for the potomac highlands and along the allegheny front. they actually have a freeze watch that is going to kick in but only as we move into wednesday night. right now, dealing with very cold conditions as they were yesterday. for today, a high of 58 degrees. we'll so mostly cloudy skies by this afternoon. 49 for your overnight low. the clouds will kind of still be sticking around and thicken up a little bit and tonight, we are talking some fog in the overnight hours. but my seven-day forecast will give you much warmer days it to look forward to. >> all right. good news there for a lot of folks. let's see how the rain is treating our commute this morning. checking in with julie wright for the latest. >> a morning commute and rain, not a good mix so be careful. you got to wake up early with the extra time out tre on the roads this morning. let's get to it. traveling southbound along 270, no issue to report coming in out of hyattstown. the lanes are open. definitely some road spray in your face this morning. be careful and watch the speeds th

now t front itself is moving into allegheny county. there are a few sprinkles running out ahead of the front. you can see that mostly in that panhandle area of west virginia right now to the southwest of hagers town. it's moving east. this front isn't going to have much moisture with it. we'll pick up some clouds. could see a sprinkle or shower that's moving through. but it will get your attention this evening. it will get a little breezy. temperatures will begin to fall. the fog will continue tonight. tomorrow we won't recover. i'll detail what's going to happen with the insta weather plus forecast in just a few minutes. >>> the baltimore orioles back in town where their cinderella story will continue. the o's beat the texas rangers by a score of 5-1. we have team coverage this morning. we're going to begin with a look at the highlights from jerry sandusky. >> orioles magic extends now to the american league division series. the orioles win the first ever american league wild card game as they knock off the texas rangers last night 5-

im-- allegheny county.round here this morning, almost feels like it could snow but we do have some cold sprinkles, light rain showers going on with temps in the upper 30s and low 40s. the day planner shows we're not going to see a lot of sunshine but it should be a little bit better by midday into the afternoon with peeks of sunshine. 50 by noon. high of 55. probably 3:00 or so by 5:00 about 53 degrees. right now we're cloudy and 43. you'll see the snow in pennsylvania. southwestern pennsylvania through western maryland and west virginia. locally we're watching some light showers but still enough to wet the ground and maybe cause some slicker conditions out on the roads, especially with so many leaves that came down from sandy. you can see coming out of the culpeper area through warrenton and southern fauquier county especially. also up from frederick west to hagerstown some showers and temps, you'll definitely need something to keep you warm. upper 30s to low 40s. thankfully windchills only seem to be runn

areas that are across the mountains, unfortunately, could look at seeing some snow across the alleghenyer air will push in with that. with all the moisture pushing in there is a chance of seeing some snow there. here's a look at what expect. things will go downhill through the later part of sunday. i anticipate seeing rain that's going to be starting late tonight, lingering through into the first part of sunday. as the day progresses, that rain will get heavier. we are also talking gusty winds up to 30 miles per hour by the time we get into sunday night. pique effects will be felt any time from monday into tuesday. this is where we are talking excessive heavy rain and flooding with torrential downpours happening through here. this is another thing you'll have to watch for. be careful low-lying areas. if you are living along the coast, ocean city or anywhere along that particular region, you'll have to definitely consider evacuating. those are the areas that will get hit the hardest when we talk about storm surge and the water being you pushed on shore. damaging wind gusts. downed trees

best chance for the stars -- showers will start across garrett and allegheny county. you can see the areas of yellow that is the heaviest rain. not to pass the metro area until 9:00 10:00 11:00, then moving toward the delmarva. we may see the potential for strong to severe thunderstorms across southern maryland and the delmarva peninsula. not expecting a severe weather upright, but do not surprised a piece yourself with a heavy downpour and a few gusty areas of wind. >> makes sense. this is where we are for the forecast -- the overnight hours dropping to 55 degrees. grab the umbrella for tomorrow. your extended outlook will call for temperatures that will cool behind the cold front on tuesday. lower 70's on thursday, chance of a few showers on friday. do not be surprised if you find gusty winds. i got you white chocolate pumpkin. oh, please don't call me "pumpkin." no, that's white chocolate and pumpkin. oh. pumpkin. ha ha! you've never tasted pumpkin like this. try new pumpkin white chocolate or pumpkin mocha coffees and lattes today. [ male announcer ] president oba

