in virginia, clark and frederick counties open an hour late. in west virginia, the following counties starting two hours late. >>> howard person seen and angie goff has traffic, and helding created melting conditions. >> be extra careful. already seeing lane closures because of this. >> section of 355 near bennett where water creeps through the road. something going on there. county has been informed, but watch for icy spots. and let's talk about what's going on outside. energy in the upper level spinning across the midwest, northeast, new england. mountains protect us, but one or two snow showers may sneak in. it is a cold, blustery morning. down to 9 in oakland. 18 in culpeper. 22 for win chester. 23 in easton, wind chills in the low teens. a cold day ahead, maybe a flurry or snow shower this afternoon. highs in the low 30s. wind chills in the teens and 20s. >>> happy new year, everybody. thank you for joining us early this monday morning. begin with that slick spot, trouble spot number one, bridge avenue at earn shaw, we have icy conditions. they ta

west virginia will play an increasing major role in our energy's future. west virginia ranks second in the nation in exporting electricity. and most of our coal and natural gas is sent out of state. 2009 was a tough year for coal. despite the fact that half of our nation's electricity is generated by coal and that our national economy depends on this abundant, reliable and affordable energy, some want to vilifyize this that helped us win two world wars and helped build the greatest country in the world. [applause] >> we must continue to stand up for our coal miners and their families. we're not asking for a handout. all we're asking for is the permission to work. [applause] >> we are reaching new and better ways to use our coal. there is a plans to be had between our economy and our environment. and west virginia is leading the way in finding balance. our alternative and renewable energy portfolio require one-fourth of the energy used in our state to come from alternative or renewable energy resources by the year 2025. a progressive law such as this is alre

in west virginia, berkeley, jefferson, and morgan county schools are on a two-hour delay. >>> bundle of. freezing temperatures continue today. strong winds knocked out power to several homes. most of the eastern u.s. is in a very deep freeze. >>> there are new airport screening rules. passengers from 14 countries of interest, such as nigeria and iran will be sub -- and iraq will be subject to additional screening. >>> faced with a win, the jets and ravens both came out on top. in the nsc, the cowboys for a wild-card rematch back in dallas. >>> the redskins ended their season 4-12. could this be the end of the road for jim zorn? according to an official, zorn will be fired today. he is wrapping up his second season with the team. for zorn, it is business as usual. >> there are a lot of things out there as far as stories. i get to that. i am working on our team meeting and are off season schedule. until it is told on any other effort, i am getting ready. >> along those lines, the sword is scheduled to have is press conference today at 12:25 per keep it right here. we will have the lates

west. a few showers out -- snow showers in western pennsylvania and parts of west virginia if you're travelingere will be a few snow showers around the great lakes and in upstate new york and in northern new england. otherwise shouldn't have any flight delays, maybe light snow in the northern rockies, rain in the pacific northwest. here's the bus stop forecast. your child needs gloves and warm mittens at least and a good warm hat to stay warm because there is a risk of hypothermia and frostbite with extended exposure. waiting at the bus stop it's painfully cold this morning. we'll have the temperatures by noon time still below freezing, maybe a few flurries flying through the ware. highs reaching near the freezing mark. partly cloudy tonight. past full moon in the sky with clouds racing through near 20 tomorrow morning. partly cloudy and mid-30s tomorrow and on wednesday winds diminishing. thursdayight get a little light snow during the afternoon and evening and may continue off and on into friday. does not look like a big storm but maybe a few inches of accumulation. highs in the low 30s frid

barring that was the supreme court's decision in the case from west virginia just a shot in the dark soon to be eclipsed and forgotten under the rubric of citizens united? and by the way, with the supreme court's decision last week unleashing unlimited special-interest money in all elections including judicial elections in the vast majority of states, what are the consequences? so i have asked our panelists to make a few opening remarks each, no more than five minutes. although i don't have a red light, justice o'connor, plan to be just as brutal chief justice rehnquist. i am going to start. he set up a commission set up to fix the situation there. he will tell us what happened in the west virginia and presumably what the steps might be. >> thank you very much. certainly an honor to be here this morning. i would be remiss if i did not start out being reminded of the story of fred thompson used to tell when he left his law practice to serve as watergate counsel. he remarked to a friend, great, i can just see him not being introduced. here is sam dash constitutional scholar and arguabl

he will tell us what happened in the west virginia and presumably what the steps might be. >> thank you very much. certainly an honor to be here this morning. i would be remiss if i did not start out being reminded of the story of fred thompson used to tell when he left his law practice to serve as watergate counsel. he remarked to a friend, great, i can just see him not being introduced. here is sam dash constitutional

