hickory 36. air temperature in hickory is 35. so this is milder than the weather we've seen. our nor'easter continues to pull out, still putting a little bit of winter weather through northern new england. under a clear sky a cold night that will end up with a frosty start. by midnight we're in the mid to upper 30s but a big warmup on tap. we got the details in a few minutes. >> first, it was the utility workers hiding north to help get the lights back on after superstorm sandy. now that people have power back on, a lot of the focus is to communication needs. this morning a caravan of 30 trucks left for perryville and headed to new jersey. >> we're expecting to see a lot of poles down, a lot of cables down. snow from the nor'easter. the road conditions may be tough, but these folks are built to hand this. >> verizon officials said the company is sending more than 600 technicians north. >>> well, 18 years from right now in the year 2030, she will be able it vote for the next president. from the campaign trail to not making it on the trail to the hospital, this early voter didn

between lake ridge drive and hicko hickory ford drive. as you head southbound, just as you get to i-470, we have reports of an accident in the southbound lane. there are reports of debris in the lane. just be careful of that. back over to you. >>> 11:20 is the time. still ahead on news 4 midday, a wedding for all seasons. today, we plan for fall. >>> plus, why is he spending the holidays at national harbor? >>> first, here's a look at what's hot on nbcwashington.com. >>> it's wedding week here on news 4 midday. this year, we're doing things a little bit different. we're going to run through weddings. starting today with fall. our guest is here, we welcome you back. i feel like i'm in the middle of a wedding right now. beautiful. >> gorgeous. >> but it's fall, a popular time to have weddings. you've got the leaves changing. you've got the backdrop. it's a great setting it to have beautiful fall scenes. >> some places in virginia and maryland. >> definitely. this was taken in middleburg. you've got the vineyards. we've got a great escape ou

this is a cold rain this morning, 45 degrees davidsonville, hickory at 43, ijamsville 42 degrees. we have fog out there in spots this morning and the winds northwest at 5- 15 miles an hour. this will continue through the day, the reason why, this cold front slicing through the area, behind it much colder, and we will see light at the end of the tunnel. sunshine in here, especially in to tomorrow. future trend picking up on that, not a cloud in the sky heading in to wednesday, thursday, and friday looking good as well. 50 degrees today. we have the showers early, breezy and colder, 32, mostly clear and cold by tonight. tomorrow 48, mostly sunny and chilly, a check of the seven- day forecast, brings the chilly conditions with rain possible on sunday. let's get a check of the traffic with loren cook. >>> unfortunately, dealing with a massive water main break from yesterday. if you are traveling in mound vernon, avoid madison street. shut down from fallsway, gillford closed from madison to monument streets, if you are using the jfx, that's your best alternate route. the off ramp to gi

hickory 36 degrees now. 38 in chestertown. and chester. 41 in easton coming in.nd today. they will not be as breezy as they were the other days but we still have a wind chill with the winds out of the west at 5 miles an hour. more of the same in hagerstown. work and pressure building in. it will bring in plenty of sunshine throughout the day. that will continue as we go through the next several days. woo very a warming trend. sunny skies. 56 degrees. 36 tonight. 62 degrees by tomorrow. we will have sunshine and warmer even as we go into sunday as we do have the ravens playing at 1:00. the temperature then is 62 and look at what we have by monday. 67. fabulous the next chance for showers roll in here on tuesday. let's check traffic. good morning. >> good morning to you. i love the weekend ahead of us. traveling on 83. no delays down to 695. it will remain nice and clear as you get on the jfx. and checking in and looking outside here in parkville. no delays whatsoever. it will be clear if you are going to the inner loop. outer loop. 11 minutes to get from 95 all th

hickory dickory dock, your geopolitical understanding can suck my -- (laughter) sorry. that's -- no, please don't because then i'll do it again some night. (laughter) so the president had a good night. must have felt pretty confident because he was letting his professor or y'all side shine through. especially when it came to one country. >> we've created partnerships throughout the region to deal with extremism. in somalia, in yemen, in pakistan. >> jon: what? really? (laughter) pah-kee-stahn? really? suddenly you're a guy who's desperate to prove you once roomed with a foreign exchange student? (laughter) look, this is america, we don't use the pronunciation locally. we don't say may-hee-co or frahnce. mexico, france. pakistan. (laughter) all in all last night made a fine conclusion, though, to the trillltrilogy of debates betweee two candidates eager acceptance of remote controlled hellfire drones to achieve that end. we learned mitt romney has basically come around to barack obama's position on foreign policy and barack obama's come around to the bush administration'

