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brian, back to you. >> tom costello starting us off. to the north of you in new york we dodged a bullet this last weekend storm that dumped so much on washington. our luck ran out effective with this one. it started snowing overnight. it's still snowing, obviously, and it's going to snow into tonight for a second evening. anne thompson is live in central park not far from here in midtown manhattan. good evening. >> reporter: hi, brian. you know nothing is cheap in new york, including the snow. mayor michael bloomberg estimates that for every inch of snow that falls, it costs $1 million to clean it up, and here in central park, so far there are seven inches. new york may be the city that never sleeps, but a big wallop of snow tried to bring it to a standstill. >> snow falling very hard. thick snow flakes now. >> reporter: commuters on the long island railroad found plenty of seats into the city as many workers took a snow day. >> we closed early because all the patients canceled. we work from 8:00 to 8:00 today, no one's coming in becaus

brian. >> brian: remember the popular 1980 song from men at work?stralian court says the song sounds too much like this children's classic. how do you say this? kukaburra. >> gretchen: don't ask me. i've never heard it. >> brian: take a listen. ♪ >> brian: i say not guilty. >> gretchen: it sounds nothing like it. >> brian: they say compensation could be millions of dollars. those are the headlines. steve, take it away. >> steve: thank you very much. a kukkaburra is a bird. 22 before the top of the hour. a nursing thome in rhode island has its very own kind of grim reaper. this angel of death has fur. oscar the cat has been predicting the passing of patients for five years now. joining us is one of the doctors as well as the author of a new book, making rounds with oscar. good morning to you, doctor. >> hi. >> steve: we told this story a couple years ago where oscar, who was adopted by the nursing home a couple years ago, he would walk through the halls and he wouldn't stay in anybody's room too long, unless what? >> oscar has been living on this uni

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brian? >> that's the trick. kelly o'donnell with that end of this story in our newsroom in washington. kelly, thanks. >>> then there's this. all during this health care debate we heard about this country over and over. some say canada should be a model for health care. yet others warn that america could become canada and they don't mean that in a good way. later on in this broadcast tonight, we'll have a close-up look at health care here in canada. >>> now we switch to a big story out of new orleans where the police chief said today he is shocked by a guilty plea that has rocked that city. a veteran officer admitted taking part in an elaborate cover-up to hide what happened when police killed two unarmed people on a bridge during those frantic days after hurricane katrina. we get more tonight from our justice correspondent pete williams. >> reporter: it became a symbol of post katrina chaos, witnessed by an nbc news camera crew. for reasons still unclear, an emergency call went out as six people were crossing a

. >> reporter: hi, brian. the ntsb's report coming out i record time. regional airline colgan air was flying for connental, but flying continental's logo. today the ntsb heard evidence this crew wasn't up to the job and it's time for some changes. the ntsb's investigation into what caused flight 3407 to crash outside buffalo points to a complete breakdown in cockpit discipline and basic piloting. first officer rebecca shaw was texting from the cockpit just before take-off, a violation of faa rules. during much of the hour-long flight from newark, shaw and captain renslow were talking about personal matters, not the flight. >> it was if the flight was just a means for the captain to conduct a conversation with this young first officer. >> reporter: as the plane approached buffalo, the crew failed to notice their air speed had dropped. when cockpit warnings went off, captain renslow who failed multiple faa tests and check rides did exactly the wrong thing, and pulled the nose up causing the plane to stall and crash. at headquarters today, family and frien

brian? >> all right, roz plater tonight. >>> if you have a flight this weekend and you haven't already rescheduled it, it could be hard. most major airlines have already canceled flights at our three airports starting late this afternoon and all day saturday. thwaiving the usual change fee for passengers and some are getting out of towner. -- out of town early. >> i thought it would come in saturday. didn't expect it to come in on friday. when i saw that it was, i did hustling and scrambling to get my flight rescheduled and rearranged. >> major airlines will look at the conditions sunday and try to resume flights. >>> these are pictures from the last time we had one of these storms. metro trying to keep things running. this time they have a much more specific plan. fox 5's tom fitzgerald now with what you need to now. >> reporter: metro put out a release late thursday going over all its preparations for this storm. 2,000 bags of rock salt, 70 tractor, 70 pickup trucks but the bottom line is

we start with brian. >> we see our first report southwest of town. light snow reported in shenandoah, virginia. it will start in central virginia. a winter storm warning goes into affect. snow is lifting its way northward. look at all of that moisture. it will grab some moisture from the mid atlantic. we will see a prolonged snow event. temperatures are in the mid 30's. there will drop a little bit this afternoon. a couple of inches on the ground by the drive home tonight. hefty snow and driving wind. this morning should be easy going. >> we haveeard from maryland commuter bus services. there will be running three hours ahead of schedule this afternoon care if you take a commuter bus in to work out of maryland, they will leave three hours earlier to get you home than they normally would. i am sure the bus drer would tell you that. i want you to plan in case you have child care issues. you'll be leaving three hours earlier. we talked to the district as well as vdot to see if they can put the traffic signals on rush hour mode earlier, even starting at