in west virginia, berkeley, jefferson, and morgan county schools are delayed by two hours. steve joins us with the very latest conditions. >> improving conditions in terms of the wind, especially around the immediate metro area. we are looking at wednesday at about 15 in d.c., ocean city 18 miles per hour winds. just a moment ago we talked about the school delays in garrett county and western maryland. there is a winter weather advisory until 6:00 in the evening tomorrow. they could pick up 4 to 5 inches of snow. there is a win -- when jill advisory for the panhandle area. -- when the chill advisory. tomorrow, daytime high temperatures just around freezing. a look at the extended forecast in just a few minutes. >> people forced to go out in the cold tonight bundled up, but some could not escape the freezing temperatures even in their own homes. we have more on how people are facing -- people are facing these frigid temperatures. >> this is one of those days where trees toppled like dominoes. >> the most ridiculous whether to be walking around in. >> the wind took a toll on a

but i did cover base jumping in west virginia off a bridge when i worked in west virginia.was amazing. they would have like diving boards for these guys to jump off of. >> isn't it amazing? >> they're completely calm as they are doing this. base jumping, incredibly high cliffs and they're like whatever, everything's cool. the jumper's name is c.j. and this video points to his website, basedreams.com. the video calls itself, listen to this, a window into the world where human beings can fly. and the song there is called "new slang." you know that. >> love the shins. >> really, it's like flying. >> yeah, sort of. got to have that parachute. but they don't have a backup. that's the thing with basejumping. >> i know. >> just work. >> you don't have that tandem opportunity. would i jump out of a plane in tandem but i wouldn't do this. those are some of the hottest videos from 2009. here at cnn.com, we're actually linking you to the story. it's on our main page now. it says where the top videos are of 2009. if you click on it, you will see right here, susan boyle, no shock, numbe

meanwhile, schools in clarke county and frederick county virginia are starting one hour late. berkeley county schools in west virginia, two hours late as well as, grant county, hardy, jefferson, mineral and morgan counties. for more information go to nbc4.com and we'll have any updates starting at 5:00 a.m. >>> a passer by led police to an overturned car in rock creek this morning. the driver was still inside. he died. the passer by spotted the wheel of 22-year-old joshua cole man's car in the creek late this morning. fire officials say the car was submerged in five or six feet of water find south of p street on rock creek parkway. >> an unwitnessed event as far as i know. no telling how long this person was in the water and, of course, the longer you're in, the more potential for a fatal ouome. we don't have any timelines there. >> reporter: investigators are trying to figure out why the vehicle left the road and if another car was involved. u.s. park police want anyone who saw the accident to give them a call. >>> the u.s. and british embassies in yemen remain closed tonight. officials shut them down after

more importantly than in the resident comments also in the community peers overlook in a state like west virginia, where we're very concerned about speed and broadband deployment, high-speed internet connections, it affects the entire economy of the state when there is no high-speed connections and most of the towns, for example, in west virginia in terms of economic development. the justice companies in the past would've looked at what are the roots of this town, now the road is the internet as well as the road is that the truck arrives on. >> host: and why is the cwa endorsing and supporting high-speed? >> guest: the biggest groups of our members to work on a network itself. you know, so number one at their jobs. so we're looking at an economy now with a minimum 10% official unemployment and look at unofficial it is 20. so decoration for people to work on the network number one. and number two, job creation is pronounced of coming in now, catching up in terms of the world economy and economic development that goes along with it. so to the extent we are worried come which obviously wired about j

economy of the state when there's no high-speed connections in most of the town, for example, in west virginia in term thes of economic development. so just as companies in the past would have looked at, you know, what are the roads through this town, now the road is the internet as well as, you know, the road the truck arrives on. >> host: and why is the cwa endorsing or, you know, supporting high-speed? >> guest: well, again, the biggest group of our members do work on the network itself. and, you know, so, number one, it's their jobs. so we're looking at an economy now with, you know, a minimum of 10% official unemployment and when you look at underemployment, it's 20. so the job creation for people who work on the network, number one. number two, the job creation, the spin-offs of, you know, catching up in terms of the world economy and the economic development that goes along with it. to the extent we're worried, which obviously we are, about job flight out of the u.s., about folks in the u.s. turning into consumers -- you can't really be a consumer without working, at least most of us ca

there is no connection in towns in west virginia, for example. the road is the internet as well as the road that the truck arrives on. the biggest group of our members works on the network itself. it is their job. we are looking at an economy now with a minimum of 10% unofficial employment. the job creation employs people who work on the network. catching up in terms of the economic development that goes along with it. it is about folks in the u.s. turning into consumers. you cannot really be a consumer without working. it is a combination of the two. several hundred thousand of our members actually work on the network and are concerned about their futures. we promote among our own members, constant upgrading of skills. look to the future and not to the technologies of the past. we started the campaign in iowa two years ago. it was our members in iowa who met with candidates in both parties to talk about libraries, schools, hospitals, and clinics in i would not have high-speed connections and what that means. our organization is not just about th

