what about the delta, what do we do if we don't know where to go. my agency represent as hundred percent of our supply in the delta. that does not mean we have sat back waiting for the delta to be improved. we have spent more than a billion have to diversify but with the aspects that lester talked about we're going to have to invest in the delta in a way that creates adoptibility and what i call a, two for example. or we could have a katrina type event when it hits. if we don't invest in levies and improve meant on the water supply can in fact be the cork in the bottle when the global warming raises the sea level. i listened to a professor the other day that's chair to one of the groups that talked about what levy groups ought to be. the levies on the west side are not worth saving because their big islands and i raised my hand and i said so the delta will become salt water and what are you going to say to the species and the people that live there because that's salt water. we can't all go into silos. those are levies for water quality. we have to

>> and ann says she opened a delta sky miles account in 1990s during a promotion promising the mileswould never expire. yet, they just did. >> and this the miles will last forever, they honored that until just recently. >> here is the account statement showing delta delete the files, ann says she called but the only answer is that your miles are gone which she knew. so ann contacted 7 on your side. >> i'm happy i did. i got miles back. >> and weeks after, delta put miles back into the account and said miles were deleted because of a clerical error. delta says miles should never expire as long as there is an opportunity on an account at least once every two years. and extended apologies. now, ann and her film are ready to take off. >> it allows me to show my film in small places that couldn't afford to have them come otherwise. >> if you save miles, keep in mind most require you use the account every so often or the cars will expire. and this is very important. and so check terms before you book. just buy something occasionally. >> yes. yes. >> thank you. 50 good to show. >> lebron ja

small amounts of sea level rise which could breach the levies in the san francisco sacramento bay delta region. so we are intimately tied to and connected to that overall city. our plan is simply to work with everybody we can find, every partner we can find, to try to find ways to address these issues, to help with funding and to make sure that we are aware of the science to be doing some proactive planning on our own system, and of course to be supporting legislation that will lead to the kinds of dramatic reductions in emissions which will, we hope and trust, help to avert some of the worst impacts of climate change in the future. but the fact is that climate change is not only real, it is in fact happening and so we are dealing with it right now. the three speakers that are on my panel are all people who are coping in various ways and helping to be part of the solution. i'm going to just briefly introduce all three of them in order you have their biographies in your booklets so i won't read them to you. i will simply point out if you can't read the name tags that to the left of where

of less than a quarter of a mile so certainly the delta bringing us problems this morning. sfo 1 mi. visibility. storm tracker for all lit up but this time releasing much of the moisture content to the north novato, along 37, through vallejo, richmond san rafael bridge the bay bridge picking up a few raindrops a few isolated drops along the peninsula as well the north bay we see wet whether for good portion of the morning actually at this point it seems to be light. napa valley we see heavier downpours direction down along 80 through very vacaville of fairfield. san mateo bridge the dunbar in bridge down in to milpitas and milpitas as well. as we widen it out all of the wet weather channeling through the central valley seeing some snow along higher elevations in the sierra as well. temperatures are on the one side you might notice that as you step outside the door this morning. how warm temperatures actually our 50s across the board. 58 through mountain view and san jose into the afternoon temperatures just warming up a few degrees for more they are now. 59 santa rosa, san

are we building another katrina in the delta and are we doing so that increases the delta failure that has profound water shortage implications and we have them claiming yes climate change is real, yes, it has implications, but, no, they would not evaluate them. so being the reasonable people we are, we sued them. but we think it require as real analysis especially when agencies are making long-term issues with profound effects for public safety and we hope the courts resolve that rapidly and the legislature can do that as well. >> as far as regional exercises, i think i'm all for it. they do have their limitations but the way to improve these models and to understand their capabilities is to use them and try to confirm that they work on big events that we actually have observed, and so you know, typically, we look retrospective simulations and try to introduce as much independence in the tests that are used, in order to gain confidence that the models work in future situations. i'm not familiar with the environmental quality act or activity that you mentioned but i think it's worth di

