he or -- he boarded a flight in corpus christi and flew to dallas/fort worth. tsa agent discovered it was a sword. there is no word of the agents to let him through in florida will face any punishment. still to come -- is quitting smoking one of your new year's resolutions and why it could take more than one try to give it up for good, plus looking for holiday deals on line and how one company is making it easier to find. >> some clouds are coming in and there is a disturbance on the way and a little rain or snow associated with it. the full forecast is coming up. we have clouds right now. at the maryland zoo in baltimore, you consider a wide spectrum middle of the screen which is a polar bear sleeping very 38 degrees right now. >> dr. kim hammond is here to answer your pet questions. you can e-mail your questions to us. >> as the holiday season begins to wind down, the department of public works is acid rain baltimore residents to recycle holiday items. you can take christmas trees to the drop of center and breyer on bucket to collect mulch from the recycled t

massive footing boxes that the bridge sits in come from exotic places like vallejo, california, corpus christi, texas, and up in oregon and washington. so there are a number of different place that is contribute to providing different structural elements. if you are looking at steel in particular, there is more domestic steel in the entire eastern span than any other foreign steel component. if you look at the final bridge, a little over 75% of the steel for the eastern span is fabricated in some u.s. mill. >> is there some updated total for the price tag for this project? is it still $6 billion for the price tag? >> it is about that, $6.3. the toll bridge oversight committee, which consists, caltrans and others, and they put out reports that says how we are doing financialally. along with that, there is a $900 million contingency. that is all downloadable from the bay bridge site? >> are you shooting for 2013? >> late 2013 is when we expect the prinl to be open. [inaudible question] >> it depends. it is very hard to put a date on when this bridge is going to be completed. but the september-no

he boarded a flight in corpus christi with the cane. it was discovered when the man re-entered the boarding area. no word if the tsa agents who led iman will face any punishment. >> people in new york city said goodbye to their bad memories. it was good riddance day. people were urged to write down their bad memories and throw them away. the papers were then shredded. as people say gabbai to the back, others welcome the good with new year's resolutions. topping the list -- quitting smoking -- as people said goodbye to the bad, others welcomed the good with new year's resolutions. going cold turkey is nearly impossible. they may need medication. make your resolution over and over again. that brings us to our water cooler question of the day. do you have a new year's resolution and, if so, what is it? you can share your response at wbaltv.com and on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> have you made a resolution yet? 5:10. 28 degrees on tv hill. a baby formula recall that is now expanding. >> hundreds of p

corpus christi, almost 20 inches below average for the year. all eyes to the sky if you're to the west of the mississippi. a total lunar eclipse happens at 6:06 pacific time. best chance to see it is in alaska. it will be a decent western view. seattle with a little bit of fog this morning. dallas to have sunshine for the irst part of the day. abc 7 steve ridin. morning, t to our reagan national airport. really or the really, toward the head off midwt. minneapolis this hour. cold temperatures will stick around for the upcoming weweekend. is finally cleared he area. igh pressure will build behind it. right sunshine for the afternoon. sunshin to r the ickk around for the day morrowow. 40 to 45.g around >> speaking of that first snow, lots of photos came in from facebook and twitter. a few to share with you. north of chicago, wauconda, illinois, and sunville, michigan. a lot of lake-effect snow. >> go ahead. never interrupt. >> i was going to ask, does dan do this with you, he always hands me his leftover script pages. >>> this is the biggest week

corpus christi, almost 20 inches below average for the year. all eyes to the sky if you're to the west of the mississippi. a total lunar eclipse happens at 6:06 pacific time. it's not going to happen for everybody. best chance to see it is in alaska. it will be a decent western view. seattle with a little bit of fog this morning. but looking for dallas to have sunshine for the first part of the day. plenty of sun and cold in the northeast. >> speaking of that first snow, lots of photos came in from facebook and twitter. a few to share with you. north of chicago, wauconda, illinois, and sunville, michigan. in west michigan. a lot of lake-effect snow. >> go ahead. never interrupt. >> i was going to ask, does dan do this with you, he always hands me his leftover script pages. >> i'll take it from you. >> always. >> thank you, ladies. appreciate it. >>> this is the biggest week end of the year for christmas tree buying. >> some people go all out. here's a look at the big, beautiful, and downright bizarre. trees, trees, trees. it's that time of year