. >> jon: 2006, the sago mine disaster in west virginia, 13 miners trapped, 12 died before rescuers reachedhem. mel gibson, he drinks a little too much and busted for dui looking like we've never seen him before. the krk dial hunter steve irwin is killed in a freak encounter with a stingray, saddam hussein executed at dawn in baghdad and on february 11th a story that the media still talks about three years later, vice-president dick cheney accidentally shoots and wounds his 78-year-old hunting partner, harry whittington while on a quail hunt at a ranch in texas. the hunting accident, it's sort of the gift that keeps on giving for main street media, isn't it judy? >> it really did. we went straight from the pictures of people stranded on roof tops in new orleans, the inability of the federal government to the bush administration to respond, straight, straight to dick cheney shooting his friend with a rifle. i mean, it couldn't have been better. >> shotgun. >> shotgun. >> there we go. >> na, na. >> i'm not an outdoor girl. >>, but you know, it really set the entire tone, anything was fair gam

in the teens and single dudigits this morning. it is a blustery outside. the wind chill will make it seem downright bidder. far to the west, in the page county and into west virginia, cold. the wind will not be as strong tonight. looking ahead to tomorrow, still a bit breezy. mid 30's. the week continues to go on and we will see more sunshine and milder air. chance of some snow on thursday and friday. will not hit 30 on sunday. back over to you. >> thank you. >>> a major milestone for the dvd. ben bernanke. figures for the financial crisis. jeremy hubbard has more. >> the head of the for a reserve says the central bank is not to blame for the financial crisis. ben bernanke said weak regulation was responsible for the housing bubble. he has been asking congress to grant the fed greater oversight powers. critics argue the fed kept rates too low after the 2001 recession. this week on wall street could t the tone for the rest of the year. investors will be watching for what is known as the january effect, where stocks often rise to start a new year. if the first five days are up, the year often finishes at the same way. the world's tallest tower opened in dubai today.

the snow showers are diminishing over the weekend in west virginia, but a new clipper comes in monday and tuesday. we could pick up some clouds and most of this note will be out west. maybe a quick snow shower on tuesday. the warming trend is very gradual. 32 on sunday for the high. 38 on tuesday and wednesday through friday will be in the 40's. >> fighting breast cancer can be an emotional journey and for some women after they win their battle breast cancer strikes again. doctors are saying there are things you can do to lower your risk of getting it again. we explain in this morning's woman's doctor. >> a recent study looked at what women can do to avoid developing breast cancer a second time. >> the most important thing is if they had this cancer they should take their anti-metric and medication -- anti-estrogen medication. there are multiple medications out there. if you don't tolerate one medication, you can switch to another. >> family history increases the risk for a second breast cancer, but obesity, drinking alcohol and smoking increased risk significantly. lifestyle changes

it's 19 degrees in poolesville and leesburg this morning. 19 degree also as you get up towards inwood, west virginia. 20 in winchester, west virginia. 9 degrees out in the shenandoah valley. the winds are still ablowing, north-northwesterly winds at 15 miles an hour have put windchills back in the single digits this morning. earmuffs and hats required. you lose most of your heat through your head, so you've got to keep it covered up. highs today even with all that sunshine barely making it up into the low 30s. sun goes down at 5:05. if you want to do something with the sunshine, kimberly, do it before then. >> good advice. thank you, chuck. >>> we've been talking about this freezing cold for more than a week now. strong winds and below-freezing temperatures night after night have local homeless shelters working overtime. but some other folks are voluntarily going out into the cold. our darcy spencer reports from northwest washington. >> reporter: it was a bitter cold day, but some refused to stay inside. >> and it's a beautiful day, the sun's out, and i come from michigan, so to me, this isn't reall

joe gave this infamous speech to a women's group in west virginia in which he held in his hand, i have here the names of 205 traders who are at this moment operating out of the state department of the united states fashioning our policies and so forth. there was no list. he had no names. was all a lot. that became mccarthyism right there. the republican leaders are pushing him forward. f-series of ten buckets with tom are easing down. it was named mccarthyism. is part of the language. that was what shawn martin was brilliant for. capturing a moment in time and making it a part of our history. it was an irreplaceable gift. he did this decade after decade after decade. i found myself fascinated. there are 218 dvds of herblock cartoons and 200 that you will see that go from the beginning, the early -- i tried to write a narrative about who he was and a capsule of the times. the war, vietnam, etc. civil-rights, the mccarthy period, fear. herblock died a couple weeks before 9/11. you have an extraordinary range of history captured in these cartoons. i hope you will find it of interest. it i

once you get around cleveland and parts of pennsylvania, down in west virginia, lake effect snow diminishes because the wind is more westerly. but that might pick up later as the snow starts falling again out in western maryland and pennsylvania. we will keep an eye on that. let's take a look at the current temperatures. looks nice, but it is cold. those wins, still westerly. feels like two to three degrees outside. that windchill factor will be a major factor in the weather today. looking at temperatures around the beltway, we have a darker blue shading with temperatures in the lower 20's in general. the airport is at 18, as well as pasadena. as we get away from it, it is only 17 in columbia. 20 by anne edwards. -- 20 in edwards. plenty of clouds offshore with storms spinning off of cape cod. in two parts of new england and new york state, western maryland is under a cloud deck right now. we are sunny at the moment. winds are more westerly so the lake effect snow is not having much effect but it could swing around a bit and wobble around today, moving out of the picture eventually. but whe

