gregg bernstein said felony convictions are up. of prosecutors he put in place to build cases against some of the city's violent repeat offenders. >>> morgan state university's

bernstein wants to be -- a conviction currently carries a one-year sentence.tein wants to change it to 90 days. >> very few people, if any, are actually in credit for these small amounts of marijuana, and to keep us in mind -- are incarcerated for these small amounts of marijuana, and to keep us in line with other districts. >> he is taking some of the most experienced prosecutors and by 93 case-lodestones that correspond to police districts and -- and dividing them by three cases-load zones that correspond to police districts and prosecuting attorneys. >> it gets the prosecutors in each zone focusing on cases within that particular zone and understanding how those cases interact and what the impact -- how they impact the community. >> bernstein's investigation will also have a huge impact on crime and the community. >> if we can focus our resources, it will make a huge difference. >> felony convictions went up from 63% to 65%. homicide convictions increased from 64% to 71%. and a number of jail time -- and the jail time for felony gun convictions would up fro

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. >>> it's been a year since baltimore's state's attorney gregg bernstein took over.itiatives over the last year that have helped the public safety. a major investigations unit targets repeat offenders. and the model assigns people to the areas. bernstein said there's been progress in the number of convictions and longer sentences but there's still plenty left to do. >> there's still much work to be done. i would say we're off to a good start. we're going to build on this great start and there by improve public safety and the quality of life of baltimorew3 citizens. they will lobr increasingñrx,çóxdçiçóçów3xd . &ctsq >>> allñr right. we haveÑiñr a consumer alert fou to make you safer. some popular over-the-counter medicines are being recalled. they solve excedrin and -- involve excedrin and no doz, gas x and bufferin are also included. novartis said the move follows customer complaints about mislabeled and broken pills. it hasn't caused serious health problems but the company is urging people to destroy or return unused pills. >>> before you know it, tax season will

greg bernstein says that he will back legislation that reduces jail time for those convicted of possessing small amount of marijuana. a conviction carries a one-year jail sentence currently. the prosecutor considers half an ounce a small amount. he says he wants to change the sentence to a maximum of 90 days. >> we found in exploring the data and looking at statistics that very few people, if any, are incarcerated for possession of small amounts of marijuana. to keep us more in line with jurisdictions in other states, we think this sentence might be more proper it. >> wall bernstein was a reduced sentence, he does not support decriminalization. >> of federal indictment accuses four people of a scheme to steal 1.4 -- still $1.4 million from the city housing authority. three men and woman said up a phony company and illegally withdrew money from the account. the accusers are from prince george's county -- the accused are from prince george's county and washington, d.c. days after officials moved to seize two dozen vehicles from the baltimore city housing authority, mayor rawlings-blake is no

i'm olga breeze in for howard bernstein this morning. temperatures near 40 degrees at reagan national airport, but it is feeling more like the 20s in and around town with the wind chill. winds this morning are at 15 to 20 miles per hour. but these gusts at 25, 26 miles per hour definitely making it feel much colder than that. our day planner features, a lot of sunshine earlier on in the morning. 40s later afternoon. we will start to build in a little more cloud cover. officially calling today partly cloudy with a high in the 40s. over tonight the arctic air starts barreling through. expect tonight's lows to make it all the way down into the 20s. it will feel like the teens in our suburban areas. we have a slight chance for a snow flurry in the forecast over the next three days. beverly? >> reporter: olga, the light volume given a fact it is a federal holiday. the restrictions lifted on the interstates in virginia and i-270 in maryland. northbound 95, very light volume heading toward springfield and on to 395. i 66. >> reporter: virginia

olga breeze is in for howard bernstein. boy do we have some breezes out there. >> this is really a taste of what's to come even more for us, this is tomorrow like our pre show. >>> exactly. we are actually going to be seeing the coldest air coming in later on tonight. some of it is here right now although our day planner is going to stay on the chilly side. we will get sunshine working early morning heading into sunrise and just into midday. more sun over clouds. clouds will overtake us by late this afternoon. that means our daytime high should be right around average the early morning average should see temperatures into the 30s. if you are stepping out early this morning to get everything done by midday. we are actually pretty comfortable into the lower 40s. it is going to feel cooler. winds are out of the north and northwest. they will continue by tonight temperatures cool off dramatically after sunset. we slide back into the 30s by the 6:00 hour. here are your weather headlines. here's what you need to know for the next