for that reason we have some frost advisories for allegheny county, washington county under freeze warningsecause temperatures could fall near the freezing level. here is your hour-by-hour forecast. spotty showers at 47. 46 degrees at 11:00. we'll be around 40 degrees waking up for tomorrow morning to our way to the 50s for tomorrow afternoon. spotty showers. this has been moving toward the northeast. heavy showers accompanying this. no lightning but we'll see downpours that this moves to the north. woodlawn at 7:05. it will move right now into the stadium at the present hour. be aware of that. there is still this area of low pressure. that is what is responsible for the heavy rain. we'll see clearing skies as we head into tonight, but that will allow our temperatures to drop. clear skies out to the west. that will push in for tuesday afternoon and that will bring a little bit of a comfortable feel but the jet stream will bring in the chilly air. >> showing clear skies through the overnight. and that is going to allow for temperatures to drop into the 30s. by tomorrow afternoon, a chance of

cumberland as well as allegheny, mineral, all affected by this. any venge station you might have outside if you live in these areas. mainly cloudy skies today. we'll end up seeing an upper level disturbance bring some wet weather into the area into the course of this afternoon. tuesday, a ridge of high pressure starts to build in. we could have langerring showers into tuesday morning as well. be prepared for that. -- we could have lingering showers into tuesday morning as well. 55degrees for a high today t will be a cool one, clouds and fog this morning. rain later on. 45degrees for your overnight low. a light northwesterly wind from five to 10 miles per hour. here is a look at your fox 5 accu-weather seven-day forecast. temperatures start to gradually climb on tuesday, 62 degrees. on hump day, we only have sunshine and we are back to the 70s once again. temperatures will be up and down all week long but no shortage of sunshine taking us right through until sunday. jewelry, are you in for ice cream or coffee? >> i'm always in for ice in, i' drinke

there are freeze warnings in effect for the western sliver of allegheny county and into the mountains of west virginia. we will stay here, mainly cloudy and a chance of a brief sprinkle. this weather disturbances in the upper levels of the atmosphere. it is moving east and it will take the showers offshore. we may get a break for two in the clouds before the next front roles in wednesday afternoon. there will be important for the orioles heading of i-95 to new york. a few breaks in the cloud cover. temperatures will recover. here comes the next front and there are some showers in the catskills west of new york at 7. we should clear out most of the mid-atlantic and northeast going into thursday. for game 3 of this series, the first pitch looks like temperatures are in the 60's so it is milder. a slide 20% chance of a sprinkle and it will clear out and cool gamento the 50's as the moves on. mostly cloudy with north wins six to 12 and temperatures running below normal. northerly winds diminish in the afternoon. almost winter-like conditions. 54 with a sprinkle on thursday. warning clouds

not respect, and the snows in the west, which will create power outages in garrett county, maybe allegheny county, we'll be a top two state. one more look at that beach camera, just to show you west to east. north of the state line here in rehoboth. look at the waves just coming in, and we are not done yet by a long shot. >> all right. much more on the latest on sandy. back to the news defendant. >> thanks, why yet. >>> when we come back from break we'll check in with christian schaffer who is live at rehoboth beach. >> stay with us. a gigabyte of photos. t it when i d i litey wanted to say "did you see that?" [ male announcer ] when people switch from cable to verizon fios there comes a moment when they get it. the difference 100% fiber optics makes. when i saw that picture, i really got it. i can enjoy the game better at home than going to the stadium. i got it when our apartment became the apartment. [ female announcer ] once you've got it, you get it. it's faster. it's better. so, what are you waiting for? switch to fios tv, internet and phone for just 84.99 a month for a year, our bes

