unbelievably beautiful out there. 52 at b.w.i. marshall. 50 degrees at edgewood. 52 in college park. fewou 4's0 out there, -- a 40's out there bank. overall, a very mild afternoon. this evening, clouds start to increase ahead of the next storm. it is going to be a chilly start tomorrow. then we see the chance to force now. futurecast, tomorrow morning at 6:00 a.m., we must have the clout pushing in from the west. more likely as we head into the afternoon, that is when baltimore could start to see precipitation. it may start off as a little bit of rain, but with the colder weather, it is likely to change over to snow. snow showers lasting into the evening hours. anywhere south of baltimore, mostly just a rain-snow mix. accumulations are going to be mostly north of baltimore. high your spots as you head into the northern part of carroll county, northern baltimore county. anywhere north of baltimore is where it is more likely to accumulate. here is a look at what we are expecting. light rain-the snow mix. temperatures will make it hard to acc

we are in the mid-to-upper- forties across the state. 47 at b.w.i. marshall airport. winds out of the south, 12 miles per hour. it feels cold when you factor in the winds. we see temperatures in the low 50s. high temperatures dropping into the 40's through the evening. maybe some sprinkles, most of to our west. we will detail that and the warm up in the seven-day. >> coming up, why former international monetary chief dominique strauss-kahn is headed back to court today. mardi gras season comes to an end tonight. >> a former teacher accused of a felony molestation involving more than 20 students at a los angeles-area elementary school will be arraigned today. he could face up to life in prison under 23 felony charges of lewd acts with children. he taught for over 30 years. he is currently being held on $23 million bail. former international monetary chief dominique strauss-kahn authorities investigating -- is being questioned by french authorities investigating a prostitution ring. he was at a restaurant in paris and washington, d.c., where he lived while he was head o

showers as we head to the rest of the afternoon and evening. 50 degrees at the inner harbor, 48 at b.w.i. marshall, 47 in annapolis, 46 in ocean city. tonight, we expect the temperatures will drop down into the 30's. we will have mostly cloudy skies. that slight chance for showers from now until 11:00 p.m., a very slight chance. 25%. if you plan to go out, you should stay mostly dry. keeping an eye on the storm passing to the south. another storm comes in from the southwest. this one comes in mostly as a grain of sand on thursday and will keep our eye to the south as this moves and brings some snow. what we and seeing, the pattern changing and the storms that in further down towards the south which is a better set up that is more conducive to those coastal storms, the ones that can bring us some storms. we have a slight chance for showers this afternoon into the evening hours and then we try out overnight into the seven-day forecast. a beautiful day, 54 the high, 48 on this day. we talked about last storm that does come in this weekend. because it is a coastal storm it does have the threat of rain

heading back to our area, temperatures have been warming up. 49 at b.w.i. marshall. 49 in annapolis. low 40's as you head west, and even 30's in the minds right now. expecting temperatures to jump this afternoon, putting much of the baltimore area in the low to mid 50's. temperatures dropping into the evening hours. future tests will show moisture coming in from the south could play a role in the weather pattern in the next several days. we see a new storm system coming from the west. this one could be aimed right at us and coming with colder air. on wednesday there is a potential for a little bit of snow indicated by the shades of white and blue out there. as for tonight, we're looking to be partly cloudy. a couple of showers may reach towards ocean city. other than that of dried night with temperatures mainly in the low 30's. seven-day forecast shows the next system comes amid on wednesday and may come in as a wintry mix. high temperatures near 42. back to 44 on tuesday. another storm system may be on the radar for next saturday appeared i. >> coming up next, your

