an alternative to that is air jets. air jets do not do that. it has a pedestal sink and a matching toilet. it has a wonderful medicine cabinet here with a great feature now, so there is actually a locking compartment so you can put your medicines in there. >> there you go. excellent. and it has got its little shaving mirror or whatever. makeup mirror. normally, this would be recessed, right? >> yes, it would be pushed on the wall, so you have to be again mindful about that. when you are doing the construction, you have to leave a little opening for a period >> one of the big issues we always have is coordination and construction between the fixture's and the trade. the plumber might come along and put a vent pipe or some of the plumbing lines in the wall light real -- right where you want to resist the medicine cabinet, so we need to have the architect or someone coordinate between the contractor and the various subcontractors just to make sure that the homeowner gets what they had in mind when they designed it. >> absolutely. even in a bathroo

coldest air sinks in the valleys that's why frost developing thin frost not much moisture in the air. jetess to alaska, arctic circle, -- one degree below zero in denver now. we'll fluctuate temperatures a degree or two here or there then a few more clouds sunday and monday temperatures drop two for three degrees compared to what we have today. here's frances with an update. >> new crash in the san ramon valley southbound 680 livernois chp en route, no injuries5úk reported once they get there they will clear this crash one crash blocking second from left lane yellow traffic slow through the area live shot at 680 in walnut creek this is near north main southbound towards highway 24 still flowing well. bay bridge toll plaza where the back-up has grown beyond the building, towards the end of the parking lot, not towards the overcrossing at this point. as you continue into san francisco looks great coming off the upper deck of the bay bridge and heading towards the lower deck also delay-free. san mateo bridge that was really crowded yesterday, right knew it is fine as you make your way westb

the company also delayed taking delivery of some new 777 air freight jets. some analysts had worried fed-ex may have too much air freight capacity with the new plane. it delivered for shareholders today, rising 8%. volume more than quadrupled. still, the stock is down 10% from a year ago. delta shares was another high flyer in the transportation business. despite fears of a looming recession in europe, delta said it will be "solidly profitable" next year. management expects capacity cuts will offset higher fuels costs. additionally, the company is banking on growth coming from latin america, particularly brazil. shares gained about 5.5% today on twice their usual volume, but they've lost a third of their value compared to a year ago. some merger activity in technology, this time in semiconductor equipment. lam research will buy novellus systems for just over $3 billion in an all stock deal. based upon last night's close, novellus shareholders could get $44 per share. the stock closed well shy of that figure today, even with the 16% rally. lam research, the bu

what we have now, the jet stream is dipping low enough to let the cooler air move the area ands we moveinto the week, the jet stream will move up and then in the forecast, because of the front moving through down south of the metro area, to the southern side of the mid atlantic, more of a flurry in the forecast. that will move off, we have another front that will push out and bring in another chance of a flurry late tonight and into the morning. no moisture associated with either of these. the temperatures will take a hit today and down from the 60 high yesterday. down to the 40s today and with the next front passingtroke the temperatures will take a hit. in the lower 40s and with the high pressure for the rest of the week, the mild air will most of in and the trend will take us back to up to 50s and 60s heading into the week before christmas. with the sunrise, the small craft advisory in effect because of the fronts that are passing by. 44 today, some clouds and sun and 28 tonight and mostly cloudy with a flurry potentially. the clouds will give way to the sun and on monday, 51. 56 on

the crash of a colgan air commuter jet from newark to buffalo in 2009, in which 50 people died. neither the pilot nor the first officer had slept in a bed the night before. they had commuted to newark from florida and washington state. yawns could be heard on the cockpit voice recorder. >> this new rule will afford pilots the opportunity to get eight hours of uninterrupted sleep before a flight. >> reporter: the rules will also reduce the number of on-duty hours for a pilot, but only from a maximum of 16 hours a day to 14 hours a day. >> i'm very distressed over these rules because they don't go anywhere near far enough. >> reporter: and some say the new rules fall substantially short of dealing with the problems of pilots who commute to their base, flying in from distant cities to begin their duty. younger, less well paid pilots end up sleeping in so-called crash pads, like this one abc news found near laguardia airport in new york, with stacks of bunk beds, 24 to a room. or trying to grab sleep in pilot lounges, where experts say the quality of sleep is badly impaired. >> thes

