jean: the outcome of the convention was more petition drives, and it makes the east coast and the west coast very aware of the number of fugitive slaves who are in jail who are fighting for their freedom or who have been kidnapped and thrown back onto ships, regardless of the constitution, and sailed back down the coast, through the jungles of panama, and back to new orleans, back to slavery. >> how does the civil war and the end of the civil war change slavery in california? jean: the biggest change for enslaved blacks in california comes with the emancipation proclamation. california is the only state that we now call a slave state, along with maryland, where there were colored conventions. there were colored conventions in baltimore. the biggest change comes with the emancipation proclamation, although california is part of the union and is not part of the confederacy. because it was a slave state, in fact, african-americans seize on the emancipation proclamation and claim and win, at that point, the right to testify they had already eaten away. there are very dramatic cases of runa

let's bring you now to the east coast. heavy rain in georgia.ing to talk about the middle of december and we have just rain. there's no ice. there's no snow. this is just all rain all the way up into southern canada. that's how warm it is out there this morning. but it will be a solid shield of rain over the appalachians and then pushing over areas of the big cities this afternoon. here's kind of the timing of it. at 1:00 the rain is steady from d.c. to new york through philadelphia, through virginia, and then by the time we get to the evening rush hour, it starts to taper off on i-95 south of new york but up there in southern new england your rainy period will be early this evening. by 11:00 p.m., up into northern new england. as far as the cold goes, jonathan. it's cold in denver, minneapolis and northern plains. the east coast gets a breathe chill, jonathan, and then we're going to be barbecuing over christmas. with temperatures in the 50s and 60s once again. >> wow. that might be for you. i'm going to north dakota so it will be a white chris

a lot of reports of foggy weather up and down the east coast this morning., yeah, this is the white house. you can see the visibility definitely down there, a lot of the lights in the distance look very, very dim. so be careful, give yourself a little extra time. i'm sure there will be a lot of airport delays, too. this is all associated with our last soggy today. similar today to yesterday with a lot of moisture up and down the east coast. as far as the tree lighting ceremony at 30 rock, we're at 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. a few showers, it will be damp but it will be very warm at least. this is unusually warm for this time of night in december. mid 50s for the tree lighting. so it won't be a washout by any means. let's time the rain for you here. this is the radar at 10:00 a.m. this morning. charlotte getting wet. and then the rain will begin to make it towards the east coast as we go throughout this evening, 7:00 p.m. this is right in the middle of the tree lighting. hit and miss showers, steadier rains in northern new england. it's amazing. we're not even de

the first screenings have started on the east coast. how the movie is already breaking records - as fans in las vegas start the new "star wars" film premieres in u-s theaters tonight - and continues to set records. movie ticketing website "fandango" says pre-sales for "star wars" the force awakens" broke the record for most tickets sold in site history. it's not too much of a surprise - as ticket sites crashed when "force awakens" tickets first went on sale in october. the film opens in more than 41- hundred theaters nationwide - with the first showings scheduled for seven p-m tonight. that means fans on the east coast are already watching it now. box office analysts predict the movie could make at least 200- million dollars this weekend alone. record for biggest opening weekend ever. that was set just six months ago by "jurassic world" - which opened with nearly 209 million dollars. we have breaking news - sheriff joe lombardo speaking out on the gunman arrested for shooting an officer. he's at u-m- c....where the officer is recovering

. >>> umbrella day for a lot of people on the east coast. this is literally just rain up and done wn the east coast. and no lightning strikes but there could be ea comas we go throughout the day. and to the north, a shield of light rain now all the way back up in southern ohio and most locations on the east coast are going to see the rain. by the time we get to the lunch hour, 1:00 p.m., steady rains from new york city to d.c. all portions of virginia. we'll start to clear out in areas of charlotte and atlanta. the rain from providence to hartford all the way to boston and northern new england will have a cold chilly rain. we're not expecting any problems with ice. most locations a half inch to an inch of rain. the only really cold winter like air, the dakotas will be cold, wyoming too, up into montana and minneapolis. now a closer look at your day ahead. well, you can see all the rain and along with it the warm temperatures. it's amazing to have this warm of a rain without any sunshine. still in the mid-60s in the carolinas and drenching th

