nbc meteorologist bill karins has been tracking those storms. it looks bad. >> impressive. ten inches in minneapolis. winter has arrived and in a big way through the middle of the country. the wind chills are brutal this morning. all of this mess is now sliding to the east coast. thankfully not the snow and ice. the storm itself is actually located over lower michigan heading up towards just north of buffalo. these storms in the winter that track up into canada drag warmer air to the east coast. that's why we're not worried about a big snow or ice storm on the eastern seaboard. it's going to be warm enough for severe thunderstorms, maybe damaging hail and wind. watching areas of alabama and northern georgia. twa warm air up the east coast. all the cold air has been stored up towards alaska, fairbanks, all the way up towards central canada. the door has now been opened. the cold blast has made it down to texas. there's snow flurries not far away from areas like dallas this morning. as far as new england this goes, if you're traveling in the state of maine right now you have

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bill karins says good riddance. on the heels of the news that mcelroy will get the start on sunday.ets are done with sanchez and tebow. they reportedly will explore all options to dump the two quarterbacks, including maybe trading them. good luck with that. accord tock a team source, the typically poised tebow looked furious upon receiving the news that mcelroy instead of tebow will be the starter. >> you know, i respect the coach's decision. obviously i want to be out there playing, so i don't necessarily agree with it. when something like that happens, i do my best to support greg and support the team and get him ready to play and prepare like a starter in case i need to go in there. >> as a player, even though you my not agree, you have to, you know, you have respect for them and the organization. you just do the best you can. all you can ask for and all you want is a chance to play the game you love and help this team win football games. you know, that's all i want. >> typically understated rex ryan said he's considering keeping all three quarterbacks active for send's game agai

. >>> let's get a check of the weather with nbc meteorologist bill karins. men often times need help when looking for christmas gifts. batman snuggie? just a suggestion. >> you'd like to see me in a batman snuggie. >> yes, take a picture of that. >>> we're deal, a storm system in the southwest. it's actually poured overnight in areas that don't get a lot of rain, yuma, arizona, phoenix, arizona. this is the storm system moving across the country over the upcoming weekend. it won't affect you this morning or this afternoon. but eventually this storm will bring rain and gloomy weather to new england come sunday. right now, though, it's a beautiful picturesque morning, everywhere east of the rockies, high pressure is in control. it's not all that cold out there. temperatures have warmed up in the midwest. temperatures should be nice, a beautiful afternoon in so many spots. really the only spots that are cold. by their standards, it isn't that chilly. new england, some spots in the 20s, too. the forecast for today, a gorgeous day, a picture perfect friday, order

abc2's karin caifa has more. >> reporter: returning a gift seems like it should be a simple task. with some items, there could be strings attached. >> electronics are sticky. they're popular gifts this time of the year. many retailers will charge you a portion of the price, 15%, 20% whether you opened it or not. >> reporter: consume reports recommends reviewing a return policy before heading to the mall and keep the following in mind. gift receipts will make returns easier. not all purchases made online can be returned at a brick and moore ter p-tar -- more ter store f an item comes with a free or bonus gift, that usually has to be returned, too. >> you might not be able to return the something you paid for without the freebie. so if you got a package deal, bring everything back just to be safe. >> i'm karin caifa. >> ba ham bug for netflix users. the streaming video service was out for a good part of the day. they blamed the cloud structure. netflix called it terrible timing on christmas eve and said they're back to normal. this is the third time this year that an amazon outage h

we'll have bill karins full forecast coming up. >>> as time runs out for lawmakers hammering out a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff, house republicans are sweetening a backup plan to gain more gop support. the president is vowing a veto even as hangups and negotiations threaten to keep him in town or delay his hawaiian vacation yet again this year. the irs estimates as many as 100 million tax returns could be delayed if no deal is struck by january 1st. >>> nbc's tracie potts joins us now from washington to break it all down. good morning. what's happening in today's vote? >> reporter: a couple of votes today. let's break it down for you, mara. the big vote that the republicans are pushing to have everyone under a million dollars keep their tax rates low. president obama says this defies lodger, that people making $800,000, $900,000 should be paying higher taxes. republicans think they can get it through the house. no luck of getting it through the democratic senate at all. second vote which is to sweeten the deal for the republicans who are skeptical is to replace the automatic cuts, a l