early taste of the spring even though we hardly felt winter. 59 is the current temperature at b.w.i. marshall. was out of the southwest at 12 miles per hour. looking mostly sunny, but we will have more clouds through the afternoon. expect ties to bush into the low 60s. 50s this evening. there is a chance for showers made after 6:00 p.m. better bet between 99:00 and midnight tonight. >> police on the lookout for two suspects involved in a convenience store shooting in baltimore. it happened at the royal farms at harford road just after 9:30 tuesday night. officers found a 46-year-old man suffering at least one gunshot wound to his upper body. >> what we know, at least two robbers, one on the run, came into the store -- one armed with a gun, came into the store and robbed for money in cigarettes. not sure when, but at some point the gun was true to the victim and he was shot. >> anyone with information is urged to call city police. anne arundel county police state that a man sexually assaulting a young girl as she walked home from school. investigators say this sketch matches the description of

than that, clear conditions through the afternoon. 45 at the inner harbor of baltimore. 43 at b.w.i. marshall37 in westminster. we have to factor in the winds. we have had winds of about 10 miles per hour. gusts of 20 at the airport, 12 at the inner harbor. 23 in frederick. that is making it feel just a little bit colder than what it actually is. take off about five to 10 degrees in the actual a temperature right now. if you plan to be out this afternoon or evening, to us as it is going to be in the 30's. better than yesterday, what it felt like the teens and 20s. for tonight, temperatures will be dropping down into the 20s. increasing clouds as the next storm system had our way. tomorrow, valentine's day, hopefully it does not snuck up on anyone. by evening, the storm system that's our way. just a chance right now, nothing substantial. the clouds increase overnight into the day tomorrow. well out ahead of the storm, there may be some snow showers. forecasting that west of baltimore. for now, plan for those to be mostly in western maryland through the morning hours and then we see people of t

we his 63 at b.w.i. marshall. 65 at the inner harbor. low temperatures were even quite mild. the normal is still down below freezing at 28 degrees. dropped to 7 degrees on the state back in 1973 for the record low. nothing in the rain gauge so far today, but there have been showers approaching from the west. little bit of snow and sleet mixed into the north. southeast michigan, the temperatures around the mid- atlantic and on into the polka those are mild. -- pokanos. most of the heavy significant rain will be well to the south and east of baltimore. even out that way with the mild weather coming garrett county expects a little rain tonight. looks like it will clear up by morning, which will benefit the stage for another mild day to borrow. temperatures again the way up there. 39-47 to buy. more like a normal high temperature for this time of year. a slight chance for scattered showers. subset earlier this morning of 5:51. underneath the clouds, a couple of hits and showers. the main storm in canada. now just a week weather disturbance coming through. strong growth cold front

at b.w.i. marshall, temperatures 39. >> in the "consumer alert," the days of an expense of used cars appear to be long gone, according to the national automobile dealers association. the average price of a used vehicle is expected to rise almost 2% this year, on top of last year's 3% hike. people are holding on to their cars longer, so there are fewer used vehicles to celebrate the average used car costs around $12,000. one place that consumers may be able to find relief is when it comes to selling their homes. bloomberg reports that some are paying homeowners who are under water to sell homes for less than they are worth it, bec. jpmorgan chase generally offers $10,000 -- $1,000 to $3,500 as settlement. homeland security secretary janet napolitano announced of is-based prescreening project allows some passengers to avoid long lines with prescreening. it is currently in use at seven airports. >> now your 11 insta-weather- plus forecast with john collins. >> let's look at our hd doppler rate are once aga

no snow here in baltimore. 22 at b.w.i. marshall. 25 at the inner harbor. winds out of the northwest at 15 miles per hour. gusts up to 24. the winds and the cold temperatures will be brutal today. we were talking about that snow in upstate new york. they had a lack of it this season. here you can see some of it coming down wind of lake eerie. they are getting snow in cleveland off the lake . interestingly enough, it has been so warm this winter, that portions of the lail lake are not frozen over. that is still allowing for lake-effect snow to stream in. we will see some flurries in pennsylvania and maybe some flurries into western maryland out toward garrett county. not a big deal. flurries, that's about it during the day. basically it is just the cold weather. that's what we're talking about today. boy is it cold out there. check out temperatures across the nation. cold air has basically unleashed from canada. we have zero degrees up into international falls, minnesota. 10 in minneapolis. you can see, you can trace the blue and shadings down into the east.