but the east coast loss is the west's gain. >> clients this that were originally going to book on the east coast whether it be killing ton or stratton are starting to fly out west. >> reporter: both new jersey ski spots say they are praying to the snow gods that come the new year, they will be open. keep checking the forecast. the snow machines are tuned up and ready to go once the spring-like weather passes. in mahwah, meg baker, cbs 2 news. >> mountain creek says it is hoping to draw in people during the holidays with golf and ziplining. >>> lonnie quinn is here. golf and ziplining. nothing like it in december, my friend. >> imagine that. i will say i was skiing this past weekend at okemo in vermont. not a natural flake within probably 200 miles but look, snowmaking has begun up there and they skid 19 trails what we see out there now, no snow notice a little sleet mixed in with sprinkles up around the northern fringes of ulster county. not going to amount to much of anything. we are going to talk about the warm weather. how long it continues and when the real cold snap will arrive a

the east coast of china, shanghai-beijing, very developed and absolutely a 21st century economy, but the west of china, much less so. to say that china is a developing or developed country it's a misnomer. that's equivalent to trying to equate the very eastern part of europe to the western part. >> when it comes to co2 emissions, where do they stand

up and down the east coast, we'll be running in the 60s, close to 70 in washington, d.c. into tuesday, we will start to notice temperatures drop off a bit, especially in chicago. by thursday, we're down to 40 degrees. but on the east coast, we're still looking for temperatures to remain in the lower 60s, maybe dropping down into the 50s for a brief period as we get to the end of the week. the reason we'll see temperatures cool off, it's all the cold front. as janet mentioned, we had severe storms through texas. that was caused by this front. it's a good thing that the storms are weakening out ahead of the front. we still have the possibility of some flash flooding and damaging winds, but the threat is not as severe severe. into monday night and tuesday morning, that's when we're the spotty shours styty showers along the east coast. >> thanks, dylan. >>> a dramatic scene in portland, oregon. plumes of black smoke rising after a truck carrying fuel crashed on a roadway, killing the driver. the fuel apparently got underneath some of the parked train cars, causing a fire, and

east coast no problems at all.of the country, you're the one that's going to have a chance of some severe weather, maybe even a few rare december tornadoes. those two words don't usually come together. for today, very warm, possible record heat in areas from oklahoma through areas of the ohio valley. d.c. near 70 degrees. all the stormy weather there in the northwest and into the rockies. by saturday our storm is now pushing into the middle of the country. notice denver drops into the 30s, with chance of snow. very warm and stormy. we will have a chance of some severe weather on saturday afternoon into the evening. area at risk, about 10 million people in this area of yellow. that's i-35 from wichita southwards to oklahoma city, dallas to fort worth. isolated strong storms, san antonio to houston. not a tornado outbreak but we will have to watch out for a few strong storms. then into sunday. heavy rain moves from arkansas to st. louis to chicago to michigan. we're still very warm up the east coast. should have a re

today, he's flying us to his most recent purchase -- a marina on the island's east coast. >> coming up on puerto del ray right in front of us. >> this is your investment? yes, this is the largest marina in the caribbean. this was initially a nine-figure investment. >> prouty says investors like him are creating jobs and stimulating the economy. >> hola, todo bien? >> he's keen for more investors to follow his lead. >> and once you do the research, it becomes such a compelling business case. you couple that with a government that's bending over backwards to attract capital and bring people back to the island, both the puerto rican diaspora, that have moved away, as well as people who would've not necessarily moved here, were it not for the incentives. and you couple all that together and you've got something that's really interesting and really compelling. let's go down and grab a drink. >> the government has developed an ad campaign for what they call, some of the most favorable tax

wet today for the east coast. it doesn't move quickly tomorrow, it will be a wet day for the east coast, as well. finally taper off that snow. northern parts of new england could see a little freezing participation on the back end of this either tomorrow or the next day. that will be something to watch in the meantime. after that, a lot of quiet territory out there. that will be a good side of this. it does keep temperatures on the cool side, though. >> nicole mitchell, thank you. >> puerto rico is on the brink of default. before the end of today, the u.s. territory must make a $354 million debt payment. at this point, its governor said the debt is unpale. this morning, congress will be meeting to talk about puerto rico's fiscal crisis. al jazeera's robert ray is live in san juan. how are negotiations looking this morning? good morning, stephanie. i wish there was negotiations. i wish people here, that's what they want and the folks, all the residents, 3.5 million people here are hoping for that, but unfortunately

