we need these tax extenders now. additionally, there are other things like the new market tax credit, which is a great program for encouraging investment into challenging areas of our country. the biodiesel tax credit, the veterans work opportunity tax credit, the tax credit to employers to encourage them to hire veterans, and we have had many of these events around washington state talking to employers who have successfully used this tax credit. the low-income housing tax credit. i know the president of the senate probably has projects all over his state that have benefited from the low-income housing tax credit. a great incentive to get more affordable housing built in hard-to-serve areas and challenging areas because of high costs. as i mentioned, the commuter tax benefit. all of these are tied to job creation. so instead of giving predictability and certainty on tax credits, here we are not getting our job done, and we should get this done as soon as possible. it's time for congress to extend these important prov

on july 3 of this year, a project on which he had work for an extended -- an extended. finished. since then, he's been looking for work. he gets up at 4:00 every day even though he's not working. what he spends most of his time doing is trying to find work, especially with construction season in the cold weather coming up, his state benefits in maryland will expire in early january. when they expire, if we do not extend the federal benefits, he will be without income looking for his next job great we hope next time you get up that 4:00 a.m. it's because you are working. but we want to hear what you have to say today. >> thank you for letting me speak today. i'm from baltimore, maryland. i'm a journeyman electrician and i have been since 1975. at the electrical work since i was a teenager. i am 67 years young and i am capable, and fully able to work. i need to work, i love to work, it is who i am. but i hate being unemployed. it is a waste of my time, my abilities, and during the recent recession and the early part of recovery, i was fortunate to have continuous work for three yea

we must extend this insurance before the end of the year, and we must extend it for at least a year, and i would like to see forward before this year ends. hopefully it could be part of the budget, but it doesn't have to be. it could be its own vehicle as it goes forward. but it is something we must consider. the clock is ticking. what the president did yesterday, what we did later in the day, and here we are, the clock is ticking. there is still much work to be out onnd time is running a budget agreement. while we understand that in negotiations are continuing, we also understand that there is no final deal. democrats have extended the hand of friendship over and over attempt to fix the budget in a way that is fair to the middle class. hopefully we can pass both houses in a bipartisan way. we are very ably led in our discussion from our side by our ranking member chris van hollen james clyburn, our assistant leader, and by the ranking member on the appropriations committee. i wish now to -- i am very pleased to be joined by our house democratic leadership as we hear ranking member c

they are our extended family members. let there be no mistake that the people who receive this benefit are people who have worked every day and want to work. they want and need the dignity of work to allow them to provide for themselves and their families. unemployment is not the life these individuals seek, nor is it the one they want. they want to continue moving toward the american dream. it is uncouple bent upon all of us to do everything that we can to ensure a robust economy and good paying jobs are the long-term solutions. at catholic charities we see first hand what choices unemployed americans face as they look for work. leaving them and their families vulnerable as they continue their job search. the impact of unemployment extends beyond individuals and families to communities and neighborhoods as well. high unemployment and poverty go hand in hand. the characteristics of poor neighborhoods amplify the impact of unemployment. this benefit is an investment to keep our communities healthy. when the work force and

is now extended for three months. we asked the rules committee to make in order an amendment paid for to extend unemployment nsurance for three months. here's what we said. if we can prevent a 25% cut to doctors' pay, surely we can prevent a 100% cut for 1.3 million uninsured. and so what's been the response? the answer from house , an emptys it is this box. i ask for an additional 30 seconds. ms. slaughter: i'm sorry, mr. levin, all time has been allocated. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. levin: i leave it with the point i wanted to make. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia. mr. woodall: mr. speaker, at this time it's my great pleasure to yield three minutes to the gentleman from oklahoma, member of the rules committee, mr. tom cole. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from oklahoma is recognized for three minutes. mr. cole: i thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the gentleman for yielding. i rise today in support of the rule and the underlying legislation, the bipartisan

should benefits be extended? here are some posts from the show's facebook page.hard says, no, don't increase the number of weeks unemployment checks are gifted. the most influential we can get people back to work and of the government payroll is eliminating these payments altogether. michael agrees. no, do not do it. if the government was stop making it easy to stay unemployed, he says, then these obama voters would have to go out and vote -- work like the rest of us. we also asked on gerriwillis.com. 15 percent said yes, increase extended payments. 85 percent no. e-mails. i do not believe the president is telling the truth. he did mislead the american people. and do not understand how we can deny it here between from california system all the money obama has been so far on the affordable care act we could have given every american over $1 million, and they could have paid for their own health care for the rest of their lives. and here is gene from new york. the biggest problem with obamacare is that it is a government project. no budget concerns because it is no