it yet but it is possible in the mountains above about 2,000 feet west of the divide, and in the allegheny mountains north in pennsylvania they could even get some snow on the back side of this storm. that's the way it looks. again, scenario four not so good. any questions about the scenario? >> so a one in four chance of the scenario happening that we really don't want. when would you be able to tell us whether or not that's going to be a reality? >> i think when you have a tropical system, we're four days out still so just a question of monitoring it. i think we'll have a much better idea by sunday night, once it makes that turn to the west. if the cold front that's going try to merge with it, if the cold front is a little weaker and faster, it will push it out and move it to the north. if north, then it will suck it down a little further to the south, and that is exactly what we don't want. now, this is going to kind of merge with another storm, and some folks are kind of comparing it to the perfect storm back in 9 1. for more on that here's meteorologist erica grow. >> we've been track

skyline drive and perhaps the peaks of the mountains and into the eastern part of the alleghenys and the appalachians. that snow is going to continue in many locations, just incredible. it's going to be a windy and chilly morning, still around low 40s by 6:00 a.m. by noontime, winds up and still around 30, 40 miles an hour. temperatures in the mid-40s. holding steady mid and upper 40s in the afternoon. diminished gusts by midafternoon. thankfully, improving news. here's the storm team 4 forecast. a little sun yesterday afternoon. near 40 in the afternoon. afternoon highs mid-40s. chilly start on thursday. partly sunny thursday. partly sunny friday. and the weekend, lo and behold, beautiful day on saturday. looks like sunday too with high 50s. but cold start both mornings, down into the mid to upper 30s over the weekend. then back to work and school hopefully on monday. get the power back throughout much of the region. hopefully by then we'll be up around 60 by monday afternoon. might have a passing shower on monday morning. and i'm back in ten minutes. another update comin up, and th

dense fog advisory for frederick county and washington county and allegheny county until 10:00 this morning we are seeing a quarter of a mile or less of this dense fog so it's nasty and we have maryland's most powerful radar dry right now. but we will see changes in the forecast and that hour by hour forecast brings us up to 72 by this afternoon. mostly cloudy skies. let's check the traffic with lauren cook. >> reporter: good morning. in addition to the fog we are dealing with several accidents. we have trouble up in harford county there's crash in bel air on emmerton road at barrington place. expect foggy conditions in that area. particularly along route 1 and in baltimore county we have a crash to tell you about. right in dundalk on german hill road. and if you traveling on 95 this morning, as we

parts of the alleghenys, this is west virginia getting covered up by snow.here could be spots, and i'm not kidding you, there could be spots of 60 inches of snow, five or six feet of snow. you have all that moisture from the hurricane and then you have air cold enough to make the snow and then it spins for 48 hours. an inch of snow for 48 hours, multiply it out, that's already four feet without even trying. >> how it's impacting early voting in many of the places you just mentioned. it's going to be interesting to see with all the potential power outages how long that would last if it, indeed, does end up encroaching on november 6, election day. chad meyers, thank you so much. off to new jersey right now where the governor, chris christie, spoke a short time ago about hurricane sandy. he said his state is indeed bracing for the worst. we're in seabright, new jersey. it's definitely very windy. you don't have the rain yet, but what are they bracing for? what are they expecting? >> actually, it did start to rain a little bit ago and the winds are picking up. c

narrator: pittsburgh is situated at the confluence of the allegheny, monongahela, and ohio rivers. these three rivers are vital for industry, recreation, and drinking water. and each year, billions of gallons of combined sewer overflows discharge directly into those rivers. hecht: we're now having to face the consequences of the choice that was made to put in combined sewer systems. narrator: in 1994, the government adopted a combined sewer overflow policy to reduce csos nationwide. cities with combined sewer overflows now face an enforcement action called a consent decree. under a consent decree, a city must reduce pollution levels significantly within a strict time frame or face heavy fines. in 1960, the combined sewer overflows were a perfectly legitimate way of dealing with sewers. woman: the mind set was that, what did it matter if we were sending our waste downstream? water was a good conveyance for pollution. man: sewer systems are installed to reduce public health problems. now what you're doing is transferring the problem, you're transferring it to downstream cities. in ad

