right through the front doors of a maryland 7-eleven this afternoon and this is on the 6300 block of allentown road in camp springs. happened before 1:00. the building is being independent now for signs of dangerous structural damage. no charges against the driver and no one was hurt. one man is dead after trying to beat an amtrak train across the tracks. the virginia state police say the po-year-old drove on to the track yesterday evening as the train was approaching. he was hit and died at the scene. no one on the train was injured. >>> the tsa confirmed a troubling weakness in our nation's airport security and, if exploited, it could make it easier for passengers to take the dangerous items on board. he's more on the story. >> reporter: hackers discovered the bar code on domestic airlines boarding pass can be manipulated to access the tsas reduced security screening line. >> by using a readily available bar code tool, can you a-- read of that bar code. can you take that thin string of data, alter it to make it read whatever you want. >> reporter: the bar code contains the flight details and

it happened at the 7-eleven on allentown road in camp springs. no one inside was hurt. it's going to take a while to clean it up, he's taking it all in stride. >> because this happened, you never know what's going to happen. >> investigators are trying to figure out what caused her to drive into the store. the store is open for business as they make repairs. >>> detectives are looking for a suspect who held up a man at the atm with his 4-year-old daughter standing by 37 police say the suspect forced the man to withdraw money and took off. the victim was not hurt during the attack. >>> after months of construction, the 495 express lanes are now officially open for business the new lanes run between the american legion bridge and springfield. the price of the tolls will vary based on traffic conditions. officials are asking everyone to pay attention to the new signs and ramps, and not to panic if you end up in the express lanes by mistake. >> once you're in the 495 express lanes, your best bet, even if you don't have a pass, stay in those lanes. after that you go to 495ex

from a helmet camera of a rescue worker as he arrives at the scene of a horrific car accident in allentown, pennsylvania. this accident is the result of a driver driving at high speeds in a construction zone. one car was driving at a high rate of speed as the car in front of him began to slow down approaching the construction zone. the car behind that car ended up rear ending that car and it caused a chain reaction. there were four cars involved in this accident. one of them rolled over completely on its roof. >> they are really smashed up here. they look like they're straight out of the junk yard. >> because this is a helmet cam from one of the firefighters, you're getting a real up close and personal look at what it's like to be a rescue worker on the scene of an accident like this. two of these people were trapped. they did have to work pretty diligently and with a great deal of force. you can see them there trying to get that person out of the car. unfortunately, the driver in the car that flipped, that person was ejected from the car during the accident. that person died on the scene

it happened just before 1:00 this afternoon in the 5300 block of allentown road. police describe the driver only as a woman in her 60s. they say they did not believe she suffered a medical emergency or that she had been drinking. >>> in egypt, 49 people, many of them young children are killed when a train slams into a school bus. the crash took place just south of cairo as the bus made its way across railroad tracks. the bus was transporting some 50 children to kindergarten class and egyption security officials says it appears the train crossing was not closed when the train came speeding through hitting that school bus. >>> prosecutors say large amounts of chemicals used for making explosive devises have been found at the home of an unemployed new jersey doctor, 60 year old robertox rivera faces several charges tonight being held on $1 million cash bail. police found several assault rifles and other weapons when they searched his home friday night. ridgewood police responded that house, acting on a tip. police have not said why he had the dangerous materials in h

. >> we went to allentown pennsylvania to a company called air products. is not unreasonable to say jobs are out there and felt. many you don't have to have a college education. most of them as you do not. most just had a high-school degree. >> we hear there is no jobs in america. in that building high-paying jobs sit and they can't up to one year. >> we are actively recruiting every day. starting at $20 per hour. john: most graduates to not have the skills. >> officials love to push higher education. >> but there is another path. >> vocational schools. they get jobs. >> i am paid more than my friends. >> i just bought a car with the money i made. john: they learned technical skills in high school. >> you add many job offers? you did not go to college? >> my brother got out with a master's and is having trouble in his field. john: he cannot find a job. >> it brings us mild two may face. they are proud. -- a smile to my face. john: but this is not to cool? it is not glamorous. obama once money for liberal collegesven he wants to cut support seven enticing i

maybe one to three inches for a stripe of snow from harrisburg to allentown.rristown, new jersey and south of scranton. you can see the dark white, that's where the heaviest bands of snow may line up. 1 to 3 inches. west of north washington we could see in west virginia, maybe two to four inches of snow. from the south side of this, rain and storm. look at birmingham, atlanta, about to get hit. so a slow go at the airports later this afternoon for you. new orleans, here comes the rain. so really, kind of a very tough 95 corridor here into the southeast today. most of the country, guys, dry, other than the eastern seaboard. and the northwest, kind of where we've seen storm after storm, next seven days we're going to see kind of a barrage of storms move in. so pretty active there. >> alexandra steele live for us. thank you very much. >>> 45 minutes past the hour. time for your top stories this morning. the body of former palestinian leader yasser arafat was exhumed this morning from a mausoleum in the west bank. a team of forensic scientists will now analyze tis

so the strike on where we'll see one to three inches of snow, harrisburg to allentown, to morristown, new jersey. already some snow falling already in teterboro, and also in suffolk new jersey where the temperature is 2 degrees. in teterboro it's 36 degrees. here's that 1 to 3 inch swath, 2 to 4 inches potentially in garrett county, maryland. also on the southern end, we're seeing rain and lightning. look at this, birmingham, just alive this morning with showers and storms. all making its way toward atlanta, georgia. so, you can only imagine the travel delays we will see at the world's busiest airport develop in a couple of hours. also into new orleans, showers and storms headed your way. but it is a one-day affair, in today, out tonight. that's really the only action right now. but, a barrage of storm skies heading into the northwest. as we've seen so far this season, we're going to continue to see it beginning tomorrow, and lasting through the weekend. >> all right, alexandra, thanks so much. >> other top stories we're following, egyptian people voicing their opposition to president

