stow a lot of it as a matter of fact and winter storm warnings also the prospect of like a fax no lake michiganindiana michigan coming our way but here is what we looked at today with 19th day above 40 degrees 20 it on the way tomorrow and could hit 50 degrees it big storm out of the area. tracking rainfall across year reign of numbers in a moment. this will pull out the sunshine that broke from the clouds to the west will be coming in during the day tomorrow and a strong southerly afternoon wind pushing us up to 50 before the big died on sunday and into monday almost 8 t of an inch of rain for kenosha and fox lake not far from that harvard and woodbridge sot respectable rainfall totals. rainfall totals. 39 degrees tonight at o'hare and stronger wind blowing. 39 degrees. the beautiful skyline finally the visible after a day in the clouds here is what is happening pointing to this storm a big part of clouds a bit rushed aboard air west end of the continent as that happens setting the stage for arctic outbreak buckled and the jets' no. reaching into the arctic pulling the cold air down in anticip

and specifically lake michigan, it's all the great lakes. it's not just in illinois. there are nuclear power facilities across the country. we need to have a safe, secure way to be able to store spent fuel rods. i think yucca mountain have been muvene to be the place to do it. mr. shimkus: before the gentleman yields, can you tell me the disposition of zion power plant? what's going on there now? mr. dold: it's been demissioned at -- decommissioned at this point in time. the spent fuel rodses are being transported to a location on the site, that's just literally a few hundred feet away from the beaches there and probably about 20 to 30 miles north of the city of chicago. this is not the place that we want to be storing spent fuel rods and so zion, you know, was a great source of electricity for the people around the area and has been decommissioned other the last two years, so it is now sitting idle and they're trying to go through the process of dismantling it. mr. shimkus: i tried to briefly show this article from the "salt like tribune,"

here is the forecast we have lake effect snow flurries blowing and to michigan and indiana ... there will likely be a. tomorrow where the snow flurries will ease up. tomorrow morning flurries. later in the day more flurries. there is a load of miles pacific air coming across the area late saturday through sunday bringing the moisture on monday and tuesday showers during the day are expected monday. tomorrow afternoon expect 30 mi. per hour wind gusts. that will lead up sunday morning and get windy here sunday evening. the forecast is for skies this afternoon to be mostly sunny and temperature cold the high reading will hit 37 degrees tonight will cloud over chile with flurries beyond midnight ... saturday mostly cloudy turning crazy in the afternoon and more flurries late in the day the high temperature will be 37 once again ... it will be mostly sunny turning windy and milder sunday the temperature can reach all the way to 46 degrees. the mild pacific air will be traveling this way later in the weekend. it's time for today's trivia question samuel morrorse is known seahawks at

we started off with a kind of a muddy look as we look out towards lake michigan. came down in a lawyer today. . in o'hare today. temperatures will be in the third is for much of this week winds right now not a very strong. wind speeds less than 10 mi. per hour, what about the wind chill. by wednesday we will be in some very cold there but that is nothing the worst is still to come this is next friday afternoon extremely chillier dropping south from @gcanada that will keep our daytime high temperatures on friday only in the mid-20s or sell a very chilly air expected, it should be a short blast of cold air, we're watching a disturbance that will be taking shape up in wisconsin tomorrow and that will bring some snow showers as you see in our computer animation down into the chicago area how much of this stuff will hit the ground, probably not much. in any event it will not be a major snowstorm, but the wind plot here over the next week you can see a little bit of windy conditions from time to time but generally it's not going to be our issue our issue is going to be

that means the self and the southwest wind is carrying the warm air into chicago lake michigan is currentlythe wind gusts will be picking up as the afternoon wears on up to 32 mi. per hour ... tonight will be really windy into the 40 mi. per hour range ... the cool air will hit tomorrow afternoon ... we have a downturn in temperature coming friday and saturday but we will shoot back up to 40 degrees or so on sunday and monday we may see a rainmaker on monday that turns into a small maker by tuesday ... we will be watching those systems for snow very carefully >> thank you for joining us today we hope you have a great afternoon. remember that we are back here at 5 and again at 9 this evening