karen bernstein is helping a client apply for one of the registries. >> it's 185 thousand dollars to apply, so the chances that someone is going to take, say, "dot coke" and pretend that they are coca cola are going to be very limited. >> reporter: bernstein says the new domains could also open a new chapter for trademarks. until now, the letters on the right side of a web address have not been subject to trademark laws. she thinks that could soon change. sylvia hall, "nightly business report," washington. >> susie: here at the n.y.s.e., a lot of buzz about the future of the big board. the planned merger between the new york stock exchange and germany's deutsche boerse may be in jeopardy. regulators in europe reportedly plan to reject the $17 billion deal due to concerns about a monopoly in derivatives trading. but shares of n.y.s.e. euronext climbed, as did most other stocks. let's take a closer look in tonight's "market focus." bank of america was the biggest gainer in the dow today. its shares surged almost 6%. its rivals also rose. morgan stanley, goldman sachs, citigroup and j.p

. >>> our buddy, meteorologist howard bernstein is at the steamboat weather summit, tough assignment. recently spoke as one of the country's leading tropical weather experts to get his thoughts on the 2012 hurricane season. >> well, it wasn't a directive from a tropical storm or hurricane, irene and lee caused big problems for millions of people. >> we had two storms track over fairly similar areas back to back. especially with irene and then lee, neither one was going particularly quickly. especially lee dropped a tremendous amount of rain as it went northward. >> the doctor is one of the country's top tropical meteorologists. i asked him if we could see more events like irene and lee. >> it is governed by mid latitude weather patterns which aren't predictable forethan a few days in advance. >> are we the safest place in the east coast? >> maybe up in maine and new hampshire, too. >> what's 2012's hurricane season looking like? >> what we're monitoring this year is there is a potential we could have an el nino develops, warmer than normal waters there mean less storm activity in the

i want to bring in jerod bernstein. thanks for coming on the show tonight. >> my pleasure, reverend al. >> let me ask you as an economist. in your view, how strong is the economic recovery? >> the economic recovery has something it hasn't had before and that's a little bit of momentum. some of the problems that were holding the economy back have gotten better. they're not all better by any stretch of the imagination. housing appears to have carved out a bottom. it's not getting better. it's not getting a lot worse. the job market now, remember, the unemployment rate peaked at 10% back in late 2009. so now we're talking about a trend. and whether it's unemployment, gdp, job growth itself, basically, the trend is your friend on these measures. we're not anywhere back to where we need to be but we have some momentum moving in the right direction. >> and the fact is if you look at polls, a clear majority of american people think the richest aren't pair their fair share. how can the republican es run o protecting this unfair

you may have heard us mention howard bernstein is on assignment this week. he hasn't been able to produce very much snow here because he's gone. so, went to colorado to a weather conference to check out snow there. >> while he's enjoying the snow in colorado, he has also learned some lessons that can help all of us if we face another carmageddon like last year. here's what howard learned at winter driving school. >> the majority of people who visit steamboat springs come for the skiing, there are some who come for an entirely different reason. on the outskirts of town, frozen paths make up the training course at the bridgestone winter driving school. over the past 29 years, more than 78,000 people have taken class here and the first thing they teach -- >> you need to consider very, very carefully, do i need to be out there. do i need to be out there driving? >> just driving in the conditions makes it worse for everyone. >> when tires roll over ice, all we're doing is polishing it. so, the surface becomes slicker and slicker. >> reporter: all of the cars at t