karin caifa has this week's clicked in. 3 tt many, there's nostalgia to sitting down and penning a holiday wish list. to make my list? paper and pencil. i'm totally old school. to others, it's about modern-day convenience and gifting across envelope issa good one, amazon, sometimes even tiffany if people have been good phrough the year. it all depends. during this season for sharing, there areemore twists thaa ever on the traditional holiday wish list. people used to use pappe and pencil, ann put it on the refrrgerator. i remember doing that when i was growing up. &pand then different ttpes of websites wwuld haae diffeeent pinds of digital wwsh lists for their own website. sites &plike amazon, wishpot and tall wish let users share lists with family and friendssacross social networking sites where they alleady iteract. and the explosion in pinterest's popularity has created another avenue. i share ii with everrbody. i make my list on pinterest, all the ppctures are there.// and i have one for y kids, i have ne for my husband, he makes one. and it to put together a bunch of ideas and then wi

first i want to start off with our core team, our core creative team and that consists of karin kai and years. >> and this year we have the help of dozens of volunteers and i want to particularly acknowledge the university of berkeley alfa, fi omega service community and volunteers from one brick. aid for good, the san francisco chapter. and you guys are here. the bridgemen. the left coast theatre. skip and the staff of martini's bar. yeah. and berny man and we had a bunch of burners helping us this year. yeah. and also, of course i would like to thank the mayor's office of neighborhood services and city hall events department. we worked them for seven years and they are always wonderful. and so thank you. >> it was his idea in the beginning. he must be very proud. that is a beautiful tree. and there are hundreds of cranes, when you look at it from here, it looks like it is snow-covered the tree. but you are in san francisco, that is not snow, those are oragami and each one has to be folded and it is an incredible project. i always thought of it as something that they just kind of did i

bill karins tracking the weather. what does it look like now? >> old man winter crashed the party this weekend. without a doubt. we were off to a warm period of weather throughout the country. now all the cold air up in canada and alaska has rushed to the south behind the storm. most of the snow was over with. light stuff and flurries minneapolis, green bay, light snow left for you. but the big story is the cold air that's behind this. if you're shoveling or snowplowing, it's miserable. the storm is heading east. instead of going due east or redeveloping off the coast, it's heading to quebec. it's dragging warm air up the eastern seaboard. it's only extreme northern portions of vermont, new hampshire, and all of the state of maine that we have to deal with ice and snow during the morning. i think maine especially around augusta, i-95, you'll have to deal with the possibility of a lot of sleet, too, mixed in. rain further to the south. we had strong thunderstorms along this front yesterday through the midwest. now we just got showers in pittsburg

i am karin caifa. >>> there's much more ahead on abc2 news at 6:30. we will be right back. >>> we will give you a final look of the forecast. we will be into the 30s and 20s back on at abc2 news at 11 and it's killie wakeup. -- killie wakeup. 24 and 38 be a -- chilly wakeup. 24 to 38. an arctic blast by the end of the week but no snow or rain. >> we love to hear that for new years's thanks and that's it for abc2 news at 6. thanks for joining us. see you at 11. have a great night.

here's nbc meteorologist bill karins.ess he'll put cameras all over the restaurant. >> it sounds like trouble. >> or really good reality tv. >> who knows what the food will be like. not that anyone will care. good morning, everyone. a winter wonderland throughout much of the country, snow covering a lot of areas and where there's snow on the ground still very cold in all of new england. wind chills are in the teens up in maine they are in the single digits and negative numbers. very cold morning. thankfully schools are still out so don't have to worry about bus stop weather. morning commute, cold and chilly but partly cloudy skies, new england warms up for a typical late december type day. snow flurries in pittsburgh. kansas, missouri heading to southern illinois and indiana light snow heading your way. tomorrow, new year's day, some of that snow shower activity will work its way through west virginia and washington, d.c. but it really weakens it won't be a big deal. look at these temperatures. northern plains, this is it

look at the weather including that winter storm making its way east, here is nbc meteorologist bill karins. good morning. >>> good morning. this storm will cause a lot of headaches. schools will be canceled in some cases. airports will have cancellations, too. this map shows the areas that will be effected. the pink showing the winter storm warnings. now we have brand new busily saad wa blizzard warnings from ames to des moines and central wisconsin. you will be dealing with your first blizzard of the season. where are we dealing with the problems this morning? only in the mountainous areas of central and western colorado, also some of the higher terrain there in arizona and new mexico. the storm will begin in earnest and intensify and become a headache as we go throughout the day today. the blue shows the snow. this is this morning. as we go throughout the day today, it blossoms. just clips the colorado area. denver two to four inches. later this afternoon, driving home in nebraska, very dangerous conditions. wind will be howling. heavy snow falling. as we go throughout the overnight hour

