go over to england. here's england right here. go to england on a summertime. how's the weather in england on the summertime, okay onot okay? -- begin with a o. it's okay. it's tolerable. but, honey, england doesn't really get very much sunshine. because if you keep your finger on england and turn the globe-- [makes sound] i can't do that now. you're over here in labrador. what's the climate like in labrador in the hudson bay, okay or not okay? - cold. - well, it's relative. it depends what you call okay, okay? but, honey, it is. begin with a c end with a d. - cold. - it's cold. it's very, very cold, cold climate there. but you know what? it's the same latitude as england. so why? england is surrounded by what? begin with a w. - water. - water. and that water has a high specific heat. and that water is really heated up down here by the equator, isn't it? water is heated up down here all year round, right? and that water drifts north in what's called the gulf stream. i guess someone near the gulf must have named it, yeah?

i keep saying historic storm heading for new england and what's going to happen. as far as the storm goes, it's monday, tuesday the worst effects will be felt in the united states. still a couple day as way. we're seeing the radar and now seeing outer rain bands going through bahamas. florida will be brushed by the storm and by florida standards this will be a glancing blow compared to what we're going to deal with in areas of new england, across the midwest we have areas of rain this morning. that's the cold air that eventually will circle all the way around this storm through the mid-atlantic region as the storm goes to the north that could give us even some snow on the backside of this storm come monday into tuesday. as far as what i think is the biggest thing, i would expect all schools in new england and mid-atlantic possibly to be no school monday, tuesday, generators will be hard to find in the days ahead in those areas. now is the time to prepare and do it before every else does. >> bill, you're tracking it all. >>> coming up, voter fraud in florida. the f

the bahamas and who knows for new england and the mid-atlantic. let's get into it. it will be a big headache for a lot of people, maybe millions of people over the next couple of days. first things first, it has to go through jamaica. the storm is looking more organized overnight. it looks to be increasing in size. the center located right there and now trying to form an eye on satellite imagery. where is the storm heading today in jamaica possibly as a hurricane, crossing over cuba and somewhere over the central bahamas. close enough to florida to bring rain to the east coast of florida. large waves and the possibility of rip currents. from there the storm heads up parallel to the coast line of the southeast. there's some question how close it will be. does not look like we'll see a direct impact or landfall. rip currents and definitely large waves are almost guaranteed at this point. once it gets somewhere near bermuda. a blocking high will stop the storm from heading out to sea. there's a possibility that it will turn into a nor'easter storm and maybe a strong no

hurricane sandy is primed to pack a late october pup much for much of the east coast and into new england. >>> election sprint. president obama and mitt romney crisscross the country trying to reach every possible voter. >>> what is the cure for romnesia? >> well, obama care covers pre-existing conditions. >> and pablo sandoval is major league baseball's new mr. >> and pablo sandoval is major league baseball's new mr. october. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good morning. aim lynn berry. right now hurricane sandy looks to become a menace for folks all along the u.s. east koempts it's expected to bring high winds and heavy rain, even some snow to areas. early this morning sandy slammed into cuba as a strong category 2 hurricane packing winds of 110 miles per hour. the storm is being blamed for two deaths so far, one in jamaica and one in haiti. nbc meteorologist bill karins has been tracking this powerful hurricane for us. bill, what can you tell us? >> this is going to be an historic event but eventually all the way up into areas of new england. let's get into it. the st

curve out and bring it back towards new england next week. in the west we're still dealing with hit and miss rain showers. san francisco getting it right now and up near interstate 80, sacramento to tahoe and outside of reno. this is a pretty big storm. it continues to spin. the upper level low off the washington coastline. it's dragging the cold air down through idaho into areas of utah. the temperatures have dropped significantly through the inner mountain west and showers continue for o towards los angeles and, of course, san diego and arizona. >>> tomorrow, i think most people can leave the umbrellas at home in the west. breaking news. >> all right. al left, alert. bill, thanks so much. coming up, disturbing new details about the murder of a 12-year-old girl and the fallout from massive solar flare. yourer li morning headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus the obama blueprint for hunting terrorists. it's called the disposition matrix. details straight ahead. you're watching "early today." >>> stories making news this morning. today's "wash