the relative humidity is 66 degrees the water temperature on lake michigan is 41 degrees. it is very cool out there. we will see some snow overnight about half an inch at arise later after midnight ... it will be sunny and cold tomorrow. it will be in the '20s friday and saturday. more on the snow ... we have overcast skies the snow will be a little slippery on the roadways ... we will show you where and how much may come down ... it's a fast moving thing that moves out quickly ... about a half an inch we will be in the thirties today and we are dropping down into the 20s tonight with the teens inland. the first time since we've been in the '20s since february. we will reach 15 degrees in chicago overnight. 25 the high for tomorrow. the 10 day forecast shows how the cold air will reach our area and then pull out quickly it will be called saturday but by sunday we will break into the low 40's and the mid-40s by next week ... it will be moderately cooler tuesday and wednesday however and then we will get another cold snap toward the end of next week possibly arrange event by

lake michigan is still warm enough to give us moisture in the atmosphere.ry this week will be that chunk of arctic air coming down to us later in the week producing snow showers overnight thursday we're not expecting those to be incredibly eventful. those will move out of the area. 7.9 degrees above normal above the typical time. in december by this time last year we had about 5 in. of snow counted. there are clouds on the map that's the arctic front but it is way off in the western distance look at this cool air plunging all the way south from canada down to the texas gulf coast the real cold there is still staying up in northern canada. 36 percent of the united states however is covered with snow right now. we had 39% one year ago at this time that's a respectable amount ... we are four degrees cooler than we were yesterday at this time ... we're looking at the temperature in white horse in the yukon province we won't be feeling that until later in the week ... it has been fairly windy at some points this morning 30 mi. per hour wind gusts have been recor

lakes. chicago bringing snow that could affect detroit and parts of michigan. to the south, el paso, texas snow showers in that region and parts of west texas. but, that is it. the entire nation, really the entire nation is on the dry side. you can see the snow showers toward the great lakes through the day tomorrow. then snow and rain around dallas and houston. that could be the one problem area tomorrow, east texas. watch out down there if you are traveling to east texas or louisiana tomorrow. rain, other than that, nice. the warmest air to the southeast. atlanta to orlando looking at nice weather. for us, the weather is nice, too. 41 in gaithersburg. 48 in washington. 43 in manassas and 50 in fredericksburg. i'll be back to show you the christmas forecast in a minute. >> thank you, doug. >>> if you are not traveling, maybe you are still shopping. professional procrastinators are at the malls tonight to finish their shopping. jane watrel is at tyson's corner in the middle of the madness. >> reporter: i am in the middle of the madness. we are in the final stre

marked for families and needy families picked up sunday michigan sailed down wisconsin coast of lake michiganhat. >> way back in christmas >> tom skilling you do not remember that >> of course not of course not. i was at the manger. forecasting what was going on that day. >> guest house of the late >> up in the east all that is from another show. 20 mi. per hour wind gusts tonight as the night goes on and tomorrow gusting to 30 mi. per hour. tomorrow evening is pretty windy tomorrow night with the 30 mi. per hour wind. not getting much cooler. driving through the dakotas a cold wind. some of them can lay down a couple tens of an inch of rainfall but steady rate baltimore and died sunday chicago bears kickoff time still training in the area with northwest wind. could even take the rainfall a couple of flakes of snow how much red ball is coming down water equivalent into monday morning but look at this. two systems we are talking about can see this on this no- fault forecast. system one that lives out of texas and wisconsin. a second system supposed to start developing coming up to the area. we

