i'm duarte geraldino. we begin with a major storm that promises a white but treacherous christmas for parts of the midwest and northeast. the storm is expected to get stronger as it heads east. winter weather alerts and advisories are posted from texas to indiana. all this during one of the busiest travel days of the year. jeff berardelli at our yamiami station has more. >> well, this is shaping up to be a very stormy week across the united states. now, the good news is during the day today at least it should be fairly quiet. there'll be a small storm in the eastern part of the country producing a little light rain to the south and a little light snow to the north, but the bigger issue is what happens on christmas day. across the southeast, we could be talking about a widespread severe weather outbreak and maybe numerous tornadoes anywhere you see the red here from the eastern parts of texas, mississippi, alabama, and georgia. and on the north side of the system, both good news and bad news, we may see a v

i'm duarte geraldino. thanks for watching.e a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com and i'm michelle griego. tis 4:-- >> your realtime captioner: linda marie macdonald. >>> hi,everyone. good morning. it is thursday, december 27. i'm frank mallicoat. and who are you? >> it's been a while! i'm michelle griego. time now is 4:30. elizabeth is doing double duty again. >> here's a look at the temperatures out the door. we have cloud cover so temperatures are slightly milder, definitely chilly but not as cold as we first anticipated. 41 in concord, 45 oakland. santa rosa 44. we have rain in the seven-day forecast coming up. in the meantime, on the roads, live look at the traffic sensors in los gatos, northbound 17 at santa cruz avenue we have an accident there blocking one lane. much more traffic and weather coming up. >>> it is 4:30 now. we have some developing news this morning. several brentwood homes remain evacuated as pg&e crews are searching for a source of a gas leak in the town. pg&e crews were called to albrook d

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i'm duarte geraldino. this afternoon president obama will meet with congressional leader to try to come to a deal to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff. they've been called into a sunday evening session just in case some deal can be reached. boehner is expected to attend the white house meeting but he's made it very clear. the next move is up to the senate. tara mergener has more. >> good morning, duarte. both sides say they are eager to talk and ready to strike a deal. the fiscal cliff is still a few days away, but business owner don carlino says he's already feeling the impact. >> a lot of our customers are holding back, they're apprehensive. they're not committing to projects. they're waiting to see what happens with the fiscal cliff. >> hope is fact if congress can get it done before january 1st. even congressional leaders are skeptical. >> the american people have a right to be very upset with this congress. >> president obama has invited nancy pelosi, john boehner, mitch mcconnell, and harry reid to th

i'm duarte geraldino.at day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> your realtime captioner: linda marie macdonald >>> hi, everyone. good morning. it's our last friday of 2012! december 28th. i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm michelle griego. time now is just about 4:30. let's start things off with a look at weather and traffic. i feel like i'm losing my voice. >> oh, no. >> i know. >> are you really? >> a little bit. >> you have so many visitors in town. >> i know! >> the entire state of colorado stayed at your house! >> you will have the weekend to rest your voice. >>> in the weather, we are getting a check of our high-def doppler radar. and it's quiet for now. but we are anticipating some big changes by this afternoon. we are watching a low pressure system. it is just off to the coast and it's going to bring light rain for the most part between now and tomorrow morning. so you can see it. it's on approach that high that brought us all that sunshine, blue skies yesterday. it is out of here. it continues to m

i'm duarte geraldino. nasty winter storms are