four inches would be right about here.p cabinets would come out to about there, still showing some of that pipe, so what i'm going to do is i'm going to make a fake beam to look like that that will hide the pipe. make it go away. beautiful. so, now, remember the ceiling on this part of the kitchen? it was plastered and it was real low. way low. so it hid this beautiful plumbing job right here. we didn't do that. so what i need to do is i need to get rid of the water lines and the waste line, because we want to get the look of the kitchen that's over here with these beams and mimic it over here. all right. well, looking at this tub, the tub can't move, but we can do something about this drain. this is a copper trap and has a clean-out that sticks way down. if we change that to pvc, to a trap that doesn't have a clean-out, we could get it up as high as about there, so i could save you about an 1 1/2 inch, maybe, getting it up. that'd be perfect. and when we redo it, we could get it right tight to the joist right there. i rea

, four-inch, six-inch and eight-inch.hexagons are always measured by the length of a side. this is the eight-inch length. the six-inch, four, and two. not only will you be able to cut pieces this large and you'll see quilts throughout this program using pieces of this size. here you can see the four sizes. we'll also be cutting end pieces. let me see if i can get it going the right direction. here you go. the end pieces are so that you can finish it off very easily. that's also included in the template. let me just show you that option. here's this large, eight-inch piece. then there's an arrow from this point to a dotted line. that becomes the piece for the finished edge. i'll show you what all this means. if you're going to make your own template make a larger hexagon. those itty-bitty hexagons would be even smaller as faux, or half-hexagons. so if you're wondering how this is going to go together let me show you. on the template, it's writte how wide to cut a strip. we're going to use kind of traditional strip quilting

several inches of snow and floods hit parts of maryland. coming up we'll have all the details. >> a sex scandal here. two baltimore city police officer under investigation and a hollywood legend is gone. actor harry morgan has passed away. more news. first morning weather and the first traffic report ,,,,,,,,,,, >>> good morning. we are here, depending on where you are, there are certain things, up to the north, to the far north, mostly a rain, now a windy vent. a lot of rain moving through the area. as we moved through yesterday evening, showers, heavy storms coming through the area, the colder air started to move into these counties and that is where you will see any of the winter accumulation, for the rest of us, it is all rain. for the totals this morning, garrett county, the temperatures are cold and the temperatures are down around freezing and building up to about $7 inches of snow and washington county is two and rain totals around the metro, two to eight inches of rain at marshall. the temperatures around freezing, to the day time

we've had an inch or inch and a half. once again, snowing from frostburg west. around the baltimore region, it's rain. light to moderate. moderate rain. some heavy pockets out by hancock and berkeley springs. the eastern shore had almost no rain the entire day. basically, southeast of washington, very light rain. we still have rain in the forecast. because the rain continues, we have flood watches in effect for the entire area east of the appalachians. we have a winter storm warning. a winter weather advisory has been canceled for the city of baltimore and anne arundel county. it's in effect for northern baltimore county. portions of northern harford, carol, and frederick. that's a winter weather advisory. for how much snow are we expecting in these areas? generally 1 to 3 inches. and we're talking late tonight. after a little after 12:00. garrett county could see 4 to 8 inches. around d.c., a trace to an inch. eastern shore, should just end up with just end up with plain range. messy night on tap. it will get colder later. which means, overnight tonight, there

we have picked up an inch to inch and a half. we could pick up more later tonight. at this to the south and west. areas down in virginia, charlottesville, roanoke. these are thunderstorms. as all this moisture starts driving in with the area of low pressure along the front, we could see enhanced rain for a period of time. i don't know, maybe thunder snow west of the area. heavy snow reported throughout areas of west virginia, outside of maryland. for us, watch what happens with the weather front. we switch from rain to snow, 10:00, 11:00 p.m. the skies will start clearing rapidly. a few clouds left early tomorrow morning. highest elevations early on. the snow may hang on longer, enhance d by the mountains, the altitude there. they could get three to six inches of snow. tomorrow, windy, chilly. you definitely need the coat. switching from the umbrella to the coat. clouds back to the area friday at 7:00 a.m. all in all, a day that will be remembered friday as a mostly sunny day, a chilly day. the cold is here. here is a look at how much snow you'll see. cumberland, th

maybe another inch to an inch and a half. we've already seen. couple of spots have already seen 1.34 inches. one and three quarters of an inch of rain. the rain and snow will end quickly in the morning. as that low passes. it will get cooler tomorrow and breezy. a few clouds. but a chilly and dry weekend. west winds, 15 to 20 knots. and small craft advisory tomorrow. and gale warning on the bay. tonight, then, rain mixing with and changing to snow for a while. 32 by morning. there can be icy spots. basically sunny, breezy and cooler. but dry and sunny day tomorrow. okay? >> okay. >>> stay with wjz because of the threat of snow. wjz is going on a half hour early. don and tim will have the latest on the first warning forecast. >>> still to come on wjz eyewitness news. a reality causes real life damage in california. we'll tell you what came crashing through one family's door. >>> he was once the most powerful man in illinois. now, rod blagojevich. ,,,,,,,,,, >>> it is 6:29. 50 degrees and rainy outside, business as we look out into the inner harbo