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a massive cold front from arizona to lake michigan.m casich illustrated it. >> it's still a concern at least for the next few hours and last but not least all going to be the amount of snow we'll be contending with. the western four corners as we go through the morning and afternoon a little later on or this evening over the eastern four corners. >> jimmy: looks like the space shuttle, right? when the weather gets cold, the weather gets hot. herman cain made a major announcement on saturday at the grand opening of his new campaign headquarters in atlanta, mr. cain announced that he is suspending his campaign. it was a grand opening and a grand closing at the same time. his speech at the ceremony was terrific. i'll tell you what, you can say what you like about herman cain the man but you cannot question his mastery of the english language. >> i take responsibility for the mistakes that i made and i have been the very first to hone up to any mistakes i have made. even if the political elites don't think i handle it exactly the way the p

and the temperatures right now look -- oh, look what a pretty shot that is of lake michigan.ut note, the current temperature is 15 degrees. you'll be warming up to about 24 for today, so it's going to be a little bit warmer, not by much. it's cool, too, down south. we have 32 degrees in nashville, tennessee. 38 in birmingham. 48 in atlanta. that's a warmer morning than we've seen all week. a lake-effect snow machine continues to churn out the snow. but in terms of advisories or heavy snow, i don't think it will be that bad today. just another couple inches for areas in upstate new york. you can see that area highlighted to the north in gray. light glaze of ice visibility, freezing fog is the culprit. for those of you traveling, you may have to contend with that today. high pressure in place for as much of the midwest. that's why we saw those bright, clear skies in chicago. lots of sunshine. wet weather with rain in south texas. high temperature today, 44 in boston. that's usual. has not gotten too bad. 44 for a high in memphis, off to a chilly start. for those doing your holi

lake-effect snow, northern michigan. santa ana wind. topping 60 miles an hour. 36 in salt lake city. just 26 degrees in minneapolis. mostly 30s from kansas city off to indianapolis. 49 here in new york. and a beautiful 80 in miami. >> fun neny story here. santa came dangerously close to being two reindeer short christmas eve. >> comet and dancer rejoined their antler friends after making a run for it. joe norman who plays santa was taking the pair to visit school children when the trailer door opened in rush-hour traffic and they decided to roam around between the cars. >> there are two loose reindeer on the highway? >> there are two loose reindeer on the highway? >> yes, sir. sound funny. but there are. >> they came to the rescue when the calls started pouring in. as you can see the reindeer were not injured. >> they were trying to break out. working hard. lugging santa's fat butt. look, i need a break. >> the calls, there are some reindeer. >> you had a little eggnog. reindeer, really? there they were, making a jailbreak. we'll be righ

security facility in the state of indiana is the indiana state prison, located near the shores of lake michigan. for years isp, as it's known, had a reputation as one of the toughest in the state. but as you're about to see in the next hour, new policies and philosophies are trying to make this a place where history won't repeat itself. fortressed behind a 40-foot-high wall that stretches a mile long is a highly secure city known as indiana state prison. originally built to hold prisoners during the civil war, isp has a history of housing some of the state's most serious criminals. nearly 2,000 maximum security inmates spend their days behind these century old walls. >> the number one charge at this facility is murder. approximately 70% of the offenders housed here are housed here for taking the life of another human being. >> while the majority of prisoners have committed violent crimes, the prison has worked hard to create a safe environment for both staff and inmates. one improvement was the administrative segregation unit. >> back in the early '90s we had problems throughout the whole insti

elements that may produce more rain and snow >>there are gale force warnings on like michigan many counties along the lakemichigan side are under wind advisory this storm is tracking to the west south of james spader right now the powerful back side wingsnds is making things a lot cooler ... another storm is developing passing to the self outh we may see a couple of snowflakes by saturday but the milder pacific air will be following a cold front and by sunday for the bears game we should be a bit warmer. the forecast is for all this winter to be continuing at 30 m.p.h. it will come down quickly tonight and will be wendy again when the sun shine returns tomorrow ... it may also get windy saturday afternoon and that will continue sunday ... >> the arctic air continues to bottle up to the north of us. we are 14.5 degrees warmer this december than we were last december so far. what we have is a return to more seasonable temperatures but looking at the next two weeks we are averaging above normal temperatures and there are no signs of a massive arctic outbreak just chunks of cool air blowing through every coup