in the 20s. a little more bearable out there. tomorrow, mid-30s. still a bit on the breezy side. snow this morning. western pennsylvania, ohio, through west virginiaper energy trying to come east of the mountains. that's why we have that threat for flurry out there. oakland at 9. we are 24. 20 in fred rescuers wearing protective suits chippedburg. culpeper, light winds, clear skies, 14 degrees. same as their wind chill. wind chill up to 6 below from 8 below last hour. norwood, 13. a quiet morning out there. still not too much in the way of cloudiness. 24 degrees. west northwest winds at 12. no gusts at the moment. dewpoints was only 8. arctic air mass in place with cold air. more cold coming towards second half of the week. for beginning of the week, looking at snow showers in the deep south from arkansas down towards northern mississippi. big storm system still spinning off the canadian coast there. little piece of energy come back. that's why snow showers persist north and west. see if we can get some of these to survive the trip over the mountains. once you lose the elevation, a lot of moisture is running out. it is tough in our part of the wor

jefferson and morgan counties in west virginia, allegany county in maryland and middletown lane childare will open two hours late tomorrow t frederick and clark counties in virginia will open one hour late. >>> another big story we're working. a car ended up in the icy waters of rock creek. flipped over. a man inside. it started out as a difficult search for the car. the rescuers then moved in trying to save the life of the young driver. the scene of the accident, rock creek parkway south of p street overpass. matt ackland has this one tonight. >> reporter: the call came in close to 11:00 sunday morning. a person passing by saw something that didn't look right. a car upside-down in the icy creek. >> the complainant stated that the vehicle was going to be really hard to find because there wasonly one wheel that was sticking up out of the water. >> reporter: in fact it was. so difficult to find park police officers had to line up along this section of the parkway. one about every 100 yards. finally after ten minutes of searching, one of them spotted the submerged vehicle. then d.c. fire

the moisture will spin westward around the storm and may generate snow flurries and in the west virginia mountains during the day tomorrow, no more than one or two passing snow flakes here in the washington area but the cold weather will stick around pretty much for the next five to seven days so be ready for that. for the rest of your evening plans, generally clear skies for now but windy and cold and evening temperatures low to mid 20s. by the time you get up tomorrow morning, an increase in clouds around morning temperatures back down in the teens again with single digit to near zero wind chills. the seven-day forecast is cold pretty much for all the back to work and school week across the area. 34 the high tomorrow with breezy conditions and emphasis, breezy, not windy. tuesday, partly sunny and 35 and wednesday and thursday, mostly sunny with highs in the upper 30s to near 40. still watching out for a chance of snow in the area as we get into the day on friday. so thursday night and friday is a timeframe we'llave to keep a close eye on. >> when is spring here? >> march 20th. >> can'

she said it would be interesting, especially with the new is the -- presidency to, be down in west virginia right now, to sort of get thed in washington look. i have to say so far i agree. it's been fascinating, a lot of funnel. >> what have you learned? >> well, i'd never been to washington before. >> ever? >> no, not ever. so i really -- i had my own opinions about how things were getting done. i still have those opinions but it's been nice to talk to people who live here. >> give us an idea of opinions you had before you got here about this town. >> i didn't mean necessarily about the town but more the people in it. there was a quote that gene alperlt said on the first day -- 65 area miles of washington, surrounded by reality. that was my mentality going in but i think it makes a lot more sense now, the world that this is in. >> why? >> this is the center of everything. like -- i have that opinion now and it's not something they understood before. it's not a place that you can come and take in opinions from outside and ignore the fact that this is the place where you have to engage with

i did a show with a left wing host in advance of an appearance in west virginia. i had ten minutes to explain f. a. hayek's theories. in ten minutes he said i was expecting to hate you. instead he make a good case and finally the guy who reads free-market look at why the stock market collapsed, the economy tanked, and government bailouts will make things worse" who has the greatest reading voice you can imagine. he is like a guy from the movies. just died. he is an obama supporter too free-market look at why the stock market collapsed, the economy tanked, and government bailouts will make things worse" he thought here we go with another bit of right wing propaganda and he wrote to me and said you make a strong case. it is nice once in a while that even though we disagree with people we can be civil and listen to what we are saying. isn't this a wonderful break from what usually takes place? here is f. a. hayek's argument very simply. he wants to know why it is the economy moves like this. we are doing great and up and down, why is it happening? an interesting quest

i considered it a work of emerging journalism which was difficult to pull off when you live in west virginia and the case you're writing about is north carolina, so i had to go down there a lot. i think i took something like 17 trips donner over that for and have your period and including the one month that i just moved my whole family down. >> and who do you want to read this book and what do you want them to take from it? >> i really think it is a book that could appeal to a wide variety of people because its written in an accessible style and it's not written primarily for lawyers. it's not really a book about death penalty -- it's not a book that is aimed toward an audience that was already knowing a lot about the death penalty. it is a book is a kind of courtroom drama is the way i try to think about it and go about it. so i think a wide variety. but i think certainly anyone interested infil law and civil rights and the death penalty would be interested. >> and what are kenneth rose and bo jones doing today? to the still have a relationship? >> they do. it's not particularly close. kent

