over to abilene. now, in terms of aum calculation was we had hour we had up to. inches of snow. not going to be ta big of a deal. traveling around tl texas, that will be the biggest travel trouble spot in the nation. dallas, ft. worth, maybe going to san antonio or a flight in houston. that storm system is going to drive its way to the east, eventually moving into places like new orleans. not saying severe thunderstorms, but certainly heavy rainfall. lake-effect snow fall. the northern plains, high temperatures of 42 degrees in kansas city, 39 in minneapolis, 50 in seattle, 70 in los angeles. 37 in albuquerque. the string of 30s and 40s from boston to washington, 80 degrees in tampa. here in atlanta, 61 degrees will be your expected high. >> that's pretty good stuff. i don't understand metrology. >> you know what snfs he was telling the truth. it was teelgdzed, but not to be shower with my viewers, i'm sorry. >>> we're five minutes past the hour. some folks are out there right now hustling try to get those last minute gifts. ben, the malls there in new jersey opened at 7:00. it'

>> abilene clark is a made in 1962, mississippi. when you're troduced to her in the story she has lost her son, 24 years old. shlost him in industrial accident and basically ad inside. she's decided to stop working. she's depressed and decides to go back and work for a young girl, well, elizabeth and she raises her daughter and through the course of the sto she's introduced to this idea to write this book about how it feels to be a black domestic work inning mississippi for white women. >> charlie: through a series of conversations and stories? >> interviews with skeeter the writer and through the course of writing the book i think she finds a purpose, you know, which has been absent in her life after she lost her son. so it goes. >> charlie: you read the book and wanted to make a movie. >> i did. i was very ambitious i said i want to option it and produce it and be the star of it and provide work for women of color. >> charlie: you could do that? >> in hindsight it was ambitious to see what it has turne into, yeah, it seemed overly

worth area that we're starting to see the change from rain to snow, from midland out through abilene and north, up to wichita falls, you'll see some snowflakes. here's the cold air. the wind chill this morning is minus 7 here in nebraska. it's the opposite on the east coast. if anything your biggest weather concern is fog this morning, a lot of dense fog in southern new england, down outside of new york city, philadelphia and d.c. so be careful driving with that. there's no wind chill at all for the east coast. so enjoy it, probably a day or two more of this. temperatures, 80s in florida, 70s up through the carolinas, 60s from d.c. new york city near 60. the cold air entrenched, minneapolis to chicago. down in areas of texas today. that's where the transition is. thunderstorms in houston and new orleans, but colder and chilly back in dallas, so aditi, very interesting things going on so far. winter looks to take more of a grip around the country by the weekend. >> we'll brace for it, thank you, bill. >>> all eyes on europe this week. stocks to watch on wall street and even for italia

before i started just want to say how pleased i am to be back here in abilene. as tim mentioned i have spent much of the past five years here. i believe i have eaten just about every restaurant here in town but i just want to say people here have been gracious and warm to me on my many visits and i'm most grateful for that so thank you very much. i also would like a specially to thank step of this great library and museum a number of whom art knowledge in the book but who deserve some special mention to night. first and foremost is deputy director here in the good friend and the archivist to whom i was lucky to be assigned, samantha kenner who is responsible for the arrangements tonight and of course carl whites and bok who has been gracious to me throughout the long research and to introduce me to david eisenhower and julie nixon. is it's a special challenge that i have learned this spring to speak to people in abilene about eisenhower. as you are an unusually sophisticated and his legacy. both places the first question i get is, didn't he just play golf? rathe