but wisconsin has two power plants right on lake michigan. then i went to savannah, georgia, to talk about the nuclear waste there. and of course it's the savannah river. it's right next to the savannah river. then out to california to look at the nuclear power plant that's right on the pacific ocean. today -- before today, then i went to idaho and looked at the idaho national labs and nuclear waste stored there. today we go to massachusetts. the point being there's high level nuclear waste stored all over this country, and a single repository at yucca mountain makes sense for all the right reasons. it's over 100 miles from the largest city. it's in the desert. it would be underneath a mountain. there is no more safe, secure location. why are we not moving forward? because this administration has decided not to spend the money needed to finish the final environmental study through the nuclear regulatory commission. so, where are our senators on this position? and i have been bringing this down to the floor through all these states. we need 60

new year's eve morning, we do look for this system that's pin whiling through the great lakes and southern michigan right now. this thing while it will skirt mainly to our north, we're bound to catch some rain showers. nonetheless, very mild air will continue to be the story through the weekend, but as this thing moves through the area, just be aware you'll wake up to a cloudy sky and a few rain showers, but we'll be dry and clearing by tomorrow afternoon. about a 6:00 a.m. peak chance for at least some rain showers, but then that quickly moves out, we're left with partly cloudy skies into tomorrow night, and then we'll clear things out. a little chilly. new year's day weather looking pretty good as you head to your favorite ravens tailgate party. new year's eve day, 56 with slow clearing. the new year's baby likes that. and then we go to 35. your 7-day forecast. yeah, the trend is for some pretty mild weather throughout the new year. it's interesting that we start not just 120, but the first day of -- not just 2012, but the first day of january near 60, but it's sort of a false hope, because then

snow around the great lakes in michigan. showers around the capital to atlanta. lf coast. houston, austin. powerful santa ana winds from l.a. to san diego. snow, idaho and montana rockies. >> 30s from billings to salt lake city. 66, phoenix. a frigid 21 in fargo. 38, omaha. boston up to 54. baltimore, 49. and 73 degrees, ideal temperature, down in new orleans. >> you love new orleans though. >> so -- who that? >>> this next story is something else. it was a death-defying plunge for a group of daredevils bent on conquering a towering waterfall. >> three extreme kayakers paddled over a 90-foot waterfall in alabama, one right after the other. amazingly, all three men made it to the bottom safely. skillfully maneuvering the drop which measures nine stories. >> yes, one of the kayakers described the experience as one of the most terrifying things he has ever done. >> i think we can all agree with that. >> i respect, must get a rush, must be adrenaline thing to do that. i will be like i'll see you all at the hotel. >> i'm with you. >> i'm not going down the waterfall. h

michigan's lake superior state issued the late each and every year for 30 years. i guess i'm not creative. >> come over to my man cave sometime. >> down to wire a few days before the iowa gop caucus. >>> plus, the new 49ers stadium in jeopardy. >>> and new rumors that apple nell ring in the n waith w with a new product. pr >>> welcome back. the state supreme court says it's okay for sacramento to take away redwmt money. that could take money away tr the 49ers stadium. no one is sure if the money will make it to the project. woun council member is not worried. >> i'm not concerned about it. i believe it will move ahead regardless of what happened today. because the funds were skmited prior to this present legislation. >> gilmore says if the city can't provide the cash the 49ers are on the hook for it. meanwhile, the redevelopment ruling may mean the end to the oakland a's ballpark plan. city leaders want to build a new stadium to keep the team in town. many require redevelopment money. still city mayor jean quan is remaining hopeful. >>> even though most people are