. >> snow will be measured in the feet, 2 to 3 feet like garrett county, maybe allegheny county, certainlywest of the cumberland in west virginia. unbelievable power with this hybrid, hurricane type storm here. you have to go back to the perfect storm in 1991. back in 1991 this storm stayed offshore. this is coming in right to our area. >> mike. >> i was looking at some if 0 our boo with operations. i'm getting a 40 knot gust with a wave height of 21.7 feet just off ocean city so again we're starting to see this thing coming ashore and conditions going to go downhill all afternoon long. we have talked about the rain and winds and again that is going to shift into the city limits through the course of the overnight hours going into tomorrow morning. in terms of what we see heading off to the northeast but the north turn and eventually the hook back toward the west will start to occur well after midnight tonight, around 3:00, 4:00 in the morning and that will pivot in all the moisture offshore and bring the heavy rain and the wind. filling in from cecil county to the shore. heavy rain from t

the west front of the allegheny front they're getting 2 to 3 feet of snow, blizzard conditions there. all the ridge tops in pennsylvania are getting snow. new york dry now, new england getting a little circulation. this will continue to sit and spin, but luckily for us when sandy came ashore and hit that really cold air, the wind field while it broadened took a little steam out of those winds. so we haven't had quite those strong winds since early this morning. i know it kept a lot of you up last night. we definitely had many places here locally up and over the 70 mile-per-hour gust mark and we'll show you those here on our later newscast. still getting a gust to ocean city 23 miles per hour, much better for new york city, binghamton 26-mile an hour gust and detroit 33. our winds are light. that means temperatures are chilly and they will get colder tonight. we're at 43 degrees now. to our north new york city is still 51 degrees, pittsburgh 39, beckley, west virginia 32 degrees. overnight it's going to be chilly with temperatures in the upper 30s. probably had to click on the furnace

allegheny power is working to restore power to 141 of its customers. bge is reporting more than 2,000 outages, 26 in prince george's county and more than a hundred in howard county. >>> here's a quick recap of some things that you need to know if you live in maryland. all maryland government offices are closed today. public transportation across the state is closed. maryland residents are asked to stay home to try and keep the area roads clear for emergency personnel. that means all early voting activities are suspended. the early voting hours that are missed today will be rescheduled on friday. maryland governor martin o'malley says the decision to shut down the government was made to remain consistent with the district as welling a the federal government -- well as the federal government. >> 9news coverage begins with a look at the conditions in montgomery county. >> andrea mccarren is on river road in bethesda with the latest. and ya? >> reporter: -- andrea? >> reporter: jc and matt, things have not really worsened since the last time we talked but

allegheny county and washington county and even portions of west virginia and virginia under the dense fog advisory until 10 this morning. with that, let's head to lauren cook with a check on the road and once again the fog is going to be an issue this morning. >> reporter: yes. that's going tonight main problem and as charley mentioned, howard county hit hard with reduced visibility. you are look live at interstate 70 west of the beltway. no delays but again just that patchy fog. slow down and be careful as you head out. west side nice and clear. here at liberty road. no delays whatsoever it's going to take you the typical 11 minutes right now to travel the outer loop from 795 all the way down to 95. and pulling up other drive times notice the ref of the beltway in great shape from parkville to towson and use 95 to get into the city, right now from route 43 in white marsh to the beltway you are looking a at 4-minute trip that will remain nice and clear making the drive time -- downtown. now over to you. >>> 5:02. you want to see something cool a few moments ago we showed you the jj ha

it includes allegheny, pendleton, mineral, and highland county across areas to our west.ly cloudy skies. i won't rule out a sprinkle or two by then. by this evening, we are expecting to see showers and rainfall. talking 55 degrees for your high. close to where we were yesterday, because the chill was on then, too. julie wright, what do you think about this football cool weather? >> i think it's football cool when i'm sitting inside nice and warm. >> okay. >> i'm like all for the team, but man, boy, it's cold out here. on the roads this morning, we've been not so busy. had a moment when we had a car fire at university and coalsville. accident activity on the beltway, all has been cleared. for the most part, pretty much sums up our commute, nice and easy. 66 out of manassas. no problems to report georgetown north, executive boulevard. accident activity cleared. lanes open along 270. no problems there. 395 at the 14 #th street bridge, easy drive. hov rules lifted on 395, 66 and 270. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >>> thank you. many americans know who they wil