i live in west virginia. poured west virginians. if you want to be fair, this is not a fair system. now, to do this, we would need to talk about what a feasible alternative, what a real market-based insurance would look like. do you want me to talk about that? >> yes, please. >> we have to compare because it's not fair to just look at one system. just look at say it has a problem without looking at another. so by real market health insurance, i don't mean to the united states. i mean a system where not the government is in control and not the injured cubbies are in control, but you're in control, the consumer. health savings account. you have an account, taxi. you can use it to spin for predictable routine expenses. we limit insurance to catastrophes which is really what insurance should be like. think about car insurance that doesn't pay for your tuneups? doesn't pay for oil and lube's quest you know the answer to that that evidence, it would be cast optically, pardon the pun, catastrophically expensive. if we have a system like this, everybody can be in control of their own health

so whenever the solutions we have not seen a major change in west virginia, and perhaps we won't see such changes elsewhere either. no amount of election or refusal reform is going to remove remove politics inherent in partisan judicial election because they're specifically designed to infuse politics into the law. elections are intended to make our courts and responsive to electoral politics. that is the flaw in the concept. if judges are subject to regular and competitive elections they can't help but being aware that if the public is unsatisfied with the outcome in a particular case, often some criminal case, as you can imagine, it can hurt their reelection prospects. it is like, as some have said, trying to ignore the alligator in the bathtub. now, it could hurt the judicial elections car just difficult to justify in a constitutional democracy in which even the majority is bound by the laws restraint. so if our understanding for hope is that a judge's constituency is the law, not the electorate, then it is very hard to make that adjustment. and i think that that to judicial indepe

in this country. >> reporter: neighbors working together, like the harmons of rural west virginia. >> everyone reallyeir part to try to make the world better. >> reporter: tom harman is a doctor. patsy, a nurse/midwest. they practice in west virginia near where they grew up amid hard scrabble poverty. at their clink they treat the poor who can't pay a penny just as well as patients who can. >> it just seems like the right thing to do. >> i think, you know, having been poor ourselves by choice because we lived in a rural area and on a commune that we have more sympathy than some people do for the poor. i think we've always wanted to be of service to people. >> reporter: then tom spun a love for pottery in a way to raise money for their medical missions to central america. they saw a need beyond what governments were doing. >> not enough. in our opinion. >> we enjoy it. it's a very gratifying thing to help other people. >> i like that. i like it. i like it. >> reporter: in phoenix, ann malone helped her community fight crime. >> you can see how this would give somebody a lot of privacy. >> reporter: it

you see some of the snow showers in extreme western maryland, portions of west virginia, western pennsylvania, upstate new york and we've got a few clouds building in now. after some morning sun, we'll see more clouds work their way in here later on today. the forecast for today, yeah, it will be cold and still breezy. high temperatures still about 10 deagd be-- 10 degrees below normal. >> let's check in with julie wright and say good morning to her. >> we're all bundled up this morning. no accidents to report right now. the lanes are open. but we are keeping an eye out for icy patches out there. that black ice will sneak up on you just like that. slow down. proceed with caution. remember, those bridges, ramps and overpasses freeze before anything else. for traffic traveling westbound 495, lanes are open continuing through silver spring and around towards 270. here is the ride coming northbound in the hovs as well as the main line. everything is open for you guys continuing up towards the capital beltway and beyond. no incidents to report 66 eastbound as you travel in from nutley street past

we haven't had any snow so far this january and we are seeing a few flurries out here in the panhandle of west virginia, northern parts of the shenandoah valley and out in the mountains. they had one little snow shower go through charlottesville. it had got down to 23 this morning in washington. just near 20 degrees elsewhere. the windchills were single digits this morning. now with temperatures in the upper 20s to near 30 degrees. the winds are gusting, oh, around 25 to 30 miles an hour. so the windchills are just down into the teens right now. that's what it feels like when you step outside. these are the latest gusts. just had a gust at reagan national at 29 miles an hour. elsewhere, gusts are around 20 to 25. gusts on the eastern shore around 30. only out in the mid-teens around the mountains. we're below freezing all around our region. we have a few clouds coming in on those upper level northwest winds that are tapping moisture off of lake erie, spreading lake-eect snows all the way into central pennsylvania, parts of west virginia, out of eastern ohio. here's the wider view. we have this persiste

in as the day progresses. there is snow well off to the north and west and when i say that, i mean in pennsylvania and in west virginia. but we could see few snow flurries move through our region as a little energy system moves across our region later on today. so the forecast to today look like this. some sunshine, some partial sunshine this morning. mostly cloudy later today. our high, well below normal look fig high today of only about 32 degrees. i would not rule out a snow flurry or two. they will be isolated snow flurries with no significant accumulation. more details on the forecast coming up in a little bit. >> it is busy out there as everyone is back to work today. we have ahad a couple of accidents pop up on us. the latest on the outer loop of the beltway as you approach the northwest branch. so after new hampshire avenue but before university boulevard, three-car pile-up reported along the right side of the road. the trip south on 270, the eyesore has to be the crash here at the lane divide. it has been moved to that striped safety zone so all six lanes of travel remain open but the flashing lights are cont