michigan lake superior state university put out its list of unusual words it thinks should be banished. occupy, man cave, ginormous, along with a celebrity magazine favorite, baby bump. also, amazing. did i say that right? i've been practicing, number one on this year's list because the university says it's so overused. >> i'm not giving up ginormous. i love that word. >>> when we compete back, anotheles ibr e is calling it quits. it's ginormous news. >>> it's official, after 14 months of marriage, pop star katy perry and her husband are calling it quits. >> the two spent their holiday apart. brand filed for divorce in los angeles citing irreconcilable defensives. >> back to being a single california girl. we'll see you tonight at 6:00. >> thanks for joining us.

they're banned by michigan's lake superior university forking overused and misused. also, shared sacrifice. >> yeah. >> occupy and blowback? >> yes. >> i don't know what that meant until you told me. we wanted to have some fun. we asked you to put it in a paragraph. baby bumps are amazing when they occupy your womb. it's not a shared sacrifice that women carry babies instead of men. and i said that, he blew me a kiss and i blow back one, too. if you think can you do better than kelly g to www.myfoxdc.com and to our facebook page and try to write a paragraph like that. >> i like the one at 5:00. that was more creative. >> i have one that i'm going to come up with. the next time we're on air, i'm going to read mine. >> all right, light go to break and we'll be back with sports on the other side. >> hello, everybody. i'm lindsay murphy. mike shanahan talked to the media about his scouting procedures with the college quarterback. he's looked at 10 or 15qbs, spending a half an hour in the morning and watching some tape. in a related story, john beck was passing out cookie

. >>> and the good folks at michigan's lake superior state university are out with their annual list of words and phrases they say we should put to rest for a while. among this year's selections they wish to banish -- baby bump, ginormous, man cave, shared sacrifice and the new normal. and making the list, the word occupy. which you may have heard once or twice on this broadcast. >>> up next here tonight, a lot of folks looking forward to turning the page on 2011. >>> after all we've been through this year, tomorrow night's big ball drop in new york's times square cannot come soon enough for a lot of people ready to kiss 2011 good-bye. nbc's mike taibbi tonight on why so many are saying good riddance and hoping for the best for 2012. >> reporter: let's face it. even if 2011 wasn't an actual bummer for most people it sure felt like it. from new york's times square. >> it's scary. it really is scary. >> reporter: to pasadena on the left coast. >> feels like a lot of humanity has been lost. >> reporter: granted there was a lot to worry about. pro football, pro basketball and even the u.

. >>> well when the future and baby bump and shared sacrifice the phrases michigan lake superior state university selected for 2012 annual list of words banished from the english for misuse overuse and general uselessness. the 37th annual list released today includes amazing, baby bump, shared sacrifice, occupy, and blow back. man cave, and jay normous and the new normal. lake superior state university solicited people online to nominate the terms. are the words you are sick of or tired of hearing or you've been using them too much. head to the facebook fan page and let us know what you think. overused words of 2011. >>> news time 6:35. and make them and break them is the theme for the new year's eve revelers who promise to weigh in with a new year. how you use your smart phone to help you with the resolutions. >>> and if you ring in the new year with a few adult beverages, new year's day could be spent in bed. foods that could help you prevent and the remedy for the holiday hangover. you are watching "good morning maryland" first and only at 4:30 and we return in just a moment. >>> no

lake-effect snow, northern michigan. santa ana winds topping 60 miles an hour. 36 in salt lake city. just 26 degrees in minneapolis. mostly 30s from kansas city off to indianapolis. 49 here in new york. and a beautiful 80 in miami. >> funny story here. >>> santa just came dangerously close to two reindeers short come christmas eve. >> comet a