here's howard bernstein. he's happy because he's got a working vacation. >> i will be at a weather conference next creek. so anny will be filling in. >> there happens to be some skiing going on. >> it is at stream boat springs. a ton of snow today and tonight with the winds in garrett county. so schools are closed today because of that threat. there could be near blizzard concerns when you consider the snow and the -- conditions when you consider the snow and winds so wind advisories are up. here's a look at the day planner for you on this friday morning. temperatures now in town in the upper 30s. we're done with the precip, cloudy skies and we're not going to see -- cloudy skies and we're not going to see temperatures dip much. recover to 40-degrees this afternoon but a wind advisory north and west until 6:00 p.m. again those winds are going to be howling at times especially in some of the higher elevations west. maybe gusts up to 55 there. here in town, 45, maybe 50-mile an hour gusts. little bit of snow mi

we'll reveal the answer at 6:53. >>> howard bernstein with your weather first. we'll need the jacket and gloves this morning with temperatures in the 30s. even a few 20s. we'll be above average. well above average before this day is over. sunnin' and clouds mixing. maybe a few more clouds early. temperatures by noon pushing 50. we'll be in the mid if not upper 50s before the day is out. >> a former assistant football coach at maryland will take over as new head coach at penn state. >> our partners at "usa today" report o'brien will formally announce as coach today. he'll take over for joe paterno. he's been with the new england patriots since 2007. he's not a penn state alum. he graduated from brown. >> the nfl playoffs begin tomorrow afternoon. 4:30, the pwepgals and the texans. at 8:00, the lions visit andrea's new orleans saints. >> woo-hoo! >> two more games on sunday. at 1:00, the dirty bird falcons. and then at 4:30 here on channel 9, steelers visit tim tebow and the brancos. >> wizard help to get their first win. they host the new york knicks. wiz are a d

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great bernstein also joined us today on are taping. -- greg bernstein also joined us today on our taping. >> still ahead, the former head sthen state coach, joe paterno, makes his final trip through campus. >> today his funeral may have been private, but it did not stop the public from coming out. the story straight ahead. >> school lunches are about to get a lesson in nutrition. this will drastically change what it on your child's plate. >> the baltimore school for students with severe disabilities has just won $100,000, and it is >> the baltimore city school system needs close to $3 billion to pay for a massive overhaul of the dilapidated school buildings. >> today a new controversial proposal service. david collins with us now live from the state house. >> there is talk here on e house side about giving baltimore city the authority to raise the state sales tax by one penny in use the money exclusively for schools. would decide whether to raise the sales tax by a penny. the proceeds would help fund a massive overall a public school buildings. >> we have to think old and creative and th

so fidelity or alliance bernstein manages a mutual fund. but let's say we own all corporate bonds in that mutual fund. today there's a trading notion that takes place in those bonds, and tonight we receive redemption orders from our clients. right? and those redemption orders we process at today's closing price. we wake up tomorrow, we see collectively that we have redemptions, we have to go into the marketplace to sell the securities to fund those redemptions. and the price that we expected to be there as of close last night is very far away. so, you know, the 65-year-old woman from iowa who wanted to raise a thousand dollars now has $750 in terms of her redemption. that's a big problem. >> so i've got ten seconds left, how do you fix it? i had another part of it, but i only have ten seconds. is there a fix? >> to me, the fix truly is identifying the difference between principle risk taking and proprietary risk taking. we need prudent risk takers in the market and not speculative risk taking. >> i'd love to hear from you if my colleague fr

smith: woodward and bernstein. downie:not because we decided to do that but because that's what happened as a result of the books and the movies and so on. smith: yeah. well, and in took a while, though, for that to become a comfortable space for institutions like the post. downie: yes. yes. and, and as you say, driven by the web. smith: right. downie: so now we have, uh, at a place like the cronkite school, uh, everybody has to do a blog, and one of the blogs that one of the students started a couple years ago was how can a student build their own brand as a journalist? smith: yeah. well, that's funny how that's. downie: yes, and it's being widely read. smith: right. and you encourage it in your new capacity, teaching these young minds how to think like journalists, like new journalists. they tweet, they're on facebook, they use all the platforms and all the tools available. downie: right. smith: uh, are they, are they good at the, at the shoe leather reporting? are you finding that this generation of kids. downie