is hereby extended to 5:00 p.m. on january 7th, 2014. >> reporter: the judge's ruling means she will be kept on life support at least until that new deadline. an emotional reaction from her mother outside the hospital. the family's attorney said during the court hearing that there is one medical facility that will accept her. and that another facility in arizona has expressed interest in taking her. >> how can you possibly say that my child is dead if she responds to my voice? and they're just really trying to take her off and today was the most stressful day i had in my life. >> reporter: the 8th grader went into the hospital december 9th for a surgery to cure sleep apnea but surfed complications. she was declared brain dead december 12th. the hospital spokesman called today's ruling a tragedy prolonged. >> the hospital is not at all surprised by the extension. it is not unusual for a court, given these circumstances and the chart situation, to give more time to a family like this. we're not sure it was the right j

past few days started the process of developing text extenders legislations. to put it want the majority leader's partisan actions today the shame of that collaborative methodically and constructive bipartisan effort. why are they afraid of going through the regular order? they have the majority and putting my friend, the chairman there are 13 democrats on the finance committee and only even republicans. a don't date they have the votes? the unanimous request drop from the other side may be a good friend of the components, they might even provide some good campaign but they don't solve any problems to get it's amazing to see this kind of activity from the senate majority party when it controls the agenda both on the floor and in the committee's you might expect these kind of actions on the frustrated minority party which feels shut out of the role and the committees on the floor but here you have the reversal. i hear a member of the minority party in the senate defending regular order in the role that the committee system. why are you so afraid of regular orde

they are our extended family members. there be no mistake that the people who receive this benefit are people who have worked every day and want to work. they want and need the dignity of work to allow them to provide for themselves and their families. unemployment is not the life these individuals seek, nor is it the one they want. they want to continue moving toward the american dream. it is uncouple bent upon all of us to do everything that we can to ensure a robust economy and good paying jobs are the long-term solutions. at catholic charities we see first hand what choices unemployed americans face as they look for work. leaving them and their families vulnerable as they continue their job search. the impact of unemployment extends beyond individuals and families to communities and neighborhoods as well. high unemployment and poverty go hand in hand. the characteristics of poor neighborhoods amplify the impact of unemployment. this benefit is an investment to keep our communities healthy. when the work force and econ

if you extend it beyond that, you do a disservice to these workers. there was a study that came out and said if you have a worker unemployed for four weeks on unemployment insurance and one on 99 weeks, which would you hire? every employer, nearly 100% said they will always hire the person who has been out of work for weeks. when you allow people to be on unemployment insurance for 99 weeks, you're causing them to become part of this perpetual unemployed group in our economy. >> congressman, your reaction to senator paul saying this is adisservice to workers? >> first of all he has his facts wrong. they are not 99 weeks of coverage. it's down on the average to 5 4 weeks. i really think senator paul really needs to look at the facts and then look at the reality for people who are unemployed, a disservice to them. there are 1,300,000 people who will lose every cent of their benefits while they look for work. a disservice is essentially cutting them off on december 28th. they are looking for a job. they were laid off through no fault of their own. what d

the item that you see before you is a request to extend our contract with gtl for one additional year. at the conclusion of this extension, we would have one additional year on the contract to extend to the full term. there have been a number of questions from board members about the revenue and how we allocate it. so, i brought with me a brief summary -- >> can we go back to your comment about the exercising of the additional one-year option? according to the resolution -- and which is why i needed clarity from the city attorney -- once the current year term expires, the sheriff's department has the authority without the board of supervisors to approve an additional one-year extension. so, that was my understanding. so, just wanted clarity that that is actually accurate. >> my understanding is we would need to return to the board next year for the additional -- for the additional year. >> mr. givner, can you clarify whether or not that's the case? because the resolution doesn't appear to read that way. or did you need a little bit more time? >> yeah, just give me one minute. >> okay,

the deadline extended to midnight tomorrow.his is just crossing for health care coverage effective january 1. it is supposed to be today. heavy website traffic prompted the extension. a reporter has been covering this for some time in our new york studio. this is something of a surprise. >> that is right. another day. another obamacare change. it extended its so people can sign up until the end of the day tomorrow. this comes after they had extended the deadline from december 15 two the 23rd. they announced they would get people extra days to pay their bills. they are doing everything they can as high as they can. like a goodds only thing. is there something that is less than a silver lining in the cloud? >> of course you're going on about who will be helped and he will not be by the affordable care act. the concern for insurers right now is that the administration has made a number of rule changes i can make it easier for some people to delay or not even signed up. last week a said they would let some people whose plans are be