. >>> crews are working to keep the roads safe for the drivers in abilene. temperatures fell around the freezing mark causing icy conditions. drivers skidding, slipping and spinning out of control, some roadways had to be closed due to hazardous conditions. >>> poor road conditions left 250 travelers stranded on the greyhound buser in el pa so. routes were closed due to heavy snow. good to see everyone helping out their fellow man. again, that's texas, el paso, texas. i can't tell you how many people have been asking, we never had a snowless winter. there has been one winter with under one inch recorded back in 1949 and 50, having no snow in to december, means nothing for the rest of the winter. don't lose faith. we normally would be down to 26, high of 43. we will shoot back up above normal. sun up at 7:25, we are looking at temperatures now just hanging on to 40 on the north side. 30s mixed in. we have ow sieves ourselves a mix of clouds. i had some i hit the winder shield op my drive in. this is eroding away. we have snow showers to the north, our mix of

zoom in a little more south of lubbock and towards amarillo and abilene -- amarillo is here, abilene closer as we venture in a little more. high elevations in odessa and midland. that's where the snow is heavier. even then only a few inches of snowfall. all things again relative in the rockies. the snow there, inches. snowfall fell several feet within boulder, several hours ago. a lot of die out. this is the snowpack that remains. also snow on the ground in parts of the northeast and western great lakes. as we fast forward into tonight what we anticipate and into tomorrow morning, snow continuing through parts of texas, pacific northwest and into the northern great lakes. that's going to be about it. doesn't look like it's going to be a white christmas for a lot of people. again, caveat, fairly nice travel conditions with the exception of the lone star state of texas. thing is the storm system won't remain locked in place, eventually move into georgia and alabama. st. louis you're going to be okay, but you're neighbors in the south can expect showers. maybe a boom of thunder. that is

abilene, you're getting snow. we have winter storm warnings for many areas of new mexico and it's plenty cold in albuquerque where you're watching the snowflakes fly this morning. minus 6 in denver. everywhere in white is in the negative numbers. from the northern rockies to the northern plains, it feels like the milths of winter. but the rest of the east coast feels like late or middle fall. here is your forecast for today. notice the warm air. 60s in d.c. but that rainey weather from dallas, maybe even thunderstorms out ahead of it from houston and new orleans, arkansas is getting drenched along with tennessee and kentucky and that's where we're going to have some flooding issues. that's a look at your national forecast. now here is a look at the weather outside your window. today in new orleans, chance of a storm or two. still very unusuallily warm. new york city, 59 degrees. charlotte, north carolina, same for you at 59. look at pueblo, colorado, blowing snow and a cold 16 degrees. it's just been ridiculously

this was the scene in abilene. a mix started falling. temperatures weren't cold enough for it to stick. it was a mild, but cloudy afternoon for most of us. get out the umbrellas. storm 4 meteorologist veronica johnson joins us to tell us when we are going to get wet. veronica? >> on the other side of midnight, the showers are going to move in. for the evening, we have dry conditions. not much sunshine as we look out the window there. we have a mostly cloudy sky. throughout the day today, we have seen a little bit of thinning of the cloud deck across the area. 60 degrees for the temperature. for the evening, we could see a few sprinkles around the area. the bigger part of the rains are going wait until tomorrow. we have a stretch of weather that is going to be headed our way. the snow in texas is part of the same system. as we look around our area, not cold enough for snow by any means and not a shortage of mild air either. we are at 60 degrees. manassas and gaithersburg, 57. 61 in prince george's county. here is a look at the loop over t

abilene this morning, to santa fe, getting heavy snow. and this big hard wind blowing all of the way to the west. this week, the santa anas have kicked up. but this time they're cold. now you're back to 60-mile-an-hour winds plus. >> this is likely to be the biggest problem on the board today. it's the slow air travel. we're 15 degrees above normal. everybody likes that. usually that means fog this time of year. >> can you tell we decorated while you were away? >> it looks like a christmas cave. what's going on? >> it's good to have you back, sam. >>> now to the big win for tiger woods. cheers erupted as he scored his first victory in two years. josh was following the moments. it was intense. especially coming down the back nine. >> and on an nfl sunday, suddenly you were toggling back and forth. one tournament win for a player who had won dozens in years past. would have been a victory we all soon would have forgotten. yesterday in los angeles was no ordinary sunday for tiger woods. [ crowd cheers ] >> and there it is! a "w" for tiger wo