secretary, i'd like to bring in jared bernstein. thanks for coming on the show. >> my pleasure. thanks for inviting me. >> let me ask you direct -- where would we be if both parties were focused on turns this economy around rather than just focused on the election? >> oh, the president has proposed many more important jobs measures than we've been able to implement. the american jobs act was scored as creating hundreds of thousands of jobs. now, even in the absence of that act, there's some momentum in the economy, as you just heard the labor secretary say, and she's exactly right. but we're not done, by any stretch of the imagination, and there are some down-side threats out there. there's europe. there's oil, and there's the fading of some of this fiscal stimulus, so it's very important to try to do more to implement the kinds of ideas that the president -- >> secretary solis, we still have to go back to the congress. we have a two-month extension on the payroll tax cut, and on unemployment insurance benefits. >> right. >> will we see a spirit of cooperation in the congress to

annie hong is in for howard bernstein. we are looking at the temperatures, about 26 degrees this morning. >> it feels very cold when you factor in the wind chill. definitely feels like in the low 20s and teens. if you are waking up this morning and getting ready for work. layer on the layers. pile it on. it is very cold outside. we start with the weather camera. here the michael and son weather camera. temperatures right now are in the 20s as andrea and mike were mentioning. feels like 22. clear skies out there. winds are light. the dew point is 12. temperatures will be slow to warm this morning. here's a look at your day planner. by this afternoon, only in the mid to upper 30s this afternoon. bring out the sunglasses for the morning commute. well's see increasing clouds. very cold to start your day. a bit milder for this afternoon. good news to take your family out to the martin luther king memorial. mild and wet for your tuesday. dry and colder for the middle of the week. currently 26 in downtown. in the teens. down to 1

howard bernstein has our forecast. here's howard and your weather first. >> reporter: it is a cold morning out here but not too bad. temperatures down in the 30s. some 20s in the burbs. scraper alert. it's frosty in many of the suburbs with temperatures in the 20s. day planner we have the sunshine mixing with some clouds early but becoming overcast later this morning. might see showers south and west here by the noon hour. we'll be up to 44 in d.c. with a 5:00 p.m. temperature also 44. by mid afternoon steady rains are moving in. some of that rain later today, tonight will be on the moderate to heavy side. you can see some of that rain this morning into southern west virginia, kentucky, tennessee, down through atlanta could be some flight delays. same thing with charlotte and raleigh. any flyers going that way. the high thin clouds just to d.c. now. i can still see the moon out to our west. the fog another issue in southern maryland. we have visibilities at pacs river at three-quarters of a mile. so some patchy fog in

and we'll have timesaver traffic in a moment but we begin with this guy over here, howard bernstein. and your weather first. >> and we've got a severe thunderstorm warning -- i'm talking january, 5:30 in the morning severe weather. yes, i can't remember the last time this time of year this time of morning we've had severe warnings but we've got them right now and that's where we begin this morning. it's south and west of d.c. for orange rappahannock, green, culpeper, and madison counties, they are moving northeast at 60 miles per hour and could contain winds gusting towards 60. you'll notice in the charlottesville area that little line of orange, yellow and red that's moving northeast. that's that thunderstorm. there's another line -- severe thunderstorm. there it is just west of culpeper now. this is the severe thunderstorm that's headed toward warrenton and fauquier county, then prince william county. maybe eastern loudoun and fairfax will have to watch out for this as well. since this is a pretty hefty storm. it goes until 5:45 on that warning and you can notice that stevensburg e

monika samtani has our traffic in a moment but right now, we have howard bernstein with your weather first. >> grab the jackets and gloves. chilly this morning. a dry day ahead. clouds will increase this afternoon and late tonight, well, some showers develop. that will be well past midnight. tomorrow and friday, not looking nearly as pretty. we start you off with a look at our day planner with temperatures at least in town, running into the upper 30s now. they'll dip a little bit more before we start to climb only to the mid 40s by noon. we'll stay there. the clouds thicken. don't expect much warming past 45, 46 today. as we'll see. the storm system approach from the southwest tonight. see things moving in from west to east. right now, a nice little hole near us. clouds well to the north and west. those clouds again arriving slowly through the afternoon. currently, 27, the cold spot in manassas and culpepper. 35 in hagerstown and leesburg this morning. frederick, you're 33 along with cambridge, andrews air force base, 38. la plata, 31. monika, we're quiet outside. what about the traf