cold air lifts out warmer air pacificorp jet coming in on sunday gulf moisture joints on monday that nother storm brought up from the southwest turning warm later wednesday-wednesday night, late next week next cold there, said and you can see everything keeps it moving along. at least to the cold spells are not long term. chicago forecast talking more about next week whether on the update and a few minutes. quite cold tonight chilliest since february. high temperature today of just 28 degrees tomorrow a beautiful day. cold and windy in the afternoon. the wind chill is 7-16 m.p.h. during the day. scattered clouds quick drop to 20-25 degrees temperature steady tomorrow night the wind mixing things up milder in the afternoon on sunday. back to the low 40's again on monday more clouds and maybe a shower at night. big storms later next week could be a brainstorm driving up twin cities could be a snow storm of their but not here. still did not see that yet. >> up next introducing you to one of chicago is a very own turning talents into a big payday for special group of senators. singers. at

japan's neighbors, namely china and russia, are developing the stealth jets. air defense in japan has been requesting f-35. >> translator: but it seems there are some challenges regarding the f-35. >> translator: yes, the largest concern is a possible schedule delay. ministry of defense takes f-35 as a successor to f-4 fighters. which were deployed about 40 years ago. the majority of them are to be retired by 2021. defense ministry believes the delivery should be made by the end of 2016 to allow enough time for pilot training. however, defects of f-35 were discovered during the tests, leading to development delay. some are concerned about missing the delivery date. a delay could substantially impact japan's capabilities in defense. >> translator: we hear japan's choice took into account to what degree japanese companies being involved in the production? >> translator: that is correct. except for some fighters, japan has paid licenses to locally produce fighter jets developed by the united states. thus retain its production technologies. however, there is no produc

this is more of a subtropical jet stream that will bring mild air down through the southern half of the country. and it's not until we get these jet streams to combine and we get the cold air plunging to the south that we get these larger snowstorms or even blizzard type storms. until that happens, we're not going to call for anything significant snowwise. now, right now this map shows you where there is snow on the ground. these are people that still holding out hope for a white christmas. you notice in the mountainous area of the rockies, we have snow. spine of appalachians and northern new england but no snow on the ground. the green is bare ground through michigan, all through southern new england. western new york, areas like syracuse and rochester, they have barely any snow on the ground at all and even areas of northern -- the plains. minnesota should be snow covered by now. so, a lot of plays typically people get around on snowmobiles they don't have the snow. doesn't look like any more is coming. temperatures this morning are warm. we're at 39 to start your morning in minneapol

japan's neighbors, namely china and russia, are developing the stealth jets. air defense in japan has been requesting f-35. >> translator: but it seems there are some challenges regarding the f-35. >> translator: yes, the largest concern is a possible schedule delay. ministry of defense takes f-35 as a successor to f-4 fighters. which were deployed about 40 years ago. the majority of them are to be retired by 2021. defense ministry believes the delivery should be made by the end of 2016 to allow enough time for pilot training. however, defects of f-35 were discovered during the tests, leading to development delay. some are concerned about missing the delivery date. a delay could substantially impact japan's capabilities in defense. >> translator: we hear japan's choice took into account to what degree japanese companies being involved in the production? >> translator: that is correct. except for some fighters, japan has paid licenses to locally produce fighter jets developed by the united states. thus retain its production technologies. however, there is no produc

. >>> tonight in sacramento international airport southwest air lines jet had to abort the take off when 2 tires blue. 737 was on its way to seattle with 137 people on board no. 1 was injured. firefighters doused the wheels however with water to prevent any sort of fire from breaking out. >>> police in fremont hope two drivers will come forward after they both hit and killed a military veteran on a busy street. witnesses say a newer silver toyota rav 4 struck the man while crossing the boulevard at about 7:40 last nature. investigators believe he was not in the crosswalk. 4 door honda accord then hit the man after he was on the ground. >> if somebody is throughout that saw something, get in touch with us. i guess that's the right thing to do. >> this is very busy intersection so i know there's other vehicle throughout that might have seen what occurred but not realize that the 2 vehicle had hit a pedestrians. >>reporter: police say good samaritan performed first aid and cpr on the man until the paramedic arrived. the family says he lived in a homeless camp not far from where this happene