all of new england as far as long island and new england is at risk.t of elements to this storm. four to five days out. i can fine-tune it as we get clos closer. hopefully we'll-t will turn out to sea but it doesn't look like that will happen. today just fine on the eastern seaboard, no problems. and midwest, thunderstorms and showers to deal with. i'm throwing the word out, historical, we've never had a hurricane from this region come up into new england so we don't have much to compare to. irene last year, then you can go back to hazel in the '50s, but most people don't remember that so this has a chance to be one for the record books. >> to underline it for people on the east coast, when will they feel impact? >> florida today and tomorrow but big impacts sunday north carolina, up through mid-atlantic, monday into tuesday morning. >> early in the week. thanks for keeping an eye on it. >>> let's turn to sports. game one of the world series between giants and tigers in san francisco. ra cy young winner justin verlander making the start on a lot of res

the worst travel weather is heading for new england. we've had heavy rain heading through the areas of pennsylvania overnight. reading, allentown, heading up into the cat skills. as of now it's not into the philadelphia new york city area but eventually that rain will move in towards the peak of the rush hour. coming off the ocean we're watching some areas of rain covering all of long island, connecticut, and soon to be heading up into massachusetts. it will be a rainy, wet day today in all of new england. that's probably where the worst of the travel weather is. it's not great in the great lakes. this is a huge storm just sitting here right over the top of lake michigan. it will slowly be on the move today and tomorrow and get out of our way most of the weekend. chilly light rain and showers in wisconsin through indiana. high pressure over texas. low over lake michigan. it will be a breezy day from kansas to missouri right into areas of kentucky and tennessee today. at least it will be dry and sunny but it will be on the breezy side. t

down then they have a discourse of billions and in many cases go bankrupt simultaneously bank of england mervyn king engages in quantitative easing whose sole purpose is to manipulate interest rates down zero who is mervyn king work for those four horsemen of the banking apocalypse is a conspiracy he had damn right it's a conspiracy this was somebody people are dying and yet what's cameron saying oh retribution for the hoodie that stole two pounds worth a look as a down there at the corner back to the store nice going. smarmy nutjob. well you mention this stealing the luke is a now back to the story it's time to mug a hoody cameron is introducing fines for prison bosses who fail to stop criminals re offending after release and a new paid by results system so let's put that into context of the financial services authority previously fin bro now financial conduct authority that just changes its name any time it gets found out in complicity in fraud so the quote reads it marks another black day for the banking industry particularly barclays over the past eighteen months barclays has been ex

you know ok so to getting back to appoint a moment ago in terms of the bank of england has always been interest in interest rates and also had a hand in interest rates here you have the city of london selling s. i mean small and medium enterprises products part of the false wall products to hedge against interest rates going down through simultaneously you've got the bank of england engaged in quantitative easing which is pretty much does what putting the interest rate keeps the interest rates down really creates money that you're seeing from fraud that is not a racket we see the issue with interest rates is that the biggest from my point of you as a politician the biggest exposure to interest rate movements people's houses bridges and so the interest rate environment on the whole look in my constituents is a much better environment to be in to listen to joe is it enough to go to work at a small i mean a medical it's a bankrupt because the bank of england colluded with the city of london that just fraud let's let's let's let's put it the other way that suggests that the interest rate t

