleasant in philly today for the redskins

if you are able to get there and the driver will not be easy you will enjoy it. >> we will be right back. welcome back it is seven 07 a.m.. we will not do a check with the markets. the dow is up by 23 points as we continue to see what happens as we get closer to the fiscal cliff. >> we are also watching gas prices across the bay area. the average gas price for a gallon of regular gas is $3.60 in san francisco this morning. in the south bay the price is $3.48 today in san jose. across the bay in oakland the average is $3.49. this all compares to the state average in california at $3.52. >> starbucks is launching a politician's campaign this week in hopes that will get the ball rolling on averting the fiscal cliff. in a letter to star birks employees made public this morning, chief executive howard s \cc chultz next employees that is approximately 120 d.c. area stores to write come together on coffee cups on serving customers tomorrow and friday. starbucks plans to buy as in washington post and the new york times later in the week as part of its come together campaign. >> rumors that a sec

that will be made. the consumer electronics world has never really had a big production presence in the united states. >> lawyers for the world's top two smart phone makers are returning to court today in san jose. samsung is seeking to overturn a 1 billion jury verdict that the caribbean to take a giant ripped off apple's and designs for its iphone and ipad. apple in turn is looking at 500 million more to the award while bearing sales of some two dozen, older samsung products from the sale in the united states. >> netflix says they are not considering raising prices on customers to help finance their deal with disney. the company reached a multi-year agreement on to say to show disney movies after they finish their run in theaters. if the deal will allow netflix to stream disney movies over the internet, seven months after they leave the years. starting in 2016. >> welcome back it is 6:14 a.m.. >> drivers along the golden gate bridge will soon get an extra wall protection in the middle of the roadway.

and you will need the rain gear, it could be in your area today. it will be slick outside. let's go to the forecast as of now. we can see what is going on across the area. we're going to be dealing with temperatures only about 47 degrees and in hunt valley. 48 and essex. we see the temperatures over into hartford county at 36 in bel air and 47 and 48. let's get a check of the two time saver traffic. good morning. >>> we're dealing with the rain and sleet right now in frederick and hagerstown. be careful traveling there. and nice and clear. no problems from york road down to the beltway and 695, the east side along. no problems all the bay up to 83. as we -- all the way up to 83. and the drive times you will notice the beltway in great shape. it will take you the normal 11 minutes now traveling the outer loop from 795 down to 59. everything is up to speed through the tunnel. traveling northbound all the way to the toll plaza. over to you. >>> so you are at home hanging out with the family over pizza and you get a call from the white house. it could happen. >> that's what hap

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we will tell you more. and right now we are live in sunnyvale, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> they are investigating a fatal shooting near the square. it happened yesterday afternoon near third and franklin streets. they found the man lying in the street. he died a short time later. officers say several people were in the area at the time and may have witnessed the shooting. >> well, we were parking and we heard some, it sounded like a firecracker going off. i was saying, whoa, i was thinking the noise we heard could have been gunshots. >> police say they have not made any arrests, it is the third shooting in oakland in a 24 hour peer. >>> zack san jose police stay a boy was stabbed during the christmas celebration. the event was in full swing. the teenager was stabbed in the chest and arm and his injuries are not life-threatening. they think three people ran from the scene and police are still searching for them. >>> new, this morning, at the stroke of midnight same sex couples started lining up for licenses wh

our next weather system will come in -- we will stay dry today. or express forecast, partly cloudy, 33 at 9:00, 40 degrees at noon, 42 degrees by 5:00. more details on the wintery mix coming up. >> good morning. let's have a look at the 270. everything is moving well. frederick county, we did have a report of an accident just beyond the camera shot. 129, southbound on a 270. an early accident on shady grove road. that will not be a problem. we do have a problem in virginia. this was an accident and a car fire. it will take a look at a map. that is northbound at route 28. that is right after i-66. that has been closed for a few hours. we're getting a report that some traffic may be squeezing by to the left. also the ramp from eastbound 66 to go north on 28 in centerville has been blocked for a few hours. watch for some activity. some traffic is now getting by. >> thank you. our big story this morning, what a great time to be wearing a burgundy and gold. the redskins are headed to the playoffs after beating dallas sunday night. the wind makes the re