three inches in allegheny. two inches in washington county. so, areas west, certainly we've been out salting and plowing throughout the night. roads there are shaping up well. of course, out there, they've been dealing with snow since october so they're a little bit more used to it than we are here. >> in northwest washington, so much rain fell around union station last night that some thought that there was a water main break but it turned out not to be the case. it was just heavy flooding. and piles of leaves ended up on top of the roadway. massachusetts avenue was closed between second street northeast and columbus circle for several hours. traffic is back to normal. >>> coming up ahead, getting an early job on hanukkah. it doesn't begin for another two weeks but they will celebrate the holiday tonight at the white house. >> reporter: i'm danielle nottingham at the white house. coming up, mitt romney's campaign takes a swipe at the current republican frontrunner. >>> let's focus our attention now on the presidential race. we're less than fo

once again, 1 to 2 inches of rain, some areas 2 and a half to 3 inches of rain tomorrow. that is a lot of rain in 12 hours. and there is the cold air starting to come in. i think the temperatures all day will be on the decline starting off warm early but the temperatures will fall during the day. by tomorrow night that rain switches to snow in montgomery and loudoun county into the north and west. the rest of us stay rain. we are looking at winter storm watch to the west in west virginia but it does not include much of virginia at all. but i would not be surprised to see a winter weather advisory tomorrow. 2 to 5 inches of petersburg in through west virginia. 1 to 2 inches including the i-81 area along the front range of the blue ridge and east of that area just a coating. we'll zoom in here, rockville maybe a coating. but leesburg could get accumulating snow out there. manassas just a coating. east of 95 just a few flakes but that's about it. the forecast this evening rain. 54 to 60 degrees. tomorrow morning waking up to a mild start but the rain is going to move in here

three and a quarter inches. bwi and dunkirk 3.4 inches.doun county north and west, i really don't think it's going to be a huge deal in montgomery county or even most of loudoun county. changeover time hagerstown 9:00 goes to snow. but i think the duration will only last about three hours. in frederick it goes to snow about ten. the duration only about two hours. if it goes to snow in rockville, it will be around 11:00, the duration will be an hour and quite possibly less than that because the storm pulls out as the cold air gets here. no changeover south and east of town and east of 95. you can see the white, though. that's the snow moving eastward. but look at all of the moisture still down to the south. there is even a severe thunderstorm watch just kind of touching extreme southern part of the delmarva. very dynamic system here. 48 downtown now. 45 in gaithersburg. 45 in frederick. now we're in the 30s up towards hagerstown, martinsburg and winchester. you folks will have a couple of inches before all of a sudden it's said and done wes

around the beltway very close to an inch. three-quarters of an inch to just over an inch. a healthy rainfall nonetheless. this computer gives us a good ballpark estimate of what to expect. 42 in the district. 37 in winchester. bumping us to near 50 degrees and tomorrow cooling into the mid 40's with those winds out of the northwest. low 50's by friday but no pig temperatures. >> we will look at interstate 270. see how we are doing. it is not causing any delays down toward the lane divide. we will see how it looks this morning. on 2395, it looks like rush hour volume is not quite as heavy by this time of the morning. now we have an accident north on for 95 to near 236. -- 495 near 236. >> thank you. >>> 5:22 and 40 degrees. >> opening night for the wizards last night. a 21 point lead and held on until the intermission. find out what happened in sports. >> an even bigger surprise. you discovered you have -- >> i feel like luckiest >>> touchdown. a new record. >> drew brees stands alone at the top now. he broke dan marino's single season passing record of 5,084 yards. >> he e

the extepided area, three to six inches. then two to three inches along i-81.o two along loudoun county. a dusting but most like ly by te time you wake up, this is melted. this is not problematic. roadways very, very warm. i'm not too worried about the roads tomorrow morning for the rush hour, either. 45 degrees the high temperature tomorrow. winds calm down. 48 on your friday. then it's breezy and cold for the weekend. high temperatures in the low 40s. really, this is the first taste of winter we have seen. it's here for at least the next week to week and a half. >> everybody needs to do their homework. >> stay indoors and get the cameras ready. >> all right. thank you, doug. >>> coming up tonight, former illinois governor, rod blagojevich sentenced. we'll hear from him. >> [ baby coughing ] [ coughing continues ] [ female announcer ] more pollution from power plants means more childhood asthma attacks. [ labored breathing ] there's technology that makes the air cleaner, but too many plants don't use it. we can't wait. epa must update power plant standards to

some locations 1 to 2 inches of rain some areas up to 3 inches. we saw a inch today. just a few light showers in the area. we are warm for this time of year. the current temperature is 57 degrees. but there is a powerful storm starting to take shape now bringing up moisture from the gulf of mexico. you can see the rain right here. look at the snow back to the west. that's the cold air that's making its way in here during the day tomorrow and through tomorrow night. all of russ going to be seeing the heavy rain but some will see snow. we'll have updated snowfall totals coming up in my forecast in a couple minutes. >>> former prince george's county executive jack johnson was sentenced today. he will spend more than seven years in prison for accepting more than $12 million? bribes. >> reporter: tonight this house sits empty. it is dark right now but we remember the images of jack johnson walking down this sidewalk being arrested by fbi agents. that was the beginning of his fall from grace. today with his sentencing he hit the bottom, getting the severe sentence of seven