has.ndustry shield hasblue announced they are allowing covers should be extended. will perhaps have to look tok at the first of the year try to calculate how this all worked. large piece of is subject to a andain amount of revision fixes and so forth. there has been quite a few of them down at the 11th hour. how much of this to you think was avoidable. >> of this has not become frozen in time -- if this had become frozen in time where there is no effort to try to approve it, change it without regard to whether it is being appealed or not, perhaps it would be a different situation. these plans can never simply be static. lavishly this -- legislative changes have been made over the year. when that does not happen, it is very difficult to take advantage d/or betterce an/ ideas on how to approach something. if it is established that the is insufficient to get people to join, maybe you move away from that info to open or closed in roman times. if it stays frozen in time, -- open or closed enrollment periods. some stays frozen in time, of the stuff that should be a prude

here is your extended out look. new year's eve will be dry and new year's day will be dry and then thursday and friday we'll see, a chance for wintery weather across our area. daytime highs only around 30 degrees. >> thanks for joining us. we'll see you back here at

by extending it by a month and i want to ask mr. rose about it can we amend it and approve it today or do we have kick it a week. >> city attorney. you have to kick it for one week and consider it next week. >> okay. anything else you want to comment about? >> no. except i would like to thank the budget analyst report for rex piindicting the report on this and apologize for the tardiness bringing this to you on a contract that expires in december and we take full responsibility for that. we have been monitoring expenses against budget and should have been against budget and board authority and we ran out of board authority by the end of september which is why we're here. >> much appreciated. thank you. colleagues any questions at this point? mr. rose maybe we can go through your report and also if you have comments about the extension for a month. >> mr. chairman, members of the committee as i understand the department there is delay in the competitive process that seems reasonable to me that it could be extended for two months inst

what kind of behind the scenes work is the president doing trying to extend the benefits? >> well, long before the president began his family vacation in hawaii, he spent months urging members of government to reach an agreement and extend jobless benefits. this is a vacation, but the president has been working behind the scenes to push member of congress to extend the jobless benefits. it hasn't just been tea time and trips to the beach. the president made two calls, one to democratic senator jack reid and the second to republican senator dean haller and the president called the two senators to show support for their proposal to extend jobless benefits for another three months. the president went on to say he is pleased that they are working in a bipartisan fashion to address the manner, which the president said could be damaging to the u.s. economy. the president said it could hurt the economic growth of the united states and hurt job creation, because we are talking about 1.3 million americans who today are seeing the federal jobless benefits cut. states like california

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camp, has looked as these extenders and by not extending these extenders at end of this year, some 55, that it gives him leverage to encourage and to make his members focus on tax reform next year. but if it doesn't come to pass, i think again we'll go back to those popular provision,se particularly the r&d tax credit would likely be one that would be extended sometime in the future even without tax reform next year. >> which means as businesses invest early next year they may not know if they get a tax deduction for it until the end of next year. that is especially true with the research and veriment tax credit.ru a numbere of businesses in townx calling for that one to be extended. gerri? gerri: rich, thanks. extending the extenders, only congress could come up with language like this. no wonder they have a 6% approval rating. thaaks for coming on tonight. great to have you. >> thanks. gerri: our users guide to taxes continues next with a look at state and local taxes and more of our look for what is new for 2014. stay with us. gerri: major changes coming soon that could have a big

congress did not extend the program which would have cost $19 billion next year. the national security agency's controversial surveillance program has been ruled legal by a federal judge in new york, the decision as a result of a lawsuit by the american civil liberties union. earlier in washington a judge ruled against the n.s.a. in a case brought by verizon. >> the syrian government agreed to have toxic chemical weapons out of the country by the end of the year

we know people like that so wedded to extend those benefits you essentially pay people.orget how we pay for those benefits through payroll taxes. how crazy is this program? pretax employers for hiring them and pay people not to work? is one of the craziest programs. >> i think there is some truth to your argument that may come as a surprise but there are also factors to be weighed entire sectors were wiped out in the last recession so it is hard to find suitable employment. >> gives the economy and adapt. >> sometimes you need more time to do that and that is why youet more time. >> died nine weeks? , 99 weeks? jedi that should do it if you cannot block did you go work at mcdonald's sadek but they're not be anymore because we will raise the battle waged. [laughter] dennis: it is set to stop talking but i could be a lot of a job here soon. nice job today. what you see it? the question of that i should the government extend unemployment benefits even if that adds to of employment? log on and we will shut -- share the results at the end of the show. more examples of past go