a little fog settled into the delta. visibility numbers, less than a quarter mile in places like novato, napa. peninsula looks good, santa rosa. fairfield 3 mi.. afternoon highs up into the fifties, maybe in the '60s. 57 santa rosa. 56 san francisco. south bay, topping get rid around 60 degrees. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. dry day today, come tomorrow that rain really set in again it will be a fairly unstable week ahead of us shares, wind, cool temperatures for thursday. temperatures down into the '20s. the '30's for friday, a ring in the new year with more wet weather. >> good morning, no major problems to report on bay area roadways we're hoping to keep the sea traffic into this week. bay bridge, no promise of the westbound direction. just a couple of cars heading toward san francisco. those metering lights cycled off. all lanes are open along the upper deck no problems getting from the shore, 580 or the northbound, drive times the minutes from the foot of the macarthur maze stored several discos. san

now it ended up at an elementary school today after waddling on a nearby delta road. the campus in east contra costa county is miles from water. the sheriff's helped corner the 170-pound sea lion at school and then the marine mammals center caught her. volume unteaches will take her back to the center for a medical checkup. >> i think it looks healthy. probably just tired from the traveling from however far away from water to this point here. >> we find them up about sacramento and throughout the delta. it is not unusual. >> but this sea lion has been rescued three times now. in may volunteers in santa cruz county. same thing happened two months later. suffered from toxic algae poisoning in the past and that could be why she is stranding herself. >>> the final salute to a bay area soldier killed in afghanistan. >>> tentative war over tax cuts. what lawmakers did and didn't do today on capitol hill. >> they have been here for a long time and i'm sure they will be here a lot longer. >> one of the greatest archaeological finds in history is threatened. what's being done

delta has cancelled 700 flights today. that's delta air lines alone. they canceled it because of the nasty weather in the east coast it will have of him have at the bait. more on that to come see you irs are down from last year chp saying it has arrested 40 drivers in the bay area between friday and saturday. that number is down from last year's total of 53 drivers. as for statewide numbers 258 drivers were arrested for drinking and driving between friday and saturday morning. we will take another break a live picture this one coming out of our roof camera showing you all the fog swirling through that falk causing one hour delay at sfo add that on to the delays because of canceled flights delta now the latest. we will let you know we get numbers from the other airlines. tracking the storm on the east coast. that storm causing accidents on the roadways. a dry commuter bus having trouble with traction and a total of 12-15 in. has fallen across connecticut, mr. masters 25, you can see what people are dealing with 50 mi. an hour gust causing snowdrifts tha

fog still out in some of the delta locations. widespread fog tonight and tomorrow morning if you are out and about late tonight or early tomorrow morning. scattered showers. a short break from the wet weather. it will return again tuesday and wednesday and then a onslaught of cold and warm air that will make our direction going make a wet and foggy week. this is the second system coming in. most of the activity will be north, but any of us could expect showers from that system. look at all of this, we have moist tropical air colliding with some of the tropical air. it begins late monday night into tuesday and that will make it fairly wet week. this morning, again, some showers, by tuesday morning, your forecast for today, scattered showers, mix of sun and sunshine. a little bit milder as we move into the santa clara area as well as monterey county. 58 degrees our forecast high today in monterey. there is the seven-day forecast calling for a dry day with fog tomorrow and then wet weather going on and off through the first of the y

>> delta arbitrarily and capriciously canceled the flight over 2 ihes of snow. i would think they could handle 2 inches of snow. apparently not. >> reporter: several travelers we spoke to tonight, said they planned to go ahead and spend

he existed like some sort of the enigmatic delta. over the years he bought more land and made substantial investments, lost much of it, yet lived comfortably in a big house in greenwood. it was to this place that blake summoned scruggs in the summer of 1992. both scruggs hadn't seen blake in years he was familiar with his own. he had spent nights there in the previous decade dealing with blake's problems. now it was blake's turn to reciprocate. when scruggs told his wife of the trip, and began to wonder what hold blake might have over her husband to summon him to travel 300 miles to the delta. to die again, blake should have been inundated to dick. blake should have been disciplined rather than the one to hold the court. skycam had began to wonder about some of her husband's associates outside of the sphere of their friends. and is rushed to succeed she began dick had taken untrustworthy partners into oil consorting with others and seemed to her a bit crude and reaching. to diane, the connection seemed out of sync with her husband's

