let's go live to goddard boulevard in king of prussia. dap, what about driving conditions in your area sdm little slick jim for the most part they're mostly wet. right now the flakes started coming down here 9:00. and just over two hours you see a nice white coating on the grass off goddard boulevard and put a coating on parked cars in the parking lot in king of prussia. but, you know, after what we wept through last year, if this were a contest of storms people would say is that all you got? >> here we go again folks same song, second verse, snow to the right, snow to the left. the people don't seem impressed by 1 to 3" of snow we'll get. >> peanuts compared to what we saw last year. >> yeah, that's nothing i can get through that. >> i'm good one to three no more that's it one to three can i teal with this. >> problem for most after the monster storms we got last year people went over board trying to be ready this year. >> 2,000 pounds of salt at the house. and there's no snow. >> there's no snow. >> almost end of january ! >> no snow. >

colin goddard was shot four times. that young man still has three bullets in his body and i want to thank them for coming here tonight and standing by our side every step of the way to make virginia a safe place for our families. [applause] and as we work to rid our communities from gun violence we must do right by the people who are on the front on the frontlines every single day keeping our families safe. you have all heard me talk about this before. i find it appalling that sheriff deputies who risk their lives to protect virginians often earn so little that they qualified for the supplemental nutrition assistance program. as a candidate for governor i've pledged to raise deputies pay and i'm proud not to stand here as governor to honor that commitment to raise the pay so that the average starting pay salary for our virginia's sheriff's deputies is no longer so low that these brave young men and women qualify for food stamps. i want to thank sheriff arthur townsend and deputy sheriff alex madison from linda for coun

not far from the goddard space center. >>> the district's department of homeland security released its report on metro's underground emergency. it highlights communication problems between firefighters new encrypted radio channels and metro. you can see the full report on nbcwashington.com. >>> weekend weather the other big story this morning. while the rain is moving out as you can see on radar, we're timing out a possibly big winter wallop snowstorm for the second half of your weekend. we also want to pass along fauquier county and loudoun county schools have canceled all events today due to the weather. we do have live team coverage this morning. >> darcy spencer is in loudoun county on the roads. but we begin with chuck bell in the "weather center". >> good morning. it's a very cold start to be outside this morning with temperatures only in the mid-30s right now. areas of mist and drizzle and light rain and even a few wet snowflakes are still to be found across parts of the area. here's where the advisories continue. until noon winter storm warnings across the high spots of west vi

howard county's former fire chief bill goddard stepped down last month. >>> the vatican confirmed pope francis will visit d.c. as part of a trip to the united states this fall. the pontiff will come to wash ton on september 22 and his plans include meeting with president obama as well as holding a mass on the campus of the university catholic university of america, then he will address a joint session of congress before leaving for new york and a speech at the united nations. finally the pope will wrap up his u.s. trip by attending the world meeting of families in philadelphia. >>> 6:07. police are searching for answers in two different cases of vandalism in maryland. >>> and the united nations is speaking out against recent acts of violence by the extremist group boko haram. wusa 9 is here you go. wow! thanks! get a free beverage in any size for enrolling in dd perks, and start earning points towards more rewards with every purchase. join today for a free beverage on us. america runs on dunkin'. thanks for the ride around norfolk! and i just wanted to say geico is proud to have served

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. >> woodruff: gavin schmidt who is the director of the goddard institute for space studies at n.a.s.ahank you. >> thank you. >> woodruff: the rise in greenhouse gases and temperatures are the reasons why the president has issued new restrictions on coal-fired power plants. but now that republicans hold control of congress, one issue high on their agenda: blocking or delaying the epa's plans. we get a report on how that's viewed in a key energy producing state, wyoming. it comes from leigh paterson of inside energy, a public media collaboration on energy issues, working with the newshour. caring for a few hundred cows during wyoming winter is hard work. the winds are normal. ranger dave hamilton say it's part of the disconnect between people who live off the land and those who regulate the environment. >> we seem to have people who have never ever even set foot in the state of wyoming, that don't understand farming don't understand ranching, rules that affect us all. when, in fact we all want to keep our land together. i can't make a living if i destroy my land. >> reporter: in 2010 th

this is a very big hammer that a very responsible science 'tis who ran nasa's goddard institute says is game over for climate if we don't bring it to an end. what do you think the republican reaction will be? of course mitch mcconnell released that statement i just read a moment ago, but the legislative response what will it be? i think they're in a bit of a bubble. they are funded by fossil fuel interests so much that i don't think they really see beyond the fossil fuel funding that surrounds them. so i think that they're going to be a little bit surprised by the discrepancy between where they think they are and where the american public already is on climate change. so i think they'll go ahead with it. i think they've got a point that they want to prove here but why on earth this new republican congress would want to introduce itself for the first time to the american people by doing something that blindly serves the interest of the fossil fuel industry, and has -- i mean 42,000 jobs, okay, temporary great, they killed shahin/portman, the clean energy bill that had 190,000 jobs. so

last week nasa goddard institute for space studies claimed that 2014 was the hottest year on record. perhaps you heard that. it was based on their analysis of 3,000 ground-based thermometers around the world. they backtracked on that claim the very next day however because the increase was so small that the ground-based system fell within the margin of error. but there are other problems with those assertions. data gathered at the earth surface has limitations. limitations in measuring the earth's -- that measure the temperature. it is a relatively small sample influenced by human construction construction. instead, the best data i think most scientists agree for determining warming of the atmosphere is a method that can be -- that can objectively gather far more data and that's satellites. there are two research groups that track atmosphere data. one satellite and one balloon. they both show temperature data that has barely risen for 35 years. temperature data that has barely risen for 35 years. the balloons validate the accuracy of the satellites and the satellites tend to validate