>> tom: brian gregory's squad with 13 points. in a half was 23 earlier this year and 13 is the lowest for brian gregory's team. guess what, he's down by 6 and temple, 19; dayton, 13. a little togetherness and resulting in little points the first 20 minutes. coming up on the halftime show g8g8g8g8g8g8g8g8g8g8g8g8g8g8g8g8 >> tom: halftime, temple leads it by 6, 19-13. last week in indianapolis, 20 members of the madia went through the same process that they will embark upon next month when they were selected and seeded the ncaa tournament and one was our own clark kellogg. let's look inside the mock selection exercise and learn about how the break set put together. >> you're going to feel like you're in the movie groundhog day. we're going to do the same thing over and over and over again. you'll wonder why. you will think it's maddening. the reason is because if you're one of those teens being considered, you want the committee to have every opportunity to max sure it's making decisions relative to similar teams in the mix. all yo

we start with brian. did you get a snow totals from your mother? >> she got about four inches in madison county. we are asking for snow totals. jeremy saient in his measuremen. that is not what we're looking for. temperatures around the freezing mark. side streets are still little bit slick. clear skies will prevail today. we will look for lots of sunshine to do some melting. temperatures will be in the low 40's. the snow will melt away. there will be plenty of sunshine. our next system is moving in by friday afternoon. we could be talking about another major storm coming to washington. >> we have not heard from brian van de graaff's mother but we heard from everybo else. a little bit dicey coming out of your neighborhood. wet and slushy for everybody else. here is a great example of that. nothing on 270 but a good fight and of traffic. the volume is increasing on 66. >> it makes you wonder what all those schools are closed. in the district, the only snow left is what is on the ground. >>> road crews have been working around the clock. stephen tsch

hi, brian. >> reporter: thank you very much, simon. well off of the lows and the best that we can get is the dollar. take a look at the dxy. we hit the lows on the dow around noon. the dollar definitely got a little weaker and stocks rebounded right on the back of that. now, what was behind the dollar move? that's too -- to call. some people say that an analyst report came out saying that the eu was not going to let greece fall but you take a look at that chart. take a look at the intraday because commodity names really across the the board i won't say rally but moved off of their lows. alcoa actually went positive and is now the best performer in the dow and that is true with a -- so many commodity names at this hour. in terms of weakness, the weakest sector is financials especially the regionals and the super regionals. take a look at m & t, keycorp, u.s. bancorp, some examples, they are the weakest, doing a little bit worse know that the big banks. i want to touch on retail because retail has shown a fair amount of strength. three n

if you are going out, be careful, brian, shawn? >> for those of us in warm confines, scoop up snow there and tell us how the texture is? we hear it's a wet snow. >> i will put this down. that's a good snowball throwing snow. almost. you know what, it's going back and forth. early on, real early this afternoon, 1:00, 2:00 it was a wet almost like a rainy snow then bigger flakes and all. it's kind of going back to the wetter stuff but it's accumulating and the temperatures are playing into that. the texture of the snow has been changing. so, e will see. someone is about to throw a snowball at me. good packing sno. >> that's good news. i have not been able to make a good snowman with my kids yet. >> same thing. made one a couple of days ago and it melted a couple of hours later. >> all right. bob barnard reporting live. we can get into the snowball fight -- we will tell but that, that whole situation. we have a lot of time tonight. there are scheduled snowball fights for tomorrow. we will get into that later. >>> let's give you a live

brian is standing by. it sounds like the big story for us will be the wind. >> it is a massive storm system that will be developing. we are concerned occurred if it were to shift, we could be in a situation with more snow. heavy snow will be north, philadelphia, new york. light snow from dunkirk to prince frederick. also down to st. mary's county. it will cross into t northern neck. there are a few flurries to the north and west. look at that, over to ocean city, rehoboth. they are getting hit with snow. the winter of advisory for montgomery, fairfax, and points till the east until 9:00 a.m. we will see some clearing. then the wind will pick up. gusts of up to 40 miles per hour. that will be the big story. we could see more snow later tonight. >> the eastbound span of the chesapeake bridge was closed. the accident has been cleared off the bridge. the reconstruction crew is now leaving. traffic has been in a backup and it will have to go through and wake people up. 50 east down trying to get to the bay brid

here's neely. >> brian: neely can shoot that mid range jumper. the old dominion team playing good defense and they try to take advantage of that in transition. >> bob: that was a great play by lott. they didn't have any place to go. you saw the handoff and lott being able to get in and draw that foul. great opportunity going into the line for two. >> bob: getting more opportunities in the second half. georgia state was at the line only twice in the first half. they hit them both. 4 free-throws here in this half now. but they are only 1 for 4 from the line. >> brian: those are the missed opportunities at the end of the game that can make the difference of a victory or a loss. you have to try to knock down those shots because it's giving them the opportunities to take the leads. >> georgia state is 69% free-throw shooting team. not bad. it's a 4-point game here for panthers, looking at the wrong end of the 44-40 score. there's an air ball put up there by james and defects the turnover. ali thought about the 3 and stepped inside for the mid range ju