locally, to the bay area, the rainfall is mainly in the north to the delta. let me zoom in and do some tracking. with a better weather cell over vallejo, that yellow one your screen. towards fairfield, and with about 30 m.p.h. and it should make it there, surely. the rainfall totals are not that impressive cahoand not even one quarter of an inch per hour. through in napa, it is barely registering on the right are right now. and even on concord, dry! this rain is pushing through the north right now and exactly what we expected. current conditions we can see temperatures are on the cooler side. low 50s for the most part and a little bit warmer in the south bay where we are seeing more sunshine breaking through. and a quick look at what we can expect tonight and into tomorrow. with north bay shores, and tomorrow, light rainfall. if any? it is going to be very slight. and in the afternoon, showers mainly in the north bay but a better chance of rainfall bay-area wide. to take a look and one that will hit coming up in just a bit. >> in national news, house extended

transportation does report shows that delta air lines. in american airlines was $784 million. south west, that does not charge. still collected additional luggage fees of a few >> and that rainfall, ahead still on the horizon will talk about it coming up in just a minute. for

problems with visibility through the napa valley and delta. current temperatures are called in san rosa in the '30's, cooler than yesterday's san rafael and napa, 46 napsan francisco. your afternoon highs in to the '50s today so we should be in the mid-50s 55 san rosa, 54 san francisco, south bay we might get warmer upper 50s but for the most part stayed around 574 fremont, hayward, los gatos. better chance of heavier stuff being in the afternoon christmas day all the orange shows heavy downpours saturday which will last several hours during the afternoon. it's a fast-moving system but expected to dump one- 2 in. around the rain. in the sierra we will get heavy snowfall as well. you're 7 day around the bay it shows today's a row of dry weather by your weekend is going to be a wet one. this is the cam, before the next door. george. >> dry pavement light traffic we have problems towards vacaville from sacramento there was an accident at dixon and is dying up the traffic. if your head from the bay area no problems. headed into san francisco from

survived the recession but is nervous about taking on new employees. >> in order for delta to startiring, we need to know where our taxes are going, where health care is going. >> reporter: but sensing eventual recovery, the world's largest retailer is planning to expand. >> in the next five years, we've committed to providing over 12,000 new jobs. >> reporter: still, as holiday shoppers pound the pavement, many remain uncertain about the future. when is the economy going to turn around? >> yeah, huh? if you knew that, crystal ball. >> reporter: while there are plenty of crystal balls with holiday scenes, none predict the cold reality many americans still face. kevin tibbles, nbc news, chicago. >>> overseas, there's new trouble tonight for wikileaks. it's had to find a new address on the web, because two u.s. internet servers have dumped it and others are trying to do the same. meanwhile, in a web chat with readers of britain's guardian newspaper, the founder of wikileaks, julian assange, who is wanted in sweden for alleged sex crimes, said "history will win, the world will be eleva

pushing to the delta at this hour. and you will take a look at that and this weekend forecast, coming up in just a bit. >> the controversy at the edge of golden gate park a recycling center. it is hedging homeless advocates as this issue is just wrapping up. jonathan? >> this we're not really quite sure how much longer is going to go but it is taking much longer than it was supposed to. . so many of the department of recreation time shortened it to one minute. 100 people were wanted to talk. this recycling center that has been so controversial in the heat-ashbury for over 30 years. peep-haight ashbury, they can drop it off. and they can exchange it for cash and this recycling center is on golden gate park property. and it was never really meant to house. and it is been providing service to the community but it is smells really bad. and according to the department of recreation it is encouraging illegal campers to camp out. collect bottles and bring them there in exchange for cash. people say that this creates a very va