let me say this is not a big deal to talk about this in the real world the govern the bank of england about one hundred years has always had some interest but pun intended in the interest rates i mean if you if you understand the history if you look at how the bank operated the bank used to go around the banks and so where do you see the interest rate in the in the movement of the bill it's not condoning what they said but i am suggesting that if you look at it historically if this sort of behavior has has happened before now we need to clean it up but to try and just pretend the whole thing is bankrupt and we need to close the whole thing down and just sort of sell it all off under the stairs of the church is going to be a small civil five biggest lap and i agree i agree i think we're talking about i think i think we could tighten that up i think we could in terms of the the sentences and the traditional routes that should be much more stringent he said this is known for hundreds of years one hundred years ago dozens of people behavior would be sent to the tower of london. the inside

landfall possibly anywhere from the chesapeake bay all the way through new england. the potential impact, the number one thing will be the power outages from all the downed trees. generators will probably be hard to find over the next couple of days. river flooding. the storm surge will be a huge issue. beach erosion. structural damage from the winds themselves. this will be an historic storm, one we'll be talking about for years to come. >>> bill, thanks. entertainment news, tom cruise has filed a $50 million lawsuit claiming they defamed him with headlines that he has abandoned his 6-year-old daughter suri which the suit maintains is a vicious lie. >>> it's that time again. who are this year's top earnings in celebrities according to forbes. let's go down it. number five, singer bob marley with 17 million. number four, charles m. shuts with 37 million. number three, elvis at 55 million. number two, the king of pop, michael jackson, 145 million. this year's top spot goes to elizabeth taylor. she brought in a staggering $210 million. now this is according to -- or th

cbs news, birmingham, england. >>> medical teams airlifted the girl from pakistan to england yesterday so that she could get the specialized care that she needs. >>> coming up ahead on 9news now, i'm going to be joined by my montgomery county police chief tom manger. we have several issues that we want to discuss. of course, howard has full details on the forecast. >> jc, it's been a cool morning out there turning into a cool fall like afternoon. some of the winds have gusted over 20 miles an hour and a quick look at temps before the break. most still in the 50s although we're now up to 60 here in d.c. and also college park. the full seven-day forecast when 9news now returns. >>> residents in montgomery county have been bombarded by ads about that gambling referendum that's coming up, but there is another initiative on the ballot. it is question b. it hasn't received the kind of attention that the gambling referendum has. let me tell you it deals with collective bargaining for police officers. now, union activists say they oppose question b. i have my police chief tom manger here. you

at the bank of england they'll find a safe deposit box filled with guilt. that's right there are placing their guilt with guilt there you go here's a journey here's a user you can know by the way the price is crashing oh well here's an iou for worthless paper buys friends and i say good bye to germany clarkson on the way out he's a penny lover of the germans and. this is the king of coming to london to look for their gold next headline max more on the german gold reserves controversy where is the gold so this is jesse's cafe american covering this story he's covered some of the stuff we've already looked at but then at the end he talks about the latest from gas to has no it is the gold antitrust action committee in america they've noticed that there's been some sales of gold german gold allegedly from london and so the fact that they actually haven't been made an official announcement about this they say means that the lack of announcement of the sale of the german gold in london suggests that the sale was actually part of a gold swap with another central b

that's the t twenty cricket world cup where england's defense of the title is over following a nineteenround defeat to host ryan cup now this went into the super a stage much knowing defeat would see them eliminated from the competition captain stuart broad winning the toss and elected to field but bowlers were unable to contain the hosts mahela jayawardene led the way with a thirty eight ball forty two and he was given able to pool by andre matthews and. he contributed fifty four between them off just thirty five balls one hundred sixty nine for six the school for america twenty overs in reply england fell to dig in deep at the crease and found at last it may linger in a lethal form he finished with career best bowling figures of five for thirty one is england fell nineteen run short. for joining in the last four with the west indies they qualified second from the group are two big winners new zealand in dramatic fashion both sides scored exactly one hundred thirty nine meaning a super over was needed to separate it seems the windy scored nineteen from their six. one more than mickey.