you could see a couple inches by later on tonight. temperatures drop all day today with the rain, dropping through the 50's. even upper 20's tonight in some spots with minor accumulations. gusty tonight is well. any snow we have will melt tomorrow. a lot of sunshine. highs will make it into the low 40's. looking great to the weekend. lisa, how are we on the wet roads? >>> ok. in maryland, they had a beltway accident. traffic is moving on the wet pavement relatively well. this time, we wanted to show you the virginia cameras. we will go live first of all to pretty wet but not too wild commute in rosslyn. ok on the george washington parkway and to and from the 14th street bridge. and quite near the pentagon at 110. >>> good to seeyou. we are seeing another sign of the holiday season on capitol hill. yesterday john boehner and flip the switch of the capitol christmas tree. the 65-foot sea are white fur came from california. it will stay lit between nightfall and 11:00 p.m. until new year's day. it looks nice. >> beautiful. 4:42 59 degree

we got snow, $7 inches in garrett and other areas with three and two inches and the rain amounts from marshall, the record amount for one day in the official reporting station, almost $3 inches and other areas got more, southern maryland with over $3 inches of rain. it was a large system, but the temperatures dictated what we got. at points yesterday, we got to 62. it was chilly in the far western portion of maryland and the temperatures dropping quickly as the storm system started to come in. the warmer temperatures, the milder streak, never letting this to build or accumulate or take hold of the colder air. we never got the winter blast, just a quick brush of that moving through. 35 now, it is 66 with humidity, a calm wind in parts of the state and winds from the west, they have been really the story. we are looking at the temperatures from 21 to about 40. 39 in ocean city. we still are looking at 39 in kent is lands. mid 30s over much of the state. we are drying out from the rain we have, but gusting up to 50 miles per hour, substantial, since about midnight. the gusts are starting

damascus, you could see 3 inches. off to the west, 2-4. >>> hearing about a crash 395 south after washington boulevard. having passed the pentagon towards landmark accident that direction. number about 395 seems to be ok. --northbound 395 is ok. boy, look at all the water on the highway. maryland, we have a crash on branch avenue. this is a structure fire on the safeway. university boulevard east, stay to the left. stick around. news next. >>> 5:22 is the time now 59 degrees. >> the nfl disciplined two redskins starters per week violations. find out why trend williams and brent davis have to stay off the field. >> one student bullied by her own teachers. could this happen to your child? >> to give back, is a blessing. >> when they smile it am leighton's me. >> a lot of bad news has been around the redskins. how about some good news. several skins gave winter gear at the down time macy's. >> but as we said, it is not all warm and fuzzy news coming out of redskins park. >>> as expected the redskins got word yesterday th

int is 8 inches of snow, even 9 inches of snow. not around us, and no problems tomorrow morning.ig wave in the moving off.hat is it comes the colder air the winds. there goes the storm. no snow, behind it, we will have northwesterly winds tomorrow. you head out, it will be a blustery, feeling like wintertime. up, that will continue for many days. temperatures only into the 40's. a breezy, cold day. temperatures above freezing. no iciness. in the high spot. nothing to worry about in the morning rush hour. some spots may be near the re- freezing spot. breezy, a cold day. as we head into the weekend and early next week, that what they're. -- better weather. temperatures below freezing. morning tomorrow morning. iciness. worry about. we had the wettest day ever in december. amazing.s >> we made it through. >> a good night to stay inside watch basketball. >>> maryland makes it two in a row. the senators battle it out in canada. >>> the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers -- moving you forward. >>> the caps finally got it going on the road. it did not come u

the old record was one point to 5 inches. -- one point to 5 inches. touring thunderstorms and southern virginia now. heavy snow on the cold side of this. the storm as expected to check on the lower part of the bay at the coast really within the next seven hours or so. heavy rain continues to the early evening up until 9:00 or 10:00. colder air comes in behind the storm, the ring changes over to wet snow. by 1:00 or 2:00 in the morning the storm is racing a waitress is a very quick flash of snow that will come across the area. it will be a nice sunny and breezy chillier day behind the snow system. with the fast-moving nature of the storm, a key militias will be hard to come by. maybe a trip to 1 inch of baltimore got to the coast. to the north and west to get into the higher terrain. this computer model is predicting -- it is possible one to three inches of snowfall could occur. it will all come quickly and be gone by morning. temperatures by don and the low 30's. breezy and chile throughout the day. small craft advisory with gusts to 25 knots. the sto

we could manage .25 inches in the the north bay. .10 inches for san francisco. dry south of san jose. after that we kick off the new year with dry weather. good news for travel plans. really could use more snow in the sierra, rain in the bay area. >> .02 inches. you feel something on your head, look up, it's done. >> enough to wet the ground. >> is it raining? >> thanks so much, rob. >>> many people enjoy wine. listening to the right music might be as important when uncorking that bottle. >> having your ipod handy could be a key ingredient when you break out that vintage vino. erika edwards explains. >> they're doing a full pour. >> reporter: two glasses of mine may taste differently even though the grapes were grown in the same region, bottled at the same vineyard, poured from the same bottle. the difference is background music. big, bold. ♪ subtle, refined. a study from the uk suggests your taste in music might influence how you taste wine. researchers had a group of taste testers drink either chardonnay or cabernet while listening to one of four pieces of mus