in west redding, if you're not going up ideal, you're going downhill. i was wondering how the electric cars would be in these environments -- in west virginia, if you're not up a hill, you are going downhill. i was wondering how electric cars would be in these environments. guesthost: i did not catch the f that question. guest: that sounded like an engineers question. i will focus on his comment about hills. one thing we utilize in electric drive vehicles is called regenerative braking. when you're going downhill, the vehicle is actually charging the battery, capturing some of the kinetic energy that is available when you are going down the hill. obviously, it takes more energy to push the car up the hill. i will say that is not exactly a wash. are using. we have embraced this technology in the city, but it also works particularly well on hills. host: tennessee, a democrat. caller: i think this is going to be good for the new generations. how will this work in the nascar industry? guest: oh, boy. again, this is very interesting because in formula one, we are actually seeing the diffusion of this technology, but i would need to know a lot more about how it

west. clouds out in pennsylvania or west virginia not producing any snow. the lake effect snow machine has been shutdown temporarily. this low is intensifying. there it is. low pressure and intense winds reach down to the arrow lineas. it's funnelly in this cold air out of the arctic regions of canada. highs below zero. the jet stream is dragging the cold air over us. here is that storm spinning off shore helping to channel all this cold energy. partly cloudy windy and cold today. northwest wind also continue. 27-31, the high today. making it feel more like 9, 10 degrees. we have a wind advisory. we have a winter weather advisory for garrett county. gail warnings on the bay. the future cast shows a little piece of energy coming out of that storm passing over t us tomorrow. we might pick up a flurry or two in the evening. mostly, the snow will stay north and west of us. it stays cold now. the forecast for the next seven zays. lows in the teens and 20's. a light snow shower possible on monday, flurries on wednesday. maybe more snow showers next friday. >> alm

it is snow in western portions of pennsylvania, ohio, central portions of west virginia as well and they had some pretty good snows over the weekend in western maryland and west virginia. hence the school delays out there. for us, before a few clouds building in. we'll see more cloud cover work its way in here latwhat is goin well, take a look. the jet stream is part of the problem. it has sunken far down to the south. that is why it is not just cold and windy here but cold into the southern states as well where they have those concerns about frost and freeze advisories. we are between two systems, high pressure, low pressure, that gives us the win and that is keeping that reinforcing arctic cold air in on top of us so we will continue to have below normal temperatures. your forecast for today, lofts clouds, still windy at times actually few snow flurries possible today but not accumulatg snow. 32 for your high. five-day forecast, again, rest of this week is cold. thursday night into friday, i've already had people asking me about this. thursday night into friday, we have a chance of sno

but still in the mid-teens out north and west of town. 15 in martintown. check on the thermometer, from lynn in virginiaent this in. they're up in the blue ridge. 9 or 8 degrees. i guess if you're an optimist, that's 9, if a pessimist, that's 8 outside. winds are still gusting to between 25 and 40 miles per hour, all across the area. these are wind gusts, 28 miles per hour in annapolis, 38 in frerick, maryland. windchills, single digits above and below zero. it will be a cold day outside today. hot chocolate is the drink of chike for your sunday afternoon. no snow around here, but you can see a few snow flurries now backing down into northeastern pennsylvania. that's part of big piece of energy going around the major low pressure area in the gulf of maine that's drawing all that cold air down. the windchills are 15 below zero in chicago right now. and the combination of low pressure east of maine and high pressure out here to the west of chicago is going to keep those day long today. so windchills will stay very, very chilly indeed. cold air will be the rule. and as that big storm pulls away, a lite pie

whenever the solutions, -- what ever the solutions, we have not seen a major change in west virginia. maybe we will not see major changes elsewhere either. no amount of the election all or reform is going to remove the politics inherent in partisan judicial elections because they are specifically designed to infuse politics into the law. elections are intended to make our courts responsive to a -- to let the world politics. that is the fall and the concept. they are subject to regular and competitive elections, they can't help but be aware of that if the public isn't satisfied with the outcome any particular case. often some criminal case as you can imagine. it can hurt their reelection prospects. it is like trying to ignore the alligator in a bathtub. it can hurt -- judicial elections are difficult to justify in a constitutional democracy in which even the majority is found by the restraints. if our understanding is that a judge's constituency is the law, not the electorate, then is very hard to make that adjustment. i think the threat to judicial independence is getting worse. more

in west virginia for all of them and out of virginia beach and ready to take a breather. >> that's thethree pointer back on the other end for them. and for all of them. and you can see not only for that but the offensive threat as well. >> they are hoping that they are staying in this situation all last year. and that she sprained her ankle and they are looking out there. and they are under all the pride. and for william and mary, we'll be right back. >>> time out in the court. 8-7 as brigham lays it up there to the end. >>> opening weekend of the caa conference play from william and mary at the tribe the top of the pride early on. and they are 7-5 this year with their five losses. one with the number one connecticut. and that may be what they needed at the end for them. and how about the other three marts for them? >> yeah. and she talks about if you're going to suffer these one-point losses, rather than get it out of her system, tie it out there. every game in caa is talking about possession for them. and learning how to create some separation to put that team away. certainly that's