. >>> and they are looking into a jet air to blowout at the sacramento airport, the southwest airlines was taking off and fire crews rushed to the scene as a precaution. the fear was that it could catch on fire. 130 people were on board the plane but no injuries are reported and passengers say it was a frightening experience. >> we got halfway down the runway and it started shaking and they set the nose down on the runway and it was okay. >> again, nobody was injured and it was on the way to seattle. >>> it has been relatively quiet during this holiday season but there is a new holiday camp in oakland. ktvu channel 2 news' paul chambers joins us live from what is being called the sybbe russ triangle, paul -- cyprus triangle, paul? >> reporter: it is behind that enclosure on that vacant lot. we have a bird's eye view of the encampment which has 14 tents on it. this is the second one since the main encampment was shut down last month. it was at 18th in linden at a home which was in default. at fares homeowners allowed them to stay there but then the homeowners notified police and they we

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i'm glad that we are not there the warmer air well down to the south and that's because of a dip in the jet stream. that cooler air is settling in over the lake. temperatures in the 60s and 70s. the pacific northwest, right across areas into the northern plains very chilly as well with temperatures only into the 30s and the 40s. the cooler air is really settling in. improvement in the wind, definitely. right now, 32 miles per hour wind gusts at dulles, 16 at frederick. you can see, already, we do are plenty of improvement across the area. split radar composite showing skies are clear because that ridge is keeping things under control in terps of the sunshine and that's just going to continue. for tonight, though, chilly with temperatures into the 20s. low 20s in the burbs. so make sure that you bundle up if that's where you are. ridge of high pressure once again will hang around right through until the middle of the week. sunny days but chilly. done be fooled by the sunshine. you're definitely going to need a sweater or a jacket. tomorrow, day planner, by mid day, about 41 degrees. no short

the crash of a colgan air commuter jet from new york to buffalo in which 50 people died.e first officer had slept in a bed the night before. they had commuted to newark from florida and washington state. yawns could be heard on the cockpit voice recorder. >> this new rule will afford pilots the opportunity to get eight hours of uninterrupted sleep before a flight. >> reporter: the rules would also reduce the number of on-duty hours for a pilot. but only from a maximum of 16 hours a day to 14 hours a day. >> i'm very distressed over these rules because they don't go anywhere near far enough. >> reporter: and some say the new rules fall substantially short of dealing with the problems of pilots who commute to their base, fly in from distant cities to begin their duty. younger, less well-paid pilots end up sleeping in so-called crash pads like this one abc news found near laguardia airport in new york. with stacks of bunk beds, 24 to a room. or trying to grab sleep in pilot lounges where experts say the quality of sleep is badly impaired. >> these new rules do not stop the d

a lot of it from hurricane irene and some guys catching some sick air on their jet skis.marsh grass. >> this has got to be sped up. >> this is not sped up. >> you think because the grass is so narrow and close to you, it looks like they're going fast. >> i think he probably started going faster. >> it's still all part of the fun. >> you take a jet ski underwater for a second, i want to see that with the gopro. >> ask and you shall receive. >>> it's time, everybody, our number one pick for the best video of the year. >> we look at a lot of videos on this show. but i will guarantee that you guys remember this one. >> the girl -- and the deer. the deer took a liking to this young girl and tried to for lack of a better word -- get his freak on with her. >> the chase went on and on. >> the deer thinking, what was the girl thinking? how does this happen? we got in touch with them via skype. joining us right now, we have kendra southerland, who was being chased by the deer and tyler thompson who was giggling the entire time, and shot the video. how on earth did this happen? >> i

gangs of new york the giants run al it's called put it what airs over local rivals jets to get the big apple bragging rights and a chance for an end see peace crown. i will start with ice hockey where eight games have been scheduled in the kontinental hockey league on sunday three early matches to sell you about first where some of these look to be well on their way to their nine straight defeats as they are hosting did i must go over in all my school with the school right now one two one and i will moscow in the third period now defending the garden cup winners sell about your life are up against more words two goals were scored by the hosts in the first spirit and now it's three one to sell about you live in the third period now trucks are scored soo second period goals against the visit things are better nizhny novgorod the score in that one is still two zero now five more games will start in the next ten minutes or so words that are in cup winners august bars are welcoming c.b.d. now kate shells and bad boys. are hosting album garden if he make amends local business will be looking