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we will be back with more details about the rain when it will go and when it will come back in a moment. woke up to a free rain drops but they're few and far between. are they going to come back? >> this weekend but most of the rain is moving out of our area. because of instability lit up pop up thunderstorms are possibility later on this afternoon. small hail could be produced. storm tracker 4 and we're looking at a break right now and it is pushing its way through. we're picking up light rain mid span on this and revell bridge to the east shore freeway from pinole headed to berkeley. be aware of that. yellow on our screen are around the 58080 interchange. it indicates moderate rain so is a little heavier there but drier conditions approaching the bay bridge toll plaza. further south and the east bay in the 880 corridor is contending with light rain also for the eastern end of highway 92. rain in the peninsula so you will have to use your windshield wipers. dry for have monday but more wet weather is on the way. light rain reported in san jose. los gatos highway 17 already has this on

it will weaken considerably when we move south. occasionally we will get no rain at all. were crockett over to richmond, hercules, pinole. a little bit there. there it is. you can see a little enhancement around hercules. occasionally we get that pockets of moderate rain. really this is a much weaker system as it moves south. very mild. very warm. 50s and 60s on the temps. really there is not any clearing taking place today. it will just be a very overcast day with occasionally rain, drizzle, or lighter rain. a lot of fog. temperatures very mild. 60s on the temps. top to bottom. we are starting off at 58-59. it will end slowly weaken tonight and fall apart down toward santa cruz mountains and monterey. tomorrow thursday and friday. night and morning fog will be very, very thick. temperatures will wipe out that fog with a cooler northwest breeze. >> thank you. >>> 4:49 is the time. amazon is announcing a prescription service for children. it will provide thousands of games, videos, and books. amazon says the services aimed at children between the ages of 3-8 it will cost $

it will be warmer. if you have to travel, thursday or monday, later or sooner, friday, saturday and sunday will be very dicey especially if you are heading north towards redding or even shasta. there's already -- it's already beginning to kick in around oregon and washington. it will be very dicey. freeze warning out for the north bay goes another 45, 47 minutes. frost advisory, the stronger the two advisories, a lot of won'ts in the -- a lot of 20s in the north. 28 napa. that's at the airport but it's closer to town. fairfield, 27. concord, livermore, 30. redwood city, 23. i've seen 29 palo alto. a lot of 30s around mill valley and san rafael. by san jose, there's some 20s in the santa cruz mountains. 27 in ukiah. look what's har happening. here is the -- look that's happening -- look what's happening -- here's the leading edge. by grants pass, oregon, they have a winter storm warning out already. 3 to 7 inches. it's still a little early. high clouds to the north. chilly, chilly high temperatures. 40s

figuring out how long it will take and if the structure is safe, it will take awhile, they just saidhey have to wait for their truck and then they have to see if it's going to be safe. for now this section of essex which now leads to the bay bridge is going to be shut down and now i want to lead you to the video which caused this mess. it was a scene up about 3:30 and you can see that fire hydrant got knocked off by this vehicle and police say that vehicle ran a red light and when the police officer tried to stop the driver he took off. he hit that fire hydrant sent that water shooting up into the air. it caused a problem and it led to concerns over the scaffolding on this building and that's why the building remains shut down and the driver was in custody. we will have to see when the truck gets here but they told me it could be hours before they actually open the street. claudine wong ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> they have detained a possible suspect in pleasant hill. officers found the victim's body around 9:00 on the off ramp of 680 and concord avenue. there is a homeless cam

i will explain. and the newest republican senator center promising to shake things up in washington. stay with us. gerri: when it comes to the fiscal cliff, getting, call out there. of letters pretty soon. the problem is capitol hill has grown so accustomed to expanding government spending even the republicans hardly know how to cut the flow of tax dollars. how bad is it? since 1974, nearly 40 years the baseline the federal budget automatically increases every year. that is before anybody even cast a vote. that makes it easier for politicians to look like they're cutting spending when in fact they are simply cutting the growth of spending. it is all gimmicks. of course we have had budget submitted in four years. washington has made even worse by the federal bureaucracy, every single day congress misses a deadline to pass budget that takes a financial toll on taxpayers. just four times in the past 37 years, nearly two decades, congress passed a budget bill before the start of a new fiscal year. as a r

phil will be dealing with that it 10:00. we will be right back. his first week from his new personal twitter count tomorrow. he was in the first week from his new book how personally as part of a question and answer session with his followers. the benefit of the 16 washed his pontiff ax twitter account last week and has more than $600,000. the pope is expected to only address matters of faith during his twitter session. >> starbucks lovers to miss out on the coffee chains limited edition gift cards cannot find them on ebay. for a lot more money than the original price though. on friday the company sold 5000 stainless steel give cards on line and they went for $450 each. they sold out in six minutes. this gift cards are loaded with $400 and starbucks credit. by monday dozens were selling on ebay for hundreds of dollars more than face value. one was claim saturday after a winning bid of almost $1,100! >> for a $400 gift card? >> they're doing is right? >> they just want people when they pull the car out to say whoooh >> de get to take a brief stay h