this goes for the two to three inch. one to two in loudoun county, montgomery county and northern portions of fauquier. closer to the d.c. area, only a dusting, really a coating. that's around midnight to 1:00 in the morning. after that, i would think it would actually melt before you wake up in the morning. don't expect to see many problems when you wake up tomorrow morning. tomorrow, we are beautiful. plenty of sunshine out there. colder. high temperatures only 41 to 45 degrees. we have been in the 50s and 60s now. 17 days in a row with temperatures above average. tomorrow will not be number 18. >> all right. thank you, doug. >> all right. down in dallas. they have synergy. >> talking baseball. >> synergy. it's working out great. nationals fans hoping the baseball winter meetings means a center fielder coming to washington. it's possible. the nationals lost the biggest target to the fish. starting pitcher, mark burleigh, the latest player to sign with the marlins. we are joined by nats insider live at the winter meetin

potentially couple of inches or rain or more. you could see all of the water on the radar is going back into west virginia down through the tennessee valley. it will be a very wet day. here is our future cast. starting out mild. we still have some low 60s out there at this hour. as we go throughout the 9:00 hour, rain. moderate at times drop into the mid-50s here in town. midday, light rains, heavier rains in spots. we'll get into the afternoon, more heavy rain at times. notice the 40s starting to show up north and west working its way south and east. by dinnertime, still wet here. starting to see a changeover in the mountains out to the west. a little more snow tonight. more on that coming up. >> announcer: now, 9 sports with kristin berset, the best sports in town. >> good morning, everybody. the nfl officially suspended redskins tight end fred davis and tackle trent williams yesterday after rumors started a couple of weeks ago about the two failing drug tests. they are suspended without pay for four games which is all that's l

we've got 1 to 3 inches, hightown in highland county about 7 inches, but toward win chest are a trace -- winchester, a trace. it does not look like it's going to produce a lot of snow for most of the metro area, maybe a rain/snow mix. we want to talk about the map. these wind gusts will stick around. it's gusting to 20 miles an hour now at d.c. earlier we had a gust of 50 at st. mary's county where they also had some thunder and lightning and a severe thunderstorm watch on the lower portion of the delmarva where temperatures were near 70 today. the wind gusts will continue, but this storm is actually rapidly going to move out. give you a little idea as we continue with some heavy rain, the worst of it now has just pushed a little north of d.c., the tremendous reports of flooded roads. now we continue on because winds will gust over 40 miles per hour tonight. so expect that. temperatures are going to be falling into the 30s. they're already there in a lot of places and yes, this will end as a little bit of wet snow probably by 1:00 or 2:00 in the morning. take a quick look at those win

with almost two inches of rain at reagan national.another inch in the next hour or five hours and then we're going to so a little little little bit of though into the picture. and light start with vipir. we have an area of low pressure down near the roanoke area and you can so that circulation with it and on the west side, we have snow and that is rain coming in our direction. we expect to get more heavy rain between now and 9:00. the snow will begin to mix in and change over between 9 and midnight and let's give you weather headlines here. right now, we think this forecast is going to be all about

weighing a half an inch to a inch 1/2. get ready for the real soaker during the day tomorrow and on about 10:00 tomorrow night, and sooner, if you live to the west, the old air is -- cold air is going to come rushing and that is before 10:00. believe me, the temperatures are going to drop all day. later tomorrow night, we could see this changing over to some snow and in -- in anticipation of that, i want you to know there are winter storm warnings in the peek here for the possibility of four to seven inches of snow above 1500 feet and there is a winter storm watch in the blue here for the potential for three to six inches of snow and at elevations above 1500 feet and then we have winter weather advisors everywhere else. no advisories in effect for the metropolitan area, but as the area of low pressure passes on by, we would not be surprised to get a small accumulation, not too far to the north and west. from d.c. on to the south and east. anywhere east of 95, mostly rain and it's possible, there could be a small accumulati

yes, seven inches out in garrett county. three inches in allegheny. two inches in washington county. areas west certainly we've been out salting and plowing throughout the night. roads there are shaping up well. of course, out there, they've been dealing with snow since october. so, they're a little more used to it than we are here. >> all right, lor laura rackowski, thanks for being with us. >> thank you. >> today, occupy protestors here in d.c. are now taking on one of the district's causes. >> this follows a day where they tied up the city in a protest against big money and politics. >> surae chinn is live at mcpherson square with a look at what's happening today. good morning. >> good morning. it is quiet in the tent city at mcpherson square. a lot of the protestors are asleep. had a cold, cold night after a full day yesterday. and potentially, a big day today because three of these protestors will be launching their hunger strike. they are refusing to eat anything until d.c. gets its full voting rights. well, i talked about yesterday, it was rowd

well, we're expecting about half an inch to an inch. a lot of us did get more than half an inch. getting about .6 inches. national right at half an inch and baltimore getting half an inch z a well. i'll talk about the windy conditions we're going to see especially tomorrow and talk about the gusts and also take a peak at your -- peek at your new year's eve forecast. >> looking forward to it, anny. >>> the presidential candidates are still out there crossing the state trying to win over the folks who have not made up their minds now. we are live in des moines talking to the undecided voters. danielle? >> reporter: well derek, the candidates have packed their calendars with the event around iowa this week, but it still may not be enough. the voters i spoke with today said at this point all the candidates sound the same. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> reporter: steve britain is ringing up customers and keeping his restaurant running while he tries to figure out who he'll pick next tuesday. >> this will be a last-minute decision for you? >> oh absolutely. >> reporter: the machine she