looks like abilene, as well.here. we're in times square this morning. lara? >> it's me. >> robin? >> it's me. still here with jude. getting ready? yeah. we make good use of this little studio, don't we? >> yh@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@ha >>> keep those coats coming. there are so many things we moms do to celebrate our kids. keeping pictures in our wallets. but some moms are going a step further with some permanent ink. abc's juju chang has been following this hot, new trend. >> reporter: what do hollywood power moms angelina jolie, hieii klum and christina aguilera have in common? for the answer, think ink. guess which celebrity mom belongs to this tattoo. and this one? victoria beckham. pamela anderson has reportedly changed her tummy tattoo, to mommy. in fact, mommy tattoos are a huge trend. >> hundreds of readers are sending in tattoos, they've gotten to commemorate their children. the remarkable thing about mom tattoos is how universal they are. they're not just happening in the hipster enclaves, on the coast.

abilene will see a white -- abilene, texas, will see a white christmas. >> reporter: sam, having a hardaring you right now. this was a house yesterday. and it is completely demolished. this storm brought powerful winds and plenty of rain that raked alabama and georgia. this family and others are lucky to be alive. overnight, it was the worst find of christmas surprise. a tornado, barreling through alabama, bringing winds of up to 80 miles per hour, pounding areas like columbiana, damaging multiple homes. eastern in georgia, that same storm damaged homes and businesses across the northern part of the state. multiple injuries as a result of so much flying glass. >> it was like a grayish-black cloud, right in my front yard, throwing everything around. a tree limb came through our roof and hit right in our living room. >> reporter: tens of thousands are now without power, just two days before christmas. on streets, downed trees, cars overturned on the highways. >> the door got blown in. there was glass flying around. >> reporter: this family was on their way to take their toddler to see san

abilene could see enough snow to call it a white christmas. only happened twice since they've been keeping records. it was 1939, if i'm right, and maybe '87 that that happened there. and never again. there's the clear, dry weather in the middle of the country. the cooling reaches all the way down, as the skies clear into the deep south and along the gulf coast. there's our pocket of snow. still windy on the west coast. ca >> as robin so nicely put it, it is christmas eve eve. >> and your tie is perfect. it looks like a candy cane. >> i try. the only candy cane tie i could find anywhere. >> reindeer yesterday. candy cane today. thanks, sam. >>> now, to a new battle of the celebrities. what some people are calling the hollywood wax war. two museums are going head-to-head for who is making the most realistic fakes. abc's neal karlinsky checks out the competition. >> reporter: the battle of the titans. coke versus pepsi. mcdonald's versus burger king. jolie versus jolie. wait a minute. not the real angelina jolie. but in this hollywood wax war, he

their first seasonal snow abilene and lubbock, odessa, am morrill low, schools were delayed thousandshout power. that's going to continue because the temperatures are cold enough for snow. take a look, shepard. we are dealing with temperatures like 7 bolder, 20 in albuquerque, 29 in dallas, 26 in kansas city. ahead of that cold front that's where we are seeing warmer than average temperatures in new york city at 52. >> shepard: i will say. it doesn't feel like december. out west the winds are kicking up again in the los angeles area. >> we still have wind advisories posted for southern california, shepard until tuesday. certainly not the wind event that we saw last week thursday and friday where those pictures are just incredible. and we saw wind gusts in excess of 100 miles per hour. of course, thousands of people were without power. national weather service does have wind warnings up until tuesday where they have wind gusts in excess of 60 miles per hour below the mountain passes and red flag warnings are up. but, again, certainly not the event that we saw last week but people are a

abilene with a flurry. amarillo with 4 inches.t day and thunderstorms. tomorrow, that rain moves into the carolinas and virginia and west virginia. it's a big-time thunderstorm maker. here's over the next go days where the rain goes. jackson is the bull's eye. more than three inches of rain there. >> and haul that weather was brought to you by splenda. elizabeth? josh? >>> the story josh is so excited about. oh, the top viral videos of the year. the top five. oh. [ female announcer ] splenda® no calorie sweetener is sweet... and more. if you replace 3 tablespoons of sugar a day with splenda® you'll save 100 calories a day. that could help you lose up to 10 pounds in a year. and now get even more with splenda® essentials the only line of sweeteners with a small boost of fiber or antioxidants or b vitamins in every packet. just another reason why you get more... when you sweeten with splenda®. ♪ ♪ do not miss sears after- christmas sale. get 60% off coats. 60% off fleece and sweaters. 60% off pajamas and robes for the whole family.