they extend from a lengthy charges. they say that they beat inmates and visitors and conspired to instruct the investigation. those charged are lower to midranking deputies. >> it is nearly one year since the mass anger the sandy hook school elementary school. the families of the 26 victims are building on online tribe ute to the loved ones. it shows the name of each child and educator killed. each name is a link to the victim's biography and a list of charities. the site is mysandyhookfamily.org. >> almost a year after the shooting congress agreed a bill to ban 3d guns. >> we would like, the soirenato from florida and i is to say those types of guns, purely plastic, are illegal, and a gun must have metal in it that can't be removed easily, and those guns would be legal. they couldn't be smuggled through metal detectors. >> correspondent jacob ward checks out the new technology. >> a year ago a start-up founder and vice president of a tech company in san francisco bought 1,0003d printer. he made keys. >> i lock myself o

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extending them into next year would add another $19 billion. the congress has yet to do that. president obama is vacationing in hawai'i right now. we're live in hawai'i on who this effects. i understand that this seems to be the top of mind for the president and it has not amounted for a working vacation, correct? >> well, it certainly is, and richelle the white house has stressed the president is very much on vacation. he's still doing the people's business and he's working behind the scenes. as you mentioned richelle this is not the holiday present that anyone was hoping for. some 1.3 million americans will see their federal unemployment benefits expire today. that's because extending those benefits was not part of the bipartisan budget deal that was reached earlier in the year which was ultimately signed by problem earlier this week while he's on vacation here in uaw. with congress in recess there is no hope for an immediate fix until they reconvene on januar january 6th. benefits kick in when someone has been unmr.ed for 26 weeks and that's when most state's jobless benefi

this amendment would authorize the airport to exercise the first option to extend the contract and add $4.2 million to the contract for a new not to exceed amount of $98,700,000. the budget analyst recommends approval and i am happy to answer any questions. >> thank you very much. supervisor mar any questions? okay. much appreciated. mr. rose could we go to your budget analyst report please. >> yes mr. chairman, members of the committee, supervisor mar as shown on page nine of the report and the requested authorization for the extended period under the agreement with bombardier is amount listed. that amount includes 38 million plus for base operations, maintenance, escalations and bonuses for the three year extended term and $3.2 million as was indicated to cover the short fall of the existing budget for the initial five year term of the agreement. funding for the proposed amended agreement will be provided from the airport operating budget. we recommend that you approve this resolution. >> thank you very much mr. rose. any questions for the budget analyst? seeing none. let's open it u

with regard to the unemployment insurance, long-term one, the budget does not extend that, 1.3 millionricans lose that tomorrow. democratic senator jack reid, dean hiller proposing a bill that would extend benefits for three months. when congress returns next month, is this top of the list? there this gain traction what the two are proposing? >> this is high on the top of the list. you heard, during budget negotiations, house speaker boehner said, if there's a way to find cost offsets for the programs he would be open to some extension. the legislative calendar's stacked already. think go all of the things congress didn't do in 2013, for example, comprehensive immigration reform. it's a test to see whether this issue will rise to the top of congress' list or whether it will fall by the way side as it tries to tackle some other things that got left behind. >> what is the difference between meeting the deadline or not meeting it this time to extend the benefits and a couple weeks later, over a holiday period? didn't they exhaust every opportunity to find financial funding for this? >> th

that's why we have to extend the ban and hopefully close the loophole. and i want to thank again my colleagues, senator nelson, my house in the house congressman israel, so many others who have joined us in this -- senators murphy and senator whitehouse, senator schatz -- who have been partners in trying to get this done. and so now, mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of h.r. 3626, which is at the desk, that the nelson-schumer et.al amendment which is also at the desk be agreed to, the bill as amended be read three times and passed and the motions to reconsider be made and laid on the table with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: is there objection? a senator: i object. the presiding officer: objection is heard. mr. grassley: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from iowa. mr. grassley: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of h.r. 3626, which was received from the house. i ask unanimous consent that the bill be read a thi