>> political will in a word. interesting about the jobs numbers and the economy in general is that it's not so much the fundamentals of the economy. businesses who hire people who create jobs which nancy pelosi is looking for are looking for political will out of washington. they are looking for certainty on the fiscal cliff. certainty that debt reduction, there will be debt reduction, that entitlements will be brought under control. looking for certainty on taxe taxes. until this happens, there isn't going to be that certainly. i have to say that the republicans showed the political will. they stood up, to the conservative base. they put the re-knews on the table. what troubles me -- now that the ball is in the white house court, right? what troubles me is lack of political will on the white house, we haven't seen yet. particularly on spending and entitlement reform. voices in the deckic party saying that this was a mandate to walk away from debt reduction. that is troubling. >> charles lane do you see anything

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if you are heading out tonight it will be cold. bundle up it will be dry. maybe right along the coast. i think cold is the main word here. looks kind of a quiet pattern. there will be a little low dropping down on tuesday. looks dry wednesday, thursday, friday. maybe clouds rolling in by the weekend. >>> it is 5:19. european markets are trading in a narrow range as investors worry about the u.s. meeting its midnight budget deadline. in asia markets ended the year in losses. australian, new zealand and south korea were all down nearly a half a percent. and taking a look at where the markets will started. it was a down day on friday. big drop for the dow. futures are upright now for u.s. markets. however that could change once the cash markets open if there is no progress it looks like it's happening in washington, d.c. with the fiscal cliff talks. the markets will be closed tomorrow in the u.s.. ford says when all the numbers are tallied, 2012 will have been a good year. the country's second largest auto maker expects it sold 2.2 million vehicles this year.

he will tell us who will really get the brunt of that storm. >>> and there will be two places to turn for help to locate santa clause on christmas eve. >>> northbound 101, san jose, looks like we have a little bit of slow traffic trying to get in the valley. >>> a u.s. marine reservist stands guard outside of an elementary school. sergeant greg pusley served two hours in iraq and one in afghanistan. now he's a stay-at-home dad. yesterday, put on his uniform and went to houston elementary school in stanislaus county and there he stood guard, greeting the students happy to see him there. >> it felt like we were safe and he was keeping the school safe. >> i hope he inspires other marines to stand guard and make sure their schools an communities are safe. >> he has no gun, he's not being paid and he doesn't take a break. he plans to be at the school today and after the holiday break. >>> 7:23. it will be twice as easy to find out where in the world santa claus is this christmas eve. norad is teaming up with microsoft's bing mapping service to keep track of the jolly old man and rudolph. g

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we will run this down. we will deal with it on a priority basis. we're just getting the montagu tunnel tomorrow. we had extensive signaled damage. it's taken six weeks to get that run again. tens of thousands of people at a use that line. the rockaways have not been restored. that will draw a large share of that money. as the money gets drawn down, we reach a point where we are reaching the limits of our own ability to generate funds that we can use for these kinds of repairs. we will be forced to put off critical repair needs that may result in other delays. what we saw in the montague street we believe will happen in some of the other tubes in anticipated increased failures in the signal systems. it would affect our ability provide safe and reliable service on an ongoing basis. >> if you had to draw down the $2.5 billion? if you do not get a significant federal response to that -- you have to pay this off? >> we are increasing service to be able to do that. >> if you increase the service to do that, you are ultimately looking at the possibility o

it will be rare bacteriwe will Ño >> we're back at 7:30 a.m.riod. >> we are starting to see some clearing conditions and the north bay. much of california is impacted by these storms. petaluma, santa rosa are dealing with light showers. as we zoom into the public insula look at the daly city and san francisco. they're also getting light showers. into the south that we do have light showers for san jose and los gatos. for the east bay shore for oakland and alameda they are dealing with light showers. it is heavier is the push into the inland valleys. taking a look at your head allies. we are dealing with heavy morning rain. hill and lightning has been reported. tomorrow morning we do have more rain coming. the gusty winds will be stronger than they were today. i would tell you more about this in my next forecast. >> bay area storms combined with the blizzard conditions in the midwest caused widespread delays and cancellations at s.f. 0 on friday. delays were up to two hours. some of the flights pushed back as far as 2:00 a.m.. to get you more ne