i'm allowed. >> families expecting to see madagascar 3 at a theater in england got an unexpected fright when pair a normal activity 4 started playing. theater owners blame a technical error. one mom said the first two minutes which had a corps flung at the camera it scarred her kids for life. >> it comes up. one to two minutes, you wonder how many people ran for the exits, cover their eyes. >> i couldn't get through the previews. the poor kids. >> you are kind of a kid. >> i know. >> at heart. >> immature. >>> if you missed the third and final presidential debate on monday, there's a new edited version of the contest that has gone viral. it comes from the gregory brothers who added a little humor and auto tune to the foreign policy discussion. >> against china for violating trade rules. we are going to insist that china plays by the same rules ♪ ♪ they're hacking into our computers, counterfeiting our goods ♪ china is a potential partner ♪ ♪ we want to trade with them, but you need to play by the rules ♪ >>> we need to get a turntable in here. can we auto tune. >> i'm not familiar with

you can see the showers over new england toward chicagoland, headed toward new england. that system will clip maryland and bring clouds. maybe an isolated shower or two. actually with the system moving north, all eyes are focused further south. you see the setup here in the east coast but i want to take us further south down to sandy, tropical storm, named system and what's interesting about sandy, while she's sitting there churning over the caribbean all models bring her slowly, ramping up in strength over cuba. the tra jct ri will bring it -- trajectory will bring it to the atlantic basin. early next week into halloween, we'll be watching this system closely, sandy in the caribbean. in the meantime it's quiet, a little chilly tonight. tomorrow upper 70s will be your two-degree guarantee, winds turning southerly. so even with the clouds, we should make, i think, the mid-70s tomorrow. 75. 80 on wednesday, the sun coming out and holding thursday and friday. take a look at the weekend projection. we keep saturday gorgeous. sunday things begin to change. we bring in a bit o

saturday is the transition day in new england. maybe a few showers. really, it's going to be sunday that all the sudden we go from 80s to mid-50s and rainy and cloudy. big changes coming. >> in the span of two days, 81 to 58. thanks so much. >>> let's turn to sports now. the arizona cardinals have been one of the best early season stories in the nfl. off to a 4-0 start for the first time since 1974. trying to keep their record perfect against the rams in st. louis last night. first possession for st. louis, sam bradford drops back with a man in his face. beautiful catch. that's nice. hauls it in with one hand. 44 yards. good coverage on the play. he just makes a beautiful catch. that sets up bradford's seven-yard touchdown pass to lance rekendricks. this time on defense. kevin kolb planted by robert quinn. one of three sacks for quinn last night. the rams did sack kolb nine times in the game. rams up 10-3. bradford scanning, scanning. finds a wide open chris gibbons for the touchdown. the rookie strolls in 51 yards. bradford only completed seven passe

it would be a big problem for new england tuesday and wednesday this. storm reminds us a little of the perfect storm. here's more on that with erica grow. >> it's a very rare movement for a tropical system called retrograde and it looks familiar to new englanders who survived the perfect storm of 1991. the storm was so destructive and unusual that a book was written about it followed by the release of a movie starring george clooney. the perfect storm happened right around halloween in 1991. it was the result of hurricane grace getting swept into a large nor'easter type storm causing it to gain size and wind speed as it slowly moved westward toward new england. 75-mile an hour winds and waves as high as 40 feet were reported. today as hurricane sandy moves north, our forecast models predict a cold front will advance toward the east coast at the same time. as with the perfect storm sandy is forecast to rotate inland becoming part of a mega cyclone that will bring heavy rain and high winds. the current forecast predicts the hardest hit areas will be north

