. >> some people are unaware too the meteorological droughts in in the agricultural the agricultural droughts of the maaco oh we have gotten some rain and we have been doing okay for the last 30 days and we are fine when that is not the case. >> i think it's important going back to roger's definition to start with, droughts are the extended period of the efficiency of precipitation can be exacerbated by high winds and high temperatures and low relative humidity and so forth. so it's this combination of intensity and duration but the real key is the fact that the intensity and duration over period of time begins to impact on the environment and on people and so that's when you get into agricultural drought, to hydrological drought and there's another type of drought sometimes referred to which is the socioeconomic drought which is kind of a supply and demand thing. so there gets to be a lot of confusion sometimes between what is and agricultural drought and a hydrologic drought. in the minds of the public but i would also say in the minds of some researchers and scientists. >> roger y

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> we know global warming has created such extreme weather in australia, the country's bureau of meteorology has added two new colors to the country's weather maps, an incandescent purple and magenta, so the maps can faithfully represent temperatures like 125 degrees fahrenheit. >> stephen: yes, new map colors. i believe the temperature color wheel goes orange, red, purple, magenta, fever blister, and satan's taint. [ laughter ] but what's really disturbing about this continent on fire is that it's got people wanting to do something about global warming. and that brings us to tonight's word. [cheers and applause] the new abnormal. last week, president obama cynically used the inaugural address to push his radical pro-survival agenda. >> we will respond to the threat of climate change. the path towards sustainable energy sources will be long and sometimes difficult, but america cannot resist this transition. >> stephen: i didn't think this part of his speech would get any traction. it's like if jfk announced the apollo program but half the country denied the moon exists. [ laughter ] but i wa

. >> drop off some meteorology books. >> that little mailbox needs its own weather forecast.it's good enough to get whatever book you want. we have changes coming our way. most notably, cloud cover increasing for the bay area, but for all of california. we have subtropical moisture mixing in with this. currently on the radar scan, not resulting in any rainfall just yet. but as we head throughout the next 24 hours, the doppler scan starting to pick up on showers across the bay area and here is something to think about. as we head throughout january, relatively dry, we actually picked up most of our rainfall recently in november and december with 6.83 inch of rain across san jose, and the last time we received over .1 inch in san jose was back on january the 6th. definitely need to pick up more rain drops through the next couple of weeks to add to what we've already had. current temperatures mid to upper 50s, also down in the south bay, about 10 degrees cooler than what you had for daytime highs. let's take you outside to live hd skycam ra, cloudy of you above, look at the defi

light snow might get a little moderate in a few spots but technically meteorologically this is a light snow event. be9:00 already seeing the snow pulling away if the metro area and by 11:30 we should be long done with the snow. here's a look at the forecast. today 28. snow develops this afternoon. again around an inch or so for d.c. by this evening. 2, possibly 3 and the real favored areas the light event winter weather advisories 2:00 p.m. tonight we dip to 22 in town with the mid teens north and west. tomorrow 34 but it's going to be breezy and it will feel like it's in the 20s. sunday looks better. not as cold. 38. next week we really warm up. monday mid 40s could be a passing shower. tuesday, upper 50s looks like some rain moves in late tuesday, tuesday night into wednesday with mid 50s and then turning colder on thursday with a high of 40 and a passing flurry. let's check in with beverly farmer now. she's got your latest timesaver traffic. >>> and howard, light volume certainly around the interstates and early morning problem we had out of baltimore i-95 southbound before 175 long

i enrolled in a meteorology program and i got my society seal of approval and my national weather associationanded in san francisco, my dream job and here i am. that is our weather team, we have veterans here who know the area. for people that are newcomers into this area forecasting, if you haven't been here and if you don't have the experience behind i, nine times out of ten you'll get it wrong. >> only in hurricane as tropical storms have i seen condiis bad. this bad. >> i begin my career as a news reporter. in 1971 in richmond, virginia. >> this is lean, mean weather forecast. round two, let's go. >> i'm at washington observatory we are way up 120 miles north of the arctic circle. >> i have found myself covering every type of weather, disaster and extreme weather condition you can imagine. i have been in 14 hurricanes. i have been in blizzards. i've been in massive floods. i reported live from hurricane hugo when it hit the south atlantic particular coast. hurricane gilbert which hit the texas gulf coast. i reported hurricanes fran and burka and i was with "good morning america" then. her