. >>> now for a look at the weather, we turn to bill karins with the weather channel forecast. good morning. >>> good morning. welcome. >> thank you. >> our new anchor at "first look". >> it's very good to be here. >> richard engel story -- >> i'm so relieved. a friend, a phenomenal person. >> five days, we had no clue. when he comes back and tells the story of what happened -- >> yeah. >> can't miss tv. >> absolutely. >> good morning. we have two storms to talk about as we go throughout the morning. one is the heavy rain heading up through new england. it's rain, not snow, which is rare for this time of year. and we are dealing with a new storm, a major winter storm as it goes through the mountains of the rockies today and through the plains tomorrow. let's start with what's happening in the northeast. that heavy rain has exited the new york city area, starting to exit long island, too. from new york city southward, philly, d.c., a shower today, mainly dry. but 84, the mass pike, all of this region dealing with extremely heavy rain. the temperatures are warm enough, we don't h

and now for a look at your national weather, let's turn to nbc meteorologist bill karins, he has your weather forecast. incredibly cute. did you see the kid up front. >> try saying broccoli next time somebody takes a picture. that's a lot of fun. >> you have way too much time on your hands. >> well, good morning, everyone. the snow pack continues across the northern half of the country. we watched this stack last week for this time of year. only 7% of the country had snow. the northern plains were snow-free, new england, the great lakes. well, we had this big snowstorm go through the plains and the rockies. the snow plains go down the border, omaha, north of chicago, the northern great lakes have snow, all of the upper midwest, and we've even got snow down through colorado and even new mexico. now we have 32% of the country covered by snow, which is where we should be for this time of the year. that's what it took. one big storm. will the cold and the snow remain? doesn't look like it. it's a little better than yesterday. the colder air finally made its way to the east coast. it does

our nbc meteorologist bill karins is tracking the storm for us. what's the latest? >> today was a good day to take off from work if you possibly could. in a lot of areas from the great lakes to the west coast, the wind is howling. the wind is the biggest threat out there. it's going to be this morning in mostly the big cities along i-95. right now winds 39 in philadelphia. 36 in scranton. you have to get in the 50-mile-per-hour range to get damaging winds. that will occur as the sun is coming up this morning around new york city, philadelphia, all of new jersey and then southern new england this afternoon. it's not pretty around chicago with winds at 40 and indianapolis at 40 and areas of snow out here. so it's a very windy day out there. not good for flying. a lot of airline delays. as far as the rain goes, the rain is in green, remember. heavy rain kicking up from philadelphia to new york city through the hudson valley, through scranton and binghamton, new york. that will be over the top of boston this afternoon. the back side of the storm has a lot of snow with i

and now for a look at your national weather, let's turn to bill karins.e has your weather channel forecast. >> the best part is the underwater robot for a place that doesn't have water. >> maybe it's a pool. >> yes. >> and they need to inspect it. >> counter-terrorism measures in the backyard. you never know. good morning, everyone. getting out the door this morning, it's very cold up in new england. tell you what, the lack of snow is really becoming a slightly alarming especially if you have any interest in snowy weather recreation or skiing or ice skating or maybe you like to go snowmobiling. the northern half of the country is sparse. 7% of the country has snow cover. most of that is the high elevations in the rockies and northern rockies. it's about as low as it gets. last year at this time we had 20% of the country covered with snow. this shows you we're well behind schedule to build up that snow pack. we're not doing it this morning in the northern plains. plenty warm there. the cold wind chills are in place in new england, especially north in areas