a new study in tomorrow's new england journal of medicine finds aspirin showing promise in helping to treat colon cancer. five years after being diagnosed 97% of patients who used aspirin were still alive as compared to 74% of those who were not taking the drugs. >>> still to come opposing leagues say he could be the league mvp. we go one on one with rg3. >> but first experts predict gas prices could take a dive before thanks giving. where are they now? that's up next. >>> prices at the pump are getting cheaper, but it's perhaps a stretch to call them cheap. according to aaa, the nationwide average for a gallon of regular, $3.63. now that is down 13 cents in just the last week, the largest seven-day decline since november of '08. the average price in the d.c. ar, $3.63. you can always find the best prices in our neighborhood at www.wusa9.com. just click on pump patrol. >>> pipically the word bomb and then the word president in the same sentence not a good thing, but this week the president's own twitter feed is making hay out of a cute albeit unintentional photo bombing. theque out th

to wrench will reign at least national stadium england were below par but took only through deflected wayne rooney header after thirty one minutes the house were close to equalising at the end of the first half the failed to capitalize on this counter-attack going out and then were fighting for a crucial three points on camera click levelled for the house with twenty minutes to play england remain on top of the group one point ahead of montenegro. now elsewhere sas car will be looking to return from the international break and go back to the top of the russian premier league they're just two points behind leaders on jake and as richard ron paul reports morale could not be higher in the army men's camp. it's been six years and says come last when the russian premier league title however there's renewed hope beyond him and can finally end his drought to go into sunday's clash with ruby just two points off the leaders on g m around couldn't be higher after beating bitter rivals sponsor at moscow last time outs while we were very happy about what today's game especially because. their win

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reporter: the preliminary investigation has revealed a lack of basic laboratory standards at new england compounding center. today massachusetts state investigators found that necc had dirty floor mats on a leaky boiler, did not properly test lab equipment, did not adequately sterilize medications, and shipped drugs before they were tested for contamination. the doctor lead it will the investigation for the department of health spoke. >> on 13 occasions, necc staff shipped orders from the suspect lots before receiving their own test results confirming that those lots were sterile. >> reporter: officials also claim the company broke state law by shipping their products in bulk without precipitations. -- without prescriptions. more than 17,000 vials of the suspect steroid went to clinics in 23 states. documents released yesterday show that complaints against necc for lack of individual prescriptions date back to 1999. the co-owner barry cadon said in 2004 that his company would abide by the law, quote: the state and the fda made a joint inspection of the facility in 2004. sheldon brad shoe

according to taylor england was offering its people a stark choice between mass starvation on the one hand, or marital delay, population limitation and emotional private vision on the other. taylor even went so far as to use opposition to malthus as a means of justifying slavery. he taxed malthus with improposing a kind of moral slavery on his followers than was worse than any kind of legal slavery. is malthus, quote, proposes to introduced a system of celibacy taylor asked, who could fail to notice the difference in point of benevolence between indirect slavery to an absolute master, and direct slavery to an absolute master? in taylor's america even those subjected to quote, direct slavery to an absolute master retained the right to reproduce. in taylor's america then no matter all the other freedoms that were denied to enslaved people, including the right to legal marriage and indeed to own, quote, unquote, their own children, they nevertheless had rights to reproduce that were in danger in malthus's england. u.s. slaveholders then could boast that african-americans in bondage had g

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down the spread on the part england drove one one in poland in their rearranged world cup qualifier. a vicious cycle lance armstrong is dropped by nikon the same day he stands down from his live strong charity as the fallout continues from doping allegations. are nice and cool like last week's ask our moscow five to zero in the cage els eastern conference. but let's start with football where england have drawn the latest world cup qualifier with poland in warsaw the match was played on wednesday because tuesday's fiction was postponed due to tarantula rain at the national stadium england were below par but took the lead throwing deflected way ahead on thirty one minutes the hosts were close to equalising at the end of the first half but failed to capitalize on this counterattack very much inside where i had been for a crucial three points when tommy would click eleven for the hosts with twenty minutes to play england remain on top of the group one point ahead of montenegro having played a game more. elsewhere will be looking at a return from the international break can't go back to t