abilene with a flurry. amarillo with 4 inches.f mississippi, a wet day and thunderstorms. tomorrow, that rain moves into the carolinas and virginia and west virginia. it's a big-time thunderstorm maker. here's over the next go days where the rain goes. jackson is the bull's eye. more than three inches of rain there. >> and haul that weather was brought to you by splenda. elizabeth? josh? >>> the story josh is so excited about. oh, the top viral videos of the year. the top five. oh. [ female announcer ] splenda® no calorie sweetener is sweet... and more. if you replace 3 tablespoons of sugar a day with splenda®, you'll save 100 calories a day. that could help you lose up to 10 pounds in a year. and now get even more with splenda® essentials, the only line of sweeteners with a small boost of fiber, or antioxidants, or b vitamins in every packet. just another reason why you get more... when you sweeten with splenda®. ♪ when you sweeten with splenda®. do not miss sears after- christmas sale. get 60% off coats. 60% off fleece and sweat

abilene this morning, to santa fe, getting heavy snow. this week, the santa anas have kicked up. now you're back to 60-mile-an-hour winds plus. >> this is likely to be the biggest problem on the board today. it's the slow air travel. we're 15 degrees above more mall. everybody likes that. >> can you tell we decorated while you were away? >> it look like a christmas cave. >>> now to the big win for tiger woods. cheers erupted as he scored his first victory in two years. josh was following the moments. it was intense. >> and on an nfl sunday, suddenly you were toggling back and forth. one tournament win for player who had won dozens in years past. yesterday in los angeles, was no ordinary sunday for tiger woods. [ crowd cheers ] >> and there it is! a "w" for tiger woods for the first time in more than two years! >> reporter: and with that six-foot birdie putt, a champion once again. >> how you would describe it? >> it feels awesome. whatever it is. >> reporter: a feeling he hadn't experienced for 749 days. with his win and signature fist pump, he had made a triumphant return to for

abilene this morning, to santa fe, getting heavy snow. this week, the santa anas have kicked up. now you're back to 60-mile-an-hour winds plus. a fix fog closer to the bay. you can normally see all the way the bay but not this a dense fog by along the eastern shore. includes el anne arundel, county, and singer is until 9:00 a.m. otherwise, partly cloudy and pleasant, 45 and the district and cooler in martinsburg, on our way >> this is likely to be the biggest problem on the board today. it's the slow air travel. we're 15 degrees above more mall. everybody likes that. >> can you tell we decorated while you were away? >> it look like a christmas cave. >>> now to the big win for tiger woods. cheers erupted as he scored his first victory in two years. josh was following the moments. it was intense. >> and on an nfl sunday, suddenly you were toggling back and forth. one tournament win for player who had won dozens in years past. yesterday in los angeles, was no ordinary sunday for tiger woods. [ crowd cheers ] >> and there it is! a "w" for tiger woods for the first time in more than t

take a look at the beautiful video out of abilene, texas they rarely see snow and a light snow making unusual for that area. parts of texas, new mexico and colorado blanketed making for dangerous travelling conditions and he's from colorado. only two inches of the white stuff expect today accumulate late in texas. there are brand new reports of deadly blasts in afghanistan. a homicide bomber reportedly killing ten people, including a member of the national parliament. it happened in the normally calm province of takhar and the crowd was reportedly leaving a funeral when the blast went off. rights now it's not clear whether the homicide bomber was targeting the parliamentary official. shocking new revelations from jimmy hoffa's chauffeur turned informant. in a new book he claims that the teamster boss was whacked by his own people and buried in the general motors center, renaissance center in detroit and he claims he learned about the final resting place during a teamsters conference in detroit in the '80s. and a new medical study, taking a page from buddy the elf book. >> you like sug