meteorology leigh glaser has the forecast. >> hockey is back, almost. the main issues resolved.wo weeks ago the niners learned just how good seattle is, today rg iii and the redskins learned a ♪ i'd like to thank eating right, whole grain, multigrain cheerios! my bowl, my spoons! mom, are those my jeans? [ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who don't. multigrain cheerios has whole grain and 110 delicious calories. ...more grains. less you! multigrain cheerios in multi-grain cheerios peanut butter. >> if few thought the so-called fiscal cliff fights were over, think again. there's a new battle over the debt ceiling. here's how both sides are weighing in on the conversation. >> i believe we need to rates the debt cell but if we don't raise it with a plan to get out of debt, all of us should be fired. >> strong words and the fiscal cliff has come and gone. now lawmakers start a new session under pressure to avert another financial crisis, this time over raising the debt ceiling. if an agreement is not reached by late february or earl

industrial smoke, increasing number of chinese are suffering from respiratory problems so national meteorological center officials decided to add a third level to their two level smog alert. the highest warning now advises people to stay indoors. >> translator: i can't stand it any more. i want to leave this place. >> translator: it's the worst i've ever seen. the regime of old is gone forever. >> people have also turned to the chinese social networking site to complain. some blame the government's growth oriented policies for causing serious air pollution. others have written songs about the pollution. ♪ chinese foreign ministry spokesperson says the government is trying to clean up the air. >> translator: authorities are taking emergency measures. the government will make more positive efforts to regulate emissions and pollution. >> chinese premier has ordered effective measures be introduced to reduce emissions. that prompted officials to reduce the number of public vehicles, service and halt factory operations. >>> officials in eastern and inland provinces issued the new higher alert on wedne

but it's a basic building block for meteorological analysis. >> weather balloons are designed to self-destruct and float back to earth after a certain amount of time. meteorologists like our very own lawrence karnow it may have been released from oakland. >>> disney may be laying off workers. that's according to reuters. the company started an internal cost-cutting review several weeks ago and could lead to layoffs. some could come in jobs no longer needed due to improvements in technology. disney is also said to be looking at redundant operations that could be eliminated to save money. >>> a new study finds that a small group of drivers can often cause the majority of bay area traffic jams. researchers from uc-berkeley and mit tracked more than 350,000 drivers through their cell phone and gps signals. when a group came from outlying neighborhoods to travel long distances at the same time, they often clogged up freeways. caltrans and local agencies are reviewing the data and may put in more metering lights to spread out the volume in frequently congested areas. >>> now you can use your phone t

catastrophic fire danger is forecast by the australian bureau of meteorology. that means when that dry brush, if that dry brush catches fire out in rural areas, it could really cause damage to property and also extensive loss of life. so it's going to be an on going story. tuesday is looking hot. we'll keep you update the with the story. into eastern asia, it is going to be very cold here. another cold shock coming from the korean pieninsula and japan. showers moving across southern japanese islands will be heavy at times. heavy rain also down here across the philippines. they've been hit hard the last 24 hours. by midweek, another round of heavy rain making its way through as another low develops and heads to the west. temperaturewise, 11 degrees in tokyo. that's not too bad for this time of year. 1 degree in seoul. minus one in beijing with a very frosty minus 21 for the high. 6 degrees in shanghai. bangkok, 30 degrees and perfect beach weather here. let's go the americas. we're seeing a snowstorm move through the northwest. it will be rain showers at the coa

