there's real cold stuff, to the north, fargo, north dakota,dak zero, international falls, minu 1, so intrusion of very drydr cold arctic air coming down into canada, and there are indications that late in theth week, as we get toward thed latter part of the week, we might tap into that briefly.thy. so we're just talking about highs in the 30s towards the latter part of the week.ee down to the south, dallas is 49, new orleans really nice atat 62 degrees, tampa, temperatures are in the mid- to upper 60s. so they will bring in the new year with some very, very nicey conditions. this is on the floor done. f we don't have rain -- this is overdone, we don't rain in the area, what rain we had is moving on. we have a big plume of moisture coming up where it's cold enough for light snow, where it's not cold enough is light rain,r headed for us, i don't think itt makes that much of an impact on our weather.at cloudy tonight, 35 in town. slightly cooler.tly down around freezing for some out fin the suburbs. tomorrow, clouds, there may be a spotty sprinkle or spottysp flurry, okay?fl? other than

look at the images from fargo, north dakota. the snow there, an inch an hour. frozen in duluth, minnesota, too. and these time lapsed videos. blustery, super cold. much of the state now envolume loped in a fresh coat of white. >> zinger is here with the numbersen to. they rim pressive. >> it's still going in a lot of places. let's look at them. sacred heart, minnesota, 17. 3 inches. in white, south dakota, easily ten. minneapolis at the airport, 7.7 officially for today, but a lot of spots over nine inches. >> what that is why they call it white south dakota. more on the why? >> there is. from noon on, minneapolis, just a couple more inches to go tonight. and mostly, it will move to wisconsin and northern michigan. 3 to 6 inches as a base, some places higher. and it's not just the snow. it's the wind too. blizzard warnings and gusts up to 40 could be give cult. if you are traveling, call ahead. >> now it's starting to sound a little like winder, thank you. >>> to the fiscal storm in washington now. and a wouldn't one meeting at the white house today between joh

look at the images from the slow moving fargo north dakota. the snow coming down in inch an hour at times. frozen and a sunday snowstorm in duluth minnesota, too. and in iowa, kcrg captured these time-lapse video blustery and super cold and the state in a fresh coat of winter white. >> that was ginger zee reporting. and now, our area we want to hear from meteorologist lynette charles because it's foggy and hard to see your hand in front of your face. so a concern for people heading out the door this morning. >> exactly. they might be dealing with snow but we have the fog. let's talk about what's going on in terms of when it's going to get out of here. it will take a while. we have a dense fog advisory until 9. but once that is canceled, once that is over, we will have the fog. it's going to be a dreary day. we can see lots of clouds around right now. back off towards the west, we have showers that are going to move through the area as well. so as you step out the door this morning, don't forget the rain gear because you will need it. you can s

look at the images from fargo, north dakota. the snow there, an inch an hour.rozen in duluth, minnesota, too. into in iowa, these time-lapsed videos. blustery, super cold. much of the state now enveloped in a fresh coat of white. >> sky cam getting covered there. and goinger zee at the desk, the numbers are impressive. >> it's still knowing out there, and it's not done. sacred heart, minnesota, 17.3 inches. south dakota in the foot range. and 9 to 11 inches. >> and the snow, cold, more to come? >> there is. and i want to show you exactly what to expect. the picture you are about to see goes from noon on. it includes minneapolis. they still have an inch or two. that going to be hard on roadways and airports. something you want to look for in the future. not only tonight but tomorrow morning. there will likely be a ripple effect from this, the blizzard warnings, gusts up to 45 miles an hour. going to be very tough and blustery and the white-out conditions. >> ginger, thanks to you. >>> to the fiscal storm in washington now. and what might be a slight thaw in that

it is i have to say what i'm doing now is exactly the opposite of how i grew up i grew up in fargo north dakota come from a long line of cattle ranchers every day of my life. in corn except for special occasions when i was roast beef potatoes and peas but what actually happened to me the year before i went to medical school i was working in a hospital as the autopsy assistant and when somebody would die in the hospital i would help in the examination of the body and there was nothing like seeing atherosclerosis the hardening of the arteries and smelling and so forth one day we had a person who died of a massive heart attack in the hospital probably from eating hospital food but that's another story anyway we pulled the ribs off the chest to examine the heart which was filled with heart with atherosclerosis at the end of the exam they put the ribs back in the chest sewed up the skin and cleaned up and i went up to the cafeteria where they were serving ribs for lunch and i anyway i started to connect . what we eat with the disease is that we get it in some ways it was almost an emotional connecti