the development of the east coast of north america is tied closely to the caribbean. as these tiny islands become developed, become planted, home to massive sugar producing plantations owned by the english, the east coast of north america develops into a support system to these caribbean islands. traditionally, in american history class, we focus on this part of the map. by doing that, we lose important information on what is happening down here that is pushing the history in those places. again, sugar seems trivial, seems unimportant. the history of sugar, particularly english sugar, is tied closely to everything we do today. the history of how we do things. the history of the country we live in today. these little islands here, they have a big influence. particularly, if we focus in on the island of barbados down here, which will be the main focus of today's lecture. it's almost impossible to see on the map. you zoom in and it's still hard to see. you zoom in further, and this cluster of pixels is the island of barbados. it's not terribly large. it's about 170 squar

many people in eastern iowa are seeing a white christmas -- but the east coast is experiencing warmer weather. several cities in the east will likely see their warmest christmas on record. on christmas eve -- several high temperature records were set -- including a record in new york city. temperatures were as high as 70 degrees -- well above the old daily record high of 63 degrees. meanwhile in california -- there's snow. the christmas eve snow blanketed much of the sierras -- causing quite a few travel headaches for those heading home for the holidays. despite snow fall yesterday -- some iowans are going outside to enjoy the weather. this is the jensen family. they're water skiing as a family. one of them even went barefoot skiing. we'll hear from the jensen family coming up tonight at six. and -- a record breaking number of the "surfing santas" is an annual event in florida that helps raise money for charity... this year had the highest number of saint nicks surfing yet -- at more than 650 surfers. they helped raise more than 30- thousand dollars. still to come on the k-w-w-l news

"it is out here in the middle of the country, it is at times, this seems like an east coast thing. most of the guys that are having homes built, it's out on the east coast near major hospitals and military bases, so you don't hear about it quite as much out here. but it really is such a good story, when you start talking about it, and thinking about it, it's hard not to get excited. and it's very easy to get people involved in it." :01-:25 the carpet one store in urbandale also made a $500 dollar donation to the stephen siller foundation today on behalf of the urbandale fire with results fromthe suspect in a double homicide makes his first court appearance today... why authorities in marion county were also looking for him... in connection to another crime... and it could have been much worse. that's what police say about a mass shooting in california... the devices found in the suspect's homes... and the possible link to extremism... hawkeyes fans are ready to plan a trip to a bowl game... but their destination is up in the air.. how travel agents are preparing for all scenarios..

but on the east coast... there's no snow. and temperatures are 30 to 40 degrees above average from north carolina to new york city. mos says: "i don't know how to dress. i'm trying to dress down and i'm too hot and i can't figure out if i need a vest, if it's ever gonna get cold again." here in washington... you don't need a jacket. you don't even need sleeves. yesterday... the high was 71 degrees. that's the warmest temperature ever recorded in dc on christmas eve. in washington, kristin fisher, fox dialing the wrong phone number can be awkward. but when you dial the wrong number from outer space... it can be really embarrassing. that's what happened to british astronaut tim peake recently. he arrived at the international space station december 15th. when he realized he'd misdialed, peake tweeted his regret. and this is what he wrote: "i'd like to apologize to the lady i just called by mistake saying, 'hello, is this planet earth?' not a prank call... just a wrong number!" so, somewhere here on earth is a woman who is either

the east coast travel weather. a lot of rain from new england to the carolinas. even farther south to florida. another batch from western kentucky. snow in the air in the intermountain west. forecast is rain and 67. christmas east is74 -- christmas eve is 74. thecord high was set in 1933. it was six years before i started in the business. i think we will break it easily. christmas day is 69 degrees and partly sunny skies. the next seven days. chances of rain in the nextsunday. temperatures are r this time of year. highs at 74. big number there. thursday cooling off a bit. monday is 52 and warm right back up again. that is it. jonathan, allison and lou. alison: all right. thank you very much. jonathan: can you imagine the redskins going to the super bowl? w! we just got to the playoffs. jonathan: evenat sounds crazy. lou it sounds good! al ga chance to win the n.f.c. east on saturday. on the roly. to do it number eight is going to have to stay away from third and eight. i'll explain k+ which truck brand do you think offers best in class hd towing best v8 horsepowe