the snow at b.w.i. marshall was after midnight. the typical high is 44. the record is 73.2006, we had 9 inches of snow on the ground. 28 degrees right now. ocean city is down to 26. frederick is 27. in the teens in western maryland. here is the satellite image showing the streamers of snow. the jet stream is dragging some clouds of canada as well. this is some very cold weather. detail of the clouds. most of the clouds are up north and pennsylvania. the scattered clouds have given way. we have that in west-northwest flow of air that is bringing the cold the butchers. the area of high pressure will be sliding east word overnight -- bringing the cold temperatures. a slightly warmer air up to the west. i should say slightly last cold. the coldest of the air, the frigid stuff is in eastern canada. all of that frigid stuff is shifting east. and we will get slightly milder temperatures. clear and cold tonight. a chilly night, 17-21. not as windy. 5-10 miles per hour. mostly sunny tomorrow. we warm up to 45, which is close to normal. winds at 7-12 miles an hour. small craft advis

b.w.i. marshall. up here in the catock ton mountains -- in cacotocin mountains, still gusting to 35 in southern delaware around georgetown. and there is a wind advisory at least until midnight. and another few minutes and it may be extended past that for a few hours. depending on how these winds behave here in the next few minutes. western maryland, the wrnt storm or wrnt weather advisory make that, in garrett county for several inches of snow. those westerly wind hit the west side of the mountains, squeezed out the moisture and with the colet air in place -- cold air in place, three to five to six inches of snow in garrett county. east of the mountains a partly cloudy sky and windy and cold. 30's and 40's to start the weekend. and that front will continue to pull away as high pressure drifts on in. the air up here is quite cold. that's where the air mass is coming from for the weekend. so expect a more february-like weather pattern at least for a couple of days. and if you're going up into the mounta

that's what you are seeing now, winds west at 5 miles per hour at b.w.i. marshall. it is seasonably chilly to start off the day. same case into the afternoon. high temperatures into the upper 40's. that's right around where we should be for the end of february. a few clouds this morning and then mostly sunny as we head into the afternoon. warmer weather on the way in the seven-day as well as rain chances. i'll show you that coming up. >> our big story this morning is out of prince george's county where two firefighters remain in critical condition after they were hurt battling a house fire. >> all seven firefighters were injured fighting the house fire p here's sheldon dutes with the latest. >> the firefighters were injured trying to escape this home which was on fire. >> what firefighters described as a blow torch coming out that front door. >> we feel confident that that heavy gust of wind made a blow from the rear of the house to the front of the house that created a fireball effect that injured the firefighters. >> three are still in the hospital. michael mcclea

cloudy skies at b.w.i. marshall. 86% the humidity. the barometric pressure. light east wind, 5. winds light in the east bringing moisture in off the atlantic ocean in addition to the stuff coming in off the west. temperature-wise, we already have the warm stuff. it will be at or a little above normal the last two days. we have a little spike early next week. it looks like the tendency is to keep us closer to what you would normally get this time of year temperature-wise as we go into the next five or 10 days or so. 40 degrees in annapolis. up to 4 in -- 42 in ocean city. parkton 36. 32 in frederick. mostly cloudy west of the bay. these brighter clouds you see running from frederick on, these are the clouds that could produce a couple sprinkles. but the actual snow, because of the elevation and temperature and up in especially northern ohio is because we're getting close to the core of the storm. the low is shifting. we'll take a course that will take us to the south of us overnight tomorrow morning. for the moment, high pressure moving in. the clouds continue to thicken up. rain