>> it judge is just north of pittsburgh in the allegheny mountains, south of buffalo, western new york. what it did today, a couple of things, one severe thunderstorm rolled right through the boston area, right into new hampshire, vermont, put down hail. capsized some boats with winds about 60 to 70 miles per hour. big waves on lake michigan here as the wind coming down the lake at 40, and cleveland, had a wind gust to 67. today, only 50. still pretty good. here is the snow, more dantogan elkins. and there is a 17-mile-per-hour gust there, and somewhere in there. yes, the snow is still coming down and still blowing, but tapering off. still will snow, are you asking how long will it snow? at least another 24 hours. look at the numbers. red house, maryland, garrett county, 29 inches. flat top, 28. davis in west virginia. and 24 inches of snow and still snowing at each one of those locations. eastern maryland, the winter when it comes to rain or maybe not, considering what it was. and mt. washington, 140 miles per hour, highest wind gust from the islip and all approaching that 90-mile-per

you have a freeze warning for western allegheny, grant, mineral, highland and pendleton. pendleton. this until 9:00 this morning. by today about midday, it will be about 53 degrees. could see a sprinkle or two then. i can't rule it out. by the 5:00 hour, a chance of some showers moving in. 56degrees. and it will be a kind after cool day today, damp and wet, just that kind of thing. yesterday, we had pretty much the same scenario. temperatures from 17 to 19 degrees cooler than they should be. >> but you said this is an improvement in the forecast. >> there is that warmer weather coming our way in the seven-day forecast. >> there you go. >> something to look forward to. all right. i'm all about that. julie wright, how you doing today? >> i could be a little warmer. that would be nice. just like you wake up one morning and you're buried under the covers. you don't want to get up. the dog is like really? lighter than usual traffic volume around town because of the holiday. 395 in good shape. no problems crossing over the inbound 14th street bridge. we do have delays if you are continuin

but a few of these showers have snuck into allegheny county between romney and cumberland into west virginia straddling the border with maryland and west virginia. boast of this action, it's a lot more active when you get into pennsylvania. just about everything moving east. temps in the mid-40s in lovettsville and leesburg 46 degrees. 46 in gaithersburg. springfield 49. 48 in upper marlboro this morning and in college park. we've dipped to 47. but a very comfortable morning out there. again a look at our michael & son weather camera. a beautiful sky off to the east. southwesterly winds only at 3 miles an hour. humidity 77%. we've got fairly light winds. the warmer testimonies from texas -- temperatures from texas moving east. with the jet stream dipping here, that's keeping things unsettled but we're on the south side of the jet and the showers you see in the middle of the country generally stay to our north. looks like jamaica could be hut by a hurricane category one tomorrow during the day. so we'll watch that. that would be sandy. 78 degrees this afternoon here in d.c. with 60, 60 tonigh

in maryland allegheny and garrett county, schools are closed. and in virginia schools in manassas park are closed today as well. while most school systems will be back open today, some schools are closed due to power outages. in prince george's county excel academy public charter is closed. in d.c. everierson academy is closed. in fairfax county langley and holmes high schools are closed as well as sleepy hollow and spring hill elmintry. for the rest of the -- elementary. for the rest of the closings and delays, log on to our website wusa9.com or just watch the crawl at the bottom of your screen. >>> you know the treacherous conditions in new york city and the flooding around closed-in jersey kept wall street closed for two days. plus airport traffic was closed for two days due to sandy. >> it's getting better slowly. let's go to jessica doyle who's been live all morning long at reagan national to hit us know how the airports are doing. good morning once again, jessica. >> reporter: good morning to you and to everybody at hope. you just mentione

barack obama won by more than 700,000 votes by women's erie gowdy, the greater pittsburgh area, allegheny county, and the eastern part of the state, most notably around philadelphia, and picking up some of the center counties. compare that to 2004, were the center of the state was essentially read for george w. bush. john carey won a huge margin in philadelphia and pittsburgh, also winning in it -- north western pennsylvania. a huge vote difference. loretta is joining us from pennsylvania, republican line. terry madonna in harrisburg. good morning. caller: hello -- my comment is that i think obama should be impeached for allowing the ambassador and seal, after requesting help three times, being denied, told to stand down -- you cannot tommy the president did not know about it. he is dancing around this issue, and i think it should be made a national issue and i am very disappointed in him and hillary clinton, her being a mother and a woman. i think it is disgusting. host: if you had a chance to ask the president a question on this issue, what would you ask him? caller: why did you have th