. >> reporter: hi, brian. we still have thousands here in the d.c. metro area without heat or electricity. now we are looking at 12 to 15 inches more here, more in baltimore, more in philadelphia, on top of the two to three feet we already have. from the midwest to the east coast, the snow is all anyone can talk about. >> we are talking about very heavy amounts of snowfall coming in here. >> reporter: 22 states are under a winter watch or warning, especially bad news for the mid atlantic still digging out from two to three feet of snow. now more is on the way. >> i just want to scream. >> i'm just waiting for the sun now. this is getting ridiculous. >> reporter: in d.c., virginia and maryland, schools remain closed. some gas stations are out of fuel and grocery stores are running low ontaples. >> i'm trying to get what i can. ere isn't any regular milk so we are going to soy milk. >> reporter: this auto repair garage collapsed under the weight of the snow. >> roof collapses are going to become an increasing problem. we had a number of those around th

. >> reporter: good evening, brian. with the prius under investigation, the star car is taking a hit. you have a company reeling from two massive recalls, now dealing with more questions about safety and reliability. toyota's announcement that it will look into what may cause the brakes on 2010 prius hybrids to pause before slowing down is the latest in company's problems. bob becker owns a 2010 prius. he says he bought it for safety because he has a new baby and he had brake problems and told toyota as far back as last august. >> it's been frustrating and i'm angry. again, within two weeks of bringing the car in i knew there was something wrong and they were in denial about the problem. >> reporter: this morning in japan, toyota executives admitted the prius problem while announcing a quarterly profit for the company. the federal government's formal investigation into the brakes on the 2010 prius hybrid sedans comes after 124 complaints, including four accidents reported to washington. toyota says it will cooperate ful

michelle, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. this will be the fifth night in jail for these american missionaries. now a judge may decide tomorrow, even if they say they were trying to save children and even if they had permission from parents, whether they will be charged with trafficking in children. along remote mountain trails and in the capital, the americans came on a mission, to find and ther children. >> we're hanging in there. >> reporter: this ill-fated trip that landed them in jail after trying to take 33 undocumented children across the border was only theeginning. according to the haitian american pastor who, after a chance meeting on a bus, became their guide and gatherer, group leader laura silsby planned to return to haiti february 13th to find more children the same way, about 100 more. not everyone embraced their plan. this school sent them away. one orphanage director said their advertisement of their facility rubbed him the wrong way. they showed it to this woman and her family, too, then they gave the americ

>> reporter: brian, there is a convoy of trucks on the road tonight from d.c. to baltimore and back. and they are bringing in extra loads of salt. all this now as the countdown is on as around the region we prepare for what could be a historic snowstorm. all five d.c. salt domes are being activated with extra loads of salt being trucked in from baltimore. as the city gears up for the fierce winter storm, having had a dress rehearsal just before christmas. >> essentially we'll be approaching this storm as we did the storm in late december right before the holidays. we will get our first full shift out at 8:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. >> reporter: that means a full deployment of d.c. crews. nearly 300 pieces of equipment, more than 700 workers. and full deployment is the name of the game around the region. by noon vdot will launch 1800 trucks on northern virginia roads. maryland is pulling out all the stops, too, and like most of the region, these storms have turned into a budget buster. good we're slightly over $50 llion on the $26 million budget. as you said, we

our chief investigative correspondent brian ross has the report. brian?> reporter: terry, this is the story of how two innocent americans, a mother and her infant daughter, were killed, and how some members of congress say the cia has spent the last nine years covering up its role in their deaths. it all happened a long time ago, but it was only today the full extent of the cia's failures and alleged deceit came to light. there are some who will never forget what happened that day in april 2001, when this plane was shot down in a cia operation in peru. >> when my daughter was shout out of the air and my granddaughter was murdered, as far as i'm concerned, and nobody has had to pay any price for it, it's unbelievable. it's immoral. it's not right. >> reporter: as part of a u.s. effort to stop drug smuggling from south america, the cia aircraft mistakenly identified the aircraft as likely belocking to a drug smulinger. >> we're trying to remain covert. >> reporter: the cia could not have been more wrong about who was on the plane. they were american mission