this video from fargo, north dakota shows snow falling at the rate of an inch an hour. several inches of snow fell across the dakotas and minnesota and wisconsin. that kept road crews busy plowing streets and keeping traffic moving. >> the first few shifts are hard, but you get into a routine and you get used to it and it is just the way it is. >> these minnesota vickings fans braved blizzard-like conditions and tailgated before the snow fell against the chicago bears. the fans warmed up once it started. that's because they played their home game in the metrodome. >>> a north oakland neighborhood is trying to change its image, and they may get a new name. real estate agents are selling them. as thomas roman tells us, not everyone is a fan of the change. >> they have moved from san francisco into this area of north oakland with some real fors now referring to it as nobi. >> there is reasonable shopping around and there is good stuff. there is lots of kids in the neighborhood and lots of people walking their dog. it is nice. >> she loves north oakland. she has lived in th

this video from fargo, north dakota shows snow falling at the rate of an inch an hour. several inches of snow fell across the dakotas and minnesota and wisconsin. that kept road crews busy plowing streets and keeping traffic moving. >> the first few shifts are hard, but you get into a routine and you get used to it and it is just the way it is. >> these minnesota vickings fans braved blizzard-like conditions and tailgated before the snow fell against the chicago bears. the fans warmed up once it started. that's because they played their home game in the metrodome. >>> a north oakland neighborhood is trying to change its image, and they may get a new name. real estate agents are selling them. as thomas roman tells us, not everyone is a fan of the change. >> they have moved from san francisco into this area of north oakland with some real fors now referring to it as nobi. >> there is reasonable shopping around and there is good stuff. there is lots of kids in the neighborhood and lots of people walking their dog. it is nice. >> she loves north oakland. she has lived in th

look at these images from the slow moving, fargo, north dakota. the snow coming down an inch an hour at times. frozen in a sunday snowstorm in duluth, minnesota, too. and in iowa, these time-lapse video. blustery, super cold, much of their state now enveloped in a fresh coat of winter white. many places in the western great lakes and northern plains will easily end up with a foot or more of snow. that's not where the problems end. you have a blowing snow problem. up to 45 miles per hour as we get the workweek started. ginger zee, abc news, new york. >> harsh stuff. right? >> yeah. >> brr, got colder looking at the video. >>> santa claus coming to town. looks like he left his bulky red suit at the north pole. >> 700 runners, braved the temperature thousands in boston over the weekend for 13th annual santa speedo run. they strip down to skimpy, red, green trunks and bikinis to make their way through the one-mile course. >> my goodness. >> the santas weren't doing it just to be naughty though. they raised more than $250,000 for a local children's cha

. $257,000 for an armored truck in fargo, north dakota, that's only used for training runs and parades that carries santa claus. okay. joining me now, julie roginsky, a fox news contributor and former adviser to frank lautenberg, charles payne and didi benke. so santa upgraded his wheels a little bit this year, and we helped pay for it. tom coburn is very focused on government waste and, you know, god bless him, because we need somebody in the government who's focused on government list. he outlines things he doesn't believe are appropriate. i just want to tell the viewers what we understand about the zombie conference. apparently, we paid, dhs gave grants to first responders -- look at this. [laughter] we gave grants to first responders to go get counterterrorism training, and they did, and they attended this five-day summit. and one of the things that was offered here was the zombie training exercise, but now under the microscope they're saying, oh, the taxpayer money didn't actually fund this particular piece of the conference, but in any event, coburn says, look, the money's finnin

. $257,000 for an armored truck in fargo, north dakota, a cities that has no more than two murders happenut they have this huge armored truck, extremely expensive. the truck has been used for training purposes and appearances at an annual picnic. and $98,000 for an underwater robot in columbus, and apparently there is not a lot of water in the area where they have that underwater robot. those are samples of some of the stuff on here found to be wasteful in this report. i'm joined by oklahoma republican tom coburn, the senator behind this report. he has dedicated a lot of his career trying to find the wasteful perhaps programs that are in washington. he's a member of the homeland security department also. obviously the homeland security department was created after september 11 this to find ways to make us more secure as a nation. when these communities say they need this money for training purposes to be ready in the event of an attack it seems on the face of it like a good idea, right? >> well, these are called urban area security initiative grants. the whole idea was to take the top cit

cooler air to just filter in so we've got some, you know, teens and look at this, 8 degrees in fargo in north dakotao the colder air is really just penetrating most of the country and sticking its way through in central portions and invading into the east. so not getting too much of a break anywhere temperaturewise. it is chilly. we are going to see a ridge of high pressure be in control in the course of today and for tomorrow we are going to see mainly partly cloudy skies. new year's eve is going to be dry and chilly but we've got this frontal system that's going to start to move in. that's going to present in the late, late hours into monday night, new year's eve and into the early hours of new year's day a slight chance of very, very light snow or light rainfall. so just be prepared for that. so we are keeping an eye on that, nothing major going to be happening but just a little bit of that precipitation. futurecast showing you as we move through into monday -- well, it's gone by too fast. the light snow and the light rain. in the meantime, 39 degrees for today, then gusty winds, partly sunny ski

