the weather channel's julie martin is at laguardia airport here in new york. julie, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, kate. well, another winter storm for thousands of travelers making their way home from the christmas holiday to ring in the new year. today a winter storm moved quickly northeast dumping snow from the ohio valley up through parts of new england. the storm did not bring with it blockbuster snowfall but it was a quick hitter that came down hard and fast, forcing some commuters to get creative. >> by ski and then by bus later. >> reporter: stranding others. >> once the snow starts, until the plows come by, you're pretty much stuck. >> reporter: the low visibility on highways caused several car accidents and prompted road closures in new york and pennsylvania. creating problems for more than 20 million people traveling between christmas and new year's. the weather channel's mike seidel was in harrisburg this afternoon. >> reporter: for many in pennsylvania this is the third time they had to shovel snow this week, some picking up another 4 to

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the weather channel's julie martin is at new york's laguardia airport. is it right now, julie? >> reporter: right now we are getting a bit of a break, craig, but there is more to come with this system. it is just now a little bit south of the new york city metro area. i'm at laguardia, and i can tell you we've seen 50 or so cancellations as of this morning and this afternoon, but more likely to come as the snow really starts to work its way into the city this afternoon and this evening. we're looking to pick up anywhere say one to three inches in manhattan and some of the higher elevations like the hudson valley and you could be looking at anywhere from 6 to 8 inches and cities like boston are going to get socked this evening and we could see anywhere up to a foot of snow in the boston area so certainly travel in and out of logan is not going to be too keen by the time tomorrow morning rolls around if you are trying to get there for the holiday destination for the new year. here in new york it's not as big of a storm as we saw in the past week where we sa

from la guard yarks i'm meteorologist julie martin of the weather channel. back to you, craig. >> thanks to you. >>> coming up, the latest on former president bush's health after a spokesperson said the former president has suffered a, quote, series of setbacks. >>> plus, new details about senator mike crapo's arrest for drunk driving. it is just one of the things we thought you should know. look, if you have copd like me, you know it can be hard to breathe, and how that feels. copd includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. spiriva helps control my copd symptoms by keeping my airways open for 24 hours. plus, it reduces copd flare-ups. spiriva is the only once-daily inhaled copd maintenance treatment that does both. spiriva handihaler tiotropium bromide inhalation powder does not replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden symptoms. tell your doctor if you have kidney problems, glaucoma, trouble urinating, or an enlarged prostate. these may worsen with spiriva. discuss all medicines you take, even eye drops. stop taking spiriva and seek immediate medical help if

weather channel's julie martin standing by at laguardia. what's the seen now, julie?porter: craig, in fact, half of those cancellations have come from the new york airports and 180, jfk, laguardia and newark as of this hour. in terms of the delays we are not seeing them mount as much as we would have thought at this time and one of the reasons that snow not quite working its way into the tri-state area just yet, but we are, nonetheless, seeing low ceilings and visibility issues and certainly wet runways as a result of the storm which will continue to crank along throughout the afternoon and the evening before winding down overnight into tomorrow and really impacting cities like boston which could pick up a foot. i would expect to see major delays for you. here in new york, we are anticipating those delays to continue to climb throughout the evening. one of the good things with this storm, versus the storm earlier this week is the winds are lighter with this so it won't be as much of an aviation problem. nonetheless, if you are traveling you will want to check ahead be

the building permit, jumping 3.6% in november, up to their highest level since july 2008. martin connor is the chief financial officer, and he joins us tonight from pennsylvania. marty, welcome back to n.b.r. have you been out there increasing your building permit for next year? >> tom, it is great to be with n.b.r. i do think we are increasing our permits. we've seen dramatic creaes ur sal through the first four quarters of our year, all four quarters of our year. they went from the mid-40s to the mid-50s to the mid-60s, to 75% growth, fourth quarter over last year's fourth quarter. so we're optmatic about 2013. >> tom: your boss, the c.e.o. of tol brothers, signed a letter to president obama and john boehner, saying, quote,"failing to reach an agreement on the fiscal cliff will shake the confidence of american consumers." so home building is a long tale to it. why take the chance with your optimism given there is still no resolution? >> we're a long land builder. we own the land well in advance of when we actually put it in use. so we're positioned for the continued recovery. w

kimberly fox, i am peer july wealth management. scott martin, united advisors and steve hayes from the "weekly standard." you guys are still at work. everybody in washington gave up and went home. we're all here. i don't know, kimberly, what do you make of what happened today? >> you know, i don't know. they can't play fair and they can't play nicely in the sand backs, make them go home and rethink it and come back and be willing to work. life is about a plan b. if plan b doesn't work you better have a plan-c or plan d. melissa: scott, i'm surprised the markets didn't fall more. are they still holding out hope that these chuckle heads as called earlier today by something else will get something done? now it seems we're should be preparing the swan dive to go over the news call cliff? >> chuckle heads is putting it nicely, melissa. it was a thin trade. there wasn't a lot of people participating in the market move. it is not surprising when everybody sold yet. that probably comes next week. here is the interesting thing. i'm kind of surprise that