. >> charlie: then we look at troubles with toyota with brian ross at abc and professor jeffrey liker from the university of michigan. >> they did become the number one car maker in the world. they are critical to the economy of japan and all this now has me back to really hurt them, a boomerang effect here because by expanding and using the same parts everywhere, if one of those parts goes bad, then the problem is everywhere. >> what concerns me is time gaps in responding to customer complaints and responding to nitze complaints. that's the part of it that's distbing me because the company's philosophy really is and they really believe customer always comes first. >> charlie: andrea elliot grew up in alabama and then became a major terrorist in somalia. >> what i think people find so jarrinwith omar is how familiar he is. when most people think about jihaddists, they have this image of these people whore alien, other worldly. >> charlie: can't imagine knowing. >> people you can't imagine knowing, who are at odds with the west. omar just turns that on his head because these really str

wilson, who the [ bleep ] is brian wilson?rom the beach boys, and i go, okay. i go, his brother died last week and i go, oh, okay. so i'm waiting on the stairwell for about 10, 15 minutes. i can hear the party, having a good time inside. i said, is this guy going to show up? he turns up, and he was as pissed off as me. he comes up, and i said to him, i'm sorry to hear about your brother. the following morning, the phone rings, sharon picks up the phone goes, yeah, okay, yeah, okay. you've done it now. i go what have i done now? she goes, fancy saying that to brian wilson. i said what? telling me you're glad his broe brother's dead. i never said that. i said [ bleep ], i'm not going to apologize. [ applause ] >> jimmy: you did the right thing. >> i mean, why should i -- i didn't say that. would i ever say something like that. >> jimmy: let the drugs apologize to brian wilson. well, this is an unbelievable book. if you're an ozzy fan or if you like a great story, this is the one to get. "i am oz zn stores now. we'll be right bac

brian? ♪ we're saving our own lives ♪ . >> reporter: some of the music industry's biggest names remaking the song we are the world, that helped ease hunger in africa 25 years ago. the new song's name is we are the world 25 for haiti. it has been transformed to have a hip hop pop twist. >>> back to the snow. >> when you step outside you'll be surprised. it feels totally different than the snow we had on saturday that was so fluffy and dry. this is a wet typical d.c. type snow. it is starting to stick to the roads. big change when we dropped below freezing. the bottom line, we're almost done with it. it will probably come in to 2 to 4 inches but there will likely be travel problems. we already have cancellations and delays out there as you can see and it continues to snow. i also have to tell you it's really pretty and almost hypnotigers. i'm sure that can be a -- hypnotizing. i'm sure that can be a great distraction for drivers. it is moving away and is staying fairly progressive. we've picke

, a cable provider and here's an exchange she had with cliff stearns and brian roberts. >> given the comcast would have been gaining a new cable properties to compete with your company, one advantage with this came from the withholding content from you or your customers? >> web advantage? i can't talk for the same content, i don't have access to the content, where does my customer go to my competitor to it comcast? >> mr. roberts, you might want to comment on either her comments were dr. cooper's? >> i go back to the principle here. first of all, content is going to be made available to competitors and is available today. the last two years comcast loss nationally and over about a million and have customers wow satellite and a wide open west have added over 7 million. in crack the second and third largest distributors in today are two satellite companies. so there is a very competitive market. one of the reasons we want to get more invested in content is we see the value of that growing and i think the premise of the way you phrase the question i agree with witches will be well serve

help us out with that, brian van de graaff. >> good mning. brian van de graaff here.king south and west, charlottesville, into the shenandoah valley. it will be number word by lunchtime in this area. the system development off the coast will throw the moisture overhead. we are looking at a long snow event. it does look kind of a gray out there. temperature-wise across the area, we are low to mid 30's. 32 in woodbridge, some of us a bit above freezing, but as the snow starts to develop, temperatures will drop back. quickly deteriorating. has the snow tonight, a foot and a half to two feet possible. brendon: did you know about 75% of walmart's store management team started as hourly associates? brendon: because at walmart we're about more than just jobs, we're about careers. brendon: and that makes life more fruitful for everyone. save money. live better. walmart. >>> a number of school ditchers are closed today. you will see them running across your -- a number of school districts are closed today. you'll see them running across your screen. montgomery county schools a

that's joe jackson and brian obsessi oxman on the news today dr. conrad murray is charged in the death of pop star. we, of course, have no proof that any of the people our guests mentioned are involved in any wrongdoing, that's one thing to cover. now, what's it like hearing your spouse tell the word that his soul mate is somebody other than you? we'll ask jenny sanford, who lived it, next. i was just in town for a few days, and i was wondering if i could say hi to the doctor. is he in? he's in copenhagen. oh, well, that's nice. but you can still see him! you just said he was in... copenhagen. come on! that's pretty far. doc, look who's in town. ellen! copenhagen? cool, right? vacation. but still seeing patients. oh. [ whispering ] workaholic. i heard that. she said it. i... [ female announcer ] the new office. see it. live it. share it. on the human network. cisco. so, at national, i go right past the counter... and you get to choose any car in the aisle. choose any car? you cannot be serious! okay. seriously, you choose. go national. go like a pr

