how much ice is there? two million pounds. that is a lot of ice. here are our snowfall reports from yesterday. not all that much, but it is nice when these storms go less than expected. i have to admit. three inches, madison. my backyard in arlington, i picked up 1.5 inches of snow. just a good little coating we had yesterday. temperature also rise above freezing and with the sunshine, will be able to melt and thaw that snow. that makes for better pack snow. better snowball fights today than yesterday. 21 in manassas. annapolis at 23. the sky will clear out. we'll see a fair amount of sunshine today and then look ahead towards the weekend. the coastal low pressure system is going to form up the carolina coastline tomorrow and that should track to the north and kick off to the east. that is the general consensus. it will likely keep the snow just out of our region. just out of our region, but that means one little deviation and track to the west, well, then we could see a few areas of light light snow, especially east of 95 on sunday. but right now,

it will be ice. it is still freezing. so, it's going to be ice. but you know if they treat the roads. we'll be good. >> reporter: that's exactly what the d.o.t. says. it will continue to do throughout the night, but they urge patience and caution on your way into work tomorrow morning. reporting live, abc 2 news. >>> it is an ice adrive, right down east north avenue in baltimore, but thanks to a water main break, crews will be working through the night to get the water back on for people in the area. it is a difficulty fix. because it is beneath an old trolley track. the businesses and homes between harper and bel air is effected. the road is open, but they are down a couple of lanes. stay with abc 2 news, if there are school delays tomorrow morning. we will have all of the delayses and cancellations on www.abc2news.com. >>> well, it was a scary start to the school down at harvard middle school. astranger made this way into the school building and into the boy's bathroom. the man came in during the morning rush hour around 8:30. confronted by a re

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encased in ice, this is what happens when crashing waves and icing temperatures combined at the cleveland harbor. through the west pier lighthouse. it looks like a big, beautiful ice sculpture. >> we have our own wicked weather on the way, with the stormtracker 4 radar. and with the scattered light rainfall pushing in. most of this is a drawing this before it hits the ground. and the showers will not move in until overnight. the stormtracker 4 radar is showing steady stream of moisture coming in from the coast and pulling and from the tropical moisture. and that will continue to get steady shots up moisture into the weekend and next week. futurecast, as you head of the weekend, we are going to be seeing widespread shower activity. and picking up in intensity. heavy rainfall. santa rosa, and by 6:00 p.m., pockets of heavy rainfall located through. by 11:00 p.m. on friday, santa rosa, continuing to saturday morning. saturday afternoon, widespread shower activity. and early sunday morning. these computer monitors are- these computer plottemodels are just showing that it is going to be heavy

black ice on the roads.egan has the details. >> that is a threat to anyone commuting through the north bay. we've seen problems associated to the ice in napa, santa rosa and petaluma. we have an injury crash in petaluma that's closed down adobe road at stage gulch road due to the ice on the road. we have caltran heading out trying to take care of the site but really drive with caution because it can cause dangerous driving conditions. still an injury crash northbound 880 at coleman avenue. one right lane is blocked, the right lane blocked for emergency crews on the scene trying to clean up this crash. mass transit may be a great alternate. all systems operating on their normal weekday schedule and no delays. heading out of town towards the sierra, we have chain requirements for highway 50. 88 is closed and if you are taking 80 you don't need chains on your car but you need to have them in your possession. no delays eastbound on interstate 80. 20 minute drive time over to the bridge. >> eric? >> it's 6:41. st

this railing is coated in ice. obviously that tree is coated in ice. that's going to be really the main danger. i think here across parts of kentucky and southern indiana are treats coated in ice. if we get more in accumulation on those tree limbs, those tree limbs will come down and that's where we'll see power outages. so far, we haven't seen that but we're anticipating the rain continuing for the next two hours. it's been two solid years since they had a significant icing event here. as far as what's going on in the louisville airport. they have one runway open. they're kind of alternates between the two runways. treating is with salt and keeping the operations going on. only five cancellations this morning so far throw will be delays. let's talk temperatures. obviously, atlanta, they're having issues yesterday. still having issues this morning. 34 degrees in atlanta, 47 in nashville. 31 in louisville. a huge delineation there, look at memphis, they saw freezing rain, 61. here's the radar, most of the precip across georgia is over. but not so much h