the temperature on the east coast and our area. >> it's colder here than cities on the east coast.as talking about that's unusual. maybe not for it to be this cold here, but strange to be that warm on the east coast. >> usually they see the opposite of what we're seeing. this is the storm moving to the east. what we had yesterday, they will get over the course of the next few days of the what was left by yesterday's storm, we have more rain and snow in our local hills and mountains. that's beautiful, here's a look at what's going on outside our doors, giving you a view of the partly cloudy skies, a few lingering showers left. we're drying out, it will be a cool holiday weekend, temperature freezing and below freezing at this hour. this other photo from chloe, there is snow on those hilltops. we're looking at mt. hamilton reporting snow. this is a beautiful view, thank you for sending this in. if you have a photo we want to see more. 37 in fairfield, 32 in livermore, 36 in walnut creek. below freezing. oakland, 36 redwood city. 36 in san jose. very cold start. a few lingering shower

along the east coast. the images you never see this time of year. what this weather pattern means for the rest of winter. >>> crackdown. the plan for a nationwide sweep of undocumented immigrants. hundreds of families facing deportation. >>> and, tracking santa. inside the government's top secret mission to follow that flying sleigh. you won't believe how it all started, 60 years ago. >>> and good evening. great to have you with us on this christmas eve. i'm tom llamas, in for david tonight. and we begin with those deadly tornadoes and the communities torn apart. the dark cloud of destruction moving in here. a wild string of rare december tornadoes and violent weather, from arkansas to michigan, that left 11 people dead. and so many taking stock of their lives on this christmas eve. scenes of devastation like this across the ravaged south. people returning to their homes, trying to salvage what's left. story now in mississippi. >> reporter: tonight, severe weather still on the move. with blinding rain in alabama and flooded roads south of atlanta. t

as we go towards the weekend the temperatures are going to be dropping here on the east coast and that's going to be the first time we've seen that in about two weeks. the lowest temperature there on saturday, as we go towards sunday those temperatures are going to go back up. but anywhere from the central to the eastern part of the uforts is going to go back up to ten to 25° above average and if you are expecting flow anywhere on the east coast, you really have to go to the border to see any snow, possibly. >> no white christmas. >> no white christmas. >> travel to cuba could be a regular occurrence. restoring commercial flights between the two countries for the first time in decades. it could take months before regular flights begin but when they do, the often difficult and expensive chartered flights to cuba could be a thing of the past. google's self-driving cars have hit a roadblock in california. but in texas, and austin, they believe the cars are safe. but the california dmv is not convinced they are safe and self driving cars would have to have steering wheel and brakes. a licens

on the east coast.. it's a christmas eve heat wave! city.. 72- degrees. this december is on track to being the warmest on record ever. up and down the east coast people are walking around in shorts and flip flops... even the ice cream trucks are rolling around! our coverage of the crazy weather affecting las vegas and the rest of the u-s is not over. tune in to good morning las vegas for weather and traffic updates.. as well the latest news. it all starts at 4-30 in the morning. new information on a government plan that could affect hundreds of families. the department of homeland security is finalizing plans to deport central american immigrants living here illegally since 2014. a series of sweeps could begin as early as next month if approved by the white house. tough day frankly for this news to break on christmas eve." martin o'malley tweeted today:"a christmas refugee roundup sounds like something...donaldtrump would concoct." an update to this evening's lose tonight. it happened at amigos jewelry near eastern and owens. the store owner says a woman

so in something like 30 years you've now gone from a couple of fish off the east coast of florida to range that goes from -- >> from north carolina to mid brazil everything in between. >> that's a lot of lion fish. >> and it floated and they're everywhere. >> with no natural predator in florida waters the state is now counting on divers like ali al hajj to keep lion fish in check. keeping them off of reefs by hunting them one at a time. there is no limit on how many lion fish divers can take. lion fish can live ta at a depth that recreational divers can go but they can make a difference. sheila macvicar, al jazeera. >> the sky high price of moon swag, buying in on souvenirs from space. >> i was told for $10,000 american, suit be on your porch. >> "america tonight"'s adam may with the low down. >> just 12 men, all of them american have walked on the moon. the apollo program, neil armstrong kept a stash of apollo 11 souvenirs, including a movie camera hidden in a closet. the first man on the moon didn't sell his space trinkets. but others have tried to. which "america tonight"'s adam m