there's your 50 in corpus christi. very warm along the eastern seaboard.re looking for highs in 62 in new york city. 60 in boston. a complete turn around from what we saw in time last year. the rain, again, it's going to take another six to 12 hours to get it to the eastern seaboard. wet weather tomorrow. delays at newark, laguardia. not because of rain but because of fog and low ceilings. chris, back to you. >> it's unbelievable. it's december. one of the writers got back from los angeles and said it was a lot nicer here than it was there. go figure. >> they had the santa ana winds last week and a little bit of that today. winds may gust 45 to 50 miles per hour. not as dangerous and wicked as last week. but it's a wild december. east coast, many cities in the top five or six warmest novembers on record. now we go into december, it will get chillier the end of the week in the northeast, but right now, enjoy the 60-degree december weather in the big apple. >> i'm not complaining, believe me. mike, thank you. >>> here's a look at other stories people are tal

months ago they are buying it on the open market and literally from the mississippi river down to corpus christi texas and we need that pipeline. so thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, mr. green. now, the gentleman from new york, mr. engel is recognized for five minutes. >> i'm probably a few of this subcommittee that's really in the middle on this. i've been listening to the testimony. on the one hand i'm concerned about the environmental impact. i think mr. waxman made excellent points. and i think we need to be concerned about that. we cannot say no to everything. i for one opposed drilling in alaska. because i thought it was the wrong thing to do by a mental point of view. but we can't just keep saying to everything and then complain that gasoline is $4 a gallon and that we're beholden to hugo chavez and the saudi royal family. i think we have to have a little bit of a balance. i was disappointed in the administration's pushing back of this deadline because i think it's time to make a move one way or the other. we all know what the issues are. and we can make a decision. and i just think

deep freeze and frost through the deep south, corpus christi, to new orleans, to tallahassee. coldest air of the season so far. friday, 14 degrees in minneapolis. this is an arctic punch. no matter where you get it, it lasts about two days before milder air start >> all that weather -- look. it's like shades of red and pink this morning. all that weather was brought to you by hershey's kisses. lara? >> all right, sam. thank you. another look at these gorgeous dogs. >>> coming up, anthony bourdain here revealing the secrets to having a great trip, for two days or less. stay with us, everybody on "good morning america." >>> our warm coats and warm hearts coat drive is picking up steam, as we work towards our ambitious goal. we want a grand total of 1 million coats. we're closing in, thanks to you. we're doing everything within our power to hit that target and give the gift of warmth. it includes going out there and collecting coats ourselves. i know that jack is keeping your warm right now. >> yes. an he has a coat. >> you hit the streets. >> i did, indeed. and we had a really g

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down the resisted the river down to corpus to stay -- to corpus christi, texas is where we refine it. >> i am probably one of the few members of this subcommittee that is really in-depth i am hoping to the testimony. on the one hand, i am concerned about the environmental impact. i think mr. waxman made an excellent point. i, for one, opposed the deal in alaska because i thought it was the wrong thing to do from an environmental point of view. but we can keep saying no to everything. gasoline is $4 per gallon. we are beholden to hugo chavis. i think we need to have a little bit of a balance. i was disappointed in the administration pushing back of this deadline. i think it is time to make a move one way or the other. we all know what the issues are and we can make a decision. i just think delaying it does not benefit anybody. i am for renewals. i think it is important to have clean energy and sustainable energy. but i frankly do not think we can move from step one to step 10 overnight. i do not think it is a matter of moving to sustainable energy, clean energy, and turning off hydroca

some are buying it on the open market from the mississippi river down to corpus christi, texas. we need that pipeline. thank you, mr. chairman. >> now, the gentleman from new york, mr. abel is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i am probably one of the few members of this subcommittee that is in the middle on this. i have been listening to the testimony. on the one hand, the soy concerned about the environmental impact. piping mr. waxman made an excellent -- i think mr. waxman made an excellent. and we need to be concerned about that. on the other hand, we cannot say no to everything. i come up for one, opposed alaska because i thought it was -- drilling in alaska because i thought it was the wrong thing to do, but we cannot keep saying no to everything and complain gasoline is $4 a gallon and that we are beholden to the saudi royal family and hugo chavez. we need a balance. i was disappointed in the administration's pushing back of this deadline because i think it is time to make a move one way or the other. we all know what the issues are. we can make a d

ago so they are buying it on the open market and literally from the mississippi river down to corpus christi texas is where we refined a lot of our product and we need that pipelines the thank you mr. chairman. >> thank you mr. green. now the gentleman from new york, mr. engel is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you mr. chairman. i am probably one of the few members of this subcommittee that is really in the middle on this so i've been listening to the testimony and on the one hand i am concerned about the environmental impact. i think mr. waxman made an excellent point, and i think we need to be concerned about that. on the other hand, we cannot just say no to everything, so i for one opposed to drilling in alaska because i thought it was from a environmental point of view, but we can't just keep saying no to everything and then complain that gasoline is $4 a gallon and we are beholden to hugo chavez and the saudi royal family. i think we have to have a little bit of a balance. i was disappointed in the administration's pushing back of this deadline because i think it's time to make a