caller: just numbers of people up there in west virginia. -- what am i saying, massachusetts.: what did you hear from the people you called? caller: well, you know how that goes. typical response as soon as i hear your southern accent they know that you're calling from out of state. they were very courteous and nice and said that we have got handle on it. we are watching what's going on. that's why i have faith -- the cradle of liberty up that way. host: one final question. do you know if the people that you called were republicans or mostly independents? caller: i didn't go for party identification. i was just happy that they listened to what i have to say. i just let -- left it at that. host: north hampton, massachusetts, jack, on the democratic line. are you going to vote for martha coakley this morning? caller: yes, i am. i think every good democrat needs to get behind her and don't allow massachusetts to have a republican representative. in a ted kennedy seat. that's a travesty. host: why do you think that martha coakley lost the wide lead that she had coming into this ra

in florida state football history. bowden ends his 57-year coaching career with a big win over west virginia in the gator bowl.ft the field on his players' shoulders and retires as the second winningest coach of all time. >> i'm interested in this retirement business. you know what? i ain't got to set my alarm no more. i'll get up when i'm darned good and ready, then like i say, go out and look for a job. >> as one of the greatest coaches says good-bye, so does one of the greatest players. tim tebow saved his best college game for his last. he made history breaking his own record for passing in a game, while setting a new bcs record for total yards. florida crushed cincinnati to win the sugar bowl. after the game, florida coach urban myer says he still plans to be the coach of the gators, but for tim tebow, his time at gains wil is definitely over. >> my time at the university of florida coming to an end seemed like a little bit of a roller coaster, but it was special. it was a lot of fun. everything that's happened, the relationships built, my time in florida was special. it was boater than a dream. >> check

snow flurries and showers especially in the mountainsut in pennsylvania and western maryland and west virginia. that is where the snow accumulations will occur. the pressure is lowering. the winds will continue dragging the cold air of the northwest. the weather pattern will not be changing at all. the shaded area where the high temperatures today stayed below zero. that is up in parts of minnesota, iowa, and the eastern dakotas all the way up into canada. the jet stream is dragging all that cold air down into our area. there is also that high pressure centered to the west. this pattern produces very cold air for us, but not necessarily stormy conditions. 16-20 below with gusts up to about 30 or so. the wind chills will make it feel like 0 or 1 or 2 below. a winter advisory in effect for most of our area. partly cloudy tomorrow, windy and cold. 27-31 the air temperature. the wind will make it feel more like 10 or 12 degrees. a winter storm warning is affecting garrett county. we take a look at our went -- our insta-weather plus forecast for the next seven days and we see it does not really war

tuesday highs in the low to mid- 30s. west virginia and ohio trying to move into virginia. a couple of echoes here. we may see a couple of those. we have cloudy skies now. we were seeing a little bit of sunshine. it is 27 in fredericks. windchill of 9 above zero. a little bit warmer feeling down south of fredericksburgy windchill at 5. across arkansas and tennessee there is snow moving into alabama and down in montgomery seeing snow showers. along be us thanks to the big storm still spinning. the lake snows are cranking. this could be enough to sweet out a snow shower or flurry. we do have a chance for snow again by friday with another shot of cold air. we'll see whether or not they can take advantage of the snow. friday 28. not sold on it yet. saturday and sunday we start to warm up with temperatures in the lower 30s. back to you. >> thanks. >>> and many make the resolution to slim down each year. we have details on rebooting your body in two weeks. we are live with more on today's show. good morning. this is much more than just getting into the little bikini if. >> report

early in the season, losing against villanova and west virginia when the clubs were ranked in the top. >> mark: both of the teams like the floor. both of them score over 80 a game. it will be interesting to see today. bruce pearl wants his team to be patient. >> eric: chism. fired. the shot clock is winding down. neither team looking particularly strong. inside. up and in. >> mark: i like him, eric. he's a guy that can score. >> eric: a couple of good looks for tennessee. a loose ball picked up by warren. on the offense. maybe not. cranston, offensive rebound. he's grabbed. we've got royalty in the house. pat summit looking on. probably eager to get her first look at the new head football coach at tennessee. apparently they named derek dooley, after taking the head job and he's in knoxville watching the game. >> mark: tennessee does such a great job of denying inbound pass. if you play against tennessee, you have to make sure you get the ball inbounds. >> eric: no. rebound, woolridge. >> mark: the guy right here, bobby maze has been very good the last two games. >> eric: brings it acr