, inch and a half. the rain is going to pick up. it is light in many areas. it will pick up this afternoon and this evening. colder temperatures will ooze on in here. down to 50 by 7:00. that's in d.c. there will be areas in northern virginia, northern virginia in the 40s. in garrett county, winter storm warnings are up. 9:00 temperature, 48. look at the winds increasing out of the north at 20 miles per hour. it will get very breezy tonight. northwest winds overnight 15 to 25. flood watch for the metro up to baltimore, parts of jersey, up to parts of new england. also in the shenandoah valley in the mountains until 7:00. heavy rain is returning and then tonight, the concern with enough cold air we could have a little bit of snow. light enough, winter weather advisories, arguable whether or not we'll need them closer to town but montgomery and howard are in along with loudoun. we're talking about mainly the areas of elevation. you get to 1,000 feet, 1500 feet, you're talking cold enough where we'll get a

up to an inch of rain. maybe even more than an inch. high temperatures in the 40's. windy tomorrow. wins tomorrow and cooler. let's go to steve for the commute. >>> we're going to look at a problem on the beltway. this is doctor randy road where the taxi trailer accident happened at 2:00 this morning. they have a right finding by. it will continue on the interloop heading south them. after the parkway, right now it is ok. we could see some delays on the interloop from prince george's county to college park. keep that in mind. now the fuel spill cleanup on the left side of the road. there is progress. we're not completely open yet. springfield, things are moving smoothly on 95 and 395. >>> fragile county fire fighters are looking to accost a separate brushfires. the first demand just before 11:00 on singleton terrace. they responded to a second fire one block away. no one was hurt. investigators are looking as to whether they are linked. >>> a marine who was killed in afghanistan will be laid to rest at arlington national cemetery today. he died during fighting in the province on nov

we could pick up an inch or an inch and a half of rain today. that will slowly drive time down. we start near 61 out in the upper 50's -- upper 40's below 50's. it will be cold enough for the rain to change to snow. the temperature will be above 32 so the roads should be ok. low pressure will travel up the coast. cold air will wrap around the store and it will turn cold enough to change the rain into snow. between 12 and at night and 3:00 a.m., there is a brief window that rate could change to snow. one to two inches of snow around baltimore area. mostly rain along the lower eastern shore. two to four inches of rain out west and in the mountains. most of you will sleep through the snow and wake up and see it on the ground. breezy in chilly but clearing tomorrow. plenty of sunshine. we will stay in the 40's into the weekend. sunshine and 48 on sunday for the ravens game on sunday. 6:16. >> good morning. we're seeing the impact of the rain. we have an accident just past merritt boulevard on the east side. so far so good on the north side. we're seeing a bit of it slowdown from 795

that is where you get well over 2 inches. some very heavy rain and also parts of pennsylvania as well. as the temperatures drop, it will turn to snow. flood warnings are up for parts of maryland, including baltimore. flood watches continue to the north, up to the pennsylvania line. the emphasis on nasdaq -- the emphasis is on a brief period of wintry weather. it would to a weather advisory remains in effect for frederick county. a couple of inches of snow may accumulate. just a trace with the warm ground and what ground around baltimore to the salt -- to the south and east. as the storm is strengthening, it is increasing -- it is producing some strong winds. well over 20 miles per hour. the temperatures feel ill lot colder now. storm continues to make its way up the coast. there goes the rain through new jersey at 1:00 a.m. by sunrise, it will be clear, but chilly. during the day tomorrow, the storm will continue to get farther away and take the snow and rain up the coast to new england. breezy and chilly behind the storm tom

flood watch for 1 to 2 inches of heavy rainfall. take the jacket with you even though you may not need it this morning. tonight, rain chainss to snow, winter weather advisory on the north end. temperatures down to about 31 degrees and i expect we will have ourselves a general one to three inch swath closer to one near bwi. closer to 3 baltimore county. and westminster pay be -- may be on the border of 1 to 3 inches of snow. here angela with traffic. >> reporter: as you get ready to head out for the morning drive, fortunately no major incidents reported so far. but it will be a wet one out there for you. as you get ready to head out you will find light traffic volumes on i-95 at maryland 175. we are checking on that drive down toward the capital beltway. another look at 95. this is north of maryland 100 in both directions moving well as traffic volume is beginning to build. back to you. >> it's been more than 4 months since powerful wind brought down the stage in indiana for fans waiting for sugar land. up next, why of those injured

damascus 800 + feet, you could see 3 inches to four inches. keep that in mind. elevation really counts. sonny tomorrow mid-40s. looking good into the weekend. >> we will see you in a little bit. coming up, the tarmac dustup. an actor was tossed from a cross-country flights, and he followed it with eight twitter tirade. it is a game that was behind all this. >> caught on tape, one student bullied by her own teachers. could this happen ♪ >> alec baldwin was kicked off a flight to new york yesterday all because of a game that he was playing on his cell phone. he did not comment on the incident when he arrived in new york this morning, but he was apparently removed from an earlier flight when he refused to stop playing words with friends. this after flight attendants apparently asked him to turn off this fund. former boxing champion oscar de la hoya was on the flight and give support to alec baldwin. >> he was turning off his devices and he just got a little angry. >> american airlines tweeted that flight attendants were falling federal safety procedures on electron