bernstein has the weather first. >>> an inch and a half of rain across parts of fauquier county. that's a lot of rain. inch and a half of snow by the way on monday afternoon. that's the magic number for him. this morning, we are looking drier as the last of the rain pushing through the baltimore region parts of anne arun dell and howard counties and here's a look at the day plannerment looking good actually for this time of year way too warm. 48 degrees. so though jessica shaking her head at me saying no, no, it's fine. 48 degrees at national. >> more than fine. >> more than fine. >> so fine. >> 53 degrees at noon with a mix of sun can clouds and highs today from the upper 50s to even low 60s south and east. your sunrise 7:26. setting at 5:07. there's the rainstorms from last night actually there was some lightning and thunder at times in spots. there's the last little piece of rain coming through right now and you can see it on live doppler 9000 hd. still some heavy showers pushing in annapolis up into the northern part of the bay. columbia still wet but you go down 29 in montgo

. >> howard bernstein, how are you? welcome back. >> good to see everybody. happy new year.y see snow flurries but this morning from winchester up toward allegheny county, getting all sorts of reports of snow showers, some slick streets, little bit of snow on the ground. watch out for that one. show up in martinsburg. old town, maryland, north of paw paw in allegheny county. good morning and thanks for watching. let's talk about what we can expect though for this tuesday morning. a cold morning out there. it is going to be a cold day in fact. highs will not be moving much from where they are now. winds by the way are going to be a problem. too. 15 to 25, may gust to 30 at times. that will keep wind chills down in the teens and the 20s. you can see snow streamers coming in through pennsylvania and west virginia. in western maryland, coming into frederick county, virginia now, in toward jefferson and berkeley counties here, western maryland as i said and also eastern west virginia, lots of snow showers that aren't being picture up. even north of frederick. we're seeing a littl

. >> joining me now is jerod bernstein, an msnbc contributor and the former chief economist for vice president biden and steve karnecki, political columnist for salon.com. thank you both for coming on the show. >> thank you. >> sure. >> jerod, before we do anything, can you explain romney's 15% tax problem? because when i say unfairness, i want people to understand the 15% and why many of us think that's unfair. >> sure. it has to do with the source of his income. now we don't know this, but presumably and i'm sure we're right based on his statements, the fact is that the vast majority of his income must come from what economists call assets or unearned income. not from the kind of wages, the paycheck, that warren buffett's secretary makes. and we have a tax system that is hugely tilted to the advantage of capital gains, dividends, pass-through income, debt financing, which was huge for bain capital. the kinds of incomes that a guy like mitt romney has face a tax rate of about 15%. so when he said i pay the 15% rate, really what he was saying was i take advantage of all these favors

bernstein, we were talking about weather scrapers and umbrellas and raincoats. >> it's frosty out there this morning. clear skies. temps drop into the 20s. a cold start. clouds are going to roll in. we'll only get to the 40s today but we're going to see some rain and quite a bit of rain by the time the day is over as we get into tonight. we start dry. we finish wet. 41 degrees at 9:00. still sun peeking through. by noon a couple of showers south and west of town. we get wet this afternoon. that rain could be moderate, even heavy at times later on this afternoon through the first half of the night. by tomorrow morning we may pick up an inch or so in spots from this storm system. a pretty impressive one with all the rain coming into kentucky and tennessee and southern alabama right now. that's moving in our direction. temperatures this morning showing down to 25 in reston and manassas. 27 in great falls and prince george's county. 28 in college park. here in washington this morning 34. a quick look at highs before i go and only in the low to mid- 40s. perhaps a little bit milder as the ra