england. the answer: c.) england.dar gorg, england 400 years ago time now for the answer to today's trivia question... we asked: where was cheddar >>here is where the rain is. some breaks in the clouds. a windy unseasonably warm spell of weather coming. 70s we have predicted. watch how the wind dies down. by noon tomorrow the wind is at single digits. southwest the jet stream developing a to the west. when you have such extreme instability little vortices can develop. they can lead the waterspouts out of the lake. look what happens to the school there as it is ejected. we start warming up a little bit sad afternoon. and to have a whole string of 70 is a as a part with cold air over the northwest. much of netxt week. we have exceptional one coming. only 50 expected tomorrow. it looks pretty nice. it will be interesting we may have some thunderstorms nearby for the bears game. it will be very nice and mild for monday night's game. >>thank you for joining us today. >> [music]

we've got rain going up to new england and even down in south florida. here's that drier air trying towork its way in. you have past charlottesville and more sunshine later this afternoon. and then tonight, clear to partly cloudy. it will be on the cool side. low 50s in d.c. with 40s north and west. we'll go through the day on saturday, no problems here. maybe some passing clouds. temperatures in the mid 60s. now saturday night gets cold again. 30s in the suburbs and 40s in town. we'll see a good sunday with sunshine again on the 60s and then the warming trend begins. it is going to be nice weather next week, i hope you can get a couple of days off to take advantage of that. mild this afternoon. 72 average. mid 70s east and mid 60s west. tonight 53 in town with 40s north and west. over the weekend partly sunny saturday, mostly sunny sunday. we got mid 60s for highs and here comes -- here comes the good stuff. monday 71. tuesday, wednesday and thursday, mid- to upper 70s. looking great. hey stick around, we'll be back with more 9news now at noon right aft

and the and the back of england is that if the u.s. gets into some kind of difficulty for sort of a run on the dollar was a confidence the u.s. has eight thousand tons of gold that they can bring out the back of the dollar if it's really in distress the u.k. of course has no significant amount to go wrote it and size the economy europe on the other hand the european central bank the european monetary system has even more gold than the united states or europe in the u.s. or will start. with gold the u.k. is not so i see if there's going to be a currency crisis sooner than later i expect it to happen in in pounds sterling partly because of quantitative easing not backed up by any gold all right i mentioned c.p.i. and here in the u.k. they call the r.p.i. and the numbers exclude energy and food you responded that well there's not much of a conspiracy here but what about this idea that governments cooked their numbers what we do know is that in the case of c.p.i. or g.d.p. every administration seems to redefine what those indexes are in re

america they did exactly the same thing so in their communication between mervyn king and bank of england and ben bernanke the federal reserve bank yes of course they're colluding along with the e.c.b. which is in a similar game or the zimbabwe central banker and i remember those images in zimbabwe of people digging through the dirt for flecks of gold to buy bread think about it well going back to it gideon gono says about his money printing he said quote these interventions which were exactly in the mold of bailout packages and quantitative easing. measures currently instituted in the u.s. and e.u. were geared at evoking a positive supply response and arrest for their economic decline so he says he's imitating the e.u. and e.u. and the us in order to arrest economic decline i want to show a little video here and be warned that there are some flashes i think that's the grenades going off. that's from spain that's how that's that they arrested economic decline there well they have not done anything but exacerbate the crisis and those who are suffering from it are being systematically pushe

workers on alert from florida to new england. in our area, dominion virginia power stocking trucks with supplies, monitoring the forecast as well. pepco contractors are on what's called a freeze mode, meaning they're not allowed to travel. pge has put more than 1,000