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up to half foot of lake-effect snow in michigan's upper peninsula. and snowshowers between nebraska and kansas. meanwhile, cooling down along the gulf coast. and some scattered showers down in florida. >> 74 in miami. 52 in atlanta. 45 here in new york. a biting 13 degrees in fargo. 21 in minneapolis. and 31 in omaha. 40s in the pacific northwest. phoenix gets up to 61. sacramento, 58. and salt lake city, 36. >>> and we are tracking a few developing stories on this thursday morning, including the crash of a tourist helicopter near las vegas. we'll have the details on that. >>> plus, the alarming video of student to the rescue, when the bus driver falls asleep. >> very brave young man there. >>> on top of that, more new video just coming in. hawaii's most active volcano is at it again. >>> welcome back, everybody. overseas markets are mostly down as investors wait to see what will happen at the european summit that opens today in brussels. tokyo's nikkei average lost 58 points today. hong kong's hang seng dropped 133 points. and in london, the ftse op

michigan's lake superior university has issued the list every year for the past 37 years. >> 5:54 nowcoast guard is looking for your help ranking the top ten rescue videos of 2011. the agency is posting ten videos on the site and facebook page by tomorrow. they'll range from raging surf to returning creatures to sea. they will give recruits a better idea of what to expect on the job. >> actually seeing what awaits us out there, it's like, i want to graduate already and be there. lots of cool videos to see. so far recruits seem to like this one best. that's a pilot ditching his plane in the ocean. to vote, visit the facebook page or youtube channel. you can look at videos all over the web. i'm not a cat lover. i'm a dog lover. this is a turntable for cats. yes. we'll give a little ted nugenn in the background. this is from a company called thinkgeek.com. it will cost you $40. now does it really work? she is one of -- -- this is moxie. this is an editor cat. and not so much. she tried putting a little food on the turntable. it's made out of cardboard with the usual stuff out there. but

and once calendar turns there are words many hope will not be with us in the new year, michigan's lakeperior state university released a list of words banished from the queen's english for misuse, overuse and uselessness. among highlights? here is number one. occupy. two is mazing or as i say, uh-mazing. man cave made the list. new normal, baby bump, and the last one is win the future. all right. win the future in 2012. thanks for joining us for abc 7 news at 4:00. you can keep track of the latest-breaking news on twitter at abc 7 news bay area. and you can talk about it on facebook. facebook.com/abc 7 news. news at 5:00 continue nouz with dan and cheryl. >> and tonight a brain tumor survivor shows where she got hit during a sharks game wearing an opposing team's jersey. >> monkey mystery at the zoo. who ran way with one of the little guys? >> and a young bay area girl under stakes -- undertakes a big project to keep the homeless warm this winter. >> good evening, i'm cheryl jennings. >> tonight san jose police are investigating a teen-age girl's claim she was assaulted in a sharks gam

this is the 37th annual end of the year list by michigan's lake superior university. they use the criteria of misuse, overuse and uselessness. this year's winners include baby bump, shared sacrifice, win the future, which i don't remember hearing that actually. >> neither do i. >> they also want to cast out "occupy," amazing, man cave and the new normal. >> without amazing, what would we call spiderman? >> i don't know. >> amazing spiderman. special. >> spidy. >> that won't work. >> this was started back in 1976 as a publicity stunt. i want to add one and i'm surprised it didn't get there a washington or pays attention to capitol hill would know this. kick the can down the road. can we find something else? lawmakers loved to say that this year. kick the can down the road. every day i feel like i heard that. >> i heard the word chilling, chilling testimony or -- >> chilling -- oh, i thought you were talking about the weather. >> you do hear that a lot. >> yeah, yeah. >> i've never said the word chilling testimony, have i? >> i would like to get rid of the words tonight