the chairs will break the fall. if you stop, someone behind you will hit you. so, slow down, pull to the side of the road. stay with the car until the shaking stops. you need protection for your head. if there are wires near your car, don't get out. don't park under or over an over pass under a bridge, under trees, power lines and next to freeway side walls. you know what freeway side walls are. >> these are the spots you don't want to park. in the city there are a lot of spots like that. that's pretty common response -- my experience with driving. i was driving going hope. home i had to go 2 miles. it took 3 hours to drive 2 miles. it was my unwillingness to give up my car. i could have gotten out of my car and walked home. i'm driving i thought it would be easier if i had walked. on the freeway? this person out of his truck survived. he got out and waited for help. there are a lot of people who have certain skills will get to them. how about the bay bridge? if you have to drive after, drive slow. 5-10 miles per hour. look ahead to see if the roads are difficu

we will be back. do nothing to extend all the tax cuts, we will be back to our long-term average of about 18 or 19% of gdp in taxes. without keeping these. tracy: it's a great point. >> we should be talking about the long-term budget deficits and these are driven by entitlement spending. i do think that you look at the biggest three things, medicare, social security, and defense -- they should be on the table. i think we can do this without hurting the poor and we can cut back on medicare and social security in a way that doesn't sacrifice those at the bottom. i think that is doable. but he needed the programs under control..3 you need to get medical costs under control and unfortunately, the president's health care act, it will make medical expenses higher and not lower. tracy: you make a great point. should obamacare be on the table during this discussion's? >> it is part of the fiscal cliff. whether it is increases on dividends or investment income, but keep in mind or the weaker parts of the econo

it will not be a blockbuster snow, but we will get some accumulation out of it. new year's eve into new year's day, another system comes in. we will put a 30% chance for rain or snow shower. that does not look like a big deal either. it looks like we will stay in the 40's about -- 40's 42013. >> people may disagree, but i am snowed out. the people of newtown, connecticut have our request for people across the nation's. >> stop sending gifts. we will tell you why. >> and a headache for bge customers. >> an emotional outpouring of support this week for the town of newtown, connecticut. so great and in fact that officials are asking people to stop sending gifts. they just have too many since the december 14 shooting at sandy hook elementary school. they have been the lucia with gifts. -- they have been deluged with gives. the town is also developing a plan for some of the more heartfelt items like messages and letters that were attached to flowers and stuffed animals. >> officials have an idea for what to do with everything that has been left and since. here is nbc

we will behalf level -- will be half the level of 2010 to 2011? >> i know the lady takes a deep interest -- the green a deal is a bigger and better program being brought in. i would make the point that labour promised to abolish fuel party altogether in 2005, and yet fuel party came up. we have done is we have maintained the payments and increased the cold weather payments. we're making money available under the fund. the green deal -- some of the biggest schemes ever introduced in the country. >> does the prime minister agree with the shadow health secretary that any increase in the expenditure of the nhs would be, as he put it, irresponsible? >> my friend makes an important point. in a recent health debate, the health secretary asked the health secretary -- shall help secretary, does he stand by his to increased nhs spending? do. it may be christmastime, and the shadow south secretary is the gift that keeps on giving. >> mr. speaker, last week 100 young homeless people came to this house for the first ever young homeless people's parliament. pre

parking lots will open at 3:30 and gates will open at 5:30. metro will stay open an extra hour to of you get home. the transit agency says the last blue line train will leave the morgan boulevard station at 12:25 pm at the last train to largo town center will be at 1:00 threat -- 1:33 a.m.. more on the plans at wjla.com. time for us to check on the football forecast. more importantly would the house today, but essentially the sunday forecast. >> sunday will be fine. a little breezy at night, but overall really decent for a football game. if the game was tomorrow, that would be a different story. the national weather service just issued in the last three minutes here a winter weather advisory for the potomac islands into maryland and across parts of west virginia where two to 4 inches could be expected. there will be some heavier amounts. you can see the metro not included at this time in that is advisory, but you could see some accumulating snow inside of d.c. and west of i-95. maybe one to 2 inches of snow. that will move and overnight to nig

and lamicheal.. >> i will let you know that i will play and i always feel that way.at ever the team needs me to do i will do. i am still learning and what ever it takes, whatever it takes me to get on the field. i prep for it to each and every week and i am always prepared for it. >> stanford rose bowl opponent made big news. wisconsin's head football coach surprised his own athletic director that he is going to go to arkansas. why would you leave wisconsin for arkansas? six years, $3.2 million. the interesting local twist is that the athletic director, is so upset that he might ... i am a little bit angry with pam because i'm always late. but behind me is a fire hazard you could see. >> he can also walk around? >> i would prefer to walk on the set. >> and there is a lot of stuff. >> this old hand back. > and mike, that handbag -- >> keyword, late! >> and it looks like when you are hungry and in your early. >> and then if you are late? then you have to trip. >> and then jason would like me to pass away so he can be on but cannula imagine if there was a fire hazard th