i'm howard bernstein, 9news now. >>> i hope howard doesn't bring any of that back with him when he comes! stay out there! >> bringing a little bit actually. >> he is. >> yes. we've got cold temperatures right now, and area low pressure coming in. and really concerned about the ice. that's the concern. not a lot of snow for us, especially in the dc area. but points north and west especially, we may see some ice accumulating late tonight and then all through the night hours through early tomorrow morning. we'll talk more about that, but first let's go to our michael and son weather camera where we've got cloudy skies out there. it's gray, and temperatures holding on into the 30s. right now 35 degrees under mostly cloudy conditions. it's a dry to dewpoint only 8 degrees. the winds at north 13 mimes per hour. and the pressure pretty low, 30- point 28. so here's what is going on. we do have a winter weather watch in effect and this is basically for areas north and west of town, including grant, this starts tonight and goes through saturday afternoon. i wouldn't be surprised if this is extend

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th lady i went with, who was the men f for stravinsky, leonard bernstein, i studied wh her in paris foryears. she said, there are only 12 notes. you learn what evebody did them until the send 13, you will be okay. nothing has ever bothered me no matt whethert is big band, bee-bop, do-op, hip-hop, no prlem. >> it is hd to go anywhe without finding you imprint, whether it is television or music. >> did you imagine when yowere aying that trumpet you would be erywhere? >>bsolutely not. i have learned to --rt linkleer used to live xt do to me before he died. he used to say to me, quincy, just make god laugh. don't make plans. we have nothing to do with it. i havelways believedt sic is, we are terminals for a higher power. i can feel it. it goes rough you, man. i get curious how you guys get all these ego. the ego is the higher power coming throu you. i believe that. as you go to your creativity wi humity with grace >> we will be right back. >> would you consider doing a record for me? i said, man, a you crazy? ishe pope a catholic. i was in haii two days later and worked with him the rest of

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. >>> i'm meteorologist howard bernstein. sunshine coming out now. what a crazy winter. this morning, we had thunderstorms and look at some of these temperatures. running anywhere from 15 to almost 25 degrees above average. culpeper and fredericksburg are at 70 right now. it's 61 downtown and 46 in cumberland but some cooler weather will head our way. your forecast when we return. >>> there are some residents in waldorf. maryland and they're growing sick and tired of visitors who've worn out their welcome. we're talking about thousands of black birds. they're swarming the skies and neighbors say it is creepy. >> when it flies -- it just gets dark. pitch black. it's actually scary like a scary movie. >> it's confused. >> the bird are likely attracted to all the farm fields and wetlands as well as the tall trees. the department of natural resources says the birds would normally head south but they're lingering here because we're having such nice winter weather and we certainly are. rain this morning but that's okay. >> also the bulbs coming out. the tulip and crocuses are

and professor at the university of maryland smith school of business and msnbc contributor jared bernstein, senior fellow at the center of budget and policy priorities, as well as vice president biden's former chief economist and two old friends of mine from the cnbc days, for that matter, as well. jared, in this world, you only have to be better than the other guy. so if you're the president, you just have to be better than whoever wants to be the president. i sit here, obviously, and will criticize all parties relative to a standard that i hold at 30 million jobs. but through the lens of being the president of the united states, how does this number compare and how does it work for him relative to his opponents? >> through that lens, i think it's good. and i think that the president has had a good week. he's going around the country explaining how he's fighting for the middle class. he appointed someone to head the consumer financial protection bureau, so we can get that up and running. he's got a little bit of wind in his sails in terms of momentum on the jobs front. and i completely ag

. >>> howard bernstein is back and. course he brings some interesting weather with him. >> interesting, yes. frozen areas out there this morning. we're going to warm up. it may not happen until midmorning when we get above freezing everywhere. we do have some spots now below freezing. upper 20s, low 30s. that's why the concern as delia was talking out there with the slick areas. from my neighborhood and mike, you and i were talking earlier, his neighborhood was quite slick. a look at the winter warnings. we do have a freezing rain advisory. except for southern maryland, the northern neck until 9:00. there are areas that are above freezing. we'll tell you about that coming up in just a moment. looking at the bus stop forecast, i know montgomery county, in a sense, a good day you were off because that's where one of the slicker areas are. drizzle and fog. upper 20s now. some areas in the upper 30s. some of the warmer air starting to creep in. our day planner, some light rain and 39. middle of the day, best chance of heavi