that includes an a list and near an inch around bwi and downtown baltimore and 2 to 3 inches up to the north with westminster and north towards york p.a.2 to 4 inches and higher amounts on the hill tops. we are talking about the brief period of intense precipitation. and we will be falling through the 50s and that snow overnight ends before daybreak tomorrow and we are looking at temperatures in the 40s through the weekend angela. >> reporter: still dealing with the accident on the east side of the beltway in dundalk. easton boulevard shut down. that's the shoulder that's clothesed -- closed. and a closure on the on ramp. expect bottle neck delays in that area. >>> weather and traffic at that 9 and 5 and now -- 25 and 55. and now time to go to new york for "good morning america." see you in a few minutes.

one, two, main three inches before the day is out. temperatures will be dropping in town into the lower 50s this afternoon. main even the upper 40s. we have temperatures north and west already starting to cool off. monika samtani, wet roads, not good. >> not good. especially along 95 and 395 right now, take a look at this shot at duke street. this has been here for over an hour. delays solid from at least newington trying to get into landmark. more coming up at 6:18. andrea, back to you. >>> america's health ranking are out from the united health foundation. then comes to adults with diabetes who are obese and smoke, our region is right around the national averages. with a look at where we're getting better and where we're getting worse, we're joined this morning by dr. reed with the united health foundation. doctor, thank you very much for being here with us. compared to the national rankings, the district maryland virginia, where do we rank? >> really, it is good to tell you you're in the upper half. you're doing well. >> good. >> w

probably two inches of rain. you see the change over to snow happening already well out to the west. flood watches up this is through early tomorrow morning, three, four, five, then from nine into three, yes we have a winter weather advisory, hartford, northern baltimore, carroll westward, couple slushy inches possible but i will tell you that's mainly going to be nonpaved surfaces, 40s well above freezing but overnight that's where we have the chance for some of that winter weather, more on the storm and how things shape up later this week. >> this is when you really need the app, the weather team with you no matter where you are. you get the hourly forecast, the weekend, the seven day plus radar go to the website to find a link. it's free for the i-phone and right now the new i-pad weather app is on sale for 99-cent. no also make us the first place to check for live traffic conditions during the night and for your morning drive. log onto abc 2news.com. you will get a live look at all the cameras and the list of

look at the rain totals, up to six inches, when you get half a foot of rain in a day or four inches like in stevensville you will get flooding issues, more than four inches of rain but you can see there is some change over on the back side. let's take a live look. i think we have a shot outside, this is rogers -- and flakes coming down here. the plows out and ready for anything that does happen. look at all the rain and wet weather and water out there too. a lot of the flakes just melting, really just about on contact. that is the bottom line. that's why in is mainly a flood situation. get you back here in the storm center and you can see look at these widespread areas of flood warnings and advisories for just about all the central maryland, eastern maryland. wind advisories for the lower eastern shore. some tree branches, they have been soaked all day. the winter weather advisory has now been retracted to just frederick county and north into pennsylvania. as we always thought, mainly an event for areas well north and west but we could still get the coating. look at the temperatures, sti

maybe in the pretty boy dam area. 3 to 5 inches. maybe up to 7 inches of snow. that would be on thursday morning. north winds on the bay, they will be changing there. 5 to 10 knots. bay temp, around 50 degrees. tonight, look for the rain. mild. 56 for a low. remember, the streets are very, very warm. so it will just melt, for the most part. rain temps falling during the day. 58, starting out. probably this time tomorrow, maybe mid- to upper 40s, down to the mid-30s by thursday morning. that's when you can see that wet snow. not from the city or neighboring suburbs. 30, 40 miles north and west. maybe a couple of inches of wet snow thursday morning. >> all right, bob. thank you. >>> don't miss tonight's cbs primetime lineup. catch an all-new episode of unforgettable. and be sure to catch one of the all-time great college football traditions this weekend. don't miss the 112th edition of the army-navy game. that's saturday afternoon, 2:30, live here on wjz 13. >>> scott pele has a preview of what's coming up tonight on the cbs evening news. >>> in part 2 of our rare

that area could get one to three inches of snow overnight. temperatures throughout the day will slowly drop down into the 40s later this afternoon with occasional rain and changing to snow tonight. a look at your evening planner. danella, how's traffic? >> good morning. >>> traveling in montgomery county, tricky, tricky situation. first problem, dale drive is closed at georgia avenue and also closed at colesville road. this is due to a downed tree that also brought down some wires. excuse me. fire activity shuts down eastbound university boulevard. this is at lorraine avenue. use caution in that area. if you're taking the beltway in montgomery county, making your way towards connecticut avenue. that accident still taking up the right side of the roadway. you've got to stick to the left. i almost hit it coming in. very dangerous. you have a car horizontally. you are seeing delays as you make your way towards that accident. i'm back in ten minutes. joe and eun, back to you. >>> new from overnight, firefighters are investigating a house fire in