many i'd streets and sidewalks are nthing but ice. live team covage to tell you what the conditions a like in your neighborhood. good morning. thanks for joining us for news 4 today. i'm eun yang. >> good morning. i'moe krebs on this friday, the 17th day of december. we start with school closings and delays to tell you abou because of the snow and ice. >> closed list includes fredericksburg, stafford county, warren county, faulkier, culpepper, st. mary's, sponsylvania. >>> delays are prince george's, frederick, arundel. manassas city schools opening two hours late. we should mention all federal agencies in the washington region will open on time this morning. >> all reported closings and delays running on the bottom of your screen. you can also find a list on nbcwashington.com. >>> and we're taking a live look outside. we have 25 degrees out there this morning. and looks like we still have some clouds above us. i don't know. if s that right, tom? i did see the moon when i was driving in. >> it's now set. it will be up again tonight an

we'll have ice.ow, over to sharon gibala. >>> hey, there, marty, speaking of ice, they have salting operations going on. we have two accidents. one is in joppa at 152 and pulaski. water main break in the city, blocking the senter lane. we can take a live look outside, we'll see that the westside of the beltway is showing minor delays. average speed about 45 miles per hour. this is brought to you by lexus. the lexus december to remember event. go to your local lexus dealer today. >> the five alarm fire that swept through the block was started by someone, investigators aren't calling it arson yet. the fire destroyed buildings in the adult entertainment district last week. someone did start the fire, but they're not sure that someone meant to do so. >>> the board walk in ocean city could be getting a facelift. the beach town will hold a public hearing in february. it would take up to two years to complete the job and could cost up to $10 million. many of the pilings and the beams under the board walk ar

we've had an ice storm. a little further to the north, indianapolis, an inch or two of snow on the ground. northern illinois has gotten an inch or two. chicago, it's been just to your south. and minneapolis, you've been spared too. this whole mess is making its way toward looks like north carolina and virginia are going to see the snow as we go throughout the day. here's a look at the radar. again, light freezing rain is in the pink. lexington, louisville is the worst of it. three to six inches is possible through west virginia and portions of virginia and we'll have to watch for snow later on today. otherwise the weather pattern pretty quiet in the deep south. that's a look at your thursday forecast. now here's a look at the weather outside your window. well, you can see how messy this treacherous pattern is. today, much warmer. no problems at all for your morning commute. nashville, you're warm enough. you're only going to have to deal with some rain showers. lynn, even our nation's capitol can expect an i

there is ice on the potomac. this ice has formed in the last 24 hours. it takes a whilefor the moving waters of the potomac river to freeze up. for moving water to freeze up, scenes along the potomac river. after the snow fell it accumulated on the ice. there is ice from bank to bank from areas from near georgetown down to the 14th street bridge. we've got this ice that is continuing to creep to south. and it's getting a little bit south of the 14th street bridge now, too. as the cold weather continues, ice may continue creeping south down the river. a live picture of the neighborhoods of northwest washington in the foreground. yesterday with the show we could barely make out gnat cathedral. now we've got the cathedral visible. above freezing at national airport. quite dry. a light breeze coming in out of the north. look at the lows we had this morning. it was down to 5 degrees in martinsburg, west virginia, this morning. reagan national bottomed out at 23. upper teens in prince georges county. bottomed out in the single digits and low teens in montgomer