it delta airlines cancelled 300 departures out of the hub in atlanta today. >> you can't control the weather. we just have to anticipate ahead the possibility that things can happen. >>> delta is still deciding whether to cancel additional flights tomorrow. forecasters say it ko snow could reach in new york and boston tomorrow with overnight temperatures in the 20s. >> a season of giving gave a good showing throughout the bay area. >> happy new year! >> the annual christmas meal at glide was another mouth watering success. some 5,000 people were served turkey. elsewhere people in need, children who otherwise would not have seen gifts, were surprised by very generous fighters. tomas ra monday has more. >> homeless are being treated at st. anthony's dining hall in san francisco. everyone receives a handmade scarf. >> we got them from australia and japan. >> she says st. anthony's put out an appeal last summer asking for handmade scarves. they asked for 2500. >> i think its lot of people are struggling to help people in need. so it's beautiful giving what people are doing. >> firefighte

delta is offering a $1,000 reward. let's go back to maples pavilion where lawrence scott is standing by. something happened that hasn't happened in two years. >> a streak came to an end. uconn's streak is , b the impressive way stanford did it you have to see. t >>> good evening. 90 wins is set in the record books. uconn never had the lead. stanford played an inspired game. let's take you inside maples. joono auriemma leading his team. it was a career night for jeannette poland. helping stanford jump out to an early 13-point lead. uconn would claw back and at the half the stanford lead was four. in the second half the huskies starting to make mistakes. also tonight kela peterson had 11 rebounds. she and poland played the full 30 minutes while the fresh stole the show. she fouled out t and hugged auriemma as her sister closed out the game. 71-59, the final. >> we're very excited about how well our team played and obviously connecticut was a great opponent and i compliment them on how hard they played and how well they p

from water to this point here. >> we find them up by sacramento and throughout the throughout the deltait is not unusual. >> this one has been saved three times. she has been suffered from algae poisoning in the past. >> in the world of politics president obama is struggling to work with both parties on ways to boost the economy, create jobs, cut taxes, don't cut taxes, which way are we going to go. as a result some critics are calling him possibly a one term president, that is one of the reasons when i sat down with mayor brown the first question out of the mouth is we talking about another jimmy carter here? >> no, not really. he is more charismatic than jimmy carter. he doesn't have anything to talk about but he does have appeal. >> he seems to have a lost a bit of the mojo, he came in with emotional input but it seems to have dissipatessed right back to where he started. >> i think it is because expectations were so high and he set those expectations, the glamour associated with his canned dancy was so different from ent from every other candidacy. >> there were people whoed that jo

the bay delta here. and next one, please. and this was - we always talk about sea level rise and i heard a couple of orders of magnitude of estimates this morning and one of them was more like this where this is the more conservative,ip sfpuc, estimate where the change in sea level you were told sea levels are rising by about half a foot. we can expect that at least probably. but we could see an accelerated rise of maybe three or four times that according to,ip sfpuc. instead of half a foot we could see three feet. you know out here at fort point here in san francisco. first of all we don't know what the climate is doing to do, but secondly, the way ice gets dumped into the ocean from the land based - well sea level rises from one, the water gets warmer and inflates because it's density is less and that's well understood and handled by climate models. what's not well handled is the fact that when ice gets shed from green land and antarctica, there's 70 levels that if it all melted would raise sea levels but the problem is it'

received a sprinkles taper off a few sprinkles to the north capturing a san rosa and the delta.dryer air is building and offshore this is pushing the storm of to the north. you could see the cloud band pushing into oregon and northern california such as clip in the bay area this hour. we're not going to be expecting much in the way of rain in the next 24 hours. fog we will be expecting that this evening widespread fog expected and also the same fog especially dense in our inland valley, delta and north bay valleys over night tonight into tomorrow morning. the fog cleared back later on the morning to see the 9:00 hour starting to peel back. new mostly clear skies. starting the day on the mod side because of cloud cover temperatures now are mild upper 50s low 60s. overnight in the low 50s a couple of places getting up for '40's, a redwood city 48, 49 napa, 48 concord. in the afternoon because the fog temperatures warm as much. the 61 said rosa, 60 novato, 57 richmond, 62 in concord. cool in the south bay with temperatures in the upper 60s today. some places will stay that way you

that is where it's going to bring back in the carquinez strait and the delta. you are going to stay rather gray. antioch and brentwood with temperatures held counsel in the upper 50s. this ridge continues to shift to the east. it holds the storm track to the north. we will remain dry today and tomorrow but hopefully we'll get more wind and bring a little more sunshine. by late monday, as it slides to the east, that system is going to drop down from the north. that is going to bring light rain, widespread around the bay, maybe half an inch into tuesday. warm weather today in southern california, once again, 82 there. 75 in san diego and still very cloudy from sacramento to fresno. sunny in monterey and in the south bay, poor air quality, should be a nice afternoon with mid 60s in cupertino. i would say around 10:00, 11:00, getting in on the sunshine may be later. 11:00 along the peninsula with low 60s. pacifica, 63 but above the average, it should be in the mid-50s this time of year. santa rosa, 13 degrees warmer than normal. low 60s for sonoma and novato. partl