the 37th annual end of the year list by michigan's lake superior university uses the criteria of misuse, overuse and general uselessness. baby bump, shared sacrifice, win the future. they also want to cast out occupy, amazing, man cave and the new normal. the annual list started as a publicity ploy by the university on new year's day back in 1976 and has since generated tens of thousands of nominations. >> some of those are actually useful though to describe the events that are going on. >> sure. >> perhaps some are overused too. >> that is kind of why they put it. i have a word we can put on there, kardashian. >> i'm sure we can think of some others. >> i think we should try to declare 2012 a kardashian-free year. >> good luke with that. >> not going to happen. >> one can hope. >>> after >>> i've got your weather headlines for you. we've got the 50s for the new year's weekend and i'm talking about temperatures, boys and girls. daytime highs in the 50s. very unusual for this time of year but we'll take it. you will want to enjoy it because we've got changes coming. 36degrees right now i

michigan's lake superior state university released their annual list of banned words and the top five, baby bump, shared sacrifice, occupy, and blowback. we asked our friends on facebook to come up with a paragraph using all five words and this is what sharon came up with: the amazing case of the mystery baby bump outlined the need for shared sacrifice when it came to birth control and now the shocked couple has to face the new life that will occupy their lives. one word of advice, caution with generic diapers the blowback can be staggering. that was great. nicely done. we should try that ourselves. >> right. i wonder how long that would take. >> we should try before the show's over. >> i will let you know and read yours later tonight. >> that will work. >> and how can you get rid of amazing? i use that all of the time. >> i know. >>> and friendings -- excuse me, friends, family, and strangers say goodbye to an inspirational texas teenager. how his messages on youtube have touched thousands since his death on christmas. as. >>> tomorrow afternoon, these little guys wrestling around on

up to a half foot of lake-effect snow in the michigan upper peninsula. etween nebraska and kansas. >> a biting 13 in fargo. 21, minneapolis. 31 in omaha. boston, 50. baltimore, 45. and miami, 74. 40s in the pacific northwest. 36 in salt lake city. and 61 in phoenix. >>> well, pretty much since thanksgiving we have been showing you lots of people getting into the christmas spirit. this one should come as no surprise. >> the pope's turn yesterday from the comfort of the vatican. pope benedict used a tablet computer to turn on the outdoor display. lucky the tablet was connected to the power grid. >> the display the world's largest. it covers an area about the size of 30 soccer fields. i wonder if the tablet was really hooked up to the power grid. sometimes that's just a ceremonial, symbolic gesture. >> pretty high tech for the pope. that was kind -- i was kind of impressed by that. >> you go, pope. there is an app for that. we'll be back with more "world news now" after this. ♪ 'o christmas tree 'o christmas tree thy leaves are so unchanging ♪ ♪ 'o christmas

and new hampshire will have their voices heard but we will have interesting races in the great lakes, michiganrribly under the obama economy so there will be tight races with people talking about the heavy joblessness and washington and we will see very interesting results because those are the states that matter from november, as well. >> if one candidate manages to win three or four out of iowa and new hampshire and florida and south carolina, then it could be a significant situation but if it is 2-2 or 1-3, it could go on for quite a long time. >> it looks like a long fight and we are enjoying every bit of it. voters say they cannot way for it to be over already. >> but they are not in the journalists' world. >>dave: what is coming up? >>clayton: wish you could pick the person you it is fix to on a plane? it could be the future of flying. >>alisyn: a week left unless christmas and you are still looking for the last minute gifts clayton? bass pro is hear to help. ♪ [ slap! slap! slap! slap! slap! ] [ male announcer ] your favorite foods fighting you? fight back fast with tums. calcium rich t

this all according to a survey by michigan's lake superior university. amazing received more than 1500 nominations from all over the world. that tops the list. others, baby bump. "occupy," ginormous. i don't know. i kind of like the mancave. >> i mean, i used to call the weather center lawrence's mancave. >> that's where i live. >> then roberta moved in. >> they are trying to ban it now. then roberta moved n [ laughter ] >> that's right. >> all kinds of trouble since then. hey, folks. around the bay area today, we had a lot of clouds in the skies. cold front moving on by. not much in the way of rainfall, just drizzle especially at the coast. some places .10" of an inch of precipitation from drizzle alone at the coast. let's check your hi-def doppler right now. a million watts and we can't find a raindrop outside right now. over the last three hours that cold front swinging by and yes, it is dry as a bone out there right now except for the low levels in the atmosphere. we could still be seeing a little drizzle. here's your cold front swinging on through.