>> ice skating. >> ice skating. >> you could see the remains of the pool. i thought the ice rink was made out of one of the largest pools. >> yes. you can see the ell that goes around. they tried to make it a tropical beach theme. they had a bunch of sand. like you could not go to the beach 40 feet away. >> it did burn down. it seems like it would have been a wonderful resource for the city to purchase it and rebuild it -- >> you could never afford the money to rebuild it. >> there were efforts to try to keep it. someone tried to sell it to the city in the 1950's. they kept it going with the ice skating rink. it closed and it looked bad. people thought we should buy it and keep it. other people wanted to put condos in there. a serious fire started and the whole place burn down. they still talk about it as a mysterious fire. it could have been an insurance thing. >> hello, gladys. was glad to hear from you and not going to return. will write in a few days. >> that is a bath and the house behind. >> you can see the chimney heating that area. >> a pool opened

pink is where the ice is. that's been over lexington, louisville, cincinnati, mostly central and northern kentucky really the problem area for the ice. the snow has been prevalent around indianapolis, we already picked up about an inch or two and now that is starting to extend now moving into all of west virginia and eventually that will slide through areas of washington, d.c. and richmond, richmond could end up with 3 to 5 inches of snow out of this. after last year's blockbuster season, it's amazing we're already getting another storm. here's a look -- closer look at the radar, huntington, west virginia, all snow but freezing rain through kentucky. not quite seeing a lot of the snow hit the ground. the air is dry there but it'll moisten up and we will see it going up to roanoke and charlotte during the morning commute. d.c. to richmond as we go throughout probably the end of the rush hour more like midmorning, it'll be a daylight snow event for d.c. and areas like alexandria. the highest totals in the mounta

watch for black ice. watch for the refreeze and especially in the suburbs pay attention to that because it's going to be well down into the single digits in some spots. above freezing, though, for afternoon highs the next few days. that ought to feel great. i've got to tell you just being outside tonight with no wind felt so much better even though it's in the mid-20s. we've been talking about a coastal storm for some time now on sunday. yesterday it looked like it would be mostly out to sea. today it's still a bit close to the coast. it's close enough now some models are suggesting there could be an accumulation as close by as the eastern shore, maybe flurries for d.c. so pay attention to that sunday forecast. we certainly will be here in the fox 5 weather center and keep you ahead of what we think is going to happen. today's high temperature, no wonder every flake was sticking only in the 20s across the region, 27 at reagan, dulles and dwi, 24 degrees. officially 1 1/2 inches goes in the books. that's w

this is down at the gaylord national resort and we have ice. these are all ice sculptures. look at that. they have 2 million pounds of sculpted i started it took a couple of dozen workers one month to do that, each working 12 hour shifts. they work in an 9-degree conditions. >> i went last year and it is unbelievable. >> that will do it for us. don't forget school closings ♪ ♪ ten thousand watts of xmas cheer ♪ ♪ ten thousand watts glow brightly clear ♪ ♪ the colored lights will shine sincere, ho, ho, ho ♪ ♪ ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ♪

can't really see black ice. bay bridge, metering lights off, traffic light. 18 minutes from the carquinez bridge to the maze. wind advisory also in effect for the carquinez bridge, benicia bridge and dumbarton bridge. also for the peninsula, especially on 280 between 380 and 92 so use caution. looks like 280 though moving well. things are dark at the san mateo bridge. we have the lights ou. traffic moving well from 880 to 101 from hayward to foster city, no delays. an easy 13-minute ride. mass transit this morning not bad. everything on time for bart, ace, muni and caltrain. ace 3 just left from tracy on time. now, if you are getting a start to a long weekend, lucky you if you are headed to the snow, heads up, get your chains on highway 50, 80, you will need them sometime this weekend. back to you. >> thank you. >>> here's a check of some of today's top stories. three people are dead after an apartment fire this morning in oakland. the victims include a three- year-old girl. two women who jumped from the upper f

that turns to ice. you want to drive with caution. winter is roughly and we are dealing with this wintry mix already. this monica the or are just a few snowflakes falling. we need to be concerned but the blaze because of the standing water with colder temperatures. it is windy. the order is turning to ice in areas that you can not necessarily see. -- the water. vdot crews an additional loads since 6:00 last night and are continuing to treat doubleclick is to make sure things are safe for the morning commute. we will continue watching the boats and let you know how the situation is. >>> the midwest has filled the full force of the storm that is headed in our direction. snow fell in minneapolis and caused the mertrodome roof to collapse. they cleared that individuals of 21 degrees below. neighbors across the region are paralyzed by snow and ice and four deaths are blamed on the storm. stay with us for other updates throughout today on tbd.com. >>> prince george's county police are looking for a man who led them on a pursuit. they tried