now for a look at your weather, let's check back in with bill karins.your weather channel forecast. >> that's entertaining. if you or i or the staff were to do it that, would be really entertaining. >> and i will refuse to participate in. that i'll be on the sidelines. >> lame. >> i know. >> good morning, everyone. if you're leaving in new jersey, out your door or new york city area, southern connecticut, some showers are about to move through. they're already coming in pretty good now, moving on interstate 78 and 80 across new jersey and into the greater new york city area. they'll be in and out quickly by 8:00 a.m. they should be overwith. it's little area of showers. you can see it right here. southern hudson valley to just north of philadelphia. that's about it. those will quickly blow through long island and also through connecticut as we go throughout the early morning. after that, the warm front goes through and will warm up in a hurry. a pool of cold air moved in overnight over new england. hartford at 32. it's 17 degrees warmer right now in new

in washington, i'm karin caifa. kron4 news for a more >> indepth look into the into the challenges, the president and congress face -- as the fiscal cliff deadline ticks forward. kron4's political analyst will join us tonight, at 5:30. >> pam: police now say the deadly home invasion -- that rocked a wealthy silicon valley suburb -- was *not random. raven dixon was arraigned in a santa clara court today on charges of being an accessory to the murder of raveesh kumar kumra durung a home invasion-- back on november 30th. dixon was led out of the san jose courtroom in chains after the judge put her bail at one million. a pre-trial hearing is set for the middle of january. >> in san jose, police ordered a school locked down after a pair of robbery suspects retrieved a gun from the backyard of a nearby home. as kron four's rob fladeboe reports now, the suspects were then trailed by police to another nearby residence where a brief standoff >> one of at least two armed robbery suspects could be seen being taken into custody

a local chefk yock of your weat from bill karins. >> that's a brain teaser. >> good morning, everyonewe're continuing to watch this incredibly warm unbelievable weather pattern throughout the eastern half of the country. it continues today. if you can get the lunch out doors or anything this afternoon, enjoy it while it lasts. the cool air is going to come into the middle of the country. it's still at this hour ridiculously warm from texas northward. yesterday we were 70 degrees in chicago in december. we do have a few showers out there this morning. it's really not too bad. have the umbrella, st. louis looks like indianapolis and detroit. even new york city over the next hour and a half. a little light area of showers is going to roll through. but look at this afternoon. 73 on the mall in washington, d.c. it's going to be 63 in new york. 70 in atlanta. it's not like it's frigid behind this either. it's still going to be pretty mild. the east coast tomorrow slightly cooler. but by december standards, still unbelievably warm map. joe and meeka, there is no cold air coming our way. ther

we turn to bill karins. he has the weather channel forecast for you. which continues to be a little toasty. >> a little balmy. >> put the sunscreen on. nice. >> you probably needed it in some spots. so many stories of flowers and trees and green glass and lack of snow out there. but things have changed. this map shows you where it's gotten colder and warmer compared to this time yesterday. and you notice that chicago is much colder right now. you've returned back to normal winter conditions, while the eastern seaboard is even warmer this morning than it was yesterday. yesterday it was very warm. we are watching a few showers out there, too, but these temperatures, they're not going to get much warmer than this today. unlike yesterday where the sun came out during the afternoon, today the cold front goes through, there will be clouds, showers early, and then the sun will come out, it will get breezy and a little windy. and the cold air, it's still chilly in minneapolis, but that's where you you should be this time of year. where it won't see much of a c

that's what they say bill karins is. >> i play one on tv. >> a live look at rockefeller plaza. live practically in pennsylvania. i drove all the way in today and was hydroplaning all over the place thinking this would be nice if it was snow, but not snow. >> no snow. all rain. high winds, damaging winds. it's one of those mornings that if you took today off, you chose wisely because if you have to travel this morning in new jersey, connecticut, southern new york, and eventually up toward the boston area, it's not going to be fun. it's not icy. it's not snow. the winds gusting up to 50 to 60 miles per hour in heavy rain. the hydroplaning, hands on the wheel-type weather. you can only imagine what the airports will be like once they open up this morning from philadelphia and new york city northwards. d.c. should be okay. as far as the snow goes, we start dealing with that. it's snowing pretty hard this morning. the kids will be excited in areas of indiana and southern ohio and the mountainous areas of west virginia and kentucky. and up in michigan, numerous areas of snow. as far