the call there and the warm air will be allowing this jet stream spinning up the big storm system that'sd air from the rockies and the moisture from the gulf. the wind chill is not bad at 39 degrees ... we have temperatures in the forties across the region it's in the 40's in winnetka and kenosha ... the normal high as in the mid 30's and we are in bonus territory ... 43 degrees at o'hare 42 degrees at midway and 45 degrees here in lincoln park ... nowhere is there snow on the ground across the region naperville is currently 39 degrees ... we have big changes coming this week there's a storm system lifting into the midwest and precipitation is impressive tuesday night into thursday is going to be the cooler air and precipitation ... it will be warm wednesday night ... we expect a half-inch up to 2 in. on our models of rainfall ... as these storms consolidate from out west the gulf of mexico will open up with moisture and a couple of showers will be going through and will have a good rain coming through midweek ... not clear if there will bees any significant snow on the backside of these

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>> in today's navy, officers also must understand the complex aerodynamics that keep fighter jets in the air. >> i decided to come to annapolis because my father was in the navy and he flew planes, and i decided i wanted to do the same thing -- follow in his footsteps and serve my country. >> the compression ratio goesy. from 5 to 1 on a centrifugal, to a 15 to 1 in a compressor like this one. >> we are definitely a technically oriented school. we are very heavy into the math and sciences, and we have a great engineering and mathematics curriculum here, but we also serve humanities and social sciences, as well. >> our students attend classes and have to complete a degree program, just like at another university. they take a well-rounded curriculum. >> and you can major in anything from political science all the way to electrical engineering. >> the naval academy has a language of its own. for example, the students are called midshipmen. >> the term "midshipman" actually comes from the olden days when younger boys were training to be sailors on the ship and they lived in the middle of the shi

park air express, a shuttle ride away from l.a.x. and no-jet-lag, jet lag prevention. >> when i travel, i love celebrating other people's holidays or gaining a new perspective on my own. christmas is a joyous time of year, and each country has its own ways of making merry: special customs, foods, drinks, and holiday markets are all part of christmas in switzerland. my switzerland christmas market adventure begins on lake geneva in montreux, where christmas markets are a new holiday tradition of which gluhwein, a hot mulled wine, is an essential ingredient. ah. norbert muller is the vice director of the montreux christmas market. and how long has it been going on here in montreux? >> 16 years. >> now, the tradition of christmas markets in europe, though, dates way back. >> for centuries, mostly in germany. we took it. we picked it up from germany, let's say. >> and improved upon it? >> and we tried to improve it, that's right. we do it maybe a little bit differently. we brought some special flavor. as you can see, the quality of the chalets are

the colder air is settling in because the jet stream happens to be south of us. s influx of cooler air that's just hitting about most of the mid-atlantic as well as into the upper midwest and across the northern plains. so the jet stream is actually dipping to the south just over texas. this entire region is being affected by that cooler pool of air, but the ridge of high pressure keeping us clear here on the east coast. so we're not seeing anything in terms of clouds or precipitation. the december chill definitely settling in tonight with our temperatures into the 20s and cooler in some of our areas in the burbs and to the east as well we're seeing that. the ridge of high pressure definitely in place, chilly conditions will continue. another day tomorrow where there's no shortage of sunshine. our high will be about 46 degrees. so we just climb a little bit, 30 degrees for the overnight low. that's going to continue until we hit our way through until the later part of the week when we have a system that will probably bring us a chance of showers by thursday. in th

i am major bob gerson of the united states air force, and i hold in my hand... [jetg] [clears throat] a directive from the office of the president of the united states of america. it reads... "effective immediately, "the air force's formal involvement "in outer-atmosphere testing and exploration "is hereby terminated. "a new civilian agency, "the national aeronautics and space administration, "is this day chartered. "project daedalus is now complete and designated mission accomplished." reporter: the air force is out? what about the pilots? who's gonna be the first american in space? well, the decision has been made after an exhaustive search. we have identified who could best carry out a mission of this magnitude. this job calls for toughness, both mental and physical toughness, and in the tradition of the best of the air force, an ability to follow orders to the letter. ladies and gentlemen, i would like you to meet maryanne, the first american to cross into outer space. [murmuring] [laughter] this way. oh, look, frank, she wants to shake your hand. you bastard. sh