real icing is the icing for ginger bread because it dries so hard. can -- you can build a big house and add things to it. and it's going to stay. it's going to hold. the next thing to do is decide what you are going to put your house on. i suggest that if you want to have a nice yard and put snow around the yard, you can use cardboard but cut it big enough i love covering it up in foil something like that. >> something -- >> and make it colorful. >> are you kidding me? how do you -- i am going to eat. >> yes. these. >> these are all your decorations for the house. >> yes. >> give me ideas. >> everybody brings several kinds of candies. look at this. you see cereals coconut for snow. and then i am taking a real soft roll icing and you can make your icing out of egg whites or if you have little ones, you will invite make the grand kids or little ones and they put their fingers in their mouth or other -- adults, you might want to choose instead of raw egg whites use pastures i'd powder that is the equivalent. >> we have about a minute left. >> okay. >> s

the assaults, will ice up because it is cold out here. it is going to be slippery. >> all of the anne arundel schools closed early because of the snow. it became -- began falling at 11:00 a.m. this morning. roads and sidewalks and parking lots were covered. >> it is the way it is supposed to be at christmas time. i think it is beautiful. >> snow shovels were growing fast. >> the snow shovels were going quickly. >> good for business? >> good for business. >> any talk of snow is great for business, says this person. >> the crowds were pretty good today. >> what are you selling primarily? >> i smelled. melt.sold a lot -- ice >> good for business? >> absolutely. a call for snow is good for business. as the snow continued to my snow plow trucks were out throwing salt, trying to keep area roads as safe as possible. the christmas season here was booming and everyone has their own opinion about the snow. >> i love it. i'm from new york. i've loved it. >> it is just winter, that is all. >> is christmas time. it is supposed to be white and cold. >>

an ice storm is now glazing over tennessee and kentucky. and another round of snow is in store for the upper midwest. karen travers has more. >> reporter: the bitter cold and relentless winter weather are showing no signs of easing up. snow was followed by ice in parts of the midwest. this lighthouse near cleveland is frozen solid. in the southeast, sleet and freezing rain turned roads into skating rinks. at least five people were killed in accidents caused by icy conditions. parts of kentucky and tennessee are bracing this morning for ice accumulations of up to half an inch. >> i couldn't see it. black ice, it's transparent. you can't see it. folks, you have to be real careful. especially if you have a loved one in the car with you. >> reporter: lake-effect snow pummeled upstate new york. with two weeks to go, this month is already the second-snowiest december on record in that region. residents of minnesota are still digging out from their own massive snowfall this week. and officials will are now concerned about how this early winter wea

the bay area. >> police believe black ice caused two rollover accidents in napa county.he crashes were about two miles aparand both drivers were injured. no word how serious. >> caltran's crews were called out before dawn to deice the sectn of a road after another crash there. the chp says black ice is difficult to spot but not impossle. >> there's a term called high visual horizon which basically means you wanna look down the road as far as possible while you're driving because you can observe the black ice before you even approach it because there will be a distinct discoloration in the roadway which is an onious sign there is some kind of black ice. >> let's talk to lisa argen to see when things are warming up. >> look at the 20s. 29 antioch, 27 vallejo, 29 livermore this morning. elsewhere 30s pretty much everywhere except for san francisco at 42. so we have the clear skies, a light wind in place a that's really what allowed for the cool, cool atmosphere. we will see relative clear skies by think a few clouds will mov in overnht. not exceeding 20s but col enough. how

the russian capitals covered in a sheet of ice. for the domestic flights up and running that. mean that the number of people still being affected. welcome this is r t it's no nine pm here in moscow. with our top stories from the week for you and after months of delay a landmark nuclear cut steel between russia and the u.s. is on the verge of being brought into force this week the new strategic arms reduction treaty or start was approved by both russian.