1, 2010, to may 31, 2013, to june 1, 2010, to may 31, 2014, with an additional one-year option to extend the term remaining, which will result in an anticipated commission to the inmate welfare fund of more than $3 million over the four-year contract term. may may 21st, 2014 ~. >> supervisor breed. >> thank you. i know we continued this item from the last meeting, and after reviewing the information i did have a question which i needed clarity before agreeing to move forward on this item. specifically, from my understanding because we're looking at retroactively allowing for one of the one-year options in this particular case, and i just wanted clarity with the city attorney based on the resolution, does this allow for the sheriff's department the authority to extend the additional one-year option for the next fiscal year? which is how i read the resolution. >> do we have someone from the sheriff's department here? >> hi, my name is [speaker not understood]. i'm the cfo of the sheriff's department. good afternoon, supervisors and chair. the item that you see before you is a request to ex

but it doesn't extend jobless benefits. president obama says congress must take action in the first week of 2014. >> because congress didn't act, more than 1 million of their constituents will lose a vital economic life line at christmas time. leaving a lot of job seekers without any source of income at all. i think we're a better country than that. we don't abandon each other when times are tough. when congress comes back to work. their first order of business should be making this right. >> we are a better country than that. the central battle of 2014 will be the fight for fairness. and it starts with unemployment benefits. joining me now former governor ed rendell and goldie taylor. thank you both for being here. >> thank you, reverend sharpton. >> our pleasure. >> governor rendell, less than two days away from over 1 million losing benefits, you see the pain. you see what it will cause for families. what will it take for republicans to come around on this, governor? >> i think they have to be forced to vote on it, rev.

. >> reporter: there is a small victory for the family as they extended a rescrape being order for taking -- keeping her on life support. it looks like she may have her wish. the hearing this morning begins at 9:30 here in oakland. live here in oakland brian flores ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> only on 2, 4 robbery suspects are being questioned following 6 of the half hour crime spree in san jose. between 4:00 a.m. and 10:30 p.m., two boys and 2 girls randomly tar getted people on snell avenue and one victim spotted the suspect's car. at least two of the suspects are juveniles and they are giving police false names. >>> they are still searching for the smash and grab robber who pulled off a bold heist inside the east ridge mall. it happened when the mall was packed with holiday shoppers and they say they were smashed at the jewelers and it sounded like a gunshot. >> they were like wow, i was really scared for my family and kids. >> several stores closed their doors during the chaos, they soon reopened and the rober is still on the loose. >>> 49ers fans at candle stick park are watching

tonight but this afternoon a judge extended that. >> the temporary restraining order is extended to 500 p.m. on january 7, 2014. >> the family says a doctor saw the teen today and said she is not dead. the family says it is arranged transportation and found a facility in new york willing to take her. the hospital says they have not been informed of such a place. >> we are doing everything in our power to help them transfer her body to another facility. we have yet to have one of the three facilities they named so far come forward and accept her body. >> the family attorney says they are talking to a facility in arizona that may be willing to take her. >> we posted the court documents filed today on www.ktvu.com. just look under hot topics. >>> people along the california coast will see king tides through thursday. we have video to share here. they could be as much as a foot higher than formal and they could flood low lying coastal areas. people noticed the difference. >> seems like it is more and more. sometimes we run by here and you could see the water washed up and i don't think th

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as well as the other medicare and med said extenders as quickly as possible. this temporary patch will allow us the time to continue that work. i do have serious concerns with both the medicare and medicaid policies in the budget act. the medicaid provisions will result in delayed payments to providers for three months while states seek out payment from other potential sources. this is simply bad policy. congress would not dream of allowing medicare to avoid paying for services for three months, yet this is a policy that we are going to adopt for medicaid. the other medicaid provision overturns a supreme court case, which would allow a state to take a beneficiary's liability settlement that is intended to compensate for lost wages or future medical costs to pay for medicaid services. indeed, the language as drafted, suggests that the state could collect amounts even in excess of the amount the party was liable for. this provision is unconscionable and i hope we can fix it. of the the extension sequester on medicare, the relieving the sequester on the defense s

later extended to christmas eve, december 24th. and from the numbers released today by the senators for medicare and medicaid services, it looks like the website did its job. on monday, december 23rd, there were two million-plus site visits, the peak day. the queueing system was activated. 129,000 people were sent to the queueing system. on the 24th, christmas eve, 880,000 total people visited the site. here's deputy press secretary john ernest. >> the website was sturdy, it stayed up, and people were able to shop for website options. >> the administration says it is now devoting itself to the actual implementation of obama care. that is where the critics say we can expect to see much more problems on the rollout of the website itself. congressman tom price is himself a physician. sees some of these problems beginning to manifest themselves across the country. he certainly sees it in the atlanta area. >> when i talk to doctors that i used to practice with in the city of atlanta in the metro area, four of the major hospital systems