an increasing number of chinese are suffering from respiratory problems, so national meteorological center officials decided to add a third level to their two-level smog alert. the highest warning now advises people to stay indoors. >> translator: i can't stand it anymore. i want to leave this place. >> translator: it's the worst i've ever seen. the regime of old is gone forever. >> people have also turned to the chinese social networking site weibow to complain. some blame the government growth policies for causing the polution. others have expressed themselves in song. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> china's air pollution is believed to be making its way to neighboring countries. this map shows the distribution of suspended particles. red and purple indicate the particle levels are high. chinese foreign ministry spokesperson hong le says they need to clean up the air. >> translator: relevant authorities are taking emergency measures. the government will make more positive efforts to regulate emissions and pollution. >> chinese premier wen jiabao has ordered that effective measures be introduced to slash emissi

rain at the category 4 intensity from the bureau of meteorology and good news, the core of destructive winds is remaining offshore. 260 kilometer wind gusts, likely won't see that push onshore. still, outer rain bands will bring gale force winds near the coastlines and a light storm surge as this passes by and the heavy rains, one that comes down, falls on the desert soil across the area that will be rushing right into the rivers and causing the risk of flash flooding. watch this one for the next several days. continues to push off toward the south. northern hemisphere, we have been watching stationary boundary starting to develop into southern china and this is also interacting with the high pressure from the north. part of the siberian high. cold high pressure system. and bringing in snowfall. i want to show you video out of southern china here. they are into yunnan province. snow affecting the region, disrupting traffic and knocking out power supplies to urban and rural areas. snow started back on wednesday night in yunnan. temperatures dropped well below zero. roads closed due to w

rain at the category 4 intensity from the bureau of meteorology and good news, the core of destructive winds is remaining offshore. 260 kilometer wind gusts, likely won't see that push onshore. still, outer rain bands will bring gale force winds near the coastlines and a light storm surge as this passes by and the heavy rains, one that comes down, falls on the desert soil across the area that will be rushing right into the rivers and causing the risk of flash flooding. watch this one for the next several days. continues to push off toward the south. northern hemisphere, we have been watching stationary boundary starting to develop into southern china and this is also interacting with the high pressure from the north. part of the siberian high. cold high pressure system. and bringing in snowfall. i want to show you video out of southern china here. they are into yunnan province. snow affecting the region, disrupting traffic and knocking out power supplies to urban and rural areas. snow started back on wednesday night in yunnan. temperatures dropped well below zero. roads closed due to w

i don't know is brr a meteorology call term? >> it is today. frost advisories everywhere else. 29 santa rosa. highs today in the 50s. it will be sunny and nice. here is sal. hello sal. >>> steve, good morning to you. there is not a lot going on. we're hoping for not much of a commute today as we go to some of these pictures. san mateo bridge looking pretty good heading out to the high- rise. it's clear and cold. you can see on interstate 880 traffic is moving well in both directions. let's go back to the studio. >>> we're following developing news from the east bay. right now crews are working to cap a water main break on one of the busiest streets in hayward. alex savidge has just arrived on the scene with the very latest from there. >> this intersection of jackson street where we are right now quickly filling up with water as you can see. we'll push in over there. water just gurgling up out of the roadway. causing minor flooding issues. much of it is closed down. jackson street in the eastbound direction is closed. westbound traffic still ope

but it's very basic building blocks for meteorological analysis. >> the balloons carry radio transmitters and weather instruments and then send data back to meteorologists like our very own lawrence karnow. the balloons are designed to self-destruct after a couple of hours and the timing of the video over sacramento indicates that the balloon came from oakland. >> you see this in the sky. you would think it -- it would freak you out. >> just a balloon. >> a weather balloon... >>> 4:56. we have smart cars, smartphones, and now there is a smart smart fork. when you eat too fast is signals you. it's to train people to lose weight and digest food better. the smart utensil will be available in april and costs about $99. the smart spoon is the in making, too. >> very interesting. yeah. it is cute. >> just slow down. >> that's always hard to do. >> yeah. >>> it's 4:56. a bay area manhunt ends in an arrest. >> coming up, where police found the suspect accused of setting his girlfriend on fire. >> and a tanker sideswipes the bay bridge. there's no oil spill, no damage, but there are still a lot of