>> the obama administration endorsed a plan to build two aqueducts to carry waters south past the delta the federal and state officials say the $13 billion project would help protect the delta while providing water for central and southern, california. the administration's endorsement comes just one day after a federal judge called interior department plans sloppy said it ordered the government to review its plans. >>> retailers are getting ready for what they hope will be a shopping rash next weekly they show an increase at general merchandise stores are 4.2%. also department stores reported november sales up 2.8% year-to- year. an informal survey of shoppers in. >> indicated that some will be buying more because their personal economy has improved. others say they are cutting back. >>> stocks ended to stay down. the dow industrial lost 19 points. the nasdaq was off by 10.5. >>> from capitol hill to the white house, the topic in washington today is the tax compromise proposal. mr. obama himself had a face-to- face talk with 20 business leaders including three from right here in the bay

as to take into the bay area we have some rain drops in the delta. the rain a stretch along the all the way through fairfield and in to back the bill as well. of seen some winter cordelia we're still sing along the 680 this morning making its way towards highway 12 in fairfield. a good amount of rain right through it back a bill this morning. it is coming down at one-tenth of an inch per hour but also we're seeing dry conditions and temperatures into the upper '40's and low 50s. when hoffmann bay is into the mid to upper 40's this morning. the feature cast does keep a chance of some isolated showers in the future some passing showers and it if you do see anything it will be very very light. into the evening and fire sunday the intensity level could pick up especially towards the 3:00 hour. take a look at this parent ever won a chance for rain. and we could still see the intensity kicking off into the 5:00 hour as well the thing by evening. really we have been quite an active forecast ahead. the temperature will stay fairly it is similar with highs in

off shore wind blowing, the fog in to the delta, look at it around the mountains. starting to ebb and flow. did manage to start to break up, even the coastline looking good. had lot of sun. that's because that off shore wind bringing the fog, getting trapped by the hills. the meantime there is the storm approaching on the bay area looking right here, you can see the rain and farther northern parts of california. this won't bring us much but it'll move that ridge out of the way. things will change, start to see that fog lifting, still dense fog possible in patchy spots inland. be careful early on. by the afternoon you will see a mix of mid to high level clouds and hazy sun. fog though the big story all throughout the central valley. a lot of it work through the delta into the bay. left us with kind of cool temperatures outside. headed out right now. you are cool in livermore. 55 degrees in the napa valley and in vallejo. if you plan on travel around the state dense fog through the central valley. dangerous driving conditions especially early on. by the afternoon tha

we have proposed expanding in sustainibility in the delta which is nonstructure, additional conservation, and additional conflict money. tools are not conjugal, they are not the same as replacing snow back you have to put the right things back to make sure you have what your looking at. having water in ground water is not the same. it's putting together the right portfolio to give you the resilience to deal with that. finally getting back to the greenhouse gases, last slide. as you put that together you have to keep an eye on what is the carbon footprint and it's tough to get around. we have to develop models so every urban model plan is addressing greenhouse gases in a similar fashion. thanks. [applause] >> i'm the last speaker, everybody is hungry. susan got me here and if you saw the al gore movie, she told me i would be a lost speaker and she said, and that's where you do your best works a you wrap up. i'm here is a the chair of american water resource foundation. i'm going to talk about a report done that's fundamentally the best resource any water manager could have right now. many