. >> don't we in montgomery county pay taxes that benefit the people in garrett county and alleghenyand prince george's county and so forth? for every dollar we send to annapolis, we get 18 cents back. are we now going to say in addition to that, we are going to tax the citizens of montgomery county for transportation? no, i don't think so. >> reporter: the state already has a 23.5 cents per gallon gas tax included in the price we see at the pump. so how much of an increase would we be talking about? >> most people, when they were talking about a 747-8wide gas tax, we are talking about between five cents and 10 cents. >> reporter: a action among drivers we spoke with was mixed. >> i would certainly support it if it would help improve the transportation. >> i think to just keep raising rates right now when so many people are struggling to get by is not always the answer. we can't keep taxing people. >> reporter: in montgomery county, lauren demarco, fox 5 news. >>> coming up a dip in the fool with some rather interesting company. -- a dip in the pool with some rather interesting compa

across the allegheny front. it should be 58 degrees for our high today, not 62. mostly cloudy skies and not a lot of sunshine. but the good news in the seven- day forecast is that we have a gradual warming trend headed your way. >> this is true? >> this is true. >> like george washington said, i cannot tell a lie. it is true. a gradual warming trend and, as well, we'll have more days with more sunshine than we've had yesterday and today. those two things i can guarantee for this week. >> thank you. >>> time now to check in with julie wright and see what is happening on the roads with all the rain and cold weather. >> i thought the sunshine was because dave ross was in studio this morning. >> look at you. what do you want? >> you know, we've got to stick together. all right. on the roads, the crew in sky fox able to join us and fighting through the little bit of sprinkles here and there and a little bit of fog depending on where you are traveling in from. they happen to be over the crash at 236 at annandale road inside the beltway. this is where we'll final the we

course of the algapy front, the potomac high lands and for the mountains -- over the course of the allegheny. it tries to bring it to the east so we'll watch that. let's check in now with julie wright to see how commuter are doing. >> it is not easy out here on the roads this morning. even though we have lighter than usual traffic volume, we are keeping an eye open for those roads that are covered with leaves. the mix of the rain and the leaves causes a very slippery commute out here on the highway. be careful coming in off the georgetown pike. getown pike. little falls parkway shut down between massachusetts avenue and river road. even the sligo creek parkway blocked off between wayne and piney branch until further notice. an accident reported south on 95. metro service suspended until further notice. metrobus, metro access and montgomery county ride-on buses, service has been suspended. 50 is blocked off between golf course road and philadelphia road. though not a lot of people out and about this morning. thank goodness. that is working in your area. if you are essential personnel and i've

>> it is just north of pittsburgh up in the allegheny mountains, south of buffalo, new york.what it did today, a couple of things, one severe thunderstorm rolled right through the boston area, right into new hampshire, vermont, put down some hail. capsized some boats with winds about 60 to 70 miles per hour. making big waves on lake michigan here as the wind coming down the lake at about 40. and cleveland yesterday had a wind gust of 67. today only 50. that's still pretty good. here is the snow, morgantown, elkins. here's charleston. that's where the heaviest snow is. and the wind has died doubt a little bit. 17 miles per hour, gusts there. yes, the snow is still coming down and yes, it is still blowing, but tapering off. now, it still will snow. you were asking how long it's going to snow. at least another 24 hours. look at the numbers. red house, maryland, garrett county, 29 inches. flat top, 28. davis in west virginia. terra alta had 24 inches of snow, and it is still snowing at each one of those locations. eastern maryland, the winter when it comes to rain or maybe not, c