is setting *all sorts* of 3 warm weather on the east coast is setting *all sorts* of records.hundreds of santas took advantage of warm christmas eve weather to ride the waves in florida."surfing help raise money for local charities.almost 650-santas were out there hanging ten in cocoa beach.that's a guinness world record number of surfing saint nicks.organizers are hoping to raise 3 more than 30-thousand dollars this year. 3 3 3 the hawkeyes have arrived in pasadena. see how they're spending their christmas today.and the getting set for tomorrow's foster farms bowl against ucuc. hear from the coach and the players. chris 3 "sports, with sports director chris neyenhouse." 3 3 merry christmas siouxland! santa's not the only one in red and white who's been preparing for a big day this week. the huskers are set to take on ucla in tomorrow's foster farms bowl.the 5-7 huskers are one of only three 5 and 7 teams to earn bowl invitations. they'll take on a bruins team that's 8-4 and narrowly missed clinching the pac-12 south when they lost in the regular season finale against usc. the bruins

much of the east coast will see record-warm temperature this is week like 70-degrees on christmas eve. holiday forecast is coming up. detroit beating new orleans saints, it was the saint's quarterback drew brees making headlines this morning becoming fourth quarterback to throw for 60,000 yards in his career. all that coming up. first breaking news. national polls on the 2016 presidential election blake berman in washington right now with all the details. good morning, blake. >> blake: donald trump, ted cruz and everyone else. here are the numbers. trump is at 28 and cruz hits highest mark yet in any national poll to date at 24. marco rubio and dr. ben carson continue to be the only others in double digits. now while trump continues to lead the republican pack, listen to this, maria, his appeal nationwide appears to be a different matter, this poll show that is 50% of american voters say they would be embarrassed to have a potential president trump running the country. roughly a third of voters feel the exact same way about hillary clinton who lead her side of the field with a command

and from the west coast to the east coast, the holiday spirit is spreading... at thursday night's national christmas tree lighting in washington, d-c, michelle obama read "'twas the night before christmas" along with a very special guest... (miss piggy) and what to my wondering eyes should appear, but a miniature sleigh and 8 tiny reindeer,,, and even the president got in on the holiday fun, leading the first family in a rousing rendition of 'jingle bells' for take a look at this, i'm jennifer whalen. " coming up in sports....the sioux city bandits held their open tryouts this afternoon. hear from the but for one iowa couple, a routine traffic stop turned out to be quite engaging... iowa resident, and self-admitted leadfoot, jeff schulte, and his girlfriend jenna were on the way to her parents' house for thanksgiving dinner when they were pulled over for speeding... schulte was then asked to step out of the car on suspicion of theft... but soon it became evident the only thing he stole was jenna's heart. also captivating hearts? this portland mall's traded in h

kerry: holiday travelers on the east coast don't have to worry about snow but that has not prevented airport delays. robert: stacey has more on how the rain and fog affect local travelers. >> reporter: before you enjoy your happy holiday you might have to endure a long wait, fought in new york entrenching rain on the east coast have grounded flights and delayed departures and arrivals at local airports. yesterday on the nation's busiest travel day of a holiday guardia baselines and checkered departure boards as they try to make it home for christmas. >> against the wall somewhere i guess. >> reporter: michele was supposed to be home by now about her flight got canceled. >> my car is parked at a parking garage. you are like a country music song. >> reporter: others who plan to be home ahead of christmas eve known risk missing christmas all together. >> my flight was delayed three times comet change gates four, when i finally found out where it was they started bringing people on board according to when they booked their flight so i wasn't able to get on. >> reporter: they said the fir

up and down the east coast. data firm planalytics estimates retaers lost over $4 million in sales from november 1 compared to the same critical sales period last year. in chicago mits sales down 15%. outerwear sales dropped 25% in tampa. freddiefred fox is planalytics c.e.o. >> merchandise will be marked down 50 to 70% in january, so we're not going to make a lot of money off it. >> reporter: there are some winters in this winter warmup at some golf courses in the midwest, rounds of golf played in december have gone up over 1,000%. sales of bicycles, fishing gear and even iced tea are all up. but fox saysys some retailers are at risk. >> you know, any retailer that has been marginal, meaning they season like this can definitely put them out of business. >> martin resnick says his store will survive but won't make back those sales. >> they're taking the money they would have spent in our industry and spent it elsewhere. >> reporter: fox says apparel is driven by need. who needs a doubt in this weather? on the oth