julie have this christmas off. >> we're on storm watch as another storm rolls through the area. we have team coverage of this latest system. bill martin is tracking on storm tracker 2. but we begin with john fowler he's like in palo alto and brings us why people are keeping an eye on a levee. >> reporter: because it's raining. you may see some spots on your lens. let me show you san franciscito bridge. it is much higher than when you last saw it. there's 3,700 sandbags here. state crews brought in 3,500 of these sandbag, built some so called chimneys to protect the levee from erosion from beneath. the idea here is that this is a temporary fix for a 82-year-old problem here. and just a little while ago the officials for the joint powers authority told me that the rain tonight should not be enough to push the creek to the near record flows of two nights and and across the bay we found people enjoying tonight's rain. >> it is, it is. it's going to hopefully bring a lot of freshness, right to the valley. clean out the dirty and bring the new for the new year, right? >> with holiday lights there was barely a problem on the roads today. mar

chief meteorologist bill martin will show us which spots are the coldest but first to ken wayne in napa county where a freeze warning is posted for overnight, ken. >> reporter: julie, calastoga is one of the coldest places in the area. but as you can see from all the steam it's also one of the hottest spots. the water literally boils out of the ground at indian springs resorts bubbling to the surface at 212 degrees. it cools to 102 by the time it reaches this massive outdoor pool. >> you see where i'm at? >> reporter: these women traveled from the northwest coast to find refuge here. >> i am going to try to stay in the warm water as long as i can. >>> plumber ryan hermes was getting ready for a long night ahead. >> it's going to be a cold night. last year it was pretty bad. we had a lot of cracked pipes. >> reporter: he offers this advice, cover them or turn them off. >> that's what happens when the water stops moving it'll stay there and expand. once you get the heat coming out, it'll crack. >> reporter: plants too are susceptible. >> got a pretty large orange three with a lot of fruit on it right now and a lemon tree and it has fruit on it as well. the freezes a

chief meteorologist bill martin will show us which spots are the coldest but first to ken wayne in napa county where a freeze warning is posted for overnight, ken. >> reporter: julie, calastoga is one of the coldest places in the area. but as you can see from all the steam it's also one of the hottest spots. the water literally boils out of the ground at indian springs resorts bubbling to the surface at 212 degrees. it cools to 102 by the time it reaches this massive outdoor pool. >> you see where i'm at? >> reporter: these women traveled from the northwest coast to find refuge here. >> i am going to try to stay in the warm water as long as i can. >>> plumber ryan hermes was getting ready for a long night ahead. >> it's going to be a cold night. last year it was pretty bad. we had a lot of cracked pipes. >> reporter: he offers this advice, cover them or turn them off. >> that's what happens when the water stops moving it'll stay there and expand. once you get the heat coming out, it'll crack. >> reporter: plants too are susceptible. >> got a pretty large orange three with a lot of fruit on it right now and a lemon tree and it has fruit on it as well. the freezes a

martin. >> he left in a body bag and george zimmerman went home to sleep in his own bed. >> zimmerman claimed self-defense and ignited racial tensions. trial is set for june. >> number two? july twentyth, terror inside theater nine. >> there has been a mass shooting at a movie theater. >> james holmes donned protective gear, threw tear gas and began firing. holmes faces one hundred and fifty-two charges. many victims continue to recover while others will never recover the loss they suffered that night. and number one -- >> unimaginable horror grips the nation in one of the deadliest school shootings in u.s. history. >> tragedy at sandy hook elementary school. >> this is unspeakable. >> innocent children shot dead in their classrooms. the victims? sixteen six-year-olds, four seven-year-olds along with adults. >> all who had the pleasure to meet her would agree that this world is a better place because she has been in it. >> an outpouring of kindness and compassion while a nation faced ard questions about mental health and guns as the president issued an emotional call for action. >> for those of us who remain, let us find the strength to carry on and make our country worthy of

julie wright. >> is that you i heard driving all over the road into he was suggesting that. >> we talked him down from that. >> i withdrew my comment. >> it is stricken. >> wisdom martin, ladiesnd gentlemen, traveling out of bowie, lanes are open, a nice easy drive so far conning inbound towards the capital play. light vask volume for those traveling along 214 -- light traffic volume for those traveling along 214. we've got light traffic volume for those traveling into downtown. lanes are open there along south capital street heading out m street. traffic flowing freely each way between 207 and tyson's, 66 inbound leaving fair oaks towards the capital beltway. still maintaining speed. we talked to the crew in sky fox. not able to fly this morning because of the fog. be careful out there. allow extra time out there on the roads. here is south capital street at m with traffic flowing freely now headed inbound towards the douglass bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. ime traffic. >>> we have an update on that breaking news out of prince george's county. police are still on the scene of a barricade where one person is inside an apartment. police believe the perso

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