terrell suggs will be a game time decision. he will decide on sunday whether he will play. ray lewis practiced yesterday. check out ray rice on the ride. a tribute to number 52 right here. ray cannot play this week. he can play next week against denver. john harbaugh well aware of what he means to the defense. >> he will not play on sunday. this would part of his rehab. we will see how we does. when he gets to the point he can play, there will be an announcement. that is not something that happened this week. >> suggs and ray have not played together this year. baseball winter meetings wrap up today. nate mclouth will once again be wearing an orioles uniform. they agree to a contract. he played really well for the birds last year. he may split right field with .ew-linnolan reimold shaquille cleare got his first start. this was no contest. marilyn hits the 100 mark. they are 7-1. could getting ray lewis back -- good getting rid of those back. >> thank you. a decision is made on who will fill tiffany alston's seeat. >> get ready to see a few more starbucks. details on their e

it will mean less jobs. some jobs will be cut or there will not expand it. why would you go for that? if you spend $80, the next step from medicare and whatever. i am not saying cut the defense, obviously a republican rayon. if you reform does things, especially the entitlements, what is the expense? how are you going to pay? $200. if it goes through the program. cut the prices on the services. you have absolutely no idea how much it costs. if i go to brooklyn, it will be cheaper. they know how much to charge. in order to create the jobs, you have to go to amend it. host: to write for the call. a lot of people want to wait and it. the number-one priority item, this is from a viewer who says it should be to back fiscal for timber living tax cuts expire, close loopholes, and cut spending across the board. a surprise announcement of senator jim demint who will be leaving the senate after nearly two terms. this is from friday politico. just as on the conference but still, arizona on the independent line. i wanted to call and regarding obama's priorities. i think

the train will panels will replace 288 gold ones. more than 1 billion people expected to see the ball drop. >> always fun to watch. we've got another news hour coming up for you, and it begins right now. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> a dramatic scene playing out in a delphi this morning. police say an armed man is barricaded in an apartment and has forced neighbors out of their homes overnight. we will check in with brianne carter and who is live on the scene. >> also live in fort washington where a home invasion ended with a homeowner being shot. john gonzalez has the details. >> stevens headed back to class and funerals continue in newtown. good morning to you, washington. i'm cynne simpson. >> i'm scott thuman. let's begin with jacqui jeras right away. the fog is burning off a little bit and some wonderful temperatures. >> it feels a great just as not look all that great this morning. we are dealing with a little bit of fog again. much past year and lighter but the one problem spot is the pan

this storm will cause a lot of headaches. schools will be canceled in some cases. airports will have cancellations, too. this map shows the areas that will be effected. the pink showing the winter storm warnings. now we have brand new busily saad wa blizzard warnings from ames to des moines and central wisconsin. you will be dealing with your first blizzard of the season. where are we dealing with the problems this morning? only in the mountainous areas of central and western colorado, also some of the higher terrain there in arizona and new mexico. the storm will begin in earnest and intensify and become a headache as we go throughout the day today. the blue shows the snow. this is this morning. as we go throughout the day today, it blossoms. just clips the colorado area. denver two to four inches. later this afternoon, driving home in nebraska, very dangerous conditions. wind will be howling. heavy snow falling. as we go throughout the overnight hours, that's when the storm picks up in intensity. the dark blue shows where it will be hitting the hardest with blizz

we will see -- busiest day. we will see thousands of travelers. >> reporter: they made a hotel reservation in chicago. >> nothing else you can do. can't change the weather. >> reporter: we saw big waves this morning in pacifica to protect the ocean waters. tomorrow we will check in to see how they faired over night. reporting live, jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. >> our chief meteorologist and our weather team are keeping you up to date 24 hour as day on our mobile app, twitter and on our facebook page. >>> breaking news now in the north bay. news chopper 2 is over a citibank. this bank was robbed before 5:00 p.m. tonight. on third street, not far from highway 101. officers are inside searching it as well as the surrounding area. witnesses say the robber ran away with cash. a school was locked down after reports the suspect ran into a creek near a school. the students have been allowed to leave the building. we are stilling in contact with police and we will update you on new information. >>> police are inv