let's start with brian van de graaff. correct for the most part, it has moved out of here. snowe has moved eastward. we will look at the doppler radar. the snow is off to the eastern shore. temperatures are just around freezing. outside, we look at a couple of areas. they range from the low 30's at dulles. rockville is at 31. clouds will part. sunshine will make its self known. we will see clearing and some good melting. 40's again tomorrow. our next system approaches on friday afternoon. let's say good morning again to lisa baden. >> it is getting busy on the highways this morning. northbound george washington parkway ramp is blocked by a highway truck that is putting down more chemical. for was a crash on the inner loop near port river road reported. -- there was a crash on the inner loop near river road. south on the american legion bridge, an accident and only the right lanes were getting through. as far as traffic on 270 close to 28 to an shady grove road, they were doing some repairs to an overhead signed. beach drive is closed because of icy conditions in the park. i

brian? >> steve, thanks. al-qaida claims to be fighting for millions of muslims but a new report has a surprising revelation and shows al-qaida is killing many more muslims than westerners. in fact, through 2004 through 2008, 85% of al-qaida's victims were believers in islam. joining us right now, former c.i.a. counter terrorism specialist, michael shorer. you're the head of the bin laden unit and in charge of ridding us of al-qaida. does this help people like you get your job done? >> you know, i think it's kind of a wash. it's a very dangerous game to play from west pointe buzz what we're going to get now is claims from the muslim side that compared to what muslims have died, the americans have killed x number more and certainly our credibility is virtually nill in the muslim world so it's an important thing. i don't think it really helps much in any way except it makes us feel better. >> do you believe, too, as well because i've interviewed you before al-qaida's brutality has helped -- ha

they did not have it under control. >> larry: what was the purpose, brian? >> it was reckless and irresponsible. >> larry: you don't think they intended to harm him, do you, or do you? >> i think they intended to take a superstar, a megastar and have him do what they wanted him to do. one of the ways to do it was to give him every drug that he possible could ask for. the one thing we don't do in this society is say to people addicted to medications, here, have everything you want. that is reckless and dangerous, and frankly, larry, anyone who says to a drug addict, here, let me give you what you want, and then they die, i'm sorry. if their name isn't michael jackson as the victim, they're going to be charged with murder two. >> larry: we'll have you both back very soon, and joe we'll talk more about the foundation. that's joe jackson and brian oxman on the news today that michael jackson's doctor, dr. conrad murray, is charged it the death of the pop star. we, of course, have no proof that any of the people our guests mentioned are involved in any wrongdoing

brian scott, bad. dukes up 48-26. they are running away at home. 54-38 now as they play on in the second half. clemson beat miami 74-66. clemson is 6-5 in the a.c.c. michigan state, penn state in the big ten. lucas back starting today. his backup out for academic reasons. penn state down 6-3. and taylor battle had 30 on the day. those two emphatic. penn state down one. michigan state up 55-46. as they pull away in the second half at 57-48. lucas hits the three. biggest lead of the game. he had 24. spartans win 65, 54. indiana-wisconsin in the conference. first half, up by eight. hughes. step-back jumper. 12-2 run for the badgers to open this contest. wisconsin up by 19 still. bohanan's three makes it a

brian, what do you make of the move lower?i think it's just a continuation of what's been going on today. there's rumbling s out of portugal. they have a big vote on their budget deficit. if you look at the asian session here, things are getting a little bit weaker. i think you just see that rollover continuing. >> you anticipate a stronger dollar scenario tomorrow as well, so therefore commodities will continue to be weak in tomorrow's session? >> correct. >> we don't have the leadership at all over the materials for one? >> i think this continues until you get some kind of certainty. i thought you would get certainty when the ce approves greece's budget, but that doesn't seem to be happening. you really have to think safety. >> i worry about another crap show tomorrow. if the jobs report for december is as bad as it was, i can't believe the one to january is going to be any better. >> tomorrow could be a troublesome someday and tonight the indication will be the dollar itself. does it rise again? one trade again in oil, be c

cnbc's bob pisani, brian shactman, due herera, ceo of richard person steel capital management.ow jones industrial average on the downside in the triple digits at the lows of the afternoon at 4:00, as you can see, here is a chart at 9999, the market slipping below that key 10,000 mark, breaking certain resistance and support levels, not only on the dow, but the s&p 500 as well. nasdaq gave up 3% today even though there were bright spots on the upside. for example, cisco was higher on the heels of better than expected earnings. s&p 500 down to 10,062. we talked earlier that the next