what the republicans can do about fixing the fiscal cliff and senator pat tombeny now joins me from allentownhat mitt romney is the person that the president needs to be speaking to? is is he the leader of the republican party? >> will, i think it would be terrific if president obama would speak to mitt romney. mitt romney had a lot of very good constructive ideas to get us on the right path. i'm not so sure that that's going to be an extremely fruitful conversation, but it's a good place to start. >> what about your concerns? you've always been a fiscal conservative yet at the same time, republican leaders, mitch mcconnell indicated that there is no give no compromise is going to be possible, that was the signal in his statement last night. don't republicans and democrats and the white house have to start over and try to build some trust? >> well, andrea, first of all, i wouldn't characterize mitch mcconnell's views that way. i don't know what statement you're referring to. let's remember the actual history. i was there. i was a member of the super committee. and when the democrats insisted

one to three in allentown. new york city, right near the one to three line. and three to six inches of snow. you won't be able to measure it all at one time. particularly in the coastal areas. we're hoping we get a little water down with this. in the west, we at the same time have a brand-new system. we'll get into that later throughout the morning. >> most of the country should get ready for cold weather. we'll talk about that in the next half hour. to josh, elizabeth, george, lara? >> all right, sam, thank you so much. >>> coming up on "gma," the next four years. what president obama's re-election means for you and your wallet. will you have to pay more taxes? we'll get to that in a moment. >>> and the lighter side of this election. the political punchlines and last laughs overnight. plus, we'll talk to eva longoria. >> how hard was that? ♪ [ male announcer ] navigating your future can be daunting without a financial plan. at pacific life, we can give you the tools to help you achieve financial independence. for more than 140 years, pacific life has assiste

this backup begins of allentown road in prince george's county for college park around 2 connecticutof father hurley. this begins in frederick all the 270.own to to back up from dale city the 14th street bridge. here is a look of the weather forecast. wet and chilly forecast. indegrees right now washington, d.c. the dry line just east of the blue ridge. hours and we should be done with the rain. before noon. if you rainfall totals. over an inch now dollars. -- over an inch now in dulles. giving way to some sunshine this afternoon. between 47 ♪ >>> there's the instant replay. lara, so graceful in her agony. and josh, enjoying it all too much. >> you know, revenge, a dish best served at madison square garden. >> with 40 cameras. >> it was great. jim courier, along with andre agassi, so great to have them. and to lose his cool. it was not easy for one of the gentlemen in all of sport. joining us this morning via skype. jimbo, it cut together marvelously. you were -- you did evil. you raised the bar, my friend. how tough was it, though, in the moments especially when you had to go back o

we were speaking to colby from the allentown paper, about president clinton being dispatched to pennsylvaniaft the obama campaign in the last couple of days. what are your thoughts on that? >> i think the race is tightening all around the country. i think that for the same reason florida is tightening and romney was down in florida the last few day, everywhere, it's tightening. to bring in bill clinton, that was a huge asset, described by the reporter. he motivates the democratic base like no one can. i think the margin of victory may be smaller for the democrats, but ultimately, they will still win. >> let's talk, pennsylvania. are you worried? bill clinton, the big kahuna, for barack obama? >> no. i am not worried. if obama and biden were doing the jobs they were supposed to do, they wouldn't have to bring in bill clinton. right now, they are pulling out all the tops. i think that pennsylvania is winnable from the standpoint of the high unemployment rate. when the people go to the polls, they are going to vote their pocketbook. am i better off today? is this country better off today? and t

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with accumulation on the road, up in the poconos, southern portions of the hudson valley and near allentownto three inches and the roads would be slick. the white shows you where the snow is. and it looks like that rain line over philadelphia to newark to new york city, again, those areas continue to be in the upper 30s. so far so good at the airports. only a 15-minute delay down there at baltimore. so farce snow accumulations go, a slushy inch. again, mostly outside of new york city. philadelphia, north and west of you, possibly two to three inches and southern new england an inch. just an ugly, gloomy, wet day more than anything else. we also have rain moving through the southeast. heavy rain at that. some thunderstorms moving down to mobile and to new orleans. and it's a chilly morning in the midwest. bundle yourself and the kids up as you head out to work and out to school. and tomorrow's big weather story will be on the west coast. a three-day rain event. we leave you with the shot of new york city. expecting some wet snow. it will feel like rain, though, with temperatures near 40 degr

then moving up a little bit to the north, you have the lehigh valley, allentown, both he hem in north -- bethlehem and northampton county. if you take the two lehigh valley counties, swing counties the whole way, if you win those counties in aggregate, if you win the total vote in them -- you can lose one or two -- you're probably going to win the state of pennsylvania. then up in the northeastern part of the state, heavily democratic. scranton, of course, in lack a wanna county might be best known. joe biden is from there, hillary clinton is -- her dad was born there. everybody starts a campaign in scranton in one way or the other, the office, you know, sitcom scranton, it's a town i think the voters there have an extra gene for politics. >> host: we have one phone line set aside for those of you who live in pennsylvania, 202-583-5883 as we focus on the key battle ground states. terry madonna, since 1988 pennsylvania has voted democratic, the last time voting for a republican, george herbert walker bush. why? >> guest: i think, essentially, because what the democrats have been able t