look at the warmth on the east coast. that is in the 70s coming up i- 95 for christmas eve. the lull that we are in with the rainfall will last until late tomorrow morning. prepare for that. fog and heavy rain. definitelying fog slow travel tomorrow in the afternoon hours. that will give rain to record shattering warmth on christmas. >> see you in a few minutes. >>> he was by all accounts a great guy but the real deal, a selfless public servant and devoted family man and dad. joseph lemm one of six americans killed in a suicide bomber attack in affidavit. also killed louis bonacasa who lived in long island. he leaves behind a wife and 5- year-old daughter. a taliban attacker ramming his motorcycle into the patrol. both were assigned to an air national guard unit at stewart air base. that's where jim hoffer is with the story. >> reporter: three days until christmas. the 105th air national guard is in deep mourning. think about it. a suicide boomer taking the life of two of their soldiers, both of them from new york. air force staff stood on the doorstep of joseph lemm as word

why meteorologists say it's unseasonably warm on the east coast right now./// news now at 5 with paula francis and dave courvoisier. the news of southern nevada is now.")) > ((paula francis)) > a north las vegas neighborhood is the latest community to get hit up by mail thieves. ((denise valdez)) but this time, it was all caught on surveillance video. neighbors reported the crime to police on tuesday near simmons and craig. ((paula francis)) 8 news now reporter karen castro has more on the string on mail thefts. ((jim warden - caught mail thieves on video: you can see the pick up pulling up to the mailboxes and then a guy gets out.)) ((karen castro)) the security cameras at jim warden's home caught criminals red handed. the footage shows what appears to be a man prying mailboxes open. while the driver waits inside a pick-up truck. ((jim warden - caught mail thieves on video: this camera view catches them driving away, next camera view, still coming by.)) ((karen castro)) the cameras did not get a clear image of the vehicle's license plate number. but the retired north las vegas police

arrested a serial robber in brewster, he hit gas stations and convenience stores up and done the east coast. >>> it doesn't feel like it but winter is coming and the state wants you to know it's ready to handle whatever mother nature throws our way. today mass dot gave us a visual, a way to see why the state is so confident. >> road crews rolled out their heavy equipment for a showcase, right now the state is stocked with 380,000 tons of salt. mass dot has more than 4000 pieces of equipment at the ready for winter's worse. >> one of the winters most teachable moments last year is that mother nature showed up late to the party, when she >> our goal is to be ready for whatever is thrown at us. >> asking drivers to do their part, have your emergency kit in your car, don't forget that ice scraper. >>> this event today is the latest effort to restore our confident in the state's ability to deal with winter. we haven't been exactly tested yet but is this campaign working. >> clearing the roads was really not the big issue last winter, not for the most part, there was some gambling at the city and

. >>> a wbz exclusive, the caped clerk held up, the robberies all up and down the east coast. >>> and the first lawsuit filed in the norovirus outbreak at a chipotle in boston. >> from the channel 4 studios in boston, this is wbz "this morning". >> hey, good friday morning, i'm bree sison in for kathryn >> and i'm chris mckinnon, tgif. the weekend is here. >> i feel antsy, for christmas, for everything. >> yeah, big week. >> going to christmas week, right? and actually, we're going to keep the trend here with warmer temperatures as we get in to next week. now, over this weekend, it will feel more winter like with cooler temperatures on the way. we're starting off with warm temperatures and actually low convict, had that rain that moved through and fog has settled in boston. visibility half a mile or less, satellite picture shows overcast conditions. we have some drizzle with the fog that has settled in as well, but no heavy rain, all the showers have moved out. however, there's a little bit of a low pressure system that's going to help to reinforce more rain chances, primarily along t

millions along the east coast woke up and wondered if they slept through winter. in new york the high was 72 degrees. in july, it was 75. erikeric,. >> vermont hit 68. warmest december day ever recorded. also the warmest ever recorded in norfolk, virginia and albany, new york. even midnight tonight when santa might be visiting the east seaboard, jacksonville at 69, just tremendous warmth everywhere you look. more record highs expected as we head into christmas day, widespread '70s and -- 70s and 80s, above the normal for this time of the year. on the next storm developing this weekend in the southern plains, bringing blizzard conditions to parts to have the southern plains, heavy rain, chance of severe weather on the eastern end. snow, west texas, western parts of oklahoma. heavy rain on the eastern end. the warmth will bring the first snow of the season into the northeast next week. >> axlerod: the forecast of extremes, eric fisher, thank you. what a difference a year makes in syracuse, new york. syracuse had nearly 28 inches of snow by this time last year. this