brian ross begins with the horrifying encounter nine years ago, all caught on tape. >> reporter: this video tape was made by the cia as one of its jets sneaked up behind what was mistakenly thought to be a drug plane, flying along the border of peru and brazil. they were preparing to have it shot down. >> we are trying to remain covert at this point. >> reporter: the cia could not have been more wrong about who was on the plane. they were american missionaries from michigan, jim and veronica bower. also on board the plane was the bower's then 6-year-old son, cory, and their infant daughter, charity. over the course of one hour and 49 minutes, the cia personnel would never correct their mistake, and in fact, would violate again and again what was thought by the white house to be strict rules of engagement, including verifying the tail number of the plane. that did not happen. >> we can go up and attempt the tail number. but if he is dirty, makes a right turn immediately and we can't chase him. >> reporter: but the air force arrived and issued a warning in spanish, "we will shoot you do

toyota hid problems from customers, brian. >> reporter: that's right, diane. toyota has been caught failing to disclose to its customers and the government all it knows about its cars defects. toyota's veil of corporate secrecy may be about to crack. >> it was a culture of hypocrisy and deception. >> reporter: dimitri biller is a former toyota lawyer who handled product liability lawsuits and is now coming forward to say officials in japan repeatedly ordered cover-ups of safety issues. >> they were hiding evidence, concealing evidence, destroying evidence. >> reporter: biller and toyota are now involved in their own lawsuit, with the company claiming he is violating his severance agreement by making unfounded allegations. would toyota lie to the federal government? >> in my view, absolutely. >> reporter: biller says the public needs to know what he saw at toyota, citing the case of an unfavorable engineering report involving deadly car rollovers. >> they buried it and created a new engineering report that was favorable to their interests and their position. >>

brian? >> all right, rehema ellis in central park, thanks. weather channel meteorologist mike seidel is in upstate new york, binghamton, to be exact. mike, what unusual construction of this storm. some heavy intensities, and depending on where folks are watching tonight, they want to know, when is it going to stop? >> reporter: this storm is kind of stuck. it tried to go east, it couldn't. yesterday went west towards new york city. take a look at the giant swirl trying to move north. it's blocked in by high pressure up around greenland. what it's going to do is slowly meander into new england. as it does so, it's going to weaken. it's not as feisty as it was. those 60 mile-an-hour wind gusts have been replaced by 30 mile-an-hour wind gusts. as you see on the radar satellite composite are swirling bands, snow squalls. for most of us, we are looking at another inch, maybe two, maybe three inches of snow, but without the heavy consistency of the snow, without the strong winds, additional power outages are unlikely, except for the trees that give

brian? >> kelly o'donnell in washington. thanks. one more word from the automotive world here tonight. the vehicle that came to fame after the fick iraq war the hummer is headed for the scrap heap of history tonight after gm's sale of the brand to a inese company fell through. just a couple of years ago hummer was one of gm's most profitable lines, but chinese regulators nixed the plan for the $150 million acquisition. >>> toyota executives weren't the only ones under fire on the hill today. the health insurance company wellpoint was in the hot seat over its recent decision to hike premiums for some policy holders by a lot. our story tonight from nbc's lisa myers. >> reporter: three californians, all relatively healthy, recently were notified their health insurance premiums are going up as much as 39% this year. >> there's reasonable and then there's outrageous. >> reporter: for jeremy arnold it's the second huge increase. >> my premiums are poised to rise to a level a whopping 74% higher than barely over a year ago. >> reporter: to

the man of the hour, meteorologist brian van de graaff. >> we are excited. this will be quite a historic orm, i think. we do have that moisture down to our south and west. it is down towards roanoke and danville and it will continue to lift number word. it will move into the metro area by lunchtime. -- it continues to move northward. this is a high-impact storm. hopefully you can leave early. snow could be coming down at a rate of up to two inches per hour. with the wind blowing, it could make things tricky. maybe 18-plus inches of snow before it is all said and done. >> so far so good. they do have chemical on the highway. we will show you the beltway travel. plenty of chemical on the road. keeping an eye near fedex field. we change cameras to give you another perspective of traffic south of town. good if the wilson bridge and at the american legion bridge. >> thank you. >>> 5:33. we want to check with jack brown from arlington. what is -- talk a little bit about the preparation you were doing. >> t department of environmental services has all the road crew