there's no scarcity of water in my home state of west virginia. we are rich in water. it flows freely. yet, today we continue to work to ensure that all of our citizens have access to clean, pottable water as well as to be served by sanitary waste water systems. and i have and will continue to fight this fight every day of my tenure in this body. so it is with understanding and with compassion that i bring these three measures to the floor today. the pending measure, and i give him full credit for his leadership and bringing it tower attention, sponsored by the gentleman from new mexico, ben lujan, would adjudicate the tribes of the pueblos and taos and ratfying a settlement agreement. 40 years, my colleagues. 40 yeets of litigation. that is what the pending legislation would end, and i comment commend mr. lujan and mr. heinrich, another member from new mexico and our member on the committee of natural resources for this matter. and i congratulate the gentlelady from california, grace napolitano, for the hearings and all of her hard work on the measures that we are con

syracuse and west virginia. both in the top ten. first such meeting in morgan town in 50 years. andy rautins with the steal, pass to johnson for the bucket. syracuse up by 7. ten seconds left in the first half. four-point game. bryant with a triple. makes athone-point margin. second half, a one-point game. triche with a three, part of a 9-nothing syracuse run. he had 16. syracuse led 46-42. closing moments, one more opportunity. the three is good. 72-71. free-throws for the orange. that rattles out. one more opportunity. west virginia losing at home 72-71. when we come back, a look ahead to the second half as kentucky takes on auburn today in the late game on the sec network. more to come at the break. >> whit: carter blackburn and bob wenzel will rejoin us in a second as kentucky takes on auburn trying to remain unbeaten on the season. up 39-26 at the break. a v fr creiry. fe isedit. elsei ge a bcredit score? ok, ep y no? cer: there's no magic to improving your credit. but there's help and it's free. go to creditfairy.org. whhat? i know somei a ma fic p] at d? we thor a i y be

. >> a cold evening in the belfort furniture weather center, temperatures well below freezing. 40 m.p.h. wind, 21 degrees at reagan national. west virginia, 11 degrees. we have a wind advisory in effect for the entire metro area from now until 4:00 in the morning, but it looks lke they may extend that into the daytime hours tomorrow as the wind will once again picked up out of the northwest, allowing for the wind chill factor to only make it into the couple single digits, low teens. tonight, scattered clouds, called and windy, 15-23 degrees. the windchill factor will make it feel just around zero. coming up, we will look at the forecast and the first full and work week for 2010. >>> the deep freeze is causing problems for people tonight. john gonzalez joins us from northwest with how people are coping with the cold. >> it is truly and tense out here. the weather is affecting a lot of people. many people in georgetown say if they are out here too long, they definitely lose their breath. people indoors are also losing something, their power. according to pepco, more than 2000 homes in montgomery county are in the dark. unfortunately, we me

one of the all-time greats bobby bowden, played and seminoles, florida beat 16th ranked west virginia inator bowl. fans greeting bowden along a short parade route in jacksonville. bowden announced his retirement after 34 seasons and 400 wins and leaving as college football's second winningest coach, congrats. a dispute in a nba locker room reportedly ended in two players pulling guns on each other. according to washington post, they were arguing over a gambling debt when he reached for a gun and crittendon reached for his own. they say that arenas did have one. drinking soda pop can get new trouble with your dentist for sure. change one to your truck is going to get you in trouble with the law. a high speed pop pursuant next. then let's do more than talk about it. let's turn picturing it into planning it, thinking it over into making it happen. let's say out with the old and in with the new. let's create some wall-to-wall "wow." [ man ] ♪ oh! [ male announcer ] more saving. more doing. that's the power of the home depot. right now, get any carpet installed for just 97 bucks -- any brand,

we see it primarily in west virginia and in kentucky.nd one of the things that environmental advocates have been saying for some long time now is the practice should end. i think that i'm actually quite proud of the work he has done on mountain top mining so far. our work is not done. because we have tried to bring science back into the discussion. what really happened is that we had years and years of a wink and a nod giving to top mining permits. if you apply for one over periods of time, you would get the permit. and comments on the water concerned associated with the practice. and put in the following permits issued. the first thing we did was make it clear that the we were going to review the comment and if necessary exercise our right to veto any permit that we believe really threatened water quality in the way that was unacceptable to be protective. we have not yet vetoed a permit. we have a lot of attentions from permit that we e have okayed. the most recent one is mine. but little attention for the ones that haven't been issued.

20 degrees in manassas and warrenton now. 16 degrees in martinurg and charlestown up in the panhandle of west virginia. wind chills are once again in the single digits across the area so it a bundle up morning on your way out to sunday service or walk the dog, get the paper or sit around and look out the window. cold start to the day. good news is that today like yesterday will be filled with sunshine. >> all right. small silver lining. thanks, chuck. we've been talking about this bitter cold for more than a week. strong winds and below freezing temperatures night after night have homeless shelters working overtime. some other folks are voluntarily going out in the cold. darcy spencer reports from northwest washington. >> reporter: it was a bitter cold day but some refused to stay inside. >> it's a beautiful day. sun is out. and i come from michigan so to me this isn't really that cold. >> reporter: these flag football teams were going to play no matter what. but they admit they would trade the cold and wind for sun and heat any day. >> we preper to play in the hot weather. but, you know, on a day lik