we are watching this system providing snow across the great lakes and getting in eastern michigan and up towards toronto but not for us. that's a cold front that will swing through as a very weak boundary as far as we are concerned high clouds later this afternoon. check it out. we want to show outviews where the camera is locked in place from annapolis to the u.s. naval academy. we are getting a hint of daylight here right there. over the southeast view from the severn. bel air by the way going out for the run, looks like you've got yourself a chilly start in the upper 20s and low 30s. same story in glen burnie and look at frost to scrape off the windshield park outside. but sunshine with high cloud thrown in and a breeze getting us up to a mild 55. 6:32 on the clock let's go to the roads with burt clay. >> reporter: thanks very much. and things are getting interesting out there. we got a look at the beltway. this is right at frederick road and traffic is okay there. but if you are in the stretch of the beltway and heading out i-70 westbound towards howard county you will see serious

northern new england, parts of michigan, upstate new york, some lake effect snow providing that white coasting. this is the year of the west coast for christmas and a cold, dryer air will keep funneling in. air temperatures will keep dropping. you see the 20s over spreading the northeast, we see very little active weather tonight, tomorrow, or tomorrow night. good news for santa and rudolph. they have no trouble tomorrow nightn. to monday more sun, temperatures going to moderate back to near 50. overnight 30 with light breezes, we get colder, ravens game day saturday. kind of unusual to say that, 44 degrees with sun and clouds and cool out there. tomorrow night clear for santa, 28 degrees, clear, calm, and quite cold. let's look ahead to next week. first an idea of what santa will deal with. as we look ahead, temperatures back to near 50 and you know the chance for anything is going to be rain tuesday into wednesday it would appear. i mentioned that about ravens game day saturday. given that the playoffs coming we want to say that more. >> ravens game day saturday. >> several of those

michigan lake superior state university is out with its annual list of banished words.ifice, occupy, blow back, and man cave. sorry, kelly. >> kelly: amazing. with flairing tensions between the u.s. and iran as the middle east nation threatens to seal off the strait of hormuz, gop presidential candidate ron paul calls sanctions against iran acts of war. and now his republican rivals are going after his foreign policy stance. >> i think ron paul's views are totally outside the main stream of virtually every decent american. >> that ron paul would make a very dangerous president because of his foreign policy. >> one of the people running for president thinks it's okay for iran to have a nuclear weapon. i don't. >> second term with barak obama, i'm not too sure will look that different than a ron paul administration when it comes to national security. >> kelly: does candidate ron paul have what it takes to keep america safe? peter johnson, jr. weighs in. >> good morning. how are you? >> kelly: i'm fine. good to see you. >> you're really one of the great journalist, not onl

another storm system is on its way into the great lakes bringing light snow and rain to michigan andania. other storms are delivering rain and snow to the pacific northwest. >>> here is another look at this morning's top stories. >>> michele bachmann's iowa campaign manager has jumped ship. bachmann says kent sorensen join the ron paul campaign because he was offered, quote, a large sum of money. paul's campaign says that's not true. >>> and federal prosecutors are said to be considering filing criminal charges in the gulf oil spill case. the "wall street journal" reports prosecutors are focusing on bp engineers based in the u.s. >>> a milestone for the september 11th memorial here in new york. it will be announced today that the site has had 1 million visitors since it opened to the public this past september. about 10,000 people visit the ground zero site each day. no more than 1,500 people are allowed into the memorial grounds at one time. >>> the library of congress has chosen more than two dozen new titles for the national film registry. the selection brings to 575, the number o