linda is with me and brian coulter joinses us, as well.just a quick reaction to those figures, linda, first of all. we're going to pay down debt. we need investment. >> yes. you have to have confidence and you have to have savings. and so i think what this is reflecting is certainly tight credit conditions and also, a lot of this investment has gone into the sector which has suffered the most in this recession, which is clearly manufacturing. >> brian coulter is with us from fitch, as well. brian, when you see that figure like that and you're looking, of course, at a uk trying to put out debt plans, at the end of the day, growth is needed to repay debt and you don't just do that unless companies are able to invest. >> i don't think we're expecting to be at a stage where the private sector is going to increase cap ex at the end of 2009. that was always the later stage of the recovery, second half of this year. but it does show you just how cyclical investment is. the economy fell 5% last year in gdp terms. that's a massive number. investmen

we will hear about the temperatures from brian grant -- brian van de graaff in a minute.ed line commuters had a red line mouth looked function at twin brook stations. the situation at gallery place/chinatown had a report of smoke on the tracks. the orange line is in a delayed due to a train malfunctioned at the falls church station. let's take it to the highway. here we are in the heart of rock town with plenty of chemical on the roadway and into virginia, northbound 395 and a stalled car on the 14th street bridge but traffic is moving across the bridge. >>> are looking at a shot from the earth and space lab in frederick. we have clouds but sunshine will be coming through. it will be partly sunny this afternoon. 26 degrees right now in leesburg. we will see the cloud break open today with lots of sunshine and temperatures will climb into the low 40's. we will have sunshine for tomorrow, cool but pleasant for this time of year. our next weather maker will be friday afternoon into saturday and could be a major snowstorm that would last through saturday afternoon. sunshine r

let's get more on the major snowstorm with brian. it has been awhile since we have had school closings before the snow started. >> this is all coming our way. look at all this moisture. it is coming from alabama and through the carolinas. light snow reported through southwestern virginia. it will start to develop early this morning. it's a start closer to lunchtime. bands continue off and on. this one system will transfer its energy to a system off the coast. as it gets going, it will throw hefty snow on top of oz. it will go into the evening tonight. let's go over to the maps. temperature-wise, we're in the mid 30's. temperatures will drop as the snow falls. things will start off okay. a winter storm warning for the entire area. it begins at 6:00 a.m. for central virginia. it does not kick off until later in the day for the metro area. we get anywhere from 18 to 24 inches of snow. other areas could see closer to 2 1/2 feet. there is a mixture with sleet that could cut back the amount. at 7:00 a.m. we are cloudy. it starts to begin a

brian will have the details >> al qaeda is poised to strike the united states within months. this is the one of the nation's intelligence chief, who are testifying for a second day on capitol hill. they say they are getting useful and actionable information from the alleged christmas day bomber, but they warned it may be harder than ever to see the next attack coming. >> the greater threat is that al qaeda is adapting in methods, in wayshat oftentimes make it to go to detect. >> abc news has learned that the fbi is examining travel records to see if al qaeda operatives are following abdulmutallab's path from yemen to the west -- yemen and to the u.s. >>> soldiers were travelling with pakistan security forces and pakistan officials say they were part of a little-publicized mission to train troops there but the u.s. embassy is not commenting. >>> president obama is urging senate democrats to finish the job on health care reform. during eight issues retreat at the newseum, the president says he is open to compromise on health care, but once it to pass quickly -- but he wanted to

brian van de graaff is here with a look at our first forecast. >>> the wind is the big story. we saw a light snowfall this morning. it has cleared up and we look at the storm scan and the clouds thin . out. we are seeing some sunshine so we have been in and out of the clouds. you can see from our camera the clouds out there but some blue skies across the area. look at the wind gusts up to 40 miles per hour. this afternoon, a high wind watches in effect. we will keep you posted on that and talk to you -- talk about the potential for the rest of the week. >>> economists are blaming the winter for an uptick in unemployment. first-time jobless claims rose unexpectedly by 22,000 last week. that is 496,000, seasonally adjusted. >>> is the white house version of a medical drama. right now, a bipartisan health care summit is under way at the white house. let's take a live look at the televised summit that has been going on all morning long. president barack obama is chairing the meeting and we see many democrats and republicans voicing their different concerns. hopefully, they can com

. >> brian is here to talk about the latest information. >> this is almost gone and we will have some sunshine. unless you are in a five-hour drive this morning -- we see that this is pushing across to the bay. the temperatures are not nearly as cold as during the weekend. we will quickly move away. we are cooler this morning, but we will see some improvement. the high temperature is 41 degrees. we have two decent days ahead of us. we will check in with atom -- and we have the latest on the snowfall totals. we have the imposing system for the upcoming weekend. >> this storm is out of here and the focus is moving to the next potential storm. let's start right here in rockville. we are near intersection 355. this is difficult to measure. i do not know how much was existing from the weekend. i estimated four or 5 inches fell here, from what i measured. i am a little bit over 4 inches here. damascus is six and a half inches. on countryside, this is 5.1. in fairfax county, this is very impressive for this storm system. the storm system is going to the next one. the center is now on the sta