new pilot fatigue rules are meant to prevent accidents like this one, the crash of a colgan air commuter jet from newark to buffalo almost three years ago, in which 50 people had died. neither the pilot nor the first officer had slept in a bed the night before. they had commuted to newark from florida and washington state. yawns could be heard on the cockpit voice recorder. >> this new rule will afford pilots the opportunity to get eight hours of uninterrupted sleep before a flight. >> reporter: the rules will also reduce the number of on-duty hours for a pilot. but only from a maximum of 16 hours a day to 14 hours a day. >> i'm very distressed over these rules because they don't go anywhere near far enough. >> reporter: critics say the new rules also fall substantially short of dealing with the problems of pilots who commute to their base, flying in from distant cities to begin their duty. younger, less well paid pilots end up sleeping in so-called crash pads, like this one abc news found near laguardia airport in new yk. or trying to grab sleep in pilot lounges where experts say the qualit

another neighborhood resident told us the air conditioners sometimes sound like a jet plane idling. >> it's about 10gbs quieter than it is in -- quieter in the front of my house. >> reporter: he and other residents are also annoyed by the barnyard noise from the hospital petting zoo. he's raised this sign to signal his frustration to laguna honda officials who he says haven't fixed the noise problem entirely. >> you run the gammot of we really want to fix it, it's not that bad to you shouldn't have bought a home by a hospital. >> reporter: the hospital today told us, we do sympathize with the concerns, and we've taken a number of efforts to fix them. >> it's a brand new hospital, you would expect that it wouldn't be you know dumping out a bunch of noise like a factory. >> the hospital says the sound levels here are actually below legal standards. but says it's open to evaluating new tactics to make it even quieter. thompson says he and other neighbors may take legal action to make that happen. reporting live in san francisco, david stevenson, ktvu. >>> a mother accused of dropping her

we say this is an amplified pattern because the jets buckle and pull the arctic air down.his is the forecast by sunday night and monday and that is why we are going to get some cold air around here. these temperatures by late december standards are extraordinary. in alaska and the northwest territories are more like it. on the weekend if we jump ahead here to sunday, this is in the morning and we start in the 30's and in the temperatures fall during the day so that by late today we will be in the '20s and here sunday night. single digits running in on strong winds. look at what will happen to the wind chills. sunday is not bad in the 15 degree range by the lower a bit amid pounding wins. ds. there is the edge of the cold air. it stays away but here is the stuff of warm air that comes in tomorrow and pushes us up to 50 degrees. it will be 18 degrees above normal, more like an october day than a late december day. we're 1 degrees cooler than 24 hours ago but these numbers are small which means temperatures haven't changed much. the bigger temperature drops are with a cold ai

this storm a big part of clouds a bit rushed aboard air west end of the continent as that happens setting the stage for arctic outbreak buckled and the jets reaching into the arctic pulling the cold air down in anticipation of the big weather change winter storm watches twisted downwind of lake superior would not be surprised to see this happened on the south end of the lake areas east of the weekend gale watches on the lake wind advisories. high wind warnings to the west going to be a lot of wind transition over the weekend. first big warm air pacific origin polar front is setting up there you can see how cold is behind that. high temperature today. northern alaska bitter cold air can send a loper down here and bring us the coolest pair of the season the bed is north at 12 mi. per hour wind chill were also look at this speaking of winter chill the way things looked sunday morning wind chills thermometer readings will start in the thirties and fall to the upper 20s during the day by evening when a chill in the teens and look at what happens by rush hour on monday morning 30 degrees below below zero in chicago for the first time this seaso

and early friday could set up a light rain perhaps ice pellets and we go into a bottle of the jet warmer airoming in here by the time we get to new year's eve on saturday in the short term the area of rainfall se word across iowa and minnesota expected to move as follows add to the area the forecast at three in the morning and by morning rush hour rainfall sleep or freezing rain in the area will be like cutting out the pier by mid morning the rest of the day partly sunny and much warmer across the boundary between the arctic air and the pacific air will make us up tomorrow snowfall like to the north bringing warmer air passing to the north streaming to the north but a second system developing right there the one that comes through late tomorrow night and early friday with liquid perhaps ice pellets and then look at the isobars pact on new year's eve today. that is a big deep warmth affair with the big red ball is occurring pacific northwest backed up against the mountains like the smell of their expected to fall each mountain range maximum area of snow fall strings the moisture out of the ai