howard bernstein is here with weather first. >> it is a good-looking tuesday out there. we'll get the barrier going. >> we have some clouds still but it is a lot milder than yesterday morning. some 50 degree readings south of town. up north, a little bit more snow cover, places north of interstate 70. maybe in the mountains with a little fog this morning. our day planner, talking about

today city state's attorney greg bernstein will discuss initiatives for the the new year at one this afternoon at mitchell courthouse downtown. stay with abc2 at 5 and 6 to hear his plan for the coming year. >>> and governor o'malley plans to formally recognize two american indian groups indigenous to the state. executive order follows a process established to american indian groups accordings to census maryland has 58,000 identified as having american indian heritage. >>> and a new bus route connecting two busy counties will open today. harford and cecil county executives will today launch a route during an event at the david r craig park in havre de grace. it takes effect this morning starting at 11. time for a check of the forecast one more time. let's say hello, to justin. >>> all right. good morning. 6:54. take an umbrella or rain jacket with you. not expecting anything heavy today. more of a nuisance or ambience event. a sense of winter has come back. 39 ocean city and they started at 30. there's the 40s and rain to the south in virginia. a little bit of snow in the high countr

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howard bernstein also alongside. mr.>> man, i need a weekend -- i do that every 9th of the month. i love what this woman does for breast cancer awareness. support -- >> buddy check. >> her lead. >> 18 years and counting. >> let's get you going this monday morning, a chill in the air. there may be a few sprinkles or even flurries in the air. a little bit later today, a weak system pushes through. mainly to our south. we'll see lots of clouds. you know, midday on, a chance for a few flurries. temperatures only getting into the low 40s right now. we sit at 34 degrees. i'll show you what's happening. a disturbance, the bulk of it passing to the south. picking up returns in kentucky, virginia, ohio. a lot will be squeezed out in the mountains. not out of the question if you get a little wet or flurry action. right now, down to 25 in frederick. 28 winchester. 26 in martinsburg. cumberland, 30 degrees this morning along with la plata and andrews. warm spot being 37 in the pax river and annapolis. factor in the winds, they're fa

. >> we start with howard bernstein. forecast for today. >> a little cooler than yesterday. clouds coming in this afternoon. yesterday we managed to get to 56. today, maybe about 46. this morning, it is chilly but clear out there. that's where we start with our day planner. mid-40s by lunchtime. pretty much going to stay there for the afternoon with the highs holding steady in the mid- 40s as the clouds thicken up later this afternoon. winds west to northwest. clear and 39 in washington with a sunrise at 7:20. you can see the clear skies overhead as we look at the satellite and radar combined. clouds moving in from kentucky through southwestern virginia. these will be overspreading the region. there will be some rain showers around late tonight, tomorrow, tomorrow night into friday. 37 up toward martinsburg, leesburg is 36 this morning. warm spot right on the bay, annapolis at 43 degrees. as far as the highs expected later today, 50ish down toward tappahannock. low 40s for hagerstown. 45 for easton. 46 here in d.c. it is

she has timesaver traffic but we begin with howard bernstein and today's forecast and the fog is justn for dear life. >> a couple of spots, especially knot of interstate 70 and around quantico. the rest of us, it is coming better. i know yesterday evening was hanging on but this morning, it is starting to lift north. a pretty good-looking tuesday out there. look at the day planner. we start with temperatures in town in the 30s, 40 north. by noon, we'll be around 50. this afternoon going into the middle 50s. the 5:00 p.m. temperature, still above 51 degrees. a pretty decent day for january. we do have some fog still though as andrea was alluding to. that's up north where dense fog advisory in place until 8:00. places like carroll county, westminster. frederick proper itself is not so bad. you get north of town, we're running into issues to hagerstown and the visibilities are still way down. zero in westminster. quarter mile hagerstown. there's that 16th still being reported at quantico. 3/4 in cumberland. we're at 43. tappahannock is 52. it is 51 at the pax river naval air station. the