and as we go into towson we are at 40 and hickory at 39. so you know what this means, you need to bundle up as you head out the door this morning and even as we go into the afternoon we are going to be on the cool side. the chilly side and we can see the planner bringing us to 50 degrees by lunchtime. and we are going to see improving conditions as we go into the weekend. stay tuned for that. let's check the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. >> reporter: it's friday and we get an extra hour sleep on sunday. doesn't get better than that. if you are traveling north baltimore be aware of a water main break on york road. traffic is reduced to just one northbound lane right now here at cold spring lane and you are looking live at repairs that are underway. southbound travel is now being redirected but if you are headed to the area you want to stick with charles street or 83 as an alternate. no word on when this will be fixed. traveling on the beltway this morning, as we check in and look here at harford road actually in parkville, no prob

right now, temperatures coming in at 46 degrees in hickory. 48 in ijamsville and you do need the coat as you step out. wind are on the light side and they will pick up as we go throughout the day out of the south at about 5 to 15 miles an hour. and also, we are looking at some patchy fog this morning in some spots. take it easy out there and have the low beams on if you run into that. here's the planner throughout the day, we will warm up nicely 60 by lunchtime and 64 degrees by this afternoon. with increasing clouds. let's check the traffic with lauren cook good morning. >> reporter: good morning. as you mend we are dealing with fog across the region so a good morning to turn on the low beams. we have good news war crash is cleared from the eastbound lanes of route 50 at the bay bridge. now if you are traveling in mount vernon, do be aware that the big veteran's day parade will begin at 9 and many roads will be shut down beginning at 7 so just in one half-hour many of the intersection also shut down including charles street that will be closed from fayette to monument and eastbound l

places to have urban agriculture existing on part of the parcel while construction is going on while hickory street is being extended. certainly the people whose home border right on it on the eastern side would hope that it would be safe for their homes to remain there. i would also like on the question of what is going to go on during construction also submit something from the planning department the exemption from the environmental review that was submitted in june. and i quote, "the project would not involve removal of projects from adjacent o to the [speaker not understood]. protect trees on parcel o during construction for the direction of the certified arborist." i think that gives a road nab to what parts of parcel o may be appropriate for urban agriculture to [speaker not understood]. thank you for your time. >> thank you. >>> my name is [speaker not understood] bonheim. i'm a volunteer at hayes valley farm. i don't live in hayes valley. i live in the tenderloin where there's no accessible green space for residents to enjoy. i don't think it can be underestimated the importance of

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northern high school, northern middle school, hickory environmental education center and grantsville elementary are closed due to water problems. all other schools in garrett county are open on time today. >> let's check in with tucker now to get the latest on our weather. >> good morning. cold start to our day. got some cloud cover moving through. that is holing temperatures up a little bit. we are in the mid-30s. -- that is holding temperatures up a little bit. a cool afternoon. >> okay. cool, not cold. >> yeah, right there. >> windy? >> breezy. >> he's correcting everything you say. >> i'm glad you asked. it is 43 degrees at reagan national. 40 at dulles. 41 at bwi marshall. as you showed you a few minutes ago, much of the area in the 30s at this hour. we've fallen back into the 30s for the suburbs. looking at your radar, your satellite-radar, no rain to be concerned with. did he we do have cloud cover moving through at the moment. clouds will be with us here for the first part of your day but i think the trend will be to clear things on the by late morning. -- we do have cloud co

