upper 30s dc and easton. 39 pax river, 44 ocean city. 34 westminster and 35 bel air. 37 columbia andk hall. 38 dc. 39 annapolis. we're talking about mainly cloudy skies today with a high of 50. cloudy skies tonight, 33 degrees. the mention of a passing shower. tomorrow, still just a mention of a passing shower. 54 degrees. there's going to be building warmth moving our way in a big way. i got to be quite honest with you. it's organizing over the desert southwest. the jet stream is going to be lifting up to the north. that is going to set the table for an opening day potentially at 71 degrees. look at this mild air starting to swing into the region. the actual 5-day forecast shows sunny skies, low to upper 50s saturday and sunday. monday, opening day, cloudy skies and 71 degrees. showers by mid-week. then back to the upper 50s. >>> how is the traffic this morning? here's sharon gibala. >> good morning. we're not seeing any snow on any traffic cameras. we don't have cameras in the carroll county area. but everything is running smoothly on the major roadways with the exception of this a

he did pave the way, somewhat, and as easton bowed out we had to reduce our budget and downsize staff considerably. civil service requirements on how to left staff go meant that we lost a lot of people. we survived those challenges. now there is a building commission. the over-the-counter permit process has moved to the sub for and is making a big difference. there are still some improvements to be made. but we are determined to have it working as a well oiled machine. people that i would like to mention for help in that process worked -- [lists names] some other highlights, with the help of commissioner walker we have the vacant and abandoned buildings taken care of. an attempt to clean up those buildings in our neighborhoods.

at this, maryland's most powerful radar, take you out a little farther east, showers down through easton, back towards centreville. rain showers toward the eastern shore here now. some more heavier showers that will cross through the bay and the kept island and narrows area. i want to also show you this. there are some significant snow showers out toward western maryland. some of that cold air may mix in enough to bring up snow showers. temperatures in the 30s north and west. 40s around the mode baltimore area, but cold enough to see a few flakes fly overnight. but quickly in the morning tomorrow, this will go back to rain. talk about the weekend forecast, look towards the o's opener straight ahead. >>> new at 11:00 tonight a jewelry store in the columbia mall robbed at gunpoint. now police are searching for suspects. mall surveillance cameras took these pictures of the suspects. according to howard county police three men walked in the jewelry store just before 1:00 yesterday afternoon. police said they showed employees a handgun and commanded jewelry. no one was hurt but the suspects g

. >> well, commissioners, my name is merle easton. i'm also an architect. and i am asking you not to certify the e.i.r. today, and the reasons why is because i believe that the new library doesn't fit on the triangular lot. it hangs over at least 19 feet into the right-of-way. it was also obstructing views in all directions, and it requires three magnificent ficus trees to be removed that would be perfect for an open-space park. when you get done with awful the legal issues that have to be, i believe it will cost more and the timeline will be much longer, and that the historic appleton and library that's on the site now is a beautiful building. it was -- it has been not maintained, and so it doesn't look as well as it could be, but it definitely can be expanded and would be able to be used during the time, because i know the librarians prefer to have it closed and be able to open. but you could build a new part, move into that and renovate the other part. and the e.i.r. indicates that this is an existing resource, but it just says that it's not able to do a

moving away from football and it's said to go down to the size of game seven in the cage easton finals that after a bit it's a lot five three in game six to go well in the series at three apiece it's a lot of odds if you're going to go into just over twenty seconds to open one zero for the visiting side to his out for those three groups where the teams were lost to sewell after the first period a glib brace however profiled with the well in the driving seat midway through. the games in the if you go through some of the lifeline making it a one point gain with seven minutes to go but all it still must surely make was able to squeeze in a collage go for a five three finals pool the all important game seven is that some of outs are even walk on tuesday. over in tennis no one djokovic has continued his brilliant run in twenty eleven boys in a second my emails to sidle to his city top ranks are up on the dull unable to stop the joe guy who built himself a twenty six much winning streak dating back to the end of last down it wasn't although that was in control of proceedings after taking the

the decision is a victory for two easton, pennsylvania girls who were suspended for wearing a boobies bracelet ban. they argued that it leads to distractions. it was decided it was a violation of the students' first amendment rights. many of the schools, including here in california, do ban the bracelet as well. >>> safety or privacy? it's a big debate over a plan to track nightclub visitors in san francisco. >>> plus the tragedy in japan marks a new disaster level. we take a look at one of california's rescue plans. >>> a big controversy in the nation's where you can see where you can see the bay area roots, even though it was fought thousands and thousands of miles away. ♪ [ male announcer ] unrestrained. unexpected. and unlike any hybrid you have ever known. ♪ introducing the most fuel-efficient luxury car available. ♪ the radically new, 42 mile per gallon ct hybrid from lexus. ♪ welcome to the darker side of green. >>> let's turn your attention now to japan's ongoing nuclear crisis which now ranks at the highest possible level, a 7. the same level as the 1986 chernobyl disaster. >

nina easton of "fortune" magazine. kevin madden who was mitt romney's spokesman in his presidential campaign. fox news political analyst juan williams. let's talk about the politics of the budget. i want to put up a couple of gallup polls this week, which are very interesting. according to the poll, 59% think taxes should be raised on families making more than $250,000 a year. while 37% do not. and 31% support major changes or an overhaul in medicare, while 61% want minor changes or no cost-control at all. so, with that as a basis, dana, how big a gamble are republicans making when they want major reform of medicare and they don't want any tax increases on the wealthy? >> i think you heard senator coburn in the last segment say there might be, it's not necessarily what the republicans are saying but there could be changes to the tax code that bring in more money and actually don't hurt job growth which is at the crux of it. the poll shows wherein lies the problem for the communicators talking to the country about what

same easton at 37. towards annapolis temperaturesin the 30s.ot showing how close it got. but we are watching the storm pull out of here many still leftover showers in the mountain and that could swing through today. but it's the northwest thing this morning with the snow. a mixture or otherwise rain showers into the afternoon. we are going for the two degree guaranteed high of 48. we will slip into the 30s tonight and we will poive back to the 50s and warm it up over the weekend. now traffic with fog out there with kim brown. >> reporter: that's right. we have reports of fog warnings at the bay bridge. but traffic is looking pretty good around the beltway. looking at lighter than normal volume. traffic is moving at speed make your way on both loops outer loop slowing nicely towards i- 70. no problems on the inner loop between liberty road up towards the 83s. we have an accident i-70 eastbound blocking the left lane and shoulder. reports of a crash in southgate in anne arundel county. east approaching i-97 the right lane is take way. and west on

tomorrow federal reserve chairman been burning key in his first news conference set for teefifteen easton and people have it live on our companion network, c-span. >> send me the bill in its present form, i will sign it. okay. any questions? really? are you still year? >> almost every year the president and journalists meet at the white house correspondents' dinner. president of, will have their again this saturday. watch live or go back and watch the past dinner, search, watch, click, and share on-line at that c-span video library. watch what you want when you want. >> up next the national constitution center in philadelphia was a discussion on civility in political discourse in america. speakers include former congressman and nine / 11 commission co-chairman lee hamilton lasting an hour and 40 minutes. [applause] >> well, thank you, allison. politics has high and low moments. sometimes bring out the better angels of our nature and sometimes baser instincts. higher moments have usually been characterized by expansions of political tolerance and lower moments by debilitating political dis