a delta airlines has canceled 500 flights, including several out of sfo. the same storm is move up to washington, new york and boston, where up to 10" of snow is expected. >>> that eastern storm is expected to cause travel problems as people try to fly home, but tonight, except for those delta flights, sfo reports no delays. oakland and san josi mineta flights are generally on-time. as always, call or visit your airline's website before going to the airport to check your flight status. if you are flying east, deltaer american and united airlines are waiving penalties for travelers who want to reschedule during the next few days. >>> southwest airlines says it appears an l.a.-bound flight that made an emergency landing in oakland had a small engine fire. the faa says the float took off from san francisco when an indicator alerted the pilot to the possible problem. southwest flew the 108 partners to los angeles on a later flight. >>> an airport spokesman said today a pilot's youtube video makes baseless assumption about security measures at sfo. pilot, who w

delta airlines is cancelling 500 flights nationwide.hat's 300 of the 800 scheduled departures from its atlanta hub. all passengers have been advised of the cancellations. it's recommending travelers not travel today if they can help it. delta, continental, american and airtran are waving penalties for travelers that have to reschedule this weekend. residents are still digging out from all the mud left behind just as another storm is headed their way the national weather has issued a storm warning for a system expected to hit later today. abc 7 reports from san bernardino county. >> it is a number one priority. all of your safety and all the incident personnel that are assisting you to get back in your residents. >> after a briefing residents were allowed to go back home but only for a short two hours to retrieve critical documents they will need in order to apply for aid. >> birth certificates for my family. >> gloria's soggy documents survived but her home did not. it was filled with 5 feet of mud. the only way in was through a window

if delta had a cancelled dozens of flights today. if the problem lots of ice. but this is the main hub in atlanta as a result flights to-well, cincinnati, detroit, that is, minneapolis and salt lake city all cancelled at this point delta said flights probably will not resume until at least tomorrow morning at 9. >> since 911 the securities bought less than an airplane safety but public transportation is a way of life for many americans. buses, trains and subways especially here in the bay area are in interco part of many people's lives. explains just how safe they are today. >> public transportation, we take over 10 million trips a year. house they far away from me attacks on our buses, trains and subways >> 911 change everything that happens how we go about our daily lives, there's always a possibility of something occurring. i think what's important to us is being prepared. >> james is in charge of the pleas to bargain for the dallas transit system he makes preparations priority. he said three things help keep a safer. corrugation between agencies, regular me

a few spotty showers through the delta up mainly through fairfield up into winters as well. most of the area will stay dry. set for 12:00 p.m. chance for rain stays to the north of the golden gate bridge events north of san rafael as well. by 2:00 p.m. we could see the raindrops sitting to the north of santa rosa as we head towards evening looks like it will clear up. by saturday morning we might start to notice a few raindrops best chance around 9:00 a.m.. in the afternoon spotty showers continuing to pick up 3:00 p.m. bit more in the way of wet weather. filling in towards evening. same thing for sunday the cells are pushing through the north bay and also through the delta and the livermore valley fell in and around 3:00 p.m.. the intensity will pick up so all this yellow here actually into getting fairly more moderate downpours in the south bay as well. chancellor everybody really starts to pick up towards the end of the day sunday. by 5:00 p.m. continuing a portion of the bay under wet whether it will left towards evening. 7 day around the bay is shows us that wet weather

we had rain in concord throughout the delta and that cleared.ow we're getting pockets of dense fog. but today will be the driest day for the rest of the year as you can see from our accu-weather 7 forecast, we're calling for a partly sunny day today and most of the shower activity ending in the sierra as well. still chain requirements though up on highway 50. it looks like a wet, soggy day tomorrow into wednesday and low snow elevations. now let's check the traffic. >> start things off in the north bay right now in santa rosa. people are working there on an emergency repair work on a pothole. it's southbound 101 at golf course drive. right now the left lane is blocked and this yellow does mean that we have speeds below 40 mph as you make your way past that pothole repair work. it should be cleared shortly though. heading out of town towards the sierra in the mountains, you do not need chains on 80 but you will need them on 50. at the bridge toll plaza no delays heading into san francisco. nice and light. eric? >> all right, megan. thank you very