drag queens on ice. oakland schools, after a ♪ ♪ you can find your feet and you can find your way ♪ ♪ you can find yourself in bed at the end of the day ♪ ♪ you can find some fun on a tropical isthmus ♪ ♪but you'll never find my... ♪ you can find it in your heart to be patient with me ♪ ♪ you can find a new star for the top of the tree ♪ ♪ i don't mean to be coy and i don't mean to be vicious ♪ ♪ but you'll never find my christmas ♪ " "((kevin ward, 7th grade - 1:05:23 - my feet was cold and stuff, so i just brought a big and some thermals u >>> tomorrow should be warm inside oakland schools after a few frigid days. >> just a big jacket and thermals under my pants because it is really cold in there. >> he is talking about inside his classroom. the oakland unified school district shut off the heat in all of the buildings for the thanksgiving break to save money. it was supposed to be restored for school on monday. but that didn't happen. >> when we tried to restart the heating system, particularly in some

sheets of ice on the roads on the sidewalks and all of that ice is now covered by snow so there are massive traffic disruptions because all of the conditions on the roads there may very many accidents the ice that has engulfed the russian capital over the weekend has paralyzed not just the traffic on the ground it actually also caused massive disruptions as true of most because major airports. thousands of people stranded for days on end without proper food water. someone that you see everyone responsible for this situation has to be in place celebrating the new year only that it was out of power but people continue to arrive at the airport where there was no information provided eight thousand people were stranded there what did you do to help people nothing well weather forecasters are saying that this kind of sort of weather but actually take a turn for the worst as there is more ice and more ice rain is expected to fall in mosco in the next couple of days so business actually may not be such a merry holiday season for after all. porting there now at fifty five trillion dollars a

there was snow and then there was ice. in the southeast, sleet and freezing rain turned the roads into skating rinks. five people were killed in accidents caused by conditions. kentucky and tennessee are bracing this morning for ice accumulations of up to a half- inch. >> you have to be careful especially if you have a loved one in the car. >> minnesota is digging child from a massive storm and they are concerned about how the early winter weather will affect their budget. it's no surprise the rules of the minneapolis metrodome collapsed under the weight of 17 inches of snow, it will not be fixed in time for the game. ba has been moved to the university of minnesota outdoor stadium. the only problem is it is full of snow. abc news. >>> new details are emerging about the man who shot at members of the florida school board. 56-year-old clay duke was shot by police as he fired at school board members and then killed himself. cuba's upset that his wife lost her teaching job earlier this year. >> you loved me and his family. he

the bay area. >> police believe black ice caused two rollover accidents in napa county.he crashes were about two miles apart and both drivers were injured. no word how serious. >> caltran's crews were called out before dawn to deice the section of a road after another crash there. the chp says black ice is difficult to spot but not impossible. >> there's a term called high visual horizon which basically means you wanna look down the road as far as possible while you're driving because you can observe the black ice before you even approach it because there will be a distinct discoloration in the roadway which is an onious sign there is some kind of black ice. >> let's talk to lisa argen to see when things are warming up. >> look at the 20s. 29 antioch, 27 vallejo, 29 livermore this morning. elsewhere 30s pretty much everywhere except for san francisco at 42. so we have the clear skies, a light wind in place and that's really what allowed for the cool, cool atmosphere. we will see relative clear skies by think a few clouds will move in overnight. not exceeding 20s but cold

black ice. >> winter storms make a mess on the road and the ice and sleep turning dangerous. >>> the world's most famous internet leaker out of jail. adam is back in as the storm watch continues. how long will thus no stick arou [ female announcer ] safeway talks the main course. mmm. you smell that? yeah, wait. what is that? love. smells like ham. [ female announcer ] serve a main course brimming with comfort and joy. safeway. ingredients for life. [ female announcer ] safeway talks holiday favorites. i love eggnog, i love gingerbread, i love pumpkin pie. i love everything but those blinking lights. oh yeah, right in my eye. [ female announcer ] if it tastes like the holidays, we've got it. safeway. ingredients for life. >> the controversial founder of wikileaks is getting -- walking out of jail. a british judge dismissed an appeal to keep julian assange behind bars and granted him bail. he has moved to a british country mansion as he fights extradition to sweden where he faces charges of -- sec's charges. -- sex charges. >>> an army doctor who does a book -- disobeyed orders to go