aixa: bruce sullivan of the national weather service says the east coast could break records this christmas. >> temperatures may be as much as 30 degrees or more above normal thursday into friday across parts of the east. aixa: sullivan says forecasters are also watching a major storm system that will organize across the southern plains, possibly bringing more heavy rain flooding, and severe weather in , the coming days. >> something to watch over the weekend, anybody who has travel plans over the weekend, really needs to pay attention to the weather. aixa: thousands of people from mississippi to michigan are without power tonight. in washington, i'm aixa diaz. in a fewpraised as one of america's best mayors who governed as a pragmatist. bernie sanders passed more amendments in a republican congress than any other member. cracked the gridlock with john mccain to strengthen veterans' healthcare. bernie sande. a consistent, principled, and effective leader. building a future to believe in. jason: merry christmas morning, 4:55. we are looking ahead to a splendid christmas day we have some impa

((paul joncich)) yes las vegas got a white christmas while the east coast is feeling early spring- like temperatures. keely breeland is here with a first look at your holiday forecast. keely? peak outside... it's been a bit brisk today. oh my snow at christmas time. flags waving in the wind. it will be breezy tomorrow. ............ christmas snow. how much fun was that for some las vegas has now had more snow than new york city this season. ............. here's what we're facing for the weekend. highs will remain below normal. breezy conditions. national weather service has issued high wind warnings near the colorado river valley. plan on more mountain snow. as we head toward new years we will warm up and highs will be closer to normal. ............... the next three days are shaping up to be mostly sunny and dry at the lower elevations. winds will be what we have to deal with as well as some freezing overnight lows... brr. details in your full forecast. ((paul joncich)) > a deadly shooting inside the plaza hotel. ((paula francis)) what police know about the couple involved and the ((pa

down the east coast, a lot of rain down there. nary a drop. anywhere from 300 to 400 miles. here's future weather frmt cool december sunshine out there. just like yesterday, plenty of sunshine. unlike yesterday, not anywhere near as much wind to cope with today. another clear and seasonably cold night tonight. saturday gets off to a beauty of a start. and as i mentioned, saturday night and sunday looking good as well. here's how your day is going to get started. holding in the 30s to about 7:00. into the 40s by 9:00 and pushing 50 degrees by noontime and high temperatures today, about 50 in gaithersbu gaithersburg, 54 in washington and your weekend starts out a great as well. 30s and rising into the mid-50s on a saturday afternoon. here's your first check of your saturday forecast. as we get into monday and tuesday, a little more cloud cover. we'll get into the change coming up monday night into tuesday. we'll see you in ten minutes. for now, traffic time. here's kim mccormick. >> the crash on prince williams parkway, university b

traveling north and south up to i-95 corridor and the east coast. adverse weather in part of colorado northern new mexico. western wyoming. the inner mountain west. rain on the northwest coast. timing is 8:30 in the morning with steady rain and gusty winds. more rain throughout the day and evening and heavy at times. we will get a break. but another showers could come in south by christmas eve morning. we will continue the forecast in a couple of minutes. allyson? alison: thank you. the ride to school was never in question for the charles county student, it was the ride home. jonathan: a budding labor dispute forced the school system to bring up backup drivers to take children home. mike carter-conneen in the county. are we still waiting for kids for a ride home? mike: we have resolution. an hour ago couple of hours ago depending what school. bus drivers here in the county work for 26 different contractors. and many of them want that changed. they want to work for the county. and today they threatened a major service disruption. in the end only 20 o

./// ((paula francis)) > christmas is year on the east coast. ((denise valdez)) > why people in new york are trading in their scarves and coats.. for short sleeves and flip flops at least 11 people died in storms that rolled through the mid-south on wednesday. an unusual christmas time system brought severe storms to tennessee and arkansas -- and a deadly tornado in northern mississippi. the national weather service says a twister there may have been on the ground for 150 miles. forecasters believe the greatest threat to the region has passed -- but more rain is expected./// ((denise valdez)) > but that wasn't the case on the east coast. (( "i can't believe it's christmas eve. it's too warm.")) ((denise valdez)) > today in new york city people were treated to the warmest christmas eve ever. it was a rare site as people short sleeves. last-minute travelers have experienced spring-like temperatures in the sixties and seventies -- but, under some clouds, and a little rain. (( "i'm going to just take my clothes off and just jump in the nearest pool