his five for thirty one as england fell nineteen runs short. well joining sri lanka in the last four will be the west indies they qualified second from the group after beating winners new zealand in dramatic fashion both sides scored exactly one hundred thirty nine meaning a supernova was needed to separate the teams when we scored nineteen from six. one . six. and mixed martial arts finally where alexander i am an anchor as as a sent up the rankings continues the russian known as the grim reaper claiming his fourth win in a row in moscow after one of the most brutal events in m one challenge history of daniel has more say. still one of the best pair of chance in the mixed martial arts heavyweight division. on sunday night. proved that in style the main event of the and one jones tournament held in the russian capital so the thirty one year old face the dangerous striker constantin the. best world and european boxing champ then maybe much less at depth in the ground game. from teasing it take down. like the fact that he showed so much heart and

louis rams host the new england patriots. now, to get into the spirit, the st.ouis rams and coach jeff fisher practiced on a pitch this week. rams' owner is also majority owner of the famed soccer franchise arsenal. now, sunday's game will be the sixth international series match for the nfl in london. >>> well, sandy is no longer a hurricane, but, she's still a force to be reckoned with. we'll tell you what to expect as this tropical storm inches towards the east coast. ey havenn moving much lately. but things are starting to turn around because of business people like you. and regions is here to help. with the experience and service to keep things rolling. from business loans to cash management, we want to be your partner moving forward. so switch to regions. and let's get going. together. to provide a better benefits package... oahhh! [ male announcer ] it made a big splash with the employees. [ duck yelling ] [ male announcer ] find out more at... [ duck ] aflac! [ male announcer ] ...forbusiness.com. ♪ ha ha! as part of a heart healthy diet. that's true. ...

. >>> it was also a night new englanders won't forget. a rare quake shaking the region. a fright for millions. and sinking feeling. an expensive high-tech boat being tested for next year's americas cup flips over. a setback for the millionaire backer. >>> and divine intervention. the story that has millions talking. a husband just before his cancer-stricken wife and ended up saving his own life. >>> and good morning, everyone. i'm paula faris. rob nelson will be joining me in just a moment. and we begin this wednesday with the presidential debate rematch, turning into a fiery, full-on political rumble. and, yes, it was a little uncomfortable at times. there was plenty of finger-pointing with the candidates sparring from the opening moments. and president obama, clearly not about to repeat his performance in denver just two weeks ago. we're just 20 days from the election. and abc's t.j. winick is in hempstead, new york, with more on the long island fight night. good morning, t.j. >> reporter: paula, good morning to you. that's right. many on both sides are calling this a

. 75-mile-per-hour winds and weaves as high as 40 feat were reported along the shores of new england. today as hurricane sandy mavs north our forecast models are predicting a cold front will advance toward the east coast at the same time. was the perfect storm sandy is forecast to rotate inland, becoming a part of a peg ga cyclone that will bring heavy rain and high winds. the current forecast predicts that the hardest hit areas will be to our north. strong winds and heavy rain are the biggest threat to the d.c. metro area. luckily if the forecast stays on its current path we won't to have deal with storm surge on the ocean side beaches and the western shores of the chesapeake bay. so the reason that the storm surge isn't as much of a concern with this particular storm is because the west winds, they pull the water away from land and toward the ocean. >> which is unusual for this type of situation butt protect our coast. the only caveat, maybe the east side of the bay could be some buildup of water there, and that's something we will certainly watch. we'll come back, have more on sand

so the hollands were a big family up in new england and as were the robinsons. that is where it went. >> so her children weren't famous in any way? >> her son was quite well-known. he was, she asked him to buy a small broon much a bankrupt railroad in texas in the 1890's. and he turned it into the most successful small railroad, the texas midland railroad, in the state. then he did a number about things. he went back to new bedford to build a brand new house on the family property and turned it into a center for radio technology and meteorology. gave it to the united states government during world war ii. and, so he was, he had the, is one of the greatest collection of coins and stamps. so he really made a mark to himself. yeah? >> [inaudible]. one of the things that strikes me about the guilded age and the wealth were a lot of wealthy people who believed in give back to society, particularly someone like andrew carnegie. did she donate any of her money to public service >> she never did it publicly and dismissed that she had. her son shade there were plenty of