if you extend it beyond that, you do a disservice to these workers. >> my mouth dropped open when i heard that. >> part of this perpetual unemployed -- >> it's the unemployment insurance that creates the, quote, dependency? >> it actually does a disservice to the people you're trying to help. >> that is a ridiculous argument. >> part of this perpetual unemployed. >> perpetual unemployment, and we can't afford it. >> it's about $25 billion that no one was talking about. >> two arguments, really, that we've heard from republicans. >> the whole 47% thing clearly has note made a dent. >> will congress act to help over 1 million americans? >> these are people we know and they include 20,000 veterans. >> while it seems good, it actually does a disservice to the people you're trying to help. >> he just wins my scrooge award of the year. >> the whole 47% thing clearly has not made a dent. >> clueless, heartless, and gutless. that is the headline of a "national journal" piece today on the modern republican party, which analyzed the congressional republicans' p

the vast majority of whom do support extending those benefits.the way, also support in overwhelming numbers raising the minimum wage. that john boehner will understand that his party, his party is better off by doing these kinds of things that the american people want. >> well, and the question of how much political capital can the democrats spend on this. harry reid says that it's a top priority when we start the new year. do you think it will be a priority for john boehner in the house? >> well, it certainly is a priority. in the senate. and therefore, there's going to be a lot of pressure put on boehner to do it. look, every month that it isn't done, 72,000 more people lose their benefits. this isn't just a one-time deal. and as you pointed out, it's really good for the economy. and the other side of that is it's really bad for the economy. if we don't extend those benefits. we could be talking about 250,000 jobs lost. so if the republicans hope to barely make the case that they really are for jobs in this country, then they're going to extend

if you extend it beyond that, you do a disservice to these workers. when you allow people to be on unemployment insurance for 99 weeks, you're causing them to become part of this perpetual, unemployed group in our economy, and it really, while it seems good, it actually does a disservice to the people you're trying to help. >> i mean, first of all, almost no one is getting 99 weeks. federal unemployment insurance benefits kick in after a person's state benefits run out and range between 14 to 47 weeks, depending on the state, but senator rand paul is trying to provide a gop rationale for allowing those benefits to expire. without the extension, far too many americans are headed toward a cruel holiday surprise. of course, it does not have to be this way. congress is in session today, and if they wanted to, by the end of tonight, they can get this done. and so, we present the latest installment of our "all in bizarro congress" series, a look into the alternate reality in which those republican lawmakers actually do their job for the american people. >>

another -- the spare-the-air alert is extended. the new year is starting to look nice. we have clear skies over california for this evening. all of the clouds are well to the north. this is the stormtrack, where all of the storm areas reside and up and over into b. c., and there's no sign of change in this pattern through the end of next week. so no rain is in the forecast. we'll see more warm temperatures. tomorrow, mid-60s on tap for the south bay. redwood city, 65 degrees. 60s for the inland valleys, as well as by the bay. oakland, 65. san francisco, 63 degrees. more 60s into the north bay, and blue skies overhead. we'll have the same thing for monday, tuesday, a few high clouds. new year's day, no rain, and that's the way it stays through at least next weekend. >>> for a story to warm your heart. we talked to a woman who is keeping family tradition alive by giving back to those left out in the cold this winter. >> don't move. i think i just remembered where the bag is. this is great. >> for 16 years they have been giving out co

you can see that extends further up towards the north.e mid-atlantic and also the northeast. going to be a very soggy sunday for travelers along the i-95 corridor. it is going to be a rain event for areas like d.c., philly, new york and boston. we're not going to see the winter weather in these places. by tomorrow night, we could begin to see the wintry mix into spots in new york, western pa, northern new england, as well. really the snow limited to the farthest northern points in and sections of vermont, new hampshire, also up into maine. this is where the accumulating snow is going to be limited. but as you just saw, this is where we still have plenty of those power outages for spots in maine. 5 to inches we're expecting in these areas in purple. so this could slow down power restoration crews. could even cause some new power outages. something to keep in mind. northern sections of vermont and new hampshire generally looking at about 1 to 5 inches. anywhere in the deeper blue would be 3 to 5. lighter blue 1 to 3 inches. elsewhere less t