an inch and a half to two and a half inches in purple and more than two and a half inches in the red. to get through here. here's a look at the forecast. 2 to 5 inches west of hagerstown. 1 to 2 in westminster. that is of snowfall. and a light coating north and west of d.c. and areas around culpepper. let's move through the forecast for the evening and show you what to expect for the evening. rain, likely, fog mild conditions, 57 to 60 degrees. as we go into tomorrow morning, into tomorrow morning the temperatures won't change very much again. here's a look at the four-day forecast. 59 and falling the temperature tomorrow. 45 with the presip ending early on thursday as snow getting into sunshine and cold conditions stick around for the remainder of the workweek. >> thanks, veronica. >>> still to come, the former governor of illinois, rod blagojevich faces justice. >>> and the feds crack down >>> welcome back to news4 at 4:00. >> here's what is making news at 4:30. jack johnson was sentenced to seven years, three months in prison stemming from his corruption case. johnson apologized du

garrett county, oakland, maryland, ten and a half inches of snow. i'm putting this together in a blog. let's talk about the wind. still gusting to 30 miles per hour in gaithersburg. 29 at reagan national. 30 in easton. it is a breezy morning to say the least. but i do expect high pressure to be building in for the afternoon. our winds are going to slacken off some. most of the winds out of the northwest dropping temperatures now into the upper 30s here in town. still, 42 annapolis. 41 in cambridge. we've got 40 down at the pax river air station. 20s in the mountains. they're at 21 degrees. a little coating of snow up near the mason-dixon line last night. it really raced quickly away from us. to pennsylvania into westmoreland county, pennsylvania, they had three, four, five inch totals same with tucker county and grant county had five or six inches. 25 in leesburg is the current wind chill. feeling like 33 in fredericksburg. feels like 9 in garrett county. 35 on the bay at the naval academy with the winds gusting to 30 miles per hour. partly cloudy s

north of easton, picked up 1 to 3 1/2 inches. here, showed you two to three inches of rain.nd there was just so much rain and so much residual, milder air, that when that cold air came in, it mixed with it. it didn't get cold enough, long enough for that precip to turn into snow. honestly, one hour prior to the ending of that precip, had some cold air coming in. and we would have seen a quick, burst of heavy snow, which just didn't happen. annapolis at 45. down to 40 in westminster. a bit of a breeze, but it will be a lot lighter tonight. tomorrow, looks like the winds coming back out of the south, temporarily. there is a front out to the west. a little right snow. -- light snow. that front will actually bring in a little warmer air ahead of it. but once it get there's you the region tomorrow night, the winds go back to the north and northwest. and another pretty cold air mass for the weekend. in fact, pretty chilly, but dry, saturday and sunday. right now, just about clear as a bell. high pressure, there it goes, off the east coast. colder weather for saturday and sunday. b

just a couple inches from memphis to knoxville. heavy rain and flooding from boston to washington, d.c. thunderstorms in north florida and atlanta. light snow from billings to rapid city. >> 36 in boise.

some areas as much as 2 inches of rain. at the tail end, that is midnight, 1:00 in the morning until about 3:00 or 4:00, there is a possibility that you would be seeing a bit of slush. on the other hand, these are the areas better under that winter storm watch. the high elevations, out into the blue ridge and the mountains of west virginia. in the meantime, overnight tonight, temperatures are holding in the 50's. tomorrow, it will be rain with temperatures into the mid to high 50's. it will fall into the 40's. for the next seven days, maybe a why stuff like -- wet snowflake. as we head into the weekend temperatures only in the 40's. you can get all this at wjla.com. >> at least it is not freezing. >> it will not be freezing. >> we're giving away in other ipad. >> go to wjla.com/facebook and sign up there. we will announce the winner friday. >> here is a look at what is coming up in prime time. in a special guest stars as "last man standing." stick around for abc 7 is 11:00. >> coming up, the fda approves a hangover cure. >>

two to four inches. down around annapolis, you guys will be close to half an inch or dusting.w window is very brief, between midnight and 3:00 a.m. and that will be it. a flood watch is in effect today. we start out near 60 degrees and drop off into the 40's by the time the drive home from work. high temperatures in the 40's tomorrow. low to mid 40's tomorrow. same thing on friday. we stay in the 40's all the way through the weekend. on sunday, a high temperature around 48 degrees. the big story today is the change in the temperatures and maybe some snow late tonight. >> the sauce was deafening -- the silence was deafening. toyou don't have a child take a picture with santa, there is a pet for that. >> they are here to see this guy. what do these dogs and cats want? >> streets and toys -- treats and toys. >> i'm all decked out. i have squeaky toys to make noises. >> if the squeaky toys do not work, she makes sounds. >> it is very cute. >> carrot is a a volunteer -- karen is a volunteer. she has to get the pets to sit still. >> we have a blast. >> this is lola. >> this is a big

i think here in town and surrounding areas, probably like 1/2 inch to about three quarters of an inch with isolated areas maybe approaching an inch, okay. that is substantial. any thunder should stay to the south of us. clouds move in overnight tonight. the rain will hold off. 36 degrees. i think the rain will start to move in mid- to late morning. he we should be dry for the commute. rainy by noon and certainly rainy at 4:00, 5:00. we will make it to the upper 40s then fall back to the middle 40s. one day of rain. wednesday looks breezy and chilly. sunny thursday. friday good amounts of sunshine, temperatures around 50. through the weekend at this point, not looking too bad. >> i like the look of that. weekend. we are always 0 focused on that. >> never too early to look at the next weekend. >> it's a big weekend because it's new year's eve and new year's day. >> thank you, gary. >>> coming up next, the wait is almost over. the season start is minutes away. dave feldman is live from verizon center when we come back.  >>> i'm dave feldman. the washington wizar