. >> i'm brian bolter. school closings scrolling at the top of your screen. you can see them. fox 5 covering the latest storm from every angle. our team coverage takes you from maryland to virginia. we'll start with sue palka kicking off the winter weather alert. >> reporter: the flake are falling fast and furious. it's almost hypothetical know advertising to be watching the flakes fall. in the grass which was out here at 6:00 we did not have any snow on the grass. i've got about 2 inches on the grass. here on the sidewalk we don't even have an inch in northwest because the pavement has been so warm today. the streets on wisconsin avenue are still bare despite the fact that it's been snowing for four hours and snowing hard. the reason, the temperature today, 41 degrees, also helped out quite a lot by the ct that these road have been pretreated and the pavement retains a lot of heat during the day. but we've had 2 inches and a lot of areas are under a winter storm warning for the possibility of 2 to 4 inches, all in the purple areas that you're looking at on our weather map, in

cheryl conner, jeff is at the state highway command centerrer and brian is live with us in towsend tonight. before we get to the live crews. let's check in with our meteorologist who are keeping us up-to-date. >> wyatt has been watching this all week long. >> it is starting to come down out there. >> you know what's interesting. we knew this would be a power house. it is interesting that as we have gone in the last 12 hours through the day today it has not been as powerful. it is in the immediate part of maryland that borders the chesapeake south of ann arundel county into prince george's county and the district of columbia. a very rare blizzard warning for that area. we take a look at the temperatures. they have now dropped off to near freezing in most spots. below freezing in baltimore. below freezing in easton. washington hanging on. we are tracking heavy snow as it pushes in out of the south and west. justin was talking at heavy bands that continue to move in out of the south and west and northward into the immediate baltimore area. this is really just the beginning of it of 24-hours o

jon: thanks, brian.agents are getting better and better catching bad guys bringing bad stuff across our border. adam housley is along for the ride in tucson, arizona. adam? >> reporter: hi, jon a true mix of old and new. talking about nightvision goggles. high-tech radar and working with horses and riders on the ground. we went along for a ride with the horse team, one of many across the southwest as they brought in quite a haul the other night. brought in 350 pounds of drugs and 40 illegals trying to sneak into this country. we'll have more on the story also coming up next hour. jon? jon: adam, brian, molly, that is your news. thank you. jane: want to get to this weather we're watching hitting the northeast today. it is really a massive snowstorm. in some parts it has hurricane-force winds. you're looking at a live picture just out side our studios midtown manhattan. when will this end? >> that is the good news. the snow will not be blockbusterish as we saw every night but we could see more inches. look

our senior correspondent brian wilson on capitol hill. toyota did have some answers today, brian. >> well, they had a lot of answers but they don't have all of the answers, shep. i mean, you hear those credible stories and you want to know why these things are happening. today, if you want to boil down the entire hearing, it really comes down to one 26 second exchange and here it is. >> do you believe that the recall on the carpet changes and the recall on the sticky pedal will solve the problem of sudden unintended acceleration? >> not totally. >> what do you need to do? >> we need to continue to be vigilant and continue to investigate all of the complaints that we get from consumers. >> the translation there, shep is, we still haven't quite figured it out. shep? >> shepard: you know, brian, there is controversy over whether this unexpected acceleration problem could actually be an electronics problem. >> yeah, you know, on capitol hill today, we heard testimony from one expert who said in the shop he was able to do some things that led

these things get really technical, and he got into an argument with brian roberts during the hearing about some of those issues. it was fun to watch, but the bottom line is, one of the things comcast is running up against across the board is that as part of anything they said they were going to do, we will abide by the lot and you should trust us. a lot of people do not trust them. >> joelle tessler, was it significant that it was held by the antitrust subcommittee and the other hearing was held by the house judiciary committee? >> basically, the two committee's will be paying attention to this. it will be commerce and judiciary. i have a feeling the other two committees will be holding hearings. >> so what is next in this process? >> those hearings will be the next step. it will be a long review. comcast said it will

brian wilson up there in the hall again. brian, did the president of toyota strike the right tone here? >> you know, americans like to hear someone say they're sorry and indeed that's what we heard today from akio toyoda. he said he was sorry. he went further saying this was a personal issue for him. take a listen. >> for me, when the cars are damaged, it is as though i am as well. i, more than anyone, wish for toyota's car to be safe and for our customers to feel safe when they use our vehicles. >> what we're hearing in the line of questioning is an attempt to sort of pin toyota down on some things to get promises from the company. if akio toyoda says it on the record, he has pretty much to follow through and so they're trying to pin him down on will you do this? will you do that? will you share information. one thing at a came up is it was revealed the u.s. government cannot look at black box data from toyota cars because there's a proprietary encryption code on the box and that will come up, trying to find out how to get