minneapolis snow buried taxi way markers causing a delta airline to slide over the runway. >>> we saw sprinkles and lawrence is here to tell us more is on the way. >> i think a whole lot more in the bay area. we will see the rain and winds picking up outside. out there right now a lot of clouds out there, scattered showers showing up and nothing too bad. if you're headed out the door keep the umbrella with you. a light rain jacket. may see a couple of occasional showers wondering by but still nothing too heavy but the strongest storm is yet to come and it is lingering off the coastline. likely see the winds ramping up. wind advisories in effect 2:00 p.m. in the afternoon tomorrow and continuing into monday as that system approaches the coastline. looking at winds 25 to 35, gusting to 45 maybe even stronger than that over the mountain tops. high-def doppler showing showers around the bay area. band making its way into parts of the north bay and heaviest has moved into the central valley. this is what we can expect. a whole lot of wind kicking out of the coastline. rainy think will be h

the airlines delta assist. >> we have a software that allows us to manage the tweets to assign themfferent folks and to tag and prioritize accordingly. >> reporter: from 7 a.m. until midnight east coast time, they field questions about everything from refunds. >> >> reporter: to weather delays and with -- and with more carriers adding inflight wi-fi you may have questions about connection and rebook answered before hitting ground. >> it's effective realtime, quick way of communicating back and forth with the airline. >> reporter: so the next time you are erked about a grounded flight or lost bag, consider that a tweet might speak louder than words. i am karin. caifa and you are now clicked in. >>> now, maryland's most powerful doppler radar and forecast certified most accurate by weatherate. >> 5:27 on this monday. good morning. officially 35 and in baltimore low 30s outside the beltway. a winter weather advisory and light snow could go a dusting to upwards of an inch. but the roads are warm and that means they are wet. a couple slick spots west of town. a flurry this afternoon. we

delta, american, united, they have all grounded flights heading to the eastern part of the country because of the powerful winter's storms. i duty managers says that passengers are urged to call their airline managers before coming to the airport. >> many flights have been cancelled. it seems like generally they can cancel the passengers ahead of time so we do not have a lot people in need to spend the night at the airport. they're getting for run about their cancellations. >> and it looks like passengers called bed and found out that their flights were canceled. it looks like these managers college from beijing and have been trying to book a flight back call. they were both scheduled to take off and were canceled. now he is hoping to catch a flight at 5:00 a.m. on monday. >> you know, where to go back and stay with my family. >> virgin canceled book that their flights. excluding the one that is was to take off at 5 tonight. most international flights so check with your airline carrier before relief for the airport. >> sfo was hit hardest by today's cancellation. it was a different story i

. >> delta airlines canceled hundreds of flights from the hub in atlanta. the storm dumped all lot of plain on the of the internet. it is now moving north. it is undecided and place will be cancelled for tomorrow. >> there are delays that the sfo for more than one hour. both oakland and international i have 50 minutes or less it delays. marin county officials say that there is a raw sewage spilled into a creek that has tripled the amount previously and thought. reggie kumar tells is that clear increased should be working at around the clock even on christmas they were moving all of the sludge on the water that removes today. >> workers were no insight. there was a much different story on friday as crews were racing against the clock trying to finish repairing a pipe that caused as second sewage spill on wednesday before this storm it did. according to the sanitation district website workers did finish in time. the other big concern was cleaning up this bill and it occurred a week ago. they believed that both pipelines leaked about 3 million gal. of raw sewa

in atlanta where delta airlines has a hub, more than 850 flights are canceled. it's not the heavy snow caution the delays, but the gusting wind that made it difficult to deice the plane. delta said they are expected to get back on track by this afternoon or tuesday morning at the very latest. we are keeping an eye on flights all over the u.s. this is flight explorer and shows a map of all over the country. most of it is green because it's the start of the day and could change as the morning goes on this morning. the storm that causes delays blanketed new york city. take a look at the video. a rare sight. time scare dusted in snow. pretty quiet. before the cars start moving and they come alive although it rarely sleeps. parts of new york and new jersey are expected to hit 12 to 20 inches of snow by today. >> the snow in philly does something had hasn't done. it caused the eagles to postpone until sides. had to be the first game since 1946. clean up is under way and they are trying to get rid of several inches so the vikings and eagles can play. when they do, you

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