c meteorological office and now admits there's been no global warming for sixteen years there are plenty of factors in the situation but not carbon dioxide. records just likely ask you about ok you can't predict ahead thirty years so this report is nonsense but clearly is there something that the u.k. perhaps could do to remedy its course at the moment in order for that not to happen because obviously it seems to be a start prediction and could happen. oh yes the way forward is simply number one control of this outrageously out of control arrogant elitist financial institutions and you do that by a gradual rise to one hundred percent banking reserves nothing new in that is an old idea even mervyn king the present governor understands that and approves of it and then when you've controlled the banks because they're outrageously out of control you say let them lend their own money and interest and do what they like but to open up an interest free loan supply from the national bank that's the one thing mervyn king will not do and which the present government will not allow because it that s

when you think of meteorology, you think of the difficulty of classifying a hurricane and tracking a hurricane, making judgments about such complex behavior that has sort of chaotic premises underlying it, you're going to make lots of mistakes. you're going to make lots of mistakes in both directions. sometimes you're going to make a mistake when you think the storm is going to hit and it doesn't and sometimes you're going to make mistakes where you think the storm is not going to hit and it does. and i think one of the great challenges, quite frankly, for the legal system, is understanding statistics well enough to make that judgment about where you draw that line that anita was referring to about where do you want to avoid the errors. you want to avoid the errors, a category five hurricane is going to hit miami but there is only a 40% likelihood that that hurricane is going to hit miami, do you evacuate the city? well, if you evacuate the city and it doesn't hit, you spent tons of money and possibly hurt lots of people in doing that. if you don't evacuate the city and the storm hit

storm team 4 chief meteorology it's doug kammerer is here to tell us more. >> it also will be on the windy side. so even though temperatures will be in the 40s, it's not going to feel that warm. that means temperature will call quickly, and they've already starreded. next week we get really cold, and it starts on monday. of course that's inauguration day. forecasts, for temperatures at noon, this is what we're thinking. 27 degrees at 9:00 a.m., windchills between 10 and 15 degrees, by noon temperatures in 34s, windchills, and by late afternoon, 3:00, as the parade is going on, temperatures 39, but the windchill 30 to 35. again drivers try to avoid 270 north in rockville if you possibly can. >> right now prince george's county is wanting this man in connection with an alleged assault of a 16-year-old girl. she was not seriously hurt. police say the suspect frequents the ft. washington area. >>> new gun law proposals for governor o'malley today, calling for new licensing rules he also want to see a special group devoted to keeping children safe in school. tracee wilkins has details. th

san jose state university, the meteorology department showing clear and cool with mild temperatures. also fog forming in the north bay. limited visibility with one- quarter of 1 mi. expected. for tomorrow, we do have that will start with a sunny and warm day. a lot like we saw today. sunshine and more afternoon temperatures with 60s. nearly 70 degrees and the view from the satellite looking at clouds not releasing that many over california. high clouds and all of those to the south pacific typically have stormy weather in january. they are trying to make a towards california but running into a roadblock. eventually, towards wednesday that storm could be coming our way and the chance for some rainfall. tomorrow, temperatures in the 60s. sunshine and a beautiful day in the east bay. low 60s and cooler for the inland valleys. antioch, look for 60s with a 66 degrees 65 through napa, san mateo. and monday, looking nice. tuesday, similar for the next three days sunshine, cool nights warm days. mostly cloudy and the forecast is showing just a little bit of light rain. that is mainly to the