the air is pretty dry. dew point is 25. jet stream, the northern branch of the southern branch you can see coming across the country west to east. this is keeping the arctic air bottled up. storm systems in the southwest now. it will be unsettled through the rockies over the next few days. the northern plains and the storms are going to ride along the jet north of us. so, until things change with the pattern, the next several days look pretty quiet. it may be until tuesday before we get some real rain around here. our future cast is all nice and quiet. clear today. sunny. storm system, you can see it here this evening cutting across the great lakes. a front bal boundary. this will bring us slightly cooler weather for saturday. any snow showers with it will be well to the north, new york, northern pennsylvania on friday afternoon. headed toward new england. front slips through. a little bit cooler saturday. saturday and sunday, still look nice going out toward chicago or madison here on saturday. main into detroit later on in th

the jet stream responsible for the colder air we're feeling is well to the south of us. we'll be hanging around into the 40s as we move into tomorrow and a gradual warm-up into the course of the week to take us to the mid-50s, but we're not going to get much warmer. be prepared. don't be fooled by the sunshine. it's still going to be fairly cool outside. here's a look at your day planner for tomorrow, chilly and sunny, no shortage of sunshine. by 8:00 around 33 degrees and by midday we'll be about 43. it doesn't change much by 4:00, still into the low 40s. your five-day forecast showing you once again no shortage of sunshine. by the time we hit thursday we'll start to see some clouds rolling in ahead of a system. thursday night we'll get a few showers. they'll be out of the way by friday, but you can see that gradually rise in temperatures i spoke about by thursday heading to at least the mid- 50s, a far cry from the low 40s of yesterday and i want to add that saturday night we did hit the first freeze in d.c. and that actually holds fourth place as we take a look at the

tomorrow, good air quality everywhere with a jet over head. and yesterday we were reporting we might have the spare the air on the first day of the year. not the case. we'll see the winds pick up enough to we do not have to spare the air. my gift to you. mother nature's gift to you. i'll take her credit any day. 61 in gilroy. illinois take you through the extended forecast. tell you when the rain will arrive coming up now. mike has a serious issue. >> we're still following a major accident. a vta bus mangled against the side of a semitruck. fortunately the only issue is the damage right now. there was an injury to the driver, but it was out of servi service. of course, we hope that driver is okay. the rest of the freeway sf moving nicely. no major problem as a lighter volume continues for this weak and probably into monday foggy bridges is the story this morning. looking at fog advisories. let's look at oakland. past the coliseum the traffic is clearly visible. either direction. northbound. these taillights. a look at the bay bridge toll plaz p

that warm air out there jumps into the jet stream. look how uniform deep winds arethe windas are.as this goes in north word we could get temperatures in the 50 degree range onwe will most likely wake up to a wet sunday morning. but the snow will accumulate out to the west the boss by the way here is the santa anna set up those are strong winds. here is a close look at the weekend weather system, we will have a beautiful day tomorrow after the snow showers tonight and then the storm will travel north into wisconsin and a saturday night here comes our weekend rain. look how the temperatures are dropping in the western part of the country as they warm up here it is a perfect set up for a storm. for now there is no storm it is 45 degrees in chicago. it is pretty nice today the normal high temperature for this time of year is 40 degrees. humidity is that 46 percent in the dew point is quite low. these are the coolest temperatures... ohare has a temperature of 45 degrees right now. it is a beautiful day for december 1st. here is our forecast for the remainder of the day sunny chance of

air. as the current temperatures with the jet stream overlaid, jet stream is dipping pretty far south into oklahoma. look at the current temperatures. 8 degrees right now in bismarck. temperatures in the teens in minneapolis and in chicago, it is only 25. so this is the cold air that is going to roll in. what is going to usher in the cold air. a cold front in the ohio valley still to our west. it will move through late tonight. going to move through dry, as far as we are concerned. a few clouds come in after midnight. once the cold front rolls through, skies return mostly sunny tomorrow morning and breezy behind the front. that will add an additional chill to the air. in the meantime a few high clouds. temperatures not that cold yet. in the 40s. 45 in rock hill. 43 in bethesda. out to the west, well mainly 40s. the exception 39 in reston and 41 in sterling and 43 out toward leesburg. we are looking at yet another front. a sunny but cold weekend. windy and cold tonight. bundle up if you are going to the army navy game tomorrow. very cold saturday night. i think our coldest night so far. als

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