ice breakers mints with icy-cool flavor crystals. ice breakers. stay cool. >>> weather first with meteorologist howard bernstein. >> cloudy and cold. we've got teens and 20s. snow is on the way. it will stick on anything that is not treated with salt or any sort of snow-melting chemicals. here is your day planner today. we'll be watching the snow breaking out here later on this morning. 9:00, possibly some snow by then. i think maybe a little bit later in the metro. temperatures will be slow to climb. only in the upper 20s with one to maybe three inches of snow. we'll break down the snow totals and everything coming up in a few minutes. richard andrei has your time saver traffic. >> a good morning once again. it looks like on the inbound gw parkway, no problems or incidents past 123 all the way to the 14th street bridge. all lanes open and no problems. complete look at traffic coming your way at 5:47. mike and andrea? >> sounds good, richard. >>> a weather-related commute for this morning as well. do not count on taking whites ferry across the pot

it gets to be that hard ice. >> it does.ven taking it slow driving into work, i fishtailed a few times so when you head out this morning, take it easy because the roads are icy. >> and the sidewalks too. walk like a penguin. >> did you do that? >> yeah, i did a little shuffle. 1.5inches. gurvir, i've had enough of you and it is only 5:15 in the morning. about 1.5 inches across the area. a little more some some spots. alexandria, 2.1 and frostburg, 2.5. first official snowfall of of the season, first inch at reagan national appear we got another chance for an inch of snow as we get into the weekend. 25degrees at reagan national. 18 at gaithersburg. a hard freeze out there. martinsburg, 12. 25 at quantico. fredericksburg is currently 25 degrees. so a cold start to the day. we've been saying it for weeks now. lots of winter coats, jackets, golfs, -- gloves, that kind of thing. it will be mostly sunny this afternoon and temperatures in the mid-30s. our next focus is to the south and to the west down into the gulf. we'll watch a

we have heard reports of slippery spots, like ice -- ice reported.ick because of the midwest storms and have been some flight cancellations and delays. people will be getting back to the airport today trying to get a flight to their destinations. if you are seeking a flight today, azteca status first. in montgomery county the good news is that there's no accumulation on the roads. if you are heading child to this morning, you are urged to be cautious. brianne carter, abc 7 news. >>> stay with abc 7 for updates all day. log on to tbd.com. >>> prince george's county police looking for robbery suspect who led officers on a wild chase that began less night in college park and ended in laurel. they sought a car matching the as putin of 1 wanted two purse snatchings and a robbery in college park. the suspects abandoned the car along virginia manor and then took off on foot. >>> four adults died and more than 100 others had to be rescued from a fire at a breeders' hiles in huntingtown. firefighters rushed to the scene and pkg carried dozens of adults about. -- firefighters carried dozens of do

black ice. we may see it tomorrow morning as well. what you can do to stay safe. >>> and we continue to track a weather system offshore, coming up the timing and the rainfall intensity, we'll have that in your full forecast coming up in just a bit. >>> the cold temperatures coupled with run off from the recent raincreated dangerous conditions this morning. black ice formed on roadways causing spin outs leading to several accidents in the south bay. officials are warning officers to take special precautions. >> when the temperatures get below 40, especially now my car says 33 degrees out there. when it gets this cold you have to driver careful. get off the accelerator. >>> the cold overnight temperatures are expected to continue tomorrow. >>> and the california highway patrol says that black ice caused a massive traffic accident this morning in the santa cruz mountains. where three vehicles crashed spilling diesel fuel into a creek and forcing a driver to escape from a truck that was dangling from an overpass. ktvu's robert handa has t