up to four inches in garrett county. cumberland, maybe an inch. most of this comes down as it wintry mix. it is winter. temperatures mostly stay at or above normal for the entire week. wendy and colder tomorrow. dry weather for new year's eve. >> we have been pretty lucky so far. 39 degrees on tv hill. record-setting reward. the latest place for a -- the latest plea for a baby's safe return. >> the year in review. we take a look back at the most search items online. >> we are still taking your answers to our water cooler question of the day. what was your favorite gift given or gift received this holiday season? you can share your response at wbaltv.com and on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> the body of the missing indiana girl is found hours after a vigil is held for. the body was found monday night. she has been missing since friday. a neighbor said she had gone home but she never arrived, even though the homes are only 150 feet apart. the neighbor has been charged in the murder. a big reward is being offere

places between an inch and inch and a half of rainfall. overall what we'll be looking at are improving conditions, but also deteriorating at the same time. the sky will try to break up the clouds, give us some sun, but the winds will really crank up behind that storm. we're expecting a high of 53. that's cooler than the 60s we've done the last couple of days. but plan for those winds up to 35 miles per hour. that could bounce around some of those cars, especially if you're trying to get out of town. late see what's happening if you're trying to go around town. reporter: good morning, everyone. as you get ready to head out, friday morning, slippery conditions and a couple of incidents to get around. if you're traveling on route 27, that's manchester road up in westminster at 482, you'll see police still on the scene there trying to clear a crash. also we're looking at slippery conditions but no heavy volume for those of you making the drive on route 29 as well as route 95, i-95 traveling through howard county at maryland 175, your northboun

over 1 inch of rain officially at bwi marshall. we are within one-tenth of an inch or tying the record for the wettest december 2 in baltimore pretty high 7 above normal in the '60s. low temperatures are where we are now at temperatures will continue to drop to the evening. the storm is intensifying now in north-central carolina. center of the storm is getting a pretty close to the virginia and north carolina border. temperatures are dropping fast. it will be whipping to the mid- atlantic it the next few hours dragging the cold air in and changing ran over into snow. futurecast shows wet weather with us by 9:00 tonight. changeover approaching the washington county line by 9:00. in between 9:00 at 1:00 in the morning, snow moves into the region. by 1:00 in the boarding most of this will be gone. after that these guys will clear. snow showers will continue in the balkans to the west. there's a looks to be a sunny day. the storm will be long gone and it will be breezy and chile. some snow accumulations are possible again. colder tempe

time may accumulate three to six inches in the highlands of west virginia, far western maryland. the higher amounts in the high ridges. closer to washington, one to three inches mainly on grassy areas, shenandoah valley, in the blue ridge, northern montgomery county and loudoun county. closer to washington, just a light dusting on grassy areas. that would be from 9:00 this evening to 2:00 tomorrow morning. sun returns. cold weather and breezy. tomorrow cold and dry with sunshine. friday, saturday, sunday, monday, and tuesday. danella, how's traffic? >> tough. a lot of accidents on the roadways. let's start with route 109 at i-270, having an accident there. if you're taking i-270, jammed from urbanna down towards clarksburg. it's slow. delays start again around father hurley. you're jammed as you approach father hurley. those delays continue all the way to the spur. > if you're traveling on 395, still have the accident. 395 at duke street on the right side of the roadway. fire department is on the scene. got to stick to the left. two of your left lanes will get

record rainfall 2.8 inches. a trace of snow that's the official report and yes it did snow i hope you stayed up late enough to watch. it didn't stick around. and i just gave a little credit to the snow trying to overtake the wet ground. winds gusting over 40 miles per hour and yes we have got the snow photos to prove what happened and still on the ground west and north this morning. 35 baltimore. 31 montgomery and temperatures in the below freezing range down to pensacola florida this morning. yeah, that's deep cold air wrapping around this storm. and high pressure will dominate heading in through the next day or so. but our storm a low that's a cranker and that's why they are whipping up heavy snow in the mountain of new england. and that's why we had the strong winds very impressive storm that exploded with development just about every thing with as -- that was expected it did. but not what's left over. we are dry into the start of the weekend. moisture in the form of rain, delmarva this saturday morning. this

we have 50s today one to two inches of rain. bottoming out at 31 and that will probably be after the snow ends. and snow by the way, with our winter weather advisory harford baltimore including the city i think right near the bay will be close to an inch. further south just on the grassy areas in annapolis with a fewhours at tail end. hereford zone and york, p.a.2 to 4 inches mainly on the hill tops we are expecting higher amounts but i think a good 2 to 4 inches is safe north of westminster to southern p.a. it ends 4 to 2á in the afternoon. lows in the 20s. 47 friday and another push of cold air near 40 and a flurry on saturday afternoon. here angela with traffic. >> reporter: on a couple accidents out there working, police are clearing the incident on i-97 southbound. we were blocking a left lane at dorsey road. there in the -- they are in the clearing stages. working to clear the accident on golden ring road at philadelphia road. starting to see heavier involve on the -- volume on the west side of 695. okay at 144 but looking