. >>> the three cities with the lowest unemployment are all in north dakota. fargo was best with 2.8. grand forks at 3.1%. the key -- large state universities which tend to provide relatively stable jobs. >>> james bond edged out the easter bunny and other this is weekend. dwt skyfall" went back to the top of the list. "the rise of the guard yans" was right behind. and "the twilight saga, breaks dawn part 2" was third. >> sadly, i have seen all of them. >> i've seen none. >>> when we come back, the australian deejays saying sorry for the royal prank that went so terribly wrong. >>> late dram pla from the nfl. lots of teams in the playoff sunt. >>> 700 runners braved the cold in boston for the annual santa speedo run. making a mad dash for charity in skimpy trunks and bikinis. tampa held a similar run. it was near 80 degrees. >>> now for a look at the morning road conditions. slick roads across northern new england, snow-covered passes in the northern rockies. >>> if you're flying, airport delays possible in minneapolis, along the northeast corridor, charlotte, atlan

. >>> the three cities with the lowest unemployment are all in north dakota. fargoas best with 2.8. grand forks at 3.1%. the key -- large state universities which tend to provide relatively stable jobs. >>> james bond edged out the easter bunny and other this is weekend. dwt skyfall" went back to the top of the list. "the rise of the guard yans" was right behind. and "the twilight saga, breaks dawn part 2" was third. >> sadly, i have seen all of them. >> i've seen none. >>> when we come back, the australian deejays saying sorry for the royal prank that went so terribly wrong. >>> late dram pla from the nfl. lots of teams in the playoff sunt. it's a feeling of clean like nothing else. extreme clean from aquafresh showers your whole mouth. micro-active foam seeks out bad breath germs and leaves a cool tingling that just won't quit. extreme clean from aquafresh. something this delicious could only come from nature. now from the maker of splenda sweeteners, discover nectresse. the only 100% natural, no-calorie sweetener made from the goodness of fruit. the rich, sweet t

. >>> the three cities with the lowest unemployment are all in north dakota. fargoth 2.8. grand forks at 3.1%. the key -- large state universities which tend to provide relatively stable jobs. >>> james bond edged out the easter bunny and other this is weekend. dwt skyfall" went back to the top of the list. "the rise of the guard yans" was right behind. and "the twilight saga, breaks dawn part 2" was third. >> sadly, i have seen all of them. >> i've seen none. >>> when we come back, the australian deejays saying sorry for the royal prank that went so terribly wrong. >>> late dram pla from the >>> good morning i am megan pringle. we are interroping america this morning normally we are on the air at this time of morning. but we are experiencing some major text cal difficulties and we have an engineering staff work on the problem right now. stay with us because we will try to bring you local news as soon as it becomes available. however we do want to get you out the door and two very important components are weather and traffic. it's foggy out there so we will go over

but one thing that was found as fargo, north dakota, got more than $8 million and homeland security grants. you can see what they decided to do what their money. an armored truck with a rotating gun toward using the homeland security funds. justification? guest: biscuits to one of the central problems for these grants in general or specifically the program senator coburn wrote about, which is, who decides what to spend money on? the concept is the local communities with the snow and the federal government should stay out. one of the problems is you end up with results like this. situations where local communities in new hampshire brought armored vehicles ultimately used to protect pumpkin festivals. in columbus, ohio, they bought a seat by an underwater submersible. does not seem to be directly directing the highest needs -- for terrorist attacks are responding to a natural disaster. host: an image of something purchase by a department in kansas city. bomb detection robot despite already having two. local officials on that one of the broken robot set largely unused four years brought broug

cities with lowest unemployment, all in north dakota, bismarck in october 2.2%, fargo second, 2.8%, grandforks 3.1. skyfall back to number one, pulling in 11 million dollars from a sluggish weekend. >>> 5:13. live look from roof camera outside you can see the ferry building top left a sliver of moon, mike is telling us warm for this time of year. forecast coming up. >>> community-based radio station hopes to get back on the air after it was targeted by vandals. they provided these images showing what vandals did. the general manager discovered the damage yesterday. [ unintelligible ] it is not the first time someone has targeted the situation. >> three times in this summer over the summer and now the fall, definitely something they are trying to target us. >> last year someone spray painted raciest words on the studios in vallejo. the station called itself the voice of vallejo and markets heavily to the bay area's african-american community. >>> john mcafee says he wants to come back to the u.s. and settle didn't he answered with what he claims were reporters questions yesterday from the