narrator: powers' cover story was that he was on a meteorological flight. becqua: frank powers tried to say it was a weather flight, but there's miles of film. and so it was easy to discern what he was doing. reporter: and khrushchev denounced the united states with every epithet in his vocabulary. he summarily rejected all attempts of the west of reconciliation. narrator: powers was imprisoned in russia for more than two years, creating a major international incident and clearly demonstrating the need for unmanned spy planes. reporter: it was a development from the pilotless aircraft principle. guidance was by radio from an accompanying aircraft. after reaching altitude... narrator: as early as world war ii once at altitude airplanes could be controlled by radio signals after the pilot bailed out. but for decades afterwards before gps, drones were limited by primitive autopilots and navigation systems. in the '60s and '70s drones crashed constantly, including the most advanced unmanned aerial vehicle, or uav: the aquila drone that averaged a crash every 20

meteorologically speaking and that may not be a bad thing from your perspective. it arrives this afternoon. 1 to maybe 3 inches. the 3-inch totals would be richmond and southeast of there or the northwestern zone. hagerstown and western maryland you may get that and even more out in garrett county. the storm system comes down it's going to be hitting those west facing ridges especially tomorrow. and late tonight and that's going to squeeze out 6 inches or more. we have watch it it's coming our way and the snowals. just going to -- totals. just going to advance through the futurecast. this is one of the models i look at and the with snowals, about an inch in d.c.. 2, 2.5 here in the northern shenandoah valley and frederick and 3 to 6 across parts of the mountains and that's just through sunday afternoon. i've seen more models that have more in garrett and preston and tucker counties. snow develops this afternoon. 28. tonight, mid teens to low 20s. no end by 9:00, 10:00. 11:00. saturday, breezy. we've got temperatures potentially cracking freezing. and then sunday,

meteorology is in these are the heat waves that are unprecedented in our history in terms of the directionferocity, and it is expected to continue to get worse. >> anna rose, can you say something about how these fires follow on all that happened in climate terms in 2012 in australia? there were extreme floods, much of queensland was submerged. can you talk a little about that? >> the last two years have been wrapped in terms of extreme weather events. in queensland, we had floods cover an area bigger than the size of france and germany combined. we had entire towns that were literally destroyed by flooding. i come from a farming background we're seeing the impact and agriculture all over the country. farmers will tell you it rains less often, but when it does rain, it comes down at once. essentially, we are messing with the water cycle with our climate system. know warmer air holds more water vapor, meaning there is less vapor in the soil. when it comes down, it comes down all at once. we're seeing huge drops in china, massive floods in pakistan. there was hurricane sandy in the u.s. all

. >> i think the technical mete meteorological term for this is weird, right? >> yes. >>> imagine being 24 years old and finding out that the grandparents who raised you actually abducted you. this morning, a bizarre custody battle unravels. >> everything in his life changing from what he thought that it was. >>> plus, what's going on with britney spears? overnight, we've learned she's broken up with her fiance. this happening the same week she quit her job on "the x factor." >> breaking "pop news" this morning. >>> and look at this. no-look basketball shot. it's right here. look at that. >> love it. >> nothing but net. >> the high school freshman who made that shot and is going viral this morning is going to be with us live, coming up a little later here on "gma." we're going to start here with those tiny glimmers of hope on the early and nasty flu outbreak. john schriffen outside a hospital in manhattan right now. john, good morning. >> reporter: dan, good morning. here at this emergency room in new york city, the hospital says the percentage of patients they

>> you have to really -- it's a balance because from a meteorological standpoint it's very exciting, are, you know, big events. >> yeah. >> but these are big events that affect a lot of people. in big and little ways, but you add it up, and people's lives can be lost. their homes, their livelihoods. in an instant, you know, so, you know, but, you know, when you look at the devastation from a sandy, and it's funny, because you're in the middle of it, you don't really -- you know what you're seeing. >> right. >> it wasn't really until a couple of days because wherever we were, we had no power, so we couldn't see what was going on. and then you kind of, you know, stood back and looked at the devastation in total, and it was just mind-boggling. >> tomorrow at this time, al's going to talk about his new book "never going back" which chronicles his struggle and success dealing with his weight, plus how he manages to keep on reporting when he's out there in the middle of all those nasty storms. >>> to number three on the first five web stories, all is clear following a tsunami warning for a