. >>> and now for a look at the national weather, we turn to nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. how's the flounder? >> flaky. very flaky. did you have a good weekend? >> i did. it was great. yours? >> people out there getting tans this weekend. the calendar goes to december -- >> i'm much darker. >> nice. good morning, everyone. incredibly warm air spread across the country. everyone that's east of the rockies can thank that huge california storm system. there was actually three of them. that pushed warm pacific air across the country. it cut off all the cold air from canada. it is warm from coast on to coast, incredibly warm. as far as the storms on the west, we're getting a break. the big one was yesterday. we had 150-mile-per-hour wind gusts in the mountain peaks in the sierra, and that system has kicked on through. there will be light rain today in seattle, but that will be about it. the really nasty stuff is gone. i mean, these temperatures are just ridiculous. for this time of morning, it is 64 in kansas city. that's usually like a morning low in july. i

karin caifa explains some gift return pitfalls. >> reporter: returning a gift seems like it should be a simple task. but with some items there can be some strings attached especially among some of the most popular gifts of the season. >> electronics are really tricky because there are restocking fees associated with electron i thinks, they're popular gifts this time of year. many retailers will charge you a little portion of the purchase price. 15%, 20% whether you've opened it or not. >> reporter: "consumer reports" recommends reviewing a retailer's return policy before heading to the mall and keeping the following in mind. gift receipts will make your transaction much easier. and some stores won't accept returns without one. not all purchases made online can be returned at a brick and mortar store. some gift cards can't be returned or won't amount to a cash refund. and if items were bought at a store's outlet they may not be returnable. if an item comes with a free or bonus gift that usually has to be returned too. >> you might not be able to return the something you paid for withou

i'm karin caifa reporting. >> coming up, your full sports, with the forty- niners, jason applebaum. >the rainfall finally try to subside. with sunny conditions possibly for tomorrow morning. however, there is another storm on the way your full forecast coming up. . >> corta madera images with downed trees in some areas, strong wind and even flooding in palo alto, highway 1 0 1 and the napa river. however, conditions are improving. the stormtracker 4, the rain has ended in most spots. that is going to be the taste for at least 24-a 36 hours. that will be the-case-. light rainfall and residual showers in nature for the southern portions of san jose. for the rest of the bay area, dry for now and partial clearing. for the napa river, a flood stage at st. helena, 16 ft.. right now, the correct ripple level is at 15.9 ft.. it is beginning to subside the correct ripple level-is 15.90. napa, is also improving the flood is at 15 but it was forecast to go above flood stage. but that is not going to happen. this live look at the bay bridge and this camera lens was covered with drops but now, jus

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bill karins joins us. >> good morning. a new anchor this morning. >> thank you. >> you're either lucky or unlucky. you have to deal with me every single morning. you may regret it in a week or two. good morning, everyone, we have one area of rain and snow exiting new england today. you saw that from the live shot there in connecticut. just pouring rain this time of year, definitely a little bit on the strange side. we are watching only cold air in northern portions of maine are the only areas that will deal with the snow and sleet. it's a soaker this morning. even in areas like vermont and new hampshire. temperatures are good. don't have to worry about the roads. as far as the morning, through the rockies, through the higher elevations, this is going to head out to the plains today and tonight. tomorrow, a snowstorm is developing. through green bay, through the heart of iowa, blizzard watches here in areas, a little bit of colorado, but mostly western kansas. then winter storm warnings through all of utah. how much snow? i

i'm karin caifa for abc2 news. >>> recess should be considered a requirement. that's according to the american academy of pediatrics. the group said it's necessary. policy makers said recess should be used as a comely -- complement to classes, not as a substitute. >> one of the biggest factors for adult obesity is childhood obesity. if we don't change, we will be in trouble over the next several decades. >> they said this may also impact ac dem achievement. >>> it as always fun to party and watch the ball drop on new year's eve. but if you're down for the count on new year's day, drank a little too much, there are foods to help you get a handle on your hangover. downing a sports drink before you go to bed can help replace election tre lights. foods like salmon may help. if your stomach is uneasy, try sticking to land -- bland food. >> bread, rice, apple, toast, bananas, very plain food. >> you can also try a gingerbread coke -- cookie. ginger can help decrease nausea. >> a night of parting and then top s it off with -- top it off with gingerbread cookies. a cou