here in the baltimore area, at b.w.i. marshall, 33 degrees. inner harbor, 39.emperatures have been just a bit below freezing at ocean city this morning. 82% the humidity. 30.30 the barometric pressure. winds calm. eventually winds will be coming off the ocean as the storm approaches. this is the storm track. yesterday the center of the storm was moving out in texas and oklahoma. the storm is going to move east. it is going to track to the south of us during the overnight hours and move out to sea in the early morning hours. we will be to the north of this thing. chelftertown 33. along with frederick 30 degrees right now. we are beginning to see thin clouds over us. orrin maryland, still in the clear. clouds get thicker to the west. storm center itself in the ozarks. that track takes us to the south. we see an increase in clouds. rain showers developing later this afternoon. wind will add moisture to the approaching storm. 45 to 50 the high this afternoon. insta-weather futurecast shows the first of the moisture getting close to us in the early afternoon and the

at b.w.i. marshall, 46 was the high. so that was a warm start. the storm came into those relatively mild temperatures. lows yesterday morning were in the 20's and 30's. by midnight last night, we only had .100 of liquid. the record snow for yesterday, if you remember this storm, 15.5 inches back in 2010. that was the tail end of a couple weekends of terrible, terrible snow where we wound up like 40 inches of snow on the ground after a week and a half. yesterday was the anniversary of the last hit of that series of snows. temperatures now, annapolis 36 degrees. salisbury 42. 41 ocean city. you can see the temperatures warm as it moves to the south. it becomes a rainization down on the -- it becomes a rain situation down on the eastern shore. it is a wet snow. the ground in many cases a little slush on the roads -- the ground in many cases melting this, so slush on the roads. problems in iced up roads and collection of precipitation. here you see the moisture we have now at the rain-snow line roughly at annapolis or baltimore. it is limited. it onl

especially with those winds. 26 at b.w.i. marshall.ut of the west at 20 miles per hour, gusts up to 30. that's taking a toll on the temperatures. it currently feels like the teens. the high temperature is supposed to get in the mid 30's, but it will feel like the 20's. not only a bad hair day, but knocking down some weaker trees. more details in the seven-day forecast. >> it is time for morning "q & a." our guest this morning is congressman dutch ruffesberger. >> we oversee the c.i.a. and military and we look at the threats throughout the world to protect americans. >> we have a situation in syria heating up and maybe spilling over into lebanon. how does that affect our security? >> that whole area is very volatile. the whole purpose of our being in the middle east is to protect our country. it is serious what's happening in syria now. i think the president there, assad, as decided he will keep power by killing his people. i personally have met assad. i said you are a former on monthly jift, -- aphthalmologist, you trained in england.

a trace of precipitation officially at b.w.i. marshall. 57 degrees for the high. that was before dawn. and at the inner harbor, the higher temperatures occur before the fraud was able to make its way through. the los so far, 48-51. but it will get colder than that tonight. the record high for this day, 71 degrees. and the record low, one above in 1961. cambridge, salsbury, and crisfield running in the low 50's. in westfield -- western maryland, a bit colder, 30's in oakland and frostburg. tonight, the wind will come down to about five m.p.h. and it will be colder. in front -- the front that pushed the spring temperatures are to see is now to the north of us. there is some cold air in the rockies and that is combining with the storm that came in off the pacific cutting through northern new mexico right now. there blizzard warnings in effect for eastern colorado into parts of nebraska. a winter storm warning is out for a good part of kansas and eastern nebraska. just east of denver, blizzard and winter storm warnings. this area will be hit hard by a storm tracking t

maybe a bit more in the north. 33 now at b.w.i. marshall. temperatures steady for the past couple hours. 38 downtown at the inner harbor. 98% the humidity. the barometer continues to fall. west winds at 3 miles per hour. february is the month where we get the big nor'easters and everything else. we have had some big record snows in february. a couple of 16-inch snowfalls. 2010 we had two incidents of 15 inches of snow. february 10, 10 inches of snow. we wound up with 30 inches of snow on the ground. the first two weeks of the month were just awful as far as snow is concerned. this winter, a totally different story. we just can't crank winter up. we get this storm, and next week we'll warm up again. next week in annapolis, we are not getting a reading in annapolis yet. salisbury 39. on the boardwalk, 39. 32 in hagerstown. in the 20's out in western maryland. here's the two-part storm. one part is pulling away from the i-95 corridor here. the second part is sitting out to the west waiting to come in. there is a cold front coming into ohio and