>> hickory, north carolina. >> and are you stupid? >> jimmy: is she? yes. wow. take it easy.es. yes. i can be. and i make really stupid decisions but it's cool because you only live once. yolo. >> jimmy: she's right. [ applause ] yolo. who else do we have? >> what is your name? >> john. >> where are you from? >> buffalo, new york. >> john, are you stupid? >> jimmy: is john stupid? everyone says no. okay. >> no, not at all. >> what makes you not stupid? >> book smarts. >> what sort of books do you read? >>. >> jimmy: those do make you smart. all right. >> recent study came out saying that human beings aren't as intelligent as they once were. may i ask you a question? are you stupid? >> jimmy: very interesting. all right. let's, everyone says yes. >> i am not stupid. i'm very intelligent. >> can you prove it? >> ah -- sure, shoot. ask me a question. >> are you stupid? >> no, i'm not stupid. >> jimmy: all right, we have another. >> are you stupid? >> jimmy: wait a minute. pretty sure that's -- i'm pretty sure that's casey abrams from "american idol." yes? let's see what he says.

northern high school, northern middle school, hickory environmental education center and grantsville elementary all closed due to water problems. all other schools are open on time. >> let's find out as far as our weather go. we turn to tucker barnes for that. >> good morning, everybody. got a lot of clouds to start your day but later this afternoon we should see sunshine. it's going to be a little on the cool side. nice drive monday in store. there's your satellite radar. live shot, cloud cover across the area. you can see it in the picture. a little upper level disturbance coming through. the trend will be to lose the cloud cover. we should turn mostly sunny but with winds here at 5 to 10, going to feel breezy and cool out. high temperatures will only top out near 50. definitely bring a jacket. a little on the cool side. currently it's cold. regan national 42. bwi marshal, 40. here's your forecast warming it up to 50 with sunshine building in. the sunsets early this afternoon just after 5:00. all right. more details on the weather in just a minute. let's do the traffic. good mornin

cecil heavier rain this morning, around millers and darlington, hickory, bel air, getting in on that.ckville, this is the scenario this morning, we will begin to clear out more in to the evening. dundalk, plenty of fog and cloud cover across the area this morning, cannot see the key bridge. throughout the day, the temperature coming in around 50, cool, and also breezy. now a check of the traffic with loren cook. >>> good morning, dealing with trouble on the roads, water main break repairs continue to cause delays in mount vernon, madison street, gillford avenue. accidents now, we have a crash owner vin, north point road. to 695, this is what it looks like in parkville. 17 minute delay on the outer loop, 95 up to 83. a crash in howard county, route 175, columbia pike, route 50, westbound, 97. >>> out of time, back to new york for more of good morning america. ♪ >>> there's the instant replay. lara, so graceful in her agony. and josh, enjoying it all too much. >> you know, revenge, a dish best served at madison square garden. >> with 40 cameras. >> it was great. jim courier, along with

>> hickory, north carolina. >> i love it. that's so clever that you can carry the sign.ning. we'll start with a look at washington, d.c. there's a chill in the air. you may feel it up into times square, to the great lakes. but watch the warmer air move east over the weekend. and soothe yourself knowing, by the time we get to sunday and monday, the numbers start to come up. look at chicago. 60 degrees by sunday. new york city may take a little longer. maybe sunday into monday, before we get to the 60-degree mark. but we're on our way. that west coast storm continues to pound anywhere from san francisco north with the heavy rain. but l.a. will get strong showers and strong, gusty winds, and the rough surf along the coastline. it's a rough time on the west coast fo >> we are taking this camera up high and showing you, this is not just a little crowd in times square. this is the place to be on your friday. and we've got it jam-packed with folks. let's go back inside to lara. >> sam, thank you so much. >>> here's a look at what's coming up on our "gma morning menu." brittany'

i teach at the hickory institute of politics at the university of utah, all of whom are lanky eyed, idealistic, some republicans, some democrat from the kindest thing you get out of very bright college students. i wanted the reality of just how difficult it really is. the woodward book does not come off well on the woodward book is the president of the united states. not because he is a socialist type that all the republicans claim years. i got to know him in the senate and i never found that out until after rush limbaugh informed me. [laughter] he was not willing or from his experience base, not capable on the kind of get in the weeds come and make this thing work sort of work. he was still a college professor, university of chicago and said let's talk this through. this process does not work this way. the earlier panel talked about all of the republicans only listen to fox news and democrats only listen to me. he only listens to david axelrod and from emmanuelle in the beginning. i hope esr and by virtue of this campaign, yeah, you one and that great, but if you're going to govern from a fig