in australia, the heat has caused the bureau of immediateologiimmediate immediate -- immediate meteorology caused them to come up with new colors. heather, we have talked about this as a green issue or as an environmental issue. it is economically calamitous for the domestic economy, global economy, to continue to let this go on unabated without any kind of policy discussion around it. >> absolutely. it's one of those things where it's really hard for people to hold in their minds both the stats you listed and incredible degree of the crisis and the fact we are essentially not at a crisis response on a day-to-day basis. progressives in congress, the president of the united states, has not said this is a world war ii type of mobilization that we should be at. one of the things that's really been missing is the kind of leadership from the business community that you would see, you would think you would see, given how much this is going to and has already having an economic impact. i checked before i came here. we talk about that nearly dust bowl level drought that was here this year, 51% of

storm team 4 meteorology tom kierein here with the forecast. >> we need the rain.e view from the hd city camera. on this friday morning. as we approach 6:00 a.m., quite a bit of cloudiness. a few thin spots in the

we did get batches of light to moderate snow but most of the time it was meteorologically classified as light snow. 20 right now still with light snow. northeast winds at 10. feels closer to 15. we just lost one. we have 19 at national. humidity at 86%. the futurecast showing the system pulling away as we go through the morning into the afternoon. a passing flurry can't be ruled out but just a breezy, cold day. then another system comes at us tomorrow afternoon and evening producing a little bit more of light snow. so early slick spots, 30 this afternoon. got the yellow alerts for the early slick spots. tonight we're down to 21 in town. mid-teens north and west. snow develops tomorrow later in the afternoon and evening. 28. sun returns saturday, 32. sunday we're in the upper 30s. then we turn milder next week. 42 monday, could be a flurry. then 50s and turning wet on wednesday. monika? >>> it's not that we had, as you said, howard, a lot of snow come in but where we do have the snowy conditions and the slippery roads, we're getting a long list of accidents as well. southbound i-270,

not so much today because we have a cold front that's going to move through, the lovely world of meteorology, don't you love how that all comes together? we have visibility reduced especially in the north bay and east bay today, down to about a quarter of a mile in livermore, santa rosa, even in san francisco, visibility at the airport has caused for some airport delays so if you are leaving or you have a family and friends coming in, definitely want to check that if you are going to be using some of the airports today. otherwise we're looking at cold air that's going to move in later this afternoon. it will drop our temperatures back into the 40s by this evening and breezy as well so once we get into the overnight hours we're expecting a few 30s tonight and a brief shower is possible for tomorrow. for today a good mix of sun and clouds and chilly. these temperatures you see on the screen are going to occur around noon and then again as i mentioned we're talking about 40s this afternoon, so even though it's mild right now, grab a few extra layers because you'll be glad you got them once you

storm team 4 meteorology tom kierein with your forecast. good morning. >> good morning. you need warm socks too. the cold can come from your feet and move all the way up. so if your feet are warm, and your head is warm, usually the rest of your body is warm. streaks of high cloudiness producing a few flurries. under the cloud, it's below freezing most of the region in dark blue. in the mid 20s to upper 20s. reagan mags al down to 33. it's only near 20 out of the mountains of western maryland and into west virginia. national. it's only near 20 out of the mountains of western maryland and into west virginia. here's the inaugural day forecast. staying cold -- during the time of the swearing in ceremony, the low 40s and during the time of the parade, early to mid-afternoon, in the mid and upper 40s briefly. by late afternoon, low 40s with a southwest wind. could get snow showers tonight. a look at that in ten minutes. now here's traffic with danella. >> if you're traveling southbound in maryland at powder mill road. one lane gets you by the accident there. as far as delays g