b.w.i. it marshall airport is reaching passenger records. just over 22 million passengers flew through the airport last year, more than in 2010. last year alone, 2.2 million people -- july of last year alone, 2.2 million people caught a plane from b.w.i. busy month. >> i wanted anything to get inside. >> why a mom jump on a school bus as it rolled down a road. >> next "anderson"-- >> a mom's quick thinking saved entire bus filled the children in new mexico. >> school officials say the bus driver had a seizure. wanda was waiting at the bus with her daughter but the boss didn't stop. >> i sprinted to the bus and there was something clearly wrong with him as the boss was moving. >> she ran beside the bus, pulled the lever to open the door jump inside and slammed on the brakes. the children are all safe it brought the driver was taken to hospital and is recovering at home. >> the number of interracial marriages in the united states has reached an all-time high. about 15% of americans at the united states in 2010 were between spouses of different

that we have to watch, because by sunday, it could be a rainmaker stomach. 38 degrees at b.w.i. marshallt 3 miles per hour. mild temperatures. 49 to 54 for the hybrid of northwest winds at 10 to 15 mi. per hour. we start picking up some clouds and by sunday, a chance for a rain-snow mix with high temperatures only in the 30's. presidents' day looks good. sunshine and 43. >> another update at 8:55. >>> 8:30 now on a friday morning, 17th of february 2012. you know what? the crowds are moving out. the sun is coming out. turning out to be a beautiful day in new york city. temperature up to 44. going to about 50 today. >> that's right. plenty of sunshine. >> nice people out on the plaza. i'm matt lauer along with salve grut here while ann is on assignment. we are here with al roker and amy robach. on a serious note a new twist in the story of the former producer for "survivor" charged with killing his wife in mexico. >> and a judge has ordered he will stand trial there. natalie morales is there. she talked to defense attorneys and the victim's family. we'll have a live report from natalie in

it is currently at b.w.i. marshall. winds out of the north.s still a chance we could see a slight rain-snow mix. even southern maryland, barely any snow accumulation. highs near 45. warmer weather on the way in the seven-day. coming up. >> baltimore firefighters go to a neighborhood to inform people about fire safety following a man's death in his home. they also reminded residence about the morns of a -- the importance o a fire alarm. >> welcome out within a two or three-hour period and install a smoke alarm for you. officials say cooking is the leading cause of fire death among individuals 60 and older. >> yesterday members of the buffalo soldiers memorial were honored for their sacrifice and courage. the theme of the event, maintaining the legacy. senator ben cardin says this year marks a special reason to commen commemorate those who serve the region. >> this is black history month. today we celebrate some of the veterans that helped serve this great nation. we also want to follow dr. martin luther king's strug -- struggle on the road to e

currently 37 at b.w.i. marshall where it is dry right now. north winds at 6 miles per hour.he fear cast, there is a chance you could see a rain-snow mix at any time this morning, especially north and west of baltimore. all this should be clearing out through the midday and completely clearing out into the afternoon. high temperatures today near 47 which is not bad for a february day. we have warmer weather in the seven-day. we'll talk about that when we come back in a few minutes. >> our big story this morning, another big win for mitt romney. he won the presidential caucus with ron paul and newt gingrich battling for second place. >> his decisive win comes four days after he cruises to a double victory. brian mooar has that story from washington. >> mitt romney celebrated a big win in the nevada caucus. >> this is not the first time you gave me your vote of confidence, and this time i have to take it to the white house. >> it is romney's third victory this primary weekend. it captures a week in which his third primary win is over-shadowed by a controversial comment about th