east bay ice sculptor mark davis in sunnyvale tonight -- east bay ice sculpt tore carved it as people watched. each year the organization comes up with a different theme. in the past they have been donated out of can goods. >>> the uc berkeley graduate freed from a prison is taking to youtube to help her friends in iran. >> the music video for sarah shourd's song is now posted online. it is one of many she composed while in solitaire confinement. money raised will be used to help free them. >> we need them back in this world. we don't need them sitting in a prison somewhere. this song is putting out there the intention and the hope and the certainty that i feel they will be with us again and they will be with us again soon. >> she says she used to sing to them when they were allowed to each other. >>> three concord teenagers are accused of breaking into a chicken coop and killing two chickness. a custodian found the birds dead last wednesday about 8:30 in the morning. four other chickness were found unharped. it appears the chickens were strangled to death. >>> there were a lot of cal

this is the level that ice street water gauge in sacramento. darn this thing. okay. those are tides. mostly a summer period, but these are floods so you can see, you know the water levels get up to nine meters there. there's a book called, conquering the inner sea which is a history of levies in sacramento valley and trying to contain the water. the fact is, this sort of thing could potentially get more frequent and potentially higher. i don't want to sound like the national inquirer here and when you count, you take one of these climate models and look at exceedings and this is open coast and now we took an hourly record and counted the number of times in our simulation where we included tides and elnonos, in a moderate this is 30 centimeters over the hundred year period. not three feet about. little more than one foot. these are exceeding above a level that happens less than once a year and you can see, over time how often those get exceeded. i won't go into the filigree here. let's go to the next one. you missed my cartoon but - summing up, in this report did you

. >> reporter: below freezing outside, inside, on ice. now, house democrats say in the next couple of weeks they are going to be voting on something, but, lynn, they say it may not be the president's plan. >> tracie potts in washington. thank you. >>> russian prime minister vladimir putin is accusing the u.s. and western countries of hypocrisy over their criticism of whistleblower website wikileaks. in a news conference yesterday, putin said the west had no right to preach to russia about democracy when wikileaks founder julian assange was in prison. that he should be awarded the nobel peace prize for his work. >>> meanwhile, dutch police have arrested a 16-year-old boy for allegedly helping carry out hacker attacks. in a show of support for wikileaks in attacks on mastercard and visa. >>> thousands of students took to the streets of london yesterday with some attacking a car carrying prince charles and his wife camilla. his rolls roiz was surrounded by demonstrators hurling firecrackers and paint balls. the couple was obviously shaken up

that's how an ice storm sets up.lly in the making for lexington, louisville, cincinnati, most of southern indiana, eastern kentucky and parts of tennessee. i think some of the numbers here are on the low side. clearly, there could be a half inch of ice and in many spots, i'd say louisville, lexington is the bulls eye. that would be -- i would say a half inch to an inch of ice possible as this goes. now, can you imagine what an inch of ice will do to powerlines, trees, people? pets, horses? all those things out there, it is a cold day that feels like temperatures are in the teens and 20s, but this is an overrunning event. think of yourself in an old factory and you are putting boxes on a conveyer belt and it is taking boxes to the second floor. they represent the rain. the rain is going to go to the second floor. that's 1,000 feet in the sky. en then all of a sudden, these boxes are going to fall to the ground and freeze on contact. either sleet or freeze like a big old piece of glaze. we'll be talking about that stor

check out the lighthouse encased in snow and ice. look at that. >> this happened after the chilly winds that blew watt ash snow all over the harbor west pier lighthouse. parts of ohio has seen more than a foot of snow the last few days. and thanks to some late fall snowstorms something i know you are look forward to megan. because that's home to you. >> that's home to me, yeah. i am no strangeer to the snow but don't want it this winter. now moving on to the ho hot topic. we have tried to lose weight and there's always seems to be some hot new trend different way to shed pounds. >> there may be a cool way to do it now to help you fight the battle of the bulge thermal dieting. a new understanding of how cool temperatures can melt pound is a brain child of the man who says the body has to work overtime to overcome the cold. it wants to balance out at 98.6 degrees. now, ice baths may make you shiver and the walks in the shorts may make you shake and it may not be for everyone. . >> the body wants to maintain a balance. so 98.6 degrees.