on the back side, cooler air moves into the west and we're talking snow across the allegheny front and as well through the potomac highlands. very dangerous storm situation here. it is expected to be worse than irene was. please, i'm going to beg our viewers, take this very seriously. >> all right, again, keep updating throughout the day and throughout the week, gwen. thank you very much. >>> well, also, virginia on the mind of many folks. flooding is expected in many parts there. we go to the phone to governor bob macdonald. thank you for joining us, governor. >> thanks, melanie. appreciate you having us on so we can talk to the viewers about getting ready for the storm. >> and so what are you bracing for in virginia right now? >> well, the biggest threats are the sustained, sustained combination of wind, rain that causes downed power lines. we're expecting sustained winds of 50, 60 mile-an-hour near the coast with 8 to 10 inches of rain. and you do that from sunday to wednesday and you're looking at downed trees and power outages. and that's our biggest concern. then follow that by c

airlines and in pennsylvania septic is the biggest system out west in pittsburgh, the port authority of allegheny county still operating on normal schedule. sandra: you have had some deaths in your state including a and 8-year-old boy, a tree limb fell on him and our hearts go out to that family. what do you see as the economic impact on your state going forward? will there be a lot of rebuilding associated with it? what do you think? >> there will be rebuilding from the wind damage. so far the flood damage has been minimal compared to what we went through last year when hurricane irene and tropical storm lee came through in the billions. we have to get an assessment. we're getting out of the roadways now. the eastern part of the state. we don't have any aircraft up at this point. we will do that tomorrow. major roads seem to be fine, even secondary roads seem to be fine. the assessment to the end of the week. melissa: how financially prepared are you to make those repairs? will you call for federal aid? >> we receive federal aid in the preplanning process and we hope we are not going to be anywh

freeze threat moves to upstate new york, back to buffalo, down to chautauqua county, the poconos and allegheniesmperatures that are below freezing in the big cities, like scranton or for pittsburgh, but you get out toward dubois, williamsport, you get out to those areas that are away from cities and away from the city heat, you will definitely be below 32. the best thing to do, if you want to try to save the tomatoes, cover them up, don't put a plastic tarp over the top, the plastic touches the leaves, the plastic puts the heat in the cold right through and your plants are dead anyway. here you go. if you're going to be there. low spot across the country, 45, denver. a great example of what a cold front is. on thursday, 83. on friday morning, you were at 32. that's just, wow, 51 degree swings here and that's just what happens in the fall. 67 for tomorrow in kansas city. yes it does warm up. this is not the end of the beginning of fall. this is not where winter starts. though there was some snow and temperatures like this do look more like winter than anything else. this is just kind of a first c

the return to investors, then there is no with a private-sector can run the pittsburgh system, the alleghenynty, and so forth precautions -- and so forth. there has been privatization in the united kingdom as in -- as well as in the inner city in london. but it has to be subsidized. some people make the case, and i often do, that a private company can do a better job. they often bring more skills to the work than the public sector might. but that -- and that is a fair decision to make, to contract out, but it has to be subsidized. host: there is a viewer wants to know how we rank in the world in terms of mass transit. how are we doing? guest: i think that depends on the factors we put in. in my own experience, and if people are watching from the metropolitan new york area they might not agree, but i'm very familiar with the mta and the new york city subway system as well as the rail system the new york commuter rail system is one of the best in the world. i have had others tell me that the paris system is phenomenal. i think we are competitive, if i can put it that way. i think we are the eq

makes its way inland and it may cause some decent amount of snow, up to a foot in some parts of the allegheniesgeous orange giants sunrise over us, san francisco right now. you can see across the water there, just a few high clouds outside and the rain-producing clouds moved on. they'll be heading further to the north as high pressure builds in this weekend. stl light jacket weather through 10:00 and by lunchtime we're seeing 60s and 70s inland, upper 70s warmest places today. even warmer tomorrow and for sunday and then a bit cooler heading into the new workweek. >>> the new orleans saints coming to the broncos. upper 40s to low 50s, on the greatest night of the week, sunday night, football night in america. matt? >> al, thank you very much. >>> up next, "today" investigates the alarming ways some criminals are ripping off the nation's health care system to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars. >>> and pippa middleton steps out in a party for her new book. we hear about its release and her sister's royal wedding. first, these messages. how do you always have my favorite coffee? well, in