some people referring to in the meteorological community as a storm bomb in the eastern pacific. it's not impacting anybody only shipping interests out there. but what's happening is it's driving in these really large swells. we want you to stay out of the water even though conditions are going to be perfect at the beach this weekend. it all works out like this. here's your time line on saturday. the northwest swell develops. we'll see waves 20 to 35 feet high and long period waves. 20 to 25 seconds. very dangerous to all swimmers and boaters. keep that in mind as well even if you are rough and tumble mariner, we want to advise it will be dangerous out there. 62 degrees in livermore today. 64 in fremont. 66 in san jose. you add an additional two degrees for today's high to tomorrow and additional two for saturday and we're talking about peak conditions that are going to be just perfect over the course of the weekend for outdoor plans. sunday a little football game happening. they do not have -- they do have a roof over the stadium out there in atlanta. i can tell you if you are g

. >>> san jose meteorology department has three cameras and all of them are fogged in.e of that fog, not inland. there's also some along the coast, in the city, so north bay, peninsula, it doesn't matter, east bay, fog has developed. it will be with us until about 9:00. 30s and 40s on the temperatures. it's kind of stuck right here. i don't think we'll cool off any more than that. but maybe later in the week. the system is kind of dropping down out of the northwest following the system over the weekend. most of the energy stays way to the north. we just get the higher clouds. very thick fog in the morning. then kind of a mix of filtered sun. 50s on the temperatures to near 60. a little cooler for sun. warmer on tuesday, could have more than just a couple of 60s and then wednesday you start to see a system drop down from the north. much, much colder air. definitely colder air coming in. it will probably be warmer as we head towards sunday. >> going up and down. >> yeah. >>> 7:26. cracking down on people who steal copper. the tougher security measures at one bay area scho

water-bombing planes to try to protect homes, and the record heat wave has forced the australian bureau of meteorologies extreme temperature limit to forecast maps to allow for temperatures of above 129 degrees. now, as i said, there has been some respite from the heat over the last couple of days, but as i said, the heat, the heat and the wind is returning now. they're talking about 120 degrees over the weekend. there's real concerns, jon, of more fires breaking out down under. back to you. jon: summertime if australia right now, and it sounds like a hot one. david, thanks. jenna: we just talked a little bit about the meetings that the vice president is having with our very own rich edson down in d.c., but we're going to talk more about the gun debate. it's certainly been getting a lot of air time, plenty of ink, and it's all over the internet. is the media coverage fair and balanced? our news watch panel weighs in on that information. >>> also, the flu outbreak a top story for us. emergency rooms are turning people away, schools closing down. will it get worse before it gets better, and how can you pr

the meteorology department has the fog all over the place.nna be moving in here probably sunday morning and then it might be sunny and warmer next week. but until then, the overnight lows will be cold. could be some light rain out of this system. not a biggie. but the cold air is the bigger story on this system. but the fog and the higher clouds are gonna make for a tough, tough day for temperatures to get really past the low and mid-50s. a little bit of light rain activity. that's gonna be at 3:00. i think it's more cold than anything else. the atmosphere is definitely going to be turning unstable. we could see some shower activity tonight towards the south bay as well. and then after that, it will favor areas by the coast or offshore because it has more moisture to work with. inland will it will be very cold and dry. it will hard for us to be ringing out moisture. 30ps an 40s. some of these -- 30s and 40s. numerous reports of fog, oakley, very cold and foggy. look for temperatures to be cooling down today and turning much, much colder. we t

thing that's happening now which hopefully will bear fruit in the next few years is the world meteorological organization in combination with unccd, luc's organization, fao and about 15 other organizations including noaa in the united states have been working to plan a high-level meeting on national drought policy that's going to be held in geneva, switzerland, in mid march of this year. and i've been working with that group to organize that particular meeting. and the goal there is to provide a framework that national governments throughout the world can use to develop a national drought policy and adapt it to their particular needs. so what we're trying to provide to nations are a set of best practices that they could use and employ to reduce the impacts of future droughts. because the concern about drought in the future is highly related to the issue of climate change and what's going to happen to the frequency, severity and duration of those events. >> sounds to me like so many things in our world we really do, on this issue, need to build better partnerships and, of course, better polic