check out the lighthouse encased in snow and ice.t happened after the wind blew water and snow all over the cleveland harbor and parts oaf higho have seen more than a foot of snow thanks to the snow from the late snowstorm they have seen there. that's incredible video. looks almost fake doesn't it? >> it does look fake like the house in kansas city two days ago from the water main break. but any chance of that happening today? let's ask lynette charles who is in for justin. >> that's a beautiful shot but we won't see that much snow. >> good. >> we will see about an inch about a dusting to an inch around the baltimore area and further to the south you go one to three inches there. right now, the temperatures are coming in cold this morning into baltimore. right around 20 degrees. more of the same in pasadena. 14 degrees in westminster. you can see the gusts about 12, 11, 12, but better than what we saw yesterday and the day before that. we can take that. make sure to bundle up. satellite and radar picks up on what's to come. we have l

in fact we're standing in the midst of a beautiful frozen ice sculpture a village which is all that a beautiful with lights it's just an amazing amazing time earlier today we had to you had the opportunity to spend preparing for the new year with families getting ready for their celebrations we went to the market with them which was an interesting experience in itself no need for refrigerators there and because all of the fish are frozen all of the meat is frozen even the milk is sold in frozen blocks we then went and joined a family that had adopted more than eight children as they had their new year's celebration that meal it was a very special time as they had a traditional russian meal as well but really the people here they don't like to call the bring them down that they embrace the freezing temperatures in fact believe it or not there is

the deer fell through thin ice and was not able to free itself.ome area firefighters and some good samaritans, the ice is broken off for the deer to get free. a happy ending to the story. our coverage continues thanks to you and your contributions to our u local page on wbaltv.com. we received dozens of voters from all over the state. this shows the aftermath of some of the slick streets. you can upload images to wbaltv.com. >> now traffic pulse 11 and insta-weather plus together. >> good morning. kim dacey checking on your morning commute. the roads are slick out there, so be careful. we have a crash on eastern avenue. a vehicle is stopped on the medium. water main break in the city. one on highland avenue. the alternate will be clinton. another north and collington. another blocks the right lane of southbound york road. there is a crash in the abington area. it is blocking all lanes on aventine road. use route 24. northbound 97 at generals highway, the report of the disabled vehicle. picking up on the inner and outer loops. the road is free and

or unclear ice. >> by the time the water hits the surface, it freezes. >> black ice all the time.ou can't see that. one guy broke his ankle. he stepped off the machine and went up under the machine. >> reporter: even worse, sometimes the smallest breaks go unreported and the black ice builds. >> when a pipe breaks and an alarm goes off, that's noft the case. when a large -- not the case. when a large main breaks, we know it. we can see it on the distribution system. we're not going to know this small six-inch main is broken. >> reporter: that's where you come in. >> we need someone to call. we need someone to call and let us know. >> reporter: to prevent ice like this from forming, crews spread salt all around in dc. the crews send a sand truck out right away. they say they'll try to get the sand trucks out there even before crews tow to repair that water main break. anita. >> all right. thank you. >>> right now a suspect accused of shooting a police and a possible robbery is on the run. this is the second time in six days somebody has opened fire on a prince george's county cop a

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. >>> expectancy patches of black ice if temperatures dip below freezing tonight. >> behind this, frigidtic and cold air. if you look at pennsylvania at this hour, the roadways are still what appeared -- if you look at pennsylvania avenue at this hour, the roadways are still wet. 1 inch of rain in annapolis with current temperatures at 39 degrees. it will got well into the 50's today. it is 36 degrees in bethesda and 37 degrees in manassas. the record is 71 degrees back in 1873. it is a longstanding record and it will continue. the wind chill factor is not so bad, 37 degrees. but it is coming, the cold air. gaithersburg is also at 37 degrees right now. you can see the colder air to the west of us. you can see 80 degrees in detroit. chicago finally -- you can see 18 degrees in detroit. chicago finally called off their weather alert. here is the spin in the atmosphere. the low pressure will move out of here. now we have a few scattered snow showers. tonight, there is not a whole lot of worry for accumulation. looking at the